Datto will be hosting the 2nd annual ZFS User Conference featuring ZFS co-creator, Matt Ahrens! The date is April 19-20 at Datto HQ in Norwalk, CT.

This conference will focus on the deployment, administration, features, and tuning of the ZFS filesystem. Learn about OpenZFS and network with folks running businesses and interesting projects on ZFS.

For more information and registration see http://zfs.datto.com

(I won't be attending as I'm not longer using ZFS, but I'm still a ZFS fanboy so I felt like promoting this.)

If you are an junior Linux/Unix sysadmin looking to advance your technical skills, here is a list of talks, workshops, and tutorials that you should attend at Usenix LISA 2013.

These are skill-building, technical presentations. I only made exceptions for a few "soft topics" talks only if they are for junior sysadmins looking to advance their careers.

[I apologize in advance for any typo or errors. Please report any problems in the comments. The conference website has the latest information. Other lists of presentations: DevOps, Programming, Unix/Linux administration technical skills, Cloud Computing, and Women at Usenix LISA.]

If you run private or public clouds (or want to) here is a list of talks, workshops, and tutorials that you should attend at Usenix LISA 2013.

[I apologize in advance for any typo or errors. Please report any problems in the comments. The conference website has the latest information. Other lists of presentations: DevOps, Programming, Unix/Linux administration technical skills, and Women at Usenix LISA.]

If you want to learn to program better, Usenix LISA 2013 has a number of excellent presentations.

Usenix LISA 2013 Presentations that teach coding:

Sunday, Nov 3, 2013:

• PowerShell Fundamentals
• Building Your PowerShell Toolkit

Monday, Nov 4, 2013:

• Core Skills: Scripting for Automation
• Advanced Shell Programming

Wednesday, Nov 6, 2013:

• Introduction to Chef

Thursday, Nov 7, 2013:

• The Python Programming Language

Friday, Nov 8, 2013:

• Introduction to Puppet Enterprise

Other lists of presentations: DevOps, Unix/Linux administration technical skills, Cloud Computing, and Women at Usenix LISA.

[I apologize in advance for any typo or errors. Please report any problems in the comments. The conference website has the latest information.]

http://nylug.org/meetings/index.shtml?20110300

If you are in the NYC area, come check it out.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

IBM, 590 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022

I will present his "Top 5" time management tips for better time management, and take Q&A about time management, system administration, and what it's like to work at Google.

And I might have a surprise.

NOTE: You have to pre-register.

http://nylug.org/meetings/index.shtml?20110300

If you are in the NYC area, come check it out.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

IBM, 590 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022

I will present his "Top 5" time management tips for better time management, and take Q&A about time management, system administration, and what it's like to work at Google.

And I might have a surprise.

NOTE: You have to pre-register.

http://nylug.org/meetings/index.shtml?20110300

If you are in the NYC area, come check it out.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

IBM, 590 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022

I will present his "Top 5" time management tips for better time management, and take Q&A about time management, system administration, and what it's like to work at Google.

NOTE: You have to pre-register.