Off to Greece!

We bade farewell to the senior producer and her husband today. (Dorothy and Richard own q media – the production company producing the Get Involved series.) They are off with friends to spend a couple of weeks in Greece. I envy them so – but there’s so much to do here, we took barely a moment to reflect before diving back in.

I know Dorothy is stressed at the thought of leaving her beloved project behind – so much to do, such tight deadlines! – but we’re on a roll here and barring any hiccups or glitches (you can pretty much count on those) we will be fine getting the job done… getting the stories edited and packaged and getting the web site up and running.

There’s just so much detail! Stories timed to the second, music chosen, text selected, release forms signed, organizations signed up to take part in the beta site… and don’t ask me about the technical details! Mike Hyttinen sits in his little glass cubicle positively sending up clouds of steam as he works out the million and one details involved in creating a social networking site. It honestly boggles the mind.

The good thing is, anything that goes wrong, turns out we can fix (so far – fingers crossed!) so while Dorothy may be worrying herself silly in Greece (she’s sworn not to phone, email or open the Blackberry.. so why did she bring it you might well ask…) she should really sit back, relax, soak up the sun and have another sip of Ouzo.

All will be well