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You used to be a single point of failure. You were the solo engineer on a project, which came with some limited prestige, but it was incredibly stressful. Vacations were cancelled, dance recitals were missed, and sleep became a precious resource that you clutched tightly. You may also have developed a phantom buzzing in your phone pocket from all the late-night pages over the years. Survival was a struggle, but you kept soldiering on.
But no longer. Management opened and filled job reqs! New engineers have arrived, eager to learn and help, and the tunnel is suddenly much brighter! Except...
What do you do now?
Last November, I walked through my experiences as a human SPOF, and the strategies I used to survive. In the intervening months, our team has hired several new DevOps engineers, with more on the way. But now we need to get all that knowledge out of my brain, and into a palatable format for consumption by others. At devopsdays SV 2016, I shared some of the challenges encountered in getting new engineers up to speed, when all the knowledge exists solely in my head. Several difficulties exist, affecting both the individual and the team as a whole. Prioritizing projects is complicated, because so much depends on knowledge that exists only in one place. Knowledge transfer can often be disjointed and difficult to organize, because the information is frequently tied up in the chaos of solo operations. And as we've started exploring all the components in our environments, we've revisited the sins of our past - corners cut and shortcuts taken in the interests of getting it done now, versus getting it done cleanly. Many of the tools were designed out of desperation, not with flexibility and maintainability in mind. Now it's time to figure out how to complete that transition, and move toward a more maintainable, survivable environment.
This is a follow-up to my talk from devopsdays SV 2015, entitled DevOps Army of One - How to Survive When You're the SPoF. I really enjoyed giving that talk, and since then I've gained not only some much-needed help, but insight into the difficulties involved in bringing the new engineers online.
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A keynote presentation given at the Towards a Collaborative Strategy for sector information management (TACOS) seminar held at the University of York, May 2014
DevOps Army of N - Recovering From Being A Human SPOFfunjon
You used to be a single point of failure. You were the solo engineer on a project, which came with some limited prestige, but it was incredibly stressful. Vacations were cancelled, dance recitals were missed, and sleep became a precious resource that you clutched tightly. You may also have developed a phantom buzzing in your phone pocket from all the late-night pages over the years. Survival was a struggle, but you kept soldiering on.
But no longer. Management opened and filled job reqs! New engineers have arrived, eager to learn and help, and the tunnel is suddenly much brighter! Except...
What do you do now?
Last November, I walked through my experiences as a human SPOF, and the strategies I used to survive. In the intervening months, our team has hired several new DevOps engineers, with more on the way. But now we need to get all that knowledge out of my brain, and into a palatable format for consumption by others. At devopsdays SV 2016, I shared some of the challenges encountered in getting new engineers up to speed, when all the knowledge exists solely in my head. Several difficulties exist, affecting both the individual and the team as a whole. Prioritizing projects is complicated, because so much depends on knowledge that exists only in one place. Knowledge transfer can often be disjointed and difficult to organize, because the information is frequently tied up in the chaos of solo operations. And as we've started exploring all the components in our environments, we've revisited the sins of our past - corners cut and shortcuts taken in the interests of getting it done now, versus getting it done cleanly. Many of the tools were designed out of desperation, not with flexibility and maintainability in mind. Now it's time to figure out how to complete that transition, and move toward a more maintainable, survivable environment.
This is a follow-up to my talk from devopsdays SV 2015, entitled DevOps Army of One - How to Survive When You're the SPoF. I really enjoyed giving that talk, and since then I've gained not only some much-needed help, but insight into the difficulties involved in bringing the new engineers online.
Global impact of the Gender Flip on Partnering PatternsLeanna Wolfe
As more women worldwide earn salaries that overtake those of their husbands and partners, family dynamics will change in regards to increased numbers of men becoming house husbands as well as growing numbers of women living independent lives visa finances and sexual choices.
