VMUG-ED in April, or In This Post I Drop Names
April is a busy month. Preface: You may ask “What’s with all the name drops” in this post? Well, these are all people I would suggest you follow on twitter. Think of this is an…
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VMUG Portlandia
I only recently started watching Portlandia, yes its funny and worth at least an introductory viewing. That said, I’ll be displaying my wares at the Portland VMUG this November 12th, so if you are in…
vExpert Weekly Digest – November 5th 2013 – Super Slacker Edition
Long time no post, frankly I’ve been mega busy these last few weeks. Call it Geek-Interrupted (only I don’t look anything like Angelina Jolie). With my work schedule taking me all over the Western United…
Cancer Can Suck IT – Podcasting for Cancer
So I write this while on a plane to Seattle to visit my Mom who is battling Stage IV Lung cancer that has now spread from the lungs to the spine, and fluids around the…
Challenge your biases, change your preconceived notions.
In 2011 I was at VMworld and spent a lot of time at the solutions exchange visiting all the storage vendors. At the time I was the primary storage and virtualization administrator at my company…
VCP5-DCV Achievement Unlocked
So I passed VCP5-DCV today. In typical #vDB fashion, I was the last of the group to actually get this cert in a group of significant over-achievers. VCP was my first certification in IT, having…
There will be travel
This last week was a busy one for me, and I chronicle it simply to illustrate that for those of you looking to transition or “join the dark side” that you enter into the journey…
Beast Mode at the Seattle VMUG User Conference
Following the back to back VMUG’s in San Diego and Silicon Valley, I found myself a week later back in my home town of Seattle, WA. This trip was especially fun because it was a…
Back to Back VMUG’s
My new role is primarily customer facing and there is a significant focus on the VMware User Group (VMUG) Community.With the removal of the VMForum events in the US, the VMUG End User Conferences have…
vExperts Weekly Digest May 12th 2013
Here we are yet again with another vExperts Weekly Digest. This one coming from the Seattle VMUG. Some good stuff this week on DRS and CPU/RDY, Storage Performance Metrics, and of course VMUG’s and vBeers…