Category: Nerdery
A wise person once said “all data should always be graphed, always and forever”. And who am I to argue with this wise person? As I’m sure you recall, I am tracking the time I’m spending on my MBA program. For science. When we last looked at the data, I had just finished the core […]
This is a *really* long posting about stuff I learned on my vacation. Like, really freaking long. You should probably take a vacation day or seven to read it. Given that my holiday was meant to be a break from work and school, it was somewhat surprising that I chose a holiday that included an […]
After three weeks vacation, the inevitable refrain from many colleagues upon my return was, “Tough to come back, eh?” But the thing is, every time someone said that, I thought, “Not really.” Now, don’t get me wrong – I had a super fantastic vacation and am already dreaming up ideas for my next trip. But […]
In a comment on Cath’s blog the other day, she mentioned the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Though I’d not heard of Baader-Meinhof before, the context of the comment made it clear that it is a phenomenon that I’ve noticed, but never realized had a name. Also known as the “frequency illusion”, the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is: “the illusion in […]
The last few blog-less days here at NTBTWK are directly attributable to the fact that I’ve been in school everyday, 8 am ’til 5 pm, since Thursday. While sane people may have been out enjoying the epic sunshine and glorious heat, my colleagues and I have been holed up in an underground bunker known as […]
So I walked into a meeting at work today and everyone was laughing very, very hard. It turns out that I had made a small typo when I submitted some revisions to a project charter we were working on. Being a writing nerd such as I am, I always insist that acronyms be spelled out […]
OK, it’s not actually a cubicle, but a desk in a room with a bunch of other desks. Regardless, it’s on the 13th story of an office tower where our corporate office is located. At a location where I can ride the Skytrain or bike to work, so it’s pretty freak awesome. As well, I’m […]
So I realized that this is the most first world of first world problems, so if you don’t enjoy people whining about how they are being given money, but not in the way that they want to be given money, you should probably stop reading right now. I’ve been meaning to blog it for a […]
Isn’t it sad that I’m so thankful to have had a weekend without classes… so I can get more homework done? The past two weeks have been just killer for me. It started off two Sundays ago with a 10:30 pm hockey game. Which meant – after playing, getting all my gear off, driving home, […]
14 months ago, I started my MBA. Given that my program is 28 months long, that means I’ve reached the half-way point! *happy dance* These past 14 months have really flown by – it seems like only yesterday we were starting this program! But at the same time, when I think about all the things […]