To some degree, those of us in the world of Information Technology (IT) work in a world of "If..Then." "IF" a particular situation presents itself, "THEN" the following associated action (or actions) follow. A simple process or workflow could include any number of situations or circumstances and the result might be several "If...Then" processes. Processing yesterday's events on the campus of Virginia Tech has many of us asking why's and what if's. I include myself in that group today with far more questions to ask than I have actions to process. It has been hard today to focus on seemingly trivial tasks with all of the the "if's" from Monday still looming in my thoughts.
Katrina startled many IT people into a data protection and redundant web presence mode. I am sure that April 16, 2007 will have many of us reviewing campus communication strategies and looking at the systems' overload experiences that occurred during and following the events on the VT campus. Until then, I am still processing my own personal set of If...Then's.