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Workblogging: My Brain In Blosxom

Yesterday’s Take Note covered the first half of my work equation, the actual entry part. But what of the critical organization step? Sure, I mentioned I had Quicksilver and Spotlight to keep the structure hounds at arm’s length, but there needs to be some organization. I’ve never been one of those people who keeps every file I’m working with on the desktop, and I wasn’t going to start now.

There’s also the presentation issue, and the access limitation issue, and the categorization issue, and…man, I sure do have issues!

If you’ve read the title of this post, you probably know what the solution is, but I’m a big fan of nuances, so let’s take a look at criteria and how I picked the tools I’m using.

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When I was in middle school, I was given my first messanger-style backpack. I hated traditional backpacks, and I fell in love with the thing, except for one problem: paper handling.

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What Is It You’d Say You Do?

I suspect that when most people ask me about my job, the sound that comes out of my mouth is reasonably similar to the sounds the teachers made in the Charlie Brown animated cartoons. Wah wah wah e-learning wah wah wah Qatar wah wah wah Xserves wah wah, wah wah!

The sad truth is that my job has always been a bit nebulous – especially when I was hired. Over the year, the lines have firmed a bit, so I now have a good grasp on the day-to-day and the overall plans of things that I do. So allow me the pleasure of explaining my job in clear, regular terms.