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December is going to be rough

November 30, 2009

I fully realize that today is still November, but today is the first day of “hit the ground running” for the rest of the month for me. Usually, December is a bit of a slow time at work. It’s the end of the year, so we usually don’t have any big projects. Lots of people [...]

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I want to use Project…I really do

February 28, 2008

I’m trying to come up with a solution for resource planning for my team. I’m thinking that Project is probably going to be a good tool for me to use, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to morph it into my actual needs. Here’s the background of what I’ve got and what [...]

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[workstuff] Signing Power

December 20, 2007

One of the exciting things about my new role is I have “signing authority” on purchases up to $50K. Which doesn’t mean I can buy with abandon; it just means that if I’m buying something less than fifty grand I can be one of the signatures (but I still need the CFO signature). I don’t [...]

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Worky updates

November 6, 2007

Things have been busy this week, hence my lack of updates. Yesterday was my first day of the new job. It’s been a little overwhelming, but in a (mostly) good way. I’ve been blindsided by people wanting to dump information on me, and I have a fancy new laptop. Still figuring out how to order [...]

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New jaerb

October 31, 2007

OK, so since I start on Monday (and I’ve updated my LinkedIn profile with the info), I can reveal who I work for now. I am the Manager of IT Operations for Apartments.com. I wasn’t keeping it under wraps because it was terribly exciting. But more just like…controlling the internet, if ya know what I [...]

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