Category Archives: Sessions

Take Vacations using this One Weird Trick – DOCUMENTATION!

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gzk2

Speakers: Vanessa White, Rich Trouton Level: Foundational, BYOD Lab Excerpt: Learn the ancient and secret art of documentation in a hands-on session! Description: Documentation is many things: surrogate memory, teaching tool, an emergency tool, and vacation-saver. One thing it is … Continue reading →

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Using AutoPKG for Windows Software

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gzk2

Speakers: James Stewart, Matt Hansen Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: This session will cover PSU’s use of AutoPKG to automatically ready Windows Software for deployment. Description: AutoPKG is a tool that runs on OS X and is designed to ready Mac … Continue reading →

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Virtualization and OS X Testing – building your test environment using virtual Macs

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gzk2

Speaker: Rich Trouton Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: This session will cover how to rapidly build OS X virtual machines to desired specifications, along with showing how you can leverage these virtual machines to test the software and configurations that you’re … Continue reading →

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You Suck At Email – And Other Communication Challenges for the IT Professional

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gzk2

Speaker: Jim Rispin Level: Foundational, Lecture Excerpt: “Dammit Jim! I’m an IT professional, not a communication expert!” – Well, who says you can’t be both? Description: Let’s face it, you’ve invested years cultivating a knack for IT excellence. You can … Continue reading →

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Working with System Frameworks in Python and Objective-C

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gzk2

Speaker: James Barclay Level: Advanced, BYOD Lab Excerpt: Learn how to take advantage of OS X system frameworks that are useful to system administrators. Description: This lab will demonstrate how to work with OS X system frameworks, classes, and APIs … Continue reading →

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