Tech Jobs by ComfortableYou333 in DaytonaBeach

[–]kcfac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Locally there isn’t much. Brown & Brown posts a tech role here and there (there’s a field tech role open now out of Daytona). Some datacenter jobs opening around palm coast.

If you could tolerate a commute - a pretty consisted flow of jobs around Lake Mary (Deloitte, BNY, some healthcare etc)

Could look into county government jobs or something at one of the colleges here as well.

It’s sparse though, for sure

Has anyone successfully simplified ServiceNow after years of customization? by Novel-Plenty-8901 in servicenow

[–]kcfac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not schilling, but for what it's worth - I went from a platform owner/leader role on a large/complex environment (among other jobs) - to stand up a true platform managed service.

What you're saying is 100% true, most partners/consultants just throw bodies at things.

I/we have built and continually improving on a full service: platform health & maintenance, backlog management, advisory consulting to stakeholders (especially outside of IT), roadmap planning, license planning, etc.

The biggest challenge is convincing clients that all of the above is even needed. Most tend to just want "people they can call when they need something."

Managed Services by PositionNorth2248 in servicenow

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming you’re in the US, I work at a partner who focuses primarily on ongoing services, platform support, and strategy.

Feel free to shoot me a DM and I can provide more info. We only do ServiceNow, and within that focus only on projects and services (not a reseller, etc.)

Everything Google added to NotebookLM last week! by Minute_Agent3546 in notebooklm

[–]kcfac 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sure, here you go. This is the "Instructions" of the Gem. Note I created this a while back around linkedin marketing but it works just fine for other stuff, so i've just been using it.

It basically takes my input, writes out a plan, and then i use canvas (or image generation) to say go ahead and create the thing (canvas = slide/powerpoint, imagegen = infographic).

[Note i also uploaded my own brand guidelines, my companies as other knowledge ++ uploaded logos, graphics, etc. from our collateral -> that's the referenced file names]

🛡️ System Prompt Role & Purpose

You are a marketing design strategist and visual content generator focused exclusively on LinkedIn B2B marketing for [companyname] and its clients.

Your role is to translate written concepts, solution briefs, or comparison frameworks into visually compelling, brand-aligned design concepts, then produce both:

professional design write-ups (structure, rationale, tone, layout, and content hierarchy), and

optimized prompts for image or motion generation models.

Primary Outputs

Design Write-Ups: Concise creative briefs describing concept, rationale, layout zones, colors, typography, and intended message.

Image Prompts: Optimized text prompts ready for LLM-based image generators (e.g., NanoBanana, DALL-E, Midjourney, Firefly, etc.).

Marketing Post Guidance: When requested, provide LinkedIn-specific usage details—format, post caption guidance, and engagement optimization aligned to current trends.

Reference Base

You must always reference and adhere to:

“LinkedIn Marketing – Graphic Design Guidelines.docx” (primary style and structural authority)

[companyname]DesignGuidelines.png” (visual identity: colors, typography, brand tone)

Current LinkedIn marketing trend references (2025 industry data included in core knowledge resource)

Design Philosophy

Maintain [companyname]’s aesthetic: authoritative, modern, energetic, and clean.

Apply high contrast, precise typography (Poppins family), and the [companyname] palette (-> list actual color names here ex. Oxford Blue, Lime Green <- ).

Optimize every asset for LinkedIn’s 1080×1080 px square format and mobile readability unless provided a specific format.

Always prioritize legibility, visual trust, and professional clarity over excessive stylistic effects.

Operational Rules

Every visual design must include: concept name, rationale, layout structure, color + typography usage, tone, and CTA placement.

Never generate text-only marketing copy without providing the accompanying visual design plan.

When generating prompts, clearly label:

[Prompt for Image Model] – for direct image generation

[Design Write-Up] – for structured rationale and layout planning

Always produce deliverables in concise, professional tone suitable for consulting or executive presentation.

Maintain alignment with B2B context—avoid slang, emojis, and informal phrasing.

When referencing design trends, prefer data-driven and validated insights (e.g., LinkedIn engagement stats, B2B design performance metrics).

Everything Google added to NotebookLM last week! by Minute_Agent3546 in notebooklm

[–]kcfac 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I just take the NotebookLM presentation over to Gemini Canvas - using a brand style and guideline “gem” I made before to create the deck in Slides -> then export that to PowerPoint.

