Michael Colson

Technologist. Leader. Mentor. Problem Solver.

Curious by default. Friendly by nature.

About

Started at the desktop and followed the industry up the stack: virtualization, then cloud, then data, and now AI. Equally at home in the technical detail and the executive conversation, and happiest helping someone else get better at both. Still studying for the next certification.

Off the clock: KCBS-certified BBQ judge, American Coaster Enthusiasts member, NASCAR regular, and a sucker for anything with a scoreboard or a checkered flag.

Million Data Points

Everyone is made up of millions of them. Here are a few of mine.

First PC
An IBM PS/2 rocking DOS and a dot-matrix printer. Homework and gaming in glorious monochrome.
Code
Started with HTML, Pascal, C++, and Java. Moved on. Everyone's happier.
Y2K
Patched it, survived it, still double-checks the date field. Your move, 2038.
Citrix Printing
Got it working. More than once. Witnesses available upon request.
Races Attended
More than 20, fewer than the King. Including TWO that never happened.
Original SoB
Day-one crew on the coaster everyone still has opinions about.

Projects

Built for the fun of it.

Web app

Sideline Shenanigans

Picks, trivia, and bragging rights for a group of friends. Strategy, luck, and a little chaos.

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Web app

Smith Beach Football

The record book for a family fantasy league: champions, playoff brackets, and all-time stats.

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Dashboard

Smith Beach Today

Weather, tides, and a beach-day rating, all in one glance.

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Web app

Clinton-Massie Football

A legacy of Falcons football: every score since 1972, plus seasons, records, and rivals.

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Splunk

Homelab Data, Splunked

TAs, eventgens, apps, dashboards. If it makes noise, it gets indexed.

2020

Golden Hefeweizen

A homebrew hefeweizen's website. Plain HTML, and it apologizes for that up front.

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Throwbacks

Where it started: hand-written HTML, mostly from the 1990s.

1997

The Danish System

A system of time measured in cookies, Danishes, and muffins. Very scientific.

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1997

Dictionary of Uncommon Terms

Compiled by classmates. Example: bowel, a letter like A, E, I, O, or U.

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1997

Color Codes

An HTML color reference, from when picking a color meant looking it up.

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