(This article originally appeared on ITBriefcase.net) Managing a modern enterprise network is not for the faint of heart: with more devices on the network; the always-present threat of data breach; and the…
ICYMI: Everything I Needed to Know About A Career in IT (I Learned From “Doctor Strange”) part 4
(Click these links to read part 1 and part 2 and part 3) Don’t confuse a bad habit that works for a good habit The Ancient One observes that Strange isn’t, “…motivated by power or…
ICYMI: Everything I Needed to Know About A Career in IT (I Learned From “Doctor Strange”) part 3
(This continues from part 1 and part 2) Withhold judgment and give respect when seeking answers Standing outside the door to Kamar Taj, having just been saved from muggers, Strange is still glib…
The Only Difference
The truth is that you are awesome every day. People see it in meetings, in your emails, in the interactions with coworkers where they give you respect when you are in the…
ICYMI: Everything I Needed to Know About A Career in IT (I Learned From “Doctor Strange”) part 2
(This continues from part 1) When fate robs you of your skills, you can always seek others The catalyst for the whole story was an accident that damaged Strange’s hands beyond repair,…
ICYMI: Everything I Needed to Know About A Career in IT (I Learned From “Doctor Strange”) part 1
(This originally appeared on THWACK.com) “When the student is ready, the teacher appears,” is a well-known phrase, but I was struck recently by the way that sometimes the teacher appears in unexpected…
ICYMI: SEO, Lies, and Video Tape (part 5 of 5)
(this originally appeared on my Blogspot site, and continues from part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4) In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell…
ICYMI: SEO, Lies, and Video Tape (part 4 of 5)
(this originally appeared on my Blogspot site, and continues from part 1 and part 2 and part 3) In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that…
The Cost of (Not) Monitoring
Over on the SolarWind’s “GeekSpeak” blog, I published a detailed analysis of how to measure the cost and value of monitoring. But I wanted to also post the long-form version of the story…
Adding New Terms to Existing WooCommerce Variable Cost Products
A couple of weeks ago, I revived an old blog post of mine from the distant past of 2012: Creating variable cost products in WooCommerce. You can find that article here. But…