Tom @ LOPSA-NJ, Thu Jan 5, 2012, Lawrenceville, NJ (near Princeton)

I'll be speaking at LOPSA-New Jersey on Thursday. This will be a repeat of the keynote I did in North Carolina last November. While it says "security" in the title, it will make sense whether you work in security or not. All are invited! (no charge to attend)

Topic: You Suck At Time Management (but it isn't your fault!) Date: Thursday, January 5 2012 Time: 7:00pm (social), 7:30pm (presentation)

Pizza and Soda being brought to you by: INetU Managed Hosting

If you are planing on coming please RSVP so we have a good count for the Pizza.

Location: Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library
2751 US Highway 1
Lawrenceville, 08648-4132

So much to do! So little time! Security people are pulled in so many directions it is impressive anything gets done at all. The bad news is that if you work in security then good time management is basically impossible. The good news is that it isn't your fault. Tom will explore many of the causes and will offer solutions based from his book, "Time Management for System Administrators" (Now translated into 5 languages.)

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 31, 2011 7:20 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ Usenix LISA 2011, Boston, MA, Dec 4-9, 2011

I'll be teaching 3 tutorials and one "guru" session. Plus, as conference co-chair I'll be on stage many other times too.

Watch this space: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa11

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 4, 2011 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ Triangle InfoSeCon, Raleigh NC, Oct 20, 2011

I'll be keynoting the conference with a talk called, "You Suck At Time Management (but it ain't your fault!)"

For information: http://raleigh.issa.org/conference.html

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 20, 2011 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, October 8-9, 2011

I'll be a featured speaker at PPW with the topic "What Perl sysadmins wish Perl developers knew, and ($a,$b) = ($b,$a) ".

Info about PPW 2011: http://pghpw.org/ppw2011 (and follow on Twitter)

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 8, 2011 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA-NJ, Thu Sept 1, 2011, Lawrenceville, NJ (near Princeton)

Tom will be presenting a 1-hour talk titled Walk a kilometer in my shoes: What sysadmins wish developers knew and vice-versa at LOPSA-NJ (League of Professional System Administrators / New Jersey Chapter).

If you are in the area, I hope to see you there!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 1, 2011 7:00 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA-NYC, 7pm, June 14, 2011 speaking about The Ganeti Project

I'll be speaking at LOPSA-NYC Tuesday, June 14, 7pm. Please pre-register to speed your way through security.

Come here me speak about the Ganeti open source project. Think virtualization clusters have to cost big bucks? Think virtualization isn't useful for a small site? Come and find out why a person that usually talks about Time Management thinks virtualization is his new favorite time management trick.

Here is the official announcement.

  • Topic: Ganeti: Open source virtualization (like VMWare ESX + VMotion but open source)
  • Speaker: Tom Limoncelli, Google, Inc
  • When: Tuesday, June 14, 7pm - 9:30pm

  • Description: Ganeti is a cluster virtual server management software tool built on top of existing virtualization technologies such as Xen or KVM and other Open Source software. Ganeti takes care of disk creation, migration, OS installation, shutdown, startup, and can be used to preemptively move a virtual machine off a physical machine that is starting to get sick. It doesn't require a big expensive SAN, complicated networking, or a lot of money. The project is used around the world by many organizations; it is sponsored by Google and hosted at http://code.google.com/p/ganeti

  • Registration: http://lopsanyc.eventbrite.com/

Please make sure to register on the page to avoid any issues with DE Shaw security and entering the building.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at June 14, 2011 7:00 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA PICC in NJ, April 29-30, 2011

I'll be teaching tutorials and maybe more. Watch this space: http://www.picconf.org/

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at April 29, 2011 10:00 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Tom @ NYLUG, 6:30pm, March 16, 2011

Tom will talk about why sysadmins are bad at time management and why it usually isn't your fault. Tom will present his "Top 5" time management tips for better time management, and take Q&A about time management, system administration, and what its like to work at Google.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at March 16, 2011 6:30 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA PICC in NJ, May 7-8, 2010

Tom will be the Saturday opening keynote, plus he will be teaching his two most popular half-day classes: Time Management for System Administrators, and "Help! Everyone hates our IT department!". LOPSA NJ PICC is in New Brunswick, NJ, May 7-8, 2010. It is a regional conference, everyone is invited. For more information: http://picconf.org

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Tom @ Macworld 2010, Feb 8-13, San Francisco CA Moscone Center

I'll be teaching during the PG: Mac IT Boot Camp 2-day session.

