We have spent the last two days working to set up the technology infrastructure for our 2010 Annual Conference. After this initial work is complete I spend the rest of the week sitting in the back waiting for something to break. I also help manage the live video stream and any miscellaneous work that needs to be done on our coverage page. It’s enough to keep me busy while still being able to pay attention to most of what goes on out in the big meeting.
Multiple routers providing internet access.
We run a pretty wide range of hardware in the News Room. You can see anything from Linux netbooks to Mac and Windows laptops. We also support an e-mail station of several Ubuntu 10.04 workstations. Throw in about 15-20 employees, several wireless networks, 2,000 attendees and one large facility and you have a complex project!
George Speake and Derek Leek work together on a project.
This year the set-up time took about as long as I expected it would. The nice thing we have this year that we have not had in previous years is an extra day to prepare. Now that I have most of the major work finished tomorrow should be a fairly light day. I’m hoping to catch up on some e-mail and continue coordinating vendors for the building move in two weeks. We’ll see how it goes though. As of right now all systems are green!
