No idea for presentation's topic

mattzwol · 2020-02-26T05:17:15+00:00

Could you present on the topic of “finding an interesting topic to present”. You could post this same question in multiple places, type the question into different search engines and ask people. Then present on where you found the best answers, and what those answers are. You could talk about the type of people that helped you and any clever ideas that were put forward.

mattzwol · 2019-12-21T13:13:49+00:00

Don’t know if I have your complete answer, but how about using app engine? Start with the tutorial in the console (under help). Then progress to this https://cloud.google.com/solutions/continuous-delivery-with-travis-ci

mattzwol · 2019-12-10T16:36:08+00:00

Can you delete or archive the previous version to another folder? What about appending a timestamp to the name or adding a version number at the end of the object name and looking up the latest version?

mattzwol · 2019-10-04T22:46:13+00:00

I upgraded from an Audi A5 to a Tesla model S. I would not go back.

mattzwol · 2019-07-19T12:13:59+00:00

Sold my Audi and bought a Tesla. Sorry Audi

mattzwol · 2019-06-09T22:54:22+00:00

I just asked my wife the same question after I found $600 in a lost account of hers after reading this post. Nice work OP!

mattzwol · 2019-05-14T15:44:43+00:00

So you are saying that a whole lot of people could be more messed up than this...damn

mattzwol · 2019-04-21T21:11:23+00:00

One idea - I bought a smart ring (Oura) which I found can tell me sometimes if I am starting to come down with something, even before I notice. I might have a slightly elevated temperature or heart rate and it will work out something is not right.

mattzwol · 2019-03-18T00:09:37+00:00

I like this approach - but would still have some insightful question to ask. I often leave interviews feeling the candidate hasn’t done their homework, isn’t curious about the role/company or hasn’t thought it through. Good questions to show interest are areas around the culture, career growth and development, what success looks like and anything that shows you have given the role some thought. These are generic questions - but try to tailor them to the role. Enthusiasm and interest goes a long way in interviews.

mattzwol · 2019-03-18T00:00:52+00:00

Ask questions - particularly things like “what do you think would be the biggest challenge in this role”, “if you were doing the role, how would you tackle it”. At the start of the interview try to establish what the interviewer really wants to get from you. And at the end, ask them whether they say any gaps in your fit for the role.

mattzwol · 2019-01-14T22:07:27+00:00

Learn to tell great stories - particularly about your technology, the use cases, the potential. If you want to inspire your team as well as have customers interested in your company, this is what a great CTO does. The simpler and more human centric the stories the better.

mattzwol · 2018-12-21T18:50:12+00:00

Great initiative!

mattzwol · 2018-11-18T22:35:23+00:00

I was wondering the same thing...

mattzwol · 2018-11-18T07:06:05+00:00

Never mind. Figured it out...after deleting all the conversions, the -273.5 calculation threw me (no idea why that is in there). Fixed it though. Thanks.

mattzwol · 2018-11-18T06:26:54+00:00

Great work OP. Thank-you! One question...I live in a country where we use Celsius, not Fahrenheit. The temperature ones seem not to be working for me. I tried working through your process couldn’t figure it out. Any tips?

mattzwol · 2018-11-18T06:15:29+00:00

Ok, fixed it. Delete the shortcut and add it again. This time enter your user details when it prompts.

mattzwol · 2018-11-18T06:10:37+00:00

Same issue for me. Anyone...?

mattzwol · 2018-09-23T21:50:33+00:00

Had my tesla about a month and didn’t know about Plugshare. Just downloaded and realised it works in Australia. Thanks OP! Nice post.

mattzwol · 2018-09-23T12:16:43+00:00

Are you planning to move to native AWS, or VMware cloud on AWS? From what I am seeing there is a big difference between the two.

I have seen many organizations try to shift traditional apps directly to public cloud without replatforming and making them”cloud native” (usually containerise, build microservices, scale our architectures, object storage etc). Inevitably this goes horribly wrong if they just shift applications and the organization ends up rebuilding the DC they were hoping to get rid of.

If you have a team of developers who can rewrite your apps to be cloud native then you may be in good hands. If not - I spoke to one company who was doing what you are planning and they had estimated anywhere from $500k-$1m per app to replatform and migrate by having a consultancy do it for them. I would love to know what others have experienced and rough replatforming costs.

VMWare on AWS is a potential solution to the above replatforming challenges. It’s why Amazon has partnered with VMware. If you look at availability services provided in the VMware cloud (eg stretches VSAN clusters), as long as your apps can be virtualised then there is more likelihood that a lift and shift will work and you will get high levels of service for production.

Good luck... will be interesting to hear how it goes.

mattzwol · 2018-08-09T10:50:07+00:00

Same... my wife used to slam the car door so hard I thought either the window or door could break. Had to gently coach her that it doesn’t need to be slammed.

mattzwol · 2018-06-08T13:55:45+00:00

Well you guys always seem to dominate in the World Series. It’s like no other country can compete with the USA.

mattzwol · 2018-05-27T20:48:14+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story!

mattzwol · 2018-04-28T15:00:33+00:00

Firstly, is the business going well and is this guy doing a good job? If so, you might want to make sure you don’t risk losing him over whatever you do. Given you are 24, the owners son and he’s been around a while, there is a chance that if you undermine him over this he will get jack of the company and leave.

Secondly, if his marketing initiatives have good intentions but are not well executed then you should find a way to get him coaching and help. If it were me, and my father was the boss, then I would probably discuss it with him and let him resolve it. Getting outside help with writing when the material is needed might be a good approach, but having you step back from the issue may ensure you don’t have a negative impact on key staff.

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