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At this year’s TechEd we’re going to take the wraps off a range of new products and services, and we cannot wait to talk about—and demo—some of the remarkable new capabilities and functionalities we...
View ArticleOn Habits (part 1)
What is the difference between you and that other guy or gal that seems to accomplish more in the same 24 hours? Habits. That’s it. Sure maybe they have an assistant, but you could too...
View ArticleOn Habits (part 3)
In part 1 and 2 of this series, I discussed giving up my two favorite habits in the world; cigarettes and coffee. In part 3, I want to give you the formula to change any habit that is holding you back....
View ArticleThe Chef, the Puppet, and the Sexy IT Admin | WIRED
Colorful language aside, this is why I love devops and configuration management. “Sysadmins have been fed a lot of shit by a lot of different vendors for years — while simultaneously being made to feel...
View ArticleWhy “Puppet vs. DSC” isn’t Even a Thing | PowerShell.org
More than a few IT Pros have asked me about these configuration management tools. I think the feeling is that Microsoft is asking them to trash those skills to switch over to Chef or Puppet, and that’s...
View ArticleDurable Communication – The consensus-seeking architect.
“organizations which design systems … are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations”. Source: Durable Communication – The consensus-seeking...
View Article2016 in review
As I reflect back on 2016, a difficult year by any measure, it was important to me to find some positives in the year, so I thought I’d share my highlights, in no particular order Our friend and...
View ArticleShare your story at #ChefConf
Please share your Chef journey at the 6th annual ChefConf. Our community will come together in Austin Texas May 22nd – 24th and we’d love to see you there! Perhaps you’ve been working on a new Habitat...
View ArticleThank you Chef
Thank you #Cheffriends Adam Jacob, Nathen Harvey, Jamie Winsor, Tasha Drew, Robb Kidd, Adam Leff, Nell Shamrell Harrington, Fletcher Nichol, Ian Henry, Ben Rockwood, Hannah Maddy, Jennifer Davis,...
View ArticleHello Again Microsoft
I’m excited to join Martin Woodward‘s team working on Visual Studio Team Services, which supports all of engineering at Microsoft in addition to its external customers.
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