Monthly Archives: April 2020

Zoom Mute/Unmute Using Stream Deck

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Alastair

Zoom is the “new” way we are all doing meetings. Whether it is last week attending Cloud Field Day presentations or this week teaching AWS training, Zoom is the constant for meetings. With Zoom, microphone control is essential. You want … Continue reading →

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Hardware Offloads, Not Everything Is x86

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Alastair

While software is busy eating the world, we do still need hardware to run that software. One of the things that we are learning is that an x86 processor is not always the best way to solve every computing problem. … Continue reading →

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AWS Surprises – AWS is a developer enablement platform

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Alastair

This AWS surprise took a while for me to understand, and I don’t think I’m alone in not catching on at first. Some of my early thinking about the public cloud was that it was merely a replacement for on-premises … Continue reading →

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Cloud Field Day 7 – Who will be presenting?

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Alastair

It’s April already, and that means I will be attending Cloud Field Day 7 this month. Usually, this means a trip to the US and a few non-stop days of jetlag and learning. Due to the travel bans currently in … Continue reading →

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