I think at this point a lot of people are probably wondering: “Why is Kevin’s blog so boring.” Well, I will give you an honest answer: my life outside of work is not too exciting. I would love to tell you about work, but then I would have to kill you. So, I will tell you what I can about my typical day.7:20: Good morningIt’s usually up pretty early, about 7:20, which means I don’t get out of bed until 7:30. Then I do the typical morning get ready deal to prepare myself for the day.7:40: DevosI can’t start my day without some time in the Word. Right now I am reading Jeremiah, after just completing a cover-to-cover reading of the entire Bible (which I would recommend to everyone, even if you don’t believe what it says). Devos also encompasses some time reading a devotional by Frederick Buechner called “Listening to Your Life.” I would say that it certainly has its gems.8:15: BreakfastBy now my roommates Dax Norman and Matt Pizzimenti are up, so we will eat breakfast together. I am a big fan of Fruit Loops cereal. Hey, it’s better than pop-tarts!8:30: Off to workI like getting out the door relatively early. The Apple Campus really doesn’t start until 11, so I have about 2 hours of solid quiet time to work on my projects. The walk to work only takes 5 minutes, but it is 5 minutes along a busy road and over a major highway, not the most serene walk. When I get to work, I usually will set up my workstation by wiring in my laptop to my iMac, read some emails, get some ice tea, and then get on with the work for the day.8:45 - 12:30: WorkAs with most people, I do work best in the morning. So I work hard until lunch. There’s not much else I can say here, except that I love what I do. For those of you who still don’t know exactly what I do, don’t fret, no one does. But I can tell you that I work on the Interface Builder Team for the Runtime Technologies Group, which is part of the Developer Technologies Department. I work with some great people, and the floor seems to glow with bright people.12:30 - 1:30: Lunch at Caffe MacsCaffe Macs is the place to go for lunch, and pretty much everyone ends up there between 11 and 2. They have quite the variety of food: a burrito bar, salad bar, sandwich bar, grill, Sushi bar, Asian salad bar, cooked pasta goods, pizza bar, gelato and dessert bar, and of course all of the other fruit and vegetable and bread tables. Great food, and very reasonably priced. Yeah so it’s not Google, but its still good food that I haven’t gotten sick of eating yet.1:30 - 6:00: Work time!As with the morning, this is just more work. By the now most of the office has woken up, so there is the steady hum of people milling about and asking question and running into bugs.6:00: Dinner or home, dependingBecause we are closing in on the conference (WWDC), there is a lot of work still to be done. So, a lot of people stay to do work all night. In fact, most engineers are on the noon to midnight work flow, or lunch to 3 in the morning work flow. So usually our whole department will go down to Caffe Macs where we get served dinner for free because we are working so hard for the conference.7:00 - 8:00: HomeI hardly ever stay past 7 or 8. I like to have a little time back at the apartment to read, relax, code, and organize photos. Other books I am reading right now are: Code Complete by Steve McConnell, and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. I am still working hard on MacQuill, as I move closer to a beta release sometime soon.10:30: BedI don’t stay up late. By this time I am wiped, and I need to go to bed to get up and do it all over again in the morning.So is that still boring you?
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Actually that sounds really exciting to be doing. If I could do a similar program (but for something I actually cared about and understood) then I would be all for it.
Hey, Deerfoot anyone…?
Kev i jus found out that an opening for a deluxe double is available, gonna c if i can get it so suite mates with room 901/1101 depending on what the guy says when i call him back… enjoyin’ work?
peace,
chris
ok…
1. did mom give you that devotional? cuz she gave it to me and i read it every day last year and it freakin ruled. best devo ever. craazy.
2. a. 11… yeah, i need to work at apple but b. if everyone shows up at 11, and people come to the cafe b/w 11 & 12- does that mean that they are eating “breakfast”?
3. a. there is nothing wrong with sushi for breakfast. again, i need to work at apple unless b. what could google possibly have that is better than sushi?!
4. yeah, you ARE boring. only b/c you take pictures of flora & fauna and NOT homo sapiens. word.
whoa, kevin, your sister just took you to town. sibling’d
Hey Kevin (WHOA I am writing a comment to myself),
YOU ARE NOT BORING! I will tell you about my average day.
6:00am Shuts off alarm and go back to sleep.
6:25am OH CRAP! Got to get ready before 7:06am. Because, I live in the greatest city in the world it would take me close to 2 hours to get to work by public transportation. So I contacted the school bus company that I rode for 4 years (10K almost) and told them to hook me up. So I take the school bus to work. I CANNOT MISS THE BUS.
8:00am Clock in.
8:05am Make it to the office if no one stops me - like that ever happens.
8:10am Eat breakfast quickly.
8:30am Start doing whatever needs to be done.
10:00am either looking for my boss to get his approval for something or looking for one of the many uselessly lazy assistant principal.
11:30am Spend 15 minutes with the other tech people figuring where we are ordering food from.
and they owe me hours from the school year.
12:00 - 1 LUNCH!
1-6 WHO KNOWS WHAT I AM DOING?!?!??! but thats ok! i get paid by the hour
I GET HOME AT 8!
EAT DINNER and Do work for my business till 1 - 2 am
I have yet to see any of my friends!
Thus I have arranged for myself to take a weeks vacation wherever i please!
CALIFORNIA ?!??! I am pretty sure like 85% That I will be making a trip out there.
I think you have a much more exciting job that I do.
And sorry for filling your blog with bad english :).
I wanted to say hi! MUST GET BACK TO WORK.
HI ANDREW AND BRETT ! i know you read this.
Hi Kev!
Thanks for the birthday greeting!
And thanks for filling us in on a typical day.You can NEVER be accused of being boring! (I’ve got stories of you growing up to prove it…) Anyway, life is not boring if you are doing what absolutely energizes you and brings you joy! GO FOR IT!
And hi to all your friends (and Sarah!) who read this!
Kevbo,
Life sounds pretty sweet for you. I just read through two posts, your daily schedule and the WWDC review. First, I had to pull out a classic Cathey quote: “Dashboard is a memory-sucking camel.” hahahaha that one made me laugh out loud, and I’m sitting by myself. Thank you for that.
Also, your daily schedule sounds nice, as always, you do end up doing what you love best. Nice job w/ that. God is pleased with your schedule I think, just keep in mind you’re there to be a witness and stuff too. That’s a hard thing for me to remember in my office.
I’m workin at a medical office, doing billing stuff. Still doin music theatre, but still planning on going to med school. Plus God did some awesome things in my life at Cedar Campus, Intervarsity’s retreat. Really, really sweet.
Peace out, in Christ’s forgiveness, right?
Scott