Elizabeth K. Joseph
@pleia2.bsky.social
I lead the Open Source Program Office for IBM Z (mainframes) at IBM. ❤️ Linux, open source, mainframes, typewriters, and trains. Wrote books on Ubuntu & OpenStack. KN6QGG. She/her. Opinions mine.
San Francisco Bay Area ✈️ Philadelphia
San Francisco Bay Area ✈️ Philadelphia
Ma'am, you're in my spot 🐈
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ma'am, you're in my spot 🐈
At #IBMZDay I'm sitting down with Igor, Jerry, and Darren to discuss the zopen Community (which ports 200+ packages from popular open source projects to z/OS USS), benefits to the ecosystem, and where the new z/OS runners from @gitlab.com fit in.
Online. Free registration: ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
Online. Free registration: ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
At #IBMZDay I'm sitting down with Igor, Jerry, and Darren to discuss the zopen Community (which ports 200+ packages from popular open source projects to z/OS USS), benefits to the ecosystem, and where the new z/OS runners from @gitlab.com fit in.
Online. Free registration: ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
Online. Free registration: ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
This morning I had a great conversation with Aazam Thakur who will be joining Len Santalucia, Steven Perva, and me at the #IBMZDay free virtual event to cut through common misconceptions that organizations have about #OpenSource software on the #mainframe
Join us! ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
Join us! ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This morning I had a great conversation with Aazam Thakur who will be joining Len Santalucia, Steven Perva, and me at the #IBMZDay free virtual event to cut through common misconceptions that organizations have about #OpenSource software on the #mainframe
Join us! ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
Join us! ibm.biz/ibmzday-2025
*Click* 📸
"Where are you visiting from?"
"Hah, no where, I've lived here for 15 years and I still love this view" 😍
"Where are you visiting from?"
"Hah, no where, I've lived here for 15 years and I still love this view" 😍
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
*Click* 📸
"Where are you visiting from?"
"Hah, no where, I've lived here for 15 years and I still love this view" 😍
"Where are you visiting from?"
"Hah, no where, I've lived here for 15 years and I still love this view" 😍
On to #GitHubUniverse day 2! I'll still be at the IBM booth talking about our hosted GitHub Actions service for Linux on IBM Z and Power ⚙️
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On to #GitHubUniverse day 2! I'll still be at the IBM booth talking about our hosted GitHub Actions service for Linux on IBM Z and Power ⚙️
There were