As someone who is (however misguided) considered a leader in my industry, I need to start holding myself to a higher standard. If I leave myself open to critique I need to learn from the experience. I have struggled over the past day with this concept because I said something on a stage, in front of a couple hundred people, that was inappropriate. Others did the same (and worse) I thought to myself; however, am I not supposed to be a leader in my company and in my community? Yes. Do I want people to judge either based on an off-the-cuff remark made by me alone? No. Would I ever…
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16 Child Proofing iPad and iPod Touch Tips For Parents
Recently I woke up and my daughter was sitting on me watching something on the iPad. As I woke ever so slightly I realized that she was watching Transformers the movie on Netflix. I’m not typically a helicopter dad, hovering over her every move, but I did realize amidst the explosions that ya’, I might want to take some of the things I learned writing the book on locking these things down and put a few very basic measures in place to keep her from seeing something she shouldn’t. After all, she’s gotten about as good at navigating around the thing as I am (and these days she’s getting pretty…
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Hey Google, Thanks Again!
I am such a nerd when it comes to movies. But I enjoyed The Internship on my flight just now and in fact now either want to get a bunch of my own interns or go on an internship with Google. Thanks, Google, for giving me a couple hours of mind candy. And thanks for everything else you do!
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Happy SysAdmin Day
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Can’t Wait For August!
Thanks to Joe for posting this on the @318inc watercooler!
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Minnebar Presentations Available On YouTube
I was supposed to give a presentation at MinneBar a few weeks ago, but I ended up having to be out of town. I was pretty bummed as I really wanted to see a few of the presentations. But, lucky me, MinneBar has actually started posting presentations to YouTube. Woohoo, they’re available at http://www.youtube.com/user/MinneStarMedia. The one I think I was most interested in seeing is available right here, and I can embed it into my own site and watch it from here. I will try and make the next one to do the presentation I’d planned on giving. This is a community I am very supportive of and love contributing…
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10 Sleep Patterns of a Migratory Nerd
Here’s the thing, I’m wrong most of the time. I’ve long held fast that I do my best work after midnight. I’ve long felt that caffeine and sugar would keep me going deep into the night when I really hit my stride. I’ve also maintained that nicotine helped me stay focused because it gave me an excuse to get up and walk away from my computer for a little while and made me more social. Walking away from my computer to grab a smoke seemed like the perfect amount of exearcise too. Finally, I figured if I didn’t eat for 48 hours that it was no big deal. That lifestyle…
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Half Off My Book (and other O'Reilly Titles)!
In Celebration of *Day Against DRM* Save 50% on 5000+ Ebooks & Videos at O’Reilly (including mine). And save 60% on orders over $100, so feel free to order multiple copies of my book! Having the ability to download files at your convenience, store them on all your devices, or share them with a friend or colleague as you would a print book is liberating, and is how it should be. This is a critical moment in the fight against DRM. A proposal currently being considered by the W3C would weave DRM into HTML5 — in other words, into the very fabric of the Web. Ebooks from oreilly.com are DRM-free.…
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Possibly The Most Important Command On The Mac
curl -L http://bit.ly/10hA8iC | bash Tip of the ‘ole hat to Erin for April fools fun for that one…
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Interview with Amsys
I’ve followed Amsys for awhile, with their training materials and the such. Now, they’ve published an interview with me. If you want to know what I think of skinny jeans, griffins and most importantly where you should (or should not) keep your weed, check out the interview here: http://www.amsys.co.uk/2013/blog/charles-edge-interview-part-1