My new book, Be the Master: Second Edition is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats, and The Grind Workbook is also available in print! For full details, visit BeTheMaster.com.
My new book, Be the Master: Second Edition is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats, and The Grind Workbook is also available in print! For full details, visit BeTheMaster.com.
This morning on PowerShell.org, I posted an article about the new team that will be running that organization. I wanted to take some time here to explain what’s happening with my non-DevOps Collective work.
One of the ways I “save” story ideas for later is by writing a backgrounder that contains the core details I want to keep in mind. In this case, I literally had a dream of this story so vivid that an entire prologue essentially wrote itself. I’ve no idea if this story will go anywhere, or where it might go if it does, or when I might even figure all that out, but I thought I’d share it and see what you think. This is a kind of Biblical Genesis story for an entirely different World. I’d definitely appreciate any constructive comments you’d care to leave. As a note, this is in Markdown, so read italics as they’re intended ;).
Yesterday’s post was in response to a colleague who’s been asked to speak at an upcoming conference panel. Part of the title of the panel is “Breaking Silos,” and I love that phrase.
A colleague was recently asked to speak at a conference panel, and one of the suggested talking points was, “How to evaluate new technologies for your business (e.g. set/lead or follow trends and standards?).”
In almost any instance like that, given a choice between X and Y, I almost always try to go with “Purple.”
I’ve recently been interviewing people for a job on my team, and I have to tell you: the more interviews I do, the more I learn about what a great interview can look like.
I’ve recently had a few pings on Twitter from folks asking me how I write–everything from general questions to specific questions about Leanpub.
Here goes.
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’19:
Wear sunscreen.
As your elders continue to fail you in taking even common-sense steps toward limiting pollution, preventing atmospheric breakdown, and mitigating the effects of over seven and a half billion people living on one planet, the scientific benefits of sunscreen are going to become more useful in protecting your skin at least into your thirties.
The rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience, but I will dispense this advice now.
If you know me, then you know I love Disney, and especially Disney Parks. I just do. And anyone who loves Disney Parks likes nothing (except Disney Parks) as much as reading about Disney Parks. I follow several websites – MousePlanet, Theme Park Insider, WDW Magic, and more. One site I’ve valued for years has been WDW News Today. They do a ton of great photo updates, and usually have many articles posted throughout the day. Definitely helped feed my habit.
But man, they’ve about ruined their website.
Anna asks:
At which point do you stop automating repeatable tasks? As in, what tasks aren’t worth automating? My boss wants me to automate all SQL Server database repeatable tasks.
