Tag Archives: Community
Just Show Up
I didn’t always start out in this industry as a “community” guy. Actually, even when I was a student at the University of Northern Iowa, I really didn’t do much participation with any of the get-togethers or “club” scene within … Continue reading
Old Dogs Learning New Tricks
Old Dogs The saying goes “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Certainly, all of us have found examples of this to be true. Otherwise this statement would not still be in use to this day. However, what if … Continue reading
Why I’m Heading to OpenStack Summit – An Architect Perspective
The other day I was presented with a question from someone in my office. They had seen a LinkedIn update I had posted about being invited to Tech Field Day 14 and that I was going to OpenStack Summit. I … Continue reading
Cisco UCS Director and the PowerShell Agent – Part 4
In this blog post, we will be going over some advanced use cases of PowerShell with Cisco UCS Director and the PowerShell Agent. We will go over a scenario in which we need multiple bits of data returned from a … Continue reading
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Cisco UCS Director and the PowerShell Agent – Part 3
In this blog post, we will be discussing how we can use the Cisco UCS Director macros (also known as variables) from either workflow inputs or from task outputs. We will also show how these macros can be passed as … Continue reading
Here’s to 2016 (A year in the life…)
While 2015 was a year of many great accomplishments, I ended the year on a personal downer. While most people that get invited as a delegate to the Tech Field Day events consider it a great accomplishment, I went away … Continue reading
Upcoming VMUG Presentation!
Back in November 2015, I had this great idea to give a presentation at my local VMUG. A spot opened up at the last minute and I was asked by the leadership team if I had anything I wanted to … Continue reading
Learning to Code
When I was in high school, I absolutely loved getting ahold of the computer systems (in my case specifically, the Apple II gs) and spending a lot of time doing programming tasks in Apple BASIC. I once wrote a program … Continue reading
My 2015 Review and 2016 Goals
So, I know I’m a little late with this. I’ve been told that I have a bad habit of just being slightly behind the times. Guess this proves it. What’s the whole point of this particular blog post? Pretty simple. … Continue reading
The Road From Nowhere
Since I’ve told you a story or two, why not tell another one? Seems everyone in the virtualization community loves a good story. Let’s rewind our clocks back to 2013. I’d love to be able to pinpoint an exact moment … Continue reading
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