In general, I love puppet front and left (which is probably a good thing, considering we do puppet consulting and training for a living). One of the things that make it such a breeze to work with, is the developer's attention to details such as descriptive error messages. It is not to be underestimated how mcuh a descriptive error can actually help a user.

In the search for exchanging experiences with others who use puppet, we have been looking at different ways to connect with the world at large. We've decided to try something new: a Google+ Hangout.

We are very happy to announce the first puppet master training in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The training will take place on April 25th-27th in Kuala Lumpur, right in the heart of South East Asia. Easy to reach from many places around Asia, and relatively cheap cost of living make it an ideal spot for this training.

Last week on March 15th we had the first meetup of the KL Puppet usergroup. I'm happy to report it was a great success! We were very happy with a turnout of 15 people, some of which were total newbies in puppetland and some of which were very experienced. It is always great to have a nice mix of people.

This is the first blog for the revamped version of the OlinData website. We decided to start 2012 with a new endeavour: consulting and training for the puppet ecosystem. We're in the process of setting things up, so expect some chaos for a little bit.