Red Dirt Rubyconf

I posted my slides from red dirt rubyconf. It's about the devops movement that's been gaining a lot of momentum in the sysadmin circle. A lot of people at the conference asked me about the source of the images in the talk, they're from blackandwtf.tumblr.com.

Red dirt was a pretty damn good conference. The format was different than I'm used to and I believe it worked out quite well. It basically took 4 speakers on similar subjects, the first speaker had a 30 minute talk, the last 3 each had 15 minute talks. During the talks a moderator, @jeg2, collected questions in the IRC back channel and the presenters would answer the questions after everyone finished their talks. The location was good, the food was only second to @alohaonrails, and the vibe of the attendees was overwhelmingly positive. The only negative thing I have to say is that the talks are going to be sold instead of shared, I'm a big fan of sharing.

I really wish conferences would just stream their talks and think of the conference as an experience for the attendees, making it more than just the talks that are valuable.