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Telecom Reseller
Should the free market prevail? Is the Pulver Order threatened? Special Unified Office Podcast

Telecom Reseller

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025


Ray Pasquale says that he believes in the free market and thinks that the unregulated VoIP market has been an engine of creativity. Ray believes that a recent decision in California represents an unraveling of the Pulver Order. While consumer protections might be well intended, Ray thinks that the consequences of the new rules might be to raise compliance costs to a point where competition is priced out of the market. About Unified Office Unified Office is a leading communications technology company, constantly innovating to help our MSP resellers and their Small to Medium-sized Business (SMB) customers stay ahead in a rapidly changing world. Our unique Voice Over IP business communications platform is built on the patented Highest Quality Routing Protocol™ (HQRP™) nationwide transmission network, ensuring no missed calls, exceptional call quality, and zero downtime. Unified Office's patented platform also delivers real-time business analytics and alerts so that customers can monitor and reconfigure their business's operational workflows in real time from a visual dashboard on any internet-connected device. Key innovations include an AI-powered suite of spoken word, sentiment, engagement, and whisper-coach analytical applications, and other innovative solutions that really go to work for SMBs, so they can focus on running their business, provide exemplary customer service, drive more revenue, and increase employee and operational effectiveness. For more information, visit www.unifiedoffice.com. About Raymond J. Pasquale, Founder and CEO, Unified Office Ray Pasquale Ray has spent the last 20+ years as an entrepreneurial technology professional. He has extensive sales and customer engineering experience along with proven management team leadership in dynamic, emerging technology companies. Recently Ray played a key leadership role in professional and customer services, business development, pre-sales and technical marketing while at Sonus Networks, a market leader in Voice over IP technologies. Ray was a founding member of Sonus's services organization, recruiting many of its most senior members. From 1996 until 1999 Ray was a key technical leader and sales consultant for Cascade Communications' worldwide sales organization. During his tenure Cascade was purchased by Ascend Communications. Ascend, a leader in remote access technologies for the Internet market, was subsequently absorbed by Lucent in a merger. Prior to 1996, Ray's tenure with Digital Equipment Corp. included positions as Senior Consultant for Worldwide Network Operations, and Technical Leader and Senior Consultant for the Network Products Group. Ray's commitments to excellence and ideas were recognized by Digital. Mr. Pasquale received a Customer Satisfaction Award, Storage Systems Excellence Award, and Delta Ideas Recognition Award. He attended the University of Maine.

Hacker News Recap
April 8th, 2024 | Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams

Hacker News Recap

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 17:13


This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on April 8th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:38): How much faster are the Gnome 46 terminals?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966918&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:24): Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban homeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39970915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:15): Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streamsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39966743&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:40): Notepad++: Help us to take down the parasite websiteOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968761&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:22): After AI beat them, professional Go players got better and more creativeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39972990&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Hello WorldOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39967709&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:24): Vala Programming LanguageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39969131&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:47): Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local networkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968103&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:11): How engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. saved EthernetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39968382&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(14:58): Find My Device on AndroidOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39971673&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

OHNE AKTIEN WIRD SCHWER - Tägliche Börsen-News
“Jollibee ist besser als McDonald's” - Bitcoin steigt, Tesla fällt & Innovation ist Gefahr

OHNE AKTIEN WIRD SCHWER - Tägliche Börsen-News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 13:59


Alle Infos zu ausgewählten Werbepartnern findest du HIER. Aktien + Whatsapp = HIER anmelden.  Lieber als Newsletter? Geht auch. Das Buch zum Podcast? JETZT BESTELLEN. Douglas kommt an Börse, Apple kriegt unwichtige Milliardenstrafe, Macy's kriegt wichtiges Milliardenangebot. Ansonsten gehen der KI-Hype bei Super Micro Computer und die Rekordjagd beim Bitcoin weiter und Tesla verliert. Stell dir vor, du hast 3 Jahre Restauranterfahrung und wirst direkt von einem milliardenschweren Restaurantgiganten attackiert. Stell dir vor, du machst einfach weiter und gewinnst. Bei Jollibee (WKN: 910644) ist diese Vorstellung Realität. NVIDIA, ASML, Microsoft. Viele Tech-Giganten wirken aus heutiger Sicht wie unschlagbare Marktführer. In der Vergangenheit wurden solche Firmen aber oft geschlagen. Den Reminder liefert heute die Digital Equipment Corp. Diesen Podcast vom 05.03.2024, 3:00 Uhr stellt dir die Podstars GmbH (Noah Leidinger) zur Verfügung. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Disciplined Investor
TDI Podcast: Energy Transitions (#834)

The Disciplined Investor

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 59:32


CPI Hot – PPI Hot – but markets shrug it off. ECB raised rates 0.25% in a semi-surprising move. Blackout period continues for the Fed ahead of next week's rate meeting – what a relief. And our guest this week – Eric Townsend, Host of the MacroVoices podcast Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. A teenage computer protégé, he spent most of his high school years at MIT's Artificial Intelligence laboratory, where he taught himself several computer programming languages. Erik became an independent software development and design consultant to Digital Corporation's manufacturing systems technology group at age 17. By age 20 he owned his first private aircraft, after earning his private and commercial pilot's licenses. From his experience at MIT, Erik recognized that the IT industry's failure to embrace distributed computing translated to an exceptional entrepreneurial opportunity. At age 21, Erik committed himself to developing and commercializing distributed application software technologies he was first exposed to at MIT in the late '70s. By the mid-1980s, Erik had invented an approach to distributed system design that is now widely known as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). After applying SOA concepts initially at Digital Equipment Corp (where he consulted for nearly 10 years), in 1992 Erik founded the Cushing Group, a boutique consultancy focused exclusively on bringing advanced distributed application computing technologies to market. The Cushing Group's work with Wells Fargo Bank in the early 1990s paved the way for Wells Fargo to become the world's first Internet Bank by early 1995. Erik has become a passionate world traveler. He moved to Hong Kong in 2009 to get a better perspective on changing global economics. While living in Hong Kong, several hedge fund professionals he met there observed that through his own passionate trading activities, Erik was “already doing all the work of running a hedge fund except for picking up the phone and calling a lawyer and turning it into a fund”. Erik was flattered by the advice of his peers in Hong Kong to launch his own hedge fund, but wanted to finish his boots-on-ground evaluation of the global economy first. He spent just over sixteen month in 2011 and 2012 exploring the world, living in 28 cities in 18 countries during that period. Erik continues to live a very international lifestyle, and presently has homes in Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States. Erik eventually took his Hong Kong friends' advice to heart, and founded Fourth Turning Capital Management, LLC in 2013. Through that asset management company, he launched a Global Macro-strategy hedge fund in July 2013. In February 2016, in a joint effort with Nathan Egger, Erik launched Macro Voices, a new weekly financial podcast program which will target professional finance, high net worth, and other “sophisticated” investors who desire financial content at a level of sophistication and complexity above what the retail investment-focused podcasts on the Internet presently offer. Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/   Follow @andrewhorowitz Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy - HERE Stocks mentioned in this episode: (Oil), (SPY), (QQQ), (RWN), (URA), (URNM)

The Disciplined Investor
TDI Podcast: Peak Clean Energy Theory (#802)

The Disciplined Investor

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 59:38


Lousy earnings, stocks go higher. Fed stays somewhat hawkish, stocks go higher. Blowout jobs report, stocks go higher. Short squeeze games anyone? This week's guest - Erik Townsend with MacroVoices Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. A teenage computer protégé, he spent most of his high school years at MIT's Artificial Intelligence laboratory, where he taught himself several computer programming languages. Erik became an independent software development and design consultant to Digital Corporation's manufacturing systems technology group at age 17. By age 20 he owned his first private aircraft, after earning his private and commercial pilot's licenses. From his experience at MIT, Erik recognized that the IT industry's failure to embrace distributed computing translated to an exceptional entrepreneurial opportunity. At age 21, Erik committed himself to developing and commercializing distributed application software technologies he was first exposed to at MIT in the late '70s. By the mid-1980s, Erik had invented an approach to distributed system design that is now widely known as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). After applying SOA concepts initially at Digital Equipment Corp (where he consulted for nearly 10 years), in 1992 Erik founded the Cushing Group, a boutique consultancy focused exclusively on bringing advanced distributed application computing technologies to market. The Cushing Group's work with Wells Fargo Bank in the early 1990s paved the way for Wells Fargo to become the world's first Internet Bank by early 1995. Erik has become a passionate world traveler. He moved to Hong Kong in 2009 to get a better perspective on changing global economics. While living in Hong Kong, several hedge fund professionals he met there observed that through his own passionate trading activities, Erik was “already doing all the work of running a hedge fund except for picking up the phone and calling a lawyer and turning it into a fund”. Erik was flattered by the advice of his peers in Hong Kong to launch his own hedge fund, but wanted to finish his boots-on-ground evaluation of the global economy first. He spent just over sixteen month in 2011 and 2012 exploring the world, living in 28 cities in 18 countries during that period. Erik continues to live a very international lifestyle, and presently has homes in Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States. Erik eventually took his Hong Kong friends' advice to heart, and founded Fourth Turning Capital Management, LLC in 2013. Through that asset management company, he launched a Global Macro-strategy hedge fund in July 2013. In February 2016, in a joint effort with Nathan Egger, Erik launched Macro Voices, a new weekly financial podcast program which will target professional finance, high net worth, and other “sophisticated” investors who desire financial content at a level of sophistication and complexity above what the retail investment-focused podcasts on the Internet presently offer. Follow @andrewhorowitz Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy - HERE Stocks mentioned in this episode: (AAPL), (AMZN), (META), (MSFT)

