{"id":126,"date":"2013-11-25T21:44:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/?p=126"},"modified":"2020-05-04T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:26:00","slug":"focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/2013\/11\/25\/focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/files\/2013\/11\/cars-ford-focus-racing-wtcc-hd-wallpapers.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Focus. \u00a0It is such a remarkably productive state. \u00a0We have all experienced it as individuals, the Zen moments of super-productivity when you are completely, 100% focused on accomplishing a given task. \u00a0Societally, we recognize the perils of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/risky-driving\/distracted-driving\">focus dilution<\/a> as texting while driving becomes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.distraction.gov\/content\/get-the-facts\/state-laws.html\">increasingly legislated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After last week&#8217;s workshop, we have seen a groundswell of excitement and activity around both Amazon as an IaaS provider and DevOps as a way of operating. \u00a0The surest path to organizational success is to focus on delivering the greatest value to Notre Dame. \u00a0As identified in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/devops\/2013\/11\/20\/the-first-step\/\">this blog post<\/a>, the greatest target of opportunity has to do with understanding the potential of the <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/storagegateway\/\">Storage Gateway<\/a>. \u00a0To realize that benefit, we need to focus.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on understanding the capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on understanding the frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on understanding restoration urgency.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on understanding the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Focus, focus, focus.<\/p>\n<p>Appropriately enough, Ford&#8217;s entry into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiawtcc.com\/\">World Touring Car Championship<\/a>\u00a0is a Focus. \u00a0Take some time out of your evening and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiawtcc.com\/videogallery\/detail\/id\/1092\/t\/2013-WTCC-Clip\">watch this clip<\/a>, then reflect and comment on how focus applies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focus. \u00a0It is such a remarkably productive state. \u00a0We have all experienced it as individuals, the Zen moments of super-productivity when you are completely, 100% focused on accomplishing a given task. \u00a0Societally, we recognize the perils of focus dilution as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/2013\/11\/25\/focus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1551,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53420],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-governance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/devops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}