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  • An experiment in holiday festivities…

    An experiment in holiday festivities…

    I’ve been quiet on the blog for a bit while I plan a new special feature for the blog. I felt like doing something a bit different this holiday season and will be bringing you something new: 12 Days of Christmas Blogs. Some will be serious, some will not be, but I will be trying… Read more

  • Can I have my DevOps Fluffy with a side of Culture?

    Can I have my DevOps Fluffy with a side of Culture?

    Wednesday afternoon, while at the DevOps East Conference, I attended a Continuous Integration (CI) session delivered by Chris Riley (@HoardingInfo). Chris was sharing his past experiences with CI and how to best roll it out to all types of organizations. I particularly liked his suggestion of putting the QA team front and center, as I agree that there… Read more

  • Sitecore DevOps: Scaling content deployments

    When a solution is in operational support, handling ongoing changes in the Sitecore database can be challenging. System admins and content marketers need to be able to make changes in production authoring, the maintenance team needs to make quick fixes through all environments, and the development team needs to be able to build out new features.… Read more

  • SUGCON – Day Two

    The end of SUGCON arrived as quickly as it started. I had a chance to see a little of the commerce panel this morning before I started prepping for my own presentation. It wasn’t until I walked out of the Rosedown room that I felt like I could finally relax, enjoy lunch, and not think… Read more

  • SUGCON – Day One

    The MVP Summit may be over, but SUGCON started today and all I can say is that I WAS NOT PREPARED. I was not prepared for the amount of work that Akshay, Mike, Hedgehog, and BrainJocks had put into this event. I was not prepared for the number and variety of attendees here at the… Read more

  • Sitecore MVP Summit – Day Three

    Well, the MVP summit has wrapped up, and SUGCON is about to get into full swing. Which means my time for procrastinating is gone. 🙂 Now the rubber will hit the road for the accelerator panel tomorrow, and then my Continuous Integration presentation on Friday. Read more