Understood. And I had a pager for *years*. When cell phones became the norm, I ended up with one all the time. I finally got tired of having TWO lumps on my belt. Custom ringtones/alerts ensure that I always hear work-related things :-)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Graydon [mailto:p...@paulgraydon.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:56 AM > To: Brodie, Kent > Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org > Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] sysadmin day? > > I actually just got one for the first time in my life, seems to be the > standard > for most people on the team. Rather glad because I can easily sleep through > my phone notifying me about emails. No way I can sleep through the pager > beeping. > > "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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
