A collection of nerdy things done in nerdy ways to break, fix, and learn technology
Before my first VMworld experience in 2017, I was completely overwhelmed with how to spend my time at the conference. With so many activities happening, how do you decide? Despite this being a virtual event yet again, I want to provide a framework for attendees to make the most out of this year’s conference. Regardless…
I see an empty conference center where VMworld once sat. If you’ve never attended VMworld in person, it’s a completely overwhelming experience for the first time attendee. Now that it’s virtual and free to attend, it’s more accessible to us all. But it can still be overwhelming. I wanted to take a few minutes to…
What happens when you have an idea for a conference talk but don’t have the technical expertise to back it up? And what if you think the things you plan to do with certain technologies can be done but aren’t 100% certain? Do you submit anyway and risk failure or just save the idea for…
After finding out I was approved to attend VMworld this year, I signed up to present a vBrownBag Tech Talk on VMware vSAN. Just a few weeks before the conference, I was lucky to secure an official slot on the agenda for Thursday afternoon. The idea for the talk was pretty simple. If vSAN powered…