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laptops at the moment

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I would like to introduce here who is a

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really good friend of ours and a really

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good friend of mine and he was so nice

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to say yes because I was like oh my God

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I need someone awesome to speak it

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had everything open so I won't actually

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introduce him because he is going to do

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a significant amount of introducing of

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himself I think

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um but he is awesome and he will give us

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a little treat at the end hopefully

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fingers crossed he is the engineering

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director leading grafana labs and I

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would like to introduce you

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thanks Sarah

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um thank you for that gracious

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introduction from uh humbled and quite

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honored to be doing the keynote today

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for our first ever everything open and

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my thanks to the organizing team for

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putting it on I have to say looking at

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the program with Rebecca Lindsay and Seb

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later in the week I'm kind of glad I'm

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on first because they do Bloody hard

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acts to follow

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I'm curious and

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um who was at Sydney for Linux conf 2018

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and saw my keynote there

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a few of you okay so this is going to

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seem eerily familiar in places and

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unfortunately the jokes will be much the

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same so my apologies there

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um my initial titles or subtitle for

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This was um some observations for 35

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years in Tech but I think this byline is

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probably a little more accurate I

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learned from my mistakes that thus you

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might avoid repeating them

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I don't make any claims that my story in

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the various anecdotes I'm going to share

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or anything particularly special but

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I've been really fortunate over the

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years to work with and for some of the

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best people I think in our industry and

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while their Brilliance may not have

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rubbed off I certainly did notice a few

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things along the way and I'll try and

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impart those today a lot of that time a

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lot of that time in my career has been

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working in the the overall open

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technical Commons

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uh one way one way or another but before

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digging into that I'll uh I'll go back a

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little bit in in time my life story is

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probably only of interest to my mum

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lesser but there's a few things I think

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that are relevant for the to set some

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context I'm largely self-taught

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started to pulling things apart doing

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Electronics ham radio that kind of thing

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but school was always a bit of a

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struggle I wasn't very good at maths and

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it's interesting as you talk to people

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you work in Computing you must be really

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good at math and I actually I'm not a

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really really struggled with it and a

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lot of my school reports were along the

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lines of blemings would do better if he

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applied himself and this um this also

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set sets the scene for some of the stuff

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bit later that's me with that was my

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pride and joy well I guess technically

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the family's Pride enjoy a Commodore

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4016 with a massive 16 kilobytes of ram

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one megahertz 6502 CPU I showed this

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same the same photo in 2018 and I told

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them the story how wonderful it was when

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we got the upgrade to 32k and I've since

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recently the this is a shorter part of

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particular system and this shows you the

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lengths that the manufacturers would

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then go to to make it hard for you to

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upgrade the memory of course that that's

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showing for the eight memory chips in

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the in the system of course the

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enterprising Hardware hackers of the day

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simply sold the chipset anyway and used

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blue wires to link them across now that

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megahertz it's fair to say you're not

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through it I also got my first exposure

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to electronics electronic music and I

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guess what would thinking back to it now

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would broadly be the precursor to

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chiptune sort of sort of stuff and this

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is even before Sid chips but it was um

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that was to create some surprising

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opportunities for me later and also put

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me on a path to buy my first of many too

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many synthesizers and from that a

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lifelong love of music

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too much about microprocessors on this

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keynote but I couldn't resist the

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temptation to put at least a die photo

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in this case this is a night back in

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1975. this is a 6502 with about 3500

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transistors a modern power 10 CPU from

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IBM power the open power Eco system has

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got 36 billion that's seven orders of

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quite a long way but to finish up those

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rather unexpected series of events

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including me working in a music shop and

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having a particular customer asked me a

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question about media twitch I replied oh

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it's 31 2.25 kiloboard 8 Bits And it's

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five milliamp current Loop up to

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isolated it's like why are you working

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in a music shop sort of thing why don't

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you go and explore things professionally

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which I then did went off worked in

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engineering firm

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embedded programming in particular got

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my start doing C in December and I think

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that's quite it was quite a useful way

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to start a lot of twists and turns since

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um including a wonderful time at the

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open power Foundation which I'll touch

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on briefly later on but now I'm at

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grafana and now leading a particularly

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wonderful bunch of people and back to

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what I've realized is on my real perfect

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real passions in a professional sense

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and that is um is people management I

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should say too and while grafana is

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supposed to support him in getting here

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today I'm speaking for myself only for

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the most part in this in this session

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anyway I'm starting a bit more topical

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so I've done a few retrospectives in the

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past of Linux value the uh the

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conference itself but this time we're

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on Linux Australia proper the two are

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obviously quite inexorably linked but I

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think it's it's time we used to gave

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gave La it's due in these sorts of sorts

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so to set the scene it's 1997.98 around

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there around that severe and pretty much

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all the Australian States and

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territories have a Linux user group for

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some of some kind and we need to

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difficult it was by name as a given that

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it would work on your Hardware that sort

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of thing so lugs played a particularly

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important role in just bootstrapping

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that initial uh that initial experience

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for people Terry Dawson and Gary allpike

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who are two members of the Sydney Linux

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users group got chatting and they

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figured that well we're starting to see

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uh user groups maybe we need some sort

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of umbrella organization so we can share

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share the load where it makes sense to

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do so and and have a common voice to

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government and those sorts of things

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um some logs are in favor others were

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less so which sort of sounds familiar

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with to this day to some extent but this

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is um this is certainly the conversation

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kind of got kicked off and bear in mind

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all this has been done and everything

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for the most part is being done by by

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certain Linux kernel developer from

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Adelaide is making some Rumblings about

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an open source conference this is this

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is Rusty Russell Rusty's aim is to bring

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together the Australian and

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international Linux communities and and

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sort of this being in these early days

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it was not a given that a lot of these

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contacts had been made so he approached

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the organizers of um the still under

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formation Linux Australian said look I'd

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really like to run this conference do

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you think you could help out with the

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insurance sort of be the the body that

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sits behind us and as Terry tells the

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story this has prompted them to take

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their conversations and yeah we should

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do something to do we better get

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something something done so they

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Incorporated Linux Australia in New

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South Wales in order to facilitate the

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in myself things to facilitate the

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running of kalu Terry was the first uh

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first president of the organization

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the apocryphal story is about rusty

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rusty funding Kelly on his credit cards

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are actually true they did actually get

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his money back on whatever was left over

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networking no Wi-Fi and slash dot was

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kind of at the heights of its power so

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people actually printed it off each

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website in the in November 2000 Terry

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tells a nice story about the jobs board

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which you can see on the left there

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Australia pretty well since 2000 Prima

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the story that he um

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he was looking for a job and he saw a

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post on there from this company called

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Dolby Labs pretty well known right who

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needed a system administrator come

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programmer come General Linux Guru and

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he's in fact there to this day some 23

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to install was was not not

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inconsequential task on a slow modem

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connection slowing stall Fest were

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um that you can't see but it's down the

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bottom you can see that don't have a

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look on the uh the Wayback machine if

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you want more but this at that point

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legit links Australia is sponsored by

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digital who now sadly defunct became

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around the um same time we had the first

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confirmary and the Sydney crew ran what

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became the first event and that kind of

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first links can't fight you and that

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kicked off what's become the the normal

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was the norm I suppose for um lcas to be

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a roving conference

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uh Rusty sword never run another

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conference again but he did still stay

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involved and he auctioned off a couple

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of t-shirts and it was quite a nice

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Synergy from this to what Sarah was just

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mentioning with the raffle at this this

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concept of fundraising has been the

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important part of the overall Linux

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Australian makeup particularly with our

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events for many many years now with

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thousands and thousands of dollars going

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to various good causes both within the

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tech sector but also external external

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to that but this was to the point where

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Linux Australia really started going

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some momentum in the 2000s saw two

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excuse me

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2002 Anand was voted from the Civics

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users group was voted in as president in

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2003 we saw Peter Andrews elected as

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president and this sort of starts a

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period which in my view and I think that

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had been in in indeed Terry was also

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this view this is really where Linux

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Australia as we now know today really

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started to kick into gear when we had

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this the PowerHouse that was peer sort

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of driving driving things along

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2004 a little bit of a website revamp a

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new logo for for Linux Australia but

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back in 2003 was a somewhat significant

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event for us for this the um for Linux

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Club value and I guess the the overall

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open source ecosystem in Australia it's

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the first time lennis tool showed up to

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um to one of the sessions he actually

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appeared in a penguin suit at LCA in

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Perth which was kind of funny but

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perhaps rather foolishly learned to say

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well look I'll come back but only if you

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organize a dunk tank which of course the

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Adelaide team were more than happy to

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have you to oblige

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2005 install Fest are very much a thing

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La website from that period knows the

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AGM those sorts of things and trigger's

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talking about Andrew trich or Andrew

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Trudeau is talking about

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interoperability with Version Control

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Systems at LCA in 2005.

