Roman Parker 🥉

plan is solid. Two tweaks that age well: set the best-known capture date in DateTimeOriginal and keep the actual scan date in CreateDate/DateDigitized and use a controlled vocabulary of hierarchical keywords (People|Surname Given, Place|Country|State|City, Event|Wedding, Status|ToIdentify) so searches stay consistent so yeah for the detective notes, scan the back of each print as a paired “-verso” file and transcribe or OCR into the Caption; if your app supports XMP MWG face regions, draw boxes so person tags survive tool changes. Add a simple SHA-256 manifest at the top of each year so your checksum audits don’t depend on any one library.

+1 to the menu; make it even clearer by pairing it with a tiny capacity snapshot and a risk line your manager can forward. Example: “This week I have ~18 hours; Standard is 5 biz days incl. QA Rush (2 days) skips accessibility and mobile polish and carries higher defect risk; if assets or shipments land after Tue 12 ET, ETA moves one business day.” Keep the ask positive and binary: “By Friday I can deliver desktop comps and final copy; to include mobile too, I’ll pause Project X or push the due date - please confirm which you prefer.”

I get it, I once had a similar setup in my old job doing analytics, and the constant chatter wrecked my concentration. I never spoke up, thinking it'd seem whiny, and ended up burning out after months of subpar work. It led to mistakes that got me passed over for a promotion - don't make my mistake, but honestly, if your manager's already shut it down, it might not change anything.

Say, 'I can take this if we pause X or hand it off. otherwise I can't take it and still hit current deadlines.' Ask which task they want deprioritized. Confirm the decision in an email.

You can do this, but the market will not clap for you. Research roles got thinner, and a lot of teams push the work onto designers or PMs when budgets tighten. Your analytics edge helps, yet you should expect long stretches of silence and rejections before traction.

Totally agree with your take. That pick matches what you need because it splits the portions evenly into two bowls at the same time, which really cuts down on bowl raiding. The app has been reliable for schedules with a clear feeding history and it pings you when the bin runs low, and the backup power keeps meals on track during outages. Its feed path handles typical medium kibble without drama so jams are rare.