The Power of Shiny

One of the things that $Newboss approved was getting a Mac Mini, to use as a teaching tool. I'm the only guy here with certified Mac experience, and the others I'd trained on how to support it had left.

Worse, at the time I trained the others, we'd had the Marketing G5s that we were building that I could give them hands on with. Until a few days ago, the only Macs we had available were the ones we needed to support.

So, with her OK, we got the Mini in. I gave a couple of "training sessions" to a few interested parties, and now I have it set up on the far side of my desk, with a nice eyecatch screensaver and the keyboard sitting there invitingly.

Everyone in the area, even the people who "didn't really want to learn Mac", have come and played with it for at least 20 or 30 minutes each. I suspect that by the end of next month, they'll all know at least basic troubleshooting and how to navigate around in it, and a decent understanding of what they can do with it. (Especially since I may introduce a few "problems"...)

All hail the power of shiny as a teaching tool. :>

RIP: John M. Ford

I never met the man, but I read a good bit of his writing.

Someone else wrote a much better eulogy than I could give.

Blood pressure...RISING....

No, you fucking idiot, calling me to say that the earnest money can't be used at closing, and that I'm going to need a larger certified check AFTER THE BANKS HAVE CLOSED is not OK. Especially not less than 24 hours before closing! This is information we needed LAST Monday, or at worst, Friday!

I really like Harvey (the Agent), but if I buy another house and he's involved, I will never, ever, ever use the title or financing he reccomends ever again.