A Quick Primer on the Theory of Constraints

If you’ve been watching my blog, or heard me speak about The Phoenix Project, you may have some familiarity with something that I refer to all the time which is the Theory of Constraints and Technical Debt. This post is a quick primer on the Theory of Constraints, and I’ll dive into Technical Debt in … Read more

The Making of Virtual Design Master

You can blame Spike TV for this one, because in a strange way that is how Virtual Design Master got started. I’ve never been much of a regular TV watcher, but for some reason I had been told about a show called Ink Master which was about taking a group of tattoo artists from all … Read more

OpenStack Je T’aime: Another Great OpenStack Summit

The week is coming to completion here in Paris. The OpenStack Summit season for 2014 is completed, and the last few hours of the Kilo Design Summit are finishing up tomorrow. I was even lucky enough to be able to meet today with OpenStack Foundation COO, Mark Collier, and this was the perfect way to … Read more

OpenStack Summit Panel Session: Building a Career in OpenStack

Today is the wind down day for the OpenStack Summit in Paris. The Kilo Design Summit will keep going at some other venues, but we have the expo floor closing up which marks the completion of the presentations and panel sessions for the event. In the Atlanta summit earlier this year I was lucky enough … Read more