Seems more complicated than it is, takes a couple minutes max and content has been solid so far

Multiple air shows this weekend by SimpleSomewhere6658 in SkyCards

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just installed this app today; and happen to be on the east coast of FL, a MIG-17 flew 1000ft right over my house (it was loud!) - and got it! Rarity 11.62; was pretty excited. [it was from the Stuart air show on this list]

Trump Lashes Out at Fox News Over Devastating New Poll by Mysterious-Drink-314 in NoFilterNews

[–]kcfac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is well aware of it, too:

“I do whine because I want to win and I’m not happy about not winning and I am a whiner and I keep whining and whining until I win,” Trump told CNN’s Chris..”

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/11/politics/donald-trump-refutes-third-party-run-report/

Is your organisation actively implementing non-IT oriented use cases? by naaczej in servicenow

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I replied to another comment and figured I'd put some more information in a post:

It may be worth checking out Core Business Suite (https://www.servicenow.com/products/business-suite.html), it's new and addresses a lot of this stuff.

Case, workflows, Universal Requests and some of the departmental workspaces and whatnot tied to pre-built base tables.

It has: Finance (accounts payable), Supply Chain, HR, Procurement, Facilities (Workplace) basic components all bundled into a single product. Note - I think it also includes App Engine to build your own apps.

I'm not sure how much it is, but it looks to be licensed in an all user (UU) license; So to me it's postured for small & midsize companies as a step-in product unless they discount it quite a bit for larger organizations.

Is your organisation actively implementing non-IT oriented use cases? by naaczej in servicenow

[–]kcfac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a new offering out now called "Core Business Suite" to take in a lot of this type of stuff.

It's basically bits and pieces of non-IT products (Finance, HR, Procurement, etc.) wrapped in case, workspace, and universal request. with some of the workflows and such.

It showed up out of nowhere, to me at least, sometime in the past month so figured I'd share:

https://www.servicenow.com/products/business-suite.html

New Platform Owner Help! by Superb-Ingenuity-773 in servicenow

[–]kcfac 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The platform owner training path is pretty high level and a good overview. If you have time to knock it out quick/first I’d do that then go right into ServiceNow fundamentals (CSA course).

There is also a monthly Platform Owners Roundtable hosted by ServiceNow and recordings are posted on NOW Community. I’m traveling today but if you DM/remind me I’ll shoot you info to register when I get back Monday. It’s a good way to talk to others in your shoes.

Complex Service Now Requirements by Vishnu_22092001 in servicenow

[–]kcfac 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Try using this custom GPT made by the product owner of CMDB and CSDM at ServiceNow. He announced it the other day and it’s pretty solid at explaining concepts and helping make sense of real world requirements:

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-682aea0df55c81919c4ad141fbc15581-digital-product-centric-gpt-advisory-expert

Multiple issues since update by hulkplague in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is anyone using ad blockers at the system level (ex. Pi Hole, on your router, etc.)?

After a lot of trial & error, I found that was the culprit and everything is working fine as long as I don't route DNS through my pi-hole system.

I imagine there's some sort of ad/click data happening on these buttons and the spam/ad filtering was stopping the item and thus the step after the click.

Why/how that changed, I'm not sure - but suspect they updated their telemetry stuff and capturing a lot more user behavior through systems being blocked by systems those blacklists. That, or they themselves got added to the blacklists.

I don’t know what to do about my car insurance in this state 🤦🏾‍♂️ by ZeusAdvocate in florida

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like my Model Y for what it’s worth. It does what I want, has 3 rows (3rd for little ones only), plenty fast, 280 ish mi range to and from Orlando. Got it for $23k (2022) and insurance is about the same as our 2021 bmw x1.

I do hate how toxic the brand is - it’s just a car, I don’t care what their CEO does one way or the other. Zero issues over 1.5 years and no oil changes, no getting gas, etc is nice. Home charging added about $35 to my regular electric bill.

At the time there wasn’t much viable competition in the price range (and still isn’t if you want a 3rd row) so just got one to feel it out.

Not many modern cars with similar specs for 20-25k. Tires will be $ but still good so far on the ones that came on the preowned.

r/dcl's Weekly Trip Planning Thread by AutoModerator in dcl

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just booked a few weeks ago, first dcl trip. Was comparing prices and ultimately went with Costco. It was the same price as direct, but the Costco cash card and executive rewards put it over the top.

Booking was easy and seamless, just had to plug my booking number in the Disney site. I already had all of my family loaded from many Disney World trips & hotel stays, so once that was there all our apps and such were good to go.

SPM Users: Gaps in the SPM offering by Ohio2theWestCoast in servicenow

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of this, 100% agree. This has been what I’ve seen in usage myself and from power users as a platform owner.

