Bill's Conversational Musings

My drinking game got mentioned by Rob on the American Auction Network TV. Apologies for poor quality capture. Angela gets a mention on AANTV

Here's a real quick update/post about a Google Hangout I did with my colleague, Allison Henslee, about the launch team and getting started in the Rackspace Cloud. We share best pratices and how we come in on the ground floor to make sure customers are setup for success. Have a …

The saying often goes, "There is no such thing as a free lunch." You can, however, find some free and relatively affordable storage on the Internet and around your own area if you know where to look. When you have worked in technology as long as I have it becomes …

I am fortunate enough to work for a company that focuses on the building of strengths. Rather than looking for gaps or "area of opportunities" we look for what are people good at. In the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. they approach …

I frequently find myself in clothing retail stores. I'm usually shopping with my wife or grandmother. You can't help but notice the men who are there who don't want to be there. The stand in the isle staring off into space or browsing on their phones. You can sometimes find …

I recently did some volunteer work at place in San Antonio called Blue Hole . During the tour, our guide explained that the area we were working in was a sanctuary for environmental, spiritual and educational values. Some would come to reflect and meditate, others would walk the paths around …

Although cloud means shared hosting it gives you the power to decouple technology like never before. To decouple technology means separating elements that have been traditionally connected into independent infrastructure pieces. Once this done, these elements can be scaled, modified or replaced altogether giving your systems better performance and reliability. …

As easy as it may seem, creating a good website can be a daunting task. It's easy to just create a website, but how effective is it? Who is your audience? What kind of content will you serve up? What will it look like? Answering these questions requires more than …

Why am I still mowing my lawn? For the past 30 or so years I have had to push a lawn mower around a yard in some way, shape, or form. Granted, there were a few years in college where, when I was living in a dorm, I didn't have …

Here's a real quick update/post about a Google Hangout I did about the WordCamp 2015 conference. We share what we learned, and what we hope to see in upcoming WordCamp events. Have a comment? So, what do you think? Did I miss anything? Is any part unclear? Send me a …

This past Saturday I worked the CloudU booth at San Antonio's WordCamp 2015 in San Antonio. This is a conference for all things Wordpress. There were developers, marketers and bloggers in attendance. People were there to learn more about Wordpress and how they could better use the technology. Wordpress is …

Security at each pillar Back in 2013 Wayne Walls counted down the five essential pillars of cloudiness . These pillars are key considerations to keep in mind when building or running applications for the cloud. Not too long ago this information was updated in a published white paper on the …

There's Data Everywhere Most companies don't think of themselves as a data company but they are. Today sensors can be located in almost anything. From shoes, televisions, computers, watches, phones, cars, refrigerators and more are all collecting or reporting data. Then there's user data like what customers buy, how often, …

Can automated driving, like the Google Car really anticipate everything the road has to offer. There are a lot of questions I have that need to be answered before getting into one and just letting it drive. Just this weekend we visited my grandmother. While driving I gave consideration too …