Who's Your Data?

Recently I read a novel by Michael Crichton called State of Fear. I’m a big fan of Mr. Crichton as he never fails to simultaneously entertain and educate me. While the general theme of the book takes a firm position against the pressure of the socio-political process on scientific research, specifically in the field of environmental science, there was one portion of the book where Crichton described the history of Yellowstone National Park that struck particularly relevant to me in of all things, the competing necessities of the protection and preservation of our electronic data.

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Today I write about a topic near and dear to my heart, as it applies both to my personal and professional lives: New technology and the price we pay to procure and implement it.

Last Sunday morning, I woke up at 4:30 AM at my house in Virginia, got dressed, filled up two heaping mugs of coffee, and set out into the frigid darkness with one intent in mind: To obtain for myself (That’s right, I don’t have kids old enough to appreciate it) a Nintendo Wii.

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It’s a day of firsts, this being my first day working at Symantec as a Systems Engineer, the first day of the launch and availability of whosyourdata.org, and as may become apparent as you read on, my very first attempt at a blog.

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