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A New Chapter Begins
2013 is already shaping up to be a good year. It will definitely be a year of change for me – moving to a new city, buying a new house, and starting a new job. When I decided I wanted … Continue reading
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Saying Goodbye after 17 Great Years
I haven’t mentioned my employer by name on my blog, mainly to make it clear that when I express opinions about things, I’m only speaking for myself. I’m going to break with that habit today, because I did one of … Continue reading
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First Experience with Remote Training – VMware vSphere: ICM Class
I spent this week at home, remotely attending a class, VMware vSphere 5: Install, Configure, Manage. This is the first time I’ve ever taken a class in this format, after being too skeptical to try it until now. Given the … Continue reading
A Growing Respect for Salespeople II: SE’s
My last post covered a few awesome salespeople / account managers I’ve been lucky enough to deal with over the last few years. In this post, I’m going to discuss some great Pre-Sales Engineers (or similar folks) I’ve dealt with. … Continue reading
A Growing Respect for Good Salespeople
How it used to be (for way too long) I’ve worked in IT for more than 15 years, and for the first twelve years, I didn’t interact with a single vendor salesperson who gave me a reason to think of … Continue reading
Why I haven’t moved to Mountain Lion on my work Macs yet
I am running OS X 10.8 on two machines. My 27″ iMac at home, which serves three purposes: 1. Importing, quickly editing, and uploading pictures of my boy, like this one http://bit.ly/O9bXA6 2. Playing Diablo III 3. Media hub … Continue reading
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Citrix Streaming Profiler Saves the Day & A Primer
Sometimes I get caught up in the daily work grind and I lose track of how awesome the technology I work with every day is, and how it enables me to solve very important problems, and sometimes even makes me … Continue reading
XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration Class
I’ve meant to swing back and do a post about this class for a while, and I’m finally getting around to it. During the last full week of May, my coworker Wojtek Biernacki and I drove down to Atlanta to … Continue reading
Cisco Live 2012 – First Time Speaker’s Perspective part II
My Breakout Session My breakout session on Wednesday, June 13 was the reason I attended Cisco Live, and certainly the reason I was invited to attend by Citrix. I have to say that, while I wondered whether I would like … Continue reading
Cisco Live 2012 – First Time Speaker’s Perspective part I
Cisco Live 2012 was a first for me in a couple of ways – first-time attendee as well as first-time speaker. In addition to my earlier recap posts, I thought it might be useful to share my thoughts on the … Continue reading
