DevOps DC Meetup - Lightning Talks

We've got a few lightning talks lined up for this month's DevOpsDC and would love to add you to the list of presenters. Share something you're passionate about in 5-15 minutes.

Will be a great night of cool ideas, concepts, and tools. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Agenda:

6:30 - 7:00 - Meet, greet, eat, and add a topic to our list

7:00 - 7:10 - Announcements & Intros

7:15 - 8:30 - Lightning Talks

Windows PowerShell by Example: PowerShell is much more than a scripting language. It can be used to automate a variety of server administrative tasks from manipulating VM's to configuring applications. After a brief introduction we'll dive right into real-life examples on how Windows PowerShell can make just about everyone's day-to-day life easier -- especially in the DevOps world. Paul Miles (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/7416201/) (@milespj (http://twitter.com/milespj)) Developer, deploy thyself! - How to make your developers happier and more productive by allowing them to deploy their own changes to production. Ramez Mourad (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/16487421/) (@ramezjm (http://twitter.com/ramezjm)) ChefSpec: Practical tips for writing RSpec examples for Opscode Chef cookbooks. Jake Vanderdray (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/15977001/) (@clumpidy (http://twitter.com/clumpidy)) Cooking Lessons Learned from our recent Chef adventures at TeamSnap (http://www.teamsnap.com/). Mark Cornick (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/16517271/) (@markcornick (https://twitter.com/markcornick/)) Effective Notifications - Almost every operations management tool can send notifications but most lack essential capabilities to make them useful to the recipients. Hear how the team at OpsGenie (http://opsgenie.com/) is tackling the problem. Berkay Mollamustafaoglu (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/19510521/) (@Berkay (https://twitter.com/Berkay/)) Sending Metrics to OpenTSD - OpenTSDB uses HBase. It is powerful and easy to use. Using netcat (or anything that can open a TCP socket and send a message), you can easily send metrics from any system on your network to OpenTSDB. David Mitchell (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/12351602/) (@pingdavid (https://twitter.com/pingdavid/)) Your talk here - we could use 1-2 more lightning talks, can we add YOU to the agenda? 8:30 - 9:00 - More Lightning Talks(?), networking, open discussion, etc.

Please contact Nathen (https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsDC/members/9746108/) if you've got something you'd like to present.