Well, the iMovie training class was a total flop as far as I'm concerned. It's not that it didn't go well, because Tommy and I did a good job explaining how to use the software. No, the problem is that hardly anybody showed up. What's frsuterating is that we've had TONS of people asking us to teach them how to edit their own movies..and when we finally hold a class, nobody shows up! So, I'm through with trying to hold training classes for a while. As far as I'm concerned, if people ask me how to use use iMovie, I'll simply tell them they should have been in the training class on November 15th. Now, it doesn't help that the Agency held it's annual United Way auction yesterday. But, that really shouldn't have interfered with it too much.
I came home from work totally exhausted and took about an hour and a half nap. Much needed. In fact: more needed.
Did you know that there's going to be a huge (once every 33 years) meteor shower this weekend? Yeh, I heard about this on the radio the other day. Early Sunday morning, Earth will be passing through the tail of some comet or something (I dunno, Jennifer and Dad are the space nuts in the family. Maybe they can correct me). Olivia and I had already started talking about getting up around 4am to watch the shower and now it looks like we're going to get together with Eric and his wife to watch it. They say that hundreds and thousands of meteors will fall every hour. Should make for a good show. Perhaps I'll take the Agency's DV camcorder out and try to capture some of it.
And, for those of you wondering about the truck: I finally called Shawn yesterday to find out the status. He got to wisdom teeth out late last week, which kept him from getting much work done over the weekned, and then two more out either Monday or Tuesday. Poor guy. I told him that I understood that he had to get his wisdom teeth out. He says basically all he needs to do is put the bed back on it and it's done.
Posted by Jeff at November 16, 2001 08:14 AMWhat's a "scape nut?"
Posted by: Whiskers at November 16, 2001 09:20 AMgood question. I'll look into that one. :)
Posted by: Aurthur at November 16, 2001 09:21 AMJeff,
Do you have notes for that presentation that you could perhaps put in Powerpoint or something for future reference? I ask only because if I expressed interest in something then got pulled away, I'd still be interested. And nothing pisses me off more than the "well, you should have..." reaction to a friendly request. :) You might want to look into it. It'll cut your calls down, and you'll have another initiative under your belt. Youre' doing a great job coming up with things that will benefit your company. Don't see it as a loss that many didn't make it. Instead, focus on those who did. The word will spread if you did well, and you may see more requests. It would be foolish to turn your back to incoming requests now that you're getting a good rep. for training.
Just a thought.
Posted by: Brian at November 16, 2001 11:50 AMOh, sure, there'll be a PDF of the documentation that we wrote up for iMovie on our Intranet. We always post lots of PDF documentation on the site.
Posted by: Jeff at November 16, 2001 12:24 PMAwesome. I see it as their loss, but if they start asking again, it might be a good idea to follow up with them a day before or the morning of the event. It is a hassle, but from my experience with volunteers, people SOUND excited and may legitimately BE excited, but they still need a push to do what they WANT to do. Makes no sense, I know, but I've seen it with my own eyes. :)
Posted by: Brian :) at November 16, 2001 02:13 PMHey! It's called the Leonid meteor shower and it actually takes place every year around Nov 17-18. Earth passes through the tail of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle every year at this same place in its orbit around the sun. :O) Every 33 years or so there is a chance of seeing these meteors go berserk, when the comet swings back through our solar system on its way around the sun, and Earth passes through the thick swarm of "fresh" debris that follows it. The comet just passed through in February of 1998, so the years following have been pretty good. The best time to see the meteors will be between about 2am and dawn on Sunday morning. You will probably see meteors all over the sky, but look for a majority of them to appear to come from the constellation Leo the Lion (should be rising in the east around 1am or so). That's why they're called the Leonids!
Pretty neat, huh? Astronomy is FUN!
P.S. - I hope it's clear that night! Living in northern New England with its perpetual cloudiness in late fall/early winter, we normally don't stand a chance.
Posted by: ASTRO RN at November 16, 2001 04:34 PM