Back in business October 20, 2006
Posted by Phillip in : geek , trackbackSo a few updates to add.
I am back in Austin. I did end up missing my flight to Denver, but they put me on stand-by for the next flight out (3 hours later) and the only available seats were first class. Poor me, I *had* to suffer through first class all the way to Denver. The flight was about 2 hours. A few observations about first class:
1. The airlines are very determined to get some form of refreshment in your hands within 30 seconds of walking through the door. They don’t care if the dirty scumbags who are sitting in coach are going to die of hunger/thirst, they just want to keep the rich people happy.
2. Take-offs in first class are fun because it feels like you are on the space shuttle. Landings are scary because it feels as if the pilot is going to slam the nose of the aircraft RIGHT INTO THE GOUND!
3. If you crash, you may not be the first to die, but you will likely be third or fourth.
4. Remember that puffy british dude from Snakes on a Plane? He was *supposed* to ride in first class but got pwned. Yeah, he rode behind me.
Enough about the plane ride, I had a great time in Denver. I was there to shadow another guy on my team. Our team is made up of 9 or 10 guys that are spread all over the western US (texas to california). I was lucky enough to be there for a little snow. It got pretty cold and I didn’t check the weather before I left so I didn’t have a heavy coat. I did survive though.
I also ran into another Novell employee there. He was the guy who taught my Identity Manager & Audit classes that I took when I was working for Rackspace. It turns out that Novell was offering an IdM 3 class at the hotel at which I was staying. Mark and I got a chance to go to dinner and catch up. The Cheesecake Factory is the bomb — they actually have some pretty rockin’ tortilla soup. I was suprised since I am picky about my Mexican food. I finished that meal off with a lovely peice of original cheesecake with fresh strawberry topping.
Now that I am back in Austin, I received an email from my buddy whurley. It turns out that he has created a Linkedin Group for the OMC (that stands for Open Management Consortium). If you are interested in joining, click HERE. The timing of this is kind of amusing because as I was at work today, I was thinking that I need to try to get more involved with the community. I don’t think linkedin is going to help me do that, but I am gonna have lunch with whurley next week and see if I can do anything to help. I don’t have tons of free time, but I don’t mind helping where I can and where my talents can be useful.
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