Once upon a time, when the COVID was upon us, I retreated into my lab to write a book on the history of computing. I was fortunate, privileged, and delighted to get the chance to interview some of the people who built the foundational technologies that power our digital lives. People who invented the first data packets, installed the first nodes on the internet, developed the first search engines, and founders of companies that have become household names. Many from the history of computing began their careers as academics. Their original research was published as they pursued their PhDs. I started to notice some trends. A few notable ones caught…
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MacADUK Videos Now Available
The videos from the MacADUK sessions are now available on the Internets! Including such great sessions as “What’s New With Managing macOS and iOS” from Marko Jung, “Something something commercial, something something open source” from Graham Gilbert, “Desired State Management Through Automation with Jamf Pro” from John Kitzmiller, “Advanced Mac Software Deployment and Configuration – Just Make it Work” from Tim Sutton, “Securing the Managed Environment – you, me, and everybody” from Pepijn Bruienne, “Munki and Patch. A Comparison” from Ben Toms & James Ridsdale, “Locking down macOS without Locking Up Users (The Sequel)” from Samuel Keeley. Totes fun! Watch them at https://online-training.amsys.co.uk/courses/macaduk-2017
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12 Years And Counting!
12 years ago today I posted my first article on this site. My publisher at the time thought I should have a website, so I made one. And after over 3,500 posts, I’ve watched the industry change so much! I have always written about what I do. Because of that, the past couple of years have seen a slight shift from Apple device management (I mean, I still write about that when I feel like it) to more technical management and leadership articles. These days I also have contributions scattered all over the place, from publishing code on GitHub, to writing about technology and leadership for Huffington Post, to Entrepreneurism…
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Posted The Changing World Of Technical Writing And Publishing On Buzzfeed
I’m obviously experimenting with other venues to contribute content to. Just posted an article called: The Changing World Of Technical Writing And Publishing on Buzzed. Enjoy!
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The Second Edition of our Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide Now Shipping
My 14th book, The second edition of the Mac Administrator’s Guide is now shipping. This was a big, big rewrite, given the fact that the first edition was before the App Store, Gatekeeper, and many, many other technologies. You can buy this book here! Also, huge congrats to Bill Smith, for publishing his first book, and most notably for doing so much amazing work on this book! Finally, we’re editing the second and third books I did this past summer right now, so look out for those announcements shortly!
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My We Are Bushel Profile
Charles is the Product Manager for Bushel. He’s ultimately responsible for pretty much everything Bushel, including customer acquisition, budget, the tech, etc. Charles came to Bushel after several years at the Chief Technology Officer at 318, a reseller and integrator for JAMF Software and Apple, where he provided (and managed the providing of) consulting services to organizations of all sizes who were integrating Apple technology. While Casper and other tools were great for larger customers, Charles wishes Bushel had been available for him to sell to his smaller customers. To Read The Rest Of My We Are Bushel Profile, Click Here
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Part 1: Interviewing Pepijn Bruienne
I count myself very lucky that I got to interview Pepijn Bruienne, who interviewed me some time ago. Both, on the AFP548 podcast. Here’s the first part of me interviewing Pepijn!
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Amsys Interview Part II
Awhile back I did an interview with Amsys for their blog. If you’d like to see Part two of that interview (which outlines what weed does to computers amongst other things), check it out at http://www.amsys.co.uk/2013/blog/charles-edge-interview-part-2/#.UVw1Hb_JBlI.
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Not My Face
Dear iPhoto/Faces, No, this is not me. But thanks for trying. Charles
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2,000 Posts And Going Strong
In December of 2004, in response to a request from my publisher at the time, I started this site in its current form. I kept the domain from my personal tinkeration site, which was a glorified file service, some static html pages for me to remember things (I can be a bit forgetful at times) and some .htaccess files to keep parts of the site private. I’d been using the domain for awhile, but started tinkering around with a few blogging engines and eventually settled on the one I’m using now. The total number of posts now sits a little over 2020, with a few being drafts on upcoming products…