I’m often amazed at how small the world is. I’m sure you have discovered it as well when you are thousands of miles from home and accidentally bump into someone you know.
It also amazes me at times at how many people I get to know from around the world who follow my work in the IT management space.
Here is my request, , ,
Post a short comment to this post and include your city and country to let me know where you are reading this post from.
Today is Sunday, September 18th so it will be interesting to see how many comments we get, where they come from, and for how long people will read and comment to support my little “just for fun” test.
ITLever™ 
Hi Mike,
Thanks for sharing practical info, experiences and tips. Have been followed your posts quick some times.
YewBoon from Penang, Malaysia.
Hi Mike,
reading your post from Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Many thanks
for the valuable assistant . Hope to meet you someday .
Regards
zahabidin jupri – UTM johor bahru
Thank you Johor,
I appreciate you posting a reply and telling us “Hello” from Malaysia, , , you are literally on the other side of the globe from us. Best regards and success.
I am one of the very first members of dpp10, in fact I was the Marine who retrieved the sign (the in your group photo in K bay. Our skipper (Cap Benton) and I hung the sign for the very first time in Chu Lei which was the first combat deployment for DPP 10 .. Semper Fi. Sgt T L Heinle
Mike,
Totally overlooked this in my overloaded inbox. As a participant in the FIRST IT Manager Institute, I salute you on 8 years of helping all of us IT Managers Achieve More.
Cheers from St. Louis, MO
Richard
Thanks Richard,
The first Institute that you attended was small but it confirmed there was a real need for the information and insight I could provide. It helped catapult many of the products and services we offer today.
We are about to complete our 9th year of delivering the IT Manager Institute, , , 46 of them delivered so far, , , and we are well positioned for a great year in 2012.
Thanks again for your continued support.
Best resource on the Internet on IT Management!
It was great meeting you in person last week, Mike! Really enjoyed the course and all the insights.
Mujtaba Alibhai
Toronto, Canada
Muj, , , thank you so much. I enjoyed getting to know you in class. Hope you achieve many successes with the new information and tools. If I’m ever in Toronto, I will try to give you a shout.
Best of success,
Mike
Hi Mike!
It was great to meet you this week at the Institute!
Karen Hoover
Application Development Manager
VMS
Indianapolis, IN
Karen,
You were a great addition to the class, , , love your spirit and sense of fun. Many successes in your personal and professional life.
Mike
Lutsk, Ukraine
Ihor,
Thank you for your post. Best of success.
Mike
Hi Mike. Casper here from Lephalale, South Africa. IT Manager for a large coal power station project. Will use the skills and tips I get from reading your invaluable emails to become a Group IT Manager or Head of IT in the next couple of weeks! 🙂
Hi Casper,
Congratulations on your promotion. Hope some of my materials and tools are of benefit to you.
Many successes,
Mike
Hi Mike, received from Linkediin email. Kennesaw, GA
Walt Foster
Hey there Walt,
Long time, buddy. Hope you are doing well and achieving much success. Take care and enjoy the rest of 2011.
Mike
Hi Mr. Sisco,
Salvador here from Tijuana, Mexico.
Thank you for the best, most practical, put immediately to work IT Management information on the Internet!
Was really, really, really making and effort to attend your course this year but just couldn’t make it happen. Sometimes things happen or don’t for a reason, but I’m really positive I will be attending one of your courses soon.
Best wishes.
Hello Salvador,
I also think things happen for a reason, , , maybe we will meet one day. Thank you for the positive comments. I visited Tijuana a few times when I was stationed in San Diego many years ago.
Best of success in your IT manager opportunity,
Mike
Hi Mike,
Alford Deaver, reading online from Stanfield, NC, USA!
Thank you Alford,
I lived in Jacksonville, NC when stationed at Camp Lejeune many years ago, , , remember it being very hot and liked the area a lot.
Appreciate you taking time to post a comment.
Best of success,
Mike
Hi Mike,
You have such amazing experiences and tips to share. I am in the IT service management team in my organization and I get a lot wiser with every of your post I read.
Thanks for sharing.
This is Banks from Lagos, Nigeria
Hi Adebanke,
Thank you so much for the positive comment. I have been to Lagos twice and have many IT managers and CIO’s from Lagos who have attended my IT Manager Institute.
