Yikes!  So I fired up this new blog site yesterday, and already folks are mentioning me.  So… uh… I suppose I’d better get some content up, eh?

First of all, thanks to the Datacenter Dude, Nick Howell, for the mention and the kind words in his post on the VMworld 2011 Hands On Labs.

So, I’ll offer a quick note about myself so you know a little bit more about me other than the fact that I’ve said “Hello” to the world.

I’ve been a computer guy all my life.  Starting back in the days of programming BASIC on the Commodore Pets at school and the VIC-20 at home, saving all the hard work on those cassette tape data recorders.  For the last 14 years I’ve been doing it professionally, and the last 8 years have been with the data storage company NetApp, where I’m part of the vTME team.  In a nutshell, I’m a storage/virtualization/Unix/scripting/OSX kinda guy.  I’ll be posting here primarily about topics along those lines.  It’s important to note that this is my blog, not my company’s.  My worldview is certainly shaped by my years at NetApp, but I don’t have blinders on and I’ll be approaching things with an open mind.

That’s partly where the name of the blog is derived from. A skeptic is someone who takes the position that anything which cannot be proven by facts and reason should not be believed.  Where possible, we’re going to be digging in and looking at supporting data to back up discussion points presented here.  That, and I’m also one of those capital-S Skeptics, and there may be some missives on that topic from time to time under the “Personal” category.

I also like to go fast. When I’m not working or spending time with my wife and three daughters, it’s very likely that you’ll find me out on a racetrack somewhere carving corners.  So there’s likely to be a lot of posts there, especially once the racing season starts up next Spring here on the East Coast.

So without further ado, let the blogging begin.

Cheers,

Julian