Clik here to view.
Cloud Culture: Becoming L33T – Five ways to “go digital native”...
Subtitle: Five keys to earn Digital Natives’ trust This post is #7 in an collaborative eight part series by Brad Szollose and I about how culture shapes technology. WARNING: These are not universal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three critical ingredients for digital age relationships. [Collaborate Series...
Translation: Are you ready to apply these lessons? This post is the final post in an collaborative eight part series by Brad Szollose and I about how culture shapes technology. During this blog series,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who’s the grown-up here? It’s the VM not the Iron!
This ANALOGY exploring Virtual vs Physical Ops is Joint posting by Rob Hirschfeld, RackN, and Russel Doty, Redhat.RUSSEL DOTY Compared to provisioning physical servers, getting applications running in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Physical Ops = Plumbers of the Internet. Celebrating dirty IT jobs 8 bit style
I must be crazy because I like to make products that take on the hard and thankless jobs in IT. Its not glamorous, but someone needs to do them. Analogies are required when explaining what I do to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Holidays! A collection of past ‘shopped cards
Our family has been ‘shopping our holiday cards for 15 years and my son has taken over the tradition for us (he did 2014 and 2013). I wanted to share this year’s effort because it made me smile and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 scenarios to have prepared for a College Interview [from someone who does...
This quick advice for preparing for a college interview is also useful for any interview: identify three key strengths and activities then prepare short insightful stories that show your strengths in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Start-ups are Time Machines for Big Companies [and open source is a worm hole]
My time at Dell (ended 10/2014) forced me to correct one of the most common misconceptions I hear about big companies – that they cannot innovate. My surprise at Dell was not the lack of innovation,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Digital Workers Deliver? No. [cloud culture vs. traditional management]
In this 8 post series, Brad Szollose and Rob hirschfeld invite you to share in our discussion about failures, fights and frightening transformations going on around us as digital work changes workplace...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Is digital “work?” Can we sell a cloud of smoke? Yes and the impacts are...
IN THIS second in an 8 POST SERIES, BRAD SZOLLOSE AND ROB HIRSCHFELD INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT FAILURES, FIGHTS AND FRIGHTENING TRANSFORMATIONS GOING ON AROUND US AS DIGITAL WORK...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From the archives circa 2001: “logical service cloud” patent
Sometimes, it’s fun to go back and read old things… Abstract: A virtualized logical server cloud that enables logical servers to exist independent of physical servers that instantiate the logical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are VMs becoming El Caminos? Containers & Metal provide new choices for DevOps
I released “VMS ARE DEAD” this post two weeks ago on DevOps.com. My point here is that Ops Automation (aka DevOps) is FINALLY growing beyond Cloud APIs and VMs. This creates a much richer ecosystem...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Golang Example JSON REST HTTP Get with Digest Auth
Since I could not find a complete example of a GO REST Call that returned JSON and used Digest Auth (for Crowbar API), I wanted to feed the SEO monster for the next person. My purpose is to illustrate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Short lived VM (Mayflies) research yields surprising scheduling benefit
Last semester, Alex Hirschfeld (my son) did a simulation to explore the possible efficiency benefits of the Mayflies concept proposed by Josh McKenty and me. Mayflies swarming from Wikipedia In the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Matrix & Surrogates as an analogies for VMs, Containers and Metal
Trench coats aside, I used The Matrix as a useful analogy to explain visualization and containers to a non-technical friend today. I’m interested in hearing from others if this is a helpful analogy....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Transitioning from a Bossy Boss into a Digital Age Leader [Series Conclusion]
Now that we are to the end of our 8 POST SERIES, BRAD SZOLLOSE AND ROB HIRSCHFELD INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT FAILURES, FIGHTS AND FRIGHTENING TRANSFORMATIONS GOING ON AROUND US AS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A year of RackN – 9 lessons from the front lines of evangalizing open...
Let’s avoid this > “We’re heading right at the ground, sir! Excellent, all engines full power! another scale? oars & motors. WWF managing small scale fisheries RackN is refining our from “start...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Repair Kenmore Dishwasher Error F4E1 needs THIS Reset Code
This post is paying it forward on the SEO for people repairing their own Kenmore Dishwasher. The repair is VERY managable but requires an undocumented clear code at the end of the replacement. If you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Problems with the “Give me a Wookiee” hybrid API
Greg Althaus, RackN CTO, creates amazing hybrid DevOps orchestration that spans metal and cloud implementations. When it comes to knowing the nooks and crannies of data centers, his ops scar tissue...
View Article
