We’ve updated the blog site! Driven by a need to change to a new WordPress theme, I invested more time updating some of the styling, content, and features to make the site more usable for [...]
I like to use what I call terminology heat maps when studying, so much so that I also recommend them to students when teaching classes at O’Reilly (learning.oreilly.com). I describe what a [...]
Back in 2023, Cisco announced an annual cycle during which they consider making changes in each certification track. Cisco just announced their plans for this year’s cycle for the CCNA [...]
Cisco just released web pages and has begun discussing a new initiative called Cisco Certification Roadmaps. The short version: Cisco tells us the timing of potential updates to their exams. Yep. [...]
The most recent CCNA and CCNP exam release (February 2022) had a minor side effect that left many wondering: Was Cisco continuing to use the Sim and Simlet question types? A Cisco blog post in [...]
Hello again to all you regular folks here at my blog! I’m back, working a little here and there in May. This brief post is to let you know I’ll be answering your comments in the [...]
Hello to all you regular folks here at my blog! I’ll be away from the blog from now through all of April, through Mid-May, 2022. I won’t be checking your comments during that time, [...]
Some of you, particularly those that subscribe to the blog, will have noticed a lot of posts here at the blog in mid-October 2021. I thought I’d give you a quick update on what I’m [...]
It’s time for a new round with the CCNA Deep Dive course series that we run in cooperation with O’Reilly Online Learning. I’ve had a few job roles over the years in which [...]