14 December, 2013
By Darrel Clute · Read time: 4 min.
We live in a society that is predominantly composed of consumers, not only of
products but also content. Everyone fills the role of a consumer at some
point, but most never fill the role of a producer. In this modern age content
is being produced at rates which have not been seen before in history. What
does this mean for us that also want to be producers, and not merely consumers?
Let's take a look at this from my perspective, and hopefully allow you to draw
from my example.
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17 July, 2013
By Darrel Clute · Read time: 1 min.
It has now been a couple of weeks since the wrap of CiscoLive, just a
short update. I am still working on developing my plans regarding how I
am going to be tackling regaining my expired certifications and the
training process around that. The Packet Pushers have published Show
153 which I had the privilege of participating in along with many
other prominent technologists from the Social Media and Blogging realms,
have a listen if you haven't already.
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28 June, 2013
By Darrel Clute · Read time: 4 min.
So today marked the end of Cisco Live 2013. It was great to again be
in person for this event which provides so much for those in the
computer networking industry. I attended last year as well and had the
privilege to be able to meet and speak with many great people I interact
with on Twitter. I was also greatly privileged to participate in a
Packet Pushers Podcast. It was a great experience just as attending
Cisco Networkers was in 2004. This year was great again, with even more
invigorating conversations with many that I interact with on Twitter,
and even some new people that I was able to meet at the event for the
first time. I additionally was privileged to be able to record with the
Packet Pushers again this morning in conjunction with the crew from Tech
Field Day. This time it was a more intimate setting with fewer people
but the same basic flow as the last episode I was on.
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26 October, 2010
By Darrel Clute · Read time: 6 min.
Our second child, Levi Alexander, made his grand entry into the world on
the morning of September 16th, 2009. His arrival was quite the
experience. This post is dedicated to the telling of Levi's birth story.
I apologize for this being a year later then I had originally planned.
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23 September, 2010
By Darrel Clute · Read time: 3 min.
So I read this article when it was first published but didn't get a
chance to blog about, been really busy, just read it again to refresh my
memory. The article highlights management of Geeks, err, IT Staff, nope
Geeks, definitely Geeks. No matter how you look at it, nor how much
you don't believe yourself to be, there is a fairly high likelihood that
if you are in IT you are a Geek, and just because you are not in IT does
not mean that you are not a Geek.
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