Double Life

Yup, it's official, I seem to be living a double life.

At yesterday's general faculty meeting I gave a presentation, albeit brief, about the status of "Day One Readiness" - the pseudo military name we've given to the operation to prepare the faculty and staff for occupying the new building. I delivered the information via my new Ipad2, thereby modeling the promise of technology rich spaces and greater flexibility. So, one life I live is dependent on technology, big messages and broad strokes of information so as not to freak anyone out.

Earlier that day I poured through the sign schedule proposed by our talented environmental branding experts from ZD Studio. I had a magnifying glass in one hand and a pencil in the other marking the large floorplans because as those who work closest to me know we have more than 513 areas of the project that will need signs - from the basic code signs that tell you where to exit in case of emergency, to what's to be found in the elevator lobby. They know this because I've been whining about it since this past January. This life is rooted in detail, flipping tiny, painful, minute detail.

But you know what? Even when I am hunched over a floorplan, thinking about what doors will have an access code versus a key, or how many chairs we may need for the cafe, I remind myself what we do is transforming.

On Wisconsin!