Author:

Tom Reestman (email). Tech blogging here for the fun of it. You can also see my writing on The Apple Blog, contributions to GigaOM Pro, random thoughts on Posterous, or follow me on Twitter @treestman. I have a FAQ if you’re interested in learning more.

Miscellany:

My background includes IT, consulting, training, software implementation and support. I’ve worked for numerous firms large and small.

I began computing on an IBM 1401, which I can sum up by saying that to truly appreciate an operating system you have to have been one. In addition to mainframes I worked with many systems from the early 80s on: PCs, Macs, the major UNIX players and minicomputers. Along the way I’ve been a Network Administrator, Project Manager, Client Services Manager, and worn many other hats.

Numerous jobs in software implementation, consulting and support across large organizations provided practical, real-world experience. This varied technical background provides a wide variety of application, systems, and business experience.

Interests:

Technology; personal computing; operating systems; software; hardware; music; photography; and sundry other topics.

Hardware:

At work I’m Windows-based. At home I’m primarily Mac-based; I run VMWare Fusion with Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 RC on two virtual machines.

I’ve written about my August ‘07 24-inch iMac 2.8GHz, my January ‘08 MacBook 2.2GHz, and my Time Capsule 500GB and Airport Express. More recently I moved to an October ‘08 unibody MacBook. I also have one iPhone 3GS, two original EDGE iPhones, an iPod touch, and two other iPods in the house.