One hundred boxes, six baskets of clean laundry and eight or
nine computers
I have moved. For thirty years, my office was in an old,
historic farmhouse in Brighton. I started with a telephone dialup, then upgraded
to Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
Moving requires change
Years old, the new CEO at COMSHARE ordered everyone to move
their desks so that they all faced north. On the surface, it was a loyalty
test. The second objective was to disrupt all of the project piles and create
new priorities.
How many boxes?
Charlie bragged that he could compile all that he needed in
15 boxes, not counting furniture. As I packed up the office, I wondered if I
really needed all 40, 50, 60 boxes of ….stuff.
A year of preparation
The downsizing took a month of Saturdays. We cleaned, boxed
and labeled many historical artifacts and collections. We recycled 13,500 lbs.
(that’s right, over six tons) of metal that was collected in 11 years of building
and repairing computers. Charlie and I recycled the Honeywell tape drive last
week. Bye-bye!
Three hours to implement
The move took about three hours to load everything in the
trucks and unload at the new location in town. The office was back online by
noon. Hello, new office!
Here’s to all the people who move and upgrade! To those who
called to find out if I dropped off the face of the earth: I am back! And my
desk faces south, now.
