I am no longer a manager. I moved back to being an individual contributor for Amazon Web Services. A Senior Technical Account Manager in the Enterprise Support organisation working with customers across Scotland, the UK and the World. It’s been over three years since I posted the first blog post in this series and at… Continue reading Transitioning from Engineering to Management Part 3 Now and Beyond
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Transitioning from Engineering to Management Part 2 Learnings
This is part two of the three-part series reflecting on my decision to move away from direct engineering into management. You can find part one here. Part 2. In the more than two years since taking on the role of Service Desk Manager, I have learned a lot about myself. My style of management and… Continue reading Transitioning from Engineering to Management Part 2 Learnings
Transitioning from Engineering to Management – Part 1 The Decision
As I’ve recently changed role within the past two months I have decided to articulate my reflections on a decision I made over 2 years ago regarding the transition away from direct engineering roles, this is part one in a 3 part series discussing my decision to make the move, the things I’ve learned along… Continue reading Transitioning from Engineering to Management – Part 1 The Decision
Mini-ITX Gaming Rig Part 2
Continuing on from my last post then, all parts had arrived by Tuesday therefore that evening was build time. All in the build took about four hours, most of that time spent trying out the Corsair H60 in various mount points to see which would be the best fit. It turns out the first one,… Continue reading Mini-ITX Gaming Rig Part 2
Mini-ITX Gaming Rig – Part 1
My main desktop computer died some time last year (in fact so long ago I can’t actually remember when!). Since then I’ve been relying on my laptop which has done admirably considering its age – coming up for four years. Obviously then there was no impetus for me to replace the desktop, until a colleague at work… Continue reading Mini-ITX Gaming Rig – Part 1
How to reset web console password of a LifeSize Video Conference unit
Searching for this online to resolve a problem with one of these units proved fruitless so I decided to throw this up here for reference and perhaps it will help someone else out in need. The unit in question is a LifeSize Team MP. SSH to IP or hostname of the unit Login as auto… Continue reading How to reset web console password of a LifeSize Video Conference unit
Web Security
With almost six months since my last post you may have been fooled in to thinking this blog had died a death. The truth is I’ve just been really busy at work and still am but I had to post about this subject as its really starting to get on my nerves. Web security, or… Continue reading Web Security
Office 15
Office 15, the next iteration of Office, has been made available to selected partners via the Technical Preview program. That in itself is fairly unremarkable (for more info read the official announcement on the Office Blog) but there is something in the blog that seems to have gone widely un-noticed by most places. “With Office… Continue reading Office 15
Planning 30th birthday celebrations
In September I’ll be 30. It’s a milestone for most people and so myself and a group of seven friends (four of who are also 30 this year) have decided that to celebrate we shall take a trip in October – it falls pretty much in the middle of all our birthdays, and a number… Continue reading Planning 30th birthday celebrations
Cisco AnyConnect, OS X and Firefox
When I started work at brightsolid one of the tasks given (or rather one of the tasks I gave myself) was to get the Cisco AnyConnect client working on OS X. The symptoms are not very helpful in diagnosing the issue, the error you get will be something like “posture assessment failed”. Fortunately Cisco provide… Continue reading Cisco AnyConnect, OS X and Firefox
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