Electronic Music
Don Lewis - Programming The DX7

Electronic Music

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 13:51


The following is a short piece of audio that was edited out of the original podcast interview with Don Lewis back in November 2020, where he discusses his time programming the Yamaha DX7's factory sounds. In the wake of Don's passing we decided to publish this excerpt, along with a tribute on the website.Chapters00:00 - Introduction02:29 - Yamaha DX7 and DX9 Demo03:02 - The Beginnings Of FM Synthesis09:26 - Working For The Competition12:26 - Yamaha DX7 and DX9 DemoDon Lewis BiogDon Lewis was a gifted musician and educator whose mission was to inspire and empower audiences to achieve their dreams. Whether presenting a solo concert or collaborating with other musicians and artists, Don's music brought a message of hope, respect and community. Don began playing piano as a Dayton, Ohio high school student. Later, at Tuskegee Institute, he accompanied and sang with the Tuskegee Chorus and played for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Freedom Rallies.Uniting his interest in engineering with his musical talent, Don became one of the pioneers in synthesizer use and technology. In 1977, he designed and built a synthesizer system, Live Electronic Orchestra (LEO) that was an inspiration for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), now on display at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA.Don performed at concerts worldwide and appeared as a soloist with many symphony orchestras. As a studio artist, he worked with such greats as Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendez and Michael Jackson. Don also created scores for film and television productions including the award winning Rainbow's End and Were You There series featured on PBS. In addition he scored commercials for such clients as Nissan, Pacific Telephone, and Digital Equipment Corp.Also an enthusiastic teacher, Don taught courses in the history of Gospel Music, multimedia, and synthesizer technology at University of California at Berkeley Extension, San Jose State University and Stanford University. In 1987, Don combined his love of children, education and music to create Say “Yes” to Music! He delighted thousands of students, teachers and school administrators across the United States and Canada with his inspiring musical assemblies.Throughout the years Don had been a concert artist and consultant with various musical instrument manufacturers including Hammond, Arp, Yamaha, Roland Corporation, and Rodgers Instruments. He continued to delight and touch the hearts of his fans in his concerts at home and throughout the world until his untimely passing on November 6th, 2022.Links / Credits Music from Yamaha's DX7 and DX9 demonstration cassette.https://donlewismusic.com/https://www.donlewisleo.comhttps://www.augustenborgproductions.com/ Rob Puricelli BiogRob Puricelli is a Music Technologist and Instructional Designer who has a healthy obsession with classic synthesizers and their history. In conjunction with former Fairlight Studio Manager, Peter Wielk, he fixes and restores Fairlight CMI's so that they can enjoy prolonged and productive lives with new owners. He also writes reviews and articles for Sound On Sound, his website Failed Muso, and other music-related publications, as well as hosting a weekly livestream on YouTube for the Pro Synth Network and guesting on numerous music technology podcasts and shows. He also works alongside a number of manufacturers, demonstrating their products and lecturing at various educational and vocational establishments about music technology.www.failedmuso.comTwitter: @failedmusoInstagram: @failedmusoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/failedmuso/ 

Living to 100 Club
Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage?

Living to 100 Club

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 41:22


Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage? This program explores the topic of reinventing oneself post-retirement. Our guest, Wendy Green, hosts her own podcast, Hey Boomer. She shares her messages on preparing for the decades we have left after we retire, and how to envision a life ahead of evolving from where we were to where we want to be. Is there passion in these “boomer years?” How can we live a life that is relevant and meaningful? And where does courage come into the picture? Wendy highlights the importance of keeping our dreams alive, and that we are not too old to pursue what we want in our senior years. Be sure to join us. Mini Bio Wendy Green, host of the inspiring live show & podcast. “Hey, Boomer!” is serving an important inspirational role for people 55 to 75, who are looking for ways to live meaningful, fulfilling lives.   Her goal is to help people see that they are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. Graduating from University of NC at Asheville. with a degree in Computer Science, Wendy entered the computer field as a programmer and moved into customer support at Digital Equipment Corp. It was at Digital that she built and grew the US Expertise Center. After moving to Maryland, she earned a Certificate from Georgetown Univ. in Change Leadership. In 2005 she started a KidzArt business, an after-school enrichment program and was recognized as the Franchisee of the Year in 2009. In 2013 she trained for and was certified as a Life Coach. Besides the podcast, Wendy offers a 6-week “What's Next” group coaching program to help people find their vision for the next chapter of life. For Our Listeners Wendy's website: Hey Boomer Take Our Listener Survey

Living to 100 Club
Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage?

Living to 100 Club

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 41:22


Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage? This program explores the topic of reinventing oneself post-retirement. Our guest, Wendy Green, hosts her own podcast, Hey Boomer. She shares her messages on preparing for the decades we have left after we retire, and how to envision a life ahead of evolving from where we were to where we want to be. Is there passion in these “boomer years?” How can we live a life that is relevant and meaningful? And where does courage come into the picture? Wendy highlights the importance of keeping our dreams alive, and that we are not too old to pursue what we want in our senior years. Be sure to join us. Mini Bio Wendy Green, host of the inspiring live show & podcast. “Hey, Boomer!” is serving an important inspirational role for people 55 to 75, who are looking for ways to live meaningful, fulfilling lives. Her goal is to help people see that they are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. Graduating from University of NC at Asheville. with a degree in Computer Science, Wendy entered the computer field as a programmer and moved into customer support at Digital Equipment Corp. It was at Digital that she built and grew the US Expertise Center. After moving to Maryland, she earned a Certificate from Georgetown Univ. in Change Leadership. In 2005 she started a KidzArt business, an after-school enrichment program and was recognized as the Franchisee of the Year in 2009. In 2013 she trained for and was certified as a Life Coach. Besides the podcast, Wendy offers a 6-week “What's Next” group coaching program to help people find their vision for the next chapter of life. For Our Listeners Wendy's website: Hey Boomer Take Our Listener Survey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Living to 100 Club
Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage?

Living to 100 Club

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 41:22


Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage? This program explores the topic of reinventing oneself post-retirement. Our guest, Wendy Green, hosts her own podcast, Hey Boomer. She shares her messages on preparing for the decades we have left after we retire, and how to envision a life ahead of evolving from where we were to where we want to be. Is there passion in these “boomer years?” How can we live a life that is relevant and meaningful? And where does courage come into the picture? Wendy highlights the importance of keeping our dreams alive, and that we are not too old to pursue what we want in our senior years. Be sure to join us. Mini Bio Wendy Green, host of the inspiring live show & podcast. “Hey, Boomer!” is serving an important inspirational role for people 55 to 75, who are looking for ways to live meaningful, fulfilling lives.   Her goal is to help people see that they are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. Graduating from University of NC at Asheville. with a degree in Computer Science, Wendy entered the computer field as a programmer and moved into customer support at Digital Equipment Corp. It was at Digital that she built and grew the US Expertise Center. After moving to Maryland, she earned a Certificate from Georgetown Univ. in Change Leadership. In 2005 she started a KidzArt business, an after-school enrichment program and was recognized as the Franchisee of the Year in 2009. In 2013 she trained for and was certified as a Life Coach. Besides the podcast, Wendy offers a 6-week “What's Next” group coaching program to help people find their vision for the next chapter of life. For Our Listeners Wendy's website: Hey Boomer Take Our Listener Survey

Living to 100 Club
Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage?

