Obama says, again, what he’s been saying since at least mid-2007, that he will being back all the troops within 16 months… this is a non-story, especially if our press wasn’t stupid.
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I want to watch the Phillies game, but don’t want to spend $200+ on DirectTV’s MLB package or $120 on MLB.tv’s package. So, it’s MLB.com’s radio player instead. Not quite the same as being able to watch any game, any time at my desk.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Slingbox. Parents’ basement. Outstanding.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:07 am
Be happy you didnt have to watch it.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I miss your salary.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:52 am
So they let you watch the games when you are at work? I guess that kind of makes sense. But how in the world do they measure employee productivity there…
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 am
Depends on where you work in the company. I used to work for espn.com and part of our job was to make sure that stats/data were always up to date and that we were timely. The only way to really verify that is to have the games on. Other parts of the company, employees share desks with different equipment. Games are on everywhere anyway, in the hallways, in the newsroom, etc. I don’t remember, but I don’t think the administrative groups (HR, finance, etc) had TVs. I didn’t spend much time around those offices, though, so I could be mistaken.
The only times it really impacted productivity was around big events. The first day of the baseball season is literally watching games and debugging issues (opening day of most seasons exposes bugs in improvements but also in the data coming from the leagues or data partners). The first day of the NCAA tournament is like that, and any day Red Sox/Yankees game usually brought the floor to a halt during the final few innings.
Beyond that, most games happen at night so it doesn’t really mess with work. Having the news on in the background isn’t as distracting as it might seem once you get used to it. I usually have the TV or a movie running when I’m working out of my home office (and even sometimes in the office).
Sujal
PS. What the heck are you doing up at 3:52AM? Only we startup folks should be working now
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 am
As the guy in the Staples commercial says…”Worky, worky, busy bee!”