Coté Memo #078: Spiceworld 2015, Spiceworks Momentum, Enterprise Use, and DevOps
Tech & Work World I was at Spiceworld, briefly, last week. This is Spiceworks’ big user, annual conference in Austin; they have one in London as well. I’ve...
Coté Memo #077: Avoid going from "VP of Having a P&L" to "VP of Special Projects"
Chicago I’ll be at DevOpsDays Chicago in a few weeks, August 26th to 27th. If you want to go and haven’t registered yet, you can use the code PIVOTAL10 to...
Coté Memo #076: How cloud native makes customers awesome
Follow-up The piece on “cloud journeys” I excerpted from last time is now posted. Tech & Work World Cloud Native I’ve been writing some pieces on “cloud...
Coté Memo #075: Dealing with legacy code in a cloud native world
Get your lurn on - this weekend! Do you want to bone up on your product management skills? Check out this two day workshop from Craftman PM. I used to work...
Coté Memo #074: "Let's start an anonymous club."
It’s mostly links this week, with a big add video ad for my pal below: Get your lurn on Do you want to bone up on your product management skills? Check out...
Coté Memo #073: If you like tater-tots, go to Minneapolis
I’m in transit between Minneapolis and San Francisco right now. The MSP airport is delightful, with a long mall at the base and concourses reaching out, it...
Coté Memo #072: Since last time...
It’s been forever since a memo! Here’s this week’s. I’ve tried to craft a work-flow that will allow me to collect links I want to share, in addition to...
Coté Memo #071: How to eat a bubble at #ApacheCon
View this on the web In this episode: who comes up the ApacheCon booths, a seemingly coordinated conversation about tech bubbles, and “how to eat.” The Cloud...
Coté Memo #070: Lost in the review hole, Lord of Computing
View this on the web There’s few links today, just some pointers to now published material that I’ve alluded to recently, and some moaning on needing to be a...
Coté Memo #069: Chili Cheese Tots, shift key avoidance syndrome
Follow-up, Follow-forward The column I excerpted from last time is up, over at FierceDevOps: Software-defined businesses need software-defined IT...
Coté Memo #068: Are they really making $48,000 a month just talking about Apple?
Tech & Work World Podcasting Rates Brandon shared some podcast revenue estimates with me from the Hot Pod newsletter recently. I’m all for there being lots...
Coté Memo #000: No jokes here.
Tech & Work World “What kind of company do you think we are?” Here’s some excerpts from a FierceDevOps column I submitted yesterday. Quick tip: if you’re in...
Coté Memo #066: The best time to post is an hour after closin' time.
Follow-up It’s been awhile, a little over a month. I hope to see y’all more regularly. I was reading the excellent TechReckoning Dispatch and thought: what...
Coté Memo #065: Back home, finally
After two weeks away from home, I’m finally back. Sponsors This Memo is sponsored by The Craftsman PM - Amp up your skills and get to the top at this Whole...
Coté Memo #064: I'm calling from Mexico, someone has stolen the Venus de Milo!
Follow-up We’re up to 90 subscribers and one of you went a helped out one of our sponsors (The Craftsman PM), so thanks! Tech & Work World Sayulita I had a...
Coté Memo #063: Working at Pivotal and Yak shaving
Follow-up In reponse to the analyst access commentary from last time, a reader wrote in: Are you familiar with Securosis? They’re a security-only analyst...
Coté Memo #062: The Problem with Analyst Access
We’ve got a new sponsor this week, see below. There’s a 10% coupon. I’m planning on going to the event to get my lurn on. Also, I wrote this pretty fast....
Coté Memo #061: On the tedious need to have an opinion
Tech & Work World Having an opinion, or not In the types of jobs I've found myself in over recent years - analyst, strategist, "content producer" in the form...
Coté Memo #060: Mark all cookies as read
Follow-up The Docker piece I mentioned last time is up. Check out the summary on my blog, and 451 clients can read it behind our paywall. Because Docker...
Coté Memo #059: Containers make butter-scotch pudding delicious and floors shine
Tech & Work World Floor wax, dessert topping As I mention below, I've had more time to write reports recently. I just submitted one titled "Docker: floor-wax...