Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson

MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson

Synopsis

What were the olden days like? We ask Chip Pearson of Jamf Software about what it was like to be in Mac support before any of the tools existed, what it’s like to build tools from a clean slate, and what kind of dungeonmaster he is.

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Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Marcus Ransom, Professional Services Manager at Education Advantage, [@marcusransom]
• Adam Codega, IT Professional [@adamcodega]

Our Guest:

• Chip Pearson, Chairman of the Board & Founder, Jamf Software [@ChipPearson]

Listen!

Links & Notes

Timbuktu Software
Retrospect Software

1997 Wired Cover: Pray
101 Ways to Fix Apple: Wired, 1997

Dok malware

Bella Malware

The macOS Phishing Easy Button – The Dangers of AppleScript

Community Calendar

Call For Presenters

JNUC CFP

Conference Sites

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Aces Conference in Phoenix, AZ May 31 – June 1
MacDevOps:YVR in Vancouver, Canada Jun 4-6 17
MacDeployment in Calgary, Canada Jun 8-9 17
X World in Sydney, Australia Jun 28-30 17
PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17
JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26 → CFP: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/23980/jnuc-2017-call-for-presenter-proposals-and-ideas

Meet-ups

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Utah Mac Managers Meeting with Jesse Endahl of Fleetsmith – Wed, May, 17th @ 11 AM MDT
Austin Apple Admins with Erik Gomez from Pinterist – May 16th @ HostGator
Leiden, the Netherlands – May 18th – 6 PM
Twin Cities MacAdmins May 23rd at Jamf’s offices in Minneapolis. Details at or in the mspmacadmins channel on Slack.

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