I have always loved this one.

Remember that since Coruscant II, the correct response to ”May the 4th be with you” is “and with your Jedi spirit” #MayThe4th

Southwest is now letting A-List board in Group 1. But don’t worry about the chaos. Because A-List Preferred now gets to board in their own group first! You know, like a group that might be labeled “1”. Which is what they were before.

At #XFD15, Chris Hinsz of Fortinet is talking about FortiOS 8.0. I can remember the first time I worked with the Fortigate upgrading them from FortiOS 2.6 to FortiOS 2.8!

“Nothing is worse on a plane than a crying child.” Yelping dog enters the chat

I swear my calendar’s theme music is Korobeiniki. #Tetris

You Can’t Patch People One of the things I've noticed when it comes to IT is how quickly we're willing to use software to solve people problems. Over my career I've seen all manner of crazy solutions to get around people being lazy or uneducated. Remember vMotion? Or OTV for stretched layer 2? Why…

Honestly, I think Randall is a recovering network engineer. xkcd.com/2259/

Oh, your product is named <something>GPT? Is that because it's a generative pre-trained transformer too? Or is it because you think that every AI product needs to end in GPT for customer recognition?

While I love that everyone is using AI to build their own apps now, I worry that a lot of people aren't going to be able to do anything with them beyond the three people that have that very specific need. Generalized apps are hard to build because of all the potential use cases.

Per Arista at #NFD40, 90% of compute in 2026 is expected to be liquid cooled. Air cooling won't cut it any more.

Rest easy, friends. I made a Babylon 5 reference at #NFD40. #SwedishMeaballs

We did Ike's for lunch at #NFD40. The food is amazing but the caramel apple suckers are the best treat.

Happy Rex Manning Day to all who celebrate!

Did you know that #TFDLive streaming is happening for #NFD40 right now on Youtube? youtube.com/TechFieldDay Check it out!

We’re kicking off #NFD40 with @nokia.bsky.social!

48 hours before I leave for #NFD40. And I’m still not thrilled with the Southwest seating and boarding changes.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

Just had to sprint from D2 to C7 in PHX to make an impossibly tight connection. Never let them say running doesn’t pay off. #RSAC

Live again with Object First at #RSAC! #TFDx

We’re live with #TFDx at #RSAC with @veeam.com!

Live your life with the confidence of the guy saying this was a carry on bag.

We're excited for the presentations from the frontlines of cybersecurity at RSAC 3/23 - 3/24! @networkingnerd.net & the delegates will see @veeam.com , #ObjectFirst, & @commvault.bsky.social at RSAC 2026. Watch live on YouTube, LinkedIn, or our website. #TFDx #RSAC2026 #Cybersecurity

The Value of Concise Communication Brevity is the soul of wit. And we need more brevity in our communications.

I spent the weekend teaching the new Cybersecurity merit badge to 30 eager scouts. My thoughts: - Good overview of the technology without going too deep - Kids already understand some of this a basic level thanks to living the technology - Always a couple of advanced students!

Context Is Expensive When it comes to learning and understanding, facts are easy. If I ask you how many bits are in an IPv4 address it's a single answer. People memorize facts and figures like this all the time. It's easy to recall them for tests and to prove you understand the material. Where…

AI is no longer just assisting security teams. 🌐 🎙️ On #SecurityBoulevardPodcast, @NetworkingNerd.net, Alan Shimel, and @FSMontenegro.bsky.social discuss the real-world impact of AI-driven vulnerability discovery. #SecurityBoulevard #CyberSecurity #AISecurity #ClaudeAI youtu.be/ml-f2K6xoEw?...

The rise of AI agents in the enterprise is exposing gaps in identity security. 📺 buff.ly/JdC8Cnz This Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight, presented by 1Password, Tom Hollingsworth, Kate Scarcella, Jack Poller, & Sanjay Ramnath to explore what comes next. #TFDPodcast #TFDSpotlight #Cybersecurity

Thank you @khill.bsky.social for making a video that I’ve been talking about on the @techfieldday.com Rundown for weeks. Space data centers are dumb because space isn’t cold. Among other reasons. youtu.be/-w6G7VEwNq0

I got this random package today from HPE. Looks like it’s movie night tonight! Happy Anniversary to everyone at HPE!

The Inattention Economy If you're reading this you probably just got a notification to do something else. Read it anyway.

Thanks to David Spark and @cisoseries.bsky.social for the awesome fleece! Make sure you tune in to Super Cyber Friday and you might win one too.

I didn't want to have to do it, but I see no other choice. IPv6 is the "AI IP Address". If you aren't using IPv6 you're already behind in the AI race. #LetsSeeIfThatWorks

Sam Altman at the Cisco AI Summit: "I would like for AI to listen in on things and provide value." What value? How? That's the thing no one is answering. What value is being provided?

Watching the Cisco AI Summit and Jeetu Patel says (paraphrased): "We are running out of human data, synthetic and machine generated data are continuing to train models" Am I the only one that sees issues with training models on made up data and hoping they don't hallucinate?

Guess what's new for 2026? We're streaming live on Youtube! Check out the stream here: www.youtube.com/techfieldday

It's time for #AIIFD4! Tune in live and check it out: techfieldday.com/event/aiifd4/

The Heat is On How hot do you think a modern rack can get? And how much of it is the network's fault?

Excited for my RSAC talk with Helen Patton, on all the ways the zero trust buzzword has failed us, and all the ways to make the most out of buzz.

Wi-Fi 8 Already? Wi-Fi 8 already? I'm still writing Wi-Fi 7 on all my checks.

Focus is In for 2026 Welcome to 2026. Can I write more than five posts this year?

Not only is @coreyinhd.com amazing at podcasting, producing, AND social media, but he's a crazy awesome artist too!

The next time some tells you tape is dead. www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...

If your personal preference is: On-premise GIFF Begs the Question Then be respectful that my personal preference is that Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie.

This used to be true until they got rid of Pappadeaux.

On the Rundown: #NVIDIA can sell H200 AI chips to China, a critical #React flaw is being exploited, #IBM buys #Confluent for $11B, #Intel keeps NEX, & #MicronTech focuses on AI memory. #TFDRundown #AI #Cybersecurity #Semiconductors Watch 📺 buff.ly/XPJn5Yz

Seen on LinkedIn this morning.

What can the CloudFlare outage teach you about security? Our latest #SecurityBoulevard episode dives right in! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8e3a9-...

#Commvault By 2027, more than 40% of IT operations will be autonomous. I hope that's true but we've still got a big hill to climb to get there.