Author Archives: Austin

Thoughts on SOF Week 2024

I recent­ly attend­ed Spe­cial Oper­a­tion Force (SOF) Week 2024, which was not just a chance to recon­nect with old friends but also a valu­able plat­form to delve into the evolv­ing needs of our HQ. The SOF Com­mu­ni­ty’s relent­less pur­suit of… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Information Diets and NPCs

Austin dis­cuss­es his prac­tice of zero-inbox, how to main­tain a strict infor­ma­tion diet, and the elim­i­na­tion of Non-Playable Char­ac­ters (NPC) from his dai­ly life con­tin­ue reading

ChatGPT — Travel Agent

I took my wife on a ten-day trip to Italy for our 17th wed­ding anniver­sary. One of the chal­lenges was to find time actu­al­ly to plan our trip. Since I bought tick­ets in Decem­ber, in the­o­ry, we should have had… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Top Three Questions for the DoD Cloud Journey

Is the DoD ask­ing the right ques­tions as it con­tin­ue move large aspects to the Cloud? con­tin­ue reading

A Quick Guide for Military IT Professionals’ Next Steps

The pic­ture above is the day that I left the mil­i­tary. When I left the mil­i­tary, I had a choice to tran­si­tion to the civil­ian sec­tor for either a role with­in the DoD civil­ian, DoD Con­trac­tor, or Civil­ian sec­tor.  Along the way,… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Basic Operating Procedures for Seeing the World

I have been to thir­teen dif­fer­ent loca­tions in the past four months, includ­ing mul­ti­ple coun­tries. In all places that I have been to, there are basic oper­at­ing pro­ce­dures that have served me well. One is basic man­ners. The pow­er of Ma’am,… con­tin­ue read­ing »

A Multiphase Approach To Killing the Living Dead

Here is an arti­cle that I orig­i­nal­ly did for AFCEA Sig­nal Mag­a­zine in Octo­ber 2022. Enjoy. The U.S. Space Force is going through tech­no­log­i­cal evo­lu­tion as it con­tin­ues to grow from its U.S. Air Force roots. One of the major… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Life Lessons as a CIO

I have spent the past two years as a Chief Inno­va­tion Offi­cer and Direc­tor in the hope of mak­ing the deputy gen­er­al man­ag­er role. This result­ed in spend­ing long hours at work, often six­­ty-five to hun­­dred-hour work weeks, doing unde­sir­able… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Pueblo Lake State Park

I decid­ed to get away this week­end to do some camp­ing, hik­ing, and fish­ing at Lake Pueblo State Park in South­ern Col­orado. Lake Pueblo is a reser­voir that damns the Arkansas Riv­er for hydro­elec­tric­i­ty and agri­cul­tur­al use, along with pro­vid­ing… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Apple Tree Fable

Apple Tree Fable A farmer worked day and night to carve out a liv­ing for his fam­i­ly. On his farm was an apple tree that the farmer relied on to feed his fam­i­ly. Dur­ing the spring, the tree blos­somed, bring­ing joy… con­tin­ue read­ing »

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