Lessons I Learned While Attending a Hybrid Meeting
The approach to work has changed several times over the past three or so years. We all keep hoping to find that “new normal,” and I think we are in it already. At least for now, our new normal will…
Using Red Hat’s support tool at the command line to solve real-world problems
Before coming to Red Hat, I spent nearly a decade as a Systems Administrator. After all that time, I’m still continually discovering tools that would make life as a SysAdmin much easier. One of these utilities is the redhat-support-tool. In…
How to install RHEL a new way with image builder
I am sure many sysadmins can relate to this scenario: You get into work on Monday morning, attend your staff meeting, and log into your ticketing system, expecting a quiet week. NOPE! Right there in all caps (why do people…
What is a technical marketing manager?
From creating technical labs, blogs, and videos to pairing customers’ problems with product features, technical marketers never see a dull moment. Slide-deck builder, swag folks, booth dwellers, buzzword people… technical marketing gets a bad rap sometimes. Today, I want to…
Beginner’s Guide: How To Get Started With Element & Matrix
These days it can be overwhelming to select the best software to use because now more than ever, choices are abundant when it comes to software. Messaging and Communications apps are a great example of that because there are so…
The Origin of Eric the IT Guy
I was recently asked, “Why call yourself the IT Guy? Why not just use your name?” Great question! In the professional world, we are encouraged to “build a professional brand,” I just took it to an entirely different level. There…
Laying a Productive Foundation with Todoist
Where do you get your tasks from? For me, it’s meetings, household chores, ongoing projects, random lists, IMs, Emails, forum posts, social media (yeah, believe it!), whew. For years, I tried different tools and methods for tracking my to-dos. I…
Game Sphere 13: Terminator Resistance
I have loved video games my entire life. I got started on a Super Nintendo playing Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario Kart. That was the start of my #nerdlife. Haha! It was great to sit down with Matt and…
Sudo Vulnerability Discovered: How to Protect Your System From Baron Samedi
We tend to associate free with good. That’s not the case though when what is free is unauthorized root-level access to your Linux systems! On January 26, 2021, a vulnerability, CVE-2021-3156, was disclosed that affects just about every Linux or…
Sudo Show 03: DevOps and Automation
Episode three, aired July 23, 2020, tackles one of the most misunderstood terms in IT. Brandon and I both came at DevOps from different timelines, and that contrast made for a good episode. He had been running what was essentially…
Sudo Show Episode 2: Getting Started With Open Source
Episode two of the Sudo Show, and we threw out most of our original outline because the community conversation after episode one made it clear what people actually wanted to hear: how do you get started contributing to open source.…
Interview on Linux Spotlight 55
Rocco was one of the people I instantly connected with in the open source community. His values and his love of the people in open source really resonated with me. Rocco really helped encourage me while finding my own voice.…
Sudo Show Episode 1: What Is Enterprise Open Source?
This is where the Sudo Show actually started. Episode one of a podcast that had been two years in the making, finally out on the Destination Linux Network with my co-host Brandon Johnson. Brandon and I had been talking for…
The Sudo Show: A New DLN Podcast Launches June 2020
This is the trailer that started it all. In June 2020, Brandon Johnson and I launched the Sudo Show on the Destination Linux Network, a podcast covering enterprise open source, cloud management, DevOps culture, and working from home. Getting here…
Launching the IT Guy
I have some very exciting news to share with you all! My name is Eric The IT Guy and I am a recovering Systems Administrator! I have over 11 years of IT experience ranging from Systems Administration and Engineering to…
Vision for the IT Guy
I spent over seven years in IT before I really started to understand the breadth of the industry. Technology gets a bad rap for being such a deep field but not necessarily a broad one. In fact, when I was…
DevOps KC: Communication in an Open Company
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Kansas City DevOps Meetup in downtown Kansas City! It was kind of like a coming home party. KC DevOps Days is where I got my start at GitLab and set me on…
SELF2019: Busting Open Source Security Myths
I gave my Busting Open Source Security Myths talk at DevSecOps Days Denver to a packed out auditorium. If was so well received, I decided to bring it back for Day 2 of SELF 2019! Developers are constantly being asked…
SELF2019: Getting Started with Open Source
This talk defined the voice of the IT Guy for me. This was the moment when the Sudo Show got its wings, when I realized that I was on the right track towards re-inventing my career. I had people in…
SELF2019: GitLab Takes you from Idea to Production
South East Linux Fest 2019 was an amazing test of the IT Guy…not as a brand but as the person I wanted to be in my career. I gave 3 talks in 3 days and spent a lot of time…
DevOps Days Des Moines: Communication in an Open Company
Getting started in my career, I never imagined I would work in sales or go speak at conferences! I was very nervous and I think that showed. What was worse is I had the first breakout after lunch and the…
The IT Guy’s House
Hey all! I am starting a new open source “project”: my next home! Please help me by making recommendations and helping me build the IT Guy’s dream house!
Return of the First Attempt
We got a single test episode before going back to the drawing board. After months of networking, planning, seeing what else is out there, we settled on a great approach that we feel will be unique and can make a…
The First Attempt
Some time ago, our favorite IT Guy published a couple of test episodes. Its funny to look back at these episodes in light of the upcoming release of The IT Guy podcast!
Ask Noah Show Debut
Waaaaay back on Episode 26 of the Ask Noah Show, The IT Guy was being formed an molded. Now, a little over a year later, we are getting ready to launch our brand, our podcast, and our efforts to help…