Misdirection, redirection, distraction, attention defecit, procrastination.
Why is it that when I should be doing one thing I am more interested in doing another? When I should be doing my main job, I want to work on my side job. When I have things to do for my side job, I would rather work on something else that is holding my interest.
I have the attention span of a mosquito, I think. I fly around, lighting on many different things, drinking a little of them all, but staying and feasting on none. I think deeply about many things, too (See prior entry), but I think deeply about many things.
I'm into just about everything, though not too far in them all. Some things, though, I'm in pretty deep. Electricity scheduling. The power grid fascinates me. It's simply amazing all the things that go into maintaining reliability. People take it for granted. Software development. I've run some development shops and teams, and the whole process is fascinating as well. So many different approaches, each with its intrinsic advantages and disadvantages. I'm a personal fan of an iterative, phased development approach for new systems. I like XP style development as well (eXtreme Programming, not Windows XP).
Right now I should be working. Instead I'm blogging. When I should blog, I decide it's time to sleep or watch TV or read. When I should be sleeping, I'm fighting sleep. When I should get up in the morning, I want to stay in bed and sleep.
Yes, I'm an enigma. A paradox. A really nice, gentlemanly paradox, mind you, but one nonetheless.
So tomorrow I will go to work knowing that I am behind. I hate that. I really do try to work, but it's really boring stuff most of the time.
I have the attention span of a mosquito, I think. I fly around, lighting on many different things, drinking a little of them all, but staying and feasting on none. I think deeply about many things, too (See prior entry), but I think deeply about many things.
I'm into just about everything, though not too far in them all. Some things, though, I'm in pretty deep. Electricity scheduling. The power grid fascinates me. It's simply amazing all the things that go into maintaining reliability. People take it for granted. Software development. I've run some development shops and teams, and the whole process is fascinating as well. So many different approaches, each with its intrinsic advantages and disadvantages. I'm a personal fan of an iterative, phased development approach for new systems. I like XP style development as well (eXtreme Programming, not Windows XP).
Right now I should be working. Instead I'm blogging. When I should blog, I decide it's time to sleep or watch TV or read. When I should be sleeping, I'm fighting sleep. When I should get up in the morning, I want to stay in bed and sleep.
Yes, I'm an enigma. A paradox. A really nice, gentlemanly paradox, mind you, but one nonetheless.
So tomorrow I will go to work knowing that I am behind. I hate that. I really do try to work, but it's really boring stuff most of the time.