Put me down for this one please :-)) Eric On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Send Linux mailing list submissions to > linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-owner [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linux digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Still looking for a speaker for next meeting? (Robert P. J. Day) > 2. [OT?] I'm in the market for Linux training work in Ottawa > (Robert P. J. Day) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:40:28 -0500 (EST) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Still looking for a speaker for next meeting? > To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Message-ID: > <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101250637140.7161@localhost6.localdomain6> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > As I mentioned in a previous post on this list, I'm packing up the > truck and, in the next month or two, moving to Ottawa and looking for > Linux-related gigs. There's a good chance I'll be in Ottawa for the > next OCLUG meeting Feb 1, and I notice there's no speaker lined up > yet. > > If I'll still be around that evening and can make it to the meeting, > I can give a short talk on how to write, build and load your first > kernel module, if anyone's interested and if that's not too elementary > a topic. It's a talk I've given a number of times so I'm pretty sure > I've worked all the bugs out. > > Let me know if there's any interest and I can put it together on > short notice. The whole thing would take less than an hour. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:55:46 -0500 (EST) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> > Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT?] I'm in the market for Linux training work > in Ottawa > To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Message-ID: > <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101251144110.9310@localhost6.localdomain6> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > OK, this is probably off-topic if there's an explicit jobs list for > Ottawa and vicinity but, after I make the move from K-W, I'll be > looking for Linux-related work. > > *Specifically*, if there's any to be found, I'm interested in > continuing to do training. I've been a professional, corporate Linux > and OSS-related trainer for close to 20 years (having taught for folks > like Red Hat, Sun, HP, Nexient, Global Knowledge and others). I've > taught their courseware, as well as quite a lot of my own for select > clients. That would include intro and admin Linux, as well as basic > kernel programming, and some languages as well (C, C++, Perl), so I > cover a fairly wide area. And these days, I've been immersed in > embedded Linux as well. > > So, to make a long story short, if you or anyone you know is looking > for professional-level training for *way* less than you'd pay one of > the major vendors, drop me a note. And if the organizers accept my > offer to give a presentation next week, you can come by and see what > you think of my presentation skills. :-) > > Again, I hope this wasn't wildly off-topic or inappropriate for this > list. > > rday > > P.S. One more point I'd like to emphasize. I called my little > company "Crash Course" because that's the sort of thing I'd like to > concentrate on -- short, intense training sessions for people who > don't have piles of time or a massive budget. > > Most major training vendors advertise courses that typically run > from 3 to 5 days because, for them, that's a reasonable business > model. I, on the other hand, like to think there's a market for 1-day > sessions on whatever particular topic a client is interested in. > We'll see how well that works in Ottawa. :-) > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > End of Linux Digest, Vol 73, Issue 18 > ************************************* > -- http://www.therecycledteenager.blogspot.com/ Leave the Windoze closed :-)) Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu (humanity to others)is designed to fix. But K-eep L-ocktite R-eady in the D-irt R-iding Z-one