It is a beautiful day here in Amsterdam and what a great view over the city we have here from the 6th floor of the office. Got in at about 1.30 in the afternoon and was greeted by the rest of my hard working chums, who were looking remarkably bright eyed.
Last night I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about the things I had to do today before launch - either that or it was all the coffee and Red Bull I drank in the office Sat afternoon.
Anyway it was about 2.45 in the morning and I got out of bed and did what I usually do when I can't sleep - I got online. I also began to make a list of those fiddly things I needed to do, it went something like this...
Buy champagne to celebrate launch...no, no. Gotta check over campaign texts, check archived links have the right URL, re-upload those images that aren't working, add links to the archive campaign sites, check over all localised messages - make sure they have the right spelling and are capped in the right place - don't fall for US spelling - remember UK, UK, UK spelling - no matter how seductive a 'z' instead of an 's' may look. Check all headers and sub-heads for consistency. Finish off the About Us section. Check captions and add the final corrections to the press centre, god is that it? Hang on...check over the old archived sites for relative links, skim the news stories, ask Dan to show me how to fix the home page...there must be more but I am sure it will come to me on the way to the office. Oh yeah, buy champagne to pop when we press that magic online button. I wonder ... is there a bottle shop open on Sunday around here? Right go to bed, get some sleep.