Category Archives: Experience

AI Bias Is Real, and It Still Requires Expert Humans to Monitor and Correct

As someone who’s been in IT for over 25 years—starting with Linux in 1999, diving into Hadoop, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, and leading teams since 2001—I’ve seen technology evolve from clunky servers to sophisticated AI systems. But one thing hasn’t … Continue reading

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You’re fired if you’re wrong.

Being a sysadmin type, I get irked by things like, “why don’t we have version 9.x, it came out last week and solves our problems,” or why can’t I just have a VM where I can install anything I want?” … Continue reading

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Green Field Linux

There were only a few things that had been determined. We were using SuSE Linux, we would (eventually) have Active Directory for Authentication/Authorization and were running on HP/Compaq servers. We started with physical, book style systems and used SAN for … Continue reading

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Data Center and Linux

I got my first Linux CD ROM in 1995, Walnut Creek from 1994. My previous experience with DOS and CP/M left me longing for true multitasking. I had a few web hosts over the years but nothing super serious. I … Continue reading

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The Big Idea(s)

During the dot com boom, I was working in the software distribution world. At the time the world was worried about running out of IP addresses. I was irritated by this as IPv61 had been around for quite some time … Continue reading

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Consulting and Contracting

I was a 1099 employee for a local Consulting “broker.” Basically, we could use the company name and pick your own gigs. I had a few lined up helping another consultant with managing School systems. I’ll get back to the … Continue reading

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Software Distribution

My OS/2 experience allowed me to land a gig with a regional bank doing Software Distribution (and installation) over their private banking network. This was sometime in 1996 and the Internet was not yet widely used or secured. The bank … Continue reading

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My Second Start Up

Sometime in 1991 I got in contact with Gary and Phil. They were working on a new idea and needed some programming done. Fax machines were extremely popular. 1990 Census data was coming available. We had contacts at The Ohio … Continue reading

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My First Start-up

Impact Resources: I started in 1989 when they had outgrown their first office condo. I had to work from home for a few weeks as there was no room for me in the office. I had my trusty PS/2 Model … Continue reading

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