The LOPSA Board Elections are coming soon!

So, I finally decided I needed more features than a straight blog to manage my web data.

Therefore, I migrated to Drupal. As before, comments require registration, but most content is available quite anonymously.

Thanks!

So, apparently I've been in a time warp. I took a break on writing blog entries to catch up on a couple things and suddenly it's months later.

As a friend of mine (who, apparently, took down his blog) has said, "bloggers blog," so here I am, trying to be a blogger who blogs.

Updates in brief:

I am teaching four classes at SysAdmin Days in Phoenix, AZ, which is November 6 and 7, 2006. If you are anywhere near there, please take a serious look at the program offered. There are some top notch instructors, so it's a fantastic price.

I posted the following to LOPSAÂ at http://lopsa.org/node/816:

 In my efforts to generate an SA skills matrix, I've discovered that we haven't managed to quantify what we do in categories in a clear and consistent manner. Therefore, I'm calling on other SAs to help me build this list. The results of my efforts will be returned to the community, as well, so let's all put a little in and get a lot out!

I am looking to build a system of evaluating my new team's set of skills and experiences. To start, I am looking to create a spreadsheet style matrix to get something prototyped quickly. So far I haven't found much online as a base to work from.

Of the few readers I have out there, does anyone have some suggestions or have already built a matrix for Unix SAs that I could look at?

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I start at IT Convergence tomorrow.

If any Unix System Administrators are looking for work in the Madison, WI, USA area, please visit the LOPSA job posting for the openings I have available. I am hiring several people, so please submit a resume or contact me for more information if you are interested.

Seth Godin posted the Top ways to defend the status quo.

If you've heard anything like what's on that list, your organization might suffer from metathesiophobia, the fear of changes, and be subject to groupthink.

What can you do to counteract this paralyzing groupthink behavior?

Last month, Cornelius Puschmann wrote in his blog, CorpBlawg, about the WSJ article "Moguls of New Media" that discusses how web content providers are changing the face of media. The gist of the article is that internet content creators are gaining celebrity status.

The BBC News reports that IBM is building a new supercomputer, nicknamedRoadrunner, for the U.S. Los Alamos National Laboratory.