I’m a little tired of politics lately, I can’t continue to toot my own horn about the writing that I’m doing, and I’m not playing any video games besides a Counter-Strike mod. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m looking for something to talk about. I don’t generally use this space for personal information. After all, who really cares about my personal life? You’re here for my snarky opinions on politics, science fiction, and space advocacy…or at least, that’s what my header says. And unfortunately for you and the person reading over your shoulder, I’m all out of snark today.
When I asked my “marketing director” what I should talk about tonight, she helpfully says: “Talk about how awesome I am.”
Let’s take stock of that for a second, shall we? After all, sometimes you get what you ask for.
- She works for free, as in no dinero.
- She spends a great deal of time behind the scenes as storyboard consultant and editor.
- She uses her wonderful voice to record podcasts, then spends hours producing them to my terribly exacting specifications. (I’m a perfectionist. It sucks to work with me.)
- She cares enough about the material that I write to be honest with her criticism.
- She puts up with me being an asshole when I don’t initially accept constructive criticism, then is gracious enough to accept my apology later.
I’ll bet you didn’t expect that, Miss Marketing Director Person-Thingy.
Seriously though, it is past time that I thank her publicly. My developing career would be less advanced and less organized without her help.
Thanks, Kate!
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Those comments sound awfully reminiscent of the speech my last boss gave me before he said “there is no money in the budget” to give anyone annual pay raises.. Don’t fall for it Kate!! it’s obviously a trick that he’s learned in some Management class
Oh, and if you’re looking for a topic to blog about, why don’t you put together a nice review of the different CS:S hax you’ve been running for the last few weeks.
Management classes can be boiled down to the following items:
1. Lie.
2. Smile when you lie.
3. If you’re going to tell a particularly big lie, always brag about it to other people your level, but don’t give your secrets away to your manager.
4. Embrace change–the less planned and the less well-thought-out the change is, the better for the company.
5. Stock price trumps job security.
Sometimes I hate being a manager.
You should blog about your many ideas for good video footage at the next TB trip…
I have a great idea along those lines Static.
In a recent motorcycle ride report I read (they rode from NM to AK), one of the guys rigged up a cheap digital camera to take a picture every 10 minutes for his entire trip. He then put it all together into a Time-lapse video. If we set one up on the bluff, or even if we set it up over by the food tent we might be able to piece together a pretty entertaining little video of our weekend.
Awww. Thanks Pete!
Honestly, it’s a real joy working on these things. Not only is the stuff you crank out entertaining, but it’s so much fun to put it in a podcast format. It helps to be a fan.
Static – die in a fire. Stop bringing up the damn camping trip.
Kate, I’ll just wait till November, then I’ll die in a CAMP fire….:)
I hate you.
I just thought of some great titles for the Turtle Bluff video:
“Top ten things Kate will miss on the camping trip.”
“Girls not allowed – a tribute to male ascendenacy.”
“Gee, this would be more fun if Kate were here…NOT.”
I wanna go…
Any of you TB regulars have an old digital camera with a time-lapse function that also runs on AA batteries?
Yeah. It operates on floppy disk.
I will check and see if mine does that.