Author: ianpaullin
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ThatConference 2016 – Microservices Minus the Hype: How to Build and Why
For my first session on Microservices, Mark Heckler (@mkheck) was delivering the presentation. I’ve never directly built or worked with microservices but I believe my future projects will involve microservices in one form or another – and preferably sooner rather than later. I felt compelled to visit this topic as I’ve always thought of microservices as…
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ThatConference 2016 Wrap Up
It’s been a real fun experience so far at ThatConference. This is my first time and while I’m pretty excited by all the topics/presentations, I also did an Open Space session on Wednesday on Octopus Deploy & deployment automation. This is totally different from the notion of a presentation. An Open Space session seems more like an open…
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ThatConference, deep dives and more
It’s been way overdue since my last post but rest assured, things are happening behind the scenes. First and foremost, I am in attendance ThatConference! I’m very excited to go this year as I’ve read about it for the past two years. There are quite a few sessions just jam packed over three days and I’ll…
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Schedule
I’ve been noticeably absent for quite a few months. A lot has been going on since well.. for quite some time. I’m amidst a major upgrade of Octopus from 2.5.13 to 3.2.24 and that latest version number could change again. My deep dive series has had a lot of delays, however I’m nearly finished with…
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Microsoft Band 2 battery issue
Two weeks ago on Tuesday, my Microsoft Band 2 started acting up. I’ve had zero problems or complaints with the device so far. Oddly enough, the Band 2 just stopped responding in the middle of the day. When I got back home to charge it – it complained that the battery had completely drained and I had…
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Monday Music #17 Pearl Jam
I missed last Monday Music selection so I’ll be picking up from #17. I’m juggling quite a few things and working on a few things – one of which will hopefully be published this week. Lately, I’ve been on a 90s nostalgia kick.
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Monday Music #16 Inception
As I’m far behind, this *ahem* Monday Music pick of the week is from the movie soundtrack Inception. Hans Zimmer is fantastic composer and working with Christopher Nolan certainly is a divine match as far as I can tell.
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Monday Music #15 Soundgarden / Johnny Cash
Unfortunately, I’m late again, but I’ve got a real interesting pick this week. Through Spotify, I found a cover of Soundgarden by Johnny Cash playing Rusty Cage. It’s a phenomenal interpretation. Here’s the original track from Soundgarden. Here’s the Johnny Cash version.
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Monday Music #15 Massive Attack
I’m two days behind for my music pick. One of my favorite bands for the past seventeen years (give or take a year) has been Massive Attack. The first time I recall hearing this song (Dissolved Girl) was back in 1999 in the Matrix. I was pleasantly surprised to also hear an earlier (but unreleased)…