• Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  public speaking

    MacTech Conference Sessions Posted

    Not sure if I mentioned awhile back that I’ll be doing a talk at MacTech Conference in Los Angeles. This session is on Regression Testing. The official description is: We have images, packages, scripts, file drops, managed preferences, profiles and countless other means to create change on client systems. This means a practically infinite number of combinations of change on client systems. In order to qualify whether an “image”, which is in reality a combination of all of these things, passes our test of whether or not we can roll it out to users, we must first test it. Otherwise, we end up flooding our help desk, touching systems by…

  • On the Road

    On the Road: Los Angeles

    Having lived in LA for a decade every time I go back I try and hit at least one of a few different restaurants.  The first is BOA, for the best steaks in LA.  The second is the Pig on La Brea.  The third is right up the road, a little hot dog stand called Pink’s (yes, I said hot dog).  And finally, of course, In-n-Out, where you have to order up a “four by four animal style” at least once in your life…