Friday, August 15, 2014

To BrainShare or Not To Brainshare 2014

It's been forever since I posted something. I've been working in Server Automation land using BMC's Bladelogic and Microsoft OSes. While I'm still catching up on Linux, I don't get to use it at work any more, which makes me sad.

I'm debating about taking vacation and hitting BrainShare this year (done it before, why not again?). The cool part is I can get a First Class seat for less than double a SouthWest fare, but if I do that I'd no money for a hotel room.

I could just rent a trailer, haul it with my F150 "Fluffie" and camp out for the conference, but it's in November. In Utah. It will be cold and snowy all the way there and all the way back. So I've nixed that idea.

My other conference option is BMC's Engage conference, which is in Orlando. In Florida. Where it may be rainy and blustery but definitely warmer as it will be in October.

What to do? What to do? Guess I won't decide for myself today, but if you can swing it I'd suggest going.  I'm sure several friends of mine will be doing amazing presentations that you won't want to miss.

Make sure you don't leave until Thursday though or you'll miss the Conference Party on Wednesday night.  Yes, the conference is shorter now and is scheduled every 18 months. Which seems odd, but it lines up nicely for different vertical markets that are typically busy during the traditional US Spring Break times and others who are busy in the Fall.

To answer the age old question: "Does Mary work for Novell?"  Nope, I don't. I haven't even tried to mooch a pass this year. But I may have a way to get some cookies out there.

Oh, and thinking of cookies, I finally published my cookbook. If all you want is the Snickerdoodle recipe you can find that at: http://pyrhaven.blogspot.com/

Otherwise the book is here:Merry Mary's Marvelous Munchies