We did an ice breaker for myself and fellow managers today. Since it’s the sort of thing I’ve done here before, I figured it was worth passing on my notes.
- What cities have you lived in? San Francisco (Mountain View); Los Angeles (dimond Bar, Glendora, Monrovia, Phillips Ranch); in Colorado Ft Collins and Denver (Denver, Centennial).
- What do you do when you’re not at work? Reading. Playing D&D and other RPGs. Playing “City of Heroes” with my wife. Writing. Working in the garden. Spending time with Katherine. Furthering my collections (wine, comic books, quotations). Church stuff. Karate.
- What’s the coolest thing about working in IT? Getting to see and be involved in the whole enterprise. Being a part of a set of solid teams. The people I get to work with.
- What advice would you give a new employee to hit the ground running? Talk to peple. Build contacts both among your colleagues and your clients. And, from a practical standpoint, you’ll never regret it if you make friends with payroll, HR, facilities and office management, and, of course, local IT.
- What is your favorite TV show? Currently, the weekly one I’m most excited about is Doctor Who. The one I chew through like popcorn is Law & Order. Unlike a lot of the others, not really interested in any sitcoms. Historically, Babylon 5 and Firefly are tops in my book.
- What is your favorite movie? Who can narrow it down? This summer, probably Iron Man and Hancock. Comfort food family fare would be Undercover Blues. Classics would be Twelve Angry Men and The Maltese Falcon. And just to throw out a couple more, Baron Munchausen and The Incredibles.
- What is your favorite food? If osso bucco is on the menu, that’s usually what I’ll order. As a general genre, Italian food. I’m also very fond (overly so, I fear) of both ice cream and cookies as general categories.
- What is your favorite music/artist/group? Far too many secondary choices, none that stands out as an absolute. Loreena McKennitt. The Nylons. The Battlefield Band. Various Baroque composers (Handel, Bach, Vivaldi). Loudon Wainwright III. James Barry. The Bangles. My tastes dance all over the place.
- What is your favorite book? Yikes, again, far too many. Gaiman’s Neverwhere springs to mind. In terms of rereads, Heinlein (Starship Troopers? Friday?). Parker’s Spenser novels? Brust? Norton? Gah!
- What’s your favorite vacation spot? Wales. Or, perhaps, England’s West Country.
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