The session will include fundamentals of administration including basic networking (ever wonder what TCP and UDP are?) as well as time management and customer management tricks. The session will be team-taught by 4 people and lasts 2 days.

Register with the priority code "tlimoncelli" by January 8 and receive a 15% discount! (See advert on left-panel)

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at February 8, 2010 3:30 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ BayLISA, Thu, Jan 21, Mountain View, CA

Tom will be speaking about the Ganeti open-source project (manages virtual server clusters). More info at www.baylisa.org.

Two talks in one:

Talk 1: Tom Limoncelli's Top 5 Tips: Time Management for System Administrators: Based on his O'Reilly book, Tom will present his top 5 tips for system administrators. Tom will also have copies of the new 2nd edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration.

Talk 2: Ganeti: Open Source Virtual Cluster Manager: Why should virtualization clusters be difficult to manage? Why do they require expensive SANs and management software? Ganeti is a management layer that sits on top of the virtualization stack of your choosing: Virtualization using Xen, KVM or Containers plus storage using DRBD, flat files, or SANs. Ganeti is open source, written in Python, and is under active development. The largest known Ganeti cluster is 40 physical machines with 240 virtual machines. It supports virtual Linux and Windows instances. The management layer lets you create, manage, and migrate virtual machines with very simple commands. Live migration is supported. Removing the requirement of an expensive SAN permits users to do things such as install one tiny cluster in each of 100 offices around the world, or setting up dozens of large clusters in a major data center. The open source homepage is here: http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 21, 2010 3:23 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

I'm on StackOverflow podcast this week!

I'm the guest on the StackOverflow podcast with Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood.  w00t!

We talk about everything from early internet history, to IPv6, to how to scale a really really really large web site. Here's the episode page and link to the audio. (Tons of links on the episode page).

Check out their website for sysadmins Q&As at http://serverfault.com

Thanks to Joel and Jeff for having me on the show!  I listen every week!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 25, 2009 9:38 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Tom @ LISA '09, Nov 1-6, 2009, Baltimore, MD

Tom will be very busy at LISA 2009 both teaching and hosting various events:
  • Half-day Tutorial: "Time Management for System Administrators: A New Approach"
  • Half-day Tutorial: "Design Patterns for System Administrators"
  • Guru Session: Job Hunting (with Andy Lester from http://theworkinggeek.com, author of the new book Land The Tech Job You Love
  • BoFs: I'll be hosting 3 BoFs. A 2-hour BoF on "Time Management", a BoF for the open-source project called Ganeti. And I'll be MC of this year's LGBT and Allies BoF.
  • I'll be at the Google Vendor BoF on Thursday night to answer questions about what it is like to work at Google.
  • Book signing: I hope to arrange a Book Signing during the vendor show.
With all that happening, I've also set a goal for myself to read all the papers before the conference. I promise myself that I'll do this every year, but this time I'm actually setting aside time to do the reading. Let's see how that goes. LISA is rarely in the Washington D.C. area. This gives locals an opportunity to attend LISA without having to pay for travel (I'll be taking Amtrak!). Hopefully this means there will be a lot of new faces. Hope to see you there! Registration is open.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 1, 2009 10:10 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA-NJ, Thu Sept 3, 2009, Lawrenceville, NJ (near Princeton)

Tom will be presenting a 1-hour talk titled Better system administration through Design Patterns at LOPSA-NJ (League of Professional System Administrators / New Jersey Chapter).

See you there!
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 3, 2009 10:31 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Sysadmin Appreciation Day: NYC

Friday, July 31 is Sysadmin Appreciation Day.  Sysadmins in NYC are gathering for dinner and beers at "The Gingerman", 11 E 36th St,New York, NY 10016.  More info on the Standalone Sysadmin blog: NYC Sysadmin Appreciation Day Gathering.

Update:  There will be a book give-away.  I'll be giving away an autographed copy of "Time Management for System Administrators".  Hope to see you there!


