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The Opportunity Cost of Time: A Reflective Deep Dive

The Opportunity Cost of Time: A Reflective Deep Dive

A capital we all possess, yet squander freely, represents a distinct form of wealth with its own set of economics. It offers exchange rates through ideas and yields dividends as personal and professional growth: Time. In this article, I'll delve into my perspective on the economics of time—

Beyond Code: How Empathy and Storytelling Drives Innovation

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Beyond Code: How Empathy and Storytelling Drives Innovation

Learn how storytelling can build empathy, connection & positive outcomes in the tech industry. Discover the power of empathy & active listening in industry storytelling.

Defend Your Data, Defend Your Infra: Automated Security in VMware vSphere

Defend Your Data, Defend Your Infra: Automated Security in VMware vSphere

How to secure and defend your virtualization infrastructure with IT best practices and proven security automation techniques.

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Put People Before Pods: A People Managers Guide for a Successful Kubernetes Deployment

The original title was "Humanetes: People Before Pods" before someone pointed out to me that would be abbreviated down to h8s. Strangely accurate though – as this article will outline the fact that your team likely h8s change! Here's how to overcome it and have a successful Kubernetes deployment.

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The Untold Story of Linux in K12 Education Technology: Virtual Machines, Containers, and Automation

Michael covers using Linux-based enterprise tooling to replace historic products like Hyper-V and VMWare with one solution that is managed consistently across on-prem and cloud environments.

How CentOS changed a 12 year olds life

How CentOS changed a 12 year olds life

In his introductory post, Michael covers mentoring, open source inclusivity, community building, and the beginnings of his Linux journey.

At 21: managing a team of 5, ~10K devices, and my sanity, as a new people manager.

After spending years in my first district and growing to the bounds of that position, I was set on a few parameters for my search in a new position: * Education technology related * Knew I was motivated by helping people * I wanted to mentor technicians or be a team lead over

Technology community building while 19 years old; transparency with non-IT stakeholders, and learning what motivates me.

After working in a school district where my office was based out of the elementary school helping kids obtain easier and reliable access to technology, I learned what was a great motivator for me in a position. Helping connect people; to information and comprehending signal vs noise. While I was

My first consulting clients, and their shock that I was a 4th grader.

When I was in 4th grade I advertised "computer tune ups" doing cache clearing, temp file removal, folder cleanup, AV scans, (and then set the mouse 15% faster) for $30 in my local paper, humbly referring to myself as the Chief Computer Doctor at Hampton's Computer

First project to overcome failure, and prevent my Grandpa from fishing.

When I was in early high school, I had saved the entirety of my consulting money for a while and tried to build a small unmanned submarine. I set the budget I thought was appropriate (went absolutely all in on it) and I knew that I'd would have

First jump into the deep end with Linux, and almost lighting my house on fire.

I was in early middle school while trying to recreate "JARVIS" with what little help I could find online after watching Iron Man 2. I was going for Tony Stark back then, but Phony Stark accurately describes how this system worked. The project used broken and mangled bits

First enterprise technology project, after telling the IT director I just hacked the PC's credentials.

I was in 5th grade at the time and I had a year of "consulting" fairly regularly in my small town area under my belt, so I was feeling bold. I approached my elementary schools IT director after noticing an issue with the sound card drivers in our