Math for Telecommuters

The Thinks I Think

24 Mar

Posted on 2008 under Silly Things |

As a public service to the blogosphere, I will give the following advice:

6AM EST is not 9AM PST. It is, in fact, 3AM PST, and not a terribly appropriate time for an online meeting.

You’re welcome.

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8 Comments so far »

by Random Michelle K, on March 24 2008 @

Because, you know, there aren’t any on-line calculators to help you figure things like that out.
by Shawn Powers, on March 24 2008 @

Well, I haven’t found any online calculators that will teach me when it’s appropriate to add as opposed to subtract…

Maybe I should register meisdumb.com…
by Jeri, on March 24 2008 @

Outlook takes care of those things for you… you can even add another time zone to your calendar display using tools > options > calendar options > time zone. The app doesn’t seem to be very popular among schools, probably b/c of licensing cost and admin challenges.

It is an ongoing issue though, the more geographically distributed we become… I have one Alaskan project team member who wants to take a couple of mornings a week off, while the rest of his project team is Eastern time, meaning their schedules don’t intersect those days. Bad choice. P
by Random Michelle K, on March 24 2008 @

You can send this to them:
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
by Shawn Powers, on March 24 2008 @

Well, the problem is, *I* was the dummy.
by MWT, on March 24 2008 @

Heheh. I’ve done that, though it was by calling a friend on the east coast while I was on the west coast. I got her father, who sounded very sleepy and vaguely annoyed. Oops…
by Nathan, on March 24 2008 @

I had a producer who used to call me in NY from LA and he could never figure out the time difference. He called me at 2 in the morning quite often.
He said, “The sun comes up in NY before it does in LA, right? Then it’s gotta be earlier there.”
by Random Michelle K, on March 24 2008 @

Oops.