This is my inaugural post on my first and only blog – Doug’s
List. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Why Doug’s List?
When it came time (after a long period of indecision) to
write a blog, I had to think about an appropriate name. Of course there were
all kinds of options, but in the end I thought about what a blog should be and
what it was that I wanted to talk about. And soon the answer became obvious. Friends
and colleagues will tell you that, for years, I have maintained a “list” that
is often referred to as Doug’s List. For the most part Doug’s List is NOT something
you want to be associated with. It is for all intents and purposes a list of things that drive me crazy. In order to earn a
spot on the list, it has to be something pretty bad. I think of myself
as a pretty patient person in many regards (no laughter from the cheap seats
please). But there are those things so ridiculous that they earn a spot on Doug’s List. So, this will be an opportunity
for me to express opinions and write about stuff that happens in my world. Before
you jump to the conclusion that all I’m going to write about is the “bad”
stuff, I will say that Doug’s List is simply the name of the blog. I plan to
write about lots of things, hopefully some of them will be interesting, informative,
entertaining and amusing. And yes, some of them will be about the “bad” stuff
that happens in my world.
Who am I?
I am Doug Turner. I am a husband, father, coach, ceo,
colleague and probably a whole bunch of other words (according to people who
might not like me so much) that I shouldn’t use in a forum as public as a blog. I am the CEO of
Mantis Technology Group , a small software company based in Kirkland, WA. More
here later…
Again, thanks for reading.
