Episode 253: Alexander Kaltsas

The Mac Admins Slack seems to be an ever-evolving microcosm of love and despair as it mirrors what we all go through in our lives and careers – but always helpful to those who need it. Today we’ll touch base with one of the most prolific poster of all time on slack to chat about recurring themes, transitions, and maybe a little bit of netiquette.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge, Principal Product Manager, JumpCloud – @tbridge777
Charles Edge, CTO, Bootstrappers.mn – @cedge318
Marcus Ransom, Apple Systems Architect, CompNow – @marcusransom

Guest:

Alexander Kaltsas

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Conferences

Event Name	Location	Dates	Format	Cost
ACES Conference	Online	5, 12, 19, 26 May 2022	Synchronous • Thursdays 12:00-14:30 EDT (UTC-4)	USD$299
MacAdmins Campfire Sessions	Online (State College, PA, USA)	Thursdays in June and July 2022	Synchronous • Thursdays 13:00-15:00 EDT (UTC-4)	Free
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference	Online (one in-person event @ Cupertino, CA, USA)	6–10 June 2022	Asynchronous • New sessions available daily	Free
MacDevOps YVR	Online (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	15-17 June 2022	Synchronous • 2 consecutive days	CAD$50-2000
Jamf Nation User Conference	San Diego, CA & Online	27–29 September 2022	In Person & Virtual	$899-$1299 Education. $1099-$1499 Commercial (pricing increases over time), $299 Virtual, Keynote streams free
MacSysAdmin	Online (Göteborg, Sweden)	4–7 October 2022	Asynchronous • New sessions available daily	Free (Optional T-shirt purchase)
Objective by the Sea	El Vendrell, Spain (Barcelona)	3-5 October 2022 (Training) 6-7 October 2022 (Talks)	In Person	0-499€

Upcoming Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Mac Admin Monthly	Virtual	8 March 2022, 4:30pm ET	Free
JumpCloud IT Admin Network (DC)	Virtual	8 March 2022, 4pm ET	Free
San Diego MacAdmins Meetup	Virtual	9 March 2022, 6pm PT	Free

Recurring Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
London Apple Admins Pub	Online weekly (see #laa-pub in MacAdmins Slack for connection details), sometimes in-person	Most Thursdays at 17:00 BST (UTC+1), 19:00 BST when in-person	Free
#ANZMac Channel Happy Hour	Online (see #anzmac in MacAdmins Slack for connection details)	Thursdays 5 p.m. AEST	Free