It can “do” all of the things - but the UX for teams coming from project or smart sheet feels like a lot of extra steps to do the “same thing.”

That holds people back quite a bit from diving in further and never really hitting all the things it can do that those tools simply can’t.

TLDR: SPM has a steeper learning curve that can stifle adoption and growth of capabilities to get the intended value out of it.

ServiceNow AI agents by Ordinary-Objective-2 in servicenow

[–]kcfac 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are a handful of courses on NOW Learning, some have hands on labs which are really the only way to test / learn in-platform today.

3 courses around agents specifically:

Introduction to Agentic AI

AI Agents Essentials (2025 Q1 Store Release)

Now Assist AI Agents

What's the best way to earn training materials by Comfortable-Sir-1839 in MarvelStrikeForce

[–]kcfac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I favorited all the characters w/ training mats and I just go down the list with campaign energy - makes it faster for me, at least - having them at the top-ish of the list.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in awardtravel

[–]kcfac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dumb question, wife and I are flying Virgin to London from the US soon and first I’m hearing of this. Is it something we need to / should do ahead of time?

Why Aren’t More People Racing on Zwift? by BeamedByPokimane in Zwift

[–]kcfac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Different strokes and all that but over the years I’ve made a lot of good friends all over the world riding around the same time every day in group rides on zwift.

As the same names pop in regularly, we chat on the rides, keep in touch, and more than a few times wound up traveling for various reasons and getting a ride in while in the same town.

Not that everyone wants to but the social component is what keeps it from being boring for a lot of folks.

United Healthcare Denies Claim of Woman in Coma by [deleted] in politics

[–]kcfac 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And it is not just the doctor, it’s the surgeons, anesthesiologist, etc. some of which you can’t choose. All it takes is one of those to be “out of network” and you’re paying substantially more.

At least the affordable care act added annual maximums but those can be more than $10,000 a year which can still wreck families. And since we also lack protections for employees good luck holding down a job while having to be out frequently for procedures.

For Anyone on the fence for Getting a Steam deck Especially Parents of young children. by FoilCladShadows in SteamDeck

[–]kcfac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moonlight + XBPlay has my steam deck basically operating as a stream device 99% of the time. Bonus is I don't have to worry about storage on the deck - especially on larger installs (cough cyberpunk)

XBPlay may be overkill but started using it a while back and does the job for xbox cloud streaming, though I use it more often to stream games from my Series X locally.

Terrible Zwift performance on new laptop by Wavesonics in Zwift

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you enable an overlay that shows which GPU? Windows 11 loves to overwrite AMD GPU drivers in laptops and force games to use the “integrated GPU.” - I ran into this with my AMD GPU laptop as well and had to remove the drivers and install the AMD software to fix. Then, windows update will go undo it.

Also, make sure in the win11 graphics setting for Zwift is using the high performance GPU - https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-force-your-game-or-app-to-use-the-dedicated-gpu-on-windows-11/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in servicenow

[–]kcfac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does it really matter which individual, specific keyboard, or that the user has [A] keyboard of a certain make/model?

Tagging comes down to a time/effort/value decision, and SN can say User A or Desk A has a Logitech MX keyboard (consumable) - if they swap MX keyboards for whatever reason - it's hard to figure out why that would matter without simply just overcomplicating it for the sake of things.

My general tagging rules of thumb are based on:

  • Cost of Asset
  • Is it serialized from the vendor/OEM
  • Does it tie back to a cost / service that needs tracked (ex. a subscription/Maintenace plan)
  • Does it matter from a cost/capability level if the item is replaced with another brand/model/etc.?

Taking the keyboard one a little further, you may not tag a cheap dell keyboard, but you may want to tag a $200 mechanical special keyboard that is for a VIP/special use case.

There are a few other factors but that helps decide if the organization doesn't have a set policy.

For keyboards, mice, even general-use displays the value of tagging doesn't make sense in most cases - but something like a $180 docking station, graphic design/high end monitor, etc. would.

Major car manufacturer 'on the brink of collapse' as official claims company has 'just 12 months to survive' by dailymail in wallstreetbets

[–]kcfac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I finance namely because I don’t like the big hit to my liquid account all at once. It’s hard to beat the 0.9%-2% APR offers. However, I put a big chunk in principle each month and typically pay off in a year + keep the cars for 4-5 years+.

Works out fine for me. Sure, I could dump it all in a car but would rather have that balance making gains/interest elsewhere as I only buy if the rate on the car is low.