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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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Cool Data Visualization
It is cool to see data visualizations. I especially enjoy the ones over a span of many years. Couple of good ones: Most Popular Websites 1996 – 2019 based on number of visitors per month Internet Users by Country 1990 – 2019 (Eye opener!) Another cool one, World Population between 1960 to 2019
The Age of AI
A great brand new (November 2019) report from Frontline on how Artificial Intelligence is changing our lives – (no longer the future, it is affecting us all now!) Not only explores what will the future looks like, but also what is happening today in China, USA and other places around the world. I have written…
Glimpse at the New Generation
Had an experience last week that I have to share… Last Friday morning I was getting a coffee in the lobby of the Marriott in La Joya, California and just behind there was a couple of very happy very animated people talking to each other. Not sure how to pin this, but their happiness was…
Tumblr Has A New Owner
As I usually do, I was on a plane catching up on my podcasts, listening to a WordPress news when they casually mentioned that “… Automatic, the company that produces WordPress, has purchased Tumblr from Verizon on August 2019. What? Did I hear this correctly? How did I missed this? Wow! It woke me up!…
Made it to Rattlesnake Ledge
Never been much of trail hiker, but for for some reason that day, the mountains and the beauty of the day just called me outdoors
Managing My Photo Collection
Managing our large personal digital photos and videos has been a a significant challenge. Storing, cataloging and searching through our photo library is tough and I have not seen anything out there that solves this issue
A New NAS for Home
As far as I can remember, I’ve had four network attached storage (NAS) devices over the years. They have stored all of my digital memories (movies, music, photos) for a long time. A few years ago, when SMB 1 protocol was deemed insecure, my 3 year old NAS did not have an update option but…
A Busy June
Wow July 1, 2019. Is it only me, or the year is just flying by… Still very much adjusting to my Mom not being around. The weekly FaceTime calls, the laughs, the new suggestions on Netflix. Aside from her voice, I specially miss her likes on social media — Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and even the…
A week in my Life as an EUC Solutions Principal
As we detailed in the previous article, “The Solutions Principal Role” within Dell Technology Services involves: “… customer facing activities acting as a subject matter expert (SME) in their respective field. Their key responsibility is to assist services sales and account teams drive professional services through technical expertise, thought leadership, customer interaction and solution development….
Not Only About Ice Cream
Ice cream is great, but this article is not about that. It is about the place one goes to have a quick pause and enjoy a moment.
A Town Over 100 Years Old
According the City of North Bend, WA website, it was incorporated in March 12, 1909. Yep – this means that as of the time of this blog post I live in a town that is over 110 years old. – How cool is that! When I moved into North Bend, WA – strike that –…
Getting to SeaTac Airport?
I travel quite a bit, and ever since moving to North Bend about 6 years ago, I have driven the 35 miles from our town down to Seattle Internal Airport (specifically MasterPark Log G) at lease a few hundred miles. I typically drive drive there via I-90 and I-405 , but depending on traffic I…
My Role as a Solutions Principal
First NO that is not me! — Never had that much hair but I was young once 🙂 The Solutions Principals role within the Dell Technology Services team involves customer facing activities acting as a subject matter expert (SME) in their respective field. Their key responsibility is to assist services sales and account teams drive…
Thankful for 2018. Hello 2019!
Very thankful – Thank you 2018! Although this year work was intense with lots of pressure and travel, it was a fulfilling professional year. Learned a lot from the Podcasting and YouTube vlogs with a lot more still need to learn! I am especially grateful for the memories and quality family time with the family…
Clearing a Twitter Account
Recently I sold one of my old domains (see blog post here). A couple of days later, I realized that I also had the corresponding twitter handle as well, so I offered to transfer ( not a sale, just a transfer ). The buyer wanted it and he was stoked about it… Sidenote: Not a…
Domain Sale Experience – A Matter of Trust
Over the years I have collected a few domains which I no longer use. They were either names I liked and reserved, or projects that I started and ran to an end. I have let some expired, but others I have kept because something about the name I like and simply could not…
Launching a New Blog: ModernEUC.com
In my work I have a lot of conversations and do a lot presentations om the topic of Workspace Transformation, Modern Provisioning and Modern Device management. There is so much change in this field right now, that it is challenging for most enterprises. I have written a lot of articles on the impact…
Getting to Windows 10: Take the Blue Pill or the Red Pill
I always start my Windows 10 conversations with the statement, there are two parts to any Windows 10 project: Getting to Windows 10. Maintaining Windows 10 This article is all about “Getting to Windows 10”. All of us have been to customers that have not yet officially started their Windows 10 projects or they are…
New Site Launched: DayScheduler.com
Very happy to announce that I have launched a new site! DayScheduler is an intuitive web-based application to help individuals or teams provide visibility of daily availability of a resource (person or thing) and offer users the ability to request booking. Specifically designed for people like me, always on the go, it can also be used…
Outside My Comfort Zone: Going YouTube
Although I am pretty technical, write hundreds of words per week (work emails/proposals), spend many hours on telecons and speak to live audiences several times per week/month, podcasting, video blogging and video content has not been in my priority list until recently. I totally see it as a must have skill in today’s world and…
Strong and Different Passwords Protect your Digital Life
This week I did my annual corporate security training and I really liked this story to illustrate how important is not to use different and strong passwords Don’t Let This Happen to You An online writer and journalist, suffered an identity theft that reads like a real-life horror story. As he describes it: “In the…
fetchTweets Web-App
fetchTweets allows you to retrieve tweets in HTML table format fetchTweets is a web-based application I wrote in PHP to create a backup of my tweets on my blog. I later modified it so anyone can use it from the web. https://fetchtweets.jorgep.com A PHP script retrieves (“fetch”) the tweets from an account and returns the results in…
2017 Summer of Crazy
Probably too early to post as we still have 15 days to go, but what a summer this one has been! As far as I can remember, I have never seen anything like this.. Truly Mother Nature is showing up big time this year: Hurricane Harvey – Texas Floods – $176B in losses Monsoon…
31Posts.com Comes To An End
Today, September 6, 2017 we are closing 31posts.com It is never easy to close a project you have been involved in… In the past year, there are a number of applications that have come out that handle social media schedules and publishing that have the same or better feature set that 31Post was targeting….
Santa Monica 2017 Visit – Homeless
As I talked on my podcast last week, I always wanted to stay in Santa Monica. I’ve heard many good things about it. I’ve visited several times over the years, but never stayed overnight. I had the opportunity to spend a couple of nights there, and it was a bit shocking. It…
Craiglist Experience – Always Be Alert!
This is just a reminder that you always need to be on the alert – One never knows who you are talking to or where they are coming from. Scammers are out there! I posted an ad in craigslist selling my travel trailer a few days ago. By 1:00p on the day…
IT Jobs Likely To Be Replaced By Artificial Intelligence
Just came across this article in Information Week by Cynthia Harvey: 10 IT Jobs That Will Be Done by AI. I have never liked articles set as slideshows where you have to click to get the next page / slide. It is an interesting list with good information, so I thought I would summarize it….
Walter Mossberg Retires on Charlie Rose
Walter Mossberg , THE GO-TO technology columnist for many years, is retiring. He announced his retirement in early June 2017 and Charlie Rose interviewed him not only on his life as a journalist but they got to talk about the future. Excellent conversation. A truly accomplished and down-to-earth person. Impeccable journey,…