In my last post, we explored Building Custom Search Engines for VMware content in Google Chrome. If we can be VMware documentation search ninjas in Chrome, I thought it would be fun to explore the same idea using Firefox. Maybe the process will be similar. We’re about to learn the answer.

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How do you scale for a new endeavor? You won't just need to scale what you know, there's an emotional aspect at play here as well. How can you level up your mindset and set yourself up for success? We'll discuss all of that this week. Get the full episode here.

It's one thing to adapt to a new manager, but how do you handle adapting to a new team? What can you do to make it a smooth transition whether you are at the same company or a different one? Get the full episode here.

I seem to remember someone mentioning to me recently that they used ChromeBits for digital signage. I'm not sure about the specific TV hardware they were using. I think they may have been using Sign Builder as well.

I should have posted about this earlier, but if you’re someone who wants a big stage to give a helpful talk, VMworld can be that stage. They are encouraging sessions on professional development in addition to other topics. The submission process is a big rigorous, but if selected you get a free ticket to the conference (but not travel and airfare. Details can be found here:
https://www.vmworld.com/en/us/learning/sessions.htm

I will also add the vBrownBag sessions will probably open in the next several weeks too.

@scottalanmiller - have you ever thought about throwing your hat in the ring for this?

@scottalanmiller said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

@NetworkNerd said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I do that already, and just deploy a single Pi-Hole. If you want lots of Pi-Holes for some reason, I think there are already seemingly way better ways to do that. But mostly, I'd wonder why'd you'd want more than one or two. But certainly there could be reasons. But mostly that would be if you were running some kind of Pi-Hole support company which would be super weird and I think way better suited with something much more enterprise.

I was saying I had considered setting up a Pi-hole at each of our extended family's homes. Sorry if that was not clear earlier. But I see what you mean about other options to manage them.

@scottalanmiller said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

@NetworkNerd said in Centralized Management for Pi-Hole - balena-pihole:

I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I do that already, and just deploy a single Pi-Hole. If you want lots of Pi-Holes for some reason, I think there are already seemingly way better ways to do that. But mostly, I'd wonder why'd you'd want more than one or two. But certainly there could be reasons. But mostly that would be if you were running some kind of Pi-Hole support company which would be super weird and I think way better suited with something much more enterprise.

I'm definitely not looking to run a Pi-Hole support company.

Unless I read that blog completely wrong, provisioning in conjunction with balenaCloud allows you to update multiple Pi-Holes from a central location and gives you the ability to access the admin interface of each Pi-Hole from balenaCloud. I could see that as pretty useful if I was deploying a Pi-Home for a bunch of different family members or even for several remote offices.

I finally took the plunge and bought myself a Raspberry Pi 3B+. As I was imaging the SD card with the latest Raspbian Stretch using Etcher, I found this article about a project called balena cloud (yeah, yeah, I clicked an ad during the flash of my SD card). It actually looks pretty slick and gives you some insight into your Pi-hole fleet (assuming you want that) and allows management and updates.

Has anyone used this project? If so, did you like it?

What are the benefits of bringing all employees together for a company meeting or having internal conferences? We'll talk about the pros and cons and what it might mean if your company does not do it. Get the full episode here.