This post is kind-of off-topic but I feel it’s needed at this point. At the end of this month Network Ninja will have been online for 4 months, it’s hopefully going to be a double anniversary as it will hopefully also mark my first active step towards becoming a full fledged Cisco CCNP Certified bloke.
As to why I have been very quiet as of late when it comes to BCMSN topics I am booked in on Monday morning (tomorrow) for the BCMSN exam at 8:30am GMT+2 and I have been reading and re-reading my own notes (fixing spelling and typos while doing this). Hopefully I bring back good news otherwise its going to be a close call otherwise I am just going to make another booking and get back to the drawing board, I am at the moment looking at my own study limits to see what kind of time I need to give myself to make notes, study and get the material from my short term to long term memory, I feel prepared and feel good about this but with me and my horror history with exams who knows (I’m not a glass half full, glass half empty kind of person… There is no stupid glass, it’s a figment of your imagination).
Combined with all of the above I think its also time to say Thank You/Dankie/Ke a leboga/Ngiyabonga to all the online Cisco Networkers and people I have made contact with along the way that I have received active and passive support from (blog posts that helped me understand something, exhanged emails, twitters, IMs, skype, etc) in the last 4 months.
Thanks to blindhog.net – Josh Horton is the man behind Blindhog and his site is dedicated to helping people learn Cisco, Linux and VOIP technologies with the help of video tutorials. He has a good series of video-torials on GNS3 over at his blog head on over at check them out.
Tip of the hat to www.bitbucketblog.com – Is a blog by a CCIE member busy with his CCIE Security. Bitbucketblog has some good write ups and prep notes. Alot of the CCIE stuff still goes over my head but it’s valuable stuff none the less. Head on over and check it out!
Shout out to Baby, You can Route My World! – A fellow lamb to the CCNP slaughter Aragoen Celtdra is busy with the routing track of the CCNP while I am doing the Switching track. Aragoen is excellent at taking the core of the material and condensing it into great bullet form study sheets. If you don’t like my long winded notes head on over to his bog and give his notes a squiz.
A Networkers Blog – A CCIE blog full of tidbits and interesting posts. Well worth visiting.
Richard Bannister’s CCIE Blog – The CCIE notes and study blog of Richard Bannister, the blog showcases the trials and tribulations of a studying CCIE and what it takes on a weekly basis to study. Richard posts on his study schedule on a weekly basis, what he has covered and his thoughts on the weeks content.
The Life of a CCIE Training Advisor – The blog of Mike a training advisor over at IPexpert and Proctor Labs, really nice guy whose job it is to help the CCIE community at large get Blended Learning Solutions. Get in touch with Mike for some training material, labs etc. I’m sure he can help you out.
CCIE Pilot – The blog of Mar Apuhin a studying CCIE Routing and Switching that is in the last days before LAB. Head on over there and send your words of encouragement.
CCIE Pursuit Blog – A great blog filled to the brim with posts relating to things concerning CCIE study and all things CCIE.
Colin McNamara – The blog of Colin McNamara covering “Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks”.
Arden Packeer – The blog of Arden Packeer a CCIE based in OZ. His blog description is almost like my blog name (never noticed that until I was writing this up). Arden has a pet project going called ccieMagazine head on over there and show some support.
Etherealmind – The blog of Greg Ferro a CCIE his blog covers not only CCIE topics and is well worth following; Greg has a really cool Network Dictionary and also a great style of posting.
Last but not least thanks goes to JP for the things that you pass on and have organized, really appreciate it.
That all having been said after tomorrow I will hopefully be charting a course for the next 4 months to be able to keep on track with my initial plans for my studies.