Tomorrow is my last day officially working on the UBS project I’ve been involved in for the past 4 years. It has been an interesting time; I have learned a lot about banking processes, medium-sized project teams, and some new technology too. The time has come for a change, though, and I’ve been working part-time on a project for the local government in Basel for the past two months. From Wednesday, I’ll be working full-time to prepare the prototype for a presentation mid-March, at which point we hope to win the contract to integrate several systems under an intranet UI. The switch has been hard, because we’re using a promising 3rd-party framework with too little documentation and a significantly different structure to the framework I’ve been using for the past 4 years. Things are looking good, though, and I’m optimistic that we’ll be able to present a convincing prototype. Working in Basel would also mean 3 hours less travelling every day, which I would certainly appreciate.
Day: February 27, 2006
I’m not jealous. Really!
Reading Marc’s and Alexander’s reports from South Africa doesn’t make me jealous. Really. I mean, who wants to go to South Africa, of all places, and meet a load of interesting people? I’m glad I didn’t have to go.
Accident magnet?
Is our car an accident magnet? The year started with a young woman riding her bike into it. Last week, someone rear-ended Mary-Anne as she slowed down at a give way sign. She wasn’t hurt, thankfully, but the car is in the workshop for the second time in two months. This time, it’s more than just scratches – I haven’t seen the damage, and the garage owner says it’s not so bad, but Mary’s description makes it sound dramatic.