Instead of doing a predictions blog like 99% of the punditry, I figured I would do an awareness blog to wrap up 2022. Every year, you deal with a wide variety of people trying to tell you about products that may (or may not) be useful to your IT efforts. Some of the products even […]
Dear Vendor: Letter to Technology Vendors
While I was writing my “Dear Management …” post, something was going on behind the scenes that inspired me to write another. We all have things we wish to say to vendors; this open letter picks some of the big points that they seem to invariably struggle with. Dear Vendor, We want to use your […]
A Professional Dilemma
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Customers and Commerce
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You Can’t Sell DevOps
A few days ago, I made an introduction for colleague Jason Dixon (@obfuscurity) over email, and described Jason as “a leading supporter of the DevOps movement”. A mere 17 minutes later, Jason replies to me, “Are you trolling me?”. I was aghast. Granted, I haven’t known Jason terribly long (measured in months), but I’ve been […]