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it's one of those kind of funny if

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you're there you know but for those of

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you that won't weren't present to wrote

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a tool that was allowed interoperability

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with a particular proprietary version

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control system which at the time

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somewhat controversial is being used to

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manage the the Linux Source Linux source

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code versioning and so forth it's fair

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to say I think that that was a catalyst

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for Linus to actually go on and write

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get the the source code management tool

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that we all know and mostly love to this

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day and it was interesting talking to

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Linus when we're in New Zealand ferocio

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a couple of years ago and he put He

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explained that these days he's actually

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better known for his work on git than on

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the Linux kernel itself

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on LCA for a moment this is also the

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first time we crossed the ditch over to

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and ran an LCA

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in New Zealand we've always enjoyed a

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very Collegiate relationship with our

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lovely cousins across the across the sea

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and this is the first time we had an LCA

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in 2000 and I think the gentleman

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pictured um

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is perhaps not as well known as he

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should be but as van Jacobson who is the

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author of The TCP header compression

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algorithm a deep underpinning of

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everything that in the mod even to this

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day in the modern internet The Story

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Goes that van Jacobson is wandering

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around so he'd no one was really quite

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sure who he was but he offered to help

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and I said well sure can you crimp

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network cables

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sure okay so off he went that's um

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that's links Australia the other thing I

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wanted to pull out on this particular

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side 2006

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um we see Linux Australia being very

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active in advocacy to government and

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that's something that's continued to

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this day as La has sought and I think

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been quite effective in being one of

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particular voices to the the Australian

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public sector around open source policy

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and that sort of that sort of thing

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someone else is a Linux Australia

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they've done or glad you asked well it's

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fair to say that LCA or Lynx coffee has

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been a big part of what La has done over

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the years but it's by no means the only

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thing that's done much more than just

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facilitating LCA it's auspiced many

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other conferences as we've listed there

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we were talking at dinner last night

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with a few friends from the open

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community and we reckon all told the

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number of attendees for La run or

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auspiced events over the years must be

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well over 10 000 people by now which is

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quite impressive for a small

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volunteer run organization

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La also has a grant scheme I think still

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do we yes I think yes um please please

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enroll please apply there's um there's

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money there for good causes to

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facilitate open source related projects

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LA's run various different awards at

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different points along the way done

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member surveys and generally looked at

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engagement but all this is um very much

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on the as I said being run by run by

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volunteers

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yeah there's a little bit of audience

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participation at this point if you may I

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was going to have a quick drink of water

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thank you I'm done um

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so can I ask if you've been involved in

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a voluntary capacity with Linux

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Australia or any of the conferences or

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other activities in Australia New

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Zealand and you're comfortable doing so

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would you just take a moment to stand if

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we can so we can seek all these

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wonderful people are

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I think a bit of a show of appreciation

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for

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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fix it thanks for that

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thanks for that so speaking of

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volunteers and that sort of stuff

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this is going to be my one rant

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for the dot for the or proximately you

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know most people know not really the

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ranty kind of a kind of a type

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I was reflecting on

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links Australia and the whole volunteer

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the concept of volunteering in the open

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source Community as a whole and and

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particularly with some events

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over the last 18 months and I'm actually

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Choosing My Words a little carefully

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here I'm not just pausing for dramatic

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effect

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but one of the things that I continue to

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be amazed by is the simple absence of

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kindness in many of our interactions uh

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when we when we're dealing on

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particularly on demanding lists and

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particularly the thing that's a

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nearly got me getting really really

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ranty was some some discussions on the

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Linux Australian mailing list indeed

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sometimes the vitriol

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that we have on these lists you just saw

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a bunch of people standing up who

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volunteered in links Australia these are

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the people that when the protagonists of

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people who could perhaps pause and not

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sent that email or thought a little bit

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more deeply or phrase it in a different

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way or perhaps even phrase it as a as a

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private inquiry rather than accusatory

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why the hell are you doing sort of thing

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these are the people you're attacking

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I'd encourage all of you you're all fine

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I'm sure it's no one in this room but

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those that are watching online

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um

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but I would really

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deeply encourage all of you to think

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about approaching

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your future interactions on the links

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Australia mailing list and indeed

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anything in the in our overall open

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technical Commons with a bit of kindness

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and remember that you're dealing with

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Volunteers in every case

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[Applause]

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thank you

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right that's the rant over

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uh there was one more but that's

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involves so don't you know when you're

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writing applications please don't over

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commit memory because in virtualized

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environments it's really really hard to

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sort of fake that but I'll um we'll wait

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for some let some expert actually to

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talk about it at some point in the

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future but it's anyway and I have one

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bad joke speaking of programming

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languages I have an assertion to make

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all right okay

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so I don't normally read my slides but I

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will in this case I would my assertion

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is between Australia and New Zealand we

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have for our population one of the most

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wonderfully vibrant free and open source

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communities in the world it's not

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without its flaws and Wobbles to be sure

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but we have a positive impact out of

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proportion with the modest population of

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the two countries in question yeah

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now I'm not saying this to be

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nationalistic I'm just making an

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observation about

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um the population density in population

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size but all of us here and all and

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those watching are part of a wonderful

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technical Commerce so I thought it might

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be nice to take a moment to ignite some

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of the people projects and companies

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from Australia New Zealand have been key

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to that success and to just to

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illustrate how rich that Heritage we

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have

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so this is a bit of an eye chart if

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you're in my 2018 talk you would have

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seen a similar thing it has been updated

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but basically what I sought to do here

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was saying well who are the people that

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I've admired and projects both people

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projects and companies over the years

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and then I talked to a few of those and

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pulled out a few few names and a few

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projects this will be available online

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so you can look later and but it's

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clearly not exhaustive that would be a

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much denser slide and I'm sure I've made

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emissions in any in errors in which case

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they're minor I do do apologize but I

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thought I'd just take a few minutes to

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call out a few that come to mind just to

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give some examples of the wonderful

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contributions that the Australia New

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Zealand free and open source software

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Community has made to the broader open

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technical open technical Commons the

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first one which I nearly missed

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is um and embarrassing I actually

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brought the John Lyons text to be able

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to hold up which of course is in my bag

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so I'm not going to jump off stage but

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maybe we'll pass it around

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so the the Lions commentary on Unix

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in 1976 included source code which was

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at the time the only real documentation

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available on Linux on Unix I should say

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outside Bell labs and of significance

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was the fact that the sixth edition

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allowed classroom use of the source code

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the seventh and subsequence editions did

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not which made it the book spread sort

553
00:19:12,299 --> 00:19:15,360
of made basically the book spread like

554
00:19:13,740 --> 00:19:16,799
wildfire on the photocopy machine

555
00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,900
because you couldn't buy it once you

556
00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:21,179
couldn't buy the new edition the the

557
00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:23,039
older copper version became quite quite

558
00:19:21,179 --> 00:19:24,840
valuable but it's commonly held to be

559
00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:26,520
one of the most copied books in computer

560
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,380
science which I think is not bad for an

561
00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:32,280
australian-based computer scientist and

562
00:19:28,380 --> 00:19:34,140
John uh John Lyons cursed me too it's

563
00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,580
almost 50 years ago so I guess in 2026

564
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:37,080
we should probably think about some sort

565
00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:41,039
of appropriate commemoration or

566
00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:43,260
recognition of that of that milestone

567
00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:45,900
Peter Andrews will lead need relatively

568
00:19:43,260 --> 00:19:47,340
little introduction I suspect to this at

569
00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:48,900
this particular group but as I mentioned

570
00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:51,120
earlier P was instrumental in kicking on

571
00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:53,640
Linux Australia in 2003 she's since gone

572
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:55,260
on to do gov hack open data normalizing

573
00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,539
open source basically just just about

574
00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:59,100
everywhere

575
00:19:56,539 --> 00:20:01,620
everywhere she went in the process

576
00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:03,780
vicoliver from across the ditch

577
00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:05,760
house from New Zealand he's instrumental

578
00:20:03,780 --> 00:20:07,320
in the development of the device called

579
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,200
the reprap which is considered by most

580
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:12,000
to be the cause as it were of the 3D

581
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,799
printing Revolution and Vic actually

582
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:16,860
demoed an early incarnation of the Rat

583
00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:18,179
prep I think at LCA in 2005 and I

584
00:20:16,860 --> 00:20:19,919
remember being there it's just like oh

585
00:20:18,179 --> 00:20:21,480
my gosh I am seeing the future kind of

586
00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:22,679
thing because the whole concept of 3D

587
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,240
printing at that time while it was easy

588
00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:25,380
to understand intuitively it was quite a

589
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,020
different thing to actually seeing it

590
00:20:25,380 --> 00:20:30,900
happening in front of you

591
00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:33,120
uh New Zealand is the clear current did

592
00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:34,260
a lot of work in driving openness in New

593
00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:36,539
Zealand government perhaps slightly less

594
00:20:34,260 --> 00:20:38,340
so in politics more broadly but another

595
00:20:36,539 --> 00:20:40,799
great contributor to the the open

596
00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:42,960
technical Commons from from New Zealand

597
00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:46,020
so that's obviously only a snapshot you

598
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:48,059
get the get the um the general idea but

599
00:20:46,020 --> 00:20:49,860
it's I think a great Community to be a

600
00:20:48,059 --> 00:20:52,679
part of and all of us here are part of

601
00:20:49,860 --> 00:20:54,240
that but also a good one to to work in

602
00:20:52,679 --> 00:20:56,520
it's going to touch a little bit about

603
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,320
working on free and open source software

604
00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,880
and open hardware and as I said I've

605
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,860
been fortunate to work in in the field

606
00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,780
on and off for quite a while I'm going

607
00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:05,880
to mostly avoid in these next few slides

608
00:21:03,780 --> 00:21:07,740
in the general remarks

609
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,720
talking about General work related

610
00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:11,760
things and try and confine my remarks to

611
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,380
open source specific

612
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,940
it's a piece and if you haven't already

