SouthEast LinuxFest 2026: Recap
SouthEast Linux Fest has a different feel than most conferences I attend. It is less trade show, more reunion. You run into the...
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Speaking Engagements
Recordings from conference sessions, panels, and guest appearances.
Learning to Play TTRPGs | SouthEast LinuxFest 2026
I ran a hands-on introduction to tabletop role playing games at SouthEast LinuxFest for a room full of Linux nerds, most of whom...
CIQ at Open Source Summit 2026: Minneapolis Recap
CIQ at Open Source Summit 2026: Minneapolis Recap I spent three days on the expo floor at Open Source Summit 2026 in Minneapolis...
Community Days 2026: Trip Report
Community Days 2026 was a different kind of conference experience for me. No booth to staff, no talk to deliver, no social media...
LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Worth the Trip
LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Worth the Trip I made it to Bellingham this spring for LinuxFest Northwest, and I get why this event has...
From Fresh Install to AI Inference in Under 4 Minutes
From Fresh Install to AI Inference in Under 4 Minutes Getting a GPU box ready for AI workloads is way harder than it should be,...
From Bash to Burnout | My SCaLE 23 Talk
Tech Burnout Recovery: What I Shared at SCaLE 23 This one was personal. I gave this talk at SCaLE 23 in Pasadena as part of Open...
From Bash to Burnout: My SCaLE 23x Talk
From Bash to Burnout: My SCaLE 23x Talk I gave this talk at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and it is...
Ending the Linux Tradeoff: Enterprise Features on Community Linux
I hosted this solo webinar for TuxCare making the case that you do not actually have to choose between community Linux and...
AlmaLinux Enterprise Webinar: TuxCare and Benny Vasquez
AlmaLinux Enterprise Support: TuxCare Webinar with Benny Vasquez I hosted this webinar for TuxCare with Benny Vasquez, chair of...
DevOps KC: Communication in an Open Company
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Kansas City DevOps Meetup in downtown Kansas City! It was kind of like a coming home party....
SELF2019: Busting Open Source Security Myths
I gave my Busting Open Source Security Myths talk at DevSecOps Days Denver to a packed out auditorium. If was so well received, I...
SELF2019: Getting Started with Open Source
This talk defined the voice of the IT Guy for me. This was the moment when the Sudo Show got its wings, when I realized that I was...
SELF2019: GitLab Takes you from Idea to Production
South East Linux Fest 2019 was an amazing test of the IT Guy…not as a brand but as the person I wanted to be in my career. I gave...
DevOps Days Des Moines: Communication in an Open Company
Getting started in my career, I never imagined I would work in sales or go speak at conferences! I was very nervous and I think...
LAS2018: Day 4
The conference now seems like SO long ago! It was 4 crazy-packed days (plus 2 on the road) but it would not be overstating...
LAS2018: Day 3
Oops! The downside to staying up pretty much all night talking about FOSS, life, and everything else under the sun is that the...
LAS2018: Day 2
I know, I know this is a lot later than I promised. That is what happens when you go to a conference then come back to the real...
LAS2018: Day 1
IT IS HERE! Libre Application Summit 2018. This is the first IT conference I have attended since a VMware Summit in 2012. Not only...
LAS2018: Travel Day
Kansas City, Missouri to Denver Colorado, 1 Interstate, 609 miles, 8 hours of podcasts… Nothing but rain! However, the nice thing...