{"id":26,"date":"2010-09-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2010-09-09T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T13:00:00","slug":"vmunderground-2010-wupaas-warm-up-party-as-a-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/26\/","title":{"rendered":"VMUnderground 2010: WUPaaS (Warm-Up Party as a Service)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First off, my hat goes off to both Sean Clark and Theron Conrey for organizing an excellent gathering which mixed geeks, beer and munchies at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstybear.com\/\">Thirsty Bear<\/a>. I got to rub elbows with Scott Lowe, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/my.safaribooksonline.com\/9780470481387\">Mastering VMware vSphere 4<\/a>, which was instrumental in my obtaining my <span class=\"caps\">VCP<\/span> 4 certification this year. I resisted the urge to ask for a photo, but I did manage to get his business card.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kristau.net\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I think Theron and Sean will need a bigger venue next year. The place was packed with people, but just to capacity. I\u2019m sure interest in this event will grow for next year so I hope they can find a suitable location. Maybe get a few kegs from the Thirsty Bear to keep the tradition going?<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully I can make it again next year. I need to get better at introducing myself to people and socializing. Guess I\u2019m just your average introverted Geek, but I\u2019m working on it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First off, my hat goes off to both Sean Clark and Theron Conrey for organizing an excellent gathering which mixed geeks, beer and munchies at the Thirsty Bear. I got to rub elbows with Scott Lowe, author of Mastering VMware vSphere 4, which was instrumental in my obtaining my VCP 4 certification this year. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,9],"tags":[42,84,168,170,195,199,210,212,224],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","category-travels","category-virualization","tag-california","tag-food","tag-san-francisco","tag-scott-lowe","tag-technology-2","tag-travels-2","tag-vmware","tag-vmworld-2010","tag-wupaas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristau.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}