Greetings from the Monastary

This will prove how much of a geek I truly am.

Early in my career, I used to think of myself of a "Priest of Technology". That is, I would supplicate with the technology gods and deliver their revelations to the common man.

It was during a meeting with a customer, specifically Apple, that I realized how very wrong I was. The people at Apple were the technology priests. They were the ones who brought technology to the masses. I designed IC's for a living. The masses didn't really know or care about what I did.

It was then I realized that I lived a cloistered existence away from mankind. I supplicated with the technology gods, not to deliver the revelation to the common man, but to deliver it to the priests, who would then deliver it to the common man. I was not a priest. I was a monk.

So, greetings from the monastery.