All journeys must begin somewhere.  Here is mine.  I seek to learn more than I know now.  And I will track my experiences with this blog.  I’m a technical person, always been very curious.  For some unknown reason, I pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree in college; it really should have been an electrical engineering degree in hindsight.

My strengths are in data networks, having worked with Nortel Ethernet Routing Switches and earning a CCNA (twice).  I know quite a bit about VoIP systems, especially SIP based gear, and plan to upgrade my CCNA credentials to CCNA Voice  in the near future, maybe eventually a CCVP.  I seek to learn more about other aspects and technologies of the web.  This web presence is a place to experiment with xhtml and css initially, and with any luck, I’ll be able to move on to MySQL databases and php.  I’ve done a little simple coding here, first learning FORTRAN 77 in college, then noodling around with VBA and C.  I can fumble my way around UNIX and LINUX machines, but only know enough to be dangerous.

In addition to some foundational stuff, I seek to learn more about  “Web 2.0″ technologies, especially those that enable enterprise collaboration.  I have been exploring the human side of these tools for about a year, investigating what makes people, of any age, able to adopt them, while others are stuck working independently, connected to their colleagues by email, phone and maybe IM.  I had hoped to find that large enterprises could change and embrace new ways of working.  But I’m afraid that I’ve concluded, at least at my current organization, that it is not possible.  Hence a journey begins, to explore on my own; to seek a new home.