Merge pull request devopsdays#198 from kmugrage/seattle

Seattle updates to program

content/events/2016-seattle/conduct.md

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 +++
 
-##ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
+## ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
 
 DevOpsDays is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers.
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Conference staff can be identified by distinct staff badges. Conference staff wi
 
 We expect participants to adhere to the code of conduct at all conference venues and conference-related social events.
 
-##CODE OF CONDUCT
+## CODE OF CONDUCT
 
 I. I am an attendee at devopsdays, learning from and sharing with other devopsdays attendees in an effort to better myself and my industry. I co-create the experience with fellow attendees. I am prepared to give my energy, presence and sensitivity to creating the best possible experience for myself and others.
 

content/events/2016-seattle/location.md

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 <p></p>
 
 
-###Note: The host hotel is sold out of rooms!
+### Note: The host hotel is sold out of rooms!
 
 We don't have any relationship with these hotels, but here are some other options:
 

content/events/2016-seattle/program.md

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 <div class="span-2">11:50-13:00</div><div class="span-4 append-bottom last">Lunch (catered)</div>
 
 <div class="span-2">13:00-13:30</div><div class="span-4 box last"><strong>Ignites</strong> <br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/cote">Michael Coté</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/How_to_survive_and_thrive_in_a_big_company">How to survive and thrive in a big company</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/EverydayKanban">Julia Wester</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Combat_Chaos_Driven_Delivery_by_thinking_like_an_OS">Combat Chaos-Driven Delivery by thinking like an OS</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/luckylefky">Adam Lefkowitz</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/How_DevOps_could_have_saved_the_Super_Sonics">How DevOps could have saved the Super Sonics</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/jjasghar">JJ Asghar</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Being_an_introvert_at_a_conference_is_not_as_hellish_as_you_think">Being an introvert at a conference is not as hellish as you think</a>
 </div>
 
 <div class="span-2">13:30-14:00</div><div class="span-4 box last"><strong>Open Space Opening</strong> <br /> Introduction and session nominations</div>
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 <div class="span-2">11:50-13:00</div><div class="span-4 append-bottom last">Lunch (catered)</div>
 
 <div class="span-2">13:00-13:30</div><div class="span-4 box last"><strong>Ignites</strong> <br />
-
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/chadeb">Chad Buffett</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/DevOps_at_Expedia_Local_Expert">DevOps at Expedia Local Expert</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/dominicad">Dominica DeGrandis</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Why_Weekends_Matter">Why Weekends Matter</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/scottnasello">Scott Nasello</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/The_first_50_nodes_the_story_of_our_journey_at_a_Windows-centric_enterprise">The first 50 nodes... the story of our journey at a Windows-centric enterprise</a>
+  <br /><br />
+  <a href="https://twitter.com/OguzPastirmaci">Oguz Pastirmaci</a> - <a href="/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Moving_from_SysAdmin_to_DevOps">Everything you always wanted to know about moving from a regular sysadmin role to a DevOps role (but were afraid to ask)</a>
 </div>
 
 <div class="span-2">13:30-14:00</div><div class="span-4 box last"><strong>Open Space Opening</strong> <br /> Introduction and session nominations</div>

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/An_unlikely_happy_couple_DevOps_and_IT_Audit.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:14:21-07:00"
 title = "An unlikely happy couple, DevOps and IT Audit"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Being_an_introvert_at_a_conference_is_not_as_hellish_as_you_think.md

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+date = "2016-04-16T10:10:21-07:00"
+title = "Being an introvert at a conference is not as hellish as you think"
+type = "talk"
+
++++
+
+**Abstract:**
+
+I'd like to give some advice on how to deal with conferences as an introvert.
+Over the last couple years I've grown and learned to engage with the tech community
+in ways that an introvert would find challenging. This talk will hopefully help
+the audience avoid some of the landmines that I have stepped on.
+
+I want to help out my fellow introverts to realize that it's OK to be an introvert
+at big conferences. We can enjoy them too.
+
+**Speaker:** JJ Asghar

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Building_an_Enterprise_DevOps_Community.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:14:41-07:00"
 title = "Building an Enterprise DevOps Community"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Enterprises can sprawl across many different verticals, with unique challenges s
 
 I will share my experiences with helping to build DevOps cultures and principles in ten business units and how building a broader community helped to bring them together. Looking at culture, process and tools I will share the approaches that enabled higher levels of engagement and support for all involved.
 
