Friday, July 27, 2012  The Importance of System Administrator
Appreciation Day  [Article first published as System
Administrator Appreciation Day on Blogcritics.]  Every year on
the last Friday in July, nerdkind recognizes System
Administrators’ Appreciation Day.  It may sound silly to those
of you that have never done the job, but over the years – well
to me anyway – I’ve found there’s some legitimate value to it. 
Even sites like ThinkGeek celebrate it with sales on techie
goodness.  Years ago I wrote a small angry post on “why your IT
department hates you,” and its main focus was something I called
Social Swiss Army Knife Theory. We can call it SSAKT for short. 
That was a long time ago… a time before my writing became the
polished gems you know and love today (please, hold your
applause and/or laughter).  But trust me the sentiment still
stands. Most of the time when we seem angry or bitter, there’s a
good reason.  System administrators (and I’m going to lump most
tech people in here) get the short end of