January 2008 – Page 5 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-17

Taught about organizing a message for business communication tonight. #
Been a long day and very long week. Feel I need to catch up with sleep. Very soon. #
Feel a little under the weather today. #
Am rather worn out from two days of jury duty, still going into the office, and then all day meetings, and teaching two nights. #
My computer just turned off again. Rrrrr. They just changed it last week!!! #
Just ate a large, fat free vanilla yogurt and Newman’s Own Salt and Pepper Pretzels for lunch. #

Hierarchy and Communication

Have you ever had an experience like this Dilbert comic?

This reminds me about working in a new company, or on a new team, in a new department, with a strict union, etc. Strange how complicated work and relationships / territory / job security / sense of worth or importance can make some things that seem to be easily understood into situations that are much more complex. Power and positionality in organizations are often more complex than they seem at face value.

Perhaps the lessons here will help reveal us to who will win in the next presidential election?

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-16

Copying some of the documents for tomorrow. Of all the times I could use some administrative support . . . #
Copying the agenda and slides for tomorrow morning’s steering committee meeting. #
@nnoakes The link works fine. Great idea! #
Finished copying, collating, and even completing my time card. I think I worked late enough tonight. #
Now, off to find dinner and then go home. Just to start it all again tomorrow. #
Still have to revise some more slides for my class tomorrow. #
and walk the dogs #
and sort mail and pay some bills #
Glad. jury duty is only once every few years. Has been a busy week, and is still only Tuesday! #
@ChefMark Have not seen a Jabberwocky reference in some time. Recalls my graduate work in literature years ago . . . #
@RobinYap Not sure what profile you are looking for on Twitter. #
@randommind I suppose the good lines keep repeating! #
@dmcordell Thank you for the good luck. I often begin my business communication course speaking about the connecttions I see between #
@dmcordell education and communication. I see them so intertwined I cannot clearly separate them. #
@macboyx Thank you for the knapsack reference. I looked at some of the Victoriniox ones. Are those the ones you mentioned? #
@brightwings After the week I already have, I am starting to think your bag suggestion is right on target! #
@RobinYap Only if I made a living with technology. Alas, I am using it as a memoire / autoethnographic / narrative / liveblogging medium! #
Let’s see, what sounds good for take-out on the way home? Perhaps chicken pot pie? It is again cold enough for it. #
@pinoyboy That makes sense, now that I saw the racks. #
@ChefMark It is so nice to see any literary references at all! Recall the Jubjub bird and beware. #
@randommind I found liveblogging about jury duty both patriotic as well as interesting, since I have not seen it done before. #
Just got an email that the dates for #PodCampNYC are changing. It is moving from February to April. #
It was rather close to the original dates to move it, so I am sure there was a significant reason for doing so. #
Got to the office early for a steering committee meeting. #
Set up the computer and realized the cord for the projector was too short in that conference room. #
Just fonished the steering committee meeting. It seemed to go well. Lots of feedback. #
This was our first steering committee meeting, so it was the first time people outside the project team saw our work #
They gave us good suggestions and direction for future work, all of which I will take back to the monthly project team meeting next week. #
@RobinYap Thank you for the link for the Northern Voice #NV2008 logos. I did not realize they were available. #
@RobinYap I did not receive an email or otherwise hear about the new Northern Voice logos. I hope the steering committee promotes them! #
In another large meeting for the rest of the afternoon. #
Ever have the days with so many meetings, there is no time to do all the work that comes out of the meetings themselves? #
Got little sleep last night, and really dragging now. #
Need a quad grande skim latte before my class tonight. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-15

Jury duty again today. #
Role call for jury duty. Jeffrey Keefer . . . HERE! #
Lots of no answers. Not good. #
The fellow at jury duty who calls names and alerted us that 2 people are missing today just said something interesting. #
He said that as jurors, we are the ones who stand between civilization and anarchy. I like how his humor does illustrate the important role #
Phew, did not get called for that case. #
Doing some school work to prepare for my NYU Stern class tomorrow night. #
Time to open my computer again. The battery needed to be recharged, anyway. #
Wifi is again working in the jury room; at least for the time being. #
Thank you for your service. You are dismissed from jury duty. #
Hurray. #
Back in the office catching up after jury duty the past 2 days. #
I just counted and realized I Tweeted 45 times yesterday. Wow! #
I am facilitating a project steering committee meeting tomorrow, so came into the office after jury service to pull some loose ends toge … #

Attention Jurors

“We ask jurors in the hallway to come back into the main room. Have a seat and make yourselves comfortable.”

Here we all are, waiting . . .

“This is the end of your service.” Hurray!!!

They are going to give us a “Proof of Service,” which means that we do not have to serve again for a minimum of 2 years, and realistically we will not be called again for another 6 years. According to the laws of the State of New York, we will not again have to serve for 2 years. However, it is the practice within the County of New York (which is comprised of Manhattan) that we will not be called back for 6 years.

Wonderful!

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