webmonkee
Shared on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 21:58I never, ever thought I would say this, but there's too damn much for me to learn right now.
Let's see, we upgraded all of the following software titles at work over the past month:
In addition, I bought a new pocket PC wireless phone that I have had almost no time to play with or figure out, although I have figured out how to have a Halo ring tone and play the two games that came on it.
On top of that, going back and forth between COD4 and Halo3 is making me throw grenades when I want to reload in COD4, and making me throw a bubble shield when I want to reload in H3.
I must be getting old. I used to soak up stuff like a total sponge and have it all nailed on pretty much the first try. Not anymore. I was actually in Illustrator today trying to figure out where one of my panels was when I realized that the panel I was looking for was only in Photoshop, not Illustrator. I went to call my wife's cell phone today, and had to use the contacts list because I couldn't remember her number.
Did I mention I'm helping my wife out by creating all new forms for her to use in the Doctor's office she works in?
Oh, we also got a bunch of new software at work, or did I say that?
Anyway, I wonder if this is how my parents felt when we got our first VCR and I had it programmed in 5 minutes and they were still trying to grasp the concept of recording TV? Will I soon reach the point where my nephew will have to come over to make my holovision unit stop blinking 'Enter dilithium code," while I keep pressing buttons on the fridge remote and saying "I AM entering the damn code?"
Speaking of codes, at work we have something called a Universal Passcode. Only, we have three of them. Yes, I have three different Universal passcodes, each of which gets me into maybe 2 or 3 systems. I'm pretty sure my company doesn't really grasp the concept of "universal.". Luckily, each one must be changed every 90 days or it might get really complicated. I have found myself asking on many occasions "which universal do I use for this system?" Then there are the systems which have not yet been converted to a "universal" standard. Those ones I tend to neglect until I get an e-mail with lots of bolded words from my boss about it.
Fortunately, my new Pocket PC can keep track of all of those passcodes for me, if I ever figure out how to make it do that. :)
At least I still remember the square root of 7 to 7 decimals: 2.6457513 Man, I'm a freak.....
Let's see, we upgraded all of the following software titles at work over the past month:
- Captivate 2 to Captivate 3 (I am a SME for this and must become an expert)
- ACT v7 to ACT v8 (This is a training delivery platform, and I am both a SME and an admin for this and must become an expert)
- Swishmax to Swishmax 2
- Photoshop CS2 to Photoshop CS3
- Ditto for Illustrator CS2 to 3
- We also added Adobe Presenter and Connect. These ones are fortunately not hard to learn, but I still have to learn them.
In addition, I bought a new pocket PC wireless phone that I have had almost no time to play with or figure out, although I have figured out how to have a Halo ring tone and play the two games that came on it.
On top of that, going back and forth between COD4 and Halo3 is making me throw grenades when I want to reload in COD4, and making me throw a bubble shield when I want to reload in H3.
I must be getting old. I used to soak up stuff like a total sponge and have it all nailed on pretty much the first try. Not anymore. I was actually in Illustrator today trying to figure out where one of my panels was when I realized that the panel I was looking for was only in Photoshop, not Illustrator. I went to call my wife's cell phone today, and had to use the contacts list because I couldn't remember her number.
Did I mention I'm helping my wife out by creating all new forms for her to use in the Doctor's office she works in?
Oh, we also got a bunch of new software at work, or did I say that?
Anyway, I wonder if this is how my parents felt when we got our first VCR and I had it programmed in 5 minutes and they were still trying to grasp the concept of recording TV? Will I soon reach the point where my nephew will have to come over to make my holovision unit stop blinking 'Enter dilithium code," while I keep pressing buttons on the fridge remote and saying "I AM entering the damn code?"
Speaking of codes, at work we have something called a Universal Passcode. Only, we have three of them. Yes, I have three different Universal passcodes, each of which gets me into maybe 2 or 3 systems. I'm pretty sure my company doesn't really grasp the concept of "universal.". Luckily, each one must be changed every 90 days or it might get really complicated. I have found myself asking on many occasions "which universal do I use for this system?" Then there are the systems which have not yet been converted to a "universal" standard. Those ones I tend to neglect until I get an e-mail with lots of bolded words from my boss about it.
Fortunately, my new Pocket PC can keep track of all of those passcodes for me, if I ever figure out how to make it do that. :)
At least I still remember the square root of 7 to 7 decimals: 2.6457513 Man, I'm a freak.....
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