{"ops":[{"insert":"This is in no way a criticism of IT people. I like IT people; I couldn't survive in my work without IT people, and I find them generally--as a group--the most helpful people you can meet. \n\nBut I very, very recently had trouble getting logged in to a website because, first, I was confronted with a technical problem which I handled in the normal way I handle them--I went to the IT people instead of going full throttle into an analysis and trying to work it through myself, which I see after the fact I probably could have done using what for me passes for common sense. (And that is a criticism, of myself, for claiming to try to be a critical thinker and still making the assumption that, because I don't know something right off the bat, I can't figure it out because it's not strictly speaking logical or not in my field). But even so, with the IT people on it, it took nearly a day to work through what turned out to be a problem with a very simple solution. What took us so long is that I didn't ask one or two relevant questions, which would have led me to the depth and breadth required, and because of which \nneither I nor those very helpful IT people could get to what needed to be cleared up precisely. It's a cautionary tale--always remember the standards.\nHope everyone enjoys the conference. \n\n"}]}