12 years ago today I posted my first article on this site. My publisher at the time thought I should have a website, so I made one. And after over 3,500 posts, I’ve watched the industry change so much!
I have always written about what I do. Because of that, the past couple of years have seen a slight shift from Apple device management (I mean, I still write about that when I feel like it) to more technical management and leadership articles. These days I also have contributions scattered all over the place, from publishing code on GitHub, to writing about technology and leadership for Huffington Post, to Entrepreneurism for Inc.com, to writing about scrum for devops magazines, to books on mostly servers and security for O’Reilly/Apress/TakeControl, and finally to activism (and hacktivism I suppose).
I’ve taken some criticism for veering away from my core. And I’m OK with that. But I always come back here and post links to the other writings and podcasts and public speaking engagements even if they do go in a slightly different direction. And I still do an annual guide on OS X Server. This year I didn’t write a full-on book, as there was only one new checkbox, but I will when there’s more to write about – and I did update and expand the annual free guide. I also still write on mass management of Apple devices and whatever else I feel like writing about, but I don’t just do that any more, so I write about other things as well.
Mostly though, I am honored so many people come to the site. I am always so grateful when people mention the site, say thank you in passing, ask me if I’m krypted in the bathroom (that happens), punch me for screwing up their server, or post comments asking follow-ups. It helps to know I’m not just writing for web crawlers and bots (although my preference is definitely to not get punched).
So thank you for sticking with me however long you’ve been coming here! And please, feel free to recommend articles or if you’d like to do some guest posts (or become a long-term contributor) let me know and I’ll get you an account!