Introduction

Hello and welcome to the Psychology of IT.  My name is Brent Brightwell and I a Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at BMC Software responsible for BMC Discovery.

This is what I hope will be a lively and active forum for us to discuss technology and the people that depend upon it.  This forum is for anyone that uses, depends upon, sells and markets, builds, and buys technology.  In other words, anyone and everyone that has a vested interest in technology and wants to better understand its impact on our lives.

I have a unique background - ten years working in technology with formal business and technology education.  I have an MBA, BSB in Information Systems, and currently I am a PhD candidate working on a Doctorate in Psychology focusing on Media.  Areas of concentration are:  Media Psychology, Buying Patterns/Behavior; Theories of Personality; Psychopathology; Development Bases of Behavior; Social Bases of Behavior; Cognitive and Affective Base of Behavior; and, Biological Bases of Behavior.

What that means is that I spend a lot of time reading, speaking, writing, listening, and thinking about how people “think and feel” about stuff and why they think and feel the way they do.  The stuff we will be focusing on here is technology, but more importantly its impact us.

I spend a great deal of time in my job with the field and customers/prospects, along with working in partnership with R&D, so many of my experiences will come directly from those areas.  As I mentioned, this will be less of my pontificating knowledge to you - if you are looking for this I can direct you to others.  This will be observations with enlightening discussion and dialogue between us.  I am open, so feel free to send questions/comments and I will do my best to respond in a timely manner. 

So sit back, take a deep breath, relax, and let’s get started!