Starting on January 7th, 2012 and going through June, 2012 I will be an instructor in the Computer Technology program at Vancouver’s Clark College. The four classes are:
Winter 2013 Quarter
Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (CTEC 121)
HTML Essentials (CTEC 122 – two classes)
Introduction to PHP (CTEC 127)
Spring 2013 Quarter
Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (CTEC 121)
HTML Essentials (CTEC 122 – two classes)
Advanced PHP (CTEC 127)
Teaching is something that I have always been interested in doing career-wise and, this opportunity provides me with an opportunity to give it a try. Over the last couple of weeks I have been guest lecturing and so far so good. The students are amazing and it’s a huge departure from the “enterprise” world that I came from. They offer a totally different perspective that I am welcoming with open arms.
At Elguji we are hard at work on IdeaJam 2.0 which is going to be a groundbreaking release. We have learned a lot about running a micro-ISV both in the on-premises world and the world of cloud computing. There are some amazing things you will be seeing from Elguji in 2013. We recently launched V1.3 of our popular IQJam product.
I will be at Connect 2013 with Gayle and will be delivering three sessions:
Apps, Apps, and More Apps: Meet the Very Best Open Source Apps from OpenNTF (with Niklas Heidloff)
Meet the Java Application Server You Already Own – Domino (with Serdar Basegmez)
How We Built CollaborationToday.info in a Matter of Weeks (with Per Henrik Lausten)
2013 is shaping up to be another amazing year and I would like to thank Gayle, my family and friends for their support.
Podcast: Building a career out of LEGO bricks with Warren Elsmore
Wed, Apr 3rd 2013 8:21a Bruce Elgort Warren Elsmore wrote a book! It’s called Brick City and Warren describes it as “a celebration of the worlds’ architecture, recreated solely using the celebrated toy of the century, LEGO bricks.”
In our podcast with him, we discussed:
Is this an instruction book or an idea book?
Who is the target audience?
What was the book writing process like?
How and when can people buy this book?
And many more LEGO-rich topics…
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Podcast: Cloud Cost Management Made Easy with Cloudability
Thu, Mar 14th 2013 10:40a Bruce Elgort On this episode we interview Mat Ellis (@matellis), CEO of Cloudability and talk about how Cloudability can help companies manage their cloud spend.
We talk about:
How Mat got started with Cloudability
How much cloud spend they are currently managing
What types of things are moving to the cloud
What newbies to the cloud should look out for
How Cloudability helps manage cloud spend
The services that they offer and their associated costs
The future role of “The IT Department”
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Podcast: Online Learning with Lynda.com
Sat, Mar 2nd 2013 6:54a Bruce Elgort Today we interviewed Lynda.com author Jess Stratton. Jess has been a member of the IBM Collaboration Solutions Community for over decade. She has spoken at Lotusphere and other industry events. Jess now works for the online learning company Lynda.com where she helps author video training for Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office and other products and technologies.
Rather than listing out all of the super cool things Jess talks about we suggest that you just push play and start listening. Jess does reco [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Podcast: Opting In – Ed Brill talks about his new book
Sat, Mar 2nd 2013 6:51a Bruce Elgort Today we spoke with Ed Brill (http://edbrill.com), Director of Social Business and Collaboration Solutions at IBM, about his new book. It’s called Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager, and it’s available both on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Opting-In-Lessons-Business-Fortune/dp/0133258939) and directly from IBM Press (http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/store/opting-in-lessons-in-social-business-from-a-fortune-9780133258936).
We discussed:
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Podcast: The IBM 2012 Tech Trends Report
Sat, Mar 2nd 2013 6:47a Bruce Elgort On this episode we interviewed IBM’s Paul Brunet, Vice President ISVs, startups and academic relations, IBM about the recent release of the IBM 2012 Tech Trends Report. During the interview we talked about:
Paul’s role at IBM
What exactly does the Tech Trends Report covers
What surprised Paul in the report
The growing skill gaps in technology
What IBM Is doing to help shrink the skills gap
Paul’s advice for developers and IT admins that are trying to keep up with all of the c [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Please pray for a truly special young lady and her family
Sat, Jan 19th 2013 9:53p Bruce Elgort From my friend and ICS community member Chris Byrne:
My 17 year old daughter Grace, a senior honors student in high school who is dual enrolled at the University of Georgia, was running with friends after school last Friday. When crossing the street, she was struck by an SUV. She is now in the intensive care unit of a local hospital being treated for severe brain trauma. Grace is a multi-sport athlete at her school with varsity letters in Tennis and Cross Country, and was the MVP of the Ju [read] Keywords: community
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