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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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Trail Walking Hazards

Funny story about the outdoors.    My wife and I were walking on a popular trail around our town.  I was behind her to let her pass a narrow portion when, out of the corner of my eye,   I noticed a movement by her foot.  Almost immediately and   suddenly something jumped and was coming at…
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Windows 10 Upgrade complete.

I have been using Windows 10 Technical Preview (and their various releases) as part of the Windows Insider for about 5 months now.   It has been a great journey.    There are plenty of reviews out there, so no need for another one… Now that is  out, I have installed it on every one…
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What is an Editorial Calendar?

An editorial calendar is an arrangement and listing of pre-planned themes and associated content used by bloggers, businesses, publishers and other groups of people for the purpose of managing publication in media outlets. These include blogs, newspapers, magazines, email newsletters and almost all social media outlets. The main purpose of editorial calendars is to enable…
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31Posts: Tumblr Channel Setup

Connecting 31Posts to a Tumblr account 1. Log into Tumblr, 2. Register your site as an application on Tumblr application registration page Click on the Register Application Button Enter  application name:   31posts Integration Enter  Application Website : 31Posts.com Leave App Store URL and Google Play Store URL:  BLANK (empty) Under Application description, enter:  31Posts integration Under Decfault Call back channel,…
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My Son the Author!

So proud of my son! He self published his first short story to Amazon! Very cool how Amazon is letting people ( like my son) self publish books.. But really the story is very good and with tons of excellent details about the library… A Tales of Iradathka short piece, get a glimpse into the…
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IT Architecture Role Has Changed

In the past, a large portion of IT architecture time was spent evaluating and sizing separate pieces of infrastructure (network, server compute, storage and such) to make sure they’d work to meet a forecasted demand for the service that they were looking to provide. Teams of people (vendors and internal resources) used to spend many…
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How to get Twitter API Keys

In order to allow an application to post entries on your behalf to a Twitter account you will need to get the appropriate credentials.  You will need to have access to the desired Twitter account.    The following four tokens / credentials are needed: ‘oauth_access_token’ => Access token ‘oauth_access_token_secret’ => Access token secret ‘consumer_key’ => API…
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31Posts: WordPress Channel Setup

Connect to a WordPress Site: WordPress Channel Set-up What would you need? User-Name and password  with authoring rights for the desired target WordPress Site Admin rights to 31Posts   Summary One of the most used features of 31Posts is the ability to create and scheduled WordPress content.     This article explains how to setup a WordPress…
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Project Management in 2014

I am helping a good friend navigate the concepts of Project Management, and instead of emails back and forth I decided to place her as a blog, in case others are looking as well. The format he learns best is via videos. so I am helping  to sift through and point him to the best…
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The Business of IT In a Cloud Era

Times are changing; cloud-based technologies (public, private or hybrid) are sweeping the world of IT. The pace of change is fast and furious.  Every other day we do hear of some new service or technology being rolled-out and, as the famous saying goes, change is inevitable.  Changes to  IT departments, System Integrators and IT consulting…
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Bitcasa – I am out…

About a year ago, I wrote a post “Bitcasa – I Am All In”  recommending a file storage provider called Bitcasa.   I loved the idea of an infinite USB drive on the cloud… Must inform,   that I can no longer recommend this service, as it is no longer the same as the original Bitcasa value…
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VPN Service is a Must Have Today

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)  is a technology that  enables a computer to send and receive data across a network  by establishing a connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunneling protocols, or traffic encryption. The basic principle is that once you establish a secure connection,  the server handles all of your internet on the back-end which secure…
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Cloud Computing is like Cable TV

Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in IT field. This concept is not new — Users are already using cloud technology for last 10 years. The best examples, widely used by individual users and organizations, but not specifically known as cloud solutions, are Gmail, PayPal, Facebook, Dropbox, Salesforce and many others. However, using…
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