I’m blogging for Bronto now. Here’s my first published article for them.

Yesterday was my last day at Red Hat. I wasn’t there for long. It was really very bittersweet to leave. I loved the company, I loved the corporate culture. But I felt the greatest constraint on my success there (and the success of the mission for …

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Check out this great reading list for Software Developers. If you’re thinking of getting into this line of work, or you’re in it but want to bring up your game, this instant library should be helpful in building good work habits out of best practi…

I’ve been working full time in IT for about 20 years now, and I’ve had computers at home for a little over 30 years. My personal interests and passions sometimes lead me to getting a bit carried away. There was one point in my life where I had ove…

http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/12/10/red-hat-begins-devops-journey/.

So you might think that evoking the word “politics” might mean there’s going to be a rant coming. There will be nothing of the sort. Politics is not necessarily a belligerent act in the corporate world, though it’s often perceived that way. And wh…

We were planning on having Gene Kim come out tonight to give a talk to a packed room in Durham. Unfortunately, Gene has fallen ill and we’re off to “Plan B”. I’m putting together some slides now to deliver a DevOps 101 talk. Mark Mzyk, Nathan Wall…

I’d been neglecting this blog for a good while because it seemed to mostly be a source of comment spam, which was a drain on my time to police.

Wordpress has been the source of too much spam for me. I’m close to shutting off comments and I’ve already effectively quit writing here.

I’ve been indexing some resources privately and it’s become apparent to me that it would be useful to be able to refer other people to the original sources that are informing me. This is by no means exhaustive, and I do intend to return to this en…

I’ve been suffering for many years, 10 at the very least, with untreated hearing loss. I do my best to compensate by reading lips, or mentally filling in the blanks in conversations based on context, but the lack of hearing precision does cause a …