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My LISA Day 1

Submitted by beerops on November 12, 2014 - 7:59 am

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 was agreat mix of people in the room, with folks from large and small organizations in both industry and academia.

LISA14 - Day Three

Submitted by Hugh Brown on November 12, 2014 - 7:56 am
On building cross-functional teams through single code repos, soup, Golang, empathy and card games.

Greetings from LISA14

Submitted by beerops on November 10, 2014 - 11:56 pm

It wasn't the easiest cross-country trip I've ever made, but I've made it to my first LISA conference!

LISA14 - Day Two

Submitted by Hugh Brown on November 10, 2014 - 11:17 pm
On testing infrastructure code to reveal and prevent mistakes, and the difficulty of examining your own behaviour.

Sysadmin Skill Tiers, Hallway Track and Work

Submitted by llama on November 10, 2014 - 3:21 pm

Morning - The Main Event: Skill Tiers Workshop

LISA14 - Day One

Submitted by Hugh Brown on November 9, 2014 - 11:29 pm
Learning statistics, the good and bad of things staying the same, and the joys of meeting good people in person.

Bleary Eyed CM and Piano

Submitted by llama on November 9, 2014 - 11:18 pm

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.

Roundup of Women-Focused Activities at LISA14

Submitted by beerops on November 9, 2014 - 9:48 am
As part of helping to create a community that’s inclusive and welcoming for everyone, LISA has several events throughout the week for women and allies. Read all about them here and start marking your calendars!

LISA14 - Day Zero

Submitted by Hugh Brown on November 8, 2014 - 10:53 pm

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) check-in desk for the conference (Metropolitan Ballroom, 3rd floor), and got my badge.  Woot!

Taking notes at LISA

Submitted by Hugh Brown on November 4, 2014 - 6:03 am
You've finally made it: you're sitting in a room at LISA, waiting for that awesome tutorial to start. Or it's the workshop of your dreams -- you can't believe there are so many people interested in talking about that thing! Or it's the keynote: just you, a thousand of your closest friends, and one of your heroes about to drop wisdom from the stage. But I have bad news for you: you're not gonna remember any of it.

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