The Pace of Technology Change

I was at a school district meeting on technology the other night and one of the parents in attendance asked why her son’s teacher didn’t use the beautiful SmartBoard the school had purchased over a year ago. The discussion quickly turned to the school’s lack of...

Filter Troubleshooting with Wireshark

LinksWiresharkFiltering – Order of Precedence Cisco SPAN ConfigurationWireshark Filtertcp.port==81 and (ip.dst == 131.109.29.248 or ip.dst == 131.109.29.249 or ip.dst == 131.109.29.250 or ip.addr == 131.109.29.251) and data contains IPGROUP*Note: if...

Thanksgiving Reflection

As I look to Thanksgiving, my immediate thanks naturally goes to my family and the wonderful gifts they have all given me.  This blog, however, is focused on my professional observations–so it is appropriate in this space to reflect on my thanks for the...

Did You Know? Akamai at OSHEAN.

I have always been a fan of the “Did You Know” series which stems from this popular technology trend video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE . I like perspective pieces like this one where we learn things like: it took 50 years for radio to reach 50...

Fortunate Son

Love the song from Creedence Clearwater Revival….   I attended a leadership conference this week and one of the sessions centered on the importance of storytelling.  The speaker asked us to turn to the person next to us and tell them our life story in sixty...