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Metrics and Monitoring

Written by on July 1, 2018 in Metrics, Monitoring.

Last update on July 1, 2018.

I've had the discussion about metrics and monitoring (or metrics vs. monitoring) so many times that I turned it into a brief presentation. So now I'm turning that into a brief article here.

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Monitorama PDX 2014 Videos

Written by on May 13, 2014 in Monitoring.

Last update on June 12, 2018.

If you missed Monitorama this year (and really, shame on you if you did), or if you just read this and were a little confused about the some of the points (Mossad? Eliminate men?), the conference videos have been posted to Vimeo.

Pay special attention to the talk by James Micken, just sayin'.


Quick Notes From Monitorama PDX 2014

Written by on May 9, 2014 in Monitoring.

Last update on June 12, 2018.

Earlier this week I was at the Monitorama conference in Portland. This was the third Monitorama but the first that I'd attended, and if you're interested in operations and monitoring issues I can't recommend it highly enough, the signal to noise ratio was very nearly 100%. Biggest takeaway is to never miss this conference again.

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