I decided to get my domain over to Google Apps to try to get my family on the same page. So now, I have docs, mail, start, and gtalk working for my family. So now, krisguy@krisguy.com works again!
I guess this one is for me and my psyche, but I'm gonna take the world along for a ride.
I am a man stuck in a mid-life crisis at the age of 33. My passion in life is using technology to make people happy and showing people how to do it, which is why I work for AT&T. I'm a father of two, and I spend time every day gaining energy from my boys. I'm married to a woman that lets me see herself without fear. This seems like a great life, right?
It is, but there needs to be more. I'm feeling very trapped right now, both by diabetes and by lack of time to pursue things like programming and language learning.
I took a real observation of my life, and I am not getting any fresh human perspective in my life. My 2 best friends don't ever talk to me, I have to not spend time working on projects because I have to stay with my wife because she's too afraid to try to make friends and we don't have any way to get a break from the kids.
Pity party aside, I am going to make some changes for MYSELF. First, I'm keeping a written diabetes diary, logging everything from sleep, food, exercise, and my routine. This is going to be done for two reasons: more permanent record, and to serve as the basis for my diabetes log.
Second, I'm taking time at work to make sure that my skills get better. I'm going to work on making sure that I remember that most people don't know what I can do on a phone, and that it takes steps to get there.
The last thing is that I will try to talk to more people every day, in real life or online.
I know if I can do these three things, everything else will be done well.
I'm glad Comedy Central keeps exploiting Chapelle's Show, it's still some of the best social comedy ever.
I think I need a break from actively trying to keep up with social networking, so it's time to start reading again. Dickens or the Bard?
This has how my mind has been for the last several months. Stuck on that 140 character limit, try to write insightful thoughts. It's really a great exercise in learning how to write great, catching openings, but backing up a great opening with worthwhile content is the key. That is where I have been lacking for a long time. My plan is to do more reading and writing instead of working on learning programming and Japanese.
With more practice, I hope that the 140 character limit won't get me.
I'm trying to figure out how to get some structure back in my life. I'm not talking about physical discipline (although that would be a huge help), or mental discipline, but emotional discipline.
I have been so starved for human contact I don't really know how to talk to people anymore. I really feel like my family is poisoning my happiness right now, especially my wife. It's bleeding into my job. I can't stand my coworkers and the rampant laziness they exhibit. My best friend has fallen off the face of the earth. Every call, e-mail, message, gets no response.
My online compatriots have all fractioned off to different services, none of which I can access well on my phone. When I do get in front of a decent computer, I fall asleep because it's so late in the day.
I want to be a mobile developer, but with the long hours and my family, I don't have any time to devote to it.
I feel like I have no dreams left. I'm a zombie, craving some positive human contact. I doubt I will find any soon.
Back to my day at work, just plodding along.
I'm sitting in a training class for AT&T this morning. I love the people in this class, but the training is late. Most everything that is shown in these classes is good information, but about 2-3 months behind. When I get a phone, I have 90 percent of the phone's features working within 48 hours.
I hope my trainer keeps things light.
I'm listening to Obama's acceptance speech, and I'm thinking that I am ready to listen to the candidates.
This time, everyone needs to listen to the candidates carefully, and don't vote with just our hearts or just a few facts. We need to listen to all ideas from all over, everywhere in the world, then decide what is the best course for us.
All I ask of those of us who have the privilege of voting for the next U.S. President to balance your emotion, gut, heart, and fact, and make the decision for you, your home, and your world.
I'm trying to overcome a balance issue. I love the way that technology keeps me connected with lots of people, and I have met a lot of new people by chatting online. I love it because I can use my phone, PC, or the Web to talk to anyone I want to talk with.
My problem is that I don't feel I really have anything to talk about.
My day is working at an AT&T store, selling phones. I try to be as polite and understanding as I can. When I get home, I try to clean and cook and play with two boys. I hardly ever talk to my wife, and it's annoying.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
It's hard to talk to people about other cool projects when I'm working so much at my job and around the house that when I have 10 minutes, I write crappy self hating tripe like this.
Any ideas on how to restore the balance?
