sejo's rants

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Last week this time I was 100% enjoying Devopsdays. I'm not going to talk about the talks that everyone followed, as you probably have read/heard that multiple times.

What I am going to talk about are the talks I gave (yes yes I have a big ego).

The first thing I initiated was an Open Space about DVCS. I spoke about the advantages, the reasons why you should use it and more importantly the mind switch you need to make. Koen Van Exem (sorry don't have your blog) called DVCS a checkout checkout system. I did not agree with him and in the end I learned from him and how people look at DVCS. Others were also interested and ended up explaining how to incorporate it into a team of devops. So on my todo list I added writing a paper about DVCS and why it's not a checkout checkout system. :p

The second Open Space I did was about Djagios. The talk went pretty well and got a lot of response an it, still have to learn to talk slower! The questions that were asked were interesting and I learned that I really have to work an the multiple server stuff. I got one of the coolest compliments from Lindsay Holmwood about Djagios.

The third thing was a hands-on for Django which was (like all others) unprepared and without slides. I went too fast in there, someone just stopped following as he could not follow (and that was my fault! sorry for that). So another item on the todo list is creating a "screen"play for a hands-on.

Those things were nice but the best thing about the conference was the networking. At one point I ended up explaining how I work when I lead a team and what are my weaknesses and my strengths. I spoke with a lot of people, some gave me their card some not... but all of them were interesting! Thanks for a cool conference!

llap!