Brian Pozar

Greetings,

My name is Brian Pozar and this marks something like the sixth time that I have attempted to create a blog. Maybe Tumblr, which thus far seems very cool, will finally provide enough impetus to keep me going beyond the first 2-3 posts. If I can get into a habit of regular posting, that would be a huge milestone (if you are reading this a year from now, you’ll know if I succeeded or failed. WordPress, MovableType, and Blogger never quite made it easy enough for me to blog with same minimal amount of effort that Facebook and Twitter demand. Hopefully,Tumblr will make life that easy.

A bit of background on myself. I live in the Central Valley of California with my lovely wife and delightful daughter. I’m the Director of IT for a $120MM manufacturing company. I am a former Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), former Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), and I have my BS in Business Administration; soon to begin work on my MBA. I’m also a private pilot and love my motorcycle and guitars.

The purpose of my blog is to share things that I find to be of considerable significance in either life, information technology, or other areas of interest. My hope is that similar-minded people will find me, learn from what knowledge I have, as limited as it may be, and perhaps teach me something as well.

What I promise to try to avoid is mindless dribble and current events despite how much I enjoy funny videos and political upheavel. The blogosphere is filled with commentators; my goal is to provide information that has long-term meaningfulness. As such, I will be providing recommendations at the bottom of each blog post. The recommendations will in some way be a result of my experience or research that you can benefit from and circumvent having to do it on your own. If you have ever thought to yourself, “why didn’t somebody tell me that?!” Well, that’s what I’ll be trying to do. 

Recommendation:

• This brings me to my first piece of advice for anybody involved in web development or marketing. Bookmark the following site and add its RSS feed to your iGoogle home page: http://www.smashingmagazine.com. One of their excellent articles led to my rediscovery of Tumblr today