looking back
so, last week was pretty hellish at work, what with two of our 5 staff out on vacation and the three remaining staff in seminars for 3 days. it was fairly impossible to do anything but maintain systems.
on to other news... other cooler news.
1) the group of radio alumni whose site i run is transitioning into an official university alumni group.
2) as part of the transition, another alum and myself are attending the big university alumni conference next month.
3) the following week, i'm driving south again, to hang out with the current station staff.
4) friday night, i went out with a group of local alumni, where we discussed everything from housing, to the state of Maine, to station news, to how my generation intimidates younger folks.
5) we realized the need to "meet" more often -- whether over drinks or not. bi-monthly scheduling is tentatively in place.
6) we hate it when our friends become successful -- young music critic acquaintance and former station music director becomes music editor of the Village Voice, starting today.
Yeah. Oh, and I'm working on getting Gallery installed and integrated with our Message Board system on the alumni site. One of these days. If I better understood the table-structure, I might do better. Instead I may just look for API calls and see if I can do things that way instead of full integration.
Also, in the middle of 6 site designs for work, and am currently tweaking one of the six for use on the alumni site. Problem? Color pallette killing me.
ALMOST FORGOT! Probably the most important thing that happened last week? My coworker, whose custom bachelors degree program I'm piggy-backing onto, got final approval. This means I have a goal to work toward, not just taking classes anymore! Must set up an appointment with my advisor.