July 20, 2020

The Canonical Weekend: Rethinking the 7-Day Week in the Age of Remote Work - Paul Smith

 

The Canonical Weekend

A former boss of mine had a well-rehearsed response for any employee who complained they had too much work. There are twenty-one 8-hr workdays in a week, he would say; three in each of the seven 24-hour days. If you are only using five out of those twenty-one, you are clearly just lazy.

Although the 40-hour workweek would be a dream come true for many (unless you happen to live in Luxembourg) , there are few among us who could ever envision working the 168 hours suggested by this guy. The average full time US worker puts in 41.5 hours, making us a nation of slackers by my old boss’s standards. The hardest workers are found in Colombia, where the average work week is nearly 50 hours, still less than a 30% utilization of available time. 

June 15, 2020

Layer 1 Troubleshooting: Common Physical-Layer Network Problems from Bad Cabling to Poor Installation

Troubleshooting At The Physical Level

I thought it would be a good idea to start a series using the NetworkDataPedia’s theme of ‘knowing your network. 

Let’s start at layer 1 or the hardware layer.

Unfortunately, there is so much that can go wrong at this layer that I cant possibly cover it in one article.  I see a lot "you have a network connection and life will seem fine" attitude. This is unfortunate because if the problems would cause an complete outage, you would be forced to address it instead of ignoring it.

I find that many physical level issues are grouped into a few categories:

Installation and Support

June 03, 2020

FREE WIRESHARK CLASS - Lecture 5 - Hands on stuff

 

FREE WIRESHARK CLASS - Lecture 5 - Hands on stuff

To celebrate my 10th year on youtube and to thank all those who watch, like, share and subscribe i wanted to give you a gift. 2 years ago i created a Wireshark class for Udemy which was very popular.


May 28, 2020

FREE WIRESHARK CLASS - Lecture 4 - Navigation

 

FREE WIRESHARK CLASS - Lecture 5 - Hands on stuff

To celebrate my 10th year on youtube and to thank all those who watch, like, share and subscribe i wanted to give you a gift. 2 years ago i created a Wireshark class for Udemy which was very popular.


Book Review: 'Startup Myths and Models' by Rizwan Virk — Using the Hero's Journey to Understand Startups (Paul Smith)

 

  • Book Review: 'Startup Myths and Models' by Rizwan Virk — Using the Hero's Journey to Understand StartupsType “Startup” into Amazon book search and you’ll get over 20,000 hits. In this crowded field, the path to producing a work of value is an epic journey. In Startup Myths and Models by Rizwan Virk, the author uses elements of legendary journeys to breathe life into his personal stories of building a business from the ground up. Riz has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor and author, all of which offers clarity, insight, and in some cases personal life coaching for the nascent entrepreneur.

    The cover illustration hints at the key role of the Startup Model Lifecycle, used throughout the book to help entrepreneurs understand how their decisions are intimately connected to the phase their business is in. The text is organized according to the 6 main stages of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, with standard business school models and common myths appearing along the way. As the title implies, it is the myths – those accepted rules of thumb that can also become a mental trap – that form the central theme distinguishing the book from others in this category.

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