Random Notes Archives — Eric Burns Online

In the IoT Space, Is It a Microcontroller or What?

I’m working on an introductory article related to building IoT devices. With that I’m trying to use simpler and non-threatening language that is reasonably accurate. Since I’ll be referencing some common open source hardware as a way of getting started learning, I’m having a hard time with how to classify…

A Heartfelt Goodbye to PagerDuty

January 15, 2019 Random Notes No Comments

The past year and a half have been more than interesting. As part of that journey, the past 6 months have been spent at PagerDuty. While there I made a lot of new friends, solved interesting problems in creative ways, built some great professional relationships. I also learned a lot,…

About Me – I Don’t Aim To Go Viral

September 28, 2018 Attitude Random Notes No Comments

So when I wrote my “about me” page I did specify that I didn’t create my blog to rant. (And of course I disclosed that I am a Fastly Fanboy.) But one thing that I didn’t mention was that I am not looking to create viral content. Recently I’ve reached…

So What Am I Looking For?

June 27, 2018 Attitude Getting Hired Random Notes No Comments

A common question I get either from recruiters or hiring managers is “So what are you looking for?” I’ve been on this journey long enough that my priorities have distilled down to 4 clearly defined goals – beyond just doing something related to Sales Engineering. And if you are in…

So Where Did It All Go?

March 17, 2018 Random Notes No Comments

So you might be wondering where all of the old content went. It’s been an interesting couple of years, and an even more interesting past seven months. But that doesn’t fully explain where all the information went.