Good Written Communication for Remote Work
Good Written Communication Efficient communication in today's remote or hybrid workforce needs to be asynchronous. That means you will need to get good at written communication! In an earlier video,…
Future of Industry Events
The Future of Industry Events Two weeks ago, the PerconaLive open source database conference was held online for the second time since COVID shut everything down. You can learn more…
Remote work guardrails
Remote work guardrails I've been talking a lot about Data Guardians, and how I believe they are the future of Database Administration. Part of the Guardian's role is to protect…
Can meetings be removed?
Can meetings be removed? If you're like me, you hate meetings! Even the word can make my skin crawl. If I'm honest with myself though, I know there are good…
Efficient Communication for Remote Work
Efficient Communication for Remote Work Let's talk about automation for remote work. Ok ok, you can't really automate working remotely. But automation is all about efficiency; not wasting cycles on…
Remote Work takes Netflix Intentionality
Remote Work takes Netflix Intentionality A few months ago, an interview was published in which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stated he didn't think that remote work should persist past the…
The Remote First Mindset: Key to Becoming Distributed
The Remote First MindsetKey to becoming distributed I mostly talk about Database Administration, but today I want to touch on being 'Distributed'. No, this isn't the databases being distributed around…