Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Along the way I tried stopping at Starbucks Laurel Village for breakfast but the order ahead app had a confusing interface and when I arrived the line was too long. In the Starbucks app I ordered a featured item but then the next screen told me that that item was out of stock at my chosen store. It asked me if I wanted to choose a different store or continue with my purchase of an out of stock item (??). There was no obvious way to remove the item from my virtual shopping bag. I didn't want to go to a different Starbucks. I abandoned the online purchase. I got breakfast instead from Rigolo: egg and cheddar on a plain bagel. I took the order to go and ate at my desk with water from my water bottle. Helped Erin H with a web editing question. Followup with Rebecca D about a web editing question. Scheduled a meeting with Marley and Eric. Followup with Angela about the CP intranet. Followup with Grant about a question about Lisa K's recent award. Applied for and accepted an offer for an Apple Card. Patrick announced today that he was selected by Roxane Gay as the winner of the 2019 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction to be published in autumn 2020 by University of Georgia Press for his short story collection titled If We Were Electric. This is his first published book, after having published many short stories in various journals earlier in his writing career. I made live changes to his new website to include the announcement and to permit people to sign up for further updates. Lots of hero styling following an update to flexslider related to the php72 update. Walked and rode Muni to Recharge Medical for a web team meeting. Rode UberX home. To bed early.