Kay Jay

It starts with a glance at the crackberry a little after six. Usually my favorite time of the day to spend reading, thinking and soaking in anything I can find that has nothing to do with web 2.0.

It’s always a one-liner, maybe two. They haven’t yet begun with the words “Where’s my … ?” (opting instead for “I need”), for which I’m thankful. But it means getting on the VPN and spending a little time in Excel or Word or Acrobat. And delivering. Soon.

We call them KJs, short for knee-jerk assignments. There’s little time to think and less time to second-guess. Adam calls them “hero or goat” moments, which I think is funny, since I recently learned that “few animals walk taller than the he-goat”:http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=proverbs+30%3A29-31. But I think he rather meant “the stupid kind”:http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40091 instead.

This entry was written by Ken and posted on February 12, 2007 at 9:24 am and filed under Business, Personal. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

2 Comments

  1. jenny
    Posted February 12, 2007 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

    aahhh…it’s so nice to read you bloggin’ again…..:)

  2. John Bell
    Posted February 19, 2007 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    I second that!

    I get these kjs myself at least three times a week, but they always get me before I’m out the door… except on Saturdays, when my morning coffee becomes interrupted by VPNing into an AS/400 and typing esoteric commands through slitted eyes as I try to wake up.

    Ahhh, IT. Wouldn’t rather be doing anything else. :P