Posted by Tom Limoncelli at July 31, 2009 12:55 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack

Tom @ Linux.Conf.Au 2009, 19-24 Jan, Tasmania, AU

Tom will present the opening keynote at Linux.Conf.Au.  For more information, please visit http://linux.conf.au

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 19, 2009 2:06 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Interview with Tom Limoncelli in ComputerWorld

I'll be the the keynote at Linux.Conf.Au in 2 weeks so ComputerWorld rang me up for an interview. They asked me about what I'd be speaking about, the challenges of system administration, and my political activism.
Interview with Tom Limoncelli in ComputerWorld: The sysadmin's mantra: Manage time, think 'abundance' and softly does it. Author and system administrator guru Tom Limoncelli offers his insights into a range of sysadmin topics ahead of his keynote speech this month at linux.conf.au.
Just between me and the readers of this blog, during the interview I had a disquieting realization that the interviewer came from a perspective that open source wasn't the obvious default for everything. Oh yeah, we open source users are still, ya know, cutting edge! What a reality check that was! (Think about that the next time you apt-get!)
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 9, 2009 10:42 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Tom @ MacWorld, Jan 5-9, 2009

Tom will present a tutorial in the IT track titled, "Lucid System Administration".  Register today at www.macworldexpo.com

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 5, 2009 2:08 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LISA 2008, San Diego, Nov 9-14, 2008

Tom will present an Invited Talk on "The Economics of Plenty" and a 90-minute Q&A session on Time Management.  For info about LISA please visit http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa08

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 9, 2008 1:58 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Tom @ Ohio LinuxFest 2008, Columbus, Ohio, October 10-11, 2008

Tom will be teaching two half-day tutorials: "Time Management for System Administrators" and "Interviewing and Hiring System Administrators". This is a rare opportunity to see these talks presented in the Ohio area. Register soon!

With the economy in a down-turn, Time Management is key to being efficient at what you do. With people's hiring budgets being slashed, it is important that the people you do hire are top notch. Both of these tutorials are intended for both the new and experienced system administrator or IT manager.

The sixth annual Ohio LinuxFest will be held on October 10-11, 2008 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Hosting authoritative speakers and a large expo, the Ohio LinuxFest welcomes Free and Open Source Software professionals, enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to take part in the event. The Ohio LinuxFest is a free, grassroots conference for the Linux/Open Source Software/Free Software community
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 10, 2008 3:09 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ SAGE-AU 2008, Aug 11-18, 2008, Adelaide, AU

Tom will be presenting 3 tutorials and a keynote at SAGE-AU 2008. Register today!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at August 11, 2008 6:28 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ IT360, April 7, 2008, Toronto, CA

Two half-day tutorials, Help! Everyone Hates Our IT Department (And How To Change That) and Time Management for System Administrators will be taught by Tom Limoncelli at the IT360 Conference in Toronto, Canada, on April 7 (entire conference and Expo runs April 7-9). These presentations have received accolades when presented at other conferences. They've been updated and sharpened with new material. This is Tom's first appearance at the IT360 conference. Website: www.it360.ca (full workshop listing here)

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at April 7, 2008 5:35 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA-NJ, Feb 7, 2008, Princeton, NJ

Tom will be the invited speaker at LOPSA-NJ on February 7th, 2008. His topic is "Is SaaS the end of system administration?". Tom will also talk about the 2nd edition of TPOSANA and the April Fools RFC book.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at February 7, 2008 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ Unigroup, NYC, Thu, Nov 18, 2007

Tom will be presenting his talk "Site Reliability at Google" at Unigroup in NYC in January. The meeting is open to all.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 18, 2007 8:22 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

LISA 2007

Hey folks! Tom here. We're at the LISA 2007 conference in Dallas, Texas. Tomorrow (Wednesday) morning I'll be teaching a half-day class on reforming a failing sysadmin department and Strata and I are doing a book signing in the vendor room from 12:20pm-2pm. We hope to see you all there!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 13, 2007 5:19 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom and Strata @ LISA '07, Nov 11-16, 2007, Dallas

Tutorials and invited talks will be presented by Tom Limoncelli and Strata R. Chalup, co-authors of the new 2nd edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration. LISA 2007 is in Dallas, Texas, Nov 11-16. Register now!

