Concerning PICC
Today, Wednesday, October 8, 2014, we, Matt Simmons and Thomas Limoncelli, resigned from the board of Professional IT Community Conferences, Inc. also known as "PICC". PICC is the New Jersey non-profit...
View ArticleCalling all students and women!
Apply now for a grant to attend LISA14. Submissions are due by Monday, October 13. https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14/students-and-grants Are you a student? There are grants available for the...
View ArticleIs TPOCSA a DevOps book?
Quoting from a community forum post on SpiceWorks: It doesn't have "DevOps" in the name, but the new The Practice of Cloud System Administration ... covers a lot of the same concepts, more as "here's...
View ArticleTutorial: Work Like a Team, not a group of individuals
I'm teaching a tutorial at Usenix LISA called "Work Like a Team: Best Practices for Team Coordination and Collaborations So You Aren't Acting Like a Group of Individuals". I'm excited about this class...
View ArticleTutorial: Live Upgrades on Running Systems
I'm teaching a tutorial at Usenix LISA called "Live Upgrades on Running Systems: 8 Ways to Upgrade a Running Service With Zero Downtime". Ever notice that Google, Facebook and other website aren't down...
View ArticleInterview on SpiceWorks.com: Demystifying DevOps with Tom Limoncelli
Holly from SpiceWorks interviewed me while I was in Austin for the SpiceWorld '14 conference. We talked about DevOps from the SMB "IT guy" perspective, Lord of the Rings, Chef vs. Puppet, and my secret...
View ArticleTutorial: How To Not Get Paged
Step 1: turn off your pager. Step 2: disable the monitoring system. Or.... you can run oncall using modern methodologies that constantly improve the reliability of your system. I'm teaching a tutorial...
View ArticleCome hear me speak in Denver next week!
On Tuesday, Oct 21st, I'll be speaking at the Denver DevOps Meetup. It is short notice, but if you happen to be in the area, please come! I'll be talking about the new book and how DevOps principles...
View ArticleTutorial: Evil Genius 101
I'm teaching a tutorial at Usenix LISA called "Evil Genius 101: Subversive Ways to Promote DevOps and Other Big Changes". Whether you are trying to bring "devops culture" to your workplace, or just get...
View ArticleResults of the PuppetConf 2014 Raffle
If you recall, the fine folks at Puppet Labs gave me a free ticket to PuppetConf 2014 to give away to a reader of this blog. Here's a report from our lucky winner! Conference Report: PuppetConf 2014 by...
View ArticleUsenix LISA early registration discount expires soon!
Register by Mon, October 20 and take advantage of the early bird pricing. I'll be teaching tutorials on managing oncall, team-driven sysadmin tools, upgrading live services and more. Please register...
View ArticleSee you tomorrow evening at the Denver DevOps Meetup!
Hey Denver folks! Don't forget that tomorrow evening (Tue, Oct 21) I'll be speaking at the Denver DevOps Meetup. It starts at 6:30pm! Hope to see you there!...
View ArticleKatherine Daniels (@beerops) interviews Tom Limoncelli
Katherine Daniels (known as @beerops on Twitter) interviewed me about the presentations I'll be doing at the upcoming Usenix LISA '14 conference. Check it out:...
View ArticleHow to make change when handed a $20... and help democracy
If someone owes you $5.35 and hands you a $20 bill, every reader of this blog can easily make change. You have a calculator, a cash register, or you do it in your head. However there is a faster way...
View ArticleWait, did you mean Wed the 15th or Thu the 16th?
How many times have you seen this happen? Email goes out that mentioned a date like "Wed, Oct 16". Since Oct 16 is a Thursday, not a Wednesday (this year), there is a flurry of email asking, "Did you...
View ArticleApple Pay and CurrentC
I predict one year from today CurrentC won't be up and running and, in fact, history will show it was just another attempt to stall and prevent any kind of mobile payment system in the U.S. from being...
View Article2015 speaking gigs: Boston, Pennsylvania, Baltimore
Three new speaking gigs have been announced. January (BBLISA in Cambridge, MA), February (Bucks County, PA), and March (Baltimore-area). The full list is on http://the-cloud-book.com/book-tour.html or...
View ArticleBook Signing at Usenix LISA next week
I'll be doing a book signing at Usenix LISA on Friday at 10:30am in the LISA Lab. The first 10 people to arrive will receive a free (printed) copy of the new book The Practice of Cloud System...
View ArticleArrested Devops Episode 23 with Tom Limoncelli
I'm the guest on the new episode of Arrested Devops. I had a lot of fun recording this podcast. I hope you enjoy listening to it! Check it out! http://adevo.ps/23
View ArticleIntroducing Bosun, our new open source monitoring & alerting system
The monitoring system built for Stackoverflow was open sourced today. I've been using it since it was an internal beta and I'm really excited to see it shared with everyone. Congrats to Kyle and Matt...
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