A change of environment can be super distracting. For me, it can be as little as how much, or little, sleep I’m getting, or whether I’m maintaining a responsible, or irresponsible, level of caffeine intake. Don’t waste time being envious of those laser-focused, seemingly robotic colleagues because focus is learnable. After a decade of constant … Continue reading #57 – Remote Working: Staying Focused
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#56 – What a toddler taught me about quarantine
How do I tell a one year old we can’t go to the playground? "Why can't we go outside, Dad?!" He's got an excellent vocabulary for his age – he can ask for food, milk, tell me when there's a crime scene in his pants – but we haven't mastered baby sign language for “the … Continue reading #56 – What a toddler taught me about quarantine
#55 – Remote Working: #StayCarm
In these troublesome times its super important we all look out for each other and #StayCarm Please watch and share this important Public Service Announcement for the good of the nathan nation. https://youtu.be/fBDICMLAdYY
#54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
For those used to commuting you may not have realized how much that commute was helping you frame your day and maintain a healthy separation between work and personal life. In addition to enforcing a healthy separation, traveling to work also allows for transition into the right mindset to be effective the moment you reach … Continue reading #54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
#53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
The enforcement of social distancing doesn't require emotional distancing. In this first episode after the relaunch of REDtalks.live I'm kicking off a 'remote working' mini series with the topic of practicing empathy. In testing times we need to double-down on patience and empathy if we want to get through this without losing our minds, and … Continue reading #53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
#52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
It's been truly humbling to hear all the positive encouragement when I shared that I was considering a relaunch of the REDtalks.live show. Thank you! I'm really excited about this 2020 REBOOT and, with the Shelter at home orders, I've decided to start out with a mini series on working from home. Many people have … Continue reading #52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
REDtalks.live #44 – Security Automation /w Benn Alp
Welcome to episode 44 of REDtalks.live, your home of Ranting, Engineers, and Devops, where I'm joined by F5 Networks Global Security Solution Architect, Benn Alp. Benn brings perspective based on many years of security experience across a range of roles and verticals. Learned in this episode: DevSecOps is finally getting some traction. Security vendors have … Continue reading REDtalks.live #44 – Security Automation /w Benn Alp
REDtalks.live #40 – 2018 in Review
In REDtalks.live episode #40 we take a look at the activity throughout the year. NOTE: We're almost at 20,000 views on the youtube channel. Help us get there by clicking play on this video below: https://youtu.be/CXuNTFTIs8s 2018's REDtalks.live Posts: REDtalks.live #24: Becoming Super-NetOps: Day 1 REDtalks.live #25: MiniKube for Dev’s REDtalks.live #26: WWT on why … Continue reading REDtalks.live #40 – 2018 in Review
REDtalks.live #27 – Distributed tracing with Istio on AWS
Ever wondered how you troubleshoot among ephemeral microservices in a container environment? Well, by tracing service interaction, that's how! And I'm not just referring to outages here, this is also the secret to tracking down performance issues and inefficiencies among microservices. In this episode I'm joined by Neeraj Poddar from F5 Innovation, Aspen Mesh! If … Continue reading REDtalks.live #27 – Distributed tracing with Istio on AWS
Thomas A. McGonagle – REDtalks.live Author
Hello, My name is Thomas (Tom) A. McGonagle http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmcgonagle, and I am a new REDtalks.live author. You might recognize me from previous REDtalks #16 and #14. I am a new Senior Product Management Engineer working on F5’s Programmability and DevOps. I am a former Field Systems Engineer based out of Boston, MA. Where I have … Continue reading Thomas A. McGonagle – REDtalks.live Author
