Boss of the Internet
So, I got sick earlier in the week, but I got over it relatively quickly. I only took Tuesday completely off from working, but I think I was in denial about being sick for most of Monday. I worked the morning, and then J coaxed me out of the studio to kick around at the park with a few of his folks that afternoon, and then we made dinner and sat down to watch Doctor Who, and I completely conked out. This was at 9:30p, and I slept for 10+ hours, so, yeah, I was definitely not myself.
Being back in action yesterday was pretty nice, although now I'm a bit more behind than I'd like to be on client work, and I also have to do an extra team practice in the next couple of weeks before draft, to make up for being too sick to do any this week. Blecch.
And SPEAKING of derby, being on the Web Team has suddenly plopped a bunch of work into my lap, over the past few weeks. We're hosting a regional tournament this year--it's actually in 2 1/2 weeks, but you probably wouldn't know it by looking at the web site. That would be because I seem to be the only person on Web Team responding to, uh, much of anything.
There was a short-turnaround request to post a couple of pages while I was at PAX, and nobody else responded to it, so on the Tuesday after PAX, the Events Committee head and the content wrangler for Regionals freaked because it hadn't been posted and deadlines were approaching fast. The head of the Web Team has been totally MIA, to the point where the content wrangler for Regionals emailed me and A) thanked me for all of my help thus far, and B) asked me point-blank WTF is going on with the rest of the Web Team. I didn't really have a good answer for her.
Web Team Head finally updated some things today--mainly things that I'd have done already, if I'd had the necessary access to do it--but generally speaking, he's too busy to help post content. I have no idea if he's been going to any of the meetings or not, but I'll probably have to go to the rest of the planning meetings for Regionals, because the only other person offering to rep for the Web Team has actually helped write content, but doesn't have any technical knowledge.
I have the feeling that, if things keep going the way they have been, I could very easily become BOSS OF THE INTERNETS for our league, which I guess I can sort of handle, now that I don't have a day job. But, I'm not sure I want to, primarily because I don't do server admin work, and that's what the current Web Team Head is good at. And, well, it also means more meetings and such to juggle, but I suppose if the current Head hasn't been attending them, then I don't have to go to every single one either, right?
So, eh. Part of me feels a little excited by the prospect of having authority, because while the Regionals site looks pretty sexy, thanks to my 1337 skillz, our league's primary web site is pretty clunky. Part of me, however, feels a bit panicked and slightly boned at having to assume more responsibility. It's fine right now--I wouldn't be doing all of this maintenance for Regionals if I didn't have the bandwidth--but it's hard to tell if it'd continue to be fine, for the long-term. I don't *have* to step up, but somebody may have to before too much longer.
We shall seeeee.
Being back in action yesterday was pretty nice, although now I'm a bit more behind than I'd like to be on client work, and I also have to do an extra team practice in the next couple of weeks before draft, to make up for being too sick to do any this week. Blecch.
And SPEAKING of derby, being on the Web Team has suddenly plopped a bunch of work into my lap, over the past few weeks. We're hosting a regional tournament this year--it's actually in 2 1/2 weeks, but you probably wouldn't know it by looking at the web site. That would be because I seem to be the only person on Web Team responding to, uh, much of anything.
There was a short-turnaround request to post a couple of pages while I was at PAX, and nobody else responded to it, so on the Tuesday after PAX, the Events Committee head and the content wrangler for Regionals freaked because it hadn't been posted and deadlines were approaching fast. The head of the Web Team has been totally MIA, to the point where the content wrangler for Regionals emailed me and A) thanked me for all of my help thus far, and B) asked me point-blank WTF is going on with the rest of the Web Team. I didn't really have a good answer for her.
Web Team Head finally updated some things today--mainly things that I'd have done already, if I'd had the necessary access to do it--but generally speaking, he's too busy to help post content. I have no idea if he's been going to any of the meetings or not, but I'll probably have to go to the rest of the planning meetings for Regionals, because the only other person offering to rep for the Web Team has actually helped write content, but doesn't have any technical knowledge.
I have the feeling that, if things keep going the way they have been, I could very easily become BOSS OF THE INTERNETS for our league, which I guess I can sort of handle, now that I don't have a day job. But, I'm not sure I want to, primarily because I don't do server admin work, and that's what the current Web Team Head is good at. And, well, it also means more meetings and such to juggle, but I suppose if the current Head hasn't been attending them, then I don't have to go to every single one either, right?
So, eh. Part of me feels a little excited by the prospect of having authority, because while the Regionals site looks pretty sexy, thanks to my 1337 skillz, our league's primary web site is pretty clunky. Part of me, however, feels a bit panicked and slightly boned at having to assume more responsibility. It's fine right now--I wouldn't be doing all of this maintenance for Regionals if I didn't have the bandwidth--but it's hard to tell if it'd continue to be fine, for the long-term. I don't *have* to step up, but somebody may have to before too much longer.
We shall seeeee.