Leon Adato

After two and a half decades working in IT, I can tell you there is a definite cultural bias against sleep. Whether we’re talking about physical sleep or metaphorical sleep, being in…

They say there are no atheists in foxholes. I’d argue there aren’t any atheists in the datacenter during a weekend 24-hour upgrade either. Prayer is a powerful force – both for individuals…

If you are reading this series in sequence, as it comes out, then today is Sunday. If it’s not, you’ll have to bear with me a little, because this post is all…

A few months back, SearchNetworking editor, Chuck Moozakis interviewed me for an article discussing the future of network engineers in the IT landscape. As part of our discussion, he asked me, “what…

On day 6 when I wrote about “know”ing , I related a story about how the remembering part wasn’t important, it was knowing where to find the information, and knowing what to…

Suffice to say that if you have been involved in the world of I.T. for more than 15 minutes, you have also likely gotten into a disagreement. It could have been about…

Part of the my job as Head Geek is writing. A lot of writing, actually. When I first started, I expected the usual writing concerns: the challenge of writing a specific story…

The “Fizz-Buzz test” is an interview question designed to identify programmers who don’t actually know how to program. The text of the programming assignment is as follows: “Write a program that prints…

Unlike “know” (which I wrote about earlier), “see” is powerful in the IT context all on it’s own. “Let’s see” expresses open-ness to the truth that our data shows “We’ll see” is…

It’s an understatement to say that working in the world of Information Technology means that sometimes – perhaps many times – you need to fight to make yourself heard. This is a…