Well what's new with me. Last weekend was great however, I can't remember what I did, well yes I do..Saturday was the most exciting day, starting with afternoon drinks with friends, took it easy for a bit, and then went to the Heart & Crown and had a good time! This was followed by good ole Elgin Street Diner (had a poutine- not the best thing to have, as I felt it the next morning!) , then back to a friends apt till 5am...lol when I staggered home. Good times!
Sunday was fairly relaxed, but Monday started with lots to do. I was in meetings about the Wiki project from 12:30 to 3:00ish...and stayed at work till 6:15. I had been asked to re-design the look of the Wiki. For those curious to see what it looks like, well here's a peak:
It's locked behind the NRCan intranet, so I can only take screen shots of it. But imagine that before 3pm, there were no colors, no frames, nothing...was just text divided like a normal wiki page, and I had to re-design into this...was fun and challenging, I am learning which is great! Then I had to rush home and finish my assignment for my online Advocacy course...that was my nite!Tuesday: The Big Day!!
Tuesday was the big day, the NS Forum with the Deputy Minister and the DGs. Basically the wiki project came out of this NS Report, well not the only thing that came out, but it's the first thing to be realized and made successful out of this report :) . We were given a few plugs while the presentations were going on, and there was a kiosk outside the conference hall, which the Wiki set-up and running. Was neat, had the DM come up and ask me how this works, and ask me how this tool can be useful for NRCan. Overall our presence was good, we were approached by approximately half the people there, so all good :) Plus, it was held at the Brookstreet , which was quite the place. Great food and atmosphere for a newish conference centre. And if you're ever in the Ottawa region and want to try what seemed to be a GREAT restaurant, you should try the restaurant there, but get ready to pay $$$.
In the evening was the course selection time! What to take or better yet what to rank as my choices for courses this summer...after a few submissions this was my final ranking:
1)757 Special Topic: Social Software and Libraries (online course)
2)672 Financial Management
3)561 Conservation and Preservation in Libraries and Archives
4)732 Special Topic: Privacy in the Information Age
5)759 Special Topic: Web Usability: Theory and Practice
6)725 Special Topic: Strategic Planning
7)545 Descriptive Cataloguing Theory and Practice
I hope to get into my top 5 :)
Wednesday..today...I was hoping to get off the Wiki wagon a bit, as it's taken a lot of my time but it didn't happen. I ended up updating some stuff, adding some french content, basically a French welcome page. Tonight...well packing some stuff as I am headed down to London/Niagara this weekend, and I'm playing some indoor soccer again! Woo hoo :)
Well that's about it for now! Certainly my longest post, but that's what happens when I stay away from this blog.
Cheers all,
Jer l'Acadien
3 comments:
Hey Buddy...
Headin to National on my lunch break...I'll try to give you a shout when we get back on your cell...email me your cell number...cuz i wanna make sure i have the right one!
hopefully have an 06 pst98 28oz waitin for ya when you get to town!
Rick,
I sent you an email at work.
Looks like she took ya down...valiant effort tho ;)
Stats wont be finalized until Wednesday night tho...but I don't think you'll be making up the 5 point difference.
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