2 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back

Yes I meant the title to sound just as absurd as the Paula Abdul song featuring the cartoon cat. I meant to say it that way because the track we are on, with regarding to getting things done and rolling out new features, is the taking the same steps as Paula and the cat dancing on the metal trashcans, and is equally as absurd. Just when we are on a roll with a new feature, an unrelated issue comes up with something else and needs our immediate attention in order to be fixed. Now I do tend to exaggerate (just a little bit), and we have been making headway in the advertising and demographics collection department, but this constant back and forth is indescribably frustrating.

A prime example of this was just last weekend when a friend was visiting for the holiday. Butterfinger was pretty excited for his arrival as it meant he would have someone he could spout off code and computer speak to until sunrise. So as soon as the two of them were able to sit and start looking at implementing a new process, the call numbers went way down and some international destinations were not connecting! Unable to tell what party was causing the miscommunication, the rest of the evening was spent troubleshooting already existing scaffolding instead of implementing new components. (sigh)

We keep on going on though, hoping our legs get longer and the setbacks get fewer and farther between. They will.