Welcome to my blog!
I work for a relatively small Internet media corporation located in the U.S. We run an online B2B trade publication comprised of several websites, and an electronic newsletter. It's my job to manage just about everything tech related as it concerns our operations.
On most days, that means I am responsible for the development, maintenance and oversight of our websites, databases, servers, workstations, printers, telephone equipment, and anything else that has wires in it, including the coffee pot.
Sometimes I wake in the morning thinking "Pinch me, I'm dreaming!" because I love technology and appreciate my job, it's a little better and more interesting then flipping burgers. Other times, I'm screaming "Someone wake me up!" because Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street is chasing me through my office threatening to carve me up with a Blade server and banish me to tech nerd hell where some fat guy with glasses keeps bugging me about his prized red Swingline stapler.
In the spirit of trying to keep this blog generic, anonymous, and appealing to a wide audience, I will attempt to discuss the business practices and technology issues that challenge our particular market sector in non-specific terms. In other words, I won't discuss the exact business I'm in or disclose my name or our business name.
Like most businesses in the US, we are classified as Small Business. Although revenue for our corp has recently exceeded the million dollar a year mark, it's a family owned business and our daily process is unlikely to change much. It's the typical small business routine you might expect in any office with between 5 and 20 employees.
The daily struggles of a technology professional in this sort of eclectic role can be all at once mundane, frustrating, intriguing and terrifying. I'll be maintaining this blog to document our progress as a corporation, and to chronicle my own personal successes and failures in an effort to solicit feedback from my peers.
So read along, and please provide constructive criticism to help me toward my goal of self improvement.
Thanks!
Worker Bee
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