Blockchain: Beyond Hype and Toward Wider Use

Posted by on Feb 5, 2019 Over the past year, blockchain began coming into its own. It remains the foundation of digital currencies, but is now more widely diffused, independent and less subject to inflated expectations than it was at the start of 2018. Many industries are now looking into the distributed ledger technologies once exclusively associated with cryptocurrency. In a lecture I heard last April sponsored by...
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A Tech Writer Can Really Help Out in this Situation

Posted by on Dec 14, 2018 In my past few posts, I’ve written on network virtualization, CBRS and DOCSIS, topics I heard discussed at this year’s SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tech Expo. As a tech writer, that’s just part of what I do. For several years, I’ve also played another role upfront, helping companies that attend Expo convert their accepted abstracts into finished conference papers. The SCTE receives many more proposals...
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A Tale of Two (or more) DevOps Reports

Posted by on Sep 18, 2018 A recent email from IT automation software company Puppet plugged its 2018 State of DevOps Report. Because this topic is important to many companies I write for (and because I read last year’s report), I downloaded a copy. A few things stood out. First, authorship. Puppet and machine-data software company Splunk present this year’s report. There are three authors from Puppet and one from...
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Blog Series Wins PRSA Award of Merit

Posted by on Jun 6, 2018 A series of blog articles that JT Consulting helped create won an Award of Merit in the 71st Annual Virginia Public Relations Awards competition. The Richmond Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) hosted the related ceremony. Held at the Jefferson Hotel on May 24, the evening was a sparkling mixture of drinks, dinner, conversation – and awards. Our award resulted from...
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Cable-Tec Expo: A Mile High and 18 Years Deep

Posted by on Oct 27, 2017 This year’s SCTE•ISBE’s Cable-Tec Expo in Denver was my 18th. To old-timers, that still makes me a rookie. Yes, the cable industry can be tight-knit and self-referential. But it is also welcoming, open to change and attentive to innovation. And mile-high Denver was the place to go this fall to tap into the industry’s forward-looking execs. Joining the big blue bear at the Denver Convention...
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Sales, San Diego and a Hat Tip to Zig Ziglar

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 Credentialed professionals tend to disdain those in sales. (Having grown up in an academic family, I’m somewhat familiar with this syndrome.) Salespersons often defend their role by talking about how everyone sells something. A lot rides on the terms. I like how one old sales pro defined them. “I have always said that everyone is in sales,” wrote motivational speaker and celebrated sales...
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