Hi. I'm Scott

I recently attended a presentation by Bill Holz (Gartner) on DevOps and Agile. While listening to this presentation, I wished that I had kept a tally sheet for every time the speaker used one of the following phrases: Remove the silos Break down barriers Work together | collaboration Culture Shift I'd have a notebook full of tallies, and no real notes. It's the rhetoric that comes along with discussing DevOps. It's a metaphor, of course, but what does that really mean? If you can't see the barrier, then how can you break it down. If you can't find the silos, then how can you remove them. Follow me on my journey of DevOps. Step 1: Discovery If you are dipping your toes into DevOps, chances are you aren't building a team from scratch. There is already some development and already an operations team to support the systems. Maybe you already have some automation, that's closer, but it doesn't feel like DevOps yet.  Who are the players in Dev...

Fitbit Set the WayBack machine to Christmas, 2014. It was cold and snowy. And I as I was opening presents, I got a FitBit Flex. I was very excited, as Fitbits were all the rage. For the next 18 months, I wore it most days, without fail. I knew how many steps I'd taken, now much I had slept, and occupationally, I tracked food intake with it. The mobile app is nice and functional. The silent alarm to wake up in the morning was great. For Father's Day (?) 2015, we added a new member of the family, the Aria scale. It's pretty neat as it auto detects different people, and displays weight, as well as percent body fat, which is always cool to know. Pebble In August 2015, I decided that I wanted to join the smart watch revolution, and purchased a Pebble Time. I wasn't sure how much I'd want to wear a watch, since I haven't regularly worn a a time piece for several years, and already had a Fitbit on my wrist. Still, the idea that I could receive notifications on my...