5 posts tagged “internet”

Ok, so the last post might not have made sense. It makes sense to me now.

Apparently, after reading this person's request over and over, she wanted me to give her a link that links directions from one hotel to our hq. Some kinda meeting will happen at the conference hall at the hotel and they want directions provided from there to our campus.

I don't understand why this person cant be clear on it. I mean, working in legal, you'd think communication wouldn't be a problem. And jesus christ. WTF kinda request was that anyway? This girl doesn't know how to use mapquest/googlemaps/yahoomaps/etc?

I am constantly amazed at how many people we have here in the Valley that are terrible at grasping the concept of using the Internet - let alone, their computer. These are people who use computers everyday, but panic when their mouse cursors disappear. How do these people keep their jobs? How do they survive out here? How did they even manage to get jobs at these tech companies?

Thank god I don't work in tech support anymore. ughh.

So today, I got a request from someone at work. Another one of those wtfareyoutalkingabout requests.

The request is to make a link, that has nothing to do with our company website, but will know where the user is, and will give them directions to our HQ.

My first impression is, wtf? whats wrong with google maps? I gave the person who requested this the link to google maps, and she elaborates on saying the link will be pinpointed at whatever hotel the person is at and will then lead to our hq.

Hey foolishness! How about, it's pinpointed to our HQ and they plug in their hotel address?

Omg. and her emails, they might as well be No gym for home statements.

just got out of a meeting to define my goals and objectives. not bad at all.

most of what i was expecting to get out of this job is what they are expecting as well. and some of my goals from this role will be hit alot quicker than i had forecasted. i was aiming to reach a project management level of responsibility eventually, perhaps after a year or so, but now, its looking like it will come alot sooner.

i'm really excited. its amazing to look back since i left sjsu and see what ive been through in such little time. and i really dont think i could have sold myself to this company without the experience i built if i didnt work at my last two companies. as much as i hated being an admin, i have to be thankful that i was. i wouldnt have been able to touch so many different sides of marketing if i wasnt.

but now that im closer to where i want to be, im curious as to where this is going to take me down the road. especially with how the internet is evolving... these coming years will definitely be some interesting ones.

I had an interesting chat with one of my coworkers the other week regarding our job roles. I was taken on as the guy who would take on the production work and begin the strategy on where my company's website should go in the next year.

My coworker is in charge of alot of the back-end web development. He used to work on the company's website, but that was given to another person on the team. I came in to help the new person with the website. As the HR put it, I came in to help with the "look and feel" of the company site. Great gig. This is the kind of work I wanted to do in the first place. It's a great step towards Information Architecture.

So as i spoke with my coworker last week, he was talking about all the work he's done with the site. What he knows, and what his visions were. He brought up some interesting points with Web 3.0 and what he thinks the future of the internet should be.

As he spoke, I started to think about my own skillset and the type of experience I brought to the company. At my intern job, I did production, but I was more involved with the creative side of things. Not only for the web, but for print also. I even designed the company business cards.

At my last job, I was straight up production. Due to compatibility and build issues, the only knowledge I needed to use for production was basic HTML. It was easy. I got to do large amounts of work in very little time since the coding was simple and easy to manipulate.

Today, sky's the limit. We do have a simple Content Manager - its actually alot easier to use than my previous CM's I used at my last job. But it's also open to alot more flexibility. And of course, if i really wanted to, I can get around the CM and do the work on the back-end. Thing is, I'm not too familiar with the type of language and design on that side of web production.

He listed out all the good stuff. Stuff I felt I should already have experience with. At that point, I was thinking, "Damn. How am I gonna learn all these different languages in such a short time?" Especially with AJAX being the new hotness and staple of the intarwebz.

------------ I took a break from this yesterday and am now continuing the post.

I figure, it's fine. I got here knowing what I know already. That other side I'll eventually get my hands into and I figure I should just sharpen what I know now.

I can't leave the marketing aspect of my job either. Without that side, I'm just doing production.

Sorry if this post sucks. I'm too lazy to make it sound smoother.

went for a few weeks without it, but now im back. you might have never noticed because im online all day at work, but its different at night. i can do what i want besides chat..... like blog!

anyway. most of the goods in my apt is set. unfortunately, i broke my futon, but i just gotta replace one piece for it to work again. so once that's set, the only thing i gotta worry about left is whether i should pay for cable tv or not. its expensive as hell without any roomates, but i think its pretty good so far being alone. im likin it out here so far. i have no commute time, the folks at work are cool to hang out with, and ive got a huge apt.

i do miss living out in san jose tho. everything just felt so much more convenient out there. maybe ill come back, who knows?

i just made $35 bucks playing poker tonight. had a good advantage since no one knew my playing style at all. buy in was $10 bucks, and i felt bad for the folks that kept rebuying in. well.. at least i got my meals paid for this week!