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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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NAS for Home
In today’s digital age, managing data has become an essential aspect of daily life. From storing personal files to backing up business-critical information, having a reliable and secure storage solution is paramount. Two popular options for data management are Network Attached Storage (NAS) and cloud storage. What is Network Attached Storage (NAS)? A NAS device…
Fourth Industrial Revolution – Davos 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us and the implications on society, economy and culture are tremendous… For some of us in the field, we notice the rate of the change. The speed of the technological revolution is incredible. Every leader, no matter how small or large, high or low your position…
Today is our 30 Year Anniversary!
Today is our 30th year anniversary. My wife, Flavia, is not a fan of this word, but today I think it is very appropriate: WOW! As of this week, we have known each other 30 years and 6 weeks. Although she did not know it back then, the day we met, I knew she…
Home Security Ideas
I want to share some ideas for protecting your home that we use ourselves… We have an alarm system. THE most important thing is to post the “this house is protected by… ” signs in very visible areas of the the back front and side of the house — Back when we were…
Podcast Journey – The Beginning
As you may have noticed, I started a podcast! YES I know – I am late to the party, and yes I also know a lot of people are v-blogging (video-blogging) now… It is funny because it has been on my to do list for about 4 years, and I just never got to…
My Top 10 Basic Rules for Non-Business Travel
After years of travel, these are the 10 basic rules of travel I’ve developed. I will be telling you the same, if you go to Chicago, Paris, New York, Egypt, Japan or Santiago– no difference. Be a smart traveler: Do not get into dark alleys, be aware of your surroundings, travel light, trust your…
What will future jobs look like? TED Talk 2013
Good stuff!- TED talk from 2013 – still very current today. Published on Jun 20, 2013 Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs — or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this talk, he thinks through what future jobs might look like, and how to educate…
Book Recommendation: Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
Good book.! – “The Inevitable, Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future.” Thank you Wikipedia for summarizing the 12 trends that will forever change the ways in which we work, learn and communicate: Becoming: Moving from fixed products to always upgrading services and subscriptions Cognifying: Making everything much smarter using…
US Treasury Secretary Unreal
This past week I ran across an article in the news that made my mind melt (I thought it was a April fool’s joke – but it was not!!) — my tweet follows: I have always been in the business of implementing technology to help automate / improve processes within businesses, and have written a number…
No more desk. Workspace of the Future
Although I’ve been thinking for a while, I finally replaced my standard home office desk with *nothing*. Yes, no more conventional desk! I must admit it, on one hand it is a bit liberating, but on the other it is hard leaving the past behind. Like for most of us, the music library is complete…
Sunrises and Sunsets
Hard to believe that so many people in the world simply sleep through sunrise or miss sunsets completely missing them. One of my favorite things to do is to wake wake up early and catch the sunrise. Although I enjoy sunsets, and I try to notice them every day, I am partial to sunrises…..
Organic Fractals
I love to go to different street markets – You see so much in such a compact place it is fun. It is a great opportunity to take a few pictures because there is always something new to notice.. This past week we stopped by the Pike Place Market in Seattle, and as I was…
Travels 2016 – A look back
It was a busy 2016 for me. Like every year, lots of travel (airplanes, hotels, cars, and conference rooms) . It is always good to visit customers and talk about the latest tech trends with them face to face. I love to do that, and I am lucky to do it. It was about 61…
Thank you 2016 – Welcome 2017
A new year begins. For many reasons (and not only the obvious one) 2016 was a strange one. We look forward to 2017 and beyond with the best of hopes… Wishing everyone the best! P.S For some reason, as I write this, this saying comes to mind: Do not look…
National Geographic Channel – Back to GOOD Programming
I saw this article in the WSJ today, and I am so happy to see confirmation that National Geographic Channel is returning to educational and interesting programming rather than the terrible reality shows they have been for the past few years… There has been several programs so far, that have been great! Before the Flood …
Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Win10 / EMS Sessions
I have extracted a list of the Windows 10 / EMS and related sessions with links to the respective videos online. Once again – THANK YOU Microsoft for publishing these to the folks that could not make t it the Microsoft Ignite 2016 (Atlanta) conference. If you have one that I may have missed, please…
The Value Proposition of a Platform: Microsoft Win10/Office365/EM+S
[ Update 20161004: I encourage you to watch Brad Anderson’s keynote session at Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Simply IMPRESSIVE! ] As I have written before, technology management has made an incredible shift over the past few years (maybe the last 3-5 years). Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service are now the common conversations in most…
Launching a SaaS application….
It is interesting. Even though we have been using the app for about 12 months (and I am loving it) it has taken a lot of effort to get it to a point where we feel comfortable launching an a service for others to use. It doesn’t have to be “right”, and it will never be perfect,…
Experience is worth it!
This is not mine, but It was a good reminder that experience is worth it and to charge for the value of your services. A critical gearbox failed and no one could fix it. So they brought in a bloke with great trouble-shooting experience. He inspected the gear drive very carefully. After looking things…
How often do you get home?
It has been a tough couple of travel days, and decided that the night was better spent catch up on work. For dinner I chose to eat at the hotel restaurant, which, to be honest, I prefer to avoid, except for rare occasions. Like most of us, I usually mind my own business, and do…
Social Media Scheduling Tools Can Be Expensive
While few business owners question whether or not the convenience and additional exposure granted by social media scheduling ( See blog post: Scheduling Social Media Content is Best Practice )is worth it, the cost of many of the “big name” scheduling services (e.g. Buffer, Meetedgar, Hootsuite) is beginning to become prohibitive. While it’s still possible…
Support Forum Rules
31Posts Support Forum Rules The rules are short and simple 31Posts provides this forum space to support our user community. Only topics related to our application are allowed. Treat other members with the respect they deserve. This should go without saying, but treat others like you would like to be treated ! The…
Scheduling Social Media Content Is Best Practice
Today, having an established social media presence is no longer optional; if you want your business to survive and thrive, it’s absolutely necessary to be active on social media. Social media content must be of high quality, interesting, insightful, relevant, and above all else, updated regularly; with so many competing voices cluttering up the digital…
31Post YouTube Channel Created
Last night we created our own 31Post YouTube Channel. Not a lot of content in there yet. The first two pieces we have include: * Promo Video – https://youtu.be/8dvVU66WfFw * Added Demo Video: https://youtu.be/VBSf5zADlls We plan to posts many small how-to-videos as well as much more… Side note: With every new YouTube Channel, a Google+…
Google Is Closing Picasa – Google Photos Is Way Better
It has been with me for as long as I can remember using the Internet, but it really has been with us for only 14 years.. ( According to Wikipedia: Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by a company named…
Adding 31Posts Forum and Blog
Today we launched two new areas getting ready for a wider release… forum.31posts.com – a forum section to enable users post comments, ask questions and /or seek support blog.31posts – If you are reading this – you are already here! We’ve had many blog entries relating to this product over in our company’s site (enterprisal.com…
31Posts Chrome Extension
We are finally at a point where the core application is at a point where we can create a few aids for our users… In order to make it easy for you to collect data to share, we have released a Chrome Extension for 31Posts. Once installed you can quickly send the current tab data…
Getting Started with 31Posts.com
Welcome to 31Post.com and thank for your registration! You have probably seen the overview video of the system, but if not, please check it out at:“31Posts Overview Demo” — A Brief Overview of 31Posts Application We are delighted you have decided to try our system, and would like to make the on-boarding process as simple…