Update on Lightbulb and other cool stuff

[Greg Dekoenigsberg]

Hi folks. Reaching out with a quick update.

First: the Lightbulb project is coming along. Thanks to everyone who
has given us feedback on it. We'll be at ConfigMgmtCamp in Ghent,
Belgium in a couple of weeks, and we'll be running a combination
Lightbulb workshop / Train-the-trainer / Hackfest session, so for
anyone who can make it, we'd love to welcome you there. Sign-up
information is here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ansible-lightbulb-workshop-cfgmgmtcamp18-tickets-42409101765

Once we run that session, which will be based on Vagrant, I'll be much
more confident in running a more generic train-the-trainer session for
anyone who wants one, and then we can start offering Lightbulb
sessions to various meetups around the world, which should be a big
driver for attendance.

Another interesting thing that you might want to take a look at: a
project called Filament, by jctanner. It's a first attempt at a module
development workshop, which is another frequently requested bit of
content. Take a look:

https://tannerjc.net/wiki/index.php?title=Ansible_Developer_Filament

He's currently hosting it on his own wiki, but he's considering trying
to put bits of it into Lightbulb. If you're interested in putting
together a module session for your local meetup, it's a good source of
material.

Related to that, I'm also trying to get permission to share James
Cammarata's presentation materials from his session on module
development from last year's Ansiblefest, so stay tuned for that.

Finally, a reminder that we're running new Automates sessions as often
as we can manage, with three coming up: Sydney on 6 Feb, Melbourne on
8 Feb, and the Netherlands on 14 Mar.

Hope the new year is going well for everyone. Happy Automating, as always. :)

--g