The fame! The fortune! The almost! It’s more than my little brain can handle!

After my talk at MacADUK on Security for humans, i was approached by a gentleman at dataJar who kindly asked whether i would write a guest post on their blog. Being awestruck and easily persuaded, i said sure! So i crafted a write-up to explain what i really talked about¹ on my way home from Brighton, sent it to our marketing team for copy editing, and it’s now been sitting in my text editor while i suffer from getting-it-done-paralysis. Do or do not. There is no try. Yeah right. Pareto and Tim Urban would have a collective laugh.

I presented the same talk at the Finnish MacAdmins' miniconference a few weeks later (it went better this time)². After the talk, i was approached by the IT manager at a large Nordic architect house, asking whether i’d be interested in talking to them about human nature and how it relates to IT security. I said sure and he asked how much i wanted. I was flabberghasted and said anything between a coffee and a million will be fine, thank you very much.

And now, the icing on the cake. I was approached by none other than the adorable Charles Edge, asking whether i’d like to appear on the MacAdmins' Podcast! The honour! The horror! I’m not sure how i can handle this! I’ve blogged about the difficulties being interviewed, basically saying that i need more practice before i’m any good, so either the MacAdmins' Podcast folks haven’t read the post or they’re truly out of people to interview.

There’s a saying in Swedish, värp först och kackla sen, which translates to “lay [your eggs] first and cackle later”. Truth is, i don’t mind if any of these opportunities tank – just the vibes that i’ve been asked makes me all warm and fuzzy inside :) . Sure, i’ll provide if the folks asking are serious, and the blog post will always appear here if it’s not welcome on the larger arena. But i don’t need the fame and fortune itself. Just the prospect will do.