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Thoughts, Stories & Learnings
Lots of thoughts, ramblings and stories / Many topics on my mind over the years!
A while back I wrote I am the sum of my parts which explains my many dimensions.
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WordPress 6.0 onwards!
Although this is being touted as an incremental update, the sheer number of fixes, updates and new features, not to mention the “6.0” name, make it a big update to me. ( also known with codename “Arturo” ) Yep – just finished updating all of the sites I manage — easy and straight forward. (always…
WordPress Backup Tools (2022)
It is time to re-evaluate the backup workflow and tools I use for my websites and some that I support. I do this every couple of years hoping something has changed to make it better. With the release of WordPress 6.0 this week, I needed to backup each site before updating them, so this forced…
File Explorer Replacement
With the latest news of the new File Explorer for Windows 11, I got to wonder about other features and File Explorer replacements are out there and was very surprised with my findings. One of the new capabilities Microsoft is talking about in their File Explorer app is the multiple tabs feature which is a…
Intune Group Tags Dynamic Assignment
Windows Autopilot registered devices is a great way to automate the deployment process without much of technician interaction. Aside from the device profile you can execute when a registered device is recognized, you can use Group Tags ( See Group Tags Blog post ) to further customized the desktop to the user or role that…
The Only Right Speed Is Faster
What a statement to make. First time I heard it is on a from Bill Briggs, CTO of Deloitte in the CXO podcast a couple of months back.
Weeping for the Ukraine People
It has been 2 months now since Russia invaded the Ukraine and the atrocities, pictures are just beyond words. Every day I troll the news from around the world hoping for some sort hope ahead, but so far nothing… I watch the commentaries, the explanations and consequences ahead ( food related ) and I come…
Best Shared Hosting Plans
Every couple of years I revisit some of the available shared hosting plans in the marketplace. I have sites on every one of the short list – and it depends on the type of site/customer requirements that I make my decision as to where to place it. The short list: Hosting Company What I like…
Unlock Your Free TV Experience
If you are like me, you are super tired of paying hefty cable bills for channels you don’t even watch? What is Over-the-Air (OTA) TV? Over-the-air (OTA) TV refers to high-definition television broadcasts transmitted from local television stations using radio waves. All you need to enjoy OTA TV is a digital antenna and a TV….
Happy Holidays 2021
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad And a Happy New Year as well!
My First Flight in 16+ months!
Following my blog post: My first in-person presentation post pandemic experience , I am writing this post at the Delta SkyClub in Seattle SeaTac Airport. I took my first flight today in over 16 months. It was not a business trip, but a personal one. From Phoenix to Seattle and back later in the day….
New PBS Series: The Future of Work
The New PBS series: The Future of Work is very good and very current. We have been talking about these trends for a while in my articles series Work Beyond tomorrow , but the pandemic has fast / hyper forward so much…. Many fundamental changes happening “live” right now. Good post-pandemic / current series from…
First In Person Presentation
Like most of us, for the past 18+ months, I have been doing virtual meetings and presentations, but a days ago, I did my first in-person presentation to a room full of people at a partner conference. – It was an event held near my house, so I did not have to travel. The experience…
Updating My SSD Drive
I have done this a couple of times in the past, but I always forget what I did, and end up researching it again…. The funny part is that I end up in the same place (I think) So about a year or so ago, I bought a new laptop, with a small SSD drive…
Windows 365 Cloud PC
On June 24, 2021 Microsoft announced WIndows 11. Last week during their Partner conference, Ignite, Microsoft announced Windows 365. It will be launched on August 2, 2021. Securely stream your Windows experience—including your personalized apps, content, and settings—from the Microsoft cloud to any device with your Windows 365 Cloud PC. Windows 365 is a cloud…
Twttr launched today in 2006 (yes Twttr)
I login to my computer and one of the things my browser home page shows what happen today in history — Most days is just interesting stuff that requires no more than a glance…. Today’s was: Rosetta Stone – was discovered on this day Spanish Inquisition ended US State of Georgia was readmitted int the…
My Current Thoughts on NFTs
I started my journey into understanding non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) just a few months back ( My First NFT )and have been learning ever since. I have been learning, researching, investigating and testing how it works, how to sell, where to sell, and how to sell. As an artist ( DoodlingJorge.com ) this is very interesting to…
NFT Copyright Notice – An Example
So a couple of days ago I came across the first copyright notice on an NFT listing I have seen. I am no lawyer, but I just saw this for the first time on an NFT and thought WOW – very good. I modified a bit to be generic in case someone wants to use…
Introducing PaposoArt
I want to introduce you to my father’s new digital art website and brand: PaposoArt.com His digital art style is abstracts and they are full of color and movement… I really like them and find them inspirational! In fact, they are not always what they seem at first he said… – And he is right!…
A Second Renaissance Ahead
I wrote a bit about this already in my previous posts What are NFTs and My First NFTs Up until now, physical goods (paintings, sculptures, drawings, music sheet, autographs) were the only things that can be traded, auctioned sold and bought. You would put it the purchased item on your wall, bank safe, on a…
Sold My first NFT
I am so excited! I just found out that I sold my first NFT !! No it was not millions, or thousands, or hundreds or tens of dollars — give me a but please give me a break 🙂 I am in someone’s collection now 🙂 HOW COOL IS THAT? It was not one of…
My first NFTs
My First NFTs: About two weeks ago I posted a blog called What are NFTs, in which I attempted to explain the background associated with non-fungile tokens (NFTs). By now you may be asking where is my first NFTs, how did I get it and how much did it cost me? Disclaimer: As you probably…
Better Virtual Presentations
Last week I did a quick lunch and learn to my team at work about how to do better virtual presentations that capture the attention of the audience. In a world of endless Zoom and Teams meetings, we owe it to ourselves and our customers to have better more engaging presentations. Lets face it, during…
6 year span: A lifetime
Outside a couple of friends and a family member’s birthdays, March 20th does not hold any particular significance in my life. I think that changed today, thanks to Facebook memories. It was a Saturday morning – a day like any other in a COVID-world, and we were getting our day going. My back was hurting…
Creating a Virtual Lightboard with OBS
I have been doing whiteboard sessions with customers for many years. With all of us working from home (remote work) for a year, one of the things I’ve missed the most is doing whiteboards at customer sites.. It is a hard experience to replicate virtually. A couple of years back I saw how impressive the…
Your Future Lies Inside You
I’ve always subscribed to this philosophy, but when this popped up a few weeks ago on one of my social media feed I snapped it. I really needed to hear it…. I could not find it again, and I do not know who created or if this is something that is copyrighted (just let me…
My Current Desk Setup (Geared toward Virtual Presentations)
Virtual presentations are my life right now. So many customers calls right now. This is my current desk setup — It is geared toward customer presentations… PHOTO HERE VIDEO HERE SOON. The tools I use: (some links are affiliate links) Hardware: Windows 10 Laptop: Primary: Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 Core i5=8365U @ 1.60 Ghz, 4…
SMTP Service for Smaller Lists
need to send a newsletter to a subscriber list of about 1500 subscribers to one of my sites. Since I do not have my own servers, and are in a shared hosted plan it has become a small issue and now need to look for something to allow me to send this inexpensively.
Heart Breaking But Trying to Stay Positive
If you look at my social media channels and blogs, you will notice that I have rarely been opinionated or political, but the last couple of months have been sooo very hard on me personally. I love this country, and I moved here because of it. Even though there is always room for improvement, I…