Trying to Do Someone Else's Job Isn't Helping Them

So, something came up on Friday at work and I've thought it more (after sleeping on it). I was annoyed (big surprise) when I was trying to solve a problem that a customer was having. On solving it, I needed to direct some other people in other teams and departments on the exact nature of the problem, and what to do to fix it.
The annoyance came from the unsolicited help I was getting from someone I was asking for only information: what's the problem, when, where, who, etc.
This person wanted to troubleshoot. I explained I wasn't looking for speculation (since he couldn't see the whole picture) and just needed the information. Not suggestions about the solution.
Then I've realized that there's a deeper problem that I'm not going to be able to solve. So now, I need to just pass the information & specifics to Development...and not to do their job for them by telling them what to do.

Barely Enough Time Is Still Enough

So with my fall semester at Kennesaw State for my eMBA program coming to a close, I'm finding that the last "rush" of assignments left me feeling like I had barely enough time in my days. Getting married during this semester compounded the time management issues. My new bride and I managed to pull that planning and event off flawlessly. So, we clearly had "enough" time to get it done and done right.
I find that instead of worrying about how much time I have left before a deadline, or how much time on each task to allot per day, a different approach has been working better for me.
I'm starting sooner. The opposite of procrastination. Even if I don't do much, I try to get started on whatever it is right away. For me, for whatever reason, that's working out much better. I could pontificate on why this is, and how it can work for you, but instead, I'm going to go get back to work.

Awesome new phone

So, I got the new Droid phone for my Verizon account. It had a $100 rebate, too. This is a really cool phone. I love being able to talk to it and have it pull up maps and directory info from Google. And the painless sync'ing of my Google calendar was a thrill to see. Such a cool phone, too. I need the clickety key qwerty keyboard, you know?

New video camera!

Hey, I just got the new Flip video ultra HD! This thing is cool, mostly for just the darn simplicity, size, and light weight all combined with that much HD capacity.
Yeah, I still want some video camera with every possible feature, option, bell, whistle and you-name-it, but for now this is perfect.

High-Availability Considerations Article at The Email Admin

I've got an article out there on the factors affecting geographically distant clusters that I think is worth a read. It's vendor and platform neutral, so it should be of use for any of you out there, and is (hopefully) a good starting point to present the information to those that aren't familiar with the concepts.

FireKing's MediaVault 500 Surprise

Well, there were two surprises when I got the MVHD-500 to review. One, when I discovered that the 500 GB were provided via two 250 GB hard drives. Separate drives, with separate USB ports. So, it's really a "dual-250". No ability to span or combine the drives into a single volume.
The second surprise was better: the drives are enclosed in great portable USB enclosures that have SATA as well as USB interfaces and support external power via a wall-wart if you want it. I've used them before and they are great.
Check out my review here, and my comparison of it with the ioSafe here.

Excecutive MBA Preparations

School starts for my eMBA at Kennesaw State University soon: Sept. 26th. I'm excited and preparing for the changes to my schedule as well as the changes in my day-to-day focus.
...OK, so it's actually starting on October 3rd, but who's counting?