[BBLISA] August 12, 2009 Meeting

[Bill Bogstad]

Back from the dead, it's a BBLISA meeting.  According to my mail
archives, this will be the first presentation we've had since January
2008.
Unfortunately, I'll be out of town; but hope to hear all about it at
the September meeting.

Bill Bogstad

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Date:        August 12, 2009
Time:        7:00-9:00 PM

Location:    MIT
             Building E51, Room 315
             Corner of Amherst & Wadsworth Streets
             Cambridge, MA

Schedule:    7:00-7:30       Introductions/Resume Sharing/Job Openings
                     7:30-9:00       Speaker's presentation and discussion
                     9:00-??         Adjourn to local eating/drinking
establishment

Coordinator: John P. Rouillard

Speaker: John P. Rouillard (Yes, John's doing double duty.)

Topic: Everything I Know About Sysadmin I Learned in the Back of an Ambulance

Description:

What can an EMT say about system administration? While the
consequences of failure between the two jobs is quite different, a
number of the skills are identical. In addition both jobs are often
crisis driven, can be quite noisy and are always surprising as you
deal with people and their problems. What principles and processes
can we learn from those who drive vehicles with flashing lights?
Join John as he presents some lessons learned, the hard way, on the
ambulance and discover what this can tell us about the principles we
use when maintaining our systems and networks.

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Directions can be found at:

http://www.bblisa.org/directions.html

Park on-street or in the MIT lot on Hayward St.