Evidence that I am a Geek

I just figured out that this blog has nothing special to do with IT as in Information Technology. It only took me a few days from subscribing for that epiphany. Organize IT is just another of my finds from following interesting blog links. Now I feel like I should delete its feed just out of embarrassment.

How often do you fail to recognize the obvious? Do people use the cliché, “If it was a snake it would have bit you!” to describe your oversights? I can blame everything, but I know I just don’t plain get the simple things. This can be a big problem when dealing with folks outside the IT department. Sometimes I need to take a step back, try to turn my brain off, and listen with fresh ears. This is the same principle that leads me to (almost) always check the power and cable connections when diagnosing a hardware issue. I really have seen dead systems from staff kicking their power cords loose behind the desk. In fact, I’ve knocked my power off from an ill-placed roll of my chair.

Well, I guess that wraps up this reminder that we all have common ground. Most of us have the poise or prose to hide our fallacies. I think I do much better just to confess and move on.

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