Tuesday, July 02, 2019

i make the internet work.


i make the internet work.

you're welcome


I look back upon the nearly half-decade I spent with Rackspace, training and coaching and working with the support floor, surrounded by hordes of techs providing fanatical support to Rackspace's customers, just about every day.

Helping, at Rackspace, didn't end with just the customers.  

Rackers support other rackers, and other local San Antonio businesses, and local cultural organizations, and local social groups, and anyone who needs their support.  Rackspace is the kind of place that doesn't turn away a hungry passer-by, when they're having their corporate BBQ events.  They welcome the opportunity to assist.  

Rackers are like that. That's why i love them all as much as I do.  I'm proud to have been a Racker.  I'm proud to STILL call myself a Racker, today.  That's how much one good company helps.


I'm not on the support floor with Rackspace anymore, but I'm still helping their customers.  I help anyone, really, who needs my help, if I can possibly manage it.  That's how I roll.

I get calls occasionally from my old customers, now, asking how I'm doing.  Wow.  They remembered me.  Me.  Just some guy who helped them fix their website.

That's why I do customer support.  Because people reach out, a decade later, just to thank me for having helped them, way-back-when.  Because it mattered.  And I helped. When it mattered.

That's why I do customer support.



Thursday, February 07, 2019

God's Paintbrush

Looks like God went a little overboard with a white paintbrush this morning.



Wednesday, February 06, 2019

Where did January go?


Whazzup!


It's been, well, FOREVER since I posted here on pbrs.blogspot.com

Last year, after nearly 2 decades in operation, I turned down the domain reiber.org and its associated public-facing TWiki, due to identity theft and security concerns.  

I expect that i'll be writing posts here somewhat more frequently, since I no longer have the TWiki as a place to write.

If you receive anything from paul@reiber.org (or, anyone at reiber.org, really) it did not come from me - that domain's no longer mine.

I had ifttt rules in place to share here on this blog any new pages I added on that twiki.  Since those pages are no longer online, I've removed the associated blog postings.  Sorry if you were counting on them.

OK, I think that's it for the housekeeping.

Where did January go?!?


2019 finds me in San Jose, CA, in the heart of Silicon Valley, troubleshooting clouds and supporting developers.  Helping people, basically, which is awesome 'cause that's my personal mission.

So, I get to go to do work and do what makes my heart happy.  Pretty cool.


On workdays I motor over to a parking lot near my home, hop into a big white bus, flip open my notebook computer, and begin my business day before I'm even on campus, checking on the status of the various cloud components I've been asked to care for.


Maybe these pics helps explain why people love living and working in Silicon Valley?


 for cloud monitoring :-)

Don't be a stranger!

I have a ton of friends I haven't heard from in forever.  Go ahead and drop me a line to let me know what's going on in your world.
- reiber@gmail.com