Training mishaps

February 16, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Got a bit of a break from training since we’ve got actual developers in-house, fielding questions from customers. There is some pretty good info at this one today, as we are discussing how to make “hacker-proof” your FreeBSD or Linux servers. The first point in the training is that there is no such thing, unless you want to lock away your servers, turn them off, and unplug them from the network. The customers were quite impressed at the accuracy and detail of the discussion — also that for many of the things we pointed out, they have already done them.
This morning, the worst possible thing happened that could happen during a training session — my laptop crashed before I could get started. Luckily, instead of panicking, I grabbed a laptop from a co-worker who was attending the training, and restored much of my data from a cd. Later, at the lunch break, I was able to coerce my laptop into starting up properly and was able to continue the training for the rest of my session.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.