TelephonesI posted my second ever article - this was really the result of some discussions in the pub with some friends over the weekend.
Be gentle with me ..
The company I'm working for is looking to upgrade the telephone system it uses, as sysadmin I'm in charge of this by default.
Whilst networking is interesting I find I'm learning more than I really care to about telephone systems, voicemail, ddi, and switchboard systems.
The first presentation I received was interesting, I felt curious about the technology involved to route calls from the exchanges down to our switchboard and from that to our individual telephones - but now I'm getting blase about the whole thing.
I can't help thinking this is a bad thing in a way that I cannot articulate appropriately. I know that I'm not turned on by all technology, and indeed I'm not a fan of the telephone in general - but even so I feel I should be interested.
Maybe it's another artifact of my increasing sloth and apathy... as the temperature rises every summer I get less motivated and more sleepy. Always.
Wintertime is my time .. in the same way that night time is mine.
It's at times like this I think I should have continued spending my life working in nightclubs; lets face it it's got appeal:
- Beautiful people (tm).
- Free beer.
- Keeps you fit (lifting all the crates around).
- Surrounded by your friends.
- Good Music
To be fair I know I could never really go back to it, and there were downsides too - being busy from 10PM-5AM every Friday and Saturday puts a damper upon your social life - and dealing with drunken people doesn't make you feel good about the human race, or customers in general.
Life's not so bad .. I just need something to motivate me - either computery (see that article I mentioned) or outdoorsy.
(Either that or jwz should offer me a job in his club ;)