Best of success in your IT manager pursuits keep posting comments,
Mike
You have incredible materials of great help to IT managers of this world.. I am looking at investing in ITBMC in the near future – I am reading this post from Nairobi, Kenya.Keep up the good work.
I appreciate it John. Thank you for the positive comments. Never been to Kenya but have heard it is quite something.
Best of success, , , hope to meet you in an IT Manager Institute one day.
Mike
Hello Mike,
This is Ariel Phiri ITBMC from Lusaka Zambia, from the 40th IT Manger institute class 20th-24th September 2010, . It ‘s been a year, already. Keep on with the good work and all the best.
Hello Ariel,
So good to hear from you and hope you are doing well and achieving many successes. Wow, how time flies, , , doesn’t seem that long ago when you were sitting in my class.
Best of success,
Mike
Mike,
I am from Solwezi, Zambia in Central africa. Always enjoys your articles.
Regards
Masialeti
Hello Masialeti,
Thank you, , , happy to hear the material is of benefit to you, , , always makes my day to hear positive comments.
Best of success,
Mike
Hi Mike,
I live in Solwezi,Zambia, Central Africa. I have been a consistent follower of your articles since my start of IT career, three years ago. I enjoy the articles and look forward next year to do ITBCM.
Thanks you
Masialeti,
I look forward to you becoming part of the ITBMC , , , it is a very special group of IT managers and executives.
Best regards,
Mike
Hi Mike ,
This is Shamshad , reading from INDIA .
Hello Shamshad,
Thank you for taking time to post from India. I hope you enjoy the articles and will continue to review them in the future.
Best of success,
Mike
Dear Mike,
wish you the best from Cairo,Egypt
Thank you Ahmed,
I wish you well also, , , appreciate you posting. One of my students this week is originally from Cairo, Egypt, , , now lives in Saudi Arabia.
Best of success,
Mike
Hi Mike,
I live in Appleton, Wisconsin, but I am responding to your post from Harrisonburg, Virginia this week!
Thanks, Paul
Paul,
Thank you for your post, , , hope you are getting value from ITLever.
Best of success,
Mike
I’m reading this from (and live in) Fargo, ND.
Hi Greg,
Didn’t they make a movie about Fargo? Been there one time, , , I remember it being very cold.
Thanks for posting,
Mike
Hi Mike, I’m a few miles (okay a couple hundred) north of you in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hello Mikew,
Thank you. I’ve spent a lot of time in my youth in Cincinnati as my grandparents lived there. We always liked your zoo and the Reds.
Best regards and success,
Mike
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the valuable assistant . I wish you all the success ,,, hope to meet you someday . thanks for IT Managment 101 free e-book …..
Regards
Vartan Asoian – Baghdad / IRAQ
Hello Vartan,
Thank you very much, , , appreciate your post and hope you are doing well. Best of success and hope to meet you one day,
Mike
Carlos Castaneda from Stockholm, Sweden.
Hello Carlos,
Stockholm, , , you are the 2nd person to read my post from there. I appreciate you taking time to make a post and let us know you are reading the ITLever blog posts.
Best regards,
Mike
Hello.
St. Jacobs ON, Canada.
Hi Trevor,
Thank you for posting from Canada, , , you are one of the early registrations for the IT Manager Institute Self Study. Hope you are doing well.
Mike
Hi Mike! Checking in from Clear Lake, Iowa. Thanks for your dedication to IT Managers!
Hi Cyndi,
Good to hear from you and thank you for your post. Don’t know if I’ve been to Clear Lake but have been to Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Sounds like it might be nice.
Appreciate your positive comment and also for you attending Institute #38 last year. Hope you are achieving many successes.
Mike
Hi Mike! Reading from Lagos, Nigeria.
Hoping to be in one of your LIVE classes in the nearest future. You’ve had a great impact in my life both personal and career wise.
Many thanks.
Regards,
Gbemi Banwo
Chams Plc
Thank you Gbemi,
I hope to meet you as well and appreciate your positive comments, , , makes my day and reaffirms what the hard work is for.
Many successes in life and profession, , , thanks again.
Mike
Mike,
Thanks for all the great information. I’m in Huntsville, AL.
Brad Smith
Senior IT Specialist
USACE
Thank you Brad, , , you are just down the road a short way from us, , , maybe 90 miles?
Appreciate you taking time to make a post and hope you achieve many successes.
Mike
Hi Mike,
Reading in Northampton, UK.
