Brent Laster
RWX / CDX
Fort Lauderdale · November 27 - 30, 2012
Global author, trainer and founder of Tech Skills Transformations LLC
Hi, I'm Brent Laster - a global trainer and book author, experienced corporate technology developer and leader, and founder and president of Tech Skills Transformations LLC. I've been working with and presenting at NFJS events for many years now and it is always exciting and interesting.
Through my decades in programming and management,I've always tried to make time to learn and develop both technical and leadership skills and share them with others Regardless of the topic or technology, my belief is that there is no substitute for the excitement and sense of potential that come from providing others with the knowledge they need to help them accomplish their goals.
In my spare time, I hang out with my wife Anne-Marie, 4 children and 2 small dogs in Cary, North Carolina where I design and conduct trainings and write books. You can find me on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/brentlaster), Twitter (@brentclaster) or through my company's website at www.getskillsnow.com.
Presentations
Jenkins 3/4 Day Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Join us for this 3/4 day Jenkins introduction workshop. We'll learn Jenkins from the ground up and work through examples to ensure you feel comfortable with using it and understanding it before the workshop ends.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop to work through the workshop exercises.
Please make sure to have a recent version of Java (1.7 or greater) and Git installed on your laptop.
Jenkins 3/4 Day Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Join us for this 3/4 day Jenkins introduction workshop. We'll learn Jenkins from the ground up and work through examples to ensure you feel comfortable with using it and understanding it before the workshop ends.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop to work through the workshop exercises.
Please make sure to have a recent version of Java (1.7 or greater) and Git installed on your laptop.
Jenkins 3/4 Day Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Join us for this 3/4 day Jenkins introduction workshop. We'll learn Jenkins from the ground up and work through examples to ensure you feel comfortable with using it and understanding it before the workshop ends.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop to work through the workshop exercises.
Please make sure to have a recent version of Java (1.7 or greater) and Git installed on your laptop.
DIY 3/4 Day DIY Infrastructure Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Today’s open-source offerings allow teams to quickly and easily setup their own infrastructure for things like source management and builds. In this overview session, we'll survey some of these offering and see how to make them work to our advantage towards a Continuous Delivery model.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop for working through the examples.
Notes:
We're looking forward to having you in the DIY Infrastructure workshop. To maximize the learning and value of our time together, we ask that you prepare your notebook that you're bringing to this hands on workshop.
1) Choose a Windows or Mac laptop that you'll be bringing to the workshop (we have some downloads and installs that are better to do before the event). Ensure you have admin or sudo privileges on the machine. Since we will be running a virtual machine on this system throughout the workshop, if you have a choice of laptops, please bring the one with a higher amount of memory and processor power.
2) Install VirtualBox on your system prior to the workshop. To simplify using all of the software that we'll be running in this session, we'll be making use of VirtualBox. You can install VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org. (Note - the site currently seems to have an expired certificate which produces dire warnings in some browsers.) Take note of the directory where you install it. We'll need this information in the session.
3) Verify that you can start up ViritualBox and that it comes up successfully on your laptop. No more configuration is necessary.
DIY 3/4 Day DIY Infrastructure Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Today’s open-source offerings allow teams to quickly and easily setup their own infrastructure for things like source management and builds. In this overview session, we'll survey some of these offering and see how to make them work to our advantage towards a Continuous Delivery model.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop for working through the examples.
Notes:
We're looking forward to having you in the DIY Infrastructure workshop. To maximize the learning and value of our time together, we ask that you prepare your notebook that you're bringing to this hands on workshop.
1) Choose a Windows or Mac laptop that you'll be bringing to the workshop (we have some downloads and installs that are better to do before the event). Ensure you have admin or sudo privileges on the machine. Since we will be running a virtual machine on this system throughout the workshop, if you have a choice of laptops, please bring the one with a higher amount of memory and processor power.
2) Install VirtualBox on your system prior to the workshop. To simplify using all of the software that we'll be running in this session, we'll be making use of VirtualBox. You can install VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org. (Note - the site currently seems to have an expired certificate which produces dire warnings in some browsers.) Take note of the directory where you install it. We'll need this information in the session.
3) Verify that you can start up ViritualBox and that it comes up successfully on your laptop. No more configuration is necessary.
DIY 3/4 Day DIY Infrastructure Workshop - bring a laptop! (See Notes)
Today’s open-source offerings allow teams to quickly and easily setup their own infrastructure for things like source management and builds. In this overview session, we'll survey some of these offering and see how to make them work to our advantage towards a Continuous Delivery model.
Participants should bring either a Windows or Mac laptop for working through the examples.
Notes:
We're looking forward to having you in the DIY Infrastructure workshop. To maximize the learning and value of our time together, we ask that you prepare your notebook that you're bringing to this hands on workshop.
1) Choose a Windows or Mac laptop that you'll be bringing to the workshop (we have some downloads and installs that are better to do before the event). Ensure you have admin or sudo privileges on the machine. Since we will be running a virtual machine on this system throughout the workshop, if you have a choice of laptops, please bring the one with a higher amount of memory and processor power.
2) Install VirtualBox on your system prior to the workshop. To simplify using all of the software that we'll be running in this session, we'll be making use of VirtualBox. You can install VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org. (Note - the site currently seems to have an expired certificate which produces dire warnings in some browsers.) Take note of the directory where you install it. We'll need this information in the session.
3) Verify that you can start up ViritualBox and that it comes up successfully on your laptop. No more configuration is necessary.
Out of the Zone: Getting Comfortable being out of your Comfort Zone
Technological change happens regularly these days – and with it – opportunity. Yet, most people work automatically towards building up comfort zones and work hard to stay within them. Being able to grow in our jobs and increase our skill set and sphere of competency/influence is essential for progress and overall well-being. We may not always like or agree with change, but often there are opportunities within it and the way we respond makes all the difference in the world.