Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean
I'm already doing that via the site accesscop.org, though I need to rebuild the site, which I'm in the process of doing. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:09 PM To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I'm already doing that via the site accesscop.org, though I need to rebuild the site, which I'm in the process of doing. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:09 PM To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I have blogs and forums and stuff up there too, or I will. But my site isn't all for blind people though; sighted people can join as well and have a good time. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:10 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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What is your site address Respectfully Stephen Guerra Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, New York 11753-2341 Phone: 800.537.2118 Direct: 516.450.3817 E-mail: stephen@independentliving.com Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog Web sites: www.independentliving.com www.soundbytes.com -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 8:14 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. I have blogs and forums and stuff up there too, or I will. But my site isn't all for blind people though; sighted people can join as well and have a good time. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:10 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
http://accesscop.org, but it's down now since I'm completely rebuilding both the operating system (I'm installing Windows Server 2012), and then the site is getting a framework swap from Sueetie to DNN, so I'll let you guys know when it's back up, or for even more frequent updates, follow Twitter account @accesscop24. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Guerra Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:53 PM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. What is your site address Respectfully Stephen Guerra Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, New York 11753-2341 Phone: 800.537.2118 Direct: 516.450.3817 E-mail: stephen@independentliving.com Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog Web sites: www.independentliving.com www.soundbytes.com -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 8:14 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. I have blogs and forums and stuff up there too, or I will. But my site isn't all for blind people though; sighted people can join as well and have a good time. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:10 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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http://accesscop.org, but it's down now since I'm completely rebuilding both the operating system (I'm installing Windows Server 2012), and then the site is getting a framework swap from Sueetie to DNN, so I'll let you guys know when it's back up, or for even more frequent updates, follow Twitter account @accesscop24. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Guerra Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:53 PM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. What is your site address Respectfully Stephen Guerra Assistive Technology Specialist and Technical Operations independent living aids, LLC | SOUNDBYTES 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, New York 11753-2341 Phone: 800.537.2118 Direct: 516.450.3817 E-mail: stephen@independentliving.com Check out our 2013 New E-Catalog Web sites: www.independentliving.com www.soundbytes.com -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 8:14 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. I have blogs and forums and stuff up there too, or I will. But my site isn't all for blind people though; sighted people can join as well and have a good time. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:10 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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I have blogs and forums and stuff up there too, or I will. But my site isn't all for blind people though; sighted people can join as well and have a good time. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:10 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Sounds an aweful lot like a Wiki. *grin* and yes, good idea! At 07:09 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
If you want to give this a try, youu might have a look at: www.blindsysadmins.com I think a bit of a base is already created there. Vincent. Andrew Hodgson schreef op 2013-11-19 08:26:
Hi,
That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/
Andrew.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site.
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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Here's an idea... Lets combine our efforts. I am willing to do whatever it takes to make this work. What do you need from me in order to combine efforts? On 11/19/13 03:14, vincent@vanitallie.net wrote:
If you want to give this a try, youu might have a look at: www.blindsysadmins.com I think a bit of a base is already created there. Vincent.
Andrew Hodgson schreef op 2013-11-19 08:26:
Hi,
That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/
Andrew.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site.
