YAY SHRIFT!!
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Yay Shrift!
Congrats, shrift!
Hey, I just realized that no one said anything about last night's GA (which I will be watching tonight).
Why not? Was it bad?
Ok, shrift is getting a big head around now ...
Well, really, what is wrong with that?
Yay, shrift!
There's this document inspection process we do that takes four people through 250 lines of a document in two hours. It's mandatory that people come in totally prepared, with an assembled list of questions referenced by line number. Then we fine tooth come the document for flaws, and without fixing them, note them for the author to fix later.
It's a hell of a taxing procedure. While I think it would improve all the documents we produce and those we have to use from others, it's going to be a bitch to get buy-in from people who haven't done the training.
On Monday I'm moderating an inspection with 8 participants. To encourage them to read before showing (I know these people. They won't read) I told them to submit their questions to me by 9am Monday morning or don't bother showing.
But more politely.
The person who's told me to shoehorn in a review panel into a formal inspection process replied to all telling them their presence was mandatory. I emailed her asking her to encourage all these people that their PARTICIPATION and preparation were what's important.
Nothing yet.
I have 8 people, about 500 lines of document, and 90 minutes. I need to work out how to tweak things so it's not such an obvious setup to fail.
Ok, shrift is getting a big head around now ...
Oh, I don't think so. I've been job-searching for about six months now, so all I'm feeling is relief that I'll be able to pay my bills and not have to write more cover letters for a little while.
I have a job! They want me to start on Monday. Woo!
Right the fuck on! So glad.
Now you can make money and go to lots of conventions.
This weekend. Wallow in contentment over the A's making it past the first round. Have Sunday off to write because New Baby is going to the Last Baby Shower (for us anyway).
GA: I thought it was good -- some very nice Alex stuff and Cristina stuff plus the Teaser is extra fun.
YAY