We’re just in March and I’m already wishing that the year be over already. It’s been a long year and it only just started. I still got a long way to go.

It’s all because of work.

For some reason, it’s been really busy for me. I guess with the whole Tools Taskforce and O365 and SharePoint integration along with Teams, things are busy.

I should be happy that it is busy. It just means that the day goes by faster, but it is a little draining mentally.

I don’t think I have fully recovered from that flu like illness that I had in February, but I’m sure that may have something to do with this also, but man, work is crazy.

It’s like by the time I leave for work around 4pm I can’t focus on anything. My brain doesn’t want to work. It can’t focus on the audiobook that I’m listening to, but then again, the reader is British and I always have problems with British readers.

It takes more effort to get through the accent and also, I think it is the book also.

Who knows?

But yeah, work………….things are changing.

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I’ve been doing a deep dive into MS Teams. It’ll be launched for General Availability on Tuesday and I’m going through the latest update to see what new features they’ve added and to find any quirks that my team and I need to know before we start pushing it out to more users.

I spent most of my Saturday doing that deep dive and found some interesting stuff that one can do with the new bots and new tab integrations and all of these new features. I’m thinking long game and ahead in terms of what the agency’s needs and creative needs and department needs and how they can use the tool successfully.

I’m trying and testing out different scenarios. It’s my job and it’s one of the biggest thing that has been keeping me so busy these past two-and-a-half months.

It’s exciting and interesting all at the same time, learning about this tool and just understanding a few things better in terms of how some things work within the agency.

I’m sure I’ll have to show Benjo all the things that I found out and how to set it up so he can understand the tool better and come up with other ideas on how users can use it.

It’s a very collaborative tool and I’m collaborating with Benjo and many others on how to roll it out.

I’m doing my due diligence in terms of learning about this tool and all our O365 tools and integrations so I can be a better-informed IT person to speak about the tools and how they work together and how it can be beneficial to someone’s team.

I just hope they work, because a lot of people in the agency are worried and so against change that they stopped using it.

Change is tough.

Technology is tough.

But people love their #slack and I don’t get it.

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Just stopped whatever I was typing just to do more research on Teams and its new features.

I guess it’s just how my mind works.

My OCD isn’t letting me do anything but focus on Teams and learning about its capabilities.

This behavior is like any of my other obsessions like baking. It’s nonstop until I can learn as much as I can.

Will it ever end?

Who knows?