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Byte Order Mark (BOM) 

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

From: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=309&t=275353

“” is the Byte Order Mark (BOM) of the Unicode Standard. Specifically it is the hex bytes EF BB BF, which form the UTF-8 representation of the BOM, misinterpreted as ISO 8859/1 text instead of UTF-8.

Probably what it means is that you are using a text editor that is saving files in UTF-8 with the BOM, when it should be saving without the BOM. It could be PHP files that have the BOM, in which case they’d appear as literal text on your page.

The Unicode Consortium’s FAQ on the Byte Order Mark is at http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM .

Horrible first post of the year I know but hey Henry suggested I post my bug zappers online and this is something =P.

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Europe Music Awards 2009 Website Launches

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
MTV Europe Music Awards We finally launched the MTV Europe Music Awards Website today! Check it out at http://www.mtvema.com. This sucker launches with 25 regions. I’ve been working my butt off everyday, getting to work early and staying late (sometimes until 11pm!) ever since I’ve been on this project late July. I’ve been serving double duty as part of both the production team and tech team.

I finally got a taste of some freedom outside of work when we launched virtually bug free! It was a great accomplishment for MTV International. I was so happy that I could leave before 8pm today. I know it won’t last long though since tomorrow, we will immediately start working on Phase 3 launch.

The EMAs is the biggest project my team produces every year and work continues until the show goes live November 5, 2009.  The cool part of the job is that we do get to go to the event location to do live updates on the website.  My team should be going to Berlin, Germany the week of the event.  It’s always fun to throw myself into completely unfamiliar territory once in a while and soaking in the experience. The unfortunate part is that I will be busy for a while.

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Working As A Team

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Techniques For High Performance

August 18, 2009 Workshop

By DDI – Development Dimensions International
http://www.ddiworld.com/

The Value of Teamwork

Working Together > Working Alone

Stages of Team Development

1. Getting Started – Getting to know members, learning about skills and expectations.  Defining goals, tasks and roles.

2. Going in Circles – Not able to meet goals, not working together, blaming each other, not working towards getting tasks done.

3. Getting on Course – Progressing towards goals, moving forward with ideas, constructive feedback, setting ground rules.

4. Full Speed Ahead – Progressing with speed and efficiency, working together, utilizing feedback, finding ways to improve.

Team Success Factors

  • Purpose - Something to strive for.  Gives team members direction (confidence in decision making and knowledge of what is important) and identity (team’s needs ahead of own needs, single voice).
  • Process - How to get things done.  Identify problems, develop solutions, analyze data, reach agreement.  Planning and organization.  Problem solving.  Setting ground rules.
  • Communication – An exchange of ideas and feelings based on respect.  Honest and sincere.  Encouragement, cooperation, conflict resolution.  Keeping everyone in the loop.
  • Involvement – Encouragement of participation and contribution.  Benefit from skills of all members.
  • Commitment – Giving 100%.  Member goals meet team goals so personal commitment supports team effort.  Sense of ownership and identity.
  • Trust - Ability to rely on others.  Allows risk taking, trying new ideas and taking initiative.

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Work Schedule Modification

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I’m so proud of myself this week! On Monday, I woke up at 7:15am and got to work by 8:15am. On Tuesday, I got to work by 8:30am. Today, I actually managed to go to the gym at 8:00am and get to work by 9:00am! I hope I can keep this up! Here’s my target schedule…

Daily Schedule

07:00am – Wake up/Breakfast/Weather Report/Dress Up/Brush Teeth
07:30am – Leave Apartment

Monday (C&T)/Wednesday (B&B)/Thursday (L&S):
08:00am – Gym
08:45am – Leave Gym, Head to work

09:00am-09:15am Start Up; (BR 15 min)
09:15am-09:45am Check Email; Task Updates (30 min)
09:45am-10:00am Fruit Break (BR 15 min)
10:00am-01:00pm Work/Meetings/Review Projects (3 hrs)
01:00pm-01:15pm Grab Lunch (BR 15 min)
01:15pm-02:00pm Lunch (BR 45 min)
02:00pm-05:00pm Work/Meetings/Learning (3 hrs)
05:00pm-05:15pm Snack Break (BR 15 min)
05:15pm-05:45pm Organization/Weekly Development Updates (30 min)
05:45pm-06:00pm Wrap Up; Shut Down
06:00pm Leave Work

Monday:
06:30pm-08:30pm – Chinese Class
09:00pm-10:30pm – Shower, Dinner, TV
10:30pm – Dishes, Get ready for bed
11:00pm – Sleep

Tuesday:
07:00pm-09:00pm – Dance Ministry
09:30pm-10:30pm – Shower, Dinner, TV
10:30pm – Dishes, Get ready for bed
11:00pm – Sleep

Wednesday:
06:30pm-07:30pm – Bally’s (Kwando)
08:00pm-10:30pm – Shower, Dinner, TV
10:30pm – Dishes, Get ready for bed
11:00pm – Sleep

Thursday:
07:00pm-08:30pm – Dinner, TV, Rest
08:30pm – Leave for BDC
09:00pm-10:30pm – BDC (Breakdancing)
11:00pm – Shower
11:30pm – Sleep

Friday:
06:00pm-07:30pm – Dinner, Head to small group
07:30pm-10:00pm – Small Group
10:30pm – Shower
11:00pm – Sleep

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Work Schedule Modification

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

I need to get to work by 9am!

Daily Schedule

07:00am – Try to wake up/Snooze
07:30am – Wake up/Exercise Ball/Shower
07:58am – Weather Report
08:00am – Breakfast/Dress Up
08:20am – Brush Teeth/Get Ready to Leave
08:30am – Leave Apartment

09:00am-09:15am Start Up; (BR 15 min)
09:15am-09:45am Check Email; Task Updates (30 min)
09:45am-10:00am Fruit Break (BR 15 min)
10:00am-01:00pm Work/Meetings/Review Projects (3 hrs)
01:00pm-01:15pm Grab Lunch (BR 15 min)

- M = MEAT/GRAIN/MILK/VEGETABLES (Starchy): Wendy’s
- T = VEGETABLES (Dry Beans & Peas): Chipotle
- Th = MEAT/GRAIN: Teriyaki Boy, Sapporo, Cafe Cello
- W/F = MEAT/GRAIN/MILK: Subway, McDonald’s, Cafeteria

01:15pm-02:00pm Lunch (BR 45 min)
02:00pm-05:00pm Work/Meetings/Learning (3 hrs)
05:00pm-05:15pm Snack Break (BR 15 min)
05:15pm-05:45pm Organization/Weekly Development Updates (30 min)
05:45pm-06:00pm Wrap Up; Shut Down
06:00pm-06:30pm Leave Work

06:30pm – 09:30pm Class/Work Out/Rest/Shower/Dinner/Gaming
09:30pm – 10:30pm TV/Gaming
10:30pm – Wind Down/Get Ready for Bed
11:00pm – Try to sleep
11:30pm – Sleep

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