I've never thought of myself as a project manager, but in three areas of my life I seem to be doing just that.
At work, being a Development Manager, I am responsible for several key projects MessageLabs will be releasing throughout the next 12 months. I am trying to make sure the team are happy and supported in all they need, but its sometimes hard to resist diving in and trying to help out as a code merchant. Old habits die hard.
My life will be over next week. Alledgely ;) I reach a milestone in my life. 40. I'm having a family party, a joint party with Birmingham.pm (on Wednesday 14th, if anyone wants to join us), and a friends party next weekend. It's a shame we don't have a massive house as I've had to keep the numbers down to about 40 people. There are several people I would have liked to invited (including many from London.pm), but hopefully I'll get to see them before the end of the year and party just the same :)
Lastly there is the planning for this conference thing. We have done so much in the last 2 years, it's quite pleasing to know we are a group of organisers who are quite dedicated to making the best conference we can. We want to do things right and we want to raise the bar. We still have a lot to do, but now we're off and running for real. Let's see if I make 41 ;)
Re:"joint party"?
barbie on 2005-09-10T14:19:00
If you're thinking lots of beer to celebrate mine, Steve's and Birmingham.pm's birthdays, then you'd be right. What else could you mean;^)
