This week is part 1 of our discussion of Tony Reeves. We'll talk through his career journey and how he was able to make some major moves. Get the full episode here.

@scottalanmiller said in DFW SpiceCorps Meeting 5/7/2019:

@NetworkNerd said in DFW SpiceCorps Meeting 5/7/2019:

Thanks to all who came. I still say @scottalanmiller should give a talk about open source projects, the various ways they receive funding, and why that likely makes them more feature rich than monetized offerings. That would be a really good one.

The book that we discussed was: The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Thanks - I'll add that to the reading list. I'm sad it isn't on Audible. That seems to be my consumption method of choice these days.

Thanks to all who came. I still say @scottalanmiller should give a talk about open source projects, the various ways they receive funding, and why that likely makes them more feature rich than monetized offerings. That would be a really good one.

@EddieJennings said in MangoCon Hotel Update:

Excellent. I'll be at the Holiday Inn Las Colinas.

What day do you arrive? Don't forget about our DFW SpiceCorps Meeting on Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM at the Taco Diner not far from there.

If you're in town on the evening of 5/7. come hang out at the DFW SpiceCorps meeting starting at 6:30 PM. Full details are in this thread.

We'll be at a Taco Diner that is only a few miles from the Alamo Draft House where MangoCon will be hosted. I hope to see you there!

If you're in the DFW area as a resident or someone in town just for MangoCon, come join the DFW SpiceCorps for some professional networking. RSVP for the meeting here.

DATE & TIME
Tuesday, May, 07
6:30pm - 9:00pm CDT

LOCATION
Taco Diner
5904 N MacArthur Blvd
Irving, TX 75039
United States

Meeting Details

Nothing makes the beginning of May more exciting than a chance to get together with technical peers to talk shop! Since the last meeting at this venue was a success, we're going to once again be at Taco Diner in the Las Colinas area. Whether you're hungry for food or for professional networking, come hang with us. There's no specific topic on tap. Take time to meet someone new.

We will be in the back room of the restaurant. Give them my name (Nick Korte) when you arrive, and please RSVP if you plan to attend. There should be plenty of room for all who want to come.

***Since this is an unsponsored meetup, each attendee is responsible for his / her food and beverage bill.

This is my version of a community poll for an upcoming Nerd Journey episode.

Do you see participating in advocacy programs as valuable? Why or why not?

If you could recommend a tech community newbie join one or more vendor advocacy programs to boost his / her career, what would they be? What's the right number to join, and why?

Outside of the larger tech vendors, what advocacy programs exist that you think others may not know about?

In my last post, we explored Building Custom Search Engines for VMware content in Google Chrome. If we can be VMware documentation search ninjas in Chrome, I thought it would be fun to explore the same idea using Firefox. Maybe the process will be similar. We’re about to learn the answer.

Read the full post here.

How do you scale for a new endeavor? You won't just need to scale what you know, there's an emotional aspect at play here as well. How can you level up your mindset and set yourself up for success? We'll discuss all of that this week. Get the full episode here.

It's one thing to adapt to a new manager, but how do you handle adapting to a new team? What can you do to make it a smooth transition whether you are at the same company or a different one? Get the full episode here.

I seem to remember someone mentioning to me recently that they used ChromeBits for digital signage. I'm not sure about the specific TV hardware they were using. I think they may have been using Sign Builder as well.

I should have posted about this earlier, but if you’re someone who wants a big stage to give a helpful talk, VMworld can be that stage. They are encouraging sessions on professional development in addition to other topics. The submission process is a big rigorous, but if selected you get a free ticket to the conference (but not travel and airfare. Details can be found here:
https://www.vmworld.com/en/us/learning/sessions.htm

I will also add the vBrownBag sessions will probably open in the next several weeks too.

@scottalanmiller - have you ever thought about throwing your hat in the ring for this?

@scottalanmiller said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

@NetworkNerd said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I do that already, and just deploy a single Pi-Hole. If you want lots of Pi-Holes for some reason, I think there are already seemingly way better ways to do that. But mostly, I'd wonder why'd you'd want more than one or two. But certainly there could be reasons. But mostly that would be if you were running some kind of Pi-Hole support company which would be super weird and I think way better suited with something much more enterprise.

I was saying I had considered setting up a Pi-hole at each of our extended family's homes. Sorry if that was not clear earlier. But I see what you mean about other options to manage them.

@scottalanmiller said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

@NetworkNerd said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I do that already, and just deploy a single Pi-Hole. If you want lots of Pi-Holes for some reason, I think there are already seemingly way better ways to do that. But mostly, I'd wonder why'd you'd want more than one or two. But certainly there could be reasons. But mostly that would be if you were running some kind of Pi-Hole support company which would be super weird and I think way better suited with something much more enterprise.

I'm definitely not looking to run a Pi-Hole support company.

Unless I read that blog completely wrong, provisioning in conjunction with balenaCloud allows you to update multiple Pi-Holes from a central location and gives you the ability to access the admin interface of each Pi-Hole from balenaCloud. I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I finally took the plunge and bought myself a Raspberry Pi 3B+. As I was imaging the SD card with the latest Raspbian Stretch using Etcher, I found this article about a project called balena cloud (yeah, yeah, I clicked an ad during the flash of my SD card). It actually looks pretty slick and gives you some insight into your Pi-hole fleet (assuming you want that) and allows management and updates.

Has anyone used this project? If so, did you like it?

What are the benefits of bringing all employees together for a company meeting or having internal conferences? We'll talk about the pros and cons and what it might mean if your company does not do it. Get the full episode here.

This week it's all about the money. How do you ask for more money, and when is the best time to do it? How do you justify an ask for more money? Get the full episode here.

This week we interview Ramzi Marjaba about the community he is building for Sales Engineers and how this can help anyone in a technology facing role. Get the full episode here.

What if you could teach Google Chrome how to search VMware documentation faster and more efficiently? And what if you could use it to search vExpert content as well? The answer is custom search engines in Chrome. Get the full article here.