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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!

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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!

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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

  • On the second day of Christmas… two Sitecore PaaS features

    On the second day of Christmas… two Sitecore PaaS features

    On the second day of Christmas, my true blog gave to me… two Sitecore PaaS features: Redis Cache and Azure Search! …and a Sitecore in a NuGet feed. With Sitecore 8.2 Update 1, the PaaS offering shown at Symposium 2016 became available on Azure Marketplace along with ARM templates and much more. I was interested by the introduction Read more

  • On the first day of Christmas… Sitecore in a NuGet Feed

    On the first day of Christmas… Sitecore in a NuGet Feed

    On the first day of Christmas, my true blog gave to me… Sitecore in a NuGet feed! One of the great things announced this year was the Sitecore public NuGet feed for Sitecore DLLs. This really makes managing Sitecore dependencies on a project a lot easier and makes life deploying everywhere a whole lot simpler. Read more

  • The 12 Blogs of Christmas are back for 2016!

    The 12 Blogs of Christmas are back for 2016!

    I enjoyed the Christmas blogging so much last year that I decided to bring it back for 2016! Starting December 13th and all the way up to Christmas Eve on the 24th there will be a new blog on the site. Like last year, some will be helpful, and others will just be plain silly. Enjoy Read more

  • VSTS and Sitecore NuGet feeds

    VSTS and Sitecore NuGet feeds

    SPECIAL NOTE: This article is a lead up for my November 30th #SCUniversity session on Continuous Integration and Deployment. Register for the webinar now! When you are setting up your Continuous Integration build definition in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS, formerly Visual Studio Online) you will get a NuGet Restore step that by default will work Read more

  • Sitecore Production Deployments: The Big Bad Wolf

    Sitecore Production Deployments: The Big Bad Wolf

    SPECIAL NOTE: This article is a lead up for my November 30th #SCUniversity session on Continuous Integration and Deployment. Register for the webinar now! Do you need to secure 14 signatures and present technical documentation just to run a script on your production database? Does it take a group of enterprise architects to approve a change Read more

  • SSL for multi-tenant Sitecore installations

    SSL for multi-tenant Sitecore installations

    From the dawn of HTTPS-time, admins have struggled with setting up multiple SSL certificates on a single server.  At the same time, we have Sitecore’s licensing model which really drives the business to get the most value out of fewer Sitecore instances. This leads teams to encounter multi-tenant installations that also require SSL protection, which in turn Read more