613
00:21:13,380 --> 00:21:17,760
guessed this talk is going to jump

614
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:19,200
around a little bit and it'll be the

615
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,960
reasons that become apparent in about

616
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:24,600
six flights six slides a Time

617
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:27,480
so first of all you thought how do I

618
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,640
find a role in open source and I think

619
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,520
the obvious well it's tempting just to

620
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:34,200
go into one of the job search engines I

621
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,580
think often even to this day you do do

622
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,380
better just reaching out through your

623
00:21:35,580 --> 00:21:39,539
own human networks your local user

624
00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:40,860
groups we're at a conference networking

625
00:21:39,539 --> 00:21:42,299
the hallway track

626
00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:43,799
that's the thing are all opportunities

627
00:21:42,299 --> 00:21:45,059
to just find out about what's there on

628
00:21:43,799 --> 00:21:47,100
the ground because often the interesting

629
00:21:45,059 --> 00:21:48,960
jobs aren't advertised or are only

630
00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:51,360
lightly advertised because they're such

631
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,640
they're in such demand the Linux

632
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:55,320
Australia job section is another good

633
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,640
place to work if you're working in a

634
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,860
free and open source project already

635
00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,179
then reaching out through the network

636
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:01,799
you have there

637
00:22:00,179 --> 00:22:03,720
the one thing I would encourage you to

638
00:22:01,799 --> 00:22:06,900
do though is think about where would be

639
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,220
a fit for you I think it's we're in a

640
00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:09,960
pretty tricky job market at the moment

641
00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:11,100
it's fair to say and I think some large

642
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,159
companies have made some particularly

643
00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:16,980
foolish decisions in recently but um

644
00:22:14,159 --> 00:22:18,240
that that aside well it may seem there's

645
00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:19,679
not a lot of choice out there at the

646
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,299
moment I think it still makes sense to

647
00:22:19,679 --> 00:22:23,100
take the time to try and find somewhere

648
00:22:21,299 --> 00:22:24,720
that's actually going to align with you

649
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:27,480
does their Core Business align with your

650
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,740
values for example what are your views

651
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,080
on whether you want to be working local

652
00:22:28,740 --> 00:22:33,360
versus remote versus some kind of hybrid

653
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,919
and importantly what's corporate what

654
00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:36,780
does the corporate culture sort of feel

655
00:22:34,919 --> 00:22:38,340
like what's the reputation of the of the

656
00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:39,419
company so keep all these sorts of

657
00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:41,340
things

658
00:22:39,419 --> 00:22:42,600
do you mind

659
00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:44,640
I had a bit of a chat with our

660
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,740
recruiting team and just got some

661
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,240
current sort of best practices I suppose

662
00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:50,940
from them just to make sure these were

663
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,260
still still relevant be visible in the

664
00:22:50,940 --> 00:22:55,320
projects are relevant so if you're

665
00:22:52,260 --> 00:22:56,700
applying for a job in and saying of a

666
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,200
lead developer on such and such a

667
00:22:56,700 --> 00:23:00,419
project or I've contributed such and

668
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,919
such a project you can be sure that the

669
00:23:00,419 --> 00:23:03,659
recruiters in the modern recruiting

670
00:23:01,919 --> 00:23:05,280
process will look at your LinkedIn your

671
00:23:03,659 --> 00:23:07,679
GitHub and all those other places and

672
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,000
just see what your profile is online if

673
00:23:07,679 --> 00:23:10,980
you don't have one it doesn't matter but

674
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,380
just don't talk it up unnecessarily just

675
00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:15,659
be honest because it will be it will be

676
00:23:13,380 --> 00:23:17,580
checked be yourself

677
00:23:15,659 --> 00:23:19,380
um but be business friendly so be

678
00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:20,760
mindful that your people in the part of

679
00:23:19,380 --> 00:23:21,960
the modern recruiting process people are

680
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,840
going to look out there and just see

681
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,039
what um you know what your what Your

682
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,440
track record looks like particularly

683
00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:31,080
from the employment standpoint and have

684
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,400
an accurate LinkedIn presence while

685
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,900
um LinkedIn may still be slightly

686
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,940
controversial some of the reality is

687
00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:37,559
that recruiters do do look at it and

688
00:23:35,940 --> 00:23:40,440
it's better to have even just a basic

689
00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:43,020
entry so you at least appear the none

690
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,760
the none at all

691
00:23:43,020 --> 00:23:47,400
you get to the application negotiation

692
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,740
process so do your homework on the

693
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,299
organization know what your what what

694
00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:53,220
who you're approaching or what they do

695
00:23:51,299 --> 00:23:54,960
and talk to the people that work there

696
00:23:53,220 --> 00:23:56,760
if you possibly can on that you know

697
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,400
that's often not too hard to do spend

698
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:02,760
some time on interview prep if you don't

699
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:04,980
know your stuff it's okay but don't

700
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,539
don't knock your water bottle over onto

701
00:24:04,980 --> 00:24:07,980
the electronics on the floor

702
00:24:06,539 --> 00:24:09,419
know your stuff but if you don't but

703
00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:11,280
don't sweat the interview process and

704
00:24:09,419 --> 00:24:12,539
one of the things I would contend I

705
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,620
actually feel kind of strongly about

706
00:24:12,539 --> 00:24:16,380
this one

707
00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:18,299
is that I think all modern

708
00:24:16,380 --> 00:24:20,580
sensible companies nice places places

709
00:24:18,299 --> 00:24:22,320
you'd probably actually want to work

710
00:24:20,580 --> 00:24:24,600
structure their interview process so

711
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:28,020
they're trying to help you to shine not

712
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:30,419
trip you up and I've been

713
00:24:28,020 --> 00:24:31,799
through both and the latter is certainly

714
00:24:30,419 --> 00:24:33,780
a much more pleasant way to be but I

715
00:24:31,799 --> 00:24:34,980
would assert that most of the most

716
00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:36,480
companies

717
00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:38,100
if you likely to want to work will end

718
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,960
up being more in that sort of more in

719
00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:41,640
that sort of vein think about your

720
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,679
salary expectations and stick to them

721
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,539
Valley of Roy had a really brilliant

722
00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:47,460
page on this and I looked earlier in the

723
00:24:45,539 --> 00:24:48,659
week and I could no longer find it but I

724
00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:50,640
could find someone linking to it which

725
00:24:48,659 --> 00:24:52,080
has a simple similar sorts of ideas but

726
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,440
there's some some excellent ideas there

727
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:57,299
and the basic premise there is that have

728
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,880
a real have realistic expectations not

729
00:24:57,299 --> 00:25:01,440
too high so not too low not too high but

730
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,760
also not too low when it comes to

731
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,840
negotiating your salary because once

732
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,280
you're in the role it's very very

733
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,539
difficult difficult to get a step change

734
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,220
so you kind of want to get that right

735
00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:10,679
and you don't want to be in a job and

736
00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:12,900
then finding a I could have asked for X

737
00:25:10,679 --> 00:25:14,820
percent more

738
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:16,740
asking about keeping copyright for your

739
00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:18,900
code that should be pretty much a

740
00:25:16,740 --> 00:25:22,559
no-brainer for most modern open source

741
00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:24,840
open Hardware related companies

742
00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:26,580
so you've got the job now what this is

743
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:29,820
one

744
00:25:26,580 --> 00:25:31,620
that um I thought was was important to

745
00:25:29,820 --> 00:25:34,200
point out in particular because now back

746
00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:35,940
in them have painted there back in the

747
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,820
fortune position and managing a team

748
00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:41,159
once again and I've had a bunch of new

749
00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:42,659
people start working as part of our part

750
00:25:41,159 --> 00:25:45,480
of my team over the course of the last

751
00:25:42,659 --> 00:25:47,700
12 18 months and there's been a

752
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,320
consistent thing I've noticed is that

753
00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:51,419
people worry about getting into the

754
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,580
groove too quickly most companies will

755
00:25:51,419 --> 00:25:55,559
expect you to take two to three months

756
00:25:53,580 --> 00:25:57,539
possibly more to really get established

757
00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:58,919
so please don't come into a role and

758
00:25:57,539 --> 00:26:01,260
feel oh gosh it's the second week I've

759
00:25:58,919 --> 00:26:03,240
got to be know everything you don't it's

760
00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:04,440
almost certainly a complex code base

761
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,659
they probably don't want you playing

762
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,460
with production just as yet until you've

763
00:26:06,659 --> 00:26:09,960
really found your feet and know know

764
00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:11,360
what you're doing so don't sweat that

765
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,620
that initial

766
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,360
that initial few weeks of getting into

767
00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:16,679
the into the groove

768
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,120
do get out and do some exercise

769
00:26:16,679 --> 00:26:20,039
particularly if you're working from home

770
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:22,080
which these days of course is a far more

771
00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:23,640
common common way to be and be

772
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,740
particularly mindful of your work-life

773
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,059
balance and that can be tricky to do if

774
00:26:25,740 --> 00:26:29,159
you're passionate about the tech and I

775
00:26:27,059 --> 00:26:30,900
think that's one of the few downsides

776
00:26:29,159 --> 00:26:32,400
for many of us who are working in an

777
00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:35,220
industry which is very closely linked to

778
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,559
help he's another other interests is

779
00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:39,659
it's far too easy to just have a poor

780
00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:41,580
work-life balance

781
00:26:39,659 --> 00:26:42,840
know when to jump this might seem a

782
00:26:41,580 --> 00:26:44,460
little bit of a strange thing to say

783
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,419
just after you've got the job but if you

