Today was one of those all too rare enjoyable days at work, which got me thinking about what makes them happen. At a task level it’s doing things like this:
- Writing a blog about the hidden insight behind humorous mashups
- Prototyping a participation and reputation ranking that pulls in information from 5 different social software tools (like eBay stars on crack)
- Being consulted by a few coworkers for help with their tasks
- Reviewing some outstanding user suggestions and influencing the future direction of our product
What it comes down to is that I’m happiest either when left alone to pursue my own ideas to fruition, or feeling like I’m multiplying my impact by guiding the bigger picture. That’s still a tough niche to carve out, but at least it gives me of what to aim for.
