Idaho Commission for Libraries

NGD minus 3 days: Worry about the live tournament. Tell lovely purple-haired daughter that her job will be the computer end of managing our participation in tournament. Give her all of the info received to date -- still not enough to have any confidence that we can pull it off.

One of the biggest challenges web developers face is having to undergo a site redesign. The stakeholders involved (including the people that have to use the darn thing!) usually have their own notions on how things should work or how they should be positioned on the screen. The key is to strike a balance between these varying opinions, the vision of what the site will be, industry best practices, time constraints, and budget concerns to come up with a design that fits it all together. Easy, right?

NGD minus 5 & 4 days: (Everything begins to run together. I don't know what day is what. Hope I haven't totally missed a desk duty!) Unbox the Game Stop purchases, realize that the controllers they sold me must plug into wiimotes. Panic while I wait for store to open.

NGD minus 6 days: Set up my personal Wii in library with Wii Sports. Director and Assistant Director bowl. Assistant Director calls out "STRIKE!" I laugh and playfully shush her, as she is a member of the shushing generation (though she's not a practicing shusher anymore.) Friends meet.

NGD minus 7 days: Get commitment from best little coffee-house in Jerome for free cookie cards for all Pictureka! players. Volunteers are distributing fliers as fast as we can make them. They're telling friends, posting bulletins on MySpace, and recruiting more volunteers. Get PSAs out to schools.