Looking Back to Look Forward: 2016 To Do List
With only a few days left in 2015, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on my year and plan for 2016. In my mind, unless goals are written then they aren’t real, so I figured I might as well put these...
View ArticleSave the date: Inaugural Veeam UG Meeting
As I mentioned in a post a little while back, I am super excited to get the Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG ?) rolling. It has taken some time to coordinate schedules and locations, but we...
View ArticleVeeam Vanguard: Do I get a shield?
I received some very welcome news in my inbox yesterday as I returned from lunch. I was delighted and thrilled to learn that I had been accepted into the Veeam Vanguard program for 2016. So what is the...
View ArticleWe Can’t Know Everything All The Time
A non-technical post today. As a disclaimer, this post is not aimed at anyone I know in particular. It is based on personal observations that I have made. Over the course of my career, I have worked...
View ArticleSWOVUG, Top vBlog, and some personal reflection
Between work and planning my next Southwest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG) meeting, blogging has been tough lately. The good news is I have about a dozen notes of varying detail on things that I...
View ArticlePreparing for VMWorld the second time around
2015 was my first VMworld and it ended up leaving quite an impression on me. Prior to arriving, I read a lot of tips and advice for newbies such as myself. One of the big tips was a comfy pair of shoes...
View ArticleCatch Me If You Can – Q4 2016 Edition
I looked at my calendar recently while trying to book an appointment, and I quickly realized that I have a lot of vCommunity stuff going on for the next little bit (assuming my plans don’t get...
View ArticleWell That Was Unexpected …
Just a short (but exciting, for me anyways) post today. I’ve been having some pretty good Friday’s as of late – that being said, Monday couldn’t come fast enough for me this week. Why would I say...
View ArticleInsight into the Veeam Vanguard program
I was fortunate enough to be selected into the Veeam Vanguard program earlier this year, and it is still something that holds a lot of meaning to me personally. I’ve touched on it very briefly in the...
View ArticleWhat I’m Listening To: Podcast Edition Part 1
Since I was first alerted to the fact that you didn’t need an iPod to listen to a podcast (that probably dates me), I have been consuming podcasts whenever I get a chance. I am usually able to squeeze...
View ArticleWhat I’m Listening To: Podcast Edition Part 2
In a previous post, I covered off some of the podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis. I tend to consume a lot of audio content, so that list was far from done. I still have a fairly long list of...
View ArticleLeveraging Support
I could have sworn that I have written about this before, but a search of my blog didn’t return anything. Oh well, if I did write about this, please point it out if you find it so I can see if my...
View ArticleDealing with Impostor Syndrome
A bit of a personal reflection post today, but this is also a topic I see that comes and goes in ‘waves’ amongst my peers and a lot of in the ‘vCommunity’. Imposter Syndrome is something that affects a...
View ArticleThe struggles of travelling
Note: This post was written earlier this week, so some of the ‘time contexts’ might be off. As I am writing this post, I am on my way to Tech Field Day 12 in San Jose. I am very excited about it, but...
View ArticleMigrating Data to new FreeNAS Hardware
I’ve been using FreeNAS for many, many years. I believe I started back in the .6 beta days, which if memory serves would have been somewhere around 2009ish? Over that time, I have had a handful of...
View ArticleSWOVUG Q4 2016 Recap
Earlier this week I held the Q4 meeting for the SouthWest Ontario Veeam User Group (SWOVUG) in Mississauga, and thus far the feedback has been great. This time around, we had Mid-Range and...
View ArticlevDM 30 in 30 – The End
Wow – November 30th has arrived, which marks the last day of the Virtual Design Master 30 in 30 challenge. So, how did I do? Well, I managed to get a post out each and every day. I did try to keep them...
View Article2016 – How did I do?
About a year ago, I wrote a self-reflective post about what stood out to me in 2015, and what I had hoped to accomplish in 2016. Reading through it, I have to say, that I did not accomplish two out of...
View ArticleCorporate Name Calling & Collateral Damage
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge proponent of the ‘vCommunity’. Since I upped my game at VMWorld 2015, I have been addicted to not just consuming community resources, but also giving back. I...
View ArticleVeeam Vanguard 2017
Just a real short (but deeply meaningful to me) post today. Yesterday I was thrilled and humbled to be invited back into the Veeam Vanguard program, for the second year in a row. I have written about...
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