Comment Work on an Innovative Project (Score 1) 319
I've had lots of free time as of late. Not long ago there was a meeting about communication and how we could collaborate/communicate better, not only inner department, but with outside vendors. My immediate boss was brainstorming ideas with me and Wiki's came up. Running a Wiki on our intranet became a real thought to me. Have used my ample down time these past couple weeks to evaluate the different Wiki's available. I knew I wasn't going to install any of these on my machine just to test, which lead me to learn about Virtual Machines and Virtual Appliances. I put a very intuitive Wiki beginning of this week, my immediate boss took this communication idea, working up his presentation on my "still in testing" VM Wiki, the Big Guy really liked it, even grabbing the mouse and essentially taking over the presentation to edit a page, in front of everyone, then tells everyone to register and start making use of it. So now I am busy again :)!!!
This all happened because I took the initiative, on my own, to run with an idea. An Idea that would've gone nowhere if I used my free time for other less fruitful endeavors. This has also given the opportunity to expand my linux knowledge.