Living to 100 Club

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 25:24


Hey, Boomer: Are You Living a Life of Passion, Relevance, and Courage? This program explores the topic of reinventing oneself post-retirement. Our guest, Wendy Green, hosts her own podcast, Hey Boomer. She shares her messages on preparing for the decades we have left after we retire, and how to envision a life ahead of evolving from where we were to where we want to be. Is there passion in these “boomer years?” How can we live a life that is relevant and meaningful? And where does courage come into the picture? Wendy highlights the importance of keeping our dreams alive, and that we are not too old to pursue what we want in our senior years. Be sure to join us. Mini Bio Wendy Green, host of the inspiring live show & podcast. “Hey, Boomer!” is serving an important inspirational role for people 55 to 75, who are looking for ways to live meaningful, fulfilling lives. Her goal is to help people see that they are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. Graduating from University of NC at Asheville. with a degree in Computer Science, Wendy entered the computer field as a programmer and moved into customer support at Digital Equipment Corp. It was at Digital that she built and grew the US Expertise Center. After moving to Maryland, she earned a Certificate from Georgetown Univ. in Change Leadership. In 2005 she started a KidzArt business, an after-school enrichment program and was recognized as the Franchisee of the Year in 2009. In 2013 she trained for and was certified as a Life Coach. Besides the podcast, Wendy offers a 6-week “What's Next” group coaching program to help people find their vision for the next chapter of life. For Our Listeners Wendy's website: Hey Boomer Take Our Listener Survey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arizona's Morning News
Timeline for May 3rd

Arizona's Morning News

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 1:16


You've got mail! On May 3rd in 1978 the first spam email was sent by Digital Equipment Corp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

timeline digital equipment corp
Connecting the Dots
Humble Inquiry & the Physician

Connecting the Dots

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 71:49


  This is a video series with Dr. Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein on the new second edition of Humble Inquiry. Ed Schein is Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He was educated at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology. He worked at the Walter Reed Institute of Research for four years and then joined MIT, where he taught until 2005. He has published extensively-- Organizational Psychology, 3d Ed. (1980), Process Consultation Revisited (1999), career dynamics (Career Anchors, 4th ed. With John Van Maanen, 2013), Organizational Culture and Leadership, 4th Ed. (2010), The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, 2d Ed., (2009), a cultural analysis of Singapore's economic miracle (Strategic Pragmatism, 1996), and Digital Equipment Corp.'s rise and fall (DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC, 2003). Peter Schein is a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. He provides help to start-ups and expansion-phase technology companies. Peter's expertise draws on over twenty years of industry experience in marketing and corporate development at technology pioneers. In his early career he developed new products and services at Pacific Bell and Apple Computer, Inc. (including eWorld and Newton). He led product marketing efforts at Silicon Graphics Inc., Concentric Network Corporation (XO Communications), and Packeteer (BlueCoat). He developed a deep experience base and passion for internet infrastructure as the Web era dawned in the mid-1990s. Thereafter, Peter spent eleven years in corporate development and product strategy at Sun Microsystems. At Sun, Peter led numerous minority equity investments in mission-critical technology ecosystems. He drove acquisitions of technology innovators that developed into multi-million dollar product lines at Sun. Through these experiences developing new strategies organically and merging smaller entities into a large company, Peter developed a keen focus on the underlying organizational culture challenges that growth engenders in innovation-driven enterprises. Peter was educated at Stanford University (BA Social Anthropology, Honors and Distinction) and Northwestern University (Kellogg MBA, Marketing and Information Management, Top Student in Information Management), and the USC Marshall School of Business Center For Effective Organizations (HCEO Certificate, 2017). Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3 (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3) CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release date Contact CEOD@bmhcc.org if you have any questions about claiming credit.

The Root of All Success with The Real Jason Duncan
Reviving Your Business Without Sacrifice Ft. Dr. Mitch Russo

The Root of All Success with The Real Jason Duncan

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 60:00


Today's guest is Mitch Russo, an extremely successful entrepreneur with years of wisdom and experience that dates back to 1978 with no signs of slowing down. After working as an Electrical Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp, Mitch migrated to application engineering for Mostek (a semiconductor company) and then entered the software business as the founder of Timeslips Corp (sold to Sage Pie) after creating the largest network of Certified Consultants in the software industry, including huge companies like Intuit Corp. After selling his company and becoming COO of Sage Pie, he found himself involved in the VC community, and even became CEO of the largest furniture shopping site; FurnitureFan.com. As a CEO Advisor, sometimes to several companies at the same time, he participated in many different business types, solving many diverse types of problems in sales organizations, leading him to become a mentor and coach, helping numerous business owners and entrepreneurs reach success. He is also the CEO/President of Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes Business Breakthroughs joint venture which he grew to $25 million-plus per year, to then becoming an author and writing The Invisible Organization. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Cargill's Marketing Show
Episode 131 - PR and Corporate Communications with Maura FitzGerald

Bob Cargill's Marketing Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 53:43


Episode 131 - PR and Corporate Communications with Maura FitzGerald In this episode of Bob Cargill's Marketing Show, Episode 131, I talk to Maura FitzGerald, Co-Founder and Partner at V2 Communications, a Boston-based public relations and digital communications firm. During our conversation, we touch upon the challenges that businesses have faced during the pandemic, the importance of a solid internal communications program, hiring practices, employee empowerment and much more.  About Maura FitzGerald Maura is one of Boston's most seasoned public relations veterans. With decades of experience and not one, but two, high-growth PR agencies under her belt, Maura was the 2019 recipient of Boston PR Club's John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award. Over her career, Maura successfully founded and grew one of the premier U.S. brands in strategic technology communications, FitzGerald Communications. Under Maura's direction, the agency immediately became one of the fastest-growing technology public relations firms, rapidly transitioning from regional boutique to respected national brand in less than three years. After successfully building FitzGerald Communications to five offices and nearly 200 PR professionals, Maura sold FitzGerald Communications to Omnicom Corp. in 2002. A serial entrepreneur, Maura could not sit back when she witnessed a market opportunity evolving. With new technology innovations flooding the market as a result of digitization, Maura was poised to address the sophisticated communications challenges of these emerging companies. Together with Jean Serra, an experienced technology communications strategist and senior executive from FitzGerald Communications, she launched Version 2.0 Communications, now V2 Communications, in late 2006. After her experience running FitzGerald, Maura wanted to establish a firm that is boutique by design. Since its inception, Maura has grown V2's client roster to include several unicorns, disruptors and pioneers in the mobility, green technology, enterprise software and even nonprofit spaces. Today, V2 is recognized as a “Best Place to Work” in Boston and beyond.  Maura brings her unique blend of communications strategy and business management to counsel CEOs and senior marketing leaders from some of technology's most innovative market pioneers, including Sony, Motorola, Digital Equipment Corp., Compaq, Sapient, Peregrine and Manugistics. Working with these industry giants from their early days, Maura has designed programs to establish industry awareness, bolster credibility and position these organizations for future successful liquidity events. She continues to bring this expertise and experience to V2's clients through her direct management and mentoring of the agency's leading account teams. 

Leaders Who Learn
Humble Leaders and "Personized" Relationships - with Edgar and Peter Schein

Leaders Who Learn

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 62:52


In this episode of Leaders Who Learn, our hosts talk with Edgar Schein and Peter Schein of the Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute. The discussion in this episode is an absolute masterclass in leadership, culture, and what it takes to be an effective leader practitioner. Lynn, Joanna, Peter, and Ed talk about humble leadership, psychological safety, culture, and why the term "personized" is more effective than personalized. Hear Peter and Edgar get into specifics about leadership that is probably embedded in the leadership training you received at university or in the board room. This is a can't miss conversation. Ed Schein is Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He was educated at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology. He worked at the Walter Reed Institute of Research for four years and then joined MIT, where he taught until 2005. He has published extensively-- Organizational Psychology, 3d Ed. (1980), Process Consultation Revisited (1999), career dynamics (Career Anchors, 4th ed. With John Van Maanen, 2013), Organizational Culture and Leadership, 4th Ed. (2010), The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, 2d Ed., (2009), a cultural analysis of Singapore's economic miracle (Strategic Pragmatism, 1996), and Digital Equipment Corp.'s rise and fall (DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC, 2003). Peter Schein is a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. He provides help to start-ups and expansion-phase technology companies. Peter's expertise draws on over twenty years of industry experience in marketing and corporate development at technology pioneers. In his early career he developed new products and services at Pacific Bell and Apple Computer, Inc. (including eWorld and Newton). He led product marketing efforts at Silicon Graphics Inc., Concentric Network Corporation (XO Communications), and Packeteer (BlueCoat). He developed a deep experience base and passion for internet infrastructure as the Web era dawned in the mid-1990s.

Dreamcatchers
Giving Away $10,000,000 - Willie Deese

Dreamcatchers

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 50:25


The ultimate form of Return of investment is being able to pay it forward to that one thing that brought you to where you are now. Willie Deese, former president of Merck Manufacturing division and the current vice president of purchasing at SmithKline Beecham, shares with us how his difficult assignments brought him the values and talents that he has today.He will share with us his efficiency in driving a business forward and how diversity isn’t just about color, but also in thought, experience, and background, and how these will ultimately produce better solutions to problems.Let’s jump right in and see how you can also climb the corporate ladder and pay it forward to your mentors and teachers. [00:01 - 10:33] Opening Segment I welcome today’s guest, Willie DeeseWillie’s background storyWillie talks about his life in Digital Equipment Corp. [10:34 - 21:56] Working Your Way Up and Never StoppingGrowing in tough and dirty situationsHelping others succeed by setting an exampleSmithKline Beecham: Willie’s life after the plant Balancing the work with family life[21:57 - 28:13] Efficient Business DrivingThe importance of a manufacturing sector in a companyDriving business operations[28:14 - 38:44] The Red Pill MomentWillie shares what drives him to get things doneWillie’s thoughts and actions on diversityExpanding horizons, diversifying solutions[38:45 - 47:09] Giving Away $10,000,000Knowing others’ struggles call for actionWillie talks about his motivation behind the generosityPaying it forward to the university: The ultimate return of investment[47:10 - 50:25] Closing SegmentWhat should the listeners take away from this?Tough assignments and hard work build more character and resiliencyBe prepared to give back in either equal or greater measureTweetable Quotes:“If someone is gonna invest time, talent, and knowledge in you, they shouldn’t have to work harder than you, and you should never do anything to embarrass them.” - Willie Deese“Whatever you set out as a goal and you accomplish that, then it’s time to set a new goal.” - Willie Deese“I never thought that I was better than anyone else, but I never thought that anyone was inherently better than me.” - Willie DeeseResources MentionedMerckSmithKline Beecham (GlaxoSmithKline)You can connect with Willie by visiting his LinkedIn. LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.Dreamcatchers is an inclusive organization that targets people’s interest in being more instead of a certain demographic. We have people from all walks of life at many different ages. Find out more at www.dreamsshouldbereal.com. Find out more about Jerome at www.d3v3loping.com or www.myersmethods.com

