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Hello 2013! It's been a week already and it feels like just yesterday we had our friends over, were watching the ball drop, playing games, and hoping 2013 would be better than 2012. In my last post, I descsribed how… Read moreBreaking Inertia
So, as I was reviewing my "My 3 Words" post from this time last year… I realized I didn't do very well. Not well at all. My Discipline was low, and although I wanted to Act many times I just… Read more2013 – I need a fresh battery
There is more than one way to skin a cat. I'm sure you've heard that before – and frankly – I still think it's a very gross thing to say. I'm not quite sure why you would skin a cat…. Read moreSuper Simple BYOD
So it appears that I haven't blogged in nearly 6 months. I have no excuses. Last night I took Nathan (3rd Grade) and Jacob (Kindergarten) roller skating. Their elementary school has a PTA skating party every few months. My kids… Read moreBaby Giraffes Skating
You know, it's been a crazy little while. I've been traveling quite a bit. I've done some MPLS turn ups, office moves, Lync deployments, and tried (unsuccessfully) to recharge my brain. I think I'm full. No really, my brain is… Read more
So, last week I sat for the Microsoft Lync 74-322 "Advanced Design & Deployment" Beta exam. It was tough. I obviously am under NDA, but several other lync bloggers have discussed their experience, and mine was the same. Without having… Read moreMicrosoft Lync Certification Path
Welcome back! Recently, I had an interesting opportunity with a local University. They have been using Cisco CUCM for about 5 years, but a couple years ago they migrated away from Cisco Unity for their Unified Messaging and instead started… Read moreCisco CUCM & Exchange 2010 Migration from 2007
So, I've had this conversation several times recently. I've filled up a few whiteboards, in a few different states, so, I thought it's time to put it out on ye olde blog. Let's consider the following "simplified" network diagram. In… Read moreCisco IOS-fu #13 – Spanning-Tree & Multiple Paths & High Availability
So, for the third year in a row – I'm going to attempt to focus my year on three words. I got this idea from many of my friends who got it from @chrisbrogan. In 2010 I focused on "Read,… Read moreMy Three Words 2012 – Discipline, Invest, Act
I can't believe 2011 is almost over. It's been SO fast! I thought I'd take a moment to quickly review My Three Words for 2011. Just like in 2010, I chose three words on which I wanted to "focus" this… Read moreReview: My Three Words 2011