Moving Your Client to the Cloud

Moving to the cloud tends to be a daunting process for most companies. The majority of cloud providers want your business, the whole industry has matured, and the process ends up being easy once you know how to break it down and what to look for. Things are easier than they used to be, but it really doesn’t feel that way if you don’t know what to look for.… Read the rest

Channeling for Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting is one of my favorite ways to write. While I may not own the final article, I own the process. My clients keep coming back for one simple reason, because I am efficient and can channel them and their essence in a way that fits their message using (what sounds like) their voice.

I might struggle to write my own articles, but I never struggle with a client’s article.… Read the rest

The Perfectionist’s Guide to Delegation

As a perfectionist, I used to fail miserably at delegating tasks. From group projects in school to work earlier in my career. I tried to take on everything and manage every task I felt I could handle.

While this made lazier teammates happy, it took its toll. Capable people were left without enough work to do, and I became the bottleneck for many tasks.… Read the rest

Framing Serverless Architecture

Serverless architecture is a newer design paradigm for application development as well as platform hosting. It is the natural evolution of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS to fit the development space. The obvious question is how exactly does serverless architecture handle being “serverless”?

Serverless architecture isn’t actually serverless, but the the creation, maintenance, and culling of servers is completely transparent to the “user”.… Read the rest

Scribus Interruptus

This story starts and ends with a kid. Had I not had my kid, I probably would never have decided to just sit down and start a blog one day. Before my kid (and by extension, my blog), I had been used to long stretches of time to do whatever I wanted. Unfortunately, I wasted most of that time just screwing around on the internet.… Read the rest