This little gem helped me blow off work yesterday afternoon, and still get things done that I wasn't capable of doing on my own. My number 2 was online just after 5 pm yesterday. He's online now, for that matter, but I don't bug him unless it's really close to work hours, or there's an emergency.

I used Trillian yesterday to catch him online on AIM and ask him to run out a list of the "holes" in the empirical data from TNS that we used to do the Canadian indoor advertising project. Far from being ticked off at me, he ran out the stuff I requested from his own home while I was on AIM with him. It only took him a few minutes. He dropped the output on the network and emailed it to me. I owe the kid (aka AAG #2) lunch at a decent place at my expense--maybe Union Square Cafe.

He thought it was hilarious that the Canucks all thought he was sitting next to me during our 3 pm conference call. I never said he was with me. In fact, he wasn't on the call at all. Canada #1 just assumed I was in the office, and AAG #2 was with me, and said so. Who was I to argue that point?

The gist is that all the work got done. I did what I needed to, and AAG #2 chipped in slightly after hours with his bit. This Canadian client is really pissy, but I think we now have her under control.

Technology is phenomenal!

Now I just need a haircut. Even in a ponytail, it's down below my waist.