I Cannot Be Technical

With some regularity, kind-hearted Technical people tell me that I Can Be Technical, Too. This usually happens when I’m asking us to define what we’re calling technical in a software environment. I understand why it happens. I am a psychologist of software environments and that is something of an anomaly. Also at the end of the day I have mischief in my heart and I love to ask Bad Questions. Kind Technical people are attuned to exclusion because they’ve been beaten around enough by it and they’re still kind enough to want to do something about it so they frequently intervene on my bad questions. I recognize that in these moments what Technical friends wish to do is usher me safely inside of the Technical tent. There is a core of such goodness to this, dare I even say sweetness. In many cases packaged inside of this kind of statement is a hand outstretched, seeking to extend protection to me. Mama didn’t raise no fool: I know that on any quest we should accept protection. In your outdoo ... Read full article.