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Subject:RE: what are you working on today From:"CB Casper" <knowone -at- surfy -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:30:25 -0800
Creating the quarterly writing forecast for about 20
of our products now that I'm managing them
Answering fire drills for minutia about past projects
Writing XML based help for a current product
Figuring out how to find resources to write content
for 4 drop-in projects that I have no one available
to work on but are all due by the end of the year
for customers that are going to purchase the products
Developing a matrix of details of IO slots on various
servers
Cleaning out my over sized mailbox, warning from IT
Installing yet another document control tool
Determining which writing projects need editing
when and how much effort and schedule is needed
Training a new writer on our internal writing,
release, and publication processes
Filling in for writer out on family leave to write
content for Release Notes and Installation Guide
Hauling daughter to and from school and friends and...
Hoping the weather will stay clear to play tennis
at lunchtime
Anticipating a weird weekend of my birthday party
on Saturday and a memorial gathering for an uncle
on Sunday
CB
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