1-Man IT Department

Hello world!

This blog is a brand new venture for me. It will complement my other blogs: Black Belt Productivity, a blog I co-author about Getting Things Done, The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, and Rammblings, my personal blog.

This will be my blog that deals with my life in Information Technology. I am now the Network Administrator for the City of Northport, a small municipality in Central Alabama. I am also beginning to realize that my IT passion lies in Information Security (InfoSec).

Currently, I am pursuing a number of certifications. I am going to get my CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications in my initial stages.

I am a new MacBook Pro owner, as well as a long time Microsoft Windows user. My decision to get the Mac was made in part so that I could learn a lot more about Linux, as well as my noticing that a lot more Security Professionals are moving to the Mac OS X platform. I have moved my main desktop machine at home to Windows Vista. I do like it a lot, and I will be talking about more later.

I am very excited about having this outlet for my tech expressions and thoughts. I hope to use this as a record of my certifications and the stresses that are entailed in that. Also, it will help me keep up with my growth in learning more about Information Security.

Thanks for dropping by, and please come back.

- Michael

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Hey Michael,

Glad to see you starting a “IT/Security” blog. I look forward to what you have to say.

Welcome from another Michael. Greatest name on the planet! Hope you have fun with this, and enjoy your trip into InfoSec.

Michael

I guarantee you’ll love the MacBook. I’m a long-time Windows user who switched a few years ago, and I’ve never looked back. As they say, a Mac equipped with Parallels is one solid development box.

@Andy
Thanks for the encouragement. I hope that we can develop a good relationship in the future.

@Michael
We DO have the greatest name, don’t we! I look forward to your posts and I really enjoy your site.

@Tom
Man, I really do LOVE my MBP. I do have Parallels with WinXP now, I am hoping to use it to learn more about Linux and other OSes.

Thanks for the comments, guys!

Enjoying your blog Michael. I’m a XP Pro/Ubuntu user myself. Have XP on one drive and Ubuntu on the other. Linux is an excellent OS and so easy to learn. It actually makes sitting in front of the monitor fun again.

Why not swing by and say hello on the Ubuntu forums? We have an Alabama-Ubuntu users group going now. Here’s the addy if you don’t already have it:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=232

Also, a big Hello from Leeds, AL 8^)