[05:50] Oh sweet, my first (unintentional) post to the mailing list. Could've gone worse. [06:13] yeah, that wasn't so bad :) and you're in good company [06:13] [17:02] btw, Ubuntu Developer Week is happening in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat right now, currently "Getting Started with Ubuntu Development" [17:04] intro session just wrapped up, logs are here: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/07/11/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t16:00 === paulproteus_ is now known as paulproteus [19:42] ping hembus.com [19:42] bleh [19:43] hehe, just yesterday jdeslip was complaining at berkeleylug that he gets irssi windows mixed up with terminals ;) [19:43] They are terminals, right? [19:43] sorry, shell prompts [19:43] But even with xchat, I type commands sometimes because I think focus is in a different window. [22:11] Yay, I'm giving a presentation for Ubuntu Community Week! \o/ [22:12] * pleia2 collects nhaines card [22:12] * nhaines isn't sure he'd even seen the flag of the City of Los Angeles before. [22:13] haha [22:14] I also would rather the photo wasn't cropped, but eh... details. :) [22:14] The card idea is a pretty neat one. A really good way to drum up interest! [22:15] yeah, my bio was cropped to drop the fact that I'm a sysadmin (way for me to get pigeonholed as "just another chick who does commuinty stuff") [22:15] again [22:16] He ran the abridged bio by me first... maybe that's why. [22:16] pleia2: besides, everyone knows girls can't run servers. ;) [22:16] I probably should have told him the sysadmin thing was important to me [22:16] Actually, every single female tech I've ever met has been really sharp. I wish I could say the same for the male techs. [22:17] honestly it's hard to cut it if we're not (we get lots of http://xkcd.com/385/) [22:18] I always assumed that was it. I don't actually expect gender to make a difference in skill. [22:19] The new level 2 technician we hired seems to be doing well. What she lacked in domain-specific knowledge she made up for in sounding confident. Which of course kept the customers at bay until she gained the domain-specific knowledge. :) [22:20] confidence is a still I seriously need to improve upon, I am far too honest (which endears some of our clients to me, but causes others to walk all over me) [22:20] and makes me completely useless in job interviews [22:21] pleia2: As I always say regarding public speakers (and new techies), you only have to sound confident. Actual confidence is optional. :) [22:22] I've certainly gotten much better where public speaking confidence is concerned, so there is hope :) [22:22] pleia2: don't worry, you still have 12 more days to continue improving until the keynote. :D [22:23] oh where has july gone? [22:25] Yeah, it passed pretty quickly.