Getting a jumpstart on FY09
After quite a period of nudging and cajoling from a number of my peers ... I've finally done it, I've started a Sun blog.
I work for Sun's newly-formed Services Innovation Office, under the management of Kevin Ellis and the directorship of Jon Greaves - Distinguished Engineer and a Chief Technologist in Sun. I'll add more to this blog in about a month or so ... when I have a bit more free time to spare. Right now I'm scrambling with all of the last minute details for my wedding in June - so "free time" is at a bit of a premium at the moment.
For starters, though, here's a collection of ten random bits of information about me that you might not know:
I promise - I'll write more posts once July rolls around! In the meantime, have a great Memorial Day weekend.
I work for Sun's newly-formed Services Innovation Office, under the management of Kevin Ellis and the directorship of Jon Greaves - Distinguished Engineer and a Chief Technologist in Sun. I'll add more to this blog in about a month or so ... when I have a bit more free time to spare. Right now I'm scrambling with all of the last minute details for my wedding in June - so "free time" is at a bit of a premium at the moment.
For starters, though, here's a collection of ten random bits of information about me that you might not know:
- I was born in upstate NY (the upstate "western" part of New York near Niagara Falls, not the upstate "above New York City" part)
- Although getting 4.0's for most of my collegiate Information Systems courses, I positively sucked at math.
- I am legally a dual-citizen (US and Irish) and hold birth certificates from both countries.
- I've been a published editor for Windows IT Pro magazine for over 10 years, and have won two national awards for my writing. I'll likely be starting a blog up there shortly as well - stay tuned.
- I wrote my first lines of code at age 9. I sold my first software at 13 (a BBS system on a TRS-80). I wrote my first commissioned software project at 16 (an Accounts Receivable system for a local painters' supply store).
- Rome, Italy is my absolute favorite city in all the world.
- My first modem was an Anderson-Jacobsen 300 baud 'Acoustic Coupler'.
- I wrote two books. Well, I co-authored one print book, and authored an eBook sponsored by Microsoft.
- Artificial Intelligence was the only Information Systems course in college that I had to drop. Didn't grok it.
- While I do actually enjoy working in technology quite a bit, I'd seriously consider giving it up to be a travel photographer for a living :-)
I promise - I'll write more posts once July rolls around! In the meantime, have a great Memorial Day weekend.