-**Speaker:** Pauly Comtois
+**Speaker:** Pauly Comtois

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Combat_Chaos_Driven_Delivery_by_thinking_like_an_OS.md

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+date = "2016-04-16T10:10:21-07:00"
+title = "Combat Chaos-Driven Delivery by thinking like an OS"
+type = "talk"
+
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+
+**Abstract:**
+
+Have you heard of TDD? Well, many teams struggle with CDD: Chaos-Driven Delivery. That is, teams struggle with how to handle the constant onslaught of overwhelming amounts of work and begin to lose hope. The good news is that if you understand operating systems, you already know a great deal about how to tame the chaos!
+
+**Speaker:** Julia Wester

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/DevOps_at_Expedia_Local_Expert.md

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+date = "2016-04-16T10:10:21-07:00"
+title = "DevOps at Expedia Local Expert"
+type = "talk"
+
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+
+**Abstract:**
+
+Expedia Local Expert started with no API over 3 years ago and a very small web footprint, however in the last few years we’ve created a development and operations organization which runs on the fuel of the DevOps fundamentals. This has allowed our business to grow at a phenomenally rate and redefine IT in the Expedia culture and share that with the community
+
+**Speaker:** Chad Buffett

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/How_Container_Clusters_like_Kubernetes_change_operations.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
 title = "How Container Clusters, like Kubernetes, change operations"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
 **Abstract:**
 
 One of the core principles of the project is that it decouples operations and operations roles via abstraction layers that enable specialization and focus that both reduces the cost of operations as well as increasing the quality.
 
-**Speaker:** Brendan Burns
+**Speaker:** Brendan Burns

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/How_DevOps_could_have_saved_the_Super_Sonics.md

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+date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
+title = "How DevOps Could’ve Saved the SuperSonics"
+type = "talk"
+
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+
+**Abstract:**
+
+This is a touchy subject but if only the NBA had been employing some DevOps principles, perhaps Seattle would still have a basketball team. Failed communication? Huge silos unwilling to work together? No empathy? Holes in the culture? Seattle team leadership and the community had a lack of collaboration, resulting in no new plans for a stadium and an eventual relocation. A hungry buyer wanting a team in OKC saw the opportunity, snatched them up and moved them. It sounds like the SuperSonics had a few issues that might have been helped by DevOps concepts. In this talk, I’ll look at how these principles have helped other area sports teams (ex. Sounders) and how they can ensure your team doesn’t suffer the same outcome.
+
+**Speaker:** Adam Lefkowitz

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/How_to_survive_and_thrive_in_a_big_company.md

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+date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
+title = "How to survive and thrive in a Big Company"
+type = "talk"
+
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+
+**Abstract:**
+
+If you work at a small, cool company, you can skip this talk. The rest of us in large, slow moving companies that rely on meetings, email, and inbox 2,000 to get the daily work done need some therapy and advice for thriving in big, "dumb" companies. I've worked in such companies and figured out how to thrive in the "back to back meetings" world we're taught to avoid. I'll tell you my tactics.
+Ideally, you’d adapt the no manager GitHub dream, adapt the Spotify and Netflix cultures of awesomeness. Indeed. However, oftentimes there are good reasons to stay in the relatively dysfunctional companies you’re at. They’re big, slow moving, and seem to use Microsoft Office as their core innovation engine.
+If people at your work always talk about “aircraft carriers” this is the talk for you.
+For whatever reasons you’re there, why not make the best of it and learn how to get along and even thrive instead of letting your head explode in rage. This talk will go over what I’ve learned working in large companies from my strange adventure working with a bunch of MBAs in corporate strategy at Dell, to working with large companies as an industry analyst, to working with marketing and product people at large companies.
+
+**Speaker:** Michael Coté

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Living_in_a_Hybrid_World.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
 title = "Living in a Hybrid World"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
 **Abstract:**
 
 We have been on a journey to transition to a modern tech stack for our customer-facing product teams. I will share how we are evolving our culture, mindsets, behaviors, processes, and technology to achieve the outcome of increased speed to value.
 
