Arrested DevOps

Conference Love

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  • What was the first tech conference you attended?
  • What are things you get from a conference that you cannot learn other ways?
  • How can I maximize my value out of attending a conference?
  • If I’m going to a conference where I don’t know anyone, how can I still have a good time?
  • You both have planned conferences. What are some of the things that go into organizing that people might not be aware of?
  • What is your favorite conference story?
  • How do you learn about new events to attend?
  • How do you pick which events you know about to go to? There are a lot, and it can be hard to narrow down when you only have a 1-2 conference limit from an employer, or your own resources.
  • What was the coolest piece of “swag” you got from a conference?
  • Does the swag at a conference weigh in for you at all? I hear a lot of noise around the big Google events because everyone knows they are walking away with hardware.
  • Lets talk about conference etiquette, and discuss some of the points in Bridget's article
    • Notes:
    Introversion and Tech Conferences by Tom Duffield
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    Jason
    • Some of my favorite talks, first a couple from John Rauser:
      • Look at Your Data
      • Investigating Anomalies
      • And another recent one from Kyle Kingsbury at Strangeloop:
        • Jepsen II: Linearizable Boogaloo
          • Bridget
          • Local meetups on http://meetup.com (and this is the Minneapolis startup I mentioned: http://congruence.io)
          • MonkeyLectric Bike Lights: http://www.monkeylectric.com
            • Pete
            • FPM - http://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
            • Deb-S3 - http://github.com/krobertson/deb-s3
            • STM Aero Backpacks - http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/laptop-backpacks/aero-small-laptop-backpack/
              • Trevor
              • Borderlands the PreSequel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpgMBivKR-w trailer video is hysterical. Whether you’re going to play or not.
              • Jetbrains free for students *(.edu)
              • Netflix spoilers http://spoilers.netflix.com/spoil-yourself
                • Matt
                • Tech Douchebags podcast - http://5by5.tv/tdb
                • Spoonium (containers for Windows) - http://spoonium.net/
                • Columbia Treadlite 10L Backbpack - http://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Treadlite-Backpack-Black-Size/dp/B0058XJXZW (hattip to Ryn Daniels @beerops)
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