Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Breakfast at home: organic oatmeal with fresh, sliced banana; cinnamon; vanilla Silk soymilk. To work. Linkchecking, Flickr work, kiosk work. Phone meeting with Michael W and Eric D. Requested access to CP's analytics from Gary M. Followup with Tran about a Windows 7 activation problem. Minor update to the OSACA staff listing on the web. Library printing system followup with Ann D. Calendar management. Created a screencast in QuickTime using its screen recording feature—my first time. I had trouble getting the audio to work the way I wanted. I didn't realize that it records mono only—by design. I thought something was broken or configured improperly because sound was coming from only the left speaker. This was particularly true since when I recorded I saw an animated icon that indicated that sound was being recorded from the left and right channels. I tried to figure out an easy way for the sound to be duplicated from the left to the right channel but there didn't seem to be an easy way so I gave up and just left the sound the way it was coming out of the left speaker. This whole user experience I think was flawed, and I think someone eventually needs to rethink it or run some usability tests. The screencast I created describes how to import new applicants into the supp app web app I'm building. There are enough steps that text instructions I think are not ideal. Followup with Cindy about supp app online payment account. Lunch from Panda Express: panda bowl with chow mein and mixed vegetables, water. My fortune: The respect of influential people will soon be yours. Editorial audits meeting with Cindy, Susie, Eric, Michael. Helped student KJ with questions about anti-virus software. Followup with CP about downtime. Worked late reviewing Michael W's summary report. Well, the first 15 pages at least. 18 pages still to go. Dinner at home: cream of potato soup. Spent 2 hours figuring out as best I could how to complete the Table 2 Allocation Worksheet from IRS Publication 555, and got it done for all our amended filings (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). Late meal: TJ's vegan, organic, black bean soup.