Mastodawn

Circulation handed me a book from New Orleans Public Library, which being in Louisiana, means they're not a TAE courier user. Since Library Admin doesn't want us spending extra on postage, I now have to actively seek out borrowing a legit ILL book from them in fulfillment of a patron request so I can piggyback this orphan book with it on the return leg. #Librarywork #TricksOfTheTrade

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scholar_farmer Oct 26

Does anybody else create spreadsheet versions of their conference papers with grids to ensure the text coordinates with their slides? It's been working for me, but occasionally a box goes rogue and leaves out a line, so I've learned to triple check...

#AmWriting #TricksOfTheTrade #AcademicChatter

scholar_farmer Oct 26

I have printed out the final (?) conference paper; time to time it to ensure those final edits kept it within bounds (and also to make sure that all the text printed!)

#AmWriting #TricksOfTheTrade #AcademicChatter

Dan Burzo Jul 27, 2024

A bit of attentional bias on my part at the moment, but it makes me cringe how most people use a single crutch the wrong way. It should go opposite, not next to, the injured limb, to take off half your weight. #TricksOfTheTrade

Crap Developer Jun 12, 2024

Does your #WebDesign agency say they are ordering you a wildcard SSL cert, charge you for what that would usually cost, but when you look closely it's only a WPEngine.com hosted Let's Encrypt? #ITProblems #WebHosting #TricksOfTheTrade

James Akers May 23, 2024

Been super busy with work lately. Lots of neon, and some led programming. Here are two neon timesavers. One is combination bends- these two bends on the bottom of this arm part for my boss Patrick's theatrical production were done in one heat- by blocking the ribbon burner fire with my "block" for the straight section.

Excited for Patrick's play. Centered around themes of misinformation and AI, it will be showing in Manhattan, Edinborough and London (maybe more). There will be a larger than life, moving battery powered neon person.

Another speedy trick was making two pumping doublers. This allows me to bombard 4 tubes simultaneously- and pump 10 tubes an hour while distracted with other things (usually that's only 3). If the tubes are too long, the quad pumping won't work however (too much resistance). These ones are all about 3 feet or less.

#neon #production #theater #tricks #bombarding #busy #work #bending #timesaver #brooklyn #nyc #tricksofthetrade #industry

John Breen Aug 24, 2023

In my work, occasionally I have an opportunity to thank a member of a 3rd party development partner, with their boss in copy.
It's the right thing to do, and also helps you make sure that person will probably help you in the future, because helping me makes the boss look good.
#TricksOfTheTrade

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