Saturday, March 19, 2005
Unexpected complications
The big task I thought I had just a little cleanup work left on turned into a whole day project when I discovered that the software had misread the feed and mixed up all of the links. So I had to go in and check all 287 entries against the original feed to make sure each one was accurate.
Needless to say, I was bummed. The project had already gone over what I had originally estimated and now manually checking every link doubled the time it took. Lesson to be learned - never assume that just because you have an idea for speeding up a task, it will actually go faster. You've got to estimate extra time for unexpected problems.
At least I didn't let the monotony of the extra work get me down. I slipped my favorite "Jars of Clay" CD into the computer and found myself really boppin' along. Plus, once it was done, I had a feeling of accomplishment from getting it done. I'll tell you, a massive project like that is a lot nicer to look BACK on than FORWARD to.
So I head off to bed tonight feeling relieved to be able to say that the conversion project is now COMPLETELY done, and feeling excited that I can put some concentrated time in on upgrading One Stop Web Support tomorrow to a solid starting point that I can upload and build from there into what I envision it eventually being. Who knows, maybe I can even upload tomorrow - if no unexpected complications rear their ugly heads.
One thing for sure, though, I need to carve out a little time to assess my son Jon's upgraded site for his freelance design work. He'd like my input. I had a chance to glance through it when it first went up, but I need to take a closer look to give him decent feedback on it.
We'll see what tomorrow brings. Until then...
Stay focused
Jeff
The big task I thought I had just a little cleanup work left on turned into a whole day project when I discovered that the software had misread the feed and mixed up all of the links. So I had to go in and check all 287 entries against the original feed to make sure each one was accurate.
Needless to say, I was bummed. The project had already gone over what I had originally estimated and now manually checking every link doubled the time it took. Lesson to be learned - never assume that just because you have an idea for speeding up a task, it will actually go faster. You've got to estimate extra time for unexpected problems.
At least I didn't let the monotony of the extra work get me down. I slipped my favorite "Jars of Clay" CD into the computer and found myself really boppin' along. Plus, once it was done, I had a feeling of accomplishment from getting it done. I'll tell you, a massive project like that is a lot nicer to look BACK on than FORWARD to.
So I head off to bed tonight feeling relieved to be able to say that the conversion project is now COMPLETELY done, and feeling excited that I can put some concentrated time in on upgrading One Stop Web Support tomorrow to a solid starting point that I can upload and build from there into what I envision it eventually being. Who knows, maybe I can even upload tomorrow - if no unexpected complications rear their ugly heads.
One thing for sure, though, I need to carve out a little time to assess my son Jon's upgraded site for his freelance design work. He'd like my input. I had a chance to glance through it when it first went up, but I need to take a closer look to give him decent feedback on it.
We'll see what tomorrow brings. Until then...
Stay focused
Jeff
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