-**Speaker:** Courtney Kissler
+**Speaker:** Courtney Kissler

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Moving_from_SysAdmin_to_DevOps.md

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+date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
+title = "Everything you always wanted to know about moving from a regular sysadmin role to a DevOps role (but were afraid to ask)"
+type = "talk"
+
++++
+
+**Abstract:**
+
+I was the regular enterprise sysadmin: network administrator & datacenter systems engineer in an ISP, IT operation support administrator in a retail company and IT systems engineer in a software development company. I spent time on choosing cool names for my servers. I knew the exact location of a server in the datacenter. I felt sad when their lights stopped blinking. I felt more sad it that happened on a weekend night.
+
+And then I joined a team adopting the DevOps mindset. Let me be honest: change was scary! But it was also a great learning experience. This talk will share what was challenging and what worked for me in my transition from being a regular sysadmin to living and breathing DevOps.
+
+**Speaker:** Oguz Pastirmaci

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/My_First_Year_at_Chef_Measuring_All_the_Things.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T10:56:22-07:00"
 title = "My First Year at Chef: Measuring All the Things"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
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 So what happens when you're brought in to a team and asked to "introduce a metrics culture" or "measure all the things?" This talk will cover just that: how to assess the state of affairs in your team or organization regarding measurement, how to decide what things to measure for maximum impact, and how to best communicate and iterate those measurements throughout the journey. The talk will cover these topics using my own journey at Chef as well as journeys I see at other companies that I meet and consult with.
 
-**Speaker:** Nicole Forsgren
+**Speaker:** Nicole Forsgren

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Past_The_Hype_A_Better_Way_To_Think_About_Big_Data.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
 title = "Past The Hype: A Better Way To Think About Big Data"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
 **Abstract:**
 
 The Big Data hype is over and it’s time to actually get results. Not easy when Big Data has been so overhyped, Berkeley University compiled a list of 40 competing, contradictory definitions. But to those who really understand Big Data, it’s a competitive advantage on par with computers or the internet itself. The key is to understand that Big Data is really a collection of different technologies all vaguely clumped together by those who either don't know better or vendors who thinks ambiguity helps sales. As Thomas Davenport said, "Vendors and consultants will take any new, hot term and apply it to their existing offerings…and that has already happened in spades with Big Data." In this talk, Big Nimble founder Michael Kauffman cuts through the techno-babble and marketing fog to explain what Big Data actually is and how to use it.
 
-**Speaker:** Michael Kauffman
+**Speaker:** Michael Kauffman

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/The_Power_of_A3_Thinking_in_Action.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
 title = "The Power of A3 Thinking in Action"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Sadly few practitioners have ever looked deeply at the practices of Toyota and t
 
 Whether your bedroom is a mess or your Operations team seems to be running in circles, the simple power of A3 Thinking can provide the framework you need to stop trying and start doing.
 
-**Speaker:** Ben Rockwood
+**Speaker:** Ben Rockwood

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/The_first_50_nodes_the_story_of_our_journey_at_a_Windows-centric_enterprise.md

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+date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
+title = "The first 50 nodes... the story of our journey at a Windows-centric enterprise"
+type = "talk"
+
++++
+
+**Abstract:**
+
+In this talk we’ll discuss our own journey at Columbia Sportswear including:
+* Overcoming the “yeah windows can already do everything you want us to do”
+* Overcoming the “we don’t run Linux and this can’t work here"
+* Getting Engineers to buy in that they current skillset will not sustain them
+* Finding a couple of early adopters
+* Finding allies (peers) in the organization
+* Using a series of experiments to incrementally converge on version control, exposing work, kanbans, demos, etc.
+* Optimizing the automation to be as inviting as possible (yes we did some hard coding at times)
+* Starting the organization on the path to becoming a learning organization
+* Tempering enthusiasm to keep the entire team moving forward
+
+**Speaker:** Scott Nasello

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Understanding_Cognitive_Bias_Found_In_Judgement_and_Choice.md

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 +++
 date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
 title = "Understanding Cognitive Bias Found In Judgement & Choice"
-type = "event"
+type = "talk"
 
