I missed the RSA Conference this week for various reasons but I did get to spend the better part of two days out of the office hanging with a group of CTO’s.  The group was a mix of early stage and later stage companies from various industries, which made for ... Read More

When we had an opening on my staff for a system administrator I thought it was going to be a pretty easy hire.  If you watch the news there are lots of people out of work, that should help right?  It is a great company, that should help right?  It ... Read More

Thanksgiving is upon us and as I reflect upon all of the things in my life I have to be thankful for one thing is certain, Life is Good.  Sure, there are things that could be better, but when put into perspective I really don’t have much to complain about.  ... Read More

Once again I made the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for BlackHat and Decfon.  As expected it was another great week spent attending interesting talks and hanging out with some of my favorite people…doesn’t get much better than that.  My last day in Vegas somehow got me roped into a ... Read More

Do you remember the days when you would call technical support and actually get someone knowledgeable on the phone who could help you resolve a problem?  I remember a time when this was true, or maybe I just want to remember it that way…kind of like remembering how I used ... Read More

I want to get feedback from folks on this, so comment away.  Over the past six months I have been working with companies going over pro’s and con’s of moving their most critical service(s) off to the “cloud”.  I’m not going to get into the upside and downside here, because ... Read More

After reading Rich Mogull’s post at Securosis I couldn’t help but feel guilty for not blogging in AGES.  Rich’s blog is one of the reasons I got into blogging myself and as he states it allowed me the opportunity to meet people I otherwise wouldn’t have.  Twitter came along and ... Read More

I got roped into helping a company test their video conferencing equipment the other day.  They are in Colorado so this was all over the phone, fun times for sure.  A network engineer from the video company that sells and configures these systems was on the phone with me to ... Read More

I don’t know how those of you who blog on a regular basis do it. Props to you for the constant effort and dedication, I just can’t keep up. Things are good with me, been busy with planned projects but even busier with unplanned projects that seem to have appeared ... Read More