Geeking out, overdelivering, and balance
Category NoneThis is Cool Stuff
The sparse blog entries over the past month or so are all attributable to having way too much business in February. A good problem to have? We'll see in March! Today I realized that we're all doing fairly nerdy stuff -- much to the delight of the guys at SNAPPS. I'm writing a DLL using the C API and QPAPI for QuickPlace, combining it with changes to the HaikuCommonForms template. Viktor is writing a front end for a massive migration project during the day, and configuring our new Asterisk server at night. Troy and Jerald are teaming on the same migration project, writing the business logic to migrate users, content and structure from MS SQL Server to QuickPlace. SQL queries, creation of places, rooms, folders and content on the back end, and a new interface to the QPAPI. Troy's also just written a Domino web service client call for a help desk system.
But it's Not Without Problems
The problem with being too busy with work in a small business is manyfold. First, there can be an appearance of not moving forward with things that should've been done some time ago. Like moving things out of boxes from your office move over three months ago. Second, some of my own activities such as finalizing 12 conference sessions for Advisor Summit in Las Vegas or Admin2006 in Boston slip a bit. Third, and somewhat related to the marketing value of the sessions, there's precious little time to market and sell when so engrossed in a large project. It's difficult to carve out a conference call, let alone a day trip, to visit with a prospective or even returning client.
Balance is the key, one of the reasons I subscribe to Alan Weiss's The Balancing Act. It serves me well at the beginning of each month. As well, our weekly tactical meetings implemented in January are more focused than any prior attempts at staff meetings I've made.
After all this school, I do learn once in a while. Maybe even enough to post something for Show-n-Tell Thursdays tomorrow. If I can get a minute...
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