Here I am - Again

After Setting up this page some three months ago, I'm finally getting around to do some real posting. This decision has come about as I close my Twitter account, as 140 characters are hardly enough for me to properly express myself.

So what will you see here? Likes, dislikes, raves and rants. Larry's Favorite Things. Working in a field of Gen Ys, while I carry an AARP card.

I've been doing this IT thing full time now for about nine years. But my involvement in tech things goes back to the mid-seventies when a friend showed me how to install a phone extension (at that time, only "Bell Telephone" could do that, and it was expensive). I purchased an IBM PC in 1984 for what was the equivalent of approximately 7% of my annual gross salary. Learned Lotus 1-2-3. With Macros. Formatted a hard drive (by mistake). Installed a card in a PC with the power on (sparks!).

Professionally, I've been in the real estate world pretty much since the beginning. Held a variety of financial positions up through 2000. At that point, I was able to move into tech full time - using my accounting and real estate background overseeing business applications. Five years ago, I joined Acadia Realty Trust, a REIT based in White Plains, NY where I am their VP -Information Technology.

I consider myself extremely fortunate that I love what I do.

At home, my wife and two sons and I use 8 network devices. Keeping it all running optimally is another challenge. And being an IT guy means that I am often asked to keep technology running in other homes too - those of friends, neighbors and co-workers.

Hopefully, this will last longer than my latest diet.