With the Big Brother-like power to click on a “stats” tab and see how many people have clicked on things I’ve sent them to read comes the power to be peeved, in spite of myself, in spite of my vows to do better in that department, in spite of doing better.
Excited by the other day’s news that I’ll shortly have a lab in which to prove my concept viable, I send a short email to a dozen people I think might like to share the good news, to wit:
czech this out, wehearyou.net might be moving forward in spite of it/my self.
And just in time to have concrete real-world progress to discuss with the retired non-profit exec at the Small Business Administration tomorrow and with the enthusiastic and accomplished idealist, who seems very engaged by the mission, that I’m taking to lunch the following week.
mission statement in progress
https://gratuitousblahg.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/mission-statement/
In all fairness, I’ve heard huzzahs and congratulations from all but five of them, and it’s only been a couple of days. But here’s where peevishness rears its petulant head. I go to “stats” and look at clicks and see that only four people have clicked on the link to the good news and that only one of the twelve has clicked on the mission statement.
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Now granted, the mission statement might have been 300 tedious words, another time-sucking pit of maundering quicksand, instead of a trim, to-the-point 61 words. Granted, it is a lot to ask that busy people volunteering to be on the board take the time to click a link and look at the evolving mission statement of the organization they’ve agreed to help steer. I mean, I have to stop being a child and expecting people to have an attention span of more than a few seconds. I mean, look at the multitasking, mass-market, high-pressure society we live in. I mean, really.
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Be gone, peevishness!
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(and WTF is up with WordPress not allowing me to format after I cut and paste something into a stinking post?)
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