21st Century Geospatial #HistEnv Data ManagementPaul Cripps
A keynote presentation given at the Towards a Collaborative Strategy for sector information management (TACOS) seminar held at the University of York, May 2014
Drawing from findings of a survey conducted by Dr. Leanna Wolfe and funded by Avid Media, the owner of the Ashley Madison website, recent trends towards increased openness about anal sex are dissected. Ultimately an interest in anal play among married heterosexuals is not a significant motivator towards cheating. Non-kink identified respondents engaged in anal pleasuring on average a couple of times a year.
Pathways through the Avebury Landscape; A study of spatial relationships asso...Paul Cripps
This project is an investigation into the spatial relationships associated with the
Beckhampton Avenue, Avebury, Wilts. through the Neolithic period; The study
region comprises the Beckhampton avenue and its environs. Notably, the study will
attempt to investigate dynamic spatial relationships, i.e. those associated with moving
around/through a landscape rather than from static viewpoints, as a means to shed
light on the position and development of the Beckhampton Avenue, which can be
seen as a formalised route, influencing movement. These relationships are to be
investigated by means of the concept of intervisibility using both the analytical
approach afforded by GIS techniques and a more subjective, reflexive approach
facilitated by an interactive three-dimensional model.
Cultural Transmission from an Archaeological PerspectiveFSCONS
Human beings have been copying and reusing culture and technology for approximately 2.6 million years. Access to new cultural advancements have been crucial for all human societies during all of prehistory.
With this presentation I want to give an archaeological perspective on today's issues of free software, free culture, patents and copyright. I am going to give examples on how humans have copied and reused culture and technology through out all of prehistory with concrete archaeological examples, mainly from the stone age. I am also going to show examples of how people have been trying to limit access to ideas and technology for others.
The presentation will focus on these questions:
What does the possibility to copy culture and technology mean for human societies and how does people profit from limiting the access to these cultural traits and technologies for others?
Does culture have an intrinsic wish to be copied? Does culture in fact want to be free?
Keywords: Stone Age, Memes, Cultural transmission.
Presentation given at the Computer Applications in Archaeology UK Chapter Meeting, April 2011, held at the University of Birmingham.
The subject is the use of terrestrial and airborne laser scanners in heritage contexts.
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The semantics of heritage data is a growing area of interest with ontologies such as the CIDOC-CRM providing semantic frameworks and exemplary projects such as STAR and STELLAR demonstrating what can be done using semantic technologies applied to archaeological resources. In the world of the Semantic Web, advances regarding geosemantics have emerged to extend research more fully into the spatio-temporal domain, for example extending the SPARQL standard to produce GeoSPARQL. Importantly, the use of semantic technologies, particularly the structure of RDF, aligns with graph and network based approaches, providing a rich fusion of techniques for geospatial analysis of heritage data expressed in such a manner.
This paper gives an overview of the ongoing G-STAR research project (GeoSemantic Technologies for Archaeological Resources) with reference to broader sectoral links particularly to commercial archaeology. Particular attention is paid to examining the integration of spatial data into the heritage Global Graph and the relationship between Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Linked Data, moving beyond notions of ‘location’ as simple nodes, placenames and coordinates towards fuller support for complex geometries and advanced spatial reasoning. Finally, the potential impacts of such research is discussed with particular reference to the current practice of commercial archaeology, access to and publishing of (legacy, big) data, and leveraging network models to better understand and manage change within archaeological information systems.
Linked Geospatial Data for Archaeological Research Paul Cripps
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A presentation given to the Avebury & Stonehenge Archaeological & Historical Research Group, May 2015.
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Drawing from findings of a survey conducted by Dr. Leanna Wolfe and funded by Avid Media, the owner of the Ashley Madison website, recent trends towards increased openness about anal sex are dissected. Ultimately an interest in anal play among married heterosexuals is not a significant motivator towards cheating. Non-kink identified respondents engaged in anal pleasuring on average a couple of times a year.
