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  • Cisco Launches Champions Program for 2013

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    Yesterday, Cisco began sending email notifications to the people they’re inviting to participate in the Cisco Champions Program. This program’s purpose is “to create and nurture a network of people who are passionate about Cisco and enjoy sharing their knowledge, expertise, and thoughts across the social web and with Cisco.” I’m happy, excited, and humbled…

  • 2013 VMware vExperts Announced

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    Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees.  The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.”  One of the things I like about this program is that the designation is good only for a…

  • My Schedule for EMC World 2013

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    EMC World is almost here, and I’ve been spending a bit of effort figuring out how my time there would be best spent, and think I’ve got my schedule more or less worked out (there are only a couple double-bookings (and one triple-booking) remaining). Working out my schedule details was originally an exercise purely intended…

  • 2012: The GeekFluent Year in Review

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    I’ve been thinking that I really need to be taking a more deliberate approach to this blog and make sure I’m posting more regularly.  Looking around, all of the big names in blogging seem to put out a year-end post.  They tend to fall into one of two categories: The Top Ten (or Five) <Things…

  • EMC Elect – A Founder is Me

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    Today, EMC announced a community-driven recognition program called EMC Elect.  I’m very proud to follow that with the announcement that I have been one of ten people selected as Founding Members of this new program. The idea of the program is to recognize and reward technical contributors and knowledge sharers in the EMC community.  The…

  • Achievement Unlocked: Certification Quest

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    If you follow me on Twitter, you may have caught some of the story of chasing certifications in October and how the best-laid plans meant nothing to Hurricane Sandy. Despite the obstacles thrown in our way, my teammates and I charged ahead and succeeded in the Bold Plan that was Certification Quest, wherein 6 people…

  • Two New Things (with More to Follow Soon)

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    Let’s call this a State of the Geek update… There are two recent new things in my life worth mentioning. Thing One: VMware vExpert 2012 I recently learned that I am one of 437 people who were awarded the VMware vExpert title for 2012. The vExpert program is something that VMware started in 2009 as…

  • Careful with the Jargon…

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    As the only Technical guy in a Marketing group, it will likely come as no surprise that I encounter occasional problems with jargon.  What might surprise you is that my biggest jargon problems aren’t caused by me using Tech-speak around the non-Techies; the biggest issues arise when people use Market-speak around the non-Marketer (me). Let…

  • The Obligatory Introductory Blog Post

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    Welcome! Hello, and welcome to GeekFluent, my new side project.  (Who am I?  Check out the site’s convenient “About” page.) Why this blog?  And why now, when I’m even busier than ever? Excellent questions.  I’ll take them one at a time. Why This Blog? Several reasons, really, varying from serious to not-so-serious.