We’re finally down to the last few days of 2008. If you’re like most places I know, the rest of the organization has taken this week off as vacation, leaving the die-hard IT guys behind to mind the fort. On the holiday party circuit, I’m continually surprised at the reaction when I tell folks I’m on-call over the holidays. Apparently, many of them have jobs where time stands still when they’re out-of-the-office on break.
Fortunately (!?), there’s plenty for us IT guys to do this week. Here’s a quick checklist that I use to make sure things don’t get missed/forgotten: