This is a public service announcement (aka rant) intended for IT product and service reps. In a nutshell:
If your spam and cold calls haven't resulted in a business relationship, tracking me down personally on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook won't work either.
This is a memorial post for Krazy.com, a domain that I registered in February of 1995, back when Network Solutions was the only domain registrar and the annual registration fee was $0. I had recently closed my computer bulletin board system, which was called the Coconino County BBS, after the home of George Herriman's classic comic character, Krazy Kat. In it's place, I put up a web site that grew to be the most complete and best known source of information on the now somewhat obscure, but dearly loved early 20th century newspaper strip about a Kat, named Krazy, who loved a Mouse, named Ignatz.
You might have read about Keith Bardwell, a man out of his time, who, throughout his 35 year career as a Justice of the Peace in Louisiana, has steadfastly denied marriage licenses for interracial couples. For their own good, of course. And the good of any children they might bear. Some might consider Bardwell an old coot who means well, when he defends his cruel and discriminatory behavior as being based on his expert opinion that interracial marriages generally don't last, and it's cruel to subject children to a world where they will be pariahs to blacks and whites alike. But I can't listen to his defense of bigotry with anything but an understanding that he has a choice: he can "protect" children from the hate he perpetuates, or he can stop being hateful.
The decision to homeschool our kid wasn't a slam dunk, but it was the right one. We made it after thoroughly investigating everything -- our son's learning style, both through the school system and via our local Children's Hospital; every public, private, and non-public school within about a six town radius; and conversations with educators, administrators, parents and other experts. Given what we now know about how our son learns and what options are out there, we aren't guessing that this is the best route. We've verified it.
Idealware's blog is not the best place for me to talk about my kid. There's Facebook and Flickr for that sort of thing. But I want to talk about him anyway, and open a discussion, if possible, about children and the nptech community.
This article was originally published on the Idealware Blog in May of 2009. Photo by ferricide It’s been a big.
NTEN‘s first book is available for pre-order, and you can find me in it. “Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission:.
So, I think it’s safe to let everyone know that I start a new gig as IT Director at Earthjustice.
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