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
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Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned this. Thanks. I haven't really been active on this list in a while but the website is there for anyone to use. www.blindsysadmins.com If you would like to change it, go absolutely crazy! I don't care how it's used. I registered the name and I host it but I want it to be of use to the community of blind system admininstrators. Read the introduction on the home page. It will show you what my aims were for the site. I still think these aims are the right direction to take but I will be led by the majority on this list. I kind of stepped away from system administration back in June. I'm now working for a really small software development company that make some really large finance applications. When I got here though, they had no network, no DNS, no domain controller, no secured file shares, no IT policies and absolutely no infrastructure to speak of at all. Now, they have a DC running Windows 2008R2, an Exchange 2011 mail server, DNS, DHCP, file shares, a 1GB LAN and all for a few thousand Euro. It's amazing what kind of network you can set up when you put your mind to it. Like Catherine was saying, I have had networks in my house for years. In fact, when I bought my house six years ago, I flooded it with Cat5 before decorating it. Because of my experience with setting up a very cool but very cheap network in my house, I was able to source and implement a network and servers for this company. We are in a very old georgin building so there are preservation orders all over the place. Still, I've managed to get connectivity to where we need it most. I am now in a position where the network is up and stable. The owner of the company is so impressed with the VPN that I've implemented that he has employed a developer in Romania. I used VMware workstation to build a VM for him and I sent it over on a 32GB USB3 pen drive. This is a little sluggish when running from USB but it's workable. The drive is encrypted using Truecrypt and it has the VPN software already configured. I was able to send it over there by currior, enable his account when I got the call that it had been received, give him the decryption key over the phone and let him work away as if he was sitting at a desk in this office. This extra flexability has been so well received by the company that I now have permission to employ a contracted and part time sys admin. I only need one for a few hours a week to maintain things here so that I can get on with my real job but it just goes to show you how things can so easily change. I am a manager in this company. At the moment, I manage the support and project teams. I handle their escalations as well so it keeps me really busy. I took this job origionally for two reasons. Firstly, the money is brilliant but secondly, I found system administration was getting too difficult. Far too many applications and systems were becoming inaccessible to me. My aim here is to get their support running really well by documenting absolutely everything and putting really solid structures and procedures in place and formalizing their project life cycles and work flows so that they are more careful at what they promise to deliver. Almost all their projects are delivered late. I need to fix this. When I've done that and things start to run more smoothly, my aim is to then move into development full time. I'm doing a little at the moment but not as much as I want. So there you have it. I was a sys admin, I took a job as a manager only to do more sys admin stuff and now I'm going to be managing a sys admin. It's funny how things happen. In the middle of all that, my wife had our first child and we christened her last Sunday! It's been a busy few months! Regards Darragh -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 19 November 2013 07:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Hi, Congrats on your changes, it sounds really busy. I am sort of moving on as well, although I don't want to lose the technical skills. I am now an architect, looking at the new technologies and finding out how they could best be used to provide business functions. I did my last implementation over the weekend, completely changing our finance processing software to a new bespoke system. It will be interesting to see how this pans out... Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh Sent: 19 November 2013 09:17 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned this. Thanks. I haven't really been active on this list in a while but the website is there for anyone to use. www.blindsysadmins.com If you would like to change it, go absolutely crazy! I don't care how it's used. I registered the name and I host it but I want it to be of use to the community of blind system admininstrators. Read the introduction on the home page. It will show you what my aims were for the site. I still think these aims are the right direction to take but I will be led by the majority on this list. I kind of stepped away from system administration back in June. I'm now working for a really small software development company that make some really large finance applications. When I got here though, they had no network, no DNS, no domain controller, no secured file shares, no IT policies and absolutely no infrastructure to speak of at all. Now, they have a DC running Windows 2008R2, an Exchange 2011 mail server, DNS, DHCP, file shares, a 1GB LAN and all for a few thousand Euro. It's amazing what kind of network you can set up when you put your mind to it. Like Catherine was saying, I have had networks in my house for years. In fact, when I bought my house six years ago, I flooded it with Cat5 before decorating it. Because of my experience with setting up a very cool but very cheap network in my house, I was able to source and implement a network and servers for this company. We are in a very old georgin building so there are preservation orders all over the place. Still, I've managed to get connectivity to where we need it most. I am now in a position where the network is up and stable. The owner of the company is so impressed with the VPN that I've implemented that he has employed a developer in Romania. I used VMware workstation to build a VM for him and I sent it over on a 32GB USB3 pen drive. This is a little sluggish when running from USB but it's workable. The drive is encrypted using Truecrypt and it has the VPN software already configured. I was able to send it over there by currior, enable his account when I got the call that it had been received, give him the decryption key over the phone and let him work away as if he was sitting at a desk in this office. This extra flexability has been so well received by the company that I now have permission to employ a contracted and part time sys admin. I only need one for a few hours a week to maintain things here so that I can get on with my real job but it just goes to show you how things can so easily change. I am a manager in this company. At the moment, I manage the support and project teams. I handle their escalations as well so it keeps me really busy. I took this job origionally for two reasons. Firstly, the money is brilliant but secondly, I found system administration was getting too difficult. Far too many applications and systems were becoming inaccessible to me. My aim here is to get their support running really well by documenting absolutely everything and putting really solid structures and procedures in place and formalizing their project life cycles and work flows so that they are more careful at what they promise to deliver. Almost all their projects are delivered late. I need to fix this. When I've done that and things start to run more smoothly, my aim is to then move into development full time. I'm doing a little at the moment but not as much as I want. So there you have it. I was a sys admin, I took a job as a manager only to do more sys admin stuff and now I'm going to be managing a sys admin. It's funny how things happen. In the middle of all that, my wife had our first child and we christened her last Sunday! It's been a busy few months! Regards Darragh -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 19 November 2013 07:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
All.
the resources posted sound very good. I need to check them out and see how I can assist.
