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Tag Archives: work
Dealing with Supervision
This editorial was originally released on Feb 4, 2013. It is being republished as Steve is out of the office. I’ve been working at home for a decade, first for my own company and now for Red Gate Software. In … Continue reading
My 2016 by the Numbers
This is it, the last work day of the year. I wrote about my look back from the data side of the world, but I also wanted to take a look back at my personal 2016 from the work perspective. … Continue reading
Working on the Road
I spend a decent amount of time on the road, traveling to events. Last year I think I spent 50 nights in hotels for work. That’s a fair amount, and it can be challenging to get everything I need to … Continue reading
The Jarvis–Standing Desk Update
I started using a standing desk a few years back. While visiting the Redgate Software office, I saw one of my coworkers standing and using boxes of books to lift their keyboard and mouse. I tried that. My first desk … Continue reading
Adding Minutes in Excel
A short one, but I found myself wasting time recently. I use an Excel sheet to schedule some items out each day. It’s not my choice to do this, but the service I use requires this to not manually set … Continue reading
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Back to Work
It’s strange to be back to work on a Monday, with kids still in the house (they start school tomorrow), after being gone for the last 10 days from work. It was really gone, as I didn’t process email or … Continue reading
Standing Desk Update
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my workspace, however I made a change recently. This was the "short term test" situation I set up a couple years ago: After just using boxes for a few days, I … Continue reading
In and Out
Travel always causes issues with work. It was the same when I was a production DBA as it is now as editor and evangelist for Red Gate. The tasks I have to manage and complete don’t seem to ever be … Continue reading
A Week Away
Almost. I’m off this week in Steamboat Springs, enjoying a vacation with the family, but I’ve got one commitment: Database Weekly. We rotate the workload, and most everyone else has something this month, so I got stuck with it. I … Continue reading
Back to Work
After surgery Fri am, I’ve been mostly taking it easy, but now it’s back to work. Got kids to school and at the standing desk. Overall I feel good and can walk fairly normal. Other than this big brace on … Continue reading
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