Pathways through the Avebury Landscape; A study of spatial relationships asso...Paul Cripps
This project is an investigation into the spatial relationships associated with the
Beckhampton Avenue, Avebury, Wilts. through the Neolithic period; The study
region comprises the Beckhampton avenue and its environs. Notably, the study will
attempt to investigate dynamic spatial relationships, i.e. those associated with moving
around/through a landscape rather than from static viewpoints, as a means to shed
light on the position and development of the Beckhampton Avenue, which can be
seen as a formalised route, influencing movement. These relationships are to be
investigated by means of the concept of intervisibility using both the analytical
approach afforded by GIS techniques and a more subjective, reflexive approach
facilitated by an interactive three-dimensional model.
Cultural Transmission from an Archaeological PerspectiveFSCONS
Human beings have been copying and reusing culture and technology for approximately 2.6 million years. Access to new cultural advancements have been crucial for all human societies during all of prehistory.
With this presentation I want to give an archaeological perspective on today's issues of free software, free culture, patents and copyright. I am going to give examples on how humans have copied and reused culture and technology through out all of prehistory with concrete archaeological examples, mainly from the stone age. I am also going to show examples of how people have been trying to limit access to ideas and technology for others.
The presentation will focus on these questions:
What does the possibility to copy culture and technology mean for human societies and how does people profit from limiting the access to these cultural traits and technologies for others?
Does culture have an intrinsic wish to be copied? Does culture in fact want to be free?
Keywords: Stone Age, Memes, Cultural transmission.
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Survey in the new millennium: Tools for the 21st century archaeologistPaul Cripps
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Politics and Culture of Home Sharing
1. Politics and Culture of
Home Sharing
Leanna Wolfe, PhD
November 12-14, 2015
Airbnb Open
Paris, France
2. About Dr. Leanna
• MA Anthropology, New School for Social
Research
• PHD Sexology, Instititute for Advanced Study of
Human Sexuality
• Writer, Photographer, World Traveler
• Airbnb Host beginning 2010
• Lives in Los Angeles, California
• Professor at Los Angeles Valley College
• Dr. Leanna Research and Consulting
3. What’s Anthropology?
Study Human Cultures
Historically (re: Archeology)
Present Day (Cultural Anthropology)
Field Research using Participant Observation
Access an Insider’s Perspective
Cultural Relativism
See value in each culture’s practices and survival
strategies
Applied Anthropology
Theory applied to real life situations
4. An Anthropological Perspective:
Examine Interests and Goals of Players
Airbnb Leadership and Staff
Hosts
On Premises Home Sharers
Off Site Owners of One or Two Properties
Managers of Multi-Unit Properties
Guests
Family/Friends of Locals
International Tourists
Adventure Seekers
Business Travelers
Local Communities
Protect status quo for Hotel Operations
Preserve Rental Housing for Residents
Respect for Neighbors and Neighborhoods
5. Cultural History of Home Sharing
Sharing Housing and Food with
Travelers/Boarders
Medieval Europe and Colonial America
Owning a home was owning a business
Boarders might Share a Bed with the Home Owner
No Heating!