TutorialTime Management for System AdministratorsSunday AMLimoncelli
TutorialPractical Project Management for Sysadmins and IT ProfessionalsMonday AMChalup
TutorialProblem-Solving for IT ProfessionalsMonday PMChalup
TutorialClimb Out of the "Bad IT" HoleWednesday AMLimoncelli
Guru-Is-InTime Management for System AdministratorsWednesday 4-5:40pmLimoncelli
EventBook Signing for Time Management for SysadminsTBALimoncelli
 Book Signing for TPOSANA 2edWednesday 12:30-2pmLimoncelli & Chalup
HTGRHow to get your papers accepted at LISAFriday 2:00-3:30pmLimoncelli et al

Strata and Tom will be at the entire conference and look forward to hanging out!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 11, 2007 8:40 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA, Aug 6-7, 2007, Cherry Hill/Philly

Tom will be teaching a full-day Time Management for System Administrators class at LOPSA Sysadmin Days, August 6-7, 2007, in Cherry Hill, NJ (just outside Philadelphia).

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at August 6, 2007 1:08 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ OSCON 2007, Portland, OR

Tom will be teaching the half-day version of "Time Management for System Administrators" on Tuesday, July 24, from 1:30-5pm. A book-signing for the 2nd edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration will be at the Powell's booth same day from 5:15-5:45pm. Hope to see a lot of folks there!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at July 24, 2007 1:10 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Strata @ SCALE, Los Angeles, Feb 9, 2007

Strata will be speaking at the 5th Annual SCALE conference. Her talk is titled The Secrets of Computer Technology Explained: for Every Woman. We hope to see you there!
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at February 9, 2007 8:29 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom traveling to Zurich and Dublin, 20-Jan to 3-Feb, 2007

Tom will be in Zurich and Dublin to speak at internal corporate events Jan 20-Feb 3, 2007. He's available to speak at user groups or book signings. Contact me.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 15, 2007 8:26 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom + Strata @ LISA '06 in Wash D.C., Dec 3-8, 2006

Tom and Strata be teaching and speaking at LISA 2006 in Washington D.C., Dec 3-9, 2006. This is one of our favorite conferences of the year because it is so dam useful. Get your boss to send ya. This year it is in Washington D.C., which makes it easy to get to for all the east-coasters that usually don't get around.

Tom will be speaking/teaching:

Mon9am-5pmWorkshopManaging Sysadmins (co-facilitator)
Wed2pm-3:30Invited TalkSite Reliability at Google/My First Year at Google
ThuAMTutorialTime Management: Getting It All Done and Not Going (More) Crazy!
Thu12:30pm-1:30pmExhibition"Meet the Authors" at Reiter's Conference Bookstore
Thu2pm-3:30Guru TalkHow to Get Your Paper Accepted at LISA
Thu4pm-5:40Guru TalkTime Management for System Administrators
Fri11am-12:30Hit The
Ground
Running
Mac OS X

Strata Rose Chalup will be speaking/teaching:

MonPMTutorialProject Troubleshooting
WedPMTutorialProblem-Solving for IT Professionals
ThuAMTutorialPractical Project Management for Sysadmins and IT Professionals
Wed9pm-10pmBOFSysadmin Education

In addition, we will be hanging out in what is known as "the hallway track". In fact, if you haven't attended LISA before, you should know that a lot of the educational value is the people you meet. Tom says, "Early in my career a lot of what I learned was from the conversations in the hallway."

Tom @ $GROUPNAME in New Jersey, Nov 15, 2006

Tom will be doing a dress-rehearsal of his "Site Reliability @ Google" talk at $GROUPNAME this Wednesday night. Be the first to hear his new material.

The person that carpools with the most first-timers (people new to $GROUPNAME) will receive a free copy of his book, Time Management for System Administrators, from O'Reilly.

Location: CoRE Auditorium, Rutgers Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ.

Time: 7pm

For more information, visit their web site: www.groupname.org

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at November 15, 2006 12:21 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LOPSA in Phoenix, Tue, Nov 6-7, 2006

Tom will be teaching a full-day tutorial on Time Management for System Administrators at LOPSA SysAdm Days in Phoenix, AZ, Nov 6-7, 2006. http://lopsa.org/SysAdminDays-Pheonix

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 29, 2006 2:51 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ SAGE-AU in Canberra, July 24-28, 2006

Tom will be doing a day-long tutorial on Time Management and opens the conference with a keynote titled What Big Sites and learn from Small Sites.

