Yummy or Crummy?

I’m taking a workshop about how to blog more productively. We are on a laptop, participating in the workshop and updating the blog in real time. Because the tips are pretty self-explanetory, I’m sharing the actual writing I did rather than describe the ideas behind them.

Tip #1: Make a list

Things I hate about being out of going on a business trip

• Not seeing Lucretia
• Not seeing our cats
• Eating out — gets old after a while!
• Packing according to the latest airport security protocols
• The work laptop. It’s a serious POS.
• T-mobile. More time out of town, more time on the phone. Unfortunately, more dropped calls.
• Pre-boarding.
• Waiting to deplane.
• Cabbies that do not take a credit card.

Tip #2: Write a review

Sleeping Lady food review, Friday’s lunch. The yakisoba noodle was very inconsistent. While some of the noodles were dry and crunchy, others were soft gooey. The sauce was too salty, and it really didn’t taste like yakisoba sauce I remember from Japan. I was a bit disappointed because it was the first meal after our arrival, and I had been talking up how great the food is here.

Sleeping Lady food review, Saturday’s lunch. The chicken in coconut milk sauce with rice was great! I had to go back for the seconds even though I was already full. Lots of chicken white meat and veggies in creamy coconut sauce, poured over fluffy white rice. Everything went together very well — Sleeping Lady definitely redeemed herself today.

Tip #3: Take a trip down a memory lane

Design Camp, October 2004. That’s what it was called before it became Into the Woods. I had just started at POP two months prior to the event, and I really didn’t know how to feel about going. Spending 3 days in a remote location surrounded by a bunch of designers I hardly knew was not something I was immediately excited about. As I look back now I’m grateful to have had the chance to go. It showed me that POP is a generous worksplace that values team chemistry. The event helped me get to know my coworkers, and to this day we joke about what happened here. The workshops were fun, relaxing, and at times inspiring, although they didn’t try too hard to be so.

Tip #4: Conduct a poll, survey or contest

We didn’t actually write any polls or surveys in the workshop.

Tip #5: Play the “if…” game

If I had a genie and he could grant me 3 wishes.

1. World peace. Both present and future conflicts. Who can resist…
2. Ability to live forever and go back and forth in time. Does that count as two?
3. Ability to speak all languages fluently.

Tip #6: Take inventory

Things in my wallet RIGHT NOW.

• QFC receipt
• 5 dollar bill
• Drivers license
• MTA Metro card
• A memo that has “2173″ written on it. It’s in my handwriting, but I don’t remember what that could be.
• ArtsFund access card
• My hairdresser’s card
• Sunny Teriyaki card — fully stamped!
• POP office access card
• Lots more, but running out of time

Tip #7: Show, don’t tell

That’s Dan and Bess taking the workshop with me! More photos in Into the Woods flickr group.