I’m no Rageboy
Though, my wife tells me I could be.
No, really, she once encouraged me to fully explore my Rageboy-ness. Never heard of Rageboy? Oh, I think you have. You probably know him as Christopher Locke, the author of Gonzo Marketing: Winning Through Worst Practices and The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual. But, I’m really trying to not give into the “dark” side and rip into people anymore. Hey! Stop laughing!!
Okay, I have to admit, sometimes I get a little, well, cruel when I’m dealing with idiots. For instance, when the guy from overseas e-mailed me looking for advice on installing a Gauntlet firewall asked me what I meant by “hardening the OS”, I kind of went balistic. I mean, if he doesn’t know that there are steps to take to make Windows 2000 more secure, should he really be installing a firewall? And, what does he think I’m going to do for him? Search TechNet and get only the “good” articles? But, I digress. I’m trying to be a kinder, gentler Network Fascist. (Okay, in actual conversation, I get specific about the kind of alliterative fascism, but why should I risk insulting anyone I haven’t met?) Really, it’s part of the new image that I hope will let me compete with all the fine off-shore outsourcers who don’t know how to spell LDAP, much less what it is.
Besides, Rageboy has nudity on his blog page and I try to be “family friendly”. Sure, it’s Manson Family, but, still…. I do try to put a “nicer” face on disgruntled, soon-to-be-outsourced, under-paid, over-qualified, angry, thirty-something Network Engineers. I mean, I don’t go out of my way to be cruel and nasty. It just happens. Er, “it seemed like the thing to do at the time”?
Well, anyway, I’m happier being the Network Geek, or even the only Novell Certified James Hoffman, than I am being an imitiation Rageboy. And, that’s the story I’m sticking with!
