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Author: talkingmoose

William is a Professional Services Engineer at Jamf, a Mac management solution based in Minneapolis, MN. He is a 20-year technology veteran living in Saint Paul, MN, where he has provided training and consulting services on behalf of customers such as Apple and Jamf while employed with 318, Inc. He enjoys writing and presenting on technology topics and has spoken at JAMF Nation User Conference, MacIT, PSU MacAdmins and other conferences. He is an 14-year Microsoft MVP, co-owner of OfficeforMacHelp.com and currently part of the steering committee for the new Twin Cities Mac Admins professionals group, a community supporting all things Apple from education to enterprise.

It’s been six weeks

March 26, 2023 ~ talkingmoose

When it comes to your own health, you really do have to take it into your own hands. I'm reflecting on my last visit with my doctor and the dietician he recommended I see for my new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Did he recommend losing weight? He recommended I exercise but didn’t go much … Continue reading It’s been six weeks

I’m going to have to note the shit out of this

February 20, 2023 ~ talkingmoose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BABM3EUo990 The Martian (2015) Two things are at the top of my mind at the moment. First, I’d suspected it for a while — and with my past diet, I’m not surprised — but my doctor just asked me to schedule an appointment to discuss my new Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. I’m so uneducated about … Continue reading I’m going to have to note the shit out of this

Evaluating Obsidian for note-taking

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 ~ talkingmoose

Since reading Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain where he referenced Obsidian for taking notes, I’ve repeatedly seen it mentioned far more than most other apps. It seems to be a fairly popular hashtag on Mastodon in the note-taking community. I currently use Bear and really don’t have a need to change apps, but this … Continue reading Evaluating Obsidian for note-taking

Posting my JNUC 2022 session notes

December 4, 2022 ~ talkingmoose

Jamf has posted its Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) 2022 session videos on YouTube — 152 videos in total. Videos and session notes for my presentations are below. Handouts include Read Me annotations on most pages with written information presented in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRW4CtlCyWw Session video: 10 Things New Jamf Pro Admins Should Know | … Continue reading Posting my JNUC 2022 session notes

Curating my Mastodon timeline

November 25, 2022November 26, 2022 ~ talkingmoose

What did I use Twitter for? More to kill time rather than anything useful. I realized I had a problem. I followed friends I’d met in real life or online. Many were members of the Apple community in one way or another — Apple administrators, co-workers, developers, folks who worked at Apple. I followed other … Continue reading Curating my Mastodon timeline

From Twitter to Mastodon

November 23, 2022 ~ talkingmoose

When I heard Elon Musk might buy Twitter and that he'd let Donald Trump return, I knew I'd likely leave the platform. The problem wasn't so much Trump coming back but rather how the media was constantly reporting on his outlandish tweets, over-amplifying his rhetoric. I didn't follow Trump on Twitter, but I certainly knew … Continue reading From Twitter to Mastodon

Posting my PSU 2018 MacAdmins Conference presentations

July 16, 2018November 21, 2022 ~ talkingmoose

With most conferences I attend, I try to submit a presentation proposal hoping that it will pay for part of my attendance costs. And I try to speak on something new when possible just to learn or expand on something that interests me. Sometimes, I submit a presentation and then submit a "safety" presentation just … Continue reading Posting my PSU 2018 MacAdmins Conference presentations

Rabble Rabble Rabble!

January 21, 2018 ~ talkingmoose ~ Leave a comment

For everyone who's on Twitter these days promoting fairness, equality and the betterment of mankind through selflessness—good for you! Bless your hearts! Keep up the good fight. But if all you're doing is retweeting, sharing or posting links to someone else keeping up the good fight, I'm going to severely filter you and eventually I'll … Continue reading Rabble Rabble Rabble!

JNUC 2017: The Great Mac Admin Get-Together

October 19, 2017 ~ talkingmoose ~ Leave a comment

Our Marketing group at Jamf is busy putting the final polish on the silverware, pulling the plastic from the furniture, airing out the spare bedrooms in the Minneapolis Hyatt and making hotdish. Lots of hotdish. Next week is JNUC 2017! Minnesota's state fair, one of the largest and best attended fairs in the U.S., is nicknamed … Continue reading JNUC 2017: The Great Mac Admin Get-Together

Posting my PSU 2017 MacAdmins Conference presentation

July 31, 2017 ~ talkingmoose ~ Leave a comment

This was my fourth MacAdmins Conference, which means I've had the opportunity to attend half the conferences since it started in 2010. That's not a record and I know plenty of folks who've attended most or all of them. But it does give me perspective to see some of its formula for success. Invariably, a … Continue reading Posting my PSU 2017 MacAdmins Conference presentation

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