How are you going to make change happen and learn to enjoy it, relish it and want more of it?

I’m going to dress nicer for work, show up at the office earlier, do my best work and lead by example.  It is time to step it up.

I’m reading Made to Stick. The timing is excellent….

1. There are updates that you need.
2. There are updates that you want.
3. It is the responsible thing to do.
4. It is easy.
5. You are responsible for your delinquency.
6. It’s not about technology.
7. Listen to the real experts.
8. Your valuable time is your valuable time.
9. Your favorite geek’s valuable time is not your valuable time.
10. You will thank me later.

A couple related posts about doing updates are also very relevant.

We need to make information simple.

We need to listen and organize and purge.

We need to be patient with those around us who adapt at different rates.

We need to revisit our approach.

I just watched this “Web 2.0″ video again.  It is information overload.  Yet, it also is about managing external perception.  It is about social networking and Twitter and blogs and hyperlinks and sharing information.  (It’s also linked with several other FAQ related videos, right here on this blog.)

The Machine is Us/ing Us

We need to slow down.  We do not need to speed up.

We need to stop multi-tasking.  We need to say no.

We need to say less, spend more time being the expert, and less time marketing.

I’ve said “we” a lot here.  That’s because “I” think “I” have some ideas that “I” think will help make other people’s lives more enjoyable, more simple, more balanced, more about what “we” want our lives to be about.

Stay tuned!

The reality is that applying the updates and testing is a fixed cost and can be planned.  Repairing and troubleshooting because you don’t have the fixed versions or because you have (fill in the blank) reasons – or because you claim to not know how to do it – costs so much more…

If you want to save time and money and other valuable resources, plan and do it right and do the updates!  Cutting corners has limits.  You will end up regretting it.  Even if you think you’re immune, you will regret it.  We in the tech world are not really geniouses when we fix things.  We’re simply more patient – with the software, with the computers, with ourselves and with you.  Don’t make everyone’s life more difficult.  Do the updates!

If you don’t believe me, just ask Matt.

(Yes, I included the rants category here.  But this really is not a rant.  It is a comment from ground zero.)

P.S. I still say this after spending an extra week working on getting updates applied and having to redo a bunch of work, all this past week. It’s the right thing to do, to put spend that ounce of prevention, even if it feels like a really heavy ounce sometimes.

I’m going back to watching physics lectures.

UPDATE: 12/14/2008: Another big change…  This blog got rebranded…  Now, it’s TechProfound. Guess what?!  It’ll all just work…

Here’s a quick note to mention a bit of a change happening here on Tweblog.com.  I’m going to start posting more geek stuff and more work related things.  With my new job (Stay tuned for more on that soon!) and with the creation of MegaDrivel.com, I am branching off “because i got stuff to say” as a separate blog.  Now, Tweblog.com will be tagged as “geek w/ social skillz” and MegaDrivel.com will be tagged as “because i got stuff to say”.  Of course, I can always do whatever I want with both blogs.  I’m just trying to segment some different passions into different places.  If it works, cool!  If it doesn’t work, oh well.  For now, it is what it is.  Enjoy!

UPDATE 11/22/2008: I set this post to be “sticky” and stay at the top of the home page.  I’m just doing this for a little while, during the transition…  There are new posts, right below this one!

Wisconsin is just another Midwest place.  –>  Wisconsin is cool for how loyal people are, how simple people are, how honest people are, and how good the beer is.    (Believe it or not, in MN, I was asked, “They still make that s&!t?” and told, “I’m surprised we had any of that stuff around.” (That’s in relation to PBR!)  That’s practical blasphemy in Sconnieland.

Maybe these are major transformations!?!?

WHAT’S NEXT?!

The application form would be easily completed within a short period of time.

The job requirements would ask for what is truly required to do the job.

No one would be invited to interview for a job that is already filled.

Applicants would receive an acknowledgement notice once their application is received.

They would also get an estimate as to how long the screening process would take.

The people conducting the interviews would be trained in interviewing and would ask job-related questions.

There would be no game-playing during the interview process.

The selection decision would be solely based upon merit.

Applicants who were not selected would be told about the decision.

Successful applicants would go through an informative orientation program.

That’s a direct quote from Michael Wade’s Execupundit.com blog post.

[HT: Clint Covington]

Oh, and the beautiful day part… It’s sunny again.  As my friend texted this morning, “The sky is perfect.” 

What are you doing to *embrace* change?