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Self Preservation

Self Preservation

As I’ve grown older I’ve noticed that the rate of personal injuries and accidents has dropped somewhat dramatically. I’ve learned from hard experience that when the thought, “I should probably move my thumb before I cut that direction”, crops up in my mind, I should act on it. These days, my life is filled with(…)

Politics: Aftermath

Politics: Aftermath

I apologize up front. I tried to make it clear in the title that this was a politically-oriented post. You can leave now if you fear offense, though I will do my best to be considerate. It is for the purpose of avoiding offense that I generally steer clear of politics in both discussion and(…)

BYOD Fusion

BYOD Fusion

Apple, at their September press bonanza, told the world about their new, hybrid approach to storage: Fusion. It’s a marriage of an SSD (Solid State Disk) and a classic HDD (as in magnetic, spinning media). If you want to get into the details of all of this, take a look at the various posts, specifically(…)

Fact-checking the Fact Checkers

MoodleRooms posted a great comparison and analysis of some core LMS features. I spotted some inaccuracies and started a little conversation on Twitter. Unfortunately, it’s not a great place to go through the details. First, you should take a look at the original here. Done? Great, let’s take a closer look. I’m not an Instructure(…)

Stash!

Stash!

Nearly two years ago, I was in the thick of working at Mozy, the cloud storage and backup company. If you’re curious about my time there, checkout my “Wins” page. For those of you who aren’t aware, at the core of Mozy is a mind-bendingly awesome storage infrastructure. The first years at Mozy were spent(…)