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TTRPG and Writing

After a (very) long hiatus from gaming I recently got back into Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) and it has reignited some of my creative writing as well. Tips, tricks, and stories abound! Come along for the adventure!

Perforce Puppet

Dig into this new section about Perforce Puppet with news and FAQs and tutorials on one of the leading Enterprise infrastructure automation tools on the market.

DevRel and Technical Product Marketing

As a professional creator in DevRel and product marketing, I like to share my thoughts on what I’ve been learning about, how to improve your DevRel craft, and how to connect and help your community. Being in DevRel is honestly one of the most satisfying career tracks I’ve had!

Sitecore

I lived/breathed/wrote about Sitecore for over a decade, even if I have now moved on to another community. Over that time, I have covered quite a few topics. Jump into this section if you want to see my collection of news, guides, and community content from over the years!

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Latest articles

  • #SitecoreSYM 2019 – Be a Better Neighbor

    #SitecoreSYM 2019 – Be a Better Neighbor

    Come see me on Wednesday, November 6th, at 10:30am to learn about building your personal brand trust! Be a Better Neighbor  Read more

  • Sitecore Symposium 2019 – So you think you can DevOps?

    Sitecore Symposium 2019 – So you think you can DevOps?

    This year at Sitecore Symposium we launched a new DevOps track, with two rooms of sessions delivering what you need for day-to-day tactical solutions, but also bigger-picture, strategic guidance. Do you want to know how to deploy your code with Azure DevOps? We got you covered. Or maybe you are wondering how to fit an Read more

  • Building Trust – Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?

    Building Trust – Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?

    When we were little kids, we were taught that we should always tell the truth. Never lie, that’s not the right thing to do! Nobody will trust what you say. Always telling the truth sounds great on the surface, but as we grow up we learn that things are not always so black and white. Read more

  • Trust – The Power of Being a Better Neighbour

    Trust – The Power of Being a Better Neighbour

    I took my first attempt trying out the blog editing on both dev.to and on Medium with my thoughts around advocacy, Developer Relations, and being kind! Read the full article on dev.to Read more

  • xConnect Upgrade to 9.2 – Where did the web request handlers go?

    xConnect Upgrade to 9.2 – Where did the web request handlers go?

    Recently, I needed to update my xConnect Tutorial from 9.0 to 9.2 so I could start looking at the new data purge API (more on that another day). I figured it should be an easy enough upgrade, my tutorial wasn’t doing anything complicated. Just some basic Create Contact or Register Interaction stuff. So, I did the usual: Update Target Read more

  • Are you ready for the MongoDB 3.4 EOL?

    Are you ready for the MongoDB 3.4 EOL?

    If you are running Sitecore version 8.2.x, you are running MongoDB 3.4. Unfortunately, that also means you are impacted by the announcement by MongoDB that version 3.4 will reach end-of-life in January 2020. You have some options on how you want to fix this and it sort of depends on how much tolerance your organization Read more