by Douglas | Jun 26, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born
My first Navy assignment was Naval Communication Station United Kingdom, Scotland — a tight-knit command of about 200 personnel supporting critical submarine communications closest to the then-Soviet Union, plus HF and SATCOM operations. The local Scots welcomed us...
by Douglas | May 30, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born
I currently hold maybe nine (9) professional certifications at the moment. And I’ve had probablly 15 in my life if you count those I let expire. I passed all but one the first time. How? I put my foot down on the gas and made studying a major part of my life for...
by Douglas | May 23, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born
AI-Assisted Learning: Putting the Concept to the Test I listen to Nathan Whitacre, host of The AI Daily Brief almost every day. A couple of months back, he covered a concept that stuck with me: one of the most effective ways to learn AI is to let AI train you. So I...
by Douglas | May 10, 2026 | Thoughts, What Doug's working on now
I traded in my Macbook Air M3 for a MacBook Air M5 with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB drive 1. It’s light, yet fast 2. No fan or noise – although it can get warm when I task it 3. I not only run macOS, I also run Linux and Windows via Paralles VM 4. Battery last...
by Douglas | Feb 17, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born, Thoughts
I received tons of feedback following my post last week. So I’m sharing another flashback from my job search last summer: Networking.I was already an active member of Project Management Institute and ISC2 and regularly attended local AWS User Group meetings. With more...