More coverage of my coverage of the CPU Act
Brian Heaton of Government Technology Magazine reached out to me for an interview regarding the CPU Act currently making its way through the Senate. He quotes me throughout his article which went live...
View ArticleInfrastructure Migration slides available
Just a quick note from the other night at the LOPSA Columbus meeting. I did my presentation on Infrastructure Migrations, and I've put my slides online. Since my slides were originally little more than...
View ArticleInterview with the Spiceworks Community
I thought that some of my readers would be interested in an interview that I did with the massive Spiceworks Community, a collection of over 2 million IT professionals. Check it out!
View ArticleSecond Half of Interview Posted
The second half of my interview with the Spiceworks community is now online. I talk about things like being a mod on /r/sysadmin and peanut butter. I wrote about the first half earlier, if you're...
View ArticleInterview with SolarWinds on Thwack
I got a chance to sit down the other day with Jennifer Kuvlesky from Solar Winds as part of a new feature they're starting, called the IT Blog Spotlight. I was happy to be their second interview, right...
View ArticleInterviews with LISA Speakers
I'm lucky enough to have been asked back as a blogger for LISA'12 in San Diego (have you registered yet? You should!), and I've been able to interview some great folks about their new training classes....
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Enterprise Networking's 10 Ten to Watch List
I wanted to let you know about Enterprise Networking's Top Networking Experts You Need To Follow - they included 9 really amazing networking bloggers...and me! I don't really understand how that works,...
View ArticleMention on Tom Limoncelli's blog
I meant to write this entry the other day, but got busy. I posted a question about labeling to the excellent LOPSA Tech mailing list, and Tom Limoncelli used it as the prompt for a blog post on the...
View ArticleGod Made a SysAdmin
If you watched the SuperBowl (or, more likely, watched the commercials the next day on the net), you probably saw the Dodge commercial, Farmer, the audio of which was taken from a speech made by Paul...
View ArticleBack Bay LISA Lightning Talks: Huge Success!
Last night, we had a really good BBLISA meeting. It was the Lightning Talks meeting that I was looking for volunteers with. I had a great time, and I think everyone else did, too. All in all, there...
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Tonight: #LOPSA Live Candidate Session
Tonight at 9pm Eastern time, there is going to be a special town-hall style Q&A meeting with the candidates who are running for the LOPSA Board of Directors. The meeting happens on IRC, but if you...
View ArticleLOPSA Election Results: We Won!
Good morning everyone! At least it's morning here in Charleston, SC when I write this. I'm on a vacation with my family, but I had to take a break to share the good news. Election results were posted...
View ArticleThe Hallway Track: New Video Podcast Vlogcast thing by USENIX
A few weeks ago, the incomparable Rikki Endsley asked me if I would be interested in doing some kind of media-type thing with USENIX. I thought the concept sounded cool, so she and I talked about it,...
View ArticleSysAdmins - In Their Own Words
The other day, Kara Drapala emailed me to ask if I'd be open to answering some questions about what being a sysadmin means to me. I wasn't really prepared for how deeply it would make me think and...
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Speaking at the October NYC Postgres meeting
Did you all know I had a blog? I mean, you wouldn't be able to tell it from the number of posts lately, but it's still here! Apologies for the lack of updates, if you're one of the people who reads...
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Interview with me up on the USENIX Blog!
Once more into the breach... I'm doing the USENIX Blog thing again this year at LISA, and my fellow Blog Team member Ben Cotton decided to interview me! How fun. You can read it on the USENIX Blog....
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The LPR Program is going to change everything!
Last night, I got to present a really great new program at the town hall meeting at LISA13. It's called the LOPSA Professional Recognition Program, or LPR, and there's nothing like it in the world....
View ArticleSSD Tutorial Video & Slides Available
At LOPSA-East 2013, I was lucky enough to present a half-day tutorial on Solid State hard drives that got a lot of positive feedback. The talk was recorded, but wasn't available until now! I've...
View Article#SREcon14, #SpiceWorld in Austin, and #LISA14
Well, several trends have continued since my last post a month ago, most of which revolve around conferences. Also, you know it's bad when your blog article headline includes three hashtags. First,...
View ArticleVideo Interview w/ me - LOPSA Rhode Island
Yesterday, I got to sit down and talk with Adam Codega, leader of the fledgling LOPSA Rhode Island group. I'm going to be speaking there on Thursday, July 10. The event is at the offices of Swipely,...
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