@scottalanmiller said in DFW SpiceCorps Meeting 5/7/2019:

@NetworkNerd said in DFW SpiceCorps Meeting 5/7/2019:

Thanks to all who came. I still say @scottalanmiller should give a talk about open source projects, the various ways they receive funding, and why that likely makes them more feature rich than monetized offerings. That would be a really good one.

The book that we discussed was: The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Thanks - I'll add that to the reading list. I'm sad it isn't on Audible. That seems to be my consumption method of choice these days.

@NetworkNerd said in DFW SpiceCorps - 2/28/2019:

Yep - it was a great time. Thanks to all who came.

And a big PFFT to those that didn't show up.

@scottalanmiller said in DFW SpiceCorps - 11/29/2018 - Join Us Remotely if You Cannot Attend in Person!:

@NetworkNerd said in DFW SpiceCorps - 11/29/2018 - Join Us Remotely if You Cannot Attend in Person!:

The meeting is now live! Join here:

‪http://meet.google.com/uis-uogm-hdz‬

We tried to make it, but the drive from NY was just too far 😞 We got back to Dallas just 30 minutes ago. And @pchiodo isn't even here yet, he's still in Durant.

Oh, the joys of driving a U-haul.

@nerdydad said in DFW SpiceCorps - 9/18/2018:

@aaronstuder said in DFW SpiceCorps - 9/18/2018:

@scottalanmiller said in DFW SpiceCorps - 9/18/2018:

Will they let me in this time? I'd like to come up, but the Makerspace is very unwelcoming. Remember they turned me away last time that I showed up there.

Why?

Probably effects of the inifiban he got from the mothership.

No, this was a year ago and unrelated to Spiceworks. This was purely about the MakerSpace. No one was allowed in when I was there. I was a few minutes late, so however the other people got in, was closed off when I arrived.

@networknerd said in DFW SpiceCorps - 7/10/2018:

Tower 909

http://www.tower909.com/

@coliver said in DFW SpiceCorps - 4/19/2018:

This sounds like it is going to be a good one.

Agreed - now if I could just get more people to sign up and show up....

@coliver said in If You're Close to DFW and Can't Go to Spiceworld...Go to DFW VMUG UserCon!:

@jt1001001 said in If You're Close to DFW and Can't Go to Spiceworld...Go to DFW VMUG UserCon!:

@NetworkNerd There is an Upstate NY VMUG UserCon coming up 10/5. Based on your recommendation I'm going to try and attend! Thanks!

Where is that one?

https://www.vmug.com/Attend/VMUG-UserCon/New-York-New-Jersey-VMUG-UserCon-2017
https://www.vmug.com/Attend/VMUG-UserCon/Upstate-NY-VMUG-UserCon-2017

Definitely go if you can. Sometimes the technical marketing folks from VMware come too and answer whatever questions you want to ask. After all, the price is right (free).

@Marc92 just told me that they got in and are having the meeting, but it is behind the "you can't go in" barrier. So there wasn't a way to get to it. I guess if you were there a little earlier there was a way in or something. It was only at 6:30 and I was there about 6:55 and there was already no way to get into the Maker Space if you weren't on a tour with a very long wait. And they were waiting for new computers to be brought out to get digital waivers signed. So they were closed indefinitely while having a technical glitch, but that might have only taken a second. But I asked, they said no Spicecorps. So no reason for me to think that waiting an hour to get in deeper to the facility would gain me anything.

Didn't hear from Marc till I was already home.

@JaredBusch said in Contacts with Dallas Area Colleges or Universities:

What about libraries? They usually have spaces.

We have a nice one nearby, if we can't find a college, that's an option. But the promotional capacity of a college is a big deal as well. I have a feeling that there is a university that will let me do it, but it is way out the outskirts of the city and quite a long drive. Was saving them as a last resort.

I finally got around to posting the slide deck on my blog. And I added some corrections to the video: http://blog.thenetworknerd.com/2017/07/05/dfw-mango-meetup-whats-new-in-vsan-6-6/.