Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 16 Aug 10:
So You Want to Be a Network Consultant
Having spent over twenty years in I.T. and over seventeen years in networking, I’ve worked with a lot of Network Engineers. Career progression has always been a hot topic. I’ve always been interested in learning how people have found themselves in the job they now do. Here are ten tips from a Technical Services Director (or Vice President) on how to work for a Reseller.
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Show 8 – Something on the Light Side – Part 1
A collection of topics this week and joined by Jeremy Stretch from Packetlife and Amy Arnold (a woman in networking no less!!) to cover the news in the Networking Industry.
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Mental Case on the iPad : Memorising and Refreshing Information

Mental Case for the iPad was released today, and I am well impressed. Looks great, feels great and improves my revision time.
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Teach a Man to Fish – On Learning to Learn and Certification
Musing on “learning something” as opposed to “learning to learn something”. I believe this is a vital part of understanding certification.
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Techtorial: BGP Redistribution With OSPF and Statics

Joe Astorino says : Today I would like to share with you all a few obscure specific details related to both BGP and redistribution. Having things like this down will be important to your success in the lab. I know that some of the details I will be discussing were surprises to me when I first learned them, so hopefully it will help you guys out!
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Control CPU Usage in GNS3 / Dynamips With Process Lasso

have been a user of Dynamips/GNS3 for several years now and I can’t imagine what I would do without it. I use it for doing Proof Of Concept work and for Studying. This tip looks at managing CPU utilisation on Windows.
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How Long Does It Take to Become a CCIE From 0?

I don’t have the answer but in this not so brief post I can show you how long it took me and tell you a little about my journey.
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Has IT Certification Become Nothing More Than a Racket?
Has IT certification become nothing more than a racket? Something I heard this week made me really start to wonder?
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Musing: On Permananent and Ephemeral Knowledge and Exam Study
Like many tech-workers, we need to ingest vast quantities of knowledge to get started in our jobs. Without that knowledge, there is no working in our business. What is unique, however, is that we continue to ingest knowledge for the remainder of our careers – often consuming large portions of our personal time and energy. Worse we even get tested on it by sitting formal examinations.
How can we manage this process to be more effective ?
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Dynamips, Dynagen, GNS3 0.7, IOS15.0 and Snow Leopard OSX
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“Just in Case” Versus “Just in Time” Learning. Or Why Am I Learning This Useless Crud !?

You need to learn what you don’t know to succeed in Networking. Understanding “Just in Case” instead of “Just in Time” learning might help you to understand why.
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Opinion:Study, iPad, DRM and Me

A look at changing my study and reading habits with the Apple iPad – but not the iBooks until DRM is sorted out.
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Opinion: Observations on CCNP Changes and New CCIE SP Ops

Some observations on what the changes to the CCNP and CCIE programs tell us about Cisco intentions for their certification programs.
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Install GNS3 on Mac OSX Leopard

This post looks at installing GNS3 on Snow Leopard and has a number of screenshots and some tips on making it go well.
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Rant: Buying From the USA – Ccbootcamp

I went to buy a written study guide from ccbootcamp yesterday, cost USD$129, shipping USD$80. I guess business is too good for US companies.






