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Friday, December 03, 2004

You want me to do what?

It’s dawning on me slowly – some would say staggeringly so – that I will actually need to take a bit of responsibility if I’m going to be a project manager. Be proactive and stuff, I guess. Get other people to do stuff, rather than just do it myself or wait for someone else to tell me what to do. It’s a bit of an alien framework, especially where work is concerned, so it may take a little time to adjust.

The hardest part so far is trying to get my head in a space where I can see the big picture, rather than focusing on the details of one or two elements. That’s pretty new to me. I don’t think it’s helping that I keep seeing this project in terms of a large, complicated roleplaying game for a few too many bitchy, fractious players, that needs to be finished to everyone’s satisfaction by July. Then again, maybe that’s exactly the way to look at it, except that I don’t get to retaliate with lightning bolts against the idiots who are ruining everyone else’s fun, which is a pity.

Some stuff I like

This week’s Order of the Stick is a perfect example of gaming humour, for anyone that needs some. The rest of it’s pretty good, too.

We stayed up way too late last night watching the pilot of the new incarnation of Battlestar Galactica. It’s good, and the space battles are spectacular (though the Cylon Basestars look way too much like Shadow ships). I love the reimagining of the traitor Baltar, though (plus the evil terminator – er, sorry, I mean human form replicator – no, wait, cylon sexbot or whatever. Anyway, she’s pretty hot).

I spent rather a lot of time yesterday researching costs of getting a broadband connection to the house. Because I want to go to a nice place where even when you die it looks pretty cool.

4 smartarse remarks Post a Comment

4 Comments:

Oooh a new Battlestar galactica...and I'm only just resisting buying the whole first BG on DVD box set by the the skin of my teeth...Where did you find the pilot?

By Jenny, at 12:08 PM

re roleplaying approach
"No John, not doing what I asked you to do because you think Mary isn't doing enough work is not acceptable...Queue the thunderclouds...OK John, roll to dodge the lightning bolts.." - walks away from charred and smoking corpse in the office

By Jenny, at 12:19 PM

Tee hee.

The new BG appears to have been released on DVD and is In Shops Now (Simon bought it at JB Hifi or somewhere like that, but where they lead, Woolworths and K-Mart generally follow quickly).

As for the original Battlestar...just say no. It's not as good as you thought it was when you were 12, believe me.

By Dave, at 1:48 PM

Surely my memories can't be wrong...those pilots were so cute. :>

By Jenny, at 2:30 PM


	Friday, December 03, 2004 You want me to do what? It’s dawning on me slowly – some would say staggeringly so – that I will actually need to take a bit of responsibility if I’m going to be a project manager. Be proactive and stuff, I guess. Get other people to do stuff, rather than just do it myself or wait for someone else to tell me what to do. It’s a bit of an alien framework, especially where work is concerned, so it may take a little time to adjust. The hardest part so far is trying to get my head in a space where I can see the big picture, rather than focusing on the details of one or two elements. That’s pretty new to me. I don’t think it’s helping that I keep seeing this project in terms of a large, complicated roleplaying game for a few too many bitchy, fractious players, that needs to be finished to everyone’s satisfaction by July. Then again, maybe that’s exactly the way to look at it, except that I don’t get to retaliate with lightning bolts against the idiots who are ruining everyone else’s fun, which is a pity. Some stuff I like This week’s Order of the Stick is a perfect example of gaming humour, for anyone that needs some. The rest of it’s pretty good, too. We stayed up way too late last night watching the pilot of the new incarnation of Battlestar Galactica. It’s good, and the space battles are spectacular (though the Cylon Basestars look way too much like Shadow ships). I love the reimagining of the traitor Baltar, though (plus the evil terminator – er, sorry, I mean human form replicator – no, wait, cylon sexbot or whatever. Anyway, she’s pretty hot). I spent rather a lot of time yesterday researching costs of getting a broadband connection to the house. Because I want to go to a nice place where even when you die it looks pretty cool. 4 smartarse remarks Post a Comment 4 Comments: Oooh a new Battlestar galactica...and I'm only just resisting buying the whole first BG on DVD box set by the the skin of my teeth...Where did you find the pilot? By Jenny, at 12:08 PM re roleplaying approach "No John, not doing what I asked you to do because you think Mary isn't doing enough work is not acceptable...Queue the thunderclouds...OK John, roll to dodge the lightning bolts.." - walks away from charred and smoking corpse in the office By Jenny, at 12:19 PM Tee hee. The new BG appears to have been released on DVD and is In Shops Now (Simon bought it at JB Hifi or somewhere like that, but where they lead, Woolworths and K-Mart generally follow quickly). As for the original Battlestar...just say no. It's not as good as you thought it was when you were 12, believe me. By Dave, at 1:48 PM Surely my memories can't be wrong...those pilots were so cute. :> By Jenny, at 2:30 PM