Sean
On 20/11/2013, at 3:24 AM, Andrew Hodgson
Hi,
Congrats on your changes, it sounds really busy.
I am sort of moving on as well, although I don't want to lose the technical skills. I am now an architect, looking at the new technologies and finding out how they could best be used to provide business functions. I did my last implementation over the weekend, completely changing our finance processing software to a new bespoke system.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out...
Andrew.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh Sent: 19 November 2013 09:17 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site.
Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned this. Thanks. I haven't really been active on this list in a while but the website is there for anyone to use. www.blindsysadmins.com
If you would like to change it, go absolutely crazy! I don't care how it's used. I registered the name and I host it but I want it to be of use to the community of blind system admininstrators.
Read the introduction on the home page. It will show you what my aims were for the site. I still think these aims are the right direction to take but I will be led by the majority on this list.
I kind of stepped away from system administration back in June. I'm now working for a really small software development company that make some really large finance applications. When I got here though, they had no network, no DNS, no domain controller, no secured file shares, no IT policies and absolutely no infrastructure to speak of at all. Now, they have a DC running Windows 2008R2, an Exchange 2011 mail server, DNS, DHCP, file shares, a 1GB LAN and all for a few thousand Euro. It's amazing what kind of network you can set up when you put your mind to it. Like Catherine was saying, I have had networks in my house for years. In fact, when I bought my house six years ago, I flooded it with Cat5 before decorating it. Because of my experience with setting up a very cool but very cheap network in my house, I was able to source and implement a network and servers for this company. We are in a very old georgin building so there are preservation orders all over the place. Still, I've managed to get connectivity to where we need it most. I am now in a position where the network is up and stable. The owner of the company is so impressed with the VPN that I've implemented that he has employed a developer in Romania. I used VMware workstation to build a VM for him and I sent it over on a 32GB USB3 pen drive. This is a little sluggish when running from USB but it's workable. The drive is encrypted using Truecrypt and it has the VPN software already configured. I was able to send it over there by currior, enable his account when I got the call that it had been received, give him the decryption key over the phone and let him work away as if he was sitting at a desk in this office. This extra flexability has been so well received by the company that I now have permission to employ a contracted and part time sys admin. I only need one for a few hours a week to maintain things here so that I can get on with my real job but it just goes to show you how things can so easily change. I am a manager in this company. At the moment, I manage the support and project teams. I handle their escalations as well so it keeps me really busy. I took this job origionally for two reasons. Firstly, the money is brilliant but secondly, I found system administration was getting too difficult. Far too many applications and systems were becoming inaccessible to me. My aim here is to get their support running really well by documenting absolutely everything and putting really solid structures and procedures in place and formalizing their project life cycles and work flows so that they are more careful at what they promise to deliver. Almost all their projects are delivered late. I need to fix this. When I've done that and things start to run more smoothly, my aim is to then move into development full time. I'm doing a little at the moment but not as much as I want.
So there you have it. I was a sys admin, I took a job as a manager only to do more sys admin stuff and now I'm going to be managing a sys admin. It's funny how things happen.
In the middle of all that, my wife had our first child and we christened her last Sunday! It's been a busy few months!
Regards
Darragh
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 19 November 2013 07:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site.
Hi,
That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/
Andrew.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site.
