My morning was spent in the Devops in the Workplace workshop run by Mandi Walls and Dominica Degrandis. Since it was a relatively small group, we started out by introducing ourselves and talking about what we wanted to learn or discuss about devops, then figured out what were the most common themes and which topics more people wanted to touch on.
It wasn't the easiest cross-country trip I've ever made, but I've made it to my first LISA conference!
Today's big planned event was the Sysadmin Skill Tiers workshop with Matt Disney. Matt's interested in looking at the USENIX/LISA Core Job Descriptions with an eye to what needs updating for modern work practices and philosphies. There were people from large and smaller companies.
Mark Lamourine - 11:30pm PST, Seattle
Hello from LISA14! I got in late last night (Saturday, Nov 8) and didn't take my own advice. I stayed up too late. Luckly I did get an hour or two of real sleep on the flight, but it made for a bleary morning.
Zeroth day at LISA14! I live in Vancouver, so travelling by bus was quick and simple...not like the people I met coming from the East Coast by plane, or by trans-continental train, or the folks I met from Belgium and Norway who were still up at (for them) 3 AM after a trans-Atlantic flight. Found the hotel, found the (temporary) ch