I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last week. Man, I was absolutely floored when the doctor told me. I didn’t know the first thing about diabetes, so my first instinct was to Google “diabetes rochester ny” to try and find local people blogging about the disease. I came up empty, and that gave me an idea.

I had originally started the Contrary Cook to document my new (mis)adventures in cooking, but now I’m taking the blog in a new direction. Instead of learning how to cook to just improve my health at 40, I’m learning how to cook to save my own life at 40.

I designed & coded the website, and managed the online marketing for Transcat.com while I was employed by Innovative Solutions. In 2008, the website was named a Rochester Business Journal “Best of Web” finalist.

Jim Walker, Transcat’s Director of Sales and Marketing, had this to say about my contributions to the site:

“Results tell it all. With Mike’s combined expertise in both web design and online marketing, our online business tripled after one year. It was also a pleasure working with Mike.”