I had a good week last week.
My visit with my doctor was good. It was pretty quick, except my blood pressure is high, so I need to watch that again.
I'm still having issues with needles, but the auto-cover needles I don't have an issue with. I can even prick my fingers without thinking, all because I can't see the needle/lancet. I think a specialist might be helpful in getting me over the hump in needles.
Today, I started my 10mcg dosage of Byetta, and I'm loving it. It keeps me from overeating. I'm losing weight, only a pound a week, but it's a start.
Let's see how I can handle backing off the glimepride and eating.
The last few weeks have been good for me, sales wise, due to the iPhone. Finances are looking up.
However, my wife has been really cranky and naggy, and I can't get her to stop.
I need a hug.
I'm the type of person that loves finding new apps and new ways to use my phone, and it makes me happy to have new apps that extend my Web 2.0 experience.
Would people like it if they had a mobile experience that included free apps? I'm going to try an idea at work where I have a 8x10 sign in front of my terminal that showcases a free app or mobile site, hopefully getting current customers to use it and add data features. I'll try a mockup for Evernote today and see how it works.
I'm slightly upset that Apple decided to launch the new iPhone on July 11th. Of course, the new season of Burn Notice starts the night before, and I have to be at work at 6am.
I know lots of people are excited, both good and bad, for the iPhone 3G. Since I'm going to be one of the guys selling to you, here's what I need before you come in:
Be calm, it's gonna take a while.
Most people have already studied the plans and features, or have already come in for a credit check. Most people will already know if they are paying $199/$299 or $399/$499, but there are a lot of people that will just decide on a whim to get this, so we have to sell them through the whole process.
Those people that have an idea of what they want, make sure you have the following ready: cash or card for the equipment, cash or money order if you require a deposit, what plan and SMS you want, and you drivers licence. If you are porting a number over, then bring your bill.
If you know better, prepare.
I'm in the middle of my lunch break at work, and I'm working on different ways to sell data services and show value to people. When you are so used to texting your family, writing blog posts on your phone, uploading photos to Flickr and Facebook, and Qik or Kyte.tv vids, it takes a lot to look back and think about different ways that normobs (normal mobile phone users) can start getting into this comfortably.
In the course of my job, I find a majority of our customers don't understand the convienience of SMSing someone the "don't forget the milk" message instead of calling; don't understand that several companies, newspapers, etc. provide important text alerts that are sent the moment it happens, like traffic accidents and weather warnings; and don't understand that most information available on the go is really easy to use.
I am having a really hard time remembering how I was before I started working here.
Backup all media onto a MyBook, format, reinstall XP, run gobs of updates.
BLEH!
When a man feels tired and unable to function, it's the most frustrating thing in the world. It's even worse when you are diabetic and not in control of your body.
I've fallen off again. I don't think I've counted a carb in a month, plus I have a real hard time remembering to take my pills.
I am trying to keep up with everything, and I'm making a new plan.
I'm setting up my pillboxes for this week right now, along with alarms for my phone to take my pills. I am going back to testing my sugar at wakeup, and 2 hours after eating. These sugars are going to be posted to my Twitter account and my Jaiku acct.
What help I want is reminders from my online friends. Text me, Jaiku me, or Twitter me if you don't see any postings about pills, food, or sugar. It is so much easier to be accountable to others for this than for me to be accountable to myself because I don't cut myself a break.
I love my wife.
She's a beautiful person, and when we decided to get married, she asked me if I could help her open up to people, and learn how to express herself.
Over ten years later, I'm the one that recessed to her level. I'm still an outgoing person, but only when I'm on the sales floor.
It's time to show my wife how this works.
I'm getting back into my online life again on a PC. I've gotten the essentials working on my phones, but it's hard to do video stuff if I don't have a N series phone.
Please add me as a friend to your Yahoo IM, MSN Messenger, last.fm, Twitter, Jaiku, FriendFeed, Dashwire, Brightkite == krisguy
GTalk and other google stuff == krisguy@gmail.com
My wife's Jaiku name is tammygainsforth, and she has a Brightkite account of tgainsforth1
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