Well, I have to admit that part of this is my own fault, because I know that if I don't perform these tasks, someone else will screw them up. But if they didn't get done,the following would happen:
a) The freelancers wouldn't get paid. b) The archive of what I, and a couple of other editors, write, would not get updated. I need this archive, so it's a matter of self-interest for me to update it. c) Lots of files would end up in the wrong place (because we have a "today" folder, a "tomorrow" folder and a "who cares what happened yesterday" folder) d) The recipients of my newsletter would get so far out of sync with what SAP thinks is the reality of the matter (I don't really want to go here, but if you are ever thinking of using SAP as a distribution system, don't do it. I use Outlook and Distribution Lists. They aren't perfect, but at least the right people get the newsletter. Unfortunately I have to tell SAP every month where it is fucking up THIS month...
There are a couple of the tasks I could probably stop doing and the world would not come to an end. These are "back-up in case the world comes to an end" tasks. And, I haven't included here all the housekeeping tasks on my computer which I would call admin but some people would look forward to joyfully, like filing all my e-mails in the right folders so that I can find them in future. Most people just leave their mail in the inbox, let the Exchange Server delete them automatically after a couple of weeks, and then ask me if I remember such-and-such press release....
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If I don't do them
Date: 2005-07-29 04:55 pm (UTC)a) The freelancers wouldn't get paid.
b) The archive of what I, and a couple of other editors, write, would not get updated. I need this archive, so it's a matter of self-interest for me to update it.
c) Lots of files would end up in the wrong place (because we have a "today" folder, a "tomorrow" folder and a "who cares what happened yesterday" folder)
d) The recipients of my newsletter would get so far out of sync with what SAP thinks is the reality of the matter (I don't really want to go here, but if you are ever thinking of using SAP as a distribution system, don't do it. I use Outlook and Distribution Lists. They aren't perfect, but at least the right people get the newsletter. Unfortunately I have to tell SAP every month where it is fucking up THIS month...
There are a couple of the tasks I could probably stop doing and the world would not come to an end. These are "back-up in case the world comes to an end" tasks. And, I haven't included here all the housekeeping tasks on my computer which I would call admin but some people would look forward to joyfully, like filing all my e-mails in the right folders so that I can find them in future. Most people just leave their mail in the inbox, let the Exchange Server delete them automatically after a couple of weeks, and then ask me if I remember such-and-such press release....