A week or two ago, a team of the great people at VMware got together to create a VMware appliance, in order to help out with the Folding@Home project. The project has been around for many years but Amanda Blevins was instrumental in galvanizing the VMware community to donate their spare CPU/GPU cycles to the [...]
Last night, I sat and looked back at the past one and thought to myself, boy, what a decade it has been! It was the hardest one that I lived through, especially considering that at one point, I didn't expect to at all! Quite a few major events happened in the last decade that affected [...]
We all enjoy the festivities that the last month brings but it's also a time for reflection. One hopes that the coming year will bring more opportunities and happiness. But in order to improve in the following year, one has to review the past one. Even if that review reveals a couple of things to [...]
You might know that I co-host the Open TechCast. Everyone on the show have "fancy mics" and I have my Jabra headset, which does the job but it's not great. For that reason, I decided to get one too. Now, that much was easy but if you've ever tried looking for one, you'll know that [...]
So after so many attempts, I was finally able to attend Cloud Camp - London for the first time. It worked out quite nicely as I was at LonVMUG during the day and Cloud Camp's venue is just a short walk away. If you don't know about Cloud Camp already: CloudCamp is an "unconference" where [...]
At the beginning of last year, I decided to become an independent contractor, so that I could be available for my parents whenever they needed me. That worked out quite well financially, allowing me to take time off when required. Being able to pick the kind of assignments I wanted also helped me enjoy them [...]
Back in 2012, I joined Xtravirt. One of my colleagues was Darren Woollard (who works at Nutanix now). He knew that I had been blogging for a few years so while putting his vExpert application in, he asked me if I had ever applied for it. I didn't even know that mere mortals like me can become vExperts [...]
Like last year, I am attending VMworld EMEA as an official blogger. VMware has kindly granted me a pass for keeping you all informed with all the activities, technical or not. Having attended a few of these now, I thought it would be a good idea to jot down a few pointers, in case you [...]
I don't know about you but I happen to be pretty lazy when it comes to taking breaks while working in front of a computer. This is especially true if I am working from home. There is always "let me finish this first and then I'll take a break" which of course, never happens. Knowing [...]
Today, I found out about an offer that is impossible to resist and thought the word should be spread about it immediately so that people can start benefiting right away. Packt Publishing has started this "Free Learning Library" which means that customers get a chance to grab a free eBook everyday! Book of the day [...]