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Interesting article from Forbes on Google's privacy announcement and how it will drive the Personal Identity Management industry....
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From The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald M. Weinberg, this is a great list to have posted in any dev shop. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes. The point is to find them...
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The book, The CIO Paradox, by Martha Heller identifes some common contradicitions of managing technology, grouped into four main categories: Your Role: You were hired to be strategic, but you are...
View ArticleBest Practices For Using Arch Linux on Servers
I've been running Arch Linux on my workstations and on servers for a long time. Every once in a while I see a debate in an Arch Linux forum about it's suitability for use on production servers. Being...
View ArticleManagement and The Compliment Sandwich
Harvard Business Review has published an essay about the "sandwich approach" to giving negative feedback by Roger Schwarz. The essay takes issue with the practice of providing positive and negative...
View ArticleFive Things Rackspace Can Do To Win Again
I've been reading about slow growth for Rackspace cloud and how apps are pulling support. I shouldn't be so surprised given that my own usage of the Rackspace cloud has also dwindled, despite the ORD...
View ArticleNAB Radio Show Session
If you are going to the 2017 NAB Radio show in Austin, please come and see the session that I've put together with some help from my Vipology co-horts, "Unlock Higher Ratings and Revenue Through...
View ArticleHuman Nature and Managing Technology Teams
Managing technology groups can be especially challenging. I attribute this to the way that technology attracts personality types that aren't as common in traditional business roles. Specifically I am...
View ArticleGoogle Data Integration: Could It Drive PIDM Adoption?
Interesting article from Forbes on Google's privacy announcement and how it will drive the Personal Identity Management industry....
View ArticleAdjusting IT for Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing is not just a paradigm shift for infrastructure. IT operations, accounting and even staffing structure need to be updated to effectively harness the benefits. In a previous article I...
View Article2012 Cloud Computing Adoption Survey
Rackspace has put out a nice infographic highlighting what IT decision makers are looking for as well as what they are concerned about when it comes to cloud. Rackspace® — Rogue IT, Cloud Lock-In...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming
From The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald M. Weinberg, this is a great list to have posted in any dev shop. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes. The point is to find them...
View ArticleTechnology Management Paradox
The book, The CIO Paradox, by Martha Heller identifes some common contradicitions of managing technology, grouped into four main categories: Your Role: You were hired to be strategic, but you are...
View ArticleBest Practices For Using Arch Linux on Servers
I've been running Arch Linux on my workstations and on servers for a long time. Every once in a while I see a debate in an Arch Linux forum about it's suitability for use on production servers. Being...
View ArticleManagement and The Compliment Sandwich
Harvard Business Review has published an essay about the "sandwich approach" to giving negative feedback by Roger Schwarz. The essay takes issue with the practice of providing positive and negative...
View ArticleFive Things Rackspace Can Do To Win Again
I've been reading about slow growth for Rackspace cloud and how apps are pulling support. I shouldn't be so surprised given that my own usage of the Rackspace cloud has also dwindled, despite the ORD...
View ArticleNAB Radio Show Session
If you are going to the 2017 NAB Radio show in Austin, please come and see the session that I've put together with some help from my Vipology co-horts, "Unlock Higher Ratings and Revenue Through...
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