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Electronic Music
Don Lewis - The Untold Story Of A Synthesizer Pioneer

Electronic Music

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 50:36


Chapters00:39 - Introduction01:18 - How does it feel to have a movie made about you?04:16 - Why make a film about Don?05:45 - Why create LEO, the Live Electronic Orchestra?09:18 - Is it about taking control?11:25 - The documentary process15:22 - A whole lotta love and struggles20:26 - The technology of LEO26:29 - Have you ever been tempted to move LEO from hardware to software?29:52 - Gathering testimonies32:12 - The documentary production36:21 - How have you found pitching this movie to distributors?40:31 - How LEO inspired MIDI48:21 - Where can we watch the movie?49:28 - EndingDon Lewis BiogDon Lewis is a gifted musician and educator whose mission is to inspire and empower audiences to achieve their dreams. Whether presenting a solo concert or collaborating with other musicians and artists, Don's music brings a message of hope, respect, and community. Don began playing piano as a Dayton, Ohio high school student. Later, at Tuskegee Institute, he accompanied and sang with the Tuskegee Chorus and played for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Freedom Rallies.Uniting his interest in engineering with his musical talent, Don became one of the pioneers in synthesizer use and technology. In 1977, he designed and built a synthesizer system, Live Electronic Orchestra (LEO) that was an inspiration for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), now on display at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA.Don has performed at concerts worldwide and has appeared as a soloist with many symphony orchestras. As a studio artist, he has worked with such greats as Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendez and Michael Jackson. Don has also created scores for film and television productions including the award winning Rainbow's End and Were You There series featured on PBS. In addition he has scored commercials for such clients as Nissan, Pacific Telephone, and Digital Equipment Corp.Also an enthusiastic teacher, Don has taught courses in the history of Gospel Music, multimedia, and synthesizer technology at University of California at Berkeley Extension, San Jose State University and Stanford University. In 1987, Don combined his love of children, education and music to create Say “Yes” to Music! Since then, he has delighted thousands of students, teachers and school administrators across the United States and Canada with his inspiring musical assemblies.Throughout the years Don has been a concert artist and consultant with various musical instrument manufacturers including Hammond, Arp, Yamaha, Roland Corporation, and Rodgers Instruments. He continues to delight and touch the hearts of his fans in his concerts at home and throughout the world.Ned Augustenborg BiogNed Augustenborg has produced a wide range of content in the television industry, having produced or directed for ESPN, MSNBC, CNN, The Mountain Sports Network, Canadian Sports Network, Prime Ticket, CNBC and Sports Net.Following his formal education at the University of Southern California and the University of Arizona, Augustenborg began his career in computer animation while collaborating on experimental video projects at the Long Beach Museum of Art Video Annex, followed by producing documentaries on such diverse subjects as the California Department of Corrections, a struggling Los Angeles Latino rock band and the early life of Nobel Prize winner Glenn T. Seaborg.In addition to his freelance production career, Augustenborg also managed several studios for a variety of Cable TV operators throughout Southern California. A recipient of multiple Emmy and Cable ACE Awards in the categories of Entertainment, Documentary, Experimental Video, News; Augustenborg most recently produced and directed for Time Warner Cable's newly developed sports channels in Southern California for which he received two Emmy nominations for "Best Live Sports Coverage" in 2014.Links / Credits All music clips produced, arranged, composed and performed by Don Lewis and taken from the soundtrack to the film, “The Ballad of Don Lewis” © Don Lewis Music 2020.“Fall in Pleasanton”“Hold On”“Be-Noun-Chi”Original Don Lewis LEO performances are available on the Album “Twelve Gates to the City” Available from Apple Music and Amazon.Film website: https://www.theballadofdonlewis.com/Trailer: https://vimeo.com/442861162Available from: https://4bri.net/newReleasesx5.asphttps://donlewismusic.com/https://www.augustenborgproductions.com/Rob Puricelli BiogRob Puricelli is a Music Technologist and Instructional Designer who has a healthy obsession with classic synthesizers and their history. In conjunction with former Fairlight Studio Manager, Peter Wielk, he fixes and restores Fairlight CMI's so that they can enjoy prolonged and productive lives with new owners.He also writes reviews and articles for his website, failedmuso.com, and other music-related publications, and has guested on a number of music technology podcasts and shows. He can often be found at various synthesizer shows demonstrating his own collection of vintage music technology.www.failedmuso.comTwitter: @failedmusoInstagram: @failedmusoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/failedmuso/ 

ConvoLIFE
Episode 12 - Perspectives on the Future

ConvoLIFE

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2019


In this episode we tackle some big questions about the future.What is it?How do we think about it?How do I get a job as a "futurist"?As leaders for change, how do we orient ourselves towards it?And if you're wondering why the image for this post is a piece of repaired pottery, you'll need to listen to the episode.Kintsugi, Centuries Old Japanese Method of Repairing Pottery with GoldTranslated to “golden joinery,” Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi, which means “golden repair”) is the centuries-old Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a special lacquer dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Beautiful seams of gold glint in the cracks of ceramic ware, giving a unique appearance to the piece.https://mymodernmet.com/kintsugi-kintsukuroi/“As you imagine the consequences of peripheral trends in the future, go beyond the first-degree impact. For example, consider the driverless cars that Google, BMW, and others are working on. Obviously cars without drivers could change driving patterns, which could affect auto manufacturers. Presumably they will crash less frequently, which could enable dramatically different designs that are much lighter weight, affecting material companies. Lighter cars will get much better mileage, affecting gas companies. If cars don’t crash, why would we need auto insurance, at least in its current form? And what about local governments that earn revenue from handing out speeding tickets? Or urban planners that allocate prime real estate to parking lots? Finally, consider employment implications. One million people in the U.S. work as truck drivers. What happens when they are displaced by robots?” Read more here.Famous Quotes about the Future'The Bomb will never go off; I speak as an expert in explosives."- - Admiral William Leahy , US Atomic Bomb Project"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 "But what is it good for?" -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us" -- Western Union internal memo, 1876. "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"-- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s. "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible" -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.) "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper" -- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind." "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out" -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962. "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. "If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this" - - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads . "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy" -- Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859."Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value" -- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre , France ."Everything that can be invented has been invented"-- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899. "The super computer is technologically impossible.It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." -- Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University "I don't know what use any one could find for a machine that would make copies of documents. It certainly couldn't be a feasible business by itself." -- the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977Listen here.Find the podcast on itunes here.

Synthetic Snake Oil: Online Security Tips
DP16 The Controversial Hacker Legend: Kevin Mitnick

Synthetic Snake Oil: Online Security Tips

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 2:19


Kevin David Mitnick. Some call him The Condor or The Darkside Hacker. For me, he’s a hacker who got “famous.” Today, Mitnick is the head of a security consulting firm - Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC - and is the Chief Hacking Officer of KnowBe4. KnowBe4 is a security awareness training company. He’s also on the advisory board of Zimperium which is a firm that is developing mobile intrusion prevention systems. He is atoning for his pas actions, which to say the least were nothing but nefarious. Before delving into computers, Mitnick was growing a passion for social engineering. Ultimately this was what he decided to study but used social engineering in a number of occasions. The most notable time was when he was 16 and gained unauthorized access to a computer network in 1979. The company he infiltrated was Digital Equipment Corp. After that, Mitnick was on the run for several years until he was caught and convicted for the crime in 1988. At the time he was sentenced to a year in prison and had three years of supervised release. However near the end of that three year period Mitnick hacked into Pacific Bell’s voice mail computers. After a warrant was issued, Mitnick fled and was a fugitive for two and a half years. Mitnick was captured again by 1995 which started a string of events where Mitnick was treated poorly. The whole process sparked a campaign from people called FreeKevin. Supporters were also given bumper stickers to raise awareness of it. A documentary also emerged talking about Mitnick and his story. It’s called Freedom Downtime. Mitnick also published a book in 2003 called The Art of Deception which explained in detail his intentions and his experiences. What we can learn from Mitnick is that not all hacking is bad and not all hackers are bad people.  After Mitnick has been released, he has worked with companies to improve security and he’s published three other books since 2003. Those books and the controversy revolving around his life in prison are what makes him famous. And considering his skills, it’s nice to have a hacker on our side and to help protect us against the various cybersecurity threats.

