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[There are genres in science fiction]
As the chapter title suggests, science fiction has genres.
It's not just science fiction where space battleships and robots come out and shoot beams at each other, or people with supernatural abilities beat monsters (these days, they seem to be called villains).
So what is the definition? It's difficult to say. Personally, there is a literature that can depict "what is humanity" from a non-human perspective, but of course it cannot cover everything by itself.
A more general definition would be "whether the worldview is firmly constructed".
For example, this year's (2024) Nebula Award winner in the comic category is "Dungeon Rice", which is a fantasy no matter how you look at it. Why did he win the science fiction award decided by fan vote? The reason is that the ecology of the monsters that become food is carefully set and the worldview is properly built.
In the field of science fiction, the genre of hard science fiction is pursuing this area, and it is said that this trend of emphasizing science became more pronounced around Clark, Asimov, and Heinlein.
Then, if you ask me to name your favorite hard science fiction writer... In addition to the three families mentioned above, Hogan, who was stuck in the description of information engineering, and Egan, who can't even think of a scene unless he spins his thinking power with all his might.
In particular, the depiction of the world in the work, which is built with the logic of Egan's work, is as interesting as a manual on CPU structure/machine language instructions. Hmm?
There are also scientist writers Sheffield and Forward, and Renards, who has thick books. I also recommend the gadget-based science fiction Brin.
And the last David Brin. I wrote that it was a gadget system, but he is a person with a really wide range of defense, and he has written quite interesting works such as "Practice Effect", which seems to be able to use the mechanism as it is in the RPG equipment system, and "Kiln People", which deals with souls in a sci-fi way (the description of a certain scene is reminiscent of a scene from a certain Ranobe original anime, this is it).
I read most of the translated works, but I haven't read the post-apocalyptic ones (like Mad Max and Fist of the North Star) "Postman".
The story is about the main character of the actor collapse who accidentally picked up the uniform of a delivery man of the United States Postal Service in the United States, where civilization has collapsed, and gathers people and revives civilization as he proceeds with the revival of the postal system that began with Kyogen. This system often doesn't come up with science fiction gadgets or logic, so I personally tend to shy away from it. However, it seems to have been quite popular in its home country, and it has been made into a movie directed by Kevin Costner and starring.
I wonder if it's interesting ~ I think I'll take a look~.
That's why the theme of this time is Colorkrew's mail situation.
#やっとつながった. It's a long pretense (w
[Remote Work and Mail]
Remote work has spread rapidly due to the Reiwa epidemic and the corona disaster. It was a period of time when there was no one in the office. Various procedures have been made online, but the mail still arrives.
If it's an invoice, you can say, "Can you make it a PDF~", but it's a little difficult to digitize a contract that makes two copies of the same thing and stamps it, and the work of sending documents to each other in a simple way occurs.
How did Colorkrew deal with it until a while ago?
(1) Separate mail by person in charge
(2) Scan mail into PDF
(3) Create a message to send to the person in charge and send it along with the PDF.
(4) Put the original mail in the locker of each person in charge
As expected, (2) and (3) were not in much demand, so I settled on simply sending a message saying, "Mail, stay here~", but it is a little troublesome that the sorting and message sending work are separated.
The work time is about 30 minutes per day at most, but it is in conflict with the philosophy of the Colorkrew Biz service we provide, "Reduce nameless work".
That's how the Colorkrew Biz locker function introduced this time was provided.
[How to use it?] 】
First, go to the Colorkrew Biz admin screen. Create information for your locker.
In the left menu, click Users, Payments, and Fixtures...... I think there is a "locker" in the item that is lined up. Click on this one.
Select the tab called "Register" to create a locker group.
Specify the size of the locker by setting the following parameters (you can choose up to 25 frames for both rows and columns), and press the "Register" button to create a locker group.
Locker Group Name: The name of the locker group.
Area Name: A description of the locker. Something that is easy to understand, such as "for employees".
Locker management string: This is the prefix string of the locker number. A01、A02… It's the "A" of . Up to 2 characters.
Go back to the search tab and click on the details of the locker group you created. I think the list of lockers created is represented in a grid.
Click on an individual locker to see detailed information about that locker.
Here, press the "Edit Locker" button to jump to the editing screen. You can fill in the information of the locker user as a "personal locker ID".
[Now it's time to make a sticker]
Once you have your data, create a QR sticker.
From the Locker Group List screen, click the Locker List button for the locker group.
Jump to the screen of the list of registered lockers. Here, click "Download Registration List" at the top of the list.
It will be saved as CSV data as usual. Pouring it into TEPRA Label Editor SPC10 and importing it in print mode to create labels.
This time I made it with 24mm wide tape. Only the "Locker QR Code" and "Locker Name" are displayed. If you put information such as the user's name, you will need to recreate the QR sticker due to retirement, so the information is kept to a minimum (if you want to make a sticker with a more complex structure, see the article on how to make an asset sticker).
However, this makes it a bit difficult for me as a mail sorter because I can't see anywhere other than my locker.
Other members identify who is using which lockers... Colorkrew uses this ultra-analog method. When the location of the locker changes, just move the magnetic nameplate with your business card in it.
[Now, postal sorting]
So, when the locker is ready, let's use it.
Pick up mail from the mailbox and sort it. There are quite a few items that do not have the name of the person in charge written on the addressee, so we share files like mail journals and use them to sort them.
Mail such as invoices should be sent to the accountant or administrative person in charge of each department, documents such as contracts and purchase orders should be sent to the respective sales representative, and advertisements (even if we talk about real estate transactions...) is in the trash.
Once the recipient is decided, it will be delivered. At Colorkrew, personal lockers have slots for mail.
Put your mail here and scan the QR code affixed to the locker with the Colorkrew Biz app.
The locker reception web page is called and an email is sent with a simple comment.
When the other party receives the mail, you will receive an email like this, and you will know that the delivery has been completed safely, so the person who left it will feel safe.
[More]
I am also in charge of procurement, and I often prepare equipment such as PCs for new tenants.
It is an internal rule that "PCs should not be left in a locked place in consideration of loss or theft", so they are usually placed in a room where only certain members can enter.
However, on the day a new member comes, I go to work early in the morning to prepare, but it is not very good if I arrive at the office late due to train delays. It's pretty bad.
That's where lockers for delivery come in handy.
You can set up a PIN by inserting the prepared PC and equipment, and then use the Colorkrew Biz locker function to convey the PIN. When you receive an email from the other party saying that you have received it, you will reset the locker's PIN so that you can use it next time.
It's a bit of a clockwork method, but it's quite convenient to use.
[Like that]
It was a Colorkrew Biz locker function that I wanted everyone who sorts mail to use.
Well, I wonder if there is something that can be done about the one who only writes the company name on the mail.
Colorkrew, want you is happy, but I want you to excuse me.