Skills I have gained/Stuff I now do
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I know faaaaaar too
much about fonts – I did a whole ranting blog post on this a while back. I redacted
it on RTH’s advice. It got nasty. And probably named names. Just don’t EVER
send me anything in comic sans.
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Bus roulette – got a trip of 96
people going out? Only got space for 94 people on your two buses? What d’ya do?
Book an extra bus? Nope, that adds 30% to your costs. You book two and pray to
God that two of the buggers get sick. I have a flawless record in this
department. One day it is going to seriously bite me in the ass
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Idiot proof
instructions – I have a good working sample to test them on
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The “Crazy or
Bluetooth?” game – played on your way to/from work whereby you try to decide if the
person talking to themselves is crazy or on a Bluetooth headset. Pretty good
track record on this one
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The ability to
source anything from anywhere – when the apocalypse strikes,
I’m the one to know, as long as you want bouncy castles, photographers, online registration
software, dubiously shaped cookies or giant clothing for mascots.
Skills that I appear to have lost
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Any form of higher
physics – I caught myself contemplating Maxwell’s Equations thinking “I
used to know what to do with those upside down triangles”
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Documentation – I have to source
new software for my conferences as I’m about to inflict serious physical harm
on the person who designed the stuff I inherited. I’ve totally forgotten how to
draw up any form of requirements documentation whatsoever. I forgot that the
ability to link into a credit card system was a fairly major need.
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The ability to give
a damn – maybe!!
See, I really need to be flying!
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