When Miracle went to college in the late 1970s, he put aside his fascination with photography to pursue a more solid career in computer science. He ended up at MPG-Net in Key West, Fla., an interactive game company acquired in 1998 by iEN, then called Interactive Magic. Miracle, who said he was re-bitten by photography bug while living in sunny Key West, moved to Cary to keep his job. He kept doing photography on the side. It's not a good time to be in technology.
Timing is everything.
For starters, no beer in the office fridge. And his days of rolling into work in shorts and sneakers were over. But coming back to UNC's sports information office, a place he had worked for three years right out of college, was a decision he doesn't regret now - even if it wasn't easy to make at the time. The day he gave notice that he was leaving, employees were told on a conference call that Total Sports would be acquired by Quokka Sports of San Francisco. Quokka now is slashing its operations and might file for bankruptcy.