A new adventure begins! Just a quick blog post to let everyone who's followed me on Twitter as @JimTheWhyGuy: I've now shifted over to Mastodon, and you can follow me here. Fear not - you can absorb, critique, chuckle at, or throw shade at my usual wit and wisdom on all things related to technology … Continue reading Farewell, Twitter. Mastodon Is My New Social Media Overlord.
Author: jim.czuprynski
SFD24: Studies In Autonomy & ES[G]
I’ve finally had a chance to catch my breath from Gestalt IT’s Storage Field Day #24 (SFD24) last week in Santa Clara, CA. It was a great chance to catch up with Stephen Foskett’s team at GestaltIT and with many of my fellow delegates from past Tech Field Day events. Best of all, we got … Continue reading SFD24: Studies In Autonomy & ES[G]
Big Guns Attract Attention, But Not Always Interest
It always surprises me when the largest IT vendors offer up less-than-compelling stories about their latest product offerings - you'd think they'd have the most creative storytellers on staff, after all! - but more often than not, I've found myself drifting a bit while listening to their sessions and waiting for the prized "Oh - … Continue reading Big Guns Attract Attention, But Not Always Interest
Small & Fierce Tech Upstarts Dominate
I enjoyed Cloud Field Day 13 (CFD13) in Santa Clara, CA back in February 2022 so much that I jumped at the chance to team up with a whole new set of colleagues at yet another Tech Field Day event in early April - Tech Field Day 25 - to review some amazing technology from … Continue reading Small & Fierce Tech Upstarts Dominate
Elvis Is Everywhere. So Is Kubernetes.
Elvis Is Everywhere. As I attended my first-ever Tech Field Day event - Cloud Field Day 13 (CFD13) - in Santa Clara, CA last week, the gritty cult music video Elvis Is Everywhere from the late 1980s kept running through my head. (In this grainy clip, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper contend that the real … Continue reading Elvis Is Everywhere. So Is Kubernetes.
2021: Magic 8 Ball, Broken.
Looking at the predictions I made for 2021 at the end of last year, my technical foresight seemed to be on target. However, I did not foresee a violent insurrection at my country’s Capitol, a divided electorate (and more than a few politicians!) refusing to accept the results of an election, and an ever-growing disdain … Continue reading 2021: Magic 8 Ball, Broken.
Time For a (Re)Branding …
I first went public with my JimTheWhyGuy brand in early 2018, just after getting inspired during a user conference I was attending in San Antonio, TX. Like Thor's thunderbolt, I realized no one was really following me on Twitter because my handle was so obtuse to locate. You've seen my last name: It has hardly … Continue reading Time For a (Re)Branding …
IoT: A Brave, Not So New Frontier
The Internet of Things (IoT) is at the center of the transformation of manufacturing, public utilities, transportation, logistics, and Smart Home technology. It's something I foresee as key to the New Electrification wave that's certainly coming to the USA as we transition away from fossil fuels towards technology like Green Hydrogen, new (and incredibly safer!) … Continue reading IoT: A Brave, Not So New Frontier
At Long Last, Our Podcast Is Launched!
Six months ago, it was just a simple idea based on a few brief conversations. Today, it's finally a reality: the Beyond Tech Skills podcast. Some background is in order. My good friend, colleague, and fellow Oracle ACE Director Liron Amitzi and I had been talking in person over an adult beverage or three (pre-COVID, … Continue reading At Long Last, Our Podcast Is Launched!
2020: Meteor Averted. Bring on 2021!
In a year that started with only the third impeachment in history of a sitting President of the USA, a global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, major unrest and justifiable demands for social justice and an end to police violence in so many of our towns and cities, and an unprecedented general … Continue reading 2020: Meteor Averted. Bring on 2021!