Steve Cole's Sunday
MY DAY: 2 Sept
Got here: Got here at 1:45 for my Sunday afternoon session.
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STEP ONE: ROUTINE FUNCTIONS
This is stuff I do every day.
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Going through Email. The usual spam.
Actual Emails: More spam (and more real mail) than usual due to having gone home early yesterday.
1. Nice chat with retailer who is learning how to sell Fed Commander.
2. Note from a contest entrant that his photos will be along when the clear coat dries.
3. Discussion of metaphysics with creationists. Why do I bother?
4. Some freelance demo group wants some free games, but it's a bulk email to 200 manufacturers. I put it into pending and will deal with it when I have time to find out what they're up to. Some such groups only focus on one or two kinds of games.
5. Proposed article for CL36 put in that folder to read later.
6. Proposed addition to the PDFed article on colonization by Loren Knight with comments by Andy Palmer and Gary Plana and answers by Loren Knight. Put in report folder.
7. Email from John Schneder asking if we liked the Seltorian CA sculpture. We hadn't seen it, but in confirming that it was not here, we figured out that nobody had actually gone to the post office on Saturday. Petrick ran over to the post office, found the CA, pronounced it good. The nine Seltorian ships will go to the casting house on Tuesday.
8. Another note from BGG convention about resolving exclusivity issues so we can go.
9. Another older Email from John S, resolved a couple of issues.
10. Note from Leanna about something I need to do in the warehouse.
11. Contest entry, posted.
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Checked the BBS. No problems. Created food topic.
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Daily web crawl. Astronomy picture of the day. DVD rentals. Ebay auctions. Copyright violations. Server. Boardgame and sci-fi websites. Fed Commander Forum.
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This step was completed at: 3pm.
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STEP TWO: IMPORTANT "EXTRA" TASKS
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Pending Mail on hand:
1. A convention we are sponsoring (we do a lot of that) asked for a graphic to put on their web site, and I made them one. I think Matt could do a better job; maybe he will do it over on Tuesday.
2. No luck identifying a strange miniature Aaron found.
3. Sent Starmada an apology for not getting back to them earlier; made a note to try to reply tomorrow.
4. Reviewed the work of an artist looking for a job. All he does is fantasy and horror. Doesn't seem to know sci-fi gaming exists.
5. Reviewed the work of another artist, one who does sci-fi. Sent him our art guidelines (which is polite for "the legal basis on which we buy are, and we don't negotiate as we have too many artists begging for work") and said we'd give him a try if he wanted to do business with us.
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Worthwhile tasks: Sent pages 21-30 of the Hydran MSSB chapter to the team.
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FYEO: Read the file for today (2 Sept) so I am staying caught up. (FYEO is a real world military intelligence report I read so that I can understand modern military technology and apply it to the games.)
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THE HOT LIST: Stuff I cannot avoid, has to be done, but isn't my "real" job. But nobody else can do it, at least until I hire another Vanessa.
1. Ad for Fictional Reality. They want it Tuesday.
2. Kyocera contract. Tuesday meeting.
3. Star Fleet Alert for Graduation. Put on Petrick's desk 2 Sept. He read it and gave it to Leanna.
4. Star Fleet Alert for Romulan Space (once we have art). Put on Petrick's desk on 2 Sept. He read it and gave it to Leanna.
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LUNCH: Leanna cooked hamburgers at home. Nobody does it better. Added some shredded mozzarella left over from improving frozen pizzas.
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INTERRUPTION #1: Go out to warehouse and pack bags of Zocchi parts.
INTERRUPTION #2: Go out to warehouse and pack bags of factory seconds.
INTERRUPTION #3: Go visit my mother.
(I haven't actually done these three yet, but I'm going to shut down the computer now, go do the first two, then go see mumsie.)
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STEP 3: PRIMARY WORK
The whole point of actually being at my desk is to "put finished pages on the clipboard", not to answer Email, police the BBS, or do special projects only a few people want.
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Prime Directive Federation: Nothing done today.
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Captain's Log #36: Petrick was working on some stuff.
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Omega Five: Petrick was working on some stuff.
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Federation Commander Briefing #1: Nothing done today.
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Starline 2400: got the Seltorian CA and it's great, so we will send all of the new minis we have (the Seltorians, the shuttlecraft, the hive ship, and the King Condor) down to Reaper on Tuesday.
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Other products: When I was at Walmart last night, I bought some new clip boards to keep track of this stuff.
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Got here: Got here at 1:45 for my Sunday afternoon session.
