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A new Love, Business, and Luggage episode with Monica and me about sales, marketing, influence, parenting, and the uncomfortable truth that everyone sells.

I built FrontFlow to solve a simple front desk problem: helping visitors notify the right person without exposing phone numbers or adding busywork for staff.

A practical look at when self-hosting can beat SaaS economics, using a small-team Vaultwarden deployment as the example.

The cloud is a great fit for many workloads, but some use cases still belong on premises, at the edge, or in a hybrid design.

Monica and I launched a podcast!! Are you ready to explore the fascinating crossroads of relationships, entrepreneurship, and adventure? Love, …

The Rise of AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s a part of our everyday lives. From personalized recommendations and …

I just returned from a trip to Costa Rica, which gave me a chance to think about why I travel and what it does for me. Let me start by acknowledging …

After using Wordpress for a number of years, I have decided to move this site to Hugo, hosting it on S3. This site isn’t highly dynamic, so it didn’t …

Recently the “TEK NRD” license plate changed to a new car. Welcome our 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning to the family!

I sold my Tesla and moved to a BMW iX! I love EVs and am so excited to try a new one!!!

Its odd to me the things many of us collect. In fact the thought process that even goes into collecting is interesting to me. People collect all sorts …

Well, it has certainly been awhile since I posted anything of any real value. I’ve been a bit busy with certifications, opening a second office …

The holidays are a great time to focus on your education to further your career aspirations and re-energize you in your work. This holiday I decided …

I teased this a couple months ago, but never did a follow up post. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten to ride my scooter as much as I had hoped, …

I love firewalls!!! LOVE THEM!!!! I have this weird sense of power when I am setting one up, like I am standing at the gates protecting the village …

Let me start this post with a solid statement. As it stands today, the Tesla Supercharging network is the best charging network in the country. Full …

The interview process at AWS can be daunting! I was very fortunate that I received some great advice when going through my interview process. Much of …

For those of you that may not be familiar with Pi-Hole, it is a DNS resolver that you run on your network to prevent adware. It operates very …

[Disclaimer: In this post I discuss a breach involving Cisco. I am a former employee of Cisco. All information discussed is public and no information …

I am so excited! I am waiting on my new e-scooter. Last week I ordered an Apollo Phantom v2 scooter and have the v3 upgrade on pre order. I’m …

For many years software and SaaS organizations have seen Cybersecurity as simply a liability on the balance sheet; a required cost of doing business …

During BlackHat and Defcon, AWS and others made a joint announcement around the creation of the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF). I’d …

For some time I had been running WordPress on a Raspberry Pi Zero. At first it was more of an experiment. I had wanted to first stand up a very basic …

Books This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred …

I decided to go through the AWS experience myself. After hosting my website and other services from home, I jumped both feet into the AWS cloud. I’m …