 +++
 
 **Abstract:**
 
 There are distinctive patterns in the errors that all of us make. Systematic mistakes known as biases, along with impressions and thoughts, form within our conscious experience. This occurs naturally without us knowing they are even there or how they came about. The mental work that produces these impressions, intuitions, and decisions takes place silently within our mind. However, mistakes recur predictably under particular circumstances. Those circumstances are what we’ll focus on in this talk. Heuristics, (or mental shortcuts), are an intuitive judgements based on experiences and impressions from our past. We rely on those heuristics to approach problem solving, and especially within the context of decision making under uncertainty. Such as dealing with service disruptions or some other incident related to availability. Reliance on those heuristics often cause predictable errors in our reasoning, decision making, predictions and any common puzzle. We are often extremely confident even when we are blatantly wrong. When the constraints and pressures of “Time To Repair” influence our cognitive efforts, systematic errors are introduced into our judgements and choices. Our minds are easily susceptible to bias, and considerations of efficiency over thoroughness can amplify these errors even more. The goal of this talk is to improve the ability to identify and understand errors in judgement and choice. Through a deeper understanding of heuristics and of the biases to which they lead, improvements in judgement and decision-making under situations of uncertainty, such as a system-wide outage should be gained.
 
-**Speaker:** Jason Hand
+**Speaker:** Jason Hand

content/events/2016-seattle/proposals/Why_Weekends_Matter.md

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+date = "2016-04-13T12:18:48-07:00"
+title = "Why Weekends Matter"
+type = "talk"
+
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+
+**Abstract:**
+
+Excluding weekends from your metrics reports may sound appealing when the goal is to reduce lead-time and/or cycle-time in your workflow. From a reporting perspective, it’s nice to show improvement, so why not exclude times when people aren’t thought to be working? This strongly opinionated ignite talk exposes three serious reasons why excluding weekends from time metrics reporting can get you into deep kimchi.
+
+Disclosure: I am an organizer for Devopsdays Seattle and therefore ineligible to participate in the discussion or voting of this proposed ignite talk.
+
+**Speaker:** Dominica DeGrandis

content/events/2016-seattle/propose.md

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   {{< cfp_dates >}}
 
 <hr>
-There are three ways to propose a session:
-<ol>
-  <li><strong><em>A proposal for a talk/panel</em></strong> during the conference part : these are 30 minute slots that will have the full attention of all attendees, as everybody will be in that one room.</li>
-  <li><strong><em>An Ignite talk</em></strong> that will be presented during the<a href="/pages/ignite-talks-format"> Ignite sessions</a>. These are 5 minutes slots with slides changing every 15 seconds (20 slides total) which are also presented to all attendees in one room</li>
-  <li><strong><em>Open Space session</em></strong> : even without a prepared presentation we welcome the discussion and interaction by having people propose a session on the fly during Open Space. Check the <a href="/pages/open-space-format">Open Space explanation</a> for more information.
-</ol>
-
-### Even if you don't propose, please consider {{< event_link page="proposals" text="commenting on proposals submitted by others" >}}
-
-Our main criteria to make it to the top selection are:
-
-- _original content_: content not yet presented at other conferences, or a new angle to an existing problem
-- _new presenters_: people who are new to the space and have insightful stuff to say; we want to hear everybody's voice
-- _no vendor pitches_: as much as we value vendors and sponsors, we just don't think this is the right forum. You can demo at your table or during Open Space.
-
-<strong>How to submit a proposal:</strong> Send an email to [{{< email_proposals >}}] with the following information
-<ol>
-	<li>Proposal working title (can be changed later)</li>
-	<li>Type (presentation, panel discussion, moderated general discussion, debate, etc.,ignite)</li>
-	<li>Description or abstract</li>
-</ol>
-<strong>Rules:</strong>
-<ul>
-	<li>Be specific... we aren't mind readers (a description of about 20 lines is about right)</li>
-	<li>Detail is good... but not as important as explaining why your proposal would be interesting</li>
-	<li>Propose your own talk; don't have someone else do it for you.</li>
-	<li>Nominations welcome... if you know someone who has content/experience relevant to the DevOps conversation, please point us in their direction!</li>
-	<li>Multiple proposals welcome... just follow the other rules</li>
-</ul>
+<center>
+  <h2>Call for proposals is now closed.</h2>
+  <p>Check out our selected talks and ignites on our <a href="/events/2016-seattle/program/">program</a></p>
+</center>

content/events/2016-seattle/registration.md

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-<p>Microsoft and Chef have teamed up host a hackathon immediately following DevOpsDays Seattle. <a target="_blank" href="https://pages.chef.io/201605-DevOpsDaysSeattleMSFTHackDay_01.1LandingPage.html">Click here to RSVP and for more information!</a>