Colin Barker
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Colin Barker
@faereal.net
Professional Lurker, Head of AWS & Managing
Consultant, AWS Ambassador, AWS Community Builder, AWS Lead Certification SME, Chair of @tokonatsu.social

🏕️ https://www.tokonatsu.org.uk
🖥️ https://colinbarker.me.uk
Not a lot of space to write, so here goes! Got a whole bunch of #announcements to make, so starting from the top, and very much not #AWS or #Tokonatsu related (for now ;) ) - I am proud to have been #Invested as a #Leader in my local #Billingshurst Scout Group!

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May 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Well, I finally did it! I passed my 14th and final #AWS exam last night! Following on from my #MachineLearning #Specialty (a 4-year-long learning time frame), I got the #DataEngineer #Associate last night, and now have all 14 of the AWS qualifications!

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February 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Heading out for #AWS #ReInvent with #ExpertThinking. Just waiting to board the plane now. I look tired and I haven’t event changed time zones yet! Will hopefully see everyone on the flip side! #vovalasvegas
November 29, 2024 at 2:54 PM
All you #AWS people out there! I am running a Webinar on Wednesday 20th November!

Navigating #VMware to #AWS #migrations. With everything happening with #Broadcom licenses, is it time to quickly jump away? Join us an #ExpertThinking next Wednesday!

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Where the AWS Cloud comes to life
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November 11, 2024 at 10:22 AM
For anyone wondering, I do post both my #work and #personal stuff on here! So apologies for that if you expected just my #personal stuff!

I have never been a fan of social media, I have found it anxious to read. I feel I can never live up to what everyone else does. So posting about both is hard.
November 11, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Hopefully, one of these social networks will work in the end! I do have a Mastodon server set up, but that didn't quite get as much traction. Does mean rebuilding my online presence again.

Side note - I used to work for a company called "Blue Sky Hosting" - they own the bsky.net domain!
November 7, 2024 at 4:03 PM