Info Mountain

Info Mountain is not a site for programmers, IT people or information workers. It is intended for the folks that know and love them but rarely understand what they do. My aim is to explain in the simplest terms possible what it is that we do and how our job fits into the grand scheme of work, life and everything else.

The secondary goal of this site is to illustrate that though we love our jobs we neither define ourselves by our work nor live solely for it. Many of my friends in this industry engage in very interesting hobbies and activities away from work. Likewise I sometimes find outsiders amazed when they learn that I'm "a computer geek" because I'm so far removed from the stereotypical activities of a techie.

History

The history of Info Mountain extends back to 2005 when I decided to break away from another successful site and focus on life inside the IT world. I have written on the web for over ten years and in that time I've accumulate a lot of things that distract from the singular topic of this site. The prevalence of topical blogs along with the modern realties of search engine optimization made a necessity.

Author

I am a veteran code monkey who's worked with technology for over half of my life. In other words I'm good with computers. I first dabbled in tech back before MySpace pages, Instant Messenger and even the World Wide Web. Folks found out pretty quick that I could fix computers and so I was quickly gained a reputation as a computer guru around town.

The problem was that I wasn't just a computer nerd, I wore a lot of different hats and because of this I started to feel like two different people. The feeling wasn't helped by the fact that I ran with different crowds many of whom never really understood the other. Eventually the truth would come out of the tech closet and I'd find many of my non-technical friends amazed at my knowledge. In some cases it honestly felt like I was branded a sorcerer of the dark electronic arts.

Fortunately over the years I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of smart and interesting people who've managed to walk the line between geek and plain old guy. Though we all have lives outside of work it's refreshing to see others who are both driven to grow their technical skills yet still down to earth enough to enjoy life away from the machine.