BSD Now
Episode 259: Long Live Unix | BSD Now 259

BSD Now

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 107:36


The strange birth and long life of Unix, FreeBSD jail with a single public IP, EuroBSDcon 2018 talks and schedule, OpenBSD on G4 iBook, PAM template user, ZFS file server, and reflections on one year of OpenBSD use. Picking the contest winner Vincent Bostjan Andrew Klaus-Hendrik Will Toby Johnny David manfrom Niclas Gary Eddy Bruce Lizz Jim Random number generator ##Headlines ###The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix They say that when one door closes on you, another opens. People generally offer this bit of wisdom just to lend some solace after a misfortune. But sometimes it’s actually true. It certainly was for Ken Thompson and the late Dennis Ritchie, two of the greats of 20th-century information technology, when they created the Unix operating system, now considered one of the most inspiring and influential pieces of software ever written. A door had slammed shut for Thompson and Ritchie in March of 1969, when their employer, the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., withdrew from a collaborative project with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and General Electric to create an interactive time-sharing system called Multics, which stood for “Multiplexed Information and Computing Service.” Time-sharing, a technique that lets multiple people use a single computer simultaneously, had been invented only a decade earlier. Multics was to combine time-sharing with other technological advances of the era, allowing users to phone a computer from remote terminals and then read e-mail, edit documents, run calculations, and so forth. It was to be a great leap forward from the way computers were mostly being used, with people tediously preparing and submitting batch jobs on punch cards to be run one by one. Over five years, AT&T invested millions in the Multics project, purchasing a GE-645 mainframe computer and dedicating to the effort many of the top researchers at the company’s renowned Bell Telephone Laboratories—­including Thompson and Ritchie, Joseph F. Ossanna, Stuart Feldman, M. Douglas McIlroy, and the late Robert Morris. But the new system was too ambitious, and it fell troublingly behind schedule. In the end, AT&T’s corporate leaders decided to pull the plug. After AT&T’s departure from the Multics project, managers at Bell Labs, in Murray Hill, N.J., became reluctant to allow any further work on computer operating systems, leaving some researchers there very frustrated. Although Multics hadn’t met many of its objectives, it had, as Ritchie later recalled, provided them with a “convenient interactive computing service, a good environment in which to do programming, [and] a system around which a fellowship could form.” Suddenly, it was gone. With heavy hearts, the researchers returned to using their old batch system. At such an inauspicious moment, with management dead set against the idea, it surely would have seemed foolhardy to continue designing computer operating systems. But that’s exactly what Thompson, Ritchie, and many of their Bell Labs colleagues did. Now, some 40 years later, we should be thankful that these programmers ignored their bosses and continued their labor of love, which gave the world Unix, one of the greatest computer operating systems of all time. The rogue project began in earnest when Thompson, Ritchie, and a third Bell Labs colleague, Rudd Canaday, began to sketch out on paper the design for a file system. Thompson then wrote the basics of a new operating system for the lab’s GE-645 mainframe. But with the Multics project ended, so too was the need for the GE-645. Thompson realized that any further programming he did on it was likely to go nowhere, so he dropped the effort. Thompson had passed some of his time after the demise of Multics writing a computer game called Space Travel, which simulated all the major bodies in the solar system along with a spaceship that could fly around them. Written for the GE-645, Space Travel was clunky to play—and expensive: roughly US $75 a game for the CPU time. Hunting around, Thompson came across a dusty PDP-7, a minicomputer built by Digital Equipment Corp. that some of his Bell Labs colleagues had purchased earlier for a circuit-analysis project. Thompson rewrote Space Travel to run on it. And with that little programming exercise, a second door cracked ajar. It was to swing wide open during the summer of 1969 when Thompson’s wife, Bonnie, spent a month visiting his parents to show off their newborn son. Thompson took advantage of his temporary bachelor existence to write a good chunk of what would become the Unix operating system for the discarded PDP‑7. The name Unix stems from a joke one of Thompson’s colleagues made: Because the new operating system supported only one user (Thompson), he saw it as an emasculated version of Multics and dubbed it “Un-multiplexed Information and Computing Service,” or Unics. The name later morphed into Unix. Initially, Thompson used the GE-645 to compose and compile the software, which he then downloaded to the PDP‑7. But he soon weaned himself from the mainframe, and by the end of 1969 he was able to write operating-system code on the PDP-7 itself. That was a step in the right direction. But Thompson and the others helping him knew that the PDP‑7, which was already obsolete, would not be able to sustain their skunkworks for long. They also knew that the lab’s management wasn’t about to allow any more research on operating systems. So Thompson and Ritchie got crea­tive. They formulated a proposal to their bosses to buy one of DEC’s newer minicomputers, a PDP-11, but couched the request in especially palatable terms. They said they were aiming to create tools for editing and formatting text, what you might call a word-processing system today. The fact that they would also have to write an operating system for the new machine to support the editor and text formatter was almost a footnote. Management took the bait, and an order for a PDP-11 was placed in May 1970. The machine itself arrived soon after, although the disk drives for it took more than six months to appear. During the interim, Thompson, Ritchie, and others continued to develop Unix on the PDP-7. After the PDP-11’s disks were installed, the researchers moved their increasingly complex operating system over to the new machine. Next they brought over the roff text formatter written by Ossanna and derived from the runoff program, which had been used in an earlier time-sharing system. Unix was put to its first real-world test within Bell Labs when three typists from AT&T’s patents department began using it to write, edit, and format patent applications. It was a hit. The patent department adopted the system wholeheartedly, which gave the researchers enough credibility to convince management to purchase another machine—a newer and more powerful PDP-11 model—allowing their stealth work on Unix to continue. During its earliest days, Unix evolved constantly, so the idea of issuing named versions or releases seemed inappropriate. But the researchers did issue new editions of the programmer’s manual periodically, and the early Unix systems were named after each such edition. The first edition of the manual was completed in November 1971. So what did the first edition of Unix offer that made it so great? For one thing, the system provided a hierarchical file system, which allowed something we all now take for granted: Files could be placed in directories—or equivalently, folders—that in turn could be put within other directories. Each file could contain no more than 64 kilobytes, and its name could be no more than six characters long. These restrictions seem awkwardly limiting now, but at the time they appeared perfectly adequate. Although Unix was ostensibly created for word processing, the only editor available in 1971 was the line-oriented ed. Today, ed is still the only editor guaranteed to be present on all Unix systems. Apart from the text-processing and general system applications, the first edition of Unix included games such as blackjack, chess, and tic-tac-toe. For the system administrator, there were tools to dump and restore disk images to magnetic tape, to read and write paper tapes, and to create, check, mount, and unmount removable disk packs. Most important, the system offered an interactive environment that by this time allowed time-sharing, so several people could use a single machine at once. Various programming languages were available to them, including BASIC, Fortran, the scripting of Unix commands, assembly language, and B. The last of these, a descendant of a BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language), ultimately evolved into the immensely popular C language, which Ritchie created while also working on Unix. The first edition of Unix let programmers call 34 different low-level routines built into the operating system. It’s a testament to the system’s enduring nature that nearly all of these system calls are still available—and still heavily used—on modern Unix and Linux systems four decades on. For its time, first-­edition Unix provided a remarkably powerful environment for software development. Yet it contained just 4200 lines of code at its heart and occupied a measly 16 KB of main memory when it ran. Unix’s great influence can be traced in part to its elegant design, simplicity, portability, and serendipitous timing. But perhaps even more important was the devoted user community that soon grew up around it. And that came about only by an accident of its unique history. The story goes like this: For years Unix remained nothing more than a Bell Labs research project, but by 1973 its authors felt the system was mature enough for them to present a paper on its design and implementation at a symposium of the Association for Computing Machinery. That paper was published in 1974 in the Communications of the ACM. Its appearance brought a flurry of requests for copies of the software. This put AT&T in a bind. In 1956, AT&T had agreed to a U.S government consent decree that prevented the company from selling products not directly related to telephones and telecommunications, in return for its legal monopoly status in running the country’s long-distance phone service. So Unix could not be sold as a product. Instead, AT&T released the Unix source code under license to anyone who asked, charging only a nominal fee. The critical wrinkle here was that the consent decree prevented AT&T from supporting Unix. Indeed, for many years Bell Labs researchers proudly displayed their Unix policy at conferences with a slide that read, “No advertising, no support, no bug fixes, payment in advance.” With no other channels of support available to them, early Unix adopters banded together for mutual assistance, forming a loose network of user groups all over the world. They had the source code, which helped. And they didn’t view Unix as a standard software product, because nobody seemed to be looking after it. So these early Unix users themselves set about fixing bugs, writing new tools, and generally improving the system as they saw fit. The Usenix user group acted as a clearinghouse for the exchange of Unix software in the United States. People could send in magnetic tapes with new software or fixes to the system and get back tapes with the software and fixes that Usenix had received from others. In Australia, the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney produced a more robust version of Unix, the Australian Unix Share Accounting Method, which could cope with larger numbers of concurrent users and offered better performance. By the mid-1970s, the environment of sharing that had sprung up around Unix resembled the open-source movement so prevalent today. Users far and wide were enthusiastically enhancing the system, and many of their improvements were being fed back to Bell Labs for incorporation in future releases. But as Unix became more popular, AT&T’s lawyers began looking harder at what various licensees were doing with their systems. One person who caught their eye was John Lions, a computer scientist then teaching at the University of New South Wales, in Australia. In 1977, he published what was probably the most famous computing book of the time, A Commentary on the Unix Operating System, which contained an annotated listing of the central source code for Unix. Unix’s licensing conditions allowed for the exchange of source code, and initially, Lions’s book was sold to licensees. But by 1979, AT&T’s lawyers had clamped down on the book’s distribution and use in academic classes. The anti­authoritarian Unix community reacted as you might expect, and samizdat copies of the book spread like wildfire. Many of us have nearly unreadable nth-­generation photocopies of the original book. End runs around AT&T’s lawyers indeed became the norm—even at Bell Labs. For example, between the release of the sixth edition of Unix in 1975 and the seventh edition in 1979, Thompson collected dozens of important bug fixes to the