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New Tricks for this Chick

My friend K. worked at a scrappy nonprofit for a while, and they used a tally system to track the number of packets they sent out. All the staff members would finish their mailings, and then stand on a chair to reach the upper part of the office blackboard, and make a mark on it. This system was in place for months and months. When K. started working there, she suggested that they devote the lower corner of the blackboard to the tally, thus eliminating the need to scramble onto the chair and flounder with the chalk. It was revolutionary.

Sometimes it just takes a fresh perspective. For the past two years, I’ve clicked on “send/receive messages” on the Outlook toolbar, to check email. It never occurred to me that there might be a setting that would automatically refresh the inbox, maybe even making that cute pinging sound I’ve noticed in other offices.

Alas. New Guy started joined our staff. Hours after setting up his email, his computer pinged. I was shocked. “I didn’t know our computers did that!”

And he came over to my space and spent approximately two seconds with my Outlook and ping! There you go.

Have a great weekend, dear readers, and happy Rosh ha Shana to fellow members of the tribe.

Posted by Dori at 10:59 AM