There are days where I miss IT work and days I couldn’t be happier to be out of day-to-day IT. This time of year makes me happy that I’m no longer in day-to-day IT work. Truthfully, I loved it. It was some of the best time of my life and I made a num...
The old adage “nobody ever got fired for recommending Microsoft” doesn’t have the same fearsome grip on admins as it used to. Today, people are recommending products based more on functionality than on the size or general popularity of the corpor...
Define Your Business Relationship With Clients
I always looked at my relationship with my clients as more of a partnership than a technical service. I prided myself on never using a one-size-fits-all mentality. Every client was different, special...
In my world, it’s conference season. We just had MacAdUK, WWDC just happened, DATTOCon is happening around now, MacSysAdmin is coming up, and PSU MacAdmins is just around the corner. It’s the season for sysadmins to come out of their hidey-holes and ...
I spent a lot of time reading up on this topic…it’s been in my queue for a couple of months already. I think I’ve avoided the writing because 1) I don’t think I’m a good enough ally yet, 2) I have so much to still learn, and 3) I want to write this c...
4.5 year old Harper is a high-cuddle office companion. She is also a well respected toy-creation artist (below you'll see her creation called "champagne glass"). She makes heckin' good art, even when borkin' at skwrlz.
Thanks for suggesting more work Ben. I mean...uhh...great suggestion. The cool thing about these is that google sheets is web-based and Excel can be too! I know what you mean. That is not in the plan at the moment but it's a sweet idea and I'll make...
There are still many companies (think graphics and video) where storing in the cloud is just too much - too much data, too much bandwidth, too much. So those servers or NASes or SANs do have to be backed up. When I was doing consulting I would still ...
Yay to another Chicagoland peep! Keep your eyes peeled as we're planning the next meetup. I think we're going to try to do them monthly, mixing them up between in-person and virtual. We have an amazing "member" who runs the IT at a place that's perfe...
