For the first time in my life I wish my laptop had one of those little built-in webcam do-dads. We're in the loft, Ollie is asleep on the floor and Jenelle is asleep on the couch. The windows are open and it is cool and dark and quiet outside. When I reread these posts in a few years I'm sure the loft will seem like old hat, but this is just a great, great space.
It might be getting greater, soon, with the addition of a worksurface purchased for nearly nothing at an employee sale. Now we are just one leg and three brackets away from having a bit of storage and a place for a microwave (movie theater popcorn, anyone?) and a snack bar. We've got great ideas for the whole house, but this is one room that I think we'll be especially deliberate about.
Work is picking up. My hours are creeping from pre-MBA to moderate-MBA levels, and for the first time I'm starting to feel like somebody would call (or email, who are we kidding) if I didn't show up in the morning. Both initiatives of my project are taking off, which is exciting, and I've got my foot in the door on another project. This is the part of work that I love - not having enough time to get to everything but still finding a way. It's great that my phone rings or my BB buzzes and I don't know what it might be about. That's what I loved best about business school, the opportunity that every contact brought, which was reinforced when Kevin called tonight about a new contact he made who is interested in KNL. That's the b-school world and I don't think you ever leave.
Blogger launched Play today, which streams all the photos that people are uploading as they post them, allowing the world to see what's being added to the internet in real time. I think the $100 (or $188, thanks for nothing batteries and the price of oil) computer will blow away any notions that we have about the internet, because for now it is very much US-centric, but I predict Play will be a fascinating way to chart the pervasiveness of the internet.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007