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Fall is the Season of Changeor... 'New city, new life?'

Author
Patrick Audley
Location
51.033838-114.096537GeoDataCalgaryABCA-ABCanadaSmall Earth Icon

A twilight season, Fall brings change quickly and definitively. A season that cannot be ignored.As I was walking to work last week I was astounded to see the ground littered with oranges and yellows — fall had pounced upon me like a stealthy cat. Back in my old Vancouver haunting grounds I knew that all was green and verdant but Calgary had already succumbed and the crisp air hinted of the snow and ice to come. This revelation both foreshadowed and provided background to the rest of the week. All changes bring mixed emotions; rarely in my life do they provide me with the absolutes; this week was no exception. Some good and some not good but overall, I think I’m ahead of the game.
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Posted on:September 28th, 2008underlifelineswith 2 comments.

Leaving Cogneto

Author
Patrick Audley
Updated
2007-10-20
Date
Leaving Cogneto2006-02-012007-10-19

So, without much ado, I’m no longer with Cogneto and am joining my two friends Andy Dale and John Bradley to bring solid, usable, user-centric identity and authentication to the world under the mighty rubric of Wingaa.

As is often the case, transitioning from one job to another was rockier than it first looked. It was full of bitter-sweet moments mixed liberally with some sad moments and a huge swelling of excitement and hope for the future. I’ve gained a pile of insight and a good set of lessons to take to my next venture. I try when I leave a job to figure out what the best lesson was and I think that, in retrospect, we didn’t have enough transparency and that should have been a warning sign. We had a very smart group of people who were kept from seeing or helping with problems because they didn’t know about them. That’s my key lesson from this job – transparency is a hallmark of a good company.

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Posted on:October 20th, 2007underlifelines, work.

TSM Daily Reporting Script

Author
Patrick Audley
Download
(direct download)
SVN
(svn url)
Docs
(docs)
License
GPL Public License

See the sample report for an idea of that this program does.

TSM is a data management solution that is offered by IBM. It’s a huge, sprawling, flexible monstrosity that work perfectly… if you watch it and keep it fed and watered. TSM is also very scriptable and extensible.

This program attempts to give a TSM administrator a daily report that contains all the things that need to be periodically looked at. Wherever possible it will offer advice on how to fix problems found or attempt to resolve them itself. It will generate a nice email with the report and will modify the subject to flag and problems found so that you know when it’s really important to have a peek inside the report.

If you know of anything that you’d like added, you find a bug, or just can’t get it to run for you, please email me at paudley@blackcat.ca and I’ll see what I can do to help. Please Note: I no longer have regular access to a TSM system for testing, if you’d like troubleshooting I can probably work something remotely.

Thanks to the many people that have passed along code or suggestions and to the Wellcome Trust for funding my time at the University of Dundee.

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Posted on:August 12th, 2007underadministravia, code, lifelines.

Curriculum Vitae

Author
Patrick Audley

Below is my current contact information and my most recent CV.

Please note that I am current employed full-time and am looking primarily for networking in Calgary or future work. This is also reflected in the currency of the CV below which lacks most of my Cambrian House, GalaxyTelecom, and much of my contract work. Think of its current state as the below… only better with more cool technologies, a variety of nutty co-workers, lessons in code, love and life… and crammed with cowboys and sizzling gypsies.

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Posted on:August 19th, 2006underwork.

Axion Internetgetting a taste for startups

Author
Patrick Audley
Location
49.276975-123.132298Old Axion Offices951 Pacific St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadahttp://blackcat.ca/work/axionSmall Earth Icon
Updated
2005-10-07
Date
Axion Internetgetting a taste for startups1996-04-051997-06-0149.276975-123.132298Old Axion Offices951 Pacific St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadahttp://blackcat.ca/work/axionSmall Earth Icon

Axion was my first real job and I love it. I was a chance to grow into a management position and run some slick hardware at a scale that was unavailable to me before. I really enjoyed working with Tom Lavin and the rest of the crew and honestly couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to startups.

Here I learned so many of my formative career lessons (including my not-so-fun introduction to VC takeovers *lol*). This was a very fun time in my life and I’ll always cherish these days for their youthful excitement and the deep feeling that I can accomplish anything that I carry with me today.

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Posted on:October 7th, 2005underlifelines, work.

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