system, coming both from within and outside of Bell Labs. He wanted these to filter out to the existing Unix user base, but the company’s lawyers felt that this would constitute a form of support and balked at their release. Nevertheless, those bug fixes soon became widely distributed through unofficial channels. For instance, Lou Katz, the founding president of Usenix, received a phone call one day telling him that if he went down to a certain spot on Mountain Avenue (where Bell Labs was located) at 2 p.m., he would find something of interest. Sure enough, Katz found a magnetic tape with the bug fixes, which were rapidly in the hands of countless users. By the end of the 1970s, Unix, which had started a decade earlier as a reaction against the loss of a comfortable programming environment, was growing like a weed throughout academia and the IT industry. Unix would flower in the early 1980s before reaching the height of its popularity in the early 1990s. For many reasons, Unix has since given way to other commercial and noncommercial systems. But its legacy, that of an elegant, well-designed, comfortable environment for software development, lives on. In recognition of their accomplishment, Thompson and Ritchie were given the Japan Prize earlier this year, adding to a collection of honors that includes the United States’ National Medal of Technology and Innovation and the Association of Computing Machinery’s Turing Award. Many other, often very personal, tributes to Ritchie and his enormous influence on computing were widely shared after his death this past October. Unix is indeed one of the most influential operating systems ever invented. Its direct descendants now number in the hundreds. On one side of the family tree are various versions of Unix proper, which began to be commercialized in the 1980s after the Bell System monopoly was broken up, freeing AT&T from the stipulations of the 1956 consent decree. On the other side are various Unix-like operating systems derived from the version of Unix developed at the University of California, Berkeley, including the one Apple uses today on its computers, OS X. I say “Unix-like” because the developers of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix on which these systems were based worked hard to remove all the original AT&T code so that their software and its descendants would be freely distributable. The effectiveness of those efforts were, however, called into question when the AT&T subsidiary Unix System Laboratories filed suit against Berkeley Software Design and the Regents of the University of California in 1992 over intellectual property rights to this software. The university in turn filed a counterclaim against AT&T for breaches to the license it provided AT&T for the use of code developed at Berkeley. The ensuing legal quagmire slowed the development of free Unix-like clones, including 386BSD, which was designed for the Intel 386 chip, the CPU then found in many IBM PCs. Had this operating system been available at the time, Linus Torvalds says he probably wouldn’t have created Linux, an open-source Unix-like operating system he developed from scratch for PCs in the early 1990s. Linux has carried the Unix baton forward into the 21st century, powering a wide range of digital gadgets including wireless routers, televisions, desktop PCs, and Android smartphones. It even runs some supercomputers. Although AT&T quickly settled its legal disputes with Berkeley Software Design and the University of California, legal wrangling over intellectual property claims to various parts of Unix and Linux have continued over the years, often involving byzantine corporate relations. By 2004, no fewer than five major lawsuits had been filed. Just this past August, a software company called the TSG Group (formerly known as the SCO Group), lost a bid in court to claim ownership of Unix copyrights that Novell had acquired when it purchased the Unix System Laboratories from AT&T in 1993. As a programmer and Unix historian, I can’t help but find all this legal sparring a bit sad. From the very start, the authors and users of Unix worked as best they could to build and share, even if that meant defying authority. That outpouring of selflessness stands in sharp contrast to the greed that has driven subsequent legal battles over the ownership of Unix. The world of computer hardware and software moves forward startlingly fast. For IT professionals, the rapid pace of change is typically a wonderful thing. But it makes us susceptible to the loss of our own history, including important lessons from the past. To address this issue in a small way, in 1995 I started a mailing list of old-time Unix ­aficionados. That effort morphed into the Unix Heritage Society. Our goal is not only to save the history of Unix but also to collect and curate these old systems and, where possible, bring them back to life. With help from many talented members of this society, I was able to restore much of the old Unix software to working order, including Ritchie’s first C compiler from 1972 and the first Unix system to be written in C, dating from 1973. One holy grail that eluded us for a long time was the first edition of Unix in any form, electronic or otherwise. Then, in 2006, Al Kossow from the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, Calif., unearthed a printed study of Unix dated 1972, which not only covered the internal workings of Unix but also included a complete assembly listing of the kernel, the main component of this operating system. This was an amazing find—like discovering an old Ford Model T collecting dust in a corner of a barn. But we didn’t just want to admire the chrome work from afar. We wanted to see the thing run again. In 2008, Tim Newsham, an independent programmer in Hawaii, and I assembled a team of like-minded Unix enthusiasts and set out to bring this ancient system back from the dead. The work was technically arduous and often frustrating, but in the end, we had a copy of the first edition of Unix running on an emulated PDP-11/20. We sent out messages announcing our success to all those we thought would be interested. Thompson, always succinct, simply replied, “Amazing.” Indeed, his brainchild was amazing, and I’ve been happy to do what I can to make it, and the story behind it, better known. Digital Ocean http://do.co/bsdnow ###FreeBSD jails with a single public IP address Jails in FreeBSD provide a simple yet flexible way to set up a proper server layout. In the most setups the actual server only acts as the host system for the jails while the applications themselves run within those independent containers. Traditionally every jail has it’s own IP for the user to be able to address the individual services. But if you’re still using IPv4 this might get you in trouble as the most hosters don’t offer more than one single public IP address per server. Create the internal network In this case NAT (“Network Address Translation”) is a good way to expose services in different jails using the same IP address. First, let’s create an internal network (“NAT network”) at 192.168.0.0/24. You could generally use any private IPv4 address space as specified in RFC 1918. Here’s an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatenetwork. Using pf, FreeBSD’s firewall, we will map requests on different ports of the same public IP address to our individual jails as well as provide network access to the jails themselves. First let’s check which network devices are available. In my case there’s em0 which provides connectivity to the internet and lo0, the local loopback device. options=209b [...] inet 172.31.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.31.1.255 nd6 options=23 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) status: active lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 options=600003 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 nd6 options=21``` > For our internal network, we create a cloned loopback device called lo1. Therefore we need to customize the /etc/rc.conf file, adding the following two lines: cloned_interfaces="lo1" ipv4_addrs_lo1="192.168.0.1-9/29" > This defines a /29 network, offering IP addresses for a maximum of 6 jails: ipcalc 192.168.0.1/29 Address: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000 001 Netmask: 255.255.255.248 = 29 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111 000 Wildcard: 0.0.0.7 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000 111 => Network: 192.168.0.0/29 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000 000 HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000 001 HostMax: 192.168.0.6 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000 110 Broadcast: 192.168.0.7 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000 111 Hosts/Net: 6 Class C, Private Internet > Then we need to restart the network. Please be aware of currently active SSH sessions as they might be dropped during restart. It’s a good moment to ensure you have KVM access to that server ;-) service netif restart > After reconnecting, our newly created loopback device is active: lo1: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 options=600003 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xfffffff8 inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.6 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.7 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.8 netmask 0xffffffff inet 192.168.0.9 netmask 0xffffffff nd6 options=29 Setting up > pf part of the FreeBSD base system, so we only have to configure and enable it. By this moment you should already have a clue of which services you want to expose. If this is not the case, just fix that file later on. In my example configuration, I have a jail running a webserver and another jail running a mailserver: Public IP address IP_PUB="1.2.3.4" Packet normalization scrub in all Allow outbound connections from within the jails nat on em0 from lo1:network to any -> (em0) webserver jail at 192.168.0.2 rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 443 -> 192.168.0.2 just an example in case you want to redirect to another port within your jail rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 80 -> 192.168.0.2 port 8080 mailserver jail at 192.168.0.3 rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 25 -> 192.168.0.3 rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 587 -> 192.168.0.3 rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 143 -> 192.168.0.3 rdr on em0 proto tcp from any to $IP_PUB port 993 -> 192.168.0.3 > Now just enable pf like this (which is the equivalent of adding pf_enable=YES to /etc/rc.conf): sysrc pf_enable="YES" > and start it: service pf start Install ezjail > Ezjail is a collection of scripts by erdgeist that allow you to easily manage your jails. pkg install ezjail > As an alternative, you could install ezjail from the ports tree. Now we need to set up the basejail which contains the shared base system for our jails. In fact, every jail that you create get’s will use that basejail to symlink directories related to the base system like /bin and /sbin. This can be accomplished by running ezjail-admin install > In the next step, we’ll copy the /etc/resolv.conf file from our host to the newjail, which is the template for newly created jails (the parts that are not provided by basejail), to ensure that domain resolution will work properly within our jails later on: cp /etc/resolv.conf /usr/jails/newjail/etc/ > Last but not least, we enable ezjail and start it: sysrc ezjail_enable="YES" service ezjail start Create a jail > Creating a jail is as easy as it could probably be: ezjail-admin create webserver 192.168.0.2 ezjail-admin start webserver > Now you can access your jail using: ezjail-admin console webserver > Each jail contains a vanilla FreeBSD installation. Deploy services > Now you can spin up as many jails as you want to set up your services like web, mail or file shares. You should take care not to enable sshd within your jails, because that would cause problems with the service’s IP bindings. But this is not a problem, just SSH to the host and enter your jail using ezjail-admin console. EuroBSDcon 2018 Talks & Schedule (https://2018.eurobsdcon.org/talks-schedule/) News Roundup OpenBSD on an iBook G4 (https://bobstechsite.com/openbsd-on-an-ibook-g4/) > I've mentioned on social media and on the BTS podcast a few times that I wanted to try installing OpenBSD onto an old "snow white" iBook G4 I acquired last summer to see if I could make it a useful machine again in the year 2018. This particular eBay purchase came with a 14" 1024x768 TFT screen, 1.07GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 1.5GB RAM, 100GB of HDD space and an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics card with 32 MB of SDRAM. The optical drive, ethernet port, battery & USB slots are also fully-functional. The only thing that doesn't work is the CMOS battery, but that's not unexpected for a device that was originally released in 2004. Initial experiments > This iBook originally arrived at my door running Apple Mac OSX Leopard and