[SASAG] Training Information Addendum

[Michael T. Halligan]

I could see a good reason for training on OS X Server and XSan.. Maybe  
with training it'd be less of a pile of $!@$%#$ :)
On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Ken Meyer wrote:

> Adam --
>
> I don't know a lot about Mac courses. However, if you ask the Mac  
> community,
> it's such an intuitive system that you don't need instruction.  Of  
> course,
> in my opinion, that's just pure silliness (my attempt to be somewhat
> polite).  And, are you going to need to administer the Mac server as  
> well?
> Of course, there's a lot of Linux under the surface of a Mac, so  
> maybe you
> could, as the mathematicians say, "Reduce it to a problem previously  
> solved"
> :-)
>
> Here's the website for the Seattle Mac organization, called dBug,  
> for the
> "Downtown Business User Group", for historical reasons I don't  
> understand.
> If there is any training of the type you crave available, people  at  
> their
> events should know about it:
>
> 	http://dbug.org/
>
> Here is their recent newsletter, with the schedule for their SIGs  
> included:
>
> 	http://dbug.org/publications/macnews/07-12_dbug_macnews.pdf
>
> As for the Mac Store, others exist in Lynnwood (Alderwood Mall) and  
> Tukwila.
> And, apparently, at least some stores offer one-on-one training as  
> well:
>
> 	http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/
>
> Well, I've shot my wad on the training scene.  Please let us know  
> how it
> works out for you, and how you rate the training you got, if any.
>
> Ken Meyer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: members-bounces at lists.sasag.org
> [mailto:members-bounces at lists.sasag.org]
> On Behalf Of Adam Morehead
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:38 AM
> To: members at lists.sasag.org
>
> Subject: Re: [SASAG] Training Information Addendum
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions, I'm still currently looking for Mac  
> Classes
> though, The Mac Store said they are closed for training for  
> remodeling and
> don't have a time when they will start offering it again.
>
> Adam Morehead
> Senior Computer Specialist
> APL-UW Distributed Computing Services
>
> Mailbox 355640
> Henderson Hall, Room 401
> Campus phone: 543-1377
> am at apl.washington.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: members-bounces at lists.sasag.org
> [mailto:members-bounces at lists.sasag.org]
> On Behalf Of Ken Meyer
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:03 PM
> To: members at lists.sasag.org
>
> Subject: [SASAG] Training Information Addendum
>
> Adam et al --
>
> I heard from Don Crawley of Sound Training, which is the commercial  
> training
> outfit I alluded to but couldn't think of off-hand.  Their website is:
>
> 	www.soundtraining.net
>
> Also, Dave's suggestion of the UW Extension might be right on the  
> money for
> you.  Here is the home page for the Linux/Unix curriculum:
>
> 	http://outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/uad/uad_gen.asp
>
> and here is the course description page:
>
> 	http://outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/uad/uad_crs.asp
>
> Note that the second course in the series, which specifically  
> addresses
> system administration, begins next Monday, January 7th, though if  
> you are
> entirely new to Linux, you might be somewhat at sea without the Fall  
> course:
>
> "Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, 6-9 p.m., Jan. 7-March 17, 2008  
> (no class
> on Jan. 21 or Feb. 18); $695; 3 CEUs. Instructor: Phil Nesser"
>
> What I would do is get the contact the Extension Office about space
> availability and have a dialog with the instructor about what you  
> really
> need to know and might have trouble picking-up "on the fly":
>
> "If you have questions about this program, please call 206-685-8936  
> in the
> greater Seattle area, or 1-800-543-2320 and press zero, or e-mail  
> [one of
> those rinky-dink webforms] us"
>
> Or, here's the home page for Phil Nesser's consulting operation:
>
> 	http://www.nesser.com/
>
> I note that he also teaches UNIX courses through that operation, but
> expensive and no dates specified.
>
> Ken Meyer
>
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