In a society where busy & activity & noise & public is normal, progress is made in the quiet. I’m currently working at two speeds: 1) See an opportunity and act on it. 2) See an opportunity and plan it. Research it. Consult on it. Amass a jumble of thoughts. Discard some. Sharpen the focus.…
The timing of this tweet made me smile. I had recently returned from 8 nights away in paradise (Khao Lak, Thailand) at an adults only resort with the love of my life. I hadn’t checked Outlook or Microsoft Teams once. I was in a pretty good position to comment on how to be someone in…
OK let’s not mention how long it has been since I’ve blogged. Just sit back and enjoy my website refresh and let’s move on …. Amongst the craziness of my life now I’m full-time at Microsoft, I tweet the occasional #CloudAdvocateLife moment to give you some insight into the highs and lows of my day.…
When I started in tech, the world was MS-DOS based, with Windows 3.11 for Workgroups if you were lucky. Word Perfect ruled the typing pool and dot matrix line printers sang in the background. There was no plug and play. There was config.sys and autoexec.bat. Token ring and IPX/SPX. I promise I won’t tell you…
“How is Microsoft?” “It must be amazing!” “What are you working on?” This is how the conversation goes with anyone who knows of my July 16 start date as a Microsoft employee. If you missed my announcement (because I recorded a video instead of blogging about it), I’ve joined the Cloud Developer Advocates who report through to…
For most small businesses reading this article, I’ve lost them with the headline. A Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) is likely to be something they’ve never heard of, let alone considered. Yet more small businesses are becoming Cloud-friendly, especially with their adoption of Software as a Service applications. Funny thing is, some security-focused IT professionals…