784
00:26:44,460 --> 00:26:48,679
land

785
00:26:45,419 --> 00:26:51,000
this is actually not for me

786
00:26:48,679 --> 00:26:52,559
sometimes trust it makes sense to trust

787
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,240
your trust your Spider Sense and pull

788
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:56,039
the pin earlier rather than stay stay

789
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,539
longer because I think again because of

790
00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:59,820
that we're often working in our own

791
00:26:57,539 --> 00:27:03,320
hobby we do end up in a situation who

792
00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:03,320
stay longer than we we should

793
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,559
so a little bit of a digression just to

794
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,299
talk about the some of some health stuff

795
00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:11,100
I'm obviously not a doctor I was a

796
00:27:09,299 --> 00:27:12,659
psychologist a psychiatrist or anything

797
00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:15,419
like that but but our physical and

798
00:27:12,659 --> 00:27:16,760
mental well-being are obviously very

799
00:27:15,419 --> 00:27:18,840
very important and

800
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,100
inexorably linked to I should not use

801
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,320
words that are hard to pronounce in

802
00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:24,120
slides

803
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,799
but if you think about our profession

804
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:28,919
ours is in the main are pretty sedentary

805
00:27:25,799 --> 00:27:30,900
and often quite a solitary Pursuit so do

806
00:27:28,919 --> 00:27:32,700
get out do some exercise spend some time

807
00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,840
with your friends sitting and staying in

808
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,460
front of your computer all day is

809
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,320
probably not the best thing to do for

810
00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:38,820
your body if you find it difficult to

811
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,100
take breaks get a time all the modern

812
00:27:38,820 --> 00:27:42,419
operating systems have variations on

813
00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:43,860
this week instead of times so only

814
00:27:42,419 --> 00:27:44,940
working for 50 minutes they're not all

815
00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:47,640
either force you to get up for 10

816
00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:50,580
minutes and go for a walk or do some do

817
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,620
something eat more vegetables no really

818
00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:55,860
beer isn't in fact a vegetable country

819
00:27:52,620 --> 00:27:59,400
to popular belief but um

820
00:27:55,860 --> 00:28:00,900
but no do try to eat well and mental

821
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,640
health is at least as important as the

822
00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:04,440
physical as I said depression is a real

823
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,700
thing for many of us and this is where

824
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,659
I'm going to subdue a digression on a

825
00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:08,520
bit of a

826
00:28:06,659 --> 00:28:10,919
digression here and talk about my own

827
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,299
Journey a little bit so this is a photo

828
00:28:10,919 --> 00:28:14,400
I took

829
00:28:12,299 --> 00:28:16,140
of squirrel for reasons she'll become a

830
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,900
parent in a moment but I mentioned

831
00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:19,799
earlier that my a lot of my school

832
00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:21,779
reports along the lines of blemings

833
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:23,880
could do better if you applied himself

834
00:28:21,779 --> 00:28:26,279
I had a reflection about eight years ago

835
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,200
nine or nine years ago a lot of my peers

836
00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:29,940
seemed a lot more organized than I was

837
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,740
and perhaps more successful or whatever

838
00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:34,140
that might be I think of a couple in

839
00:28:31,740 --> 00:28:35,760
particular ctOS are quite successful but

840
00:28:34,140 --> 00:28:36,659
they're also smarter than I am I think

841
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,159
but

842
00:28:36,659 --> 00:28:39,360
I was like okay that's that's

843
00:28:38,159 --> 00:28:40,980
interesting

844
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,779
so while I was fortunate to have landed

845
00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:44,039
some more senior roles myself I was

846
00:28:42,779 --> 00:28:46,260
still disorganized I'm always doing

847
00:28:44,039 --> 00:28:48,240
everything at the last minute and sort

848
00:28:46,260 --> 00:28:49,559
of just you know seemingly getting

849
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,760
getting anxious because I've got to get

850
00:28:49,559 --> 00:28:52,679
this done in time and those sorts of

851
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,179
things the chance conversation with a

852
00:28:52,679 --> 00:28:55,919
dear friend of mine in the states they

853
00:28:54,179 --> 00:28:58,440
mentioned they had ADHD and we got

854
00:28:55,919 --> 00:28:59,580
talking about it okay and so I looked

855
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,860
into this a bit

856
00:28:59,580 --> 00:29:04,020
it didn't but it did and it actually did

857
00:29:01,860 --> 00:29:05,880
a basic set of Diagnostics with the GP

858
00:29:04,020 --> 00:29:07,740
the general practice general doctor that

859
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,000
I was working with at the time for usual

860
00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:11,039
Health stuff that the results kind of

861
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:13,679
came back a bit inconclusive so I kind

862
00:29:11,039 --> 00:29:15,000
of parked it okay maybe maybe it's I'm

863
00:29:13,679 --> 00:29:17,039
just lazy as it turns out or just

864
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,679
disorganize some kind of

865
00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:21,539
gave up I guess a little bit on that

866
00:29:19,679 --> 00:29:22,559
a few few years ago three years ago I

867
00:29:21,539 --> 00:29:24,480
moved down to the South Southwest

868
00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:26,760
Victoria about four four hours drive

869
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,799
from here and working with the new GP

870
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:31,140
just on boring stuff like cholesterol

871
00:29:28,799 --> 00:29:32,700
and all the rest I asked a quite pivotal

872
00:29:31,140 --> 00:29:34,140
question and so what about your mental

873
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:35,399
health and so well I'm prone to it it

874
00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:37,020
meant I'll get a bit blue and a bit

875
00:29:35,399 --> 00:29:39,600
anxious and if I don't exercise enough I

876
00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:40,860
feel pretty glum and I really sort of

877
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,179
scatterbrained and I find it really

878
00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:44,039
really hard to do

879
00:29:42,179 --> 00:29:45,179
to do stuff you know be organized and

880
00:29:44,039 --> 00:29:46,500
that's the thing I mean a reasonably

881
00:29:45,179 --> 00:29:48,659
senior role and I figure I should be

882
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:50,460
more organized she we've thought about

883
00:29:48,659 --> 00:29:52,260
ADHD and so as a matter of fact I had

884
00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:54,299
but I did the tests before and didn't

885
00:29:52,260 --> 00:29:57,059
really come back very very conclusively

886
00:29:54,299 --> 00:29:59,520
so so I think we should do them again

887
00:29:57,059 --> 00:30:03,120
so I went ahead and did the um the more

888
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:04,620
more of the Diagnostics and all um some

889
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,860
more Diagnostics and sure enough they

890
00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:09,779
came back quite um of uh yeah sorry time

891
00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:11,760
yourself in that with a much more strong

892
00:30:09,779 --> 00:30:14,039
sense that yes ADHD is probably going to

893
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,659
be a thing for me and a bit of imposter

894
00:30:14,039 --> 00:30:20,000
syndrome or even trying to starting to

895
00:30:15,659 --> 00:30:20,000
creep in at this point so

896
00:30:20,179 --> 00:30:25,020
I feel that those are the best photo

897
00:30:23,279 --> 00:30:26,580
author taken in a reasonable likeness of

898
00:30:25,020 --> 00:30:29,940
my brain some days and I think my my

899
00:30:26,580 --> 00:30:33,659
lovely sister for uh this we're all

900
00:30:29,940 --> 00:30:35,640
kind of thing so everyone's ADHD is

901
00:30:33,659 --> 00:30:37,380
different and I'm not purporting to

902
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:40,020
speak for anyone else anyway other than

903
00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:41,700
myself in this case but I but I've what

904
00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:42,960
I've come to realize is my brain is very

905
00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:44,760
much like a squirrels like oh what's

906
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,980
that over there when I you know my sock

907
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,659
drawer was impeccably organized when

908
00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:50,159
there's a deadline approaching

909
00:30:48,659 --> 00:30:51,960
that's it I don't have the physical

910
00:30:50,159 --> 00:30:53,340
aspects so much ironically like I can

911
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,779
just sit around and it's completely fine

912
00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:57,240
but for other people

913
00:30:54,779 --> 00:30:58,919
it's a very very different a very very

914
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,200
different part of the journey

915
00:30:58,919 --> 00:31:02,820
the process of getting a full diagnosis

916
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,260
here in Australia is reasonably

917
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:06,120
reasonably evolved you actually have to

918
00:31:04,260 --> 00:31:07,620
have a stands at the moment at least in

919
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,059
Victoria have an assessment through a

920
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:10,500
psychiatrist and they they run through

921
00:31:09,059 --> 00:31:12,000
it and even that was kind of telling

922
00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:14,640
because they're very capable and quite

923
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,140
warm psychiatrist but as we went as went

924
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,000
through the more detailed analysis that

925
00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:20,159
they had me do is they said you know

926
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,960
what you you kind of actually on the

927
00:31:20,159 --> 00:31:24,480
border a little bit in terms of what

928
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,220
we'd what we'd normally classes as ADHD

929
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,740
and this mostly has any implications in

930
00:31:26,220 --> 00:31:30,120
terms of potential treatment regimes but

931
00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:33,679
you said in your case I can tell you're

932
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,679
reasonably smart I tricked him

933
00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:37,500
you've obviously you've probably had

934
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,659
this since you're a kid

935
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:41,700
you've probably you've developed coping

936
00:31:39,659 --> 00:31:44,279
mechanisms over a period of about 40 or

937
00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:46,020
more years to understand how to how to

