Here we are again with another post from my insider's perspective on life at IASTED. Recently we celebrated two birthdays, including that of our dear friend Hamed M. He is a relatively recent employee at IASTED who said that he was, "celebrating his 23rd birthday this year"! We wish him a happy birthday! We all had a great time celebrating with cake and ice cream, which was a nice break from work and provided a great opportunity for us at the office to get to know one another better. Once again I am writing about the benefits of working in an organization that has a friendly work environment.
Now that our summer conferences are finished, IASTED has become slightly less busy. There are still many papers to manage, and plenty to prepare for with our upcoming conferences in the US. There have also been many changes going on with the ACTA Press website, including the newly automated plagiarism checks that used to be done manually. There are still bugs to work out, but that is the nature of making a major change to an existing software system.
Today was also exciting for another reason, because we were able to bring out the inner child in us. Our manager's son was scheduled to go to soccer camp, but due to poor weather the camp was closed and he instead came to work with us! Admittedly we were not always on task; however, we made up for it by teaching our youngest member about the inner workings of IASTED office life. I think we all did a good job of fending off the boredom that might have otherwise invaded the office, especially for someone expecting to have fun at soccer camp.
Well that's all for this month.
ciao
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