Something useful.  Particularly on my Mac.   Occasionally, but less commonly these days, I miss the old commands I grew up with.  When that happens, there’s two choices.   First, suck it up and learn the bash equivalent, or Second, set an alias and forget it.    Now, the other value is that you can make an alias do a lot of “stuff” all at once with a simple command.

One of the things that I like to do is to create networks in the labs and really experiment with them.  In this lab, I work with multiple routing protocols and throw in a vpn for fun.  I’ve added the code of my routers so you can give them a try as well.     Routes Produced Corp-Edge-Router#show ip route Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP,

Today a little experimentation time as I whip together a lab before rolling it out.   GNS3 is a fantastic tool to router sim.  If you haven’t used it, give it a go  link here.

I’ve been asked a seemingly simple but way more complex question several times this week.  The what to use when scenario in Office 365.   Many of the platforms blend together, platform consumers find themselves taking shots at something that might work and in many cases get lost and do nothing instead for fear of doing the wrong thing.   The do nothing, of course, kills adoption and can wreak

Thank you Jeffrey Snover.   I think he hit an extremely critical point in our industry last night. He related IT Professionals to Lumberjacks.  Now, nothing against lumberjacks.  They do fine work, and they’re extremely good at it, and I think that’s the key point of it.  Lumberjacks have a different career path and its very much set on a routine that will remain the same for life with the

Ever gotten yourself into a pinch figuring out how to Split up AGILE stories. I came across this nifty gem not too long ago. Story-Splitting-Flowchart