programmer, system administrator, problem solver; casual mountain-bike cyclist, avid reader, student of aikido and parkour
The wheels turn slowly, but they do turn. The next step is polling all the people who have an interest in the system asking for any input they’d care to share. I’ll be sending out email through the various lists. If you have something to contribute, stand by for messages!
As part of our current effort to overhaul the system that supports LOPSA’s Mentorship Program (LMP), I’m going to write some basic status updates here. (Along with cross posting to the main discussion list.) Two LOPSA members — Scott Murphy and Matt Finnigan — have volunteered to form a team of three to oversee this…
So it’s been a year since the last post. Way back, we managed to create a team of volunteers and we started working on spec’s… and we coasted to a stop. I’m looking for someone who is will to help me manage a “restructure LOPSA’s mentorship program” project. By “manage” I mean: Work with me…
As the Mentorship Program continues to grow, we are now working on streamlining how we manage, and pair, proteges and mentors. We're looking for someone (or, someoneS?) with some or all of… Django skills – the target language for the project Python skills – just enough to be able to understand some existing Python code…
I think we should retire the LOPSA Gram email, and instead, spend that time putting up items on the LOPSA site. For example: It's my understanding that not everyone bothers to be on/read this email list, so there are people who don't yet know that we have two new board members. And, I wonder how…
In June 2014 I volunteered to work with the Communications Committee to help pump content into LOPSA’s social channels. Perhaps you’ve noticed a few things appearing? Unfortunately, it’s far more likely that you’ve not noticed much change in LOPSA’s visibility on social media. LOPSA is @lopsa on Twitter, and is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+. Why…
There was a discussion on the mailing list about communications, and I chimed in with a "LOPSA sucks at communications", followed by a little naive rant about how LOPSA should be using social channels. At which point Matt Simmons sniped me with a, "Hey, sounds like you want to help out!" I had spent the…
There is a discussion on LinkedIn about starting a Philadelphia area LOPSA group. If you're related to network and systems administration, and are anywhere near Philly, please head over to the discussion.
The Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas are a wonderful place to live and work. Because of the density of people, tech companies and professional opportunities, I think there is a real opportunity for a community of network and systems administrators to develop. In hindsight, I see that I’ve now spent over 18 years doing network…