SAGE-AU's fourteenth annual conference will be held at the Chifley on Northbourne Hotel, Canberra from 24th to 28th July, 2006. For more information visit http://conf.sage-au.org.au

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at June 26, 2006 8:50 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ SAGE-IE in Dublin, Tue, June 13, 2006

I'll be speaking on "Time Management for System Administrators" at the Tuesday, June 13 meeting at SAGE-IE in Dublin. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at June 6, 2006 6:59 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ Stanford Linux Users Group, Tue, Feb 21, 2006, Palo Alto, CA

Time Management for System Administrators -- The 1 hour version. More info here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at February 13, 2006 3:52 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ PhillyLinux, Wed, Jan 4, 2006, Philly, PA

I'll be speaking at Philly Linux Users Group about Time Management for System Administrators on Wed, Jan 4, 2006 .

More info can be found here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 29, 2005 3:08 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ BBLISA, Wed, Jan 11, 2006, Cambridge

I'll be speaking in Cambridge/Boston at Back Bay LISA about Time Management for System Administrators on Wed, January 11, 2006.

More info can be found here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 28, 2005 9:43 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ BayLISA, Thu, Feb 23, 2006, Mt. View, CA

I'll be speaking in the SF Bay Area (Mountain View) about Time Management for System Administrators on Thu, Feburary 23, 2006.

More info can be found here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 27, 2005 3:05 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ BLU, Wed, Nov 16, 2005, Boston

I'll be speaking about my new book, Time Management for System Administrators, on Wed, Nov 16 at the Boston Linux & Unix Users Group. This is my second time speaking there, and I really look forward to returning.

More info here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 17, 2005 9:39 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ Drexel CS, Thu, Nov 10, 2005, Philly

The Drexel Computer Science Graduate Student Council has invited me to speak about Time Management. If you are in the Drexel community, I'd love to see ya there!

More info here.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 17, 2005 9:38 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ NYCBUG, Wed, Nov 2, 2005, NYC

I'll be speaking about Time Management for System Administrators at 6pm, Wed, Nov 2, 2005 at NYCBUG. They meet at the Soho Apple Store at 103 Prince Street in NYC.

More information behind this link.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 17, 2005 9:20 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LISA2005: Dec 4-9, San Diego, CA

I'll be very active at LISA2005 this year. As I always say, LISA is the most valuable sysadmin conference around. If you like the book, please consider taking one or both of the tutorials that I'll be teaching at LISA. It's based on the book but expands on the topic considerably.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 25, 2005 10:20 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tom @ LISA2004: Nov 13-19, Atlanta, GA

Tom will be at LISA 2004 teaching 2 tutorials, presenting an invited talk, and doing a book signing. LISA is the best system administration conference around. Please attend.

Both tutorials are based on the book plus tons of new material.

Register today.

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at October 17, 2004 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

SANE2004: Sept 27-Oct 1, Amsterdam

Tom will be at SANE2004, Sept 27 thru Oct 1, 2004 in Amsterdam teaching a full-day class and he's been asked to give an invited talk.

  • A full day class: "Creating Happy Users: A"how-to guide" for sysadmins in a hurry"
  • An "invited talk" on "Deconstructing User Requests"

You can download a PDF flyer or for complete information visit www.SANE.nl.

This is my first time at SANE and the first time in Amsterdam. I really look forward to meeting people there and exploring the area!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 27, 2004 12:00 AM | Comments (0)

NC*SA: Mon, Sept 13, 2004

Tom will be speaking at NC*SA at the Red Hat Corporate HQ, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC on Monday, Sept 13 at 7:00pm:

"Where the hell is my flying car?"
It's 2004 and we still don't have moving side-walks or flying cars, and computers aren't nearly as cool as they were on The Jetsons. Tom has visited many sites in the last few years and observed a lot of really bad IT practices. He will discuss what he saw and some recent epiphanies he's had about "best practices" in system administration. The second half of the talk will be about his current project to update a small company's IT infrastructure. It has forced him to rethink what constitutes the "basic infrastructure" of an IT organization, and how big companies are held back when they forget the basics.
He's also working on a new book about time management for sysadmins, and will be treating us to some excerpts!
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 13, 2004 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

BayLISA: Aug 19, 2004

Tom will be speaking at BayLISA at the Apple campus in Cupertino on Thursday, Aug 19 at 7:30pm:

