Archive for the 'Work' Category

I Wish I Could…

Monday, December 17th, 2007

…write about what I do at work. But, I can’t. Sometimes I really wish I could write about it here.

Flight Delayed

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Today I learned a lesson: Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
When I arrived to the airport I was surprised to see that on the departure list that my flight, United 486 to Chicago O’Hare, was delayed 3 hours. I don’t know if the status changed while I was in the [...]

I broke a sweat, but I made it

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

I’ve made it to my hotel in Chicago, but it wasn’t without a little stress along the way.
Saturday afternoon I made the decision to have a cab come and pick me up at home around 10:30a for my 12:20p flight. I figured that an hour and a half should be enough time at the [...]

First Business Trip

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Tomorrow I’ll be heading to Chicago to visit my Test Team for the first time. This trip will also mark my first “official” business trip with Avanade and my third trip to Chicago. I have been to a couple of Fly Back Friday’s but, I don’t really consider those business trips since it’s [...]

Multiple Hats

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

It’s been a while since I’ve written on here, and I wish it hasn’t been so long. I used to be really active with keeping this site up to date with what’s going on with me, but I’ve been failing at that lately. But, not without reason.

USB Key Lost and Found

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Yesterday afternoon was a whirlwind of meetings. From 1pm until 5pm I was booked solid in four different meetings. I was going from room to room and building to building at Microsoft. Usually this isn’t a problem, but yesterday was a big day. It was the day that the system requirements, [...]

No Fly Back for Ryan

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

The project I’m currently on out at Microsoft has had new work presented to us and we need a prototype developed by Monday. Seeing that the remaining members of our team were going to head out to the West Region Fly Back this weekend, we found out that we wouldn’t have time to get [...]