😊

Back home I get it directly from the farms in cans...

Now I need to get me a home test kit.

😨

Picture of a white desk surface top with a laptop on the left a bottle of maple syrup in the middle, a motorcycle key and MICROSOFT notepad all sitting on the desk surface.

Decided to ride in today for my Friday RTO. Realized I needed to still pick up some maple syrup for the monthly "pancake Fridays" get together for lunch. Gotta bring the good stuff. 

That being said - it was not my cupcake.

It’s a reciprocal agreement my friend. 🙂

White compostable coffee cup with a logo of Microsoft on it and a foamy hot chai latte visible inside the cup. Cup is sitting on a white desk with miscellaneous things in the background.

Now with RTO in effect, I’m trying out my first chai latte from the coffee machine and you know what? It's actually pretty damn good. #RTOlife

Man wearing a green hat and green shirt and conference badge taking a photo in a conference setting

Lookin’ forward to seeing all the MVPs coming in to campus this week! If you see me - don’t worry - I’m the official authorized photographer trained around the “no pictures” policy. 😊 #MVPsummit

Freshly baked sourdough loaf, still in a parchment protective wrap. Sitting on a brown chopping block fresh from the oven.

Warm sourdough sitting on a wooden chopping block next to a container of butter knife in the foreground has half of the loaf, has been sliced and eaten already

Warm Sourdough with a garlic parm inclusion folded in. DAMN! I’ll be over here in the corner munching away…

Women’s softball team, standing in a circle wearing white and green striped uniforms. Perspective shot from the ground, looking up into the blue sky.

Picture of a rain soaked and mist obscured highway through the window of a truck. Rain and mist is everywhere.

I was in Las Vegas and SoCal this past week for a spring break D1 Softball trip to watch some of my daughter’s final season. Great games and awesome weather. 🥎

Now back to Washington. 😔

😔

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Going live on March 12th (Asia and Europe timezones) as well as April 23rd (Americas). Lots of great resources - sign up for the free event at aka.ms/MigrateandModernizeSummit

I was in studio helping to put together a "Migrate and Modernize" virtual event. It's got a keynote from Amanda Silver (and friends) as well as two technical sessions (one Infra, one Dev) with actual DETAILS / DEMOS on how to Modernize workloads and how (and when) to migrate them.
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It's actually quite good to watch. Players and team personalities.

Small back dog.lying down on a cream coloured blanket.on a leather couch. It's eyes are closed and she is sleeping.

Bailee has decided it's best to get a quick snooze in before work after having breakfast.

Wrapped up #microsoftAItour in London with a proper English breakfast before heading to Heathrow. Beans, eggs and proper bacon.

So long UK!

Let me give ya a quick tour of the London stop for the #microsoftAItour event here at the Excel center.

I'm talkin about managing traditional infrastructure workloads using AI tools... One more tool in your toolbelt.

Photo of a very long and steep escalator going down to the London underground station below. Mostly empty with a few people.

Serious elevation loss in some of these London Underground tube stations.
Traveling around prior to the Microsoft event on Tuesday.

Quick little montage of my travels down to São Paulo for #MicrosoftAItour

Really cool to meet and connect with ya after the session.

NDSU softball player staying on second base throwing the bison sign in celebration

batter in a green uniform swinging at a pitch coming in from a softball game

team dig out photo with the NDSU bison, softball team, waving in celebration

Low camera angle, looking upward towards the sky, surrounded and in circled by the softball team looking down

The shot as well as some other good ones from the herd...

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One of the photos I took (out of 1000 + across 5 games) of my daughters final D1 softball season was selected as candidate for picture of the week. I snapped this just after the 2 run double by NDSU throwing the Bison horns.

Do me a favor and give it a vote?

www.instagram.com/p/DUlOjB6jjP...

Heading out to Sao Paulo today to talk about one more tool in your toolbox.

Still in the air. We had some SEA.....HAWKS.... Chants as the time ran out.

Delta pulled it off.

Darkened airplane cabin with seat back monitors playing the football game.

Applause whenever the Seahawks score. Mostly every screen on this flight from Orlando to Seattle is playing the game. Fan gear all around.

Good times!
#GoHawks

Small black dog wearing dog sized seahawks jersey sitting on an ottoman.

Bailee is dressed for the occasion...

#GoHawks
#SEAHAWKS

PLEASE RP: This is for IT Directors/Managers.

Are you managing a team that has been securing & operating your IT team during these trying times?

Let your Sysadmin/IT Pros/DevOps people know that you appreciate them.

TELL THEM.

Say the words.

It matters.

I do share! Started taking pictures at her first away tournament in freshman year and made a shared folder for the players, coaches and parents. The athletics director asked if they could use them for socials.

I now get press/team credentials for all her games.

D2 is no joke! It’s still top tier for athletes IMHO.