<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I'll be closing the poll this evening btw.<br><br></div>Looks like <i>Tech Support as a Career</i> is the choice. If anyone would like to swing the dial of discourse's destiny, now's the time.<br><br></div>Tai<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><div>Affordable Office IT for Freelance and Startup Businesses<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://helpuse.com/" target="_blank">http://helpuse.com/</a><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><img src="http://www.free-mac-programs.com/images/applications/libreoffice.png" height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.</i><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2016 at 10:29, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div dir="ltr">Johnny all those topics look great!<br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class=""><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><div>Affordable Office IT for Freelance and Startup Businesses<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://helpuse.com/" target="_blank">http://helpuse.com/</a><br></div><br></span><span class=""><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><img height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.</i><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2016 at 00:48, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hey!<div><br></div><div>Don’t let me be misunderstood. I’m all for the basics, and they are definitely _not_ a waste of anyone’s time. I’m just curious about the knowledge inside Tai’s noggin, and wanted to put in a vote. :)</div><div><br></div><div>It was suggested I do one on golang, but if that is too much, too soon, here are some more talk ideas concerning Linux usage that I would be comfortable doing (if you ever did want me to):</div><div><br></div><div>* That’s What She Sed:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Regular Expressions</div><div>* Demonology 101:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Debugging Config Issues The Rite Way</div><div>* Hey Dawg I Heard You Like Kernels: <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Virtualization with KVM and libvirt</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions for talk name changes welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnny Morrice</div><div><div><div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 24 Jan 2016, at 16:16, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Tai<br><br></div>I can't get enough of the basics. I'm still on that steep learning curve but I understand that most members are highly skilled professionals so I will understand if they would consider it a waste of their valuable time.<br><br></div>Just my two pence worth.<br><br></div>Bernard<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2016 at 18:24, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk" target="_blank">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello everybody!<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>For the upcoming February meeting (and March if I'm still sans outside speaker), I thought I would put my foot in it a bit.<br><br></div><div>(If you have some software you really think you would like the world to use more, by all means - tell me, and I'll book you in.... ! :-D )<br></div><div><br></div><div>I propose to do a talk myself, but am in a conundrum as to what to choose. So I would like you to to give me a weathervane's view of the consensus.<br><br><a href="http://doodle.com/poll/zmxfmuaur98trn5x" target="_blank">http://doodle.com/poll/zmxfmuaur98trn5x</a><br><br></div><div>Please indicate which talk you think I should start with. I propose one of three:<br><br></div><div>=== Introduction to Linux (laptops and desktops) ===<br><br></div><div>I present this as a Linux enthusiast, and one who has converted a few users over the past couple of years.<br><br></div><div>I would go over a lightning history of Linux for newbies, distros, desktop environments, VirtualBox usage, installation of Xubuntu and round it out with Free Software discussion, LibreOffice, Ogg (with Vorbis and Theora) and a quick demo of Trisquel installation.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>=== Software and CVs ===<br><br></div><div>I worked at a company that produces CV-processing software for extracting information from natural language. My role was integrating it with customer candidate databases.<br><br></div><div>I would go over what a technician's CV should look like for best reading both by recruiters and by software; and hope to get a recruiter friend on board to cover the recruiter's point of view. (might get pushed to March if sufficient interest, to be able to onboard both a recuirter and potentially a person from this company. No promises.)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>=== Tech Support As A Career (TSaaC??) ===<br>--- and where go from there ---<br><br></div><div>Some tech support jobs are more equal than others - and more prestigious.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I built my career accidentally around tech support and through it have been able to experience a wide variety of technology, made friends with very intelligent people and all-in-all, continue to have a great time!<br><br></div><div>I would talk about the different types of tech support outfits; my (very personal) perception of pay scales; which types offer good prospects of progression to development and engineering; and what you can expect from a career in Tech Support.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br></div><div>I intended to do each of these talks at some point this year, to fill in gaps where I have not found persons to speak, after a long run of socials.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div><div>Vote with your mice (mouses??) and let me know before the month is over!<br><br></div><div>Yours openly,<br><br></div><div>Tai<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><img height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.</i><br>
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