Our awesome systems administrator Mark Imbriaco participated in the first episode of the SA Pro podcast recently. You’ll hear Mark talk about how formal education is the only way to become a good sys admin and that Perl is better than Rails.
Just kidding, but still check it out!
(P.S. Mark’s using the awesome Blue Snowball mic to get that clear, Fraiser Crane sound.)

Sarah wrote this on Aug 29 2008 There are 5 comments.
Nate Kontny 29 Aug 08
That is an awesome quote from Mark. ”...Once I started at 37signals, I had a little extra time…”. Wish more people could say that about their jobs.
GeeIWonder 29 Aug 08
Nice. It’s on my to listen to list. Hopefully not too much fanboyisms. ;)
Since it’s in the OP and of particular interest to me —is that mic powered? Is there such a thing as a USB powered mic these days?
JF 29 Aug 08
The Blue Snowball is USB powered. No external power supply needed.
GeeIWonder 29 Aug 08
Thanks. Gotta test that out.
FWIW , I think Mark (I think that’s him) is the one making most sense on that thing. I’m sure that’s a great reassurance for him. ;)
Dhrumil 30 Aug 08
I’ve been using the blue snowball for 1 year for my various podcasts. I love it. Great quality.
The Snowflake is just as good, but much smaller.
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