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
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Hi, Congrats on your changes, it sounds really busy. I am sort of moving on as well, although I don't want to lose the technical skills. I am now an architect, looking at the new technologies and finding out how they could best be used to provide business functions. I did my last implementation over the weekend, completely changing our finance processing software to a new bespoke system. It will be interesting to see how this pans out... Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh Sent: 19 November 2013 09:17 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned this. Thanks. I haven't really been active on this list in a while but the website is there for anyone to use. www.blindsysadmins.com If you would like to change it, go absolutely crazy! I don't care how it's used. I registered the name and I host it but I want it to be of use to the community of blind system admininstrators. Read the introduction on the home page. It will show you what my aims were for the site. I still think these aims are the right direction to take but I will be led by the majority on this list. I kind of stepped away from system administration back in June. I'm now working for a really small software development company that make some really large finance applications. When I got here though, they had no network, no DNS, no domain controller, no secured file shares, no IT policies and absolutely no infrastructure to speak of at all. Now, they have a DC running Windows 2008R2, an Exchange 2011 mail server, DNS, DHCP, file shares, a 1GB LAN and all for a few thousand Euro. It's amazing what kind of network you can set up when you put your mind to it. Like Catherine was saying, I have had networks in my house for years. In fact, when I bought my house six years ago, I flooded it with Cat5 before decorating it. Because of my experience with setting up a very cool but very cheap network in my house, I was able to source and implement a network and servers for this company. We are in a very old georgin building so there are preservation orders all over the place. Still, I've managed to get connectivity to where we need it most. I am now in a position where the network is up and stable. The owner of the company is so impressed with the VPN that I've implemented that he has employed a developer in Romania. I used VMware workstation to build a VM for him and I sent it over on a 32GB USB3 pen drive. This is a little sluggish when running from USB but it's workable. The drive is encrypted using Truecrypt and it has the VPN software already configured. I was able to send it over there by currior, enable his account when I got the call that it had been received, give him the decryption key over the phone and let him work away as if he was sitting at a desk in this office. This extra flexability has been so well received by the company that I now have permission to employ a contracted and part time sys admin. I only need one for a few hours a week to maintain things here so that I can get on with my real job but it just goes to show you how things can so easily change. I am a manager in this company. At the moment, I manage the support and project teams. I handle their escalations as well so it keeps me really busy. I took this job origionally for two reasons. Firstly, the money is brilliant but secondly, I found system administration was getting too difficult. Far too many applications and systems were becoming inaccessible to me. My aim here is to get their support running really well by documenting absolutely everything and putting really solid structures and procedures in place and formalizing their project life cycles and work flows so that they are more careful at what they promise to deliver. Almost all their projects are delivered late. I need to fix this. When I've done that and things start to run more smoothly, my aim is to then move into development full time. I'm doing a little at the moment but not as much as I want. So there you have it. I was a sys admin, I took a job as a manager only to do more sys admin stuff and now I'm going to be managing a sys admin. It's funny how things happen. In the middle of all that, my wife had our first child and we christened her last Sunday! It's been a busy few months! Regards Darragh -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 19 November 2013 07:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Andrew, I'm glad you mentioned this. Thanks. I haven't really been active on this list in a while but the website is there for anyone to use. www.blindsysadmins.com If you would like to change it, go absolutely crazy! I don't care how it's used. I registered the name and I host it but I want it to be of use to the community of blind system admininstrators. Read the introduction on the home page. It will show you what my aims were for the site. I still think these aims are the right direction to take but I will be led by the majority on this list. I kind of stepped away from system administration back in June. I'm now working for a really small software development company that make some really large finance applications. When I got here though, they had no network, no DNS, no domain controller, no secured file shares, no IT policies and absolutely no infrastructure to speak of at all. Now, they have a DC running Windows 2008R2, an Exchange 2011 mail server, DNS, DHCP, file shares, a 1GB LAN and all for a few thousand Euro. It's amazing what kind of network you can set up when you put your mind to it. Like Catherine was saying, I have had networks in my house for years. In fact, when I bought my house six years ago, I flooded it with Cat5 before decorating it. Because of my experience with setting up a very cool but very cheap network in my house, I was able to source and implement a network and servers for this company. We are in a very old georgin building so there are preservation orders all over the place. Still, I've managed to get connectivity to where we need it most. I am now in a position where the network is up and stable. The owner of the company is so impressed with the VPN that I've implemented that he has employed a developer in Romania. I used VMware workstation to build a VM for him and I sent it over on a 32GB USB3 pen drive. This is a little sluggish when running from