Lori MacVittie
I've been online since the early 90's, starting with bulletin boards and FidoNET. I helped setup and run a bulletin board in college, and was active in the local BBS community for many years, until the Internet took off and replaced them. I manage our home network, which evolved from Netware 2.11 to IP over the years and includes Linux-based servers, Cisco and Dell switches, and various other pieces of networking equipment.
After spending nearly ten years in application development I went to CMP Media (Network Computing Magazine) and covered a wide variety of networking and application specific topics, performing thousands of evaluations and tests over a period of six years. I developed the first performance-based evaluations for XML devices and software that were considered the industry's standard for several years before moving on to my current position at F5 Networks.
I started blogging while at CMP Media and continue to do so on a variety of topics, focusing mainly on SOA/XML, application delivery, and security.