Episode 477: Punk Rock Mac Lab

Richard Glaser has been a Mac Admin for a long, long time, and we've got him on this week to talk about what it's like managing Macs for a whole university library system, the state of lab computing in 2026, and what's changed in more than 35 years of managing Macs at work!

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Richard Glaser - LinkedIn

Links:

• Workbrew, Punk Shows to Patch Management: Richard Glaser's Mac Admin Career
• SLUG Magazine, New Band Spotlight: Road Frisbee
• SLUG Magazine, February's Cover Band: Road Frisbee
• SLUG Magazine, June 1990 Local/National Record and Tape Reviews
• Nabil Ayers, "Punk in '86, Metal in '87"
• Penguin Random House, Nabil Ayers bio / My Life in the Sunshine
• IMDb, Pat McKee
• IMDb public datasets, name.basics.tsv.gz and title.basics.tsv.gz
• YouTube, Richard Glaser channel
• IMDb, SLC Punk!
• University of Utah UIT, Dave Huth / first Macs at the U
• Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, October 2002
• Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, December 2003
• Archived macosxlabs.org about page, February 2002
• Slashdot, "Mac OS X Labs Deployment Initiative," March 12, 2002
• University of Utah, Mac OS X Deployment Overview
• University of Utah, RunRR AppleScript for RevRdist
• University of Utah, RevRdist ResEdit Hacks
• University of Utah, MacAdministrator overview
• University of Utah, Kerberos Authentication / MacAdministrator notes
• University of Utah, Integrating Mac OS X on Campus
• University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, March 21, 2001
• University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 21, 2001
• University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, December 19, 2001
• University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, February 19, 2003
• University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 17, 2004
• University of Utah MacAdmins meeting category archive
• University of Utah, November 2020 MacAdmins Meeting
• University of Utah, NetBoot overview
• University of Utah, Setup NetBoot Service on Mac OS X 10.6.x Client
• University of Utah, Radmind single-user mode notes
• University of Utah, Automate ASR Image Creation Using Radmind & Scripts
• University of Utah, iTunes U Authentication & Authorization:
• AFP548, MacEnterprise.org Wireless Security Webcast, October 21, 2004
• MacTech, "Mac OS X Client Lab Security" webcast notice
• WWDC 2004 Session 630, Network Administration Best Practices for Education
• Engadget, "Mac OSX Labs expands to Mac Enterprise"
• Archived MacEnterprise about-us page, February 2009
• Archived MacEnterprise board announcement, May 2009
• Archived MacEnterprise board nominations page, April 2009
• MacAdmins Podcast Episode 199, Richard Glaser Talks Radmind, MacOSLabs
• Penn State MacAdmins 2013, OS X Terminal Services - Richard Glaser
• University of Utah UIT, Guest column: An update on the MacAdmin group
• Apple Support, Platform Single Sign-on for macOS
• Apple Developer Documentation, Platform Single Sign-on
• Apple Developer Documentation, Enrolling with Platform Single Sign-on
• MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Philip Rinehart
• MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Greg Neagle

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