Jason N. Gaylord
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I live with my family in the rolling hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania. I'm a web developer by trade, but have broad experience in various business areas. Want to know more about me?

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Use Docking Station from Home and Add Home Projects

In today’s post, I’d like to talk about using a docking station to work from home and mimic your office experience. I’d also like to talk about adding home projects to your chores list to keep you busy.

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Free Technical Training and Welcome Spring

In today’s post, I’d like to highlight two key things:

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Resources, and Technology

I’ve been working remote for over 2 weeks now. I’m used to working remote, but not quite to the degree I am now. There are a bunch of new challenges as a result including having more people in the household. So, this has inspired me to start writing regular posts with some tips and tricks for working remote, using technology to help solve the challenges we’re facing in “the new norm”, and helpful links to help provide solutions to some common challenges.

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TechBash 2020 Call for Presenters

The TechBash 2020 Call for Presenters (CFP) is now open. Talk submissions can be submitted for standard sessions or full-day workshops through April 15th, 2020. TechBash 2020 will take place at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in the Pocono region in Pennsylvania October 13-16. We’ll kick off the week with an optional day of workshops on October 13th followed by three full days of sessions. There will be additional details forthcoming about our keynote presenter. For complete details about our CFP, read the TechBash post at https://techbash.com/blog/2020/03/05/announcing-the-techbash-2020-call-for-speakers. You may also submit your sessions right away at https://sessionize.com/techbash-2020/.

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Why the Dev Community is Important

DeveloperMedia posted my interview with Jeffrey Fritz from a couple of months ago at TechBash. You can read the full post at https://developermedia.com/developer-community/ and catch the full interview:

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Cancelled DirecTV after 15 Years

As time has passed, I’ve been considering “cord cutting” and cancelling our DirecTV service. There’s more and more compelling services available and we’ve been finding ourselves only watching locals, sports, weather, and, during Christmas, Hallmark. My last DirecTV bill was over $200 and included $46 in equipment services (DVR, protection plan, and receivers), $100 for the base plan, $27 for regional sports, and $49 for Sunday Ticket. Even if I no longer subscribe to the Sunday Ticket, I’m still at $176.91. In addition, I found out that our DirecTV service was increasing in cost.

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Amazon Announces Black Friday Deals Week 2019

Amazon released their annual press release earlier today detailing their Black Friday deals week. Sales will kick off this Friday, November 22nd, and will feature new deals every day. For example, you can save up to 40% on toys from LEGO, Barbie, Hot Wheels and more or up to 50% on Lands’ End clothing. Deals will also be found on KitchenAid and adidas. The sale wraps up on Black Friday, November 29th.

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LIVE Stream from TechBash 2019

We’re streaming live from TechBash 2019. We’ll kick things off this morning with Jeff Fritz talking about Keeping Your Skills Current in an Open Source World. Our full schedule of streaming can be found by visiting https://techbash.com/2019-schedule.  We’ll also have a Diversity round table at 1:30pm ET. For streaming details, visit https://techbash.com.

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Azure Anywhere Using Azure Arc and Kubernetes

Earlier today at Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft had announced a brand new technology called Azure Arc. Azure Arc allows you to take any Azure service deployable to any Kubernetes end point. This includes, but is not limited to deploying Azure SQL and Azure App Services to HPE Greenlink, Amazon AWS, or Google Cloud Platform. This allows a unified multi-cloud, multi-environment offering that can be managed from the same portal.

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Family Day Friday at TechBash 2019

TechBash 2019 is not only the best place in the Northeast to get the best developer content, we have the best content for the whole family! Check out this year’s Family Friday agenda:

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