I less wear a beeper (pager) than keep it with me in a pocket. :P Some of the non-SA people I've spoken with also didn't know they still existed, and then go on to tell me how they used to have one in high school and haven't seen them since.
fwiw, in my other pocket I have my smartphone w/ 3 (sometimes 4) different alerting mechanisms ready to go. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Brodie, Kent <bro...@mcw.edu> wrote: > People still wear beepers? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] > > On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:32 AM > > Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org > > Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] sysadmin day? > > > > Of course that's exactly when everyone's beepers will go off :-) > > > > Matt Simmons wrote: > > > Hi Conrad, > > > > > > I think the easiest and best way to show your appreciation is to take > > > your sysadmins out to lunch and tell them that you appreciate them. > > > Ask their opinions on how things are going, listen to what they say > > > and consider it, even if you can't ultimately take their suggestions. > > > > > > If there are enough teams that you can't take them all to lunch, just > > > sending an email to remind them that you know they exist and > > > appreciate what they do, then offer to listen to their concerns or > > > suggestions. Everyone wants to know that they're valued. > > > > > > --Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Conrad Wood <c...@conradwood.net > > > <mailto:c...@conradwood.net>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Apparently is sysadmin appreciation day on the last friday of july. > > > according to wikipedia[1]: > > > "The holiday has been recognized and promoted by many IT > professional > > > organizations, the League of Professional System Administrators and > > > SAGE/USENIX.[6]" > > > > > > Since I want to honour several teams of sysadmins, is there any > > > kind of > > > etiquette/tradition I should know about? > > > How do you (if at all) go about sysadmin appreciation day? > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Administrator_Appreciation_Day > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tech mailing list > > > Tech@lists.lopsa.org <mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> > > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > > This list provided by the League of Professional System > Administrators > > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > > > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating > > process. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tech mailing list > > > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > > -- > > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tech mailing list > > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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