Earlier tonight, I made a blog post referencing how busy I’ve been and how it’s prevented me from blogging.  However, when I was typing it out, I made a small error that could have caused a lot of misunderstandings and phone calls…

Here’s what I should have typed…

Some of you might be wondering where I’ve been the past couple weeks.  I haven’t quit blogging and I haven’t quit my job…

Because of my oversight, here’s how the original sentence read, as published:

Some of you might be wondering where I’ve been the past couple weeks.  I haven’t quit blogging and I quit my job…

You can see where this might have caused some turning-of-heads, and a sudden spike in executive meetings at the NewPointe offices.

Fortunately, Jason Lee happened to be reading through his RSS feeds and noticed my error.  Thanks to the #citrt IRC channel, he was able to contact me about the mishap.  After a mild heart attack, the post was edited, and the offending post was replaced with the corrected version.

Two take-aways from this short story…

1.  Communities such as CITRT are invaluable. 
2.  Make sure you proofread your posts before posting … no matter how long you’ve been blogging.  A single misspelling or missing word can turn a simple post into a press release.