As most people know I am a logging fanboi. I’ve been endlessly fascinated with logs and log management. Last year I even took that a step too far and wrote a book about Logstash. Consequently, I am always looking at new logging tools, tricks and techniques. One of those popped up a while ago: Heka.1 When I saw Heka last year I made a note to look at it more closely.

The Docker Book - Consul I am pleased to announce version 1.2.0 of The Docker Book is out! It has a new section in chapter 7 on using Consul for service discovery with Docker. How do I get the update? If you’ve bought the book you can use your existing download link to upload the updated book. If you have issues with the link then let me know and I’ll re-issue your link.

The Docker Book - a new chapter! I am pleased to announce version 1.1.0 of The Docker Book is out! It has a whole new chapter on orchestration, focused on Fig. How do I get the update? If you’ve bought the book you can use your existing download link to upload the updated book. If you have issues with the link then let me know and I’ll re-issue your link.

The Docker Book release! I am pleased to announce that The Docker Book 1.0 has been released! How do I get the book? If you pre-ordered the book you will shortly get an email with a download link in it. If you don’t receive the download link then please check your Spam folder. If it’s not there please check which email address you used to purchase the book. If you still don’t have the email please contact me and I will investigate.

A few people have asked me about my presentation environment recently. I present about 30-40 times a year and I’ve got my process (still not funny apparently) and tooling pretty much down pat. For my content, I’ve long been a fan of Hakim El Hattab’s Reveal.JS. Reveal.JS is a presentation framework that allows you to create awesome slideshows that can be displayed via your browser via a builtin web server.