938
00:31:44,279 --> 00:31:48,899
work around this how to put sort of

939
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:51,720
Frameworks up and so forth

940
00:31:48,899 --> 00:31:52,919
um to to sort of manage it and it was

941
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,419
one of those conversations that for me

942
00:31:52,919 --> 00:31:55,799
is quite transformational so I thought

943
00:31:54,419 --> 00:31:57,059
well that explains what any time where

944
00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:59,640
I'm trying to get stuff done and really

945
00:31:57,059 --> 00:32:01,320
I'm just bone tired because I'm using

946
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:04,980
all these extra Cycles just to keep my

947
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:08,520
brain on track on the tasks azure

948
00:32:04,980 --> 00:32:09,600
so it was quite a it was quite a pivotal

949
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,580
conversation it's fair to say

950
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,960
confirmation bias is always a bit of a

951
00:32:11,580 --> 00:32:14,340
difficult or dangerous sort of thing

952
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,419
that that sort of expression for you

953
00:32:14,340 --> 00:32:16,679
have is a hammer suddenly everything

954
00:32:15,419 --> 00:32:18,840
looks like a nail because of course

955
00:32:16,679 --> 00:32:21,059
suddenly everyone who knew has ADHD

956
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,919
right but

957
00:32:21,059 --> 00:32:23,820
more seriously I talked about it fairly

958
00:32:22,919 --> 00:32:26,880
openly

959
00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:28,559
um I guess very openly now

960
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,880
but I did mention it to a couple of dear

961
00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:31,980
friends in the free and open source

962
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,480
community and ironically one it actually

963
00:32:31,980 --> 00:32:35,520
had a very similar experience just

964
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,440
recently themselves and have found a

965
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,120
particularly good book on the topic and

966
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,679
and our friend who was also on the

967
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,360
course to say yeah that all sounds

968
00:32:40,679 --> 00:32:44,100
eerily familiar I should probably go and

969
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,260
get that checked and sure enough as I

970
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:48,600
gather they've found a similar thing

971
00:32:46,260 --> 00:32:50,640
themselves I was pretty candid about it

972
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,559
at work at grafana it's a pretty um

973
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,779
we've got a pretty caring kind of a

974
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:57,240
culture and transparency is important so

975
00:32:54,779 --> 00:32:59,100
it's a pretty safe it's a safe place I'd

976
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,840
have to have to say but it was actually

977
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,820
quite um

978
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:06,000
quite empowering to be able to say look

979
00:33:02,820 --> 00:33:09,360
you know if I think to base my team the

980
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,740
people I manage and and my peers so if

981
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,580
you if I ask you if you ask me to do

982
00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,320
something I say I'm going to do

983
00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:14,820
something I forget please remind me it's

984
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,320
not and it's not me being lazy or

985
00:33:14,820 --> 00:33:18,840
forgetful it's actually just my brain is

986
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:21,539
sort of it why differently and I don't

987
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,340
always remember these sorts of things

988
00:33:21,539 --> 00:33:26,580
another aspect of it which I thought was

989
00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:29,220
worth um worth sharing is may or may not

990
00:33:26,580 --> 00:33:31,200
be with ADHD is very hereditary and I

991
00:33:29,220 --> 00:33:32,940
had the situation where once I found out

992
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,500
about this I mentioned it to my to my

993
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:36,299
broader family and a wonderful family

994
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:37,860
member has since found out that it's

995
00:33:36,299 --> 00:33:39,539
part of their makeup as well quite a

996
00:33:37,860 --> 00:33:42,240
little differently to mine but they've

997
00:33:39,539 --> 00:33:43,799
now been able to get some

998
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,000
um they also help and maintenance to

999
00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:46,860
work through that and it's been

1000
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,360
transformative although already a super

1001
00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:49,740
super smart individual in the first

1002
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,140
place but just going for these new

1003
00:33:49,740 --> 00:33:54,120
heights now that they've had that so it

1004
00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:56,340
was quite telling too that

1005
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,980
as it turns out a common misdiagnosis of

1006
00:33:56,340 --> 00:34:00,720
ADHD is uh depression so and but

1007
00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:01,919
medications use the depression are often

1008
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,960
exactly the wrong ones you want to use

1009
00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:06,179
for ADHD so I suppose

1010
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,980
it's uh it's worth getting getting chips

1011
00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:10,139
I think the big relief for me was that

1012
00:34:07,980 --> 00:34:11,460
just to realize that I'm not and for

1013
00:34:10,139 --> 00:34:14,460
that matter we're not we're not broken

1014
00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:14,460
thanks

1015
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,119
thank you

1016
00:34:19,379 --> 00:34:23,339
so I'm still working through the what to

1017
00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:25,200
do about it which is probably Apparent

1018
00:34:23,339 --> 00:34:27,839
from this talk

1019
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,399
but it just simply knowing us there was

1020
00:34:27,839 --> 00:34:31,679
pretty pretty apparent oh one final

1021
00:34:29,399 --> 00:34:34,139
thing I did want to mention too

1022
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:35,520
um just as a data point exercises

1023
00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:37,679
thought to be particularly important in

1024
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:40,020
managing ADHD hence the linkage to the

1025
00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:41,760
exercise I mentioned earlier but what's

1026
00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:43,619
interesting for me is there's a growing

1027
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,240
body of research that suggests in

1028
00:34:43,619 --> 00:34:46,500
particular exercise that uses the

1029
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:48,480
balance part of your brain is

1030
00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:50,159
particularly helpful for ADHD as I

1031
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,599
reflect on my own Journey the times when

1032
00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:53,099
I was most organized the most productive

1033
00:34:51,599 --> 00:34:55,379
have to be when I was fit and I got fit

1034
00:34:53,099 --> 00:34:58,260
by cycling so which is obviously fairly

1035
00:34:55,379 --> 00:34:59,400
balanced bounce wrong all right back on

1036
00:34:58,260 --> 00:35:01,020
the free and open source open hardware

1037
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:04,140
and something for some people managers

1038
00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:06,980
do we have people managers in the room

1039
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:10,020
oh please don't let me fold flat come on

1040
00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:11,579
throw it a few good okay hopefully the

1041
00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:13,079
rest all the rest of them busy watching

1042
00:35:11,579 --> 00:35:15,060
on tape

1043
00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:16,140
um so I'm back unfortunately back in the

1044
00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:17,160
Royal managing team of software

1045
00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:18,300
developers

1046
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,380
um really really wide range of

1047
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:21,240
backgrounds

1048
00:35:19,380 --> 00:35:22,920
time zones and geographies for that

1049
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,720
matter but that's giving me a few few

1050
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,280
perspectives and I've been fortunate to

1051
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:29,400
be involved with some some stuff at work

1052
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:31,440
where we've been identifying uh

1053
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,240
technical organizational culture and how

1054
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,200
we how we build successful ones there so

1055
00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,140
I'm sure I'm going to share a little bit

1056
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,920
just based on those those observations

1057
00:35:36,140 --> 00:35:39,420
flow time

1058
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,980
um there's something about we've

1059
00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:42,599
identified as enormously important and

1060
00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:44,579
I'd encourage all of you as individual

1061
00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:47,579
contributors but also the the managers

1062
00:35:44,579 --> 00:35:49,320
in the room to find or protect flow time

1063
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:52,079
that is to say make sure you've got time

1064
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:55,200
to work uninterrupted we encourage our

1065
00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:58,079
teams our everyone at grafana to block

1066
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,400
out chunks of time in their calendar so

1067
00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:00,839
that people don't schedule meetings

1068
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,940
there it may seem obvious but it's

1069
00:36:00,839 --> 00:36:05,400
transformative and as my wonderful

1070
00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:06,900
manager describes that it's okay for

1071
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,579
managers to be interrupt driven but not

1072
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:10,740
for individual contributors they should

1073
00:36:08,579 --> 00:36:12,900
be allowed to just not have to do tasks

1074
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:16,140
or context switches continuously in

1075
00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:17,579
order to to accomplish what they need to

1076
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:20,160
um you're probably managing introverts

1077
00:36:17,579 --> 00:36:22,140
you might even be one yourself but bear

1078
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,579
that in mind when you're organizing uh

1079
00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:25,980
company events I continue to be

1080
00:36:23,579 --> 00:36:28,380
surprised amazed when I hear of company

1081
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:29,880
events where it's all about loud music

1082
00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:31,380
for a crowd of people who probably don't

1083
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,820
actually want to dance or would probably

1084
00:36:31,380 --> 00:36:34,020
rather just have somewhere quiet to

1085
00:36:32,820 --> 00:36:36,420
listen to some music softly in the

1086
00:36:34,020 --> 00:36:39,960
background and get on with their get on

1087
00:36:36,420 --> 00:36:41,280
their thing as a people manager

1088
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,320
um I would encourage you to set yourself

1089
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,119
the goal as being at least as good a

1090
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,619
people manager as your individual

1091
00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:48,359
Engineers are Engineers or whatever the

1092
00:36:46,619 --> 00:36:50,160
individual contributor roles is that

1093
00:36:48,359 --> 00:36:52,440
they have and if you don't feel you can

1094
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:54,599
do it well maybe don't do it I don't say

1095
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:57,180
that to you anything disrespectful but

1096
00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:58,980
just simply that the people aspect of

1097
00:36:57,180 --> 00:37:00,420
the role is the most important part of

1098
00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:01,859
it and if you fail to do that well it

