If you haven’t noticed how much the NYC tech scene has grown recently, I’m afraid you’ve been hiding under a rock. It’s simply incredible. Take a look at Mapped In NY a google maps mashup of the growing lis
The biggest event on the MySQL calendar is the yearly Percona Live and it’s just around the corner. This year you’ll be able to pick from a whopping 110 technical sessions by 90 different speakers from companies like F
Also find Sean Hull’s ramblings on twitter @hullsean. One of the biggest jobs in operations is monitoring. There are so many servers, databases, webservers, search servers, backup servers. Each has lots of moving parts, lots
Also find Sean Hull’s ramblings on twitter @hullsean. It’s a cold cold winter out there, so as they say you need money to keep the lights on? Yep, that’s true whether you’re a small business or a consultant
A review of Mastery by Robert Greene. Also find Sean Hull’s ramblings on twitter @hullsean. Robert Greene’s 48 Laws of Power was a great read, offering endless lessons for business and personal dealings. When I saw he
Also find Sean Hull’s ramblings on twitter @hullsean. Although I couldn’t be in Vegas to attend re:Invent, there is so much online it’s almost better than being at the conference. From an ongoing live stream of k
Also find the author on twitter @hullsean. Demand for talented engineers has never been higher. It is in fact the dirty little secret of the startup industry, that there are simply not enough qualified folks to fill the positions.
Apple’s recent iMessage outage had some users confused. What do you mean I can’t text my favorite cat photos?? How can Apple do this to me!?!? What happened? Apple provides services to everyone who uses it’s plat
Crisis Management During Sandy The news this past week has brought endless images of devastation. All metropolitan region, the damage is apparent. More than once in conversation I’ve commented “That’s similar to
What does a cloud computing expert need to know? How do you hire a cloud computing expert? Competition for operations & DBAs is fierce, so you’ll want to know how to find the best. If you’re a systems administrato