Long Cultural History
Reason for Exogamous Marriages
Papua New Guinea
Aboriginal Australia
7. Informal Exchange
Mani, Yucatan, Mexico
15 pesos/day for room and board
1975 ($1.20/day)
Hammock in shared room with host family
Nairobi, Kenya
Research on Polygamy
Hosts enabled community access
Gifts and more gifts
Couch Surfing
Gifts, Friendship and Adventure
16. My Early History with Airbnb
July 2010 Purchased a Home in Los Angeles
Hosted first guest in September
Cross-Promotions through Craigslist
Luning Sun – Chinese Doctor arrives in November
Special rate for a living room couch
Life long friends
First of many Chinese Guests
24. How Airbnb is Unique
An Airbnb Home Stay
Possibility of Socializing with Host(s)
Host is Paid
Telephone Concierge Service
Not Couchsurfing
Expectation of Socializing with Host(s)
Expectation of Gift from Guest
Sleeping Surface often a Living Room Couch
Not a Hotel
Guests can be noisy
Guests can leave a mess
In Person Front Desk Service
25. The Culture of Home Sharing:
Share Living Quarters with On-Premises Host(s)
Potentially Share
Kitchen
Bathroom
Living Room
Laundry
Potentially Interact With
Host(s)
Roommates
Other Guests
Pets
Children
26. Engage the Hosts’ World
Access Another World …Without Owning it…
Shop at Local Markets
Cook at Home
Visit Local Cafes and Restaurants
Unique Host Guidebooks
Hosts’ Friends and Pets
Inside Access to a local’s world
Unexpected Invitations & Opportunities
Beyond and Apart from Touristic Sites
27. Airbnb Becomes a Game
Changer
Direct Payment
Not just a gift/friendship offering
Paid in Advance
Internet Explosion
Partnership between Boomer’s with Property and
Millennials with Web Design Skills
24/7 Customer Service (by telephone)
Online References/Reviews
Insurance to Protect Hosts and Travelers
28. Partnership with Hosts
Focus on Hosts
Unlike Couch Surfing and Servas which network
travelers
Conferences, Newsletters, Social Networking
Shared Interests in Making Money
Incentives for Hosts to Improve
Ratings for Communication, Cleanliness,
Friendliness
Super Host Status
Hosts Organized for Political Action
Airbnb Hires Community Organizers
Influence Municipal Government Regulations
29. Accusations
Disruption Integrity of Residential Neighborhoods
Parking
Noise
Unsupervised Parties
Conversion of Apartment Buildings to Airbnb Units
Loss of Rent Stabilized Apartments
Destroys Apartment /Condo Safety & Community
Loss of Revenue for Hotels
Non-Payment of Transient Occupancy Tax
30. Problems Posed by Home Sharing
Unsafe and Uninsured Properties
Property Owner Unavailable
Loss of Housing Stock for Local Workers
Major issue in touristic areas
Asheville, NC
Hawaii
LA’s Beach Communities
31. Normalize Home Sharing?
(My Quandary)
Home Stays are Unpredictable Adventures!
Snuggled on a Reed Mat with a Tarascan Family
In a Hammock with a Mayan Family
In a Huli Women’s House in Papua New Guinea
A Fear-Based Cohort Seeks to:
Legislate Safety and Security
Ensure Consistency
Impose Cleanliness Standards
33. Economic Impact of Airbnb in
Los Angeles
Since its inception 500,000 guests have used Airbnb
in Los Angeles
250,000 in 2014
2014 Revenues Spent in LA Neighborhoods
N. Hollywood 2 million dollars
Sherman Oaks 1.3 million dollars
Encino/ Van Nuys 500,000 dollars
34. LA’s Airbnb Home Sharing Guests
Budget Travelers
Afford to Extend their Stays
Family & Friend Visits
Weddings, Holidays, etc.
Sleep in a Comfy Private Room
Not Cars / Noisy Youth Hostels
Transitioners
Relocating for work, etc.
Temporary Workers
Pilot Season Actors
Medical Personnel
Film Industry Crew
36. Personal Story Workshops
Hosts learn to tell persuasive stories to city
governments
Challenge (At risk for foreclosing on property)
Choice (Became an Airbnb Host)
Outcome (International Friendships, Prosperity)
41. LA’s Quest for Common Ground
Prevent Free-Market Economy of Short Term Rentals from
Destroying Affordable Local Housing
Regulate Numbers of Hosts in “Hot” Communities
Local Needs for Sharing Economy Revenues
Hosts on Fixed Incomes
Promote Positive Business Tie-Ins
Special Incentives for Guest/Visitors
Short Term Rentals for Business Travelers
Cheaper and Homier than a Hotel
Alternative for Culturally Curious Travelers
Access an Inside World!
Assure that Hotels are Not Displaced
Many travelers prefer the anonymity of a hotel
Collect Transient Occupancy Tax in Booking Process
42. A Global Village!
Once just the purview of Adventurers & Anthropologists
Sharing Economy via Airbnb
Benefits Travelers
Richens the Lives of Hosts
Finding a Niche in Communities Worldwide
A Grand Shift in Consciousness
Normalize Home Sharing
Make Strangers into Friends
Welcome to the World as it Can Be!