==============
STEP ONE: ROUTINE FUNCTIONS
This is stuff I do every day.
- - - - -
Going through Email. The usual spam.
Actual Emails: More spam (and more real mail) than usual due to having gone home early yesterday.
1. Nice chat with retailer who is learning how to sell Fed Commander.
2. Note from a contest entrant that his photos will be along when the clear coat dries.
3. Discussion of metaphysics with creationists. Why do I bother?
4. Some freelance demo group wants some free games, but it's a bulk email to 200 manufacturers. I put it into pending and will deal with it when I have time to find out what they're up to. Some such groups only focus on one or two kinds of games.
5. Proposed article for CL36 put in that folder to read later.
6. Proposed addition to the PDFed article on colonization by Loren Knight with comments by Andy Palmer and Gary Plana and answers by Loren Knight. Put in report folder.
7. Email from John Schneder asking if we liked the Seltorian CA sculpture. We hadn't seen it, but in confirming that it was not here, we figured out that nobody had actually gone to the post office on Saturday. Petrick ran over to the post office, found the CA, pronounced it good. The nine Seltorian ships will go to the casting house on Tuesday.
8. Another note from BGG convention about resolving exclusivity issues so we can go.
9. Another older Email from John S, resolved a couple of issues.
10. Note from Leanna about something I need to do in the warehouse.
11. Contest entry, posted.
- - - - -
Checked the BBS. No problems. Created food topic.
- - - - -
Daily web crawl. Astronomy picture of the day. DVD rentals. Ebay auctions. Copyright violations. Server. Boardgame and sci-fi websites. Fed Commander Forum.
- - - - -
This step was completed at: 3pm.
==============
STEP TWO: IMPORTANT "EXTRA" TASKS
- - - - -
Pending Mail on hand:
1. A convention we are sponsoring (we do a lot of that) asked for a graphic to put on their web site, and I made them one. I think Matt could do a better job; maybe he will do it over on Tuesday.
2. No luck identifying a strange miniature Aaron found.
3. Sent Starmada an apology for not getting back to them earlier; made a note to try to reply tomorrow.
4. Reviewed the work of an artist looking for a job. All he does is fantasy and horror. Doesn't seem to know sci-fi gaming exists.
5. Reviewed the work of another artist, one who does sci-fi. Sent him our art guidelines (which is polite for "the legal basis on which we buy are, and we don't negotiate as we have too many artists begging for work") and said we'd give him a try if he wanted to do business with us.
- - - - -
Worthwhile tasks: Sent pages 21-30 of the Hydran MSSB chapter to the team.
- - - - -
FYEO: Read the file for today (2 Sept) so I am staying caught up. (FYEO is a real world military intelligence report I read so that I can understand modern military technology and apply it to the games.)
- - - - -
THE HOT LIST: Stuff I cannot avoid, has to be done, but isn't my "real" job. But nobody else can do it, at least until I hire another Vanessa.
1. Ad for Fictional Reality. They want it Tuesday.
2. Kyocera contract. Tuesday meeting.
3. Star Fleet Alert for Graduation. Put on Petrick's desk 2 Sept. He read it and gave it to Leanna.
4. Star Fleet Alert for Romulan Space (once we have art). Put on Petrick's desk on 2 Sept. He read it and gave it to Leanna.
==============
LUNCH: Leanna cooked hamburgers at home. Nobody does it better. Added some shredded mozzarella left over from improving frozen pizzas.
==============
INTERRUPTION #1: Go out to warehouse and pack bags of Zocchi parts.
INTERRUPTION #2: Go out to warehouse and pack bags of factory seconds.
INTERRUPTION #3: Go visit my mother.
(I haven't actually done these three yet, but I'm going to shut down the computer now, go do the first two, then go see mumsie.)
==============
STEP 3: PRIMARY WORK
The whole point of actually being at my desk is to "put finished pages on the clipboard", not to answer Email, police the BBS, or do special projects only a few people want.
- - - - -
Prime Directive Federation: Nothing done today.
- - - - -
Captain's Log #36: Petrick was working on some stuff.
- - - - -
Omega Five: Petrick was working on some stuff.
- - - - -
Federation Commander Briefing #1: Nothing done today.
- - - - -
Starline 2400: got the Seltorian CA and it's great, so we will send all of the new minis we have (the Seltorians, the shuttlecraft, the hive ship, and the King Condor) down to Reaper on Tuesday.
- - - - -
Other products: When I was at Walmart last night, I bought some new clip boards to keep track of this stuff.
==============
posted by Federation Commander at 4:56 PM
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