Mar 16, 2006 | blog
Robert Scoble commented today about the rising noise in the blogosphere. A mob of people who seem intent on simply flaming and blasting or arguing their way through many blogs. The trend is disturbing and is discouraging to many who have helped build the tech blogosphere that we know today – and many like me who have grown from reading the ‘A List’.
Through Scoblizer and many other blogs, I’ve been able to learn many new things, find the interest and intent to become a blogger (whether I’m good or bad at it) and try to add to the conversation, to add value as I have gotten out of the blogosphere.
Here’s to more intelligent conversation about technology, the implementation of tech, and how it enriches our lives.
Mar 13, 2006 | blog
Well it would figure that we didn’t get a lot of snow in MN this year, and finally in mid-march we get a good 7″ of snow this morning. Made the commute a little more work than the norm. Most didn’t make it into the office, which of course makes for an easier day.
Hope we have get a few more next year, it seems like we miss out a lot lately in the snow department around here!
Mar 6, 2006 | blog
Picked up a book last week that I have not been able to put down. Its called Shadow Divers, and is about those two divers on the History Channel’s “Deep Sea Detectives“. This is an exciting book, its a non-fiction work that details the discovery and investigation of a unknown WWII U-boat off the New Jersey coast. Anyone who enjoys the History Channel show should check this book out.
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Mar 5, 2006 | blog
So some people may ask what I do… In short I’m something of a misfit in corporate IT departments in that I have never settled on one specialty in IT over another. I’ve worked on most technology platforms that have surfaced in the past 25 years to one degree or another, liking most & hating some few. Some have been in-depth, some I’ve barely scratched the surface on.
My current corporate title is “Sr. Client Technologies Analyst”, but thats a cover up for saying I look at everything and figure out how to integrate whats best for the company at a given time. Of course that time may be in the future and not now. I keep thinking it means “don’t know what I want to be when I grow up” as well.
Its interesting how after spending 15 short years in IT that I’ve not found a specific specialty niche, instead, the niche is still what it has always been for me – Information Technology as a whole. I won’t and can’t pretend to be a specialist in any one aspect from technical to managment, from financial to administrative, but that is what I am eventually responsible to understand. When a technology comes along, how will it fit into the company/corporate culture of the moment or future – its really a crystal ball experience.
Whatever comes along next, it’ll still inspire, thrill, frustrate, and reinforce my notion that IT crosses all business boundaries, social boundaries, both good and bad. In short – I’m one of those old-fashioned, original Geeks that is all about technology.
Mar 4, 2006 | blog
What an intriguing solution – I finally made it over to 37Signals to check out their Basecamp product. After having heard quite a bit of buzz about the company and its efforts in simple easy to use solutions, I had to check it out myself.
While checking out the Basecamp site information, I bit and signed up for the free account to try out the service. My wife and I will run our upcoming home purchase as a project in Basecamp, and in the process, I will write a review both for the blog here, and for my department at work. The group I work with is really in need of a simple project managment application that is affordable, secure, and flexible – Basecamp appears to do this well.
So look back here later in the coming months, I’ll post bits & pieces as I find how Basecamp either helps or hinders our home buying process!