came with the original install disk, the iLife & iWork suites for 2008, various instruction manuals, a working power cable and a spare keyboard. As you'll see in the pictures I took for this post the characters on the buttons have started to wear away from 14 years of intensive use, but the replacement needs a very good clean before I decide to swap it in! > After spending some time exploring the last version of OSX to support the IBM PowerPC processor architecture I tried to see if the hardware was capable of modern computing with Linux. Something I knew ahead of trying this was that the WiFi adapter was unlikely to work because it's a highly proprietary component designed by Apple to work specifically with OSX and nothing else, but I figured I could probably use a wireless USB dongle later to get around this limitation. > Unfortunately I found that no recent versions of mainstream Linux distributions would boot off this machine. Debian has dropped support 32-bit PowerPC architectures and the PowerPC variants of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (vanilla, MATE and Lubuntu) wouldn't even boot the installer! The only distribution I could reliably install on the hardware was Lubuntu 14.04 LTS. > Unfortunately I'm not the biggest fan of the LXDE desktop for regular work and a lot of ported applications were old and broken because it clearly wasn't being maintained by people that use the hardware anymore. Ubuntu 14.04 is also approaching the end of its support life in early 2019, so this limited solution also has a limited shelf-life. Over to BSD > I discussed this problem with a few people on Mastodon and it was pointed out to me that OSX is built on the Darwin kernel, which happens to be a variant of BSD. NetBSD and OpenBSD fans in particular convinced me that their communities still saw the value of supporting these old pieces of kit and that I should give BSD a try. > So yesterday evening I finally downloaded the "macppc" version of OpenBSD 6.3 with no idea what to expect. I hoped for the best but feared the worst because my last experience with this operating system was trying out PC-BSD in 2008 and discovering with disappointment that it didn't support any of the hardware on my Toshiba laptop. > When I initially booted OpenBSD I was a little surprised to find the login screen provided no visual feedback when I typed in my password, but I can understand the security reasons for doing that. The initial desktop environment that was loaded was very basic. All I could see was a console output window, a terminal and a desktop switcher in the X11 environment the system had loaded. > After a little Googling I found this blog post had some fantastic instructions to follow for the post-installation steps: https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html. I did have to adjust them slightly though because my iBook only has 1.5GB RAM and not every package that page suggests is available on macppc by default. You can see a full list here: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/packages/powerpc/. Final thoughts > I was really impressed with the performance of OpenBSD's "macppc" port. It boots much faster than OSX Leopard on the same hardware and unlike Lubuntu 14.04 it doesn't randomly hang for no reason or crash if you launch something demanding like the GIMP. > I was pleased to see that the command line tools I'm used to using on Linux have been ported across too. OpenBSD also had no issues with me performing basic desktop tasks on XFCE like browsing the web with NetSurf, playing audio files with VLC and editing images with the GIMP. Limited gaming is also theoretically possible if you're willing to build them (or an emulator) from source with SDL support. > If I wanted to use this system for heavy duty work then I'd probably be inclined to run key applications like LibreOffice on a Raspberry Pi and then connect my iBook G4 to those using VNC or an SSH connection with X11 forwarding. BSD is UNIX after all, so using my ancient laptop as a dumb terminal should work reasonably well. > In summary I was impressed with OpenBSD and its ability to breathe new life into this old Apple Mac. I'm genuinely excited about the idea of trying BSD with other devices on my network such as an old Asus Eee PC 900 netbook and at least one of the many Raspberry Pi devices I use. Whether I go the whole hog and replace Fedora on my main production laptop though remains to be seen! The template user with PAM and login(1) (http://oshogbo.vexillium.org/blog/48) > When you build a new service (or an appliance) you need your users to be able to configure it from the command line. To accomplish this you can create system accounts for all registered users in your service and assign them a special login shell which provides such limited functionality. This can be painful if you have a dynamic user database. > Another challenge is authentication via remote services such as RADIUS. How can we implement services when we authenticate through it and log into it as a different user? Furthermore, imagine a scenario when RADIUS decides on which account we have the right to access by sending an additional attribute. > To address these two problems we can use a "template" user. Any of the PAM modules can set the value of the PAM_USER item. The value of this item will be used to determine which account we want to login. Only the "template" user must exist on the local password database, but the credential check can be omitted by the module. > This functionality exists in the login(1) used by FreeBSD, HardenedBSD, DragonFlyBSD and illumos. The functionality doesn't exist in the login(1) used in NetBSD, and OpenBSD doesn't support PAM modules at all. In addition what is also noteworthy is that such functionality was also in the OpenSSH but they decided to remove it and call it a security vulnerability (CVE 2015-6563). I can see how some people may have seen it that way, that’s why I recommend reading this article from an OpenPAM author and a FreeBSD security officer at the time. > Knowing the background let's take a look at an example. ```PAMEXTERN int pamsmauthenticate(pamhandlet *pamh, int flags _unused, int argc _unused, const char *argv[] _unused) { const char *user, *password; int err; err = pam_get_user(pamh, &user, NULL); if (err != PAM_SUCCESS) return (err); err = pam_get_authtok(pamh, PAM_AUTHTOK, &password, NULL); if (err == PAM_CONV_ERR) return (err); if (err != PAM_SUCCESS) return (PAM_AUTH_ERR); err = authenticate(user, password); if (err != PAM_SUCCESS) { return (err); } return (pam_set_item(pamh, PAM_USER, "template")); } In the listing above we have an example of a PAM module. The pamgetuser(3) provides a username. The pamgetauthtok(3) shows us a secret given by the user. Both functions allow us to give an optional prompt which should be shown to the user. The authenticate function is our crafted function which authenticates the user. In our first scenario we wanted to keep all users in an external database. If authentication is successful we then switch to a template user which has a shell set up for a script allowing us to configure the machine. In our second scenario the authenticate function authenticates the user in RADIUS. Another step is to add our PAM module to the /etc/pam.d/system or to the /etc/pam.d/login configuration: auth sufficient pamtemplate.so nowarn allowlocal Unfortunately the description of all these options goes beyond this article - if you would like to know more about it you can find them in the PAM manual. The last thing we need to do is to add our template user to the system which you can do by the adduser(8) command or just simply modifying the /etc/master.passwd file and use pwdmkdb(8) program: $ tail -n /etc/master.passwd template::1000:1000::0:0:User &:/:/usr/local/bin/templatesh $ sudo pwdmkdb /etc/master.passwd As you can see,the template user can be locked and we still can use it in our PAM module (the * character after login). I would like to thank Dag-Erling Smørgrav for pointing this functionality out to me when I was looking for it some time ago. iXsystems iXsystems @ VMWorld ###ZFS file server What is the need? At work, we run a compute cluster that uses an Isilon cluster as primary NAS storage. Excluding snapshots, we have about 200TB of research data, some of them in compressed formats, and others not. We needed an offsite backup file server that would constantly mirror our primary NAS and serve as a quick recovery source in case of a data loss in the the primary NAS. This offsite file server would be passive - will never face the wrath of the primary cluster workload. In addition to the role of a passive backup server, this solution would take on some passive report generation workloads as an ideal way of offloading some work from the primary NAS. The passive work is read-only. The backup server would keep snapshots in a best effort basis dating back to 10 years. However, this data on this backup server would be archived to tapes periodically. A simple guidance of priorities: Data integrity > Cost of solution > Storage capacity > Performance. Why not enterprise NAS? NetApp FAS or EMC Isilon or the like? We decided that enterprise grade NAS like NetAPP FAS or EMC Isilon are prohibitively expensive and an overkill for our needs. An open source & cheaper alternative to enterprise grade filesystem with the level of durability we expect turned up to be ZFS. We’re already spoilt from using snapshots by a clever Copy-on-Write Filesystem(WAFL) by NetApp. ZFS providing snapshots in almost identical way was a big influence in the choice. This is also why we did not consider just a CentOS box with the default XFS filesystem. FreeBSD vs Debian for ZFS This is a backup server, a long-term solution. Stability and reliability are key requirements. ZFS on Linux may be popular at this time, but there is a lot of churn around its development, which means there is a higher probability of bugs like this to occur. We’re not looking for cutting edge features here. Perhaps, Linux would be considered in the future. FreeBSD + ZFS We already utilize FreeBSD and OpenBSD for infrastructure services and we have nothing but praises for the stability that the BSDs have provided us. We’d gladly use FreeBSD and OpenBSD wherever possible. Okay, ZFS, but why not FreeNAS? IMHO, FreeNAS provides a integrated GUI management tool over FreeBSD for a novice user to setup and configure FreeBSD, ZFS, Jails and many other features. But, this user facing abstraction adds an extra layer of complexity to maintain that is just not worth it in simpler use cases like ours. For someone that appreciates the commandline interface, and understands FreeBSD enough to administer it, plain FreeBSD + ZFS is simpler and more robust than FreeNAS. Specifications Lenovo SR630 Rackserver 2 X Intel Xeon silver 4110 CPUs 768 GB of DDR4 ECC 2666 MHz RAM 4 port SAS card configured in passthrough mode(JBOD) Intel network card with 10 Gb SFP+ ports 128GB M.2 SSD for use as boot drive 2 X HGST 4U60 JBOD 120(2 X 60) X 10TB SAS disks ###Reflection on one-year usage of OpenBSD I have used OpenBSD for more than one year, and it is time to give a summary of the experience: (1) What do I get from OpenBSD? a) A good UNIX tutorial. When I am curious about some UNIXcommands’ implementation, I will refer to OpenBSD source code, and I actually gain something every time. E.g., refresh socket programming skills from nc; know how to process file efficiently from cat. b) A better test bed. Although my work focus on developing programs on Linux, I will try to compile and run applications on OpenBSD if it is possible. One reason is OpenBSD usually gives more helpful warnings. E.g., hint like this: ...... warning: sprintf() is often misused, please use snprintf() ...... Or you can refer this post which I wrote before. The other is sometimes program run well on Linux may crash on OpenBSD, and OpenBSD can help you find hidden bugs. c) Some handy tools. E.g. I find tcpbench is useful, so I ported it into Linux for my own usage (project is here). (2) What I give back to OpenBSD? a) Patches. Although most of them are trivial modifications, they are still my contributions. b) Write blog posts to share experience about using OpenBSD. c) Develop programs for OpenBSD/BSD: lscpu and free. d) Porting programs into OpenBSD: E.g., I find google/benchmark is a nifty tool, but lacks OpenBSD support, I submitted PR and it is accepted. So you can use google/benchmark on OpenBSD now. Generally speaking, the time invested on OpenBSD is rewarding. If you are still hesitating, why not give a shot? ##Beastie Bits BSD Users Stockholm Meetup BSDCan 2018 Playlist OPNsense 18.7 released Testing TrueOS (FreeBSD derivative) on real hardware ThinkPad T410 Kernel Hacker Wanted! Replace a pair of 8-bit writes to VGA memory with a single 16-bit write Reduce taskq and context-switch cost of zio pipe Proposed FreeBSD Memory Management change, expected to improve ZFS ARC interactions Tarsnap ##Feedback/Questions Anian_Z - Question Robert - Pool question Lain - Congratulations Thomas - L2arc Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv

