How do I survive bschool without MS Outlook (or whatever the equivalent is in Apple-land)? Answer: I can’t! From scheduling group meetings to figuring out which room my next class is in, Outlook is a mission critical component to getting through my day. I can’t believe I’m still using work speak… Anyways, the 2010 version of Outlook, although not ground breaking, has a couple of neat features. Example, every email has a picture of the people that are on the email (picture below). It’s a very useful stalking feature. There are also things like embedded Office files and a slicker meeting scheduler that makes productivity soar.
Send me an email and this is the handsome mug you'll see in Outlook 2010.
So the weekend is here and I’m quickly realizing that it means nothing more to me than not having to go to class but still having a bunch of homework and studying that needs to be done. The work is not that difficult (although it did take me and a friend seven hours to balance our first financial statement). The difficulty is balancing school work with career search obligations, club activities, and maintaining normalcy outside of school. Note to self: block off time in Outlook to do laundry on Sunday. Thankfully I’m past that age or state of mind where I want to drink/party all the time (did that even happen?) so I can concentrate on adjusting balance sheets over the weekend. It also helps that the group I hang out with most of the time is pretty well balanced in terms of doing school work and wanting to have fun. We’re talking Vegas already.
Anyhow, in tribute of lost weekends, the following song by BEP – before they became Fergilicious – popped into my head last night while thinking about debits and credits.