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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

  • Fourth day of Christmas… Community Sites

    Fourth day of Christmas… Community Sites

    On the fourth day of Christmas, my true blog gave to me… Four Community Sites! .. three Maturity Models, two Sitecore PaaS features, and Sitecore in a NuGet feed. Community Docs Built by the community, this documentation covers everything from MVC to xDB to SPEAK: https://sitecore-community.github.io/docs/ Sitecore Community Forums Built by Sitecore, powered by Telligent, these forums… Read more

  • Third day of Christmas… Maturity Models!

    Third day of Christmas… Maturity Models!

    On the third day of Christmas my true blog gave to me… three maturity models! .. two Sitecore PaaS features, and Sitecore in a NuGet feed. Customer Experience Maturity Model Sitecore released a maturity model a while back to guide organizations through the various stages of engaging a customer.  Great for seeing where you line up and… Read more

  • 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