Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Breakfast at home: egg and cheddar on english muffin, 8 ounces of carrot juice. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Got coffee at The View Cafe with and chatted with John K about various things including the imminent release of Drupal 8 tomorrow. At Tableau Day organized by Kurt G a large roomful of people and I were introduced to Tableau, which is software that is a data visualization presentation layer atop your existing databases or data sources. The software seems impressively easy to use and from a software perspective seems obvious that a lot of excellent development went into it. Followup with students about how student organization websites should be presented (with or without University branding). Jazzee issue follow with Rick and Joel. Encryption and SofTest followup. Minor web edits for Megan and Cindy: placement survey results. Ordered a printer part for Lisa. Investigated a feature request from Lisa about the job postings form. Microsites followup: calpoison. No lunch, but I did get a midafternoon snack of Hawaiian potato chips. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Unclogged an outdoor drain. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni and green bell pepper pizza he made using premade dough, red wine. Selected replacement reading glasses. Of the ones I had ordered from Peepers, one—Andiamo Tan Plaid—sat so close to my eyes that my eyelashes struck them which tickled my eyes every time I blinked so I could not keep them. I couldn't push them further down my nose because they were half-height and the lenses were already barely within my field of vision when pushed all the way to the top of my nose. The other—Golden Torsoise Spg Hge—was also half-height and had similar problems with field of vision though they did not tickle my eyelashes or eyes. I chose replacements that have nose pads and that are full-height so I hope in theory that they will sit further away from my face and not pose problems with field of vision. Answered a question for James about remote communications with students.