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jolynn
Citizen
Username: Unixiscool
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:11 am: |     |
Hello, I am a Linux systems engineer and was wondering if there were any local computer groups people were aware of, or part of. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12138
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 4:00 pm: | |
More specifically, what are you looking for. A colleague of mine runs the linux user group which is part of the ACGNJ which I think stands for amateur computer group of NJ. They were founded long ago, before there were many computer professionals, which is why they use the word amateur. I believe many or most of the members are now professionals. The Linux group meets at 8pm on the first Monday of every month in Scotch Plains.
I am a member of $GROUPNAME which is a group of system administrators in NJ. http://www.groupname.org. We meet every two or three months. We're not all that regular.
"This is the only thing my signature says." |
jolynn
Citizen
Username: Unixiscool
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:11 pm: | |
I went to LISA this year which was the first time I had done something like that, and found it fun to hang out with other computer geeks. I mean, I do it at work all the time, but it was nice not to be in a work environment.
Groupname sounds interesting, I actually went to Tom Limoncelli talk while at LISA and bought his book. I will join their mailing list.
Thanks for the info. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12155
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:15 pm: | |
Tom Limoncelli and I are friends. We worked together for several years. Look me up in the index. I'm mentioned in both of his books, for a few small innovations. We also co-authored some papers.
LISA and Usenix are great. They're so stimulating. The nice thing about meeting colleagues who are not cow-orkers is that they are doing different things with the same tools, so you get different perspectives and ideas.
It's usually up to me, to an extent, to organize the $GROUPNAME meetings, so thank you for the nudge. I'll start the next one up.
"This is the only thing my signature says." |
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