1099
00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:03,540
can have some pretty real consequences

1100
00:37:01,859 --> 00:37:07,400
for the people you manage so please

1101
00:37:03,540 --> 00:37:07,400
please take it do take it seriously

1102
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,380
a bit about aggression learn cool tricks

1103
00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:11,579
from your colleagues and this was in the

1104
00:37:10,380 --> 00:37:13,500
context of say how you're in the role

1105
00:37:11,579 --> 00:37:15,420
how do you stay stay current

1106
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:16,800
it's pretty hard to beat looking over a

1107
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:18,599
colleague's shoulder now these days it's

1108
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,980
almost going to be certainly going to be

1109
00:37:18,599 --> 00:37:21,480
virtual and I don't mean it in a weird

1110
00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:23,700
way obviously I'll get there get their

1111
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:26,460
permission this isn't a hacking exercise

1112
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:27,599
but um this is one tip I learned which I

1113
00:37:26,460 --> 00:37:28,800
only wouldn't have seen if I hadn't been

1114
00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:30,359
looking over trigger's shoulder that

1115
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,839
morning I said oh that's a cool trick

1116
00:37:30,359 --> 00:37:35,400
and file that away for for a rainy day

1117
00:37:33,839 --> 00:37:37,380
do something in another part of the

1118
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,180
stack I touch briefly on small memory

1119
00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:41,820
footprint systems embedded systems

1120
00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:43,500
that's the thing earlier on

1121
00:37:41,820 --> 00:37:45,540
do something that's part not that's not

1122
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,920
part of your regular job and do it on

1123
00:37:45,540 --> 00:37:48,300
your own time if you need to be but do

1124
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:51,660
it probably do it in another part of the

1125
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:52,980
stack if you're a big systems programmer

1126
00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:54,240
look do something in the embedded space

1127
00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:55,500
or somewhere in between if you're a

1128
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,480
similar if you're in a better programmer

1129
00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:58,800
write something that's much much further

1130
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,359
up the stack to get some familiar

1131
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,000
familiarity with those different parts

1132
00:38:00,359 --> 00:38:06,660
of the system play play around with

1133
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,160
metrics logs and traces for example

1134
00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:09,560
um play around systems that are

1135
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,700
somewhere in between our modern

1136
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,920
microcontrollers things like the esp32

1137
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:15,720
EXP 8266 would have been a circuit

1138
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,280
supercomputer not so long ago but that's

1139
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:19,859
still pretty still just a different

1140
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:22,079
mindset for your programming start today

1141
00:38:19,859 --> 00:38:24,119
with security this I mean these are

1142
00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:25,800
pretty obvious sorts of things but take

1143
00:38:24,119 --> 00:38:27,000
the lid off or Tinker with old Hardware

1144
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,619
or if you're a bit squeamish around

1145
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,240
screwdrivers and soldering irons and the

1146
00:38:28,619 --> 00:38:31,859
pointy end is generally the hot one with

1147
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:33,599
the soldering on

1148
00:38:31,859 --> 00:38:35,700
um just watch teardowns or those sorts

1149
00:38:33,599 --> 00:38:37,440
of things but my message here I guess is

1150
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:38,760
just to take some time to understand the

1151
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,079
full system because no matter what your

1152
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,880
role is overall in the software

1153
00:38:40,079 --> 00:38:43,920
development or the the engineering life

1154
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:47,579
cycle you'll be better at it for knowing

1155
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:49,560
more of how the the system works overall

1156
00:38:47,579 --> 00:38:51,320
um Mike while the sunshines

1157
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,420
unfortunately we're in a pretty volatile

1158
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:56,280
job market now and so I'd encourage you

1159
00:38:54,420 --> 00:38:58,859
to at least stash a few Bob away for a

1160
00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,480
rainy day in case things don't go quite

1161
00:38:58,859 --> 00:39:02,040
as expected keep your people networks

1162
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,079
ticking over I spoke about that earlier

1163
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:06,240
as being a good way to find a job but

1164
00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:07,680
you want to kind of do it genuinely but

1165
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,940
keep those those connections going

1166
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,800
because you never know when you might

1167
00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:12,540
need to talk to torches through it or

1168
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,680
soon say actually I need a job and if

1169
00:39:12,540 --> 00:39:15,480
it's the first time they've heard from

1170
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,579
you for a couple years then that can be

1171
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,320
a bit a bit rubbish

1172
00:39:17,579 --> 00:39:20,880
keep an eye out in a similar vein keep

1173
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,200
an eye out for the for the next steps

1174
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,520
where you might want to go next in case

1175
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,320
you need to do so

1176
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:28,079
unexpectedly I touched on learning new

1177
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:31,140
skills earlier but when you when the um

1178
00:39:28,079 --> 00:39:32,339
should the unexpected occur

1179
00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:33,480
um just a few thoughts on that don't

1180
00:39:32,339 --> 00:39:35,280
panic

1181
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,260
it's pretty rubbish if you've lost your

1182
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,060
job unexpectedly to put it put it mildly

1183
00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:39,900
but going out in a Twitter store won't

1184
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:41,460
help

1185
00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:43,079
it will it might make you feel better

1186
00:39:41,460 --> 00:39:45,119
for about 30 seconds but then it will

1187
00:39:43,079 --> 00:39:47,280
just work against you for the permanence

1188
00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:49,920
of the internet from there

1189
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,420
it's not personal and this I've actually

1190
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,160
been in this situation twice down myself

1191
00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:55,020
with a company restructures or whatever

1192
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:57,000
has meant I've found oh I don't have a

1193
00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:58,020
job anymore it's a bit awkward

1194
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,700
um

1195
00:39:58,020 --> 00:40:01,740
it's but it was put to me really really

1196
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:02,820
well on the sessions that we did the

1197
00:40:01,740 --> 00:40:04,800
company I was working for at the time

1198
00:40:02,820 --> 00:40:06,960
had a particularly

1199
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,280
gracious way of doing it was the first

1200
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,260
time they'd done layoffs and so forth

1201
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,540
and I handled it particularly well

1202
00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:15,780
the point they made in one of the

1203
00:40:12,540 --> 00:40:18,300
sessions sort of help us get back on the

1204
00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:19,800
wagon as it were was it's not personal

1205
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,660
and it might seem like a strange thing

1206
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,859
to observe but if you're affect what's

1207
00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:24,599
happening in the business has made a

1208
00:40:22,859 --> 00:40:25,859
decision the role you were doing is the

1209
00:40:24,599 --> 00:40:27,540
thing that has gone away you just happen

1210
00:40:25,859 --> 00:40:29,280
to be the poor bunny that was in it at

1211
00:40:27,540 --> 00:40:30,720
the time but it's not because you're a

1212
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:33,720
good or bad person you're just a bit

1213
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:35,700
unlucky on that day I don't say that to

1214
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:37,200
minimize the distress it causes but just

1215
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,339
to offer a different way to frame it if

1216
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,960
you do find that yourself in that

1217
00:40:38,339 --> 00:40:41,040
situation it's not you

1218
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,540
just

1219
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:44,099
the company has done something so I

1220
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:45,599
think it's the role that's gone away

1221
00:40:44,099 --> 00:40:47,760
and so forth

1222
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:50,400
is it legal this is where you need a

1223
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:52,200
lawyer I'm obviously not one but if you

1224
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,400
think there's um it's a potentially an

1225
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,720
unfair dismissal and that's something

1226
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,579
you want to look at pretty pretty

1227
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:59,880
closely because there are some fairly

1228
00:40:56,579 --> 00:41:01,680
short windows on on acting on that

1229
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:04,020
the aftermath so

1230
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,220
it's normal to feel a bit rubbish

1231
00:41:04,020 --> 00:41:07,560
obviously

1232
00:41:05,220 --> 00:41:10,440
um so self-care is even more important

1233
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:12,060
than it ever was at that point start

1234
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:14,520
reaching out don't assume people will

1235
00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:15,780
remember you but reach out and ask

1236
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,980
people for what you know for

1237
00:41:15,780 --> 00:41:18,900
opportunities and just kind of keep

1238
00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:21,240
those those sorts of things going it's

1239
00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:23,099
okay to follow up periodically if you've

1240
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:24,240
ever been in that situation yourself you

1241
00:41:23,099 --> 00:41:26,040
know someone might have asked you hey

1242
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:27,180
Fred you got any work going and you

1243
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,680
forget to get back to them it's probably

1244
00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:30,240
the same exactly the same for the person

1245
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,920
you're talking to so do follow up with

1246
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,359
them don't feel that there's a I haven't

1247
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,400
heard back from they're not interested

1248
00:41:33,359 --> 00:41:37,680
they've got nothing for me just kind of

1249
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,599
come back from from time to time

1250
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,980
I'd suggest keeping a search discreet

1251
00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:42,900
for the first week or two you don't need

1252
00:41:40,980 --> 00:41:45,119
to immediately flip the bit on your

1253
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:47,220
preferred job search engine or job

1254
00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:47,820
website to say that you're

1255
00:41:47,220 --> 00:41:49,500
um

1256
00:41:47,820 --> 00:41:51,780
you know looking for new work you might

1257
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,460
be able to find something

1258
00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:54,660
um more more discreetly as it were and

1259
00:41:53,460 --> 00:41:55,980
just kind of keep things ticking over

1260
00:41:54,660 --> 00:41:58,079
that way

1261
00:41:55,980 --> 00:42:00,359
and beware of imposter syndrome and this

1262
00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:03,240
is this is a particularly telling one I