Hi Graham,
Haven’t been to Northampton, , , maybe some day. Appreciate you making a post and letting us know you are out there.
Many successes,
Mike
Topeka, KS
Thank you Steve, , , you have been a follower for many years, , , appreciate your support.
Best regards and success,
Mike
Shane Lewis – St. Petersburg, FL
Hello Shane,
Great location – St. Petersburg. Thank you for the post and many successes.
Mike
Hi Mike,
Reading from Milwaukee, WI.
Hi Beth,
Good to hear from you again, , , been a while since you attended IT Manager Institute #4 in 2004, , , I’ll deliver #46 this week. Lots of updates and new content since you attended.
Appreciate your post, , , many successes to you,
Mike
Alexandria, Virginia, founded 1749
I work in Old Town, about two miles south of National Airport and four miles south of the Pentagon.
Hi Phil,
Thank you, , , Alexandria is a great place, , , been there many times early in my career. Appreciate you posting, , , best of success.
Mike
Hi Mike. This is Tom from Atlanta (Kennesaw) Georgia, USA.
Thanks Tom,
Look forward to seeing you in October, , , congratulations on your new office openings.
Mike
Kamlesh from Dubai..
Hello Kamlesh,
Thank you, , , hoping to return to Dubai in February. If so, it will be my 5th IT Manager Institute in Dubai. I like Dubai very much.
Best regards,
Mike
Please keep the insightful posts flowing and thanks for the sharing these.
I am in Gaborone, Botswana.
Thato Kewakae
Head of Special Projects
BotswanaPost
Hello Thato,
Several students from Botswana have attended my Institute. They tell me of the elephants in your country, , , some amazing stories.
Thank you for your post and best of success,
Mike
Claire Hernandez, ITBMC
Project Manager
ASI Tech Group
New Jersey
Thanks Claire, , , hope you all are doing well in New Jersey.
Do you remember asking me in class if we had HBO down here in the south? Got it last week, , , took longer to get electricity than we originally thought. 🙂
Have a great week,
Mike
I am posting from Renton, Washington and I agree it is a small world.
Thanks Linda,
Nice area where you live, , , been there several times.
Have a great week,
Mike
Reading this post from Grapevine in the great state of Texas. Thanks for all the great info you provide!
Hello TEXAS, , , big win yesterday. Thanks Michael.
Hi Mike.
I’m in Vaughan (Maple) Ontario, Canada. We’re the city with the tag line “The City Above Toronto”, which really ticks them off, apparently, thanks to the double meaning. (We’re really just north of Toronto.)
… AL
Hi Al,
I flew through Toronto in late March, , , you guys still had lots of snow.
I appreciate the comment and clarifying your city tag line, , , funny. I’ve had many Canadians attend my IT Manager Institute, , , always a rowdy bunch, , , in a good way.
Mike
Reading from Paducah, KY. I trust you are having a good day.
Hey Dan, , , wondered how long it would take you, , , not bad.
Having a great day, , , almost finished with the BIG PROJECT!!
Mike
You are very correct,
Thanks,
Uwanna, Lagos, Nigeria
Hello Uwanna, , , good to hear from you and thank you for posting your comment. My two trips to Nigeria were great experiences.
Mike
Hi Mike,
I am reading your post from Amman – Jordan , thanks for your effort. hope to see you in Amman.
Regards
Esam
Esam – thank you!
I appreciate your comment and wish you many successes.
Mike
Moscow, Russia
Thanks Anton, , , Moscow, , , WOW, , , would love to visit your country one day, , , have heard it is quite beautiful with rich history.
reading from Abu Dhabi, UAE
Hi Imad, , , hoping to return to Dubai in February, , , have had several students attend my IT Manager Institute from Abu Dhabi.
Hi Mike,
Good to hear from you, any plans on coming to New Delhi, India.
Regards
Bikram
Hello Bikram, , , no plans for India at this time but if we find a class host who can fill ten seats I’m ready to go.
Thank you for your comment.
Wichita, KS – USA
Thanks Ray, , , never been to Wichita.
Hi Mike! While I live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, today I am reading your post from Stockholm, Sweden! Keep up the great work Mike, thanks for all you do!
Kelly Reed, ITBMC
Global IT Manager
Purcell Systems, Inc.
Kelly, , , you are the first comment. You can sure pick great locations, , , Couer d’Alene and Stockholm. Nice!!
Thank you!