Why I don’t wear Airpods
I have written more than once (here and here, for example) about my belief that technological...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Sep 28, 2020 | Perspectives, Reflections | 0 |
I have written more than once (here and here, for example) about my belief that technological...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Aug 12, 2020 | Perspectives | 1 |
I’ve been revising my Cisco Live session on IOS XE programmability, and it’s made me think about programming in general, and a particular idea I’ve been embarrassed to admit I loathe: Object Oriented...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Mar 26, 2020 | Perspectives | 1 |
“Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.” – Ogden Nash The book The Innovator’s Dilemma appears on the desk of a lot of Silicon Valley executives. Its author, Clayton...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Dec 9, 2019 | Perspectives | 0 |
Two things can almost go without saying: If you start a blog, you need to commit time to writing it. When you move up in the corporate world, time becomes a precious commodity. When I started this blog several years ago, I was a...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Jun 13, 2019 | Perspectives | 0 |
I think it’s fair to say that all technical marketing engineers are excited for Cisco Live, and happy when it’s over. Cisco Live is always a lot of fun–I heard one person say “it’s like a family...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Jun 2, 2019 | Perspectives | 1 |
While I’m thinking about another TAC Tale, I’m quite busy working on slides for Cisco Live. I figured this makes for another interesting “inside Cisco” post, since most people who have been to the...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Feb 13, 2019 | Perspectives | 4 |
I recently replied to a comment that I think warrants a full blog post. I’ve been here at Cisco working on programmability for a few years. Brian Turner wrote in to say, essentially: Hang on! I became a network engineer...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Oct 3, 2018 | Perspectives | 0 |
I was doing well on the blog for a few months but lately fell behind. With (now) 12 people reporting to me, and three major areas of responsibility (SD-Access, Assurance, and Programmability), it’s not easy to find time...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Jul 20, 2018 | Perspectives | 2 |
I’ve been in this industry a while now, and I’ve done a lot of jobs. Certainly not every job, but a lot. My first full time network engineering job came in 2000, but I was doing some networking for a few years...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Jun 28, 2018 | Perspectives | 0 |
In a previous post I had mentioned I co-authored a book on IOS XE Programmability with some...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Jun 24, 2018 | Perspectives, Reflections | 3 |
An old networking friend whom I mentored for his CCIE a long time ago wrote me an email: I’ve been a CCIE for 10 years now, he said, and I’m feeling like a dinosaur. Everyone wants people who know AWS and...
Read Moreby ccie14023 | Apr 24, 2018 | Perspectives, Reflections | 5 |
Jesse, a recent commentor, asked why I haven’t been posting much lately. In fact, my last post was August of 2017. Well, there are several reasons I don’t post much these days. In part, I’m not convinced...
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