Who am I? – Part 2

By | January 22, 2020

Dear Reader, I recently came across a question I noted for self-reflection. I invite you as well to ponder on it: Who am I when I have nothing to do? A few guidelines, building blocks or initiatives could lure you into giving it more thought: What is my superpower? What is my kryptonite? What are… Read More »

The Community in Communication

By | January 11, 2020

Dear Reader, Today I wish to share some tools for increasing the communication process inspired by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, from their book The Space Between: The Point of Connection. I consider the following ideas to be very powerful, especially if you can apply them on a regular basis. As I… Read More »

#Bash one liner: Search and kill a #Java process based on a path token

By | January 15, 2020

The bash one liner of the day is to find and kill a Java process using one liner. In my case I have a Jboss application server domain that is stuck. By using jps command that displays only the running Java processes is a no brainer to kill the process by using a token that… Read More »

Books – Food for Your Soul #1

By | January 2, 2020

Dear Reader, I usually read in parallel from several books. Some share a direction regarding their content and some don’t. The books’ ideas manage to connect themselves in my mind, inspiring me to share some ideas with you. I hope that sharing some tools and open questions can provide you with some useful food for… Read More »

How to build your own mini data center @ubnt @STARTECHdotCOM

By | January 2, 2020

Moving to a new place has its advantages and disadvantage. If you are a geek, obviously you need to make a new home for your IT infrastructure 🙂 The advantage of a new location is that you get to have fun again in setting up a new mini data center. Due to some restrictions (do… Read More »

The 2020 Mindset – #1 Gratitude

By | January 2, 2020

Dear Reader, I invite you to choose and acknowledge the mindset you wish to follow this new decade. For this purpose, I will be reaching out with further self-exploration invitations, for both you and me. I will provide insights from the books that have inspired me and I wish to recommend. I invite you to… Read More »

Continuous Development is the Way

By | January 2, 2020

Dear Reader, I wish to send out another challenge for those open to it. I was looking at my personal and professional achievements of this year today. I noted the names of people I wish to have often in my life and the ones I prefer to avoid, as Tim Ferriss recommends doing your year’s… Read More »

Who am I? Where and what is the I?

By | December 29, 2019

Dear Reader, As a continuation to the intent discussion, I wish to challenge you to search for yourself, to reach out to your inner depth and wisdom and to re-discover who you are. I, me, mine, own – are the possession characteristics used by the Ego. There is so much more to your persona than… Read More »

Time is the new gold ! Why is important to have a life outside the job.

By | December 27, 2019

So what is tech twitter doing on Christmas ? Debating on if it’s good idea to work 40+ hours a week or you have to work more. Toxic tech CEOs, founders and VCs are saying you won’t make an impact to the world if you do not clock more than 40+ hours. The Silicon Valley… Read More »

#Banking is changing and we will have to change its meaning in the near future

By | December 27, 2019

All this started with a tweet by Chris Gledhill: I agree 100% with the idea that the whole idea of banking and what it is to be a bank will change completely in the next years. I just looked around what “traditional banks” do at this point, in this era of post 2008 crisis of… Read More »