Archive - The Relational Technologist Mindset

The One-Table Diner

Picture a diner at lunch hour with only one server.

Aug 28

The Client’s Choice

There’s a product some of my clients use that makes me want to vomit in my mouth.

Aug 28

The Bathrobe and the O.R.

In 1997, if your computer broke, you called a tech geek because you had to.

Aug 26

I Pick My Shots

In my mid-20s, I was trying to learn how to be a better man in the dating world.

Aug 24

My Fat-Finger Foul-Up

A 120-Workstation Confession

Aug 21

The Fight with Friction

After spending 30 years in IT, I love trying new technology.

Aug 17

I’d landed my first management position, IT manager for one of seven colleges at Western Washington University, and the learning curve was steep.

Aug 14

I'm the reserved one who won't sell himself. He's the hype man. Together we disarm a room full of terrified new faculty, and then the real work begins.

Aug 11

The Council of Wraiths

There’s a council that meets in my head.

Aug 10

July 2026

A letter to the what I carried through the hardest season of my career, and finally set down.

Jul 15

Right now, as I write this, an iPod is playing.

Jul 8

The Email Nobody Asked Me to Send

Think about what lands in a typical IT professional’s inbox on a typical Tuesday.

Jul 7

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