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Let's reset our definitions and thinking around what cloud computing and cloud service providers are.

My experience using PaperCall.io, a conference session submission service.

Here's the situation - you've registered a custom domain and you've gone ahead and set it up to work with Office 365 so you can have yourname@yourdomain.com for emails. Fantastic!

Lessons from setting up a successful Octopus deployment.

What the rename was and why it's the right one.

A step-by-step guide with screenshots

I broke my own rule – I tweeted a thought as a controversial statement.

Ever since I won a Raspberry Pi 2 at Microsoft Ignite I've been trying to figure out what to do with it. This week I decided to look at the Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2 and see what I could do to get something up and running.

I attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in 2011 and 2012. Even 3-4 years ago we were hearing about the changing focus at Microsoft. While 2000-2008 was all about winning the platform war (.NET vs Java), 2008 had ushered in the cloud era in the Microsoft world. While Azure's platform as a service seemed front and center, WPC started beating the Office 365 drums. The message from Microsoft was starting to take shape – partners needed to get on board with where Microsoft was going with Azure and Office 365. Those that did would keep the attention and support of Microsoft.

I've been noticing a few things lately here in Winnipeg: Less large custom application development projects More adoption of packaged software More adoption of Software as a Service platforms Organizations wanting control over technology projects, only looking for augmentation roles to fill gaps The commoditization of software developers with broad skills

Thoughts on how to run a one-day, multi-track code camp

For Prairie Dev Con Regina I decided to use Guidebook – a service that provides a mobile application for conferences and events along with online administration/content-management tools. If you're running any sort of conference/event, you should definitely check it out! Overall I was really happy with it, only a few minor gripes. Here's my review.

I was recently gifted a smoker from my awesome Prairie Dev Con speakers – an electric Bradley 4 rack smoker! Upon reading the instructions, I realized that due to the "electronic" nature of the device, it can't just be left outside to the elements like a BBQ can. So I started looking around at custom enclosures people were building and got some ideas. Now, I'm not what you would call a handy-man type of guy. I didn't grow up doing carpentry projects or working on cars or anything like that, but regardless yesterday I built it. Here's what it looks like (still needs stain and one more piece of plywood for the back)…