I started in the computer business as a summer intern at the RAND Corporation in 1967.  I've been fascinated by our industry every year since.

I worked as a programmer, systems analyst, database disaster repair consultant, college professor, textbook writer, college teacher seminar speaker, VP of product marketing and development, data modeling entrepreneur, systems development manager, data miner, and once again college professor.  I never could settle down --always one step ahead of the sheriff.

In the Fall of 2002, I was asked to teach the MIS class and I fell in love.  I really enjoy this class.  Go figure.  I know, it's a mile wide and an inch deep.  The students have little business experience and teaching them about, say, the impact of information systems on organizational strategy is, well, a sizable opportunity to improve my teaching skills.  Many students don't want to take the class, and sometimes it CAN be duller than dirt.

And yet, it can be fun, too.  The key, for me, is problem solving projects -- projects of all sizes, types, disciplines, and orientations.  I like small groups -- say 3 students per group.  Sometimes they work the projects for grade outside of class and sometimes they work them for sheer joy in the class -- well, sheer joy and the pressure to present well to their classmates.

2000 of us teach this class each year and most of us work in isolation.  That's nuts!  I'm hoping this blog will help us to share ideas, hopes, fears, goals, projects, successes, failures, and the occasional hilarious event.  Please contribute!