USB but it's workable. The drive is encrypted using Truecrypt and it has the VPN software already configured. I was able to send it over there by currior, enable his account when I got the call that it had been received, give him the decryption key over the phone and let him work away as if he was sitting at a desk in this office. This extra flexability has been so well received by the company that I now have permission to employ a contracted and part time sys admin. I only need one for a few hours a week to maintain things here so that I can get on with my real job but it just goes to show you how things can so easily change. I am a manager in this company. At the moment, I manage the support and project teams. I handle their escalations as well so it keeps me really busy. I took this job origionally for two reasons. Firstly, the money is brilliant but secondly, I found system administration was getting too difficult. Far too many applications and systems were becoming inaccessible to me. My aim here is to get their support running really well by documenting absolutely everything and putting really solid structures and procedures in place and formalizing their project life cycles and work flows so that they are more careful at what they promise to deliver. Almost all their projects are delivered late. I need to fix this. When I've done that and things start to run more smoothly, my aim is to then move into development full time. I'm doing a little at the moment but not as much as I want. So there you have it. I was a sys admin, I took a job as a manager only to do more sys admin stuff and now I'm going to be managing a sys admin. It's funny how things happen. In the middle of all that, my wife had our first child and we christened her last Sunday! It's been a busy few months! Regards Darragh -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 19 November 2013 07:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Hi, That would be: http://www.blindsysadmins.com/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: 19 November 2013 00:09 To: Blind sysadmins list list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. Hi all. I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good. any thoughts people? Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I agree 100%. In fact, this is a big part of the reason I helped create www.iavit.org. Each of us has figured out ways to do different things with computers. And while asking about these things on this list helps, if we could get them in a wiki so you could google it, it would be even better. Another thing is that there are a lot of blind sys admins who are not on this list. A wiki would help them a great deal. There is supposed to be a wiki at wiki.iavit.org but I had to shut it down because it kept getting hacked. But there are a couple of people on this list working on that right now. We intend to have space for blogging too. I'm sure you will be able to help once they get the wiki back up and secured. That's the thing about a wiki, it depends entirely on a lot of different people contributing. On 11/18/13 18:09, Sean Murphy wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
-- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim@math.wisc.edu
I'll take a peak at that as soon as possible; I've just been crazed with a ton of other things at the moment, though I intend to help you guys out just as soon as I can. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John G. Heim Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:01 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. I agree 100%. In fact, this is a big part of the reason I helped create www.iavit.org. Each of us has figured out ways to do different things with computers. And while asking about these things on this list helps, if we could get them in a wiki so you could google it, it would be even better. Another thing is that there are a lot of blind sys admins who are not on this list. A wiki would help them a great deal. There is supposed to be a wiki at wiki.iavit.org but I had to shut it down because it kept getting hacked. But there are a couple of people on this list working on that right now. We intend to have space for blogging too. I'm sure you will be able to help once they get the wiki back up and secured. That's the thing about a wiki, it depends entirely on a lot of different people contributing. On 11/18/13 18:09, Sean Murphy wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
-- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim@math.wisc.edu _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I'll take a peak at that as soon as possible; I've just been crazed with a ton of other things at the moment, though I intend to help you guys out just as soon as I can. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John G. Heim Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:01 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blind Admin web site. I agree 100%. In fact, this is a big part of the reason I helped create www.iavit.org. Each of us has figured out ways to do different things with computers. And while asking about these things on this list helps, if we could get them in a wiki so you could google it, it would be even better. Another thing is that there are a lot of blind sys admins who are not on this list. A wiki would help them a great deal. There is supposed to be a wiki at wiki.iavit.org but I had to shut it down because it kept getting hacked. But there are a couple of people on this list working on that right now. We intend to have space for blogging too. I'm sure you will be able to help once they get the wiki back up and secured. That's the thing about a wiki, it depends entirely on a lot of different people contributing. On 11/18/13 18:09, Sean Murphy wrote:
Hi all.
I have been kicking around an idea for a while now. I think we need a web site that we can share articles, how to's, best practises, knowledge articles, etc for people with vision impairment for admin on any area of IT. Also we could provide a section for programming. Utilising resources that are already out there would be good.
any thoughts people?
Sean _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
-- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim@math.wisc.edu _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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