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Today is my last day at VMware. I’m not ready just yet to share where I’m headed, but I do want to reflect on the journey I’ve been on for the last decade. Origin story This journey started when I left my life as a training developer (and trainer) at EMC and went to Dell. […]

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I’ve been reflecting about how much there was to learn at VMworld 2019. Can you believe its already been 2 weeks since the show started? Since I work at VMware now, I knew about the announcements that were coming. And as usual, the product announcements weren’t what brought the big “aha” moments to me. We […]

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I need your help – please vote for my SXSW sessions! I’ve never done this before, so maybe this isn’t the best way. But I do know giving more info in one place removes barriers you may have to voting, so here we are. I’m very interested in the idea of digital literacy. In early […]

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My friend Libby lost her short battle with cancer the last day of May. This is what I read at her service. Miss ya girl! Hey y’all. I wanted to say a few words about why I loved Libby Jordan like a big sister. First off, to understand why she meant so much, there’s something […]

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I have been on Twitter almost twelve years, so even to me it’s a bit surprising that I’m admonishing people to delete their Twitter history. I wrote this post to explain why I deleted mine, and why you should delete yours too. Twitter in the old days I signed up for Twitter in 2007, just […]

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Welcome to WTF News! I ‘m starting a new segment for this blog called WTF News. Don’t worry, it won’t be a political segment per se, it will focus on digital and data driven WTF news. which in and of itself is political, but let’s see if we can tease that out. This week we’ll […]

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Hey y’all! Long time no blog! I want to start talking about encapsulated inequality, but first let’s do some housekeeping. Where have I been? I have been blogging, just not here (I’ve been keeping the blog fires going over at 24×7 IT Connection). I’ve been working and travelling. I fell and hit my head in […]

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For the last seven days, over the US Thanksgiving holiday, I’ve discovered that the reboot is everything. Much more in-depth explanation coming, but in general here’s what I did: I went to a pow wow and got a delicious Navajo taco and even better Navajo tea. Also lots of presents I was able to spend […]

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Blogtober happens every October. The goal is to write one blog post a day for the entire month of October. I’m already behind, I missed publishing a post yesterday. In my defense, it was a Monday – and my birthday. This morning I published a post on 24×7 IT Connection explaining vMotion for vGPUs. I’m so […]

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I’m trying to refresh my online presence, you’e caught me during my clean-up. Please stay tuned!

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