I have been meaning for some time to write a follow-up to my series about my experience of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems. This yet-to-be-written piece, titled “The Sun Diaspora”, may someday contain deep thoughts about how dispersing all that amazing Sun engineering talent may prove to have been a watershed event for the entire… Continue reading The 3rd Annual Solaris Family Reunion
Tag: Brendan Gregg
A Twitter Campaign: Social Media Marketing for Tech
One of the things I do in my job (and my life) is social media. I’ve been communicating online since 1982, and have tried just about every major online communications tool to come along during that time, starting with CompuServe chat and BBSes in the early 80s. I began using Twitter in 2007; it has grown to be an important… Continue reading A Twitter Campaign: Social Media Marketing for Tech
Perf Book Done!
Brendan Gregg‘s perf book is done. Yes, I edited this one as well. These photos show my kitchen white board before and after completion. Expect it in print September. ps You can now order the book from InformIT or Amazon. We did a series of videos throughout the writing of the book, about how and… Continue reading Perf Book Done!
How the Next Book Got Done
Two and a half years ago, Brendan was finishing the DTrace book. Now he’s finishing Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud. And I’m doing pretty much what I did last time: copy editing, managing technical reviewers, marketing, and care and feeding. It’s due to the publisher this week, will be in print in October. .… Continue reading How the Next Book Got Done
Technical Videos
Note: Most of these videos have migrated to my YouTube channel. The links below are often broken. This is an up-to-date listing of nearly 400 technical videos I have been involved in, one way or another, in the six years I’ve been working with Solaris, illumos, SmartOS, and related people, technologies, and companies. They are… Continue reading Technical Videos