"Where the hell is my flying car?"
It's 2004 and we still don't have moving side-walks or flying cars, and computers aren't nearly as cool as they were on The Jetsons. Tom has visited many sites in the last few years and observed a lot of really bad IT practices. He will discuss what he saw and some recent epiphanies he's had about "best practices" in system administration. The second half of the talk will be about his current project to update a small company's IT infrastructure. It has forced him to rethink what constitutes the "basic infrastructure" of an IT organization, and how big companies are held back when they forget the basics.
He's also working on a new book about time management for sysadmins, and will be treating us to some excerpts!
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at August 19, 2004 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

OSCON2004: July 26-30, Portland

We're pleased to announce that Tom will be teaching a new and updated version of his class, "Time Management for System Administrators: Getting it all done and not going (more) crazy!" the Open Source Convention 2004 at the Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, Oregon, July 26, 2004 - July 30, 2004. The class will be on July 26, 1:45pm to 5:15pm. More details soon.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at July 26, 2004 12:00 AM | Comments (0)

Time Management at OSCon sold out.

We're pleased to announce that Tom's class "Time Management for System Administrators: Getting it all done and not going (more) crazy!" is sold out for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2004 in Portland, Oregon, July 26, 2004 - July 30, 2004. You can sign up for the same tutorial at LISA 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia Nov. 14-19, 2004. See you there!

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at July 16, 2004 3:38 PM | TrackBack

Usenix2004: June 28, Boston

We're proud to announce that Tom will be speaking at a panel called "System Administration: The Big Picture" at Usenix 2004.

Session: System Administration: The Big Picture

The Human Big Picture
Tom Limoncelli

Imagine rolling out a security patch, a new application, or a new operating system to 40,000 PCs�it's 70% communication, 25% technical work, and 10% ego management. System administration on a large scale becomes a study of human relationships: managing large teams of people on a project, managing expectations and resources with upper management, and coordinating with a user base. Psychology and public relations become just as important as technical prowess. Why aren't those skills taught to CS majors?

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at March 18, 2004 6:53 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Tom & Chris @ NordU2003, Feb 11-12, Västerås, Sweden

Take a class with Tom & Chris at NordU2003!
Feb 11-12, 2003
Västerås, Sweden.
"Technical Tools for Creating Happy Users" (Tueday, full-day)
"Introduction to Massive Upgrades and Changes" (Wednesday, half-day)
Both tutorials based on the book. Details and on-line registration.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at February 11, 2003 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Tom @ BayLISA, Sept 19, Palo Alto

Tom speaking at the BayLISA
Sept 19, 7:30pm, Palo Alto, CA US.
His talk is titled "Geeks Write a Book".
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 19, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

BLUG: Sept 18, Boston

Tom speaking at the Boston Linux & Unix User Group
Sept 18, 7pm, Boston, US.
His talk is titled "Internet Collaboration and Systems Administration".
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at September 18, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Christine at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group, Aug 7, 2002

Christine speaking at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group
August 7, 7-9pm, San Jose, CA, US.
(Topic: Maintenance Windows)
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at August 7, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Tom at SAGE-AU2002: Aug 5-9, Melbourne

Tom speaking at SAGE-AU 2002 Conference
August 5-9, Melbourne, AU
Aug 5: Full Day Tutorial: "Tools for Creating Happy Users"
Aug 8: Keynote: "Deconstructing User Requests"
Aug 9: Invited Talk: "(Ab)using sysadmin tools for Internet collaboration"
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at August 5, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Christine speaking at SANE 2002, May 27, 2002

Christine speaking at SANE 2002. May 27 - 31, 2002, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Her topic is "Scheduled Maintenance Windows".

Posted by Tom Limoncelli at May 30, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Tom speaking at Unigroup, May 23, 2002

Tom speaking at Unigroup. May 23, 6pm, NYC, US. His talk is titled "Internet collaboration for the truly geeky".
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at May 23, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Tom at Old Bay SAGE

Tom at Old Bay SAGE in Baltimore Maryland.
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at January 8, 2002 12:00 AM | TrackBack

Tom Speaks at LISA 2001

If you are attending LISA 2001, be sure to see Tom speak:
Thu, 11am: Guru session
Thu, 12:30pm: Book Signing (vendor area)
Thu, 9pm: Book Signing BOF
Fri, 2pm: Panel: "The Future of Security"
Posted by Tom Limoncelli at December 3, 2001 11:25 AM | TrackBack