1263
00:42:00,359 --> 00:42:04,800
think a self-doubt can certainly creep

1264
00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:06,480
in and I remember having a conversation

1265
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,339
with a with a dear friend of mine who's

1266
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,800
a really well known really well

1267
00:42:08,339 --> 00:42:13,740
respected I'd almost say older about

1268
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,300
open source community and they found

1269
00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:18,300
themselves in a situation where they

1270
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:19,800
were out of work unexpectedly from quite

1271
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,180
a senior role and this is something

1272
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,099
you'd all know I'm obviously not going

1273
00:42:21,180 --> 00:42:24,359
to name them so I think that I'm sitting

1274
00:42:23,099 --> 00:42:26,880
there listening to my account they say

1275
00:42:24,359 --> 00:42:30,200
man if this person can get imposter

1276
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:32,940
syndrome what what hope of

1277
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,859
as many Mortals got sort of thing but it

1278
00:42:32,940 --> 00:42:36,420
really is it really is a thing but

1279
00:42:34,859 --> 00:42:38,160
you're all really good at what you do

1280
00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,960
and it's a part of this a broader thing

1281
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,700
I think of just having a bit of courage

1282
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,920
to to back yourself and I'm going to

1283
00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:46,320
spend the next few slides and pretty

1284
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,640
much to wrap up with some thoughts on

1285
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,800
on that

1286
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,060
so something sunk in for me only really

1287
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,339
quite recently is you can actually

1288
00:42:51,060 --> 00:42:56,160
accomplish a lot more than you you ever

1289
00:42:53,339 --> 00:42:57,660
thought sort of it's a funny trait I

1290
00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:00,300
think of a lot of people in the open

1291
00:42:57,660 --> 00:43:03,420
technical Commons and

1292
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:04,859
a lot but sadly not all maybe Engineers

1293
00:43:03,420 --> 00:43:06,839
developed there's a fair amount of

1294
00:43:04,859 --> 00:43:08,160
modesty in there but sometimes that

1295
00:43:06,839 --> 00:43:09,780
modesty can actually work against you

1296
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:12,000
know actually I can't do that rather

1297
00:43:09,780 --> 00:43:14,280
just saying okay you get into this funny

1298
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:17,220
to headspace so he had this photo of the

1299
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:19,619
shy kid back in 1984

1300
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:21,839
a little earlier to kick things off this

1301
00:43:19,619 --> 00:43:23,839
is one sort of a similar one I guess

1302
00:43:21,839 --> 00:43:26,400
from around similar and this is me

1303
00:43:23,839 --> 00:43:27,720
doing Sound and Lighting at my my high

1304
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:30,180
school we were doing a production of

1305
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:31,619
what Orpheus in the Underworld I was

1306
00:43:30,180 --> 00:43:33,599
doing lights and I remember choosing

1307
00:43:31,619 --> 00:43:35,339
lights because if you messed up a

1308
00:43:33,599 --> 00:43:37,560
lighting queue it was far less obvious

1309
00:43:35,339 --> 00:43:39,420
than getting microphone feedback sort of

1310
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,940
thing so I really did not want to be

1311
00:43:39,420 --> 00:43:43,680
that person out out the front at all I

1312
00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:45,060
should add that's my lovely sister in

1313
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,859
the background who normally does smile

1314
00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:48,720
but she was looking rather stainfully at

1315
00:43:46,859 --> 00:43:51,480
what two people were doing off off the

1316
00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:54,180
off the frame there and remember this is

1317
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:56,300
1984 so we are both fashion appropriate

1318
00:43:54,180 --> 00:43:59,220
for the Euro

1319
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:00,720
you know it suffice to say um not a lot

1320
00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:02,460
of self-confidence but since since that

1321
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:04,740
photo is taken as I touched on the start

1322
00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:07,740
of the presentation I've done played in

1323
00:44:04,740 --> 00:44:08,940
bands it had quite a lovely experience

1324
00:44:07,740 --> 00:44:10,680
of doing music in different four

1325
00:44:08,940 --> 00:44:11,700
different ways but it's always been very

1326
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,020
much in the background I was the

1327
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,760
keyboard player at the back next to the

1328
00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:15,960
drummer and the bass player it's the

1329
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,660
thing or whatever it might be but very

1330
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:20,700
much in the um

1331
00:44:17,660 --> 00:44:21,540
so this is last year

1332
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:23,579
um

1333
00:44:21,540 --> 00:44:25,800
so I mentioned some music and passing

1334
00:44:23,579 --> 00:44:27,960
but this was um something that was a bit

1335
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,880
new to me because I don't ever sung in

1336
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:33,900
the car

1337
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:35,460
so I learned to sing to give back in

1338
00:44:33,900 --> 00:44:36,780
2014 I was still living in Canberra to

1339
00:44:35,460 --> 00:44:38,700
do some lessons with a great teacher

1340
00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:40,500
there Beck Taylor and that's what got me

1341
00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:42,420
started on the on the journey I guess a

1342
00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:44,040
little bit and I sung Amazing Grace at

1343
00:44:42,420 --> 00:44:45,599
her end of turn concert it was kind of

1344
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:48,119
cool because most of her students were

1345
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:49,619
kids or young younger people there were

1346
00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:51,660
two two adults in there but we've still

1347
00:44:49,619 --> 00:44:53,280
got to do the end of term so concert

1348
00:44:51,660 --> 00:44:54,000
with everyone else but that was kind of

1349
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,460
cool

1350
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,720
I moved to Melbourne in 2017 did some

1351
00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:59,099
lessons with a teacher in Brunswick

1352
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:01,140
which is my shame I've not been able to

1353
00:44:59,099 --> 00:45:02,520
find finding nobody did a couple bit of

1354
00:45:01,140 --> 00:45:03,540
help but when I moved down to the

1355
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:07,319
Southwest

1356
00:45:03,540 --> 00:45:08,700
in in late 2020 I started doing some

1357
00:45:07,319 --> 00:45:10,440
lessons shortly there afterwards with

1358
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:12,300
quite a force of nature down that way of

1359
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:14,160
seeing teacher by the name of Leah Oswin

1360
00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:15,720
and I went into Lee and said look I want

1361
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,220
to just get some backing vocals got

1362
00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:18,480
going because I think one day I want to

1363
00:45:17,220 --> 00:45:20,640
join a band again and it's good to be

1364
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:22,319
able to do vocals

1365
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,880
okay fair enough and I did a couple

1366
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:26,579
lessons with her and then went along to

1367
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:29,099
a um a workshop on musical theater that

1368
00:45:26,579 --> 00:45:31,319
was was being run in the region and

1369
00:45:29,099 --> 00:45:34,859
actually on my next lesson with Leo sung

1370
00:45:31,319 --> 00:45:36,720
a song from My Fair Lady she's like

1371
00:45:34,859 --> 00:45:38,160
the local theater company or auditioning

1372
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:42,540
for cats you should probably think about

1373
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:44,099
that okay so I thought I'd have a go and

1374
00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:45,420
I won't spend too much time musical

1375
00:45:44,099 --> 00:45:47,460
theaters that's the entire talk in its

1376
00:45:45,420 --> 00:45:49,440
own right but I figured I'd have a go at

1377
00:45:47,460 --> 00:45:51,540
The Ensemble so this is the cast that

1378
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:54,420
sort of sing you know do all the

1379
00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:57,240
wonderful stuff in the uh in the in the

1380
00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:59,400
behind the scenes so to speak but I sung

1381
00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:01,740
um a song from Gus the song called Gus

1382
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:03,780
the theater cat as part of my on

1383
00:46:01,740 --> 00:46:05,640
um audition for The Ensemble but I was

1384
00:46:03,780 --> 00:46:07,980
quite wonderfully

1385
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:10,380
um humbled to get I actually offered the

1386
00:46:07,980 --> 00:46:14,119
role so oh okay I'm assured I'm assured

1387
00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:14,119
it wasn't just the hair right like

1388
00:46:15,060 --> 00:46:19,260
so um so Gus's gusta theater cat's

1389
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,700
actually a poem from T.S Elite's book of

1390
00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:22,079
cats and some of you may have seen the

1391
00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:24,180
musical some of you may not some of you

1392
00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:25,980
may try to understand it don't because

1393
00:46:24,180 --> 00:46:27,119
it's just it's it's not really meant to

1394
00:46:25,980 --> 00:46:30,240
be understood it's meant to be a lot of

1395
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:31,859
fun but Gus is the old theater cat and

1396
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:33,119
he's the one with a story or an anecdote

1397
00:46:31,859 --> 00:46:34,560
for every occasion and you've been

1398
00:46:33,119 --> 00:46:35,940
seeing you listening to me for about 45

1399
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,339
minutes you can probably see a certain

1400
00:46:35,940 --> 00:46:40,740
amount of typecasting going on at this

1401
00:46:38,339 --> 00:46:43,920
point but if it is fair to say that

1402
00:46:40,740 --> 00:46:47,400
there's a there's a linkage there

1403
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:50,220
so this is um a shot from taken by one

1404
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:53,160
of my castmates of us performing on on

1405
00:46:50,220 --> 00:46:55,380
stage and so 2022 in July of last year

1406
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,460
the Lighthouse Theater pilate actors and

1407
00:46:55,380 --> 00:46:58,859
warrnambool theater currently put on

1408
00:46:56,460 --> 00:47:01,319
cats uh jelly arum the character to the

1409
00:46:58,859 --> 00:47:04,020
left is the lovely Ally mcpariner now a

1410
00:47:01,319 --> 00:47:07,079
dear friend and I've got to say we the

1411
00:47:04,020 --> 00:47:09,180
the gusta theater cats are duet it was a

1412
00:47:07,079 --> 00:47:12,180
privilege and just a joy to hear Ali

1413
00:47:09,180 --> 00:47:15,240
Singh her part of the duet each evening

1414
00:47:12,180 --> 00:47:18,000
and from only only a couple of feet

1415
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:19,140
but feet away I should say but um it was

1416
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,640
another one of these occasions where I

1417
00:47:19,140 --> 00:47:22,200
found I felt like I found my crew almost

1418
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:24,180
the kindred spirits and I think there's

1419
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,260
I've always felt that in the open source

1420
00:47:24,180 --> 00:47:27,119
community and I'd sort of been

1421
00:47:25,260 --> 00:47:29,099
peripherally involved as I said in in

1422
00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:31,619
theater but this is just a whole nother

1423
00:47:29,099 --> 00:47:34,140
level of sort of uh homecoming but for a

1424
00:47:31,619 --> 00:47:36,000
geeky kid and frankly a bit of a geeky

1425
00:47:34,140 --> 00:47:37,740
adult it was quite a wonderful jump to

1426
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,660
to have made

1427
00:47:37,740 --> 00:47:42,619
right I know a couple of big shout outs

1428
00:47:39,660 --> 00:47:42,619
were on the downward

1429
00:47:44,220 --> 00:47:47,819
um two quick shout outs um wanted to do

1430
00:47:46,380 --> 00:47:50,040
real quick

1431
00:47:47,819 --> 00:47:51,720
I mentioned open power previously I'm no

1432
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:54,180
longer the executive director but I'm

1433
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:56,400
still involved in a voluntary capacity

1434
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:58,079
but I did want to touch on just a very

1435
00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,180
one thing that happened since we last

1436
00:47:58,079 --> 00:48:01,859
since I last talked about it one of the

1437
00:48:00,180 --> 00:48:03,599
proudest moments has been part of the

1438
00:48:01,859 --> 00:48:05,400
open power community in that at the time

1439
00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:08,640
I was is we actually was my my own

1440
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,839
Modest part in guiding the power Isa the

1441
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,339
instruction set architecture the

1442
00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:13,740
detailed specifications of the power

1443
00:48:11,339 --> 00:48:15,359
microprocessor architecture to be an

1444
00:48:13,740 --> 00:48:17,640
open Isa which gives us as an open

1445
00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:19,740
technical Commons two choices at least

1446
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:22,079
two now in the open microprocessor space

1447
00:48:19,740 --> 00:48:24,300
and I think open Computing particularly

1448
00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:25,560
that low open Hardware so level is going

1449
00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:27,060
to be tremendously important to our

1450
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,920
ongoing successes it was an open

1451
00:48:27,060 --> 00:48:31,319
technical Commons it probably doesn't

1452
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,640
get quite the visibility it should but I

1453
00:48:31,319 --> 00:48:36,740
did want to just give it a bit of a bit

1454
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,740
of its um to you here thank you

1455
00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:42,420
so it's open open pair I've got some

1456
00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:44,099
interesting stuff going on both include

1457
00:48:42,420 --> 00:48:45,359
um some Libre or free silicon

1458
00:48:44,099 --> 00:48:47,220
implementations are on the way and

1459
00:48:45,359 --> 00:48:48,720
there's a power pie project and you can

1460
00:48:47,220 --> 00:48:52,579
join the dots as to what that might

1461
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:52,579
might be like quick glass of water sorry

1462
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:58,140
and I'd be remiss not to mention this

1463
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,359
wonderful Bunch

1464
00:48:58,140 --> 00:49:02,040
um I'm very proud to be of what my team

1465
00:49:00,359 --> 00:49:04,200
and uh what we're doing overall at

1466
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,220
grafana it's not a protocol to spend a

1467
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,800
whole bunch of time doing a commercial

1468
00:49:05,220 --> 00:49:09,000
talk so I won't but you can try our

1469
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:11,099
pretty useful

1470
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:12,480
free forever plan it's a surprising

1471
00:49:11,099 --> 00:49:13,980
amount of data you can actually send up

1472
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,420
to our service and it's actually free

1473
00:49:13,980 --> 00:49:17,160
for life so it's actually kind of quite

1474
00:49:15,420 --> 00:49:19,560
a useful thing and we do have some open

1475
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:21,119
roles in APAC at the moment as well not

1476
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:23,640
a ton of them but if they're of Interest

1477
00:49:21,119 --> 00:49:25,980
please do they'll come and

1478
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,720
come now and chat to me

1479
00:49:25,980 --> 00:49:30,060
so

1480
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:31,560
the final thing I talked a bit about

1481
00:49:30,060 --> 00:49:32,720
being an introvert and positive syndrome

1482
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,740
backing yourself

1483
00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:36,420
having people to encourage you that's

1484
00:49:34,740 --> 00:49:37,920
the thing and I also like to acknowledge

1485
00:49:36,420 --> 00:49:39,060
my lovely partner Kate who's been

1486
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,040
extremely supportive through all the

1487
00:49:39,060 --> 00:49:42,079
various twists and turns the last last

1488
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,190
few years

1489
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:46,680
thank you

1490
00:49:44,190 --> 00:49:48,359
[Applause]

1491
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:50,760
um so I thought I'd try and set a good

1492
00:49:48,359 --> 00:49:52,140
example to put myself on the line a

1493
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:55,079
little bit in the hope

1494
00:49:52,140 --> 00:49:57,380
it encourages you or I'm doesn't have

1495
00:49:55,079 --> 00:49:59,760
you running for the exit that's the case

1496
00:49:57,380 --> 00:50:01,200
anyway I figure it's one thing to sing

1497
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:04,380
on stage in entire company and actors

1498
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:06,599
and musicians around you or as I've done

1499
00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:09,599
and make up on for that matter and Lycra

1500
00:50:06,599 --> 00:50:09,599
yeah

1501
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:14,700
um but something else to do at solo so I

1502
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,200
thought I'll uh try and give you a

1503
00:50:14,700 --> 00:50:19,520
little like a pillar rendition Augusta

1504
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,520
theater Captain to close

1505
00:50:23,099 --> 00:50:26,280
so I hope it inspires you to try things

1506
00:50:24,839 --> 00:50:27,610
you you wouldn't have thought you would

1507
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,460
too

1508
00:50:27,610 --> 00:50:34,560
[Music]

1509
00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:41,220
I have played in my time every possible

1510
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:43,460
part and I used to know 70 speeches by

1511
00:50:41,220 --> 00:50:47,880
heart

1512
00:50:43,460 --> 00:50:53,520
extemporized back chat I knew how to gag

1513
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:54,480
and I knew how to let the cat out of the

1514
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:59,520
bag

1515
00:50:54,480 --> 00:51:04,559
I knew how to act with my back and my

1516
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:09,319
tail with an hour of rehearsal I never

1517
00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:14,160
could fail I'd a voice that would soften

1518
00:51:09,319 --> 00:51:20,460
the hardest of Hearts whether I took the

1519
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:25,500
lead or in carried apart I have sat by

1520
00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:29,700
the bedside of poor little now when the

1521
00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:34,859
curfew was wrong then I swung on the

1522
00:51:29,700 --> 00:51:40,400
bell in the pantomime season I never

1523
00:51:34,859 --> 00:51:43,880
fell flat and I once understudied dick

1524
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:50,059
whittington's cat but my grandest

1525
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:55,920
creation as history will tell as fire

1526
00:51:50,059 --> 00:51:58,700
forfeittle the fiend of the fell

1527
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,700
thank you

1528
00:52:00,390 --> 00:52:09,020
[Applause]

1529
00:52:05,839 --> 00:52:09,020
thank you

1530
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,059
thank you

1531
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,640
thank you that's about this most

1532
00:52:21,540 --> 00:52:26,400
gracious of you although I really am

1533
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:27,300
done but I will just say one fine

1534
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,099
um

1535
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:30,660
Sarah touched on this when we came in

1536
00:52:29,099 --> 00:52:32,940
this morning when in her remarks this

1537
00:52:30,660 --> 00:52:34,440
morning but I had the Good Fortune to

1538
00:52:32,940 --> 00:52:36,540
catch up with a few folk at dinner last

1539
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:38,640
night and then seeing him all today I

1540
00:52:36,540 --> 00:52:40,079
think it's just so wonderful to be part

1541
00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:41,220
of this community and so I wanted for us

1542
00:52:40,079 --> 00:52:42,660
to have the opportunity to be back

1543
00:52:41,220 --> 00:52:44,940
together in person I think it really is

1544
00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:46,740
a great thing about yourself to be

1545
00:52:44,940 --> 00:52:48,599
pleasantly surprised what you can do and

1546
00:52:46,740 --> 00:52:50,760
I hope today something's been something

1547
00:52:48,599 --> 00:52:52,380
that was inspired in some small way as

1548
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:54,480
well we've got some links which I'll

1549
00:52:52,380 --> 00:52:56,160
share on my blog later they'll be up by

1550
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,580
lunchtime hopefully

1551
00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:06,389
thank you again

1552
00:52:57,580 --> 00:53:06,389
[Applause]