Thing 7

Blog about Technology? The more I use a tool, the more useful it becomes. On the converse, conventional wisdom states that if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Certain tools allow us to imagine a world and then make it happen. Two of the branch managers have shown Doug PowerPoint presentations of new service desks, including 3-D diagrams from the vendors. Those visual representations have allowed us to agree on starting assumptions and proceed to brainstorm improvements.

Thing 6

Alright! The pressure is on, and Rocket thinks walking faster will help me finish (probably not). I like the Flickr Color Picker the most. My favorite color is green, but the sliding bar (adjusting tone and intensity of color) lets me wander over toward blue and expands my comfort zone!

Thing 5 (painfully slow)

I'm not living up to Rocket's "speed learning" but, thanks to Leslee Rochford's suggestion to find a photo on Flickr rather than find a camera, I am making progress.

Incremental Progress

I'm onto Thing 5, but I need a camera (slight delay while I work out the details). I'm making progress on my blog as I've posted a list of favorite books - and a magazine. John Lyons breaks everything down into tiny steps toward success. You should repeat each step hundreds of times until you are consistent in your request/expectation and your Perfect Horse is consistently obedient. Sort of like watching paint dry. Rocket believes that "speed learning" is more fun - do it once correctly and move on to the next Thing.

Learning

What is hardest? Probably to use technology to my advantage. On the one hand, I love computers and the magic of databases and spreadsheets, so I think I use technology to my advantage. On the other, I enjoy the rhythm of processes, what my mother used to call "dip and pour", so I don't always think immediately of how technology could help.