Cashflow Diary™
CFD 437 - Breaking Through The Barriers That Are Holding You Back

Cashflow Diary™

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2018 42:34


Mitch Russo’s experience dates back to 1978 when he started working as an Electrical Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp in Maynard, MA. He migrated to application engineering for Mostek (a semiconductor company) and then to selling chips to large and small companies alike.  Podcast Highlights: Who is Mitch Russo? What are the top 3 basic things that entrepreneurs skip? How should someone become an expert? Do you find more fulfillment helping others or in building something new? What are some of the most powerful strategies have you learned by doing your podcast? What are the top things that prevent entrepreneurs from breaking through?

Men of Abundance
055: Making it Happen by Building Tribes of Certified Consultants with Mitch Russo

Men of Abundance

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2016 37:41


Making it Happen by Building Tribes of Certified ConsultantsAs you will hear in this episode, Mitch Russo has worked with and coached some of the biggest names in business, like Tony Robbins, Jay Abraham and Kevin Harrington. You would think Mitch had it easy his entire life. However, just as with anyone else, Mitch has overcome quite a few Kick in the Gut moments to be the man he is today. Now, Mitch Russo helps CEOs create extreme leverage by building independent tribes of certified consultants. [spp-tweet tweet="What I have is not who I am, who I am creates what I have - Mitch Russo"] Mitch Russo started working as an Electrical Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp in Maynard, MA. I migrated to application engineering for Mostek (a semiconductor company) and then to selling chips to large and small companies alike. In 1985, Mitch entered the software business as the founder of Timeslips Corp (sold to Sage Plc) after creating the largest network of Certified Consultants in the software industry, helping Intuit Corp create their own Certified Quickbooks Accountant Network as well. After selling his company, Mitch then ran Sage Plc in the US as the COO, with over 300 staff. Moving back to Boston, Mitch then found himself involved in the VC community, first as an advisor to startups and then as the CEO of the largest furniture shopping site early in 2000; FurnitureFan.com. In 2007, responding to his friend Chet Holmes request to help solve a problem, Mitch Russo became involved with his business. Working with Tony Robbins & Chet Holmes as CEO of Business Breakthroughs, Int’l[caption id="attachment_2435" align="alignleft" width="193"]https://menofabundance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Mitch-Tony-610x378.jpg () Tony Robbins and Mitch posing for a photo at a Business Mastery Event[/caption] Later Mitch Russo ran a $25M business from his spare bedroom converted to a home office. He learned so much from his dearest friend Chet. More than anyone, Chet prepared Mitch for what he does today. Later, Mitch went on to write an Amazon #1 Best Seller: http://amzn.to/1RBsMOP (The Invisible Organization), which is a detailed blueprint explaining step-by-step how to transform a traditional physical infrastructure into a virtual powerhouse of a company. Since then, Mitch Russo has been involved in several exciting projects, including a partnership with http://www.kevinharrington.tv/ (Kevin Harrington), launching a new brand on the radio. [caption id="attachment_2654" align="alignleft" width="150"] Kevin Harrington and Mitch at Kevin’s “As Seen on TV” studio[/caption] Mitch has helped hundreds of coaches build a profitable practice through his http://coachingsystemarchitect.com/ (Master Class) and through private client relationships. Now Mitch Russo's greatest passion is helping CEOs get extreme leverage by building http://mitchrusso.com/power-tribes-certification/ (independent “tribes” of Certified Consultants.) This builds loyalty with your best clients and deeply engaging them through a powerful, integrated community which happens to drive massive profits year after year.     https://www.facebook.com/groups/menofabundancecommunity/ (Get in on the conversation) You can Time Travel... Well kinda. Click on the timestamps below to travel directly to the part of the show you want to enjoy. [spp-timestamp time="5:50"] Mitch's Attitude of Gratitude I'm grateful to be able to work with amazing, powerful and talented people, my clients. [spp-timestamp time="6:42"] Let's get Personal I started as the CEO of a Rock Band in High School Many of the core lessons in life came from that experience [spp-timestamp time="8:13"] What was Mitch's Biggest Kick in the Gut moment? My best friend and business partner died [spp-timestamp time="12:11"] Mitch's Kick in the Gut moment continues? [spp-timestamp... Support this podcast

Grok Radio
Grok Radio 025

Grok Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2006 47:42


Another special guest! Lonnie meets our audience. Would you drink a bass pale? The House votes to ban online gaming and makes the credit card companies their deputees. Constitution? What constitution? US Government = the mafia. Phil Ayoub - River to Ocean (http://philayoub.com/). Lonnie's an Army brat. The story of Digital Equipment Corp. How many jobs must a man work before he is called a man? Cool kid's shows. Someone wrote us a review! Network Nazis. Graham English - Gone (http://www.grahamenglish.net/)

Grok Radio
Grok Radio 025

Grok Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2006 47:42


Another special guest! Lonnie meets our audience. Would you drink a bass pale? The House votes to ban online gaming and makes the credit card companies their deputees. Constitution? What constitution? US Government = the mafia. Phil Ayoub - River to Ocean (http://philayoub.com/). Lonnie's an Army brat. The story of Digital Equipment Corp. How many jobs must a man work before he is called a man? Cool kid's shows. Someone wrote us a review! Network Nazis. Graham English - Gone (http://www.grahamenglish.net/)