System Administrator Appreciation Day
Posted Jul 31st 2009 6:59PM by Edwin Aoki
Filed under: Announcement, General
When you use one of our iPhone apps - AIM, AOL Radio, Pixcetera, Daily Finance, or the many other apps that we produce - you're tasting the fruits of a lot of people's labor - software engineers, designers, quality assurance folks, product managers, and more. But there's a set of unsung heroes that I want to call out today - the hard working men and women who work behind the scenes keeping all these services running.
It takes a lot of effort - not to mention thousands of servers - to deliver the billions of instant messages we process each day, or to serve up thousands of hours of streaming radio, or to deliver millions of pictures and maps and stock quotes and movie times. Behind every one of those services is a system administrator - or more often than not - a team of system administrators - that make sure that the machines keep running, that your data stays safe, and that we can continue to provide you with the services that power all those great iPhone apps you love.
We usually take these folks for granted; most of the time the work they do is invisible. It's only when something goes wrong that we notice just how much we are in their debt each day. So today, on System Administrator Appreciation Day, all of us would like to offer a huge thank you to all of the hard working IT professionals - across the industry and especially here at AOL - for helping us to deliver the apps that you use and rely on every day. We couldn't do it without you!
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Hi. I'm Edwin Aoki, and I'm a Technology Fellow at AOL. Contrary to popular belief (and wishful thinking) this doesn't mean I get to sit around and be fed grapes while thinking Deep Thoughts. In fact, I can't remember the last time I had any Deep Thoughts, let alone the last time anyone fed me grapes. But I'm thrilled to be part of the iPhone development effort at AOL, and I hope to provide some perspective on what it is we do here, why we do it, and to hear your thoughts on how we can do it better. You can follow my updates @edwinaoki.
Hi, I'm Christina Wick, Technical Director for the AOL Mac team. My team is responsible for the development and testing of all the desktop Mac applications as well as a bunch of iPhone apps including AIM, AOL Radio, SHOUTcast, touchTXT, and many more. I took over managing the Mac team a little over two years ago when AOL decided to "Get Back on the Mac." Since then, we have released numerous desktop products and iPhone apps. We look forward to bringing more exciting apps to the Mac community. I'm on Twitter, if you would like to follow me - @ChristinaWick.
My name is Lee Givens and I'm the Product Lead for the Mac products at AOL and you can find me on the Mac@AOL blog too. When I'm not at the office, I'm probably in line at the local Apple Store whenever a new iPhone is released (actually, when anything from Apple is released :) I've been at AOL since 2007 and lead product management for Mac and iPhone apps. During my spare time, I collect vintage Macs (and Apple IIs) and root for the Univ. of Maryland Terps. If you would like to follow me, I'm at @MacGivens.
