I’m a little late with this as I’ve been travelling all weekend. Flight delays are always fun, but when mixed with 3 terminal changes, it just adds insult to injury! Oh well.
I had a hectic week trying to get some new teaching off to a good start. I’m enjoying it and find it very self-fulfilling, and the groups I have are really good. I try to have a laugh and a joke with them, all the while pushing forward with the education.
My ARIN fellowship program is progressing well and I’m getting deeper into some of the topics on the mailing list. Internet governance is an interesting topic and it’s interesting to see that some of the discussions are purely procedural and others deeply technical. I’m more comfortable with the technical discussions, but I’m getting there when it comes to the procedural ones. I think this type always takes a bit more time to get up-to-speed with, and to understand the nuances.
I had a busy week with many moving parts that required a little patience and organisation. As someone who struggles with personal organisation and procrastination at the best of times, I was quite surprised with my ability to successfully organise and execute all the required bits within the constraints that were self-imposed. If you know, you know.
Next week looks to be no less busy, and I’m going to be going between many projects over the week.
August and September are an odd time as there is a big lull in activity, particularly economic activity. I’ve been fortunate to have had several training slots fulfilled that have helped me keep the machine turning, as it were.
This lull has recently started turning around to a much busier outlook over the coming months. I’ve been in the position to turn some work down as I wouldn’t have been able to properly do the work to the high standards I set for myself.
It’s been more of a getting-back-to-my-routine type of week.
I had a lot of outstanding work that I had let go of before leaving for a few weeks, and that work had become more urgent and more important, so I set time aside to work on it. I managed to progress well, but a few things still need to be done.
I had two full days taken up by training, something that I really enjoy and judging by the feedback I get and the feedback from the training company that I work with; I am good at that job.