What the Military Taught Me About DevOps Graphic Recording
I presented my What the Military Taught Me About DevOps talk to a large crowd at DevOpsDays Toronto 2018. Off to the side of the stage was Ashton from Minds Eye Creative. A beautiful piece of art was created from my talk and I cannot thank the DevOpsDays Toronto organizers enough for it.
Baltimore Go June Meeting - Go to the Rescue: Saving DevOps from TLS Turmoil
I was in the DC metro area when I received an e-mail about the Baltimore Go Meetup happening on June 5th. Since I was nearby, I decided to go ahead and RSVP to the event. I mentioned this on Twitter and shortly thereafter Johnny Boursiquot wondered if I could speak.
Of course I said yes. I was already doing a talk that morning at DevNationFederal. What’s another talk in the evening?...
DevNationFederal 2018: DevOps is Not War
Red Hat invited me to speak at DevNationFederal. The organizers requested I present my DevOps is Not War talk to technologists in the Washington DC area. This crowd is a group of folks that are at varying points in their DevOps journeys. Many folks from government agencies and systems integrators were present.
I was able to sync up with one of my Airmen from my time at Pope Air Force Base....
DevOpsDays Toronto 2018: What the Military Taught Me About DevOps
I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at DevOpsDays Toronto. This was my first trip into Canada and I have to admit, it was amazing! The city of Toronto is a very diverse city teeming with culture. The speaker dinner was at a wonderful restaurant Eastern Mediterrean restaurant, Byblos. If you are ever in Toronto, I suggest you go to Byblos and get the Turkish Manti Dumplings. I don’t typically enjoy eggplant but these dumplings are superb!...
ChefConf 2018: DevOps is Not War
If you read DevOps’ish, you already know I spoke at ChefConf 2018. I was able to meet 1,400 new friends while I was in Chicago (not really but kinda). I presented my talk, DevOps is Not War to a standing room only audience.
From a speaker’s perspective, I have never felt more prepared for a talk. There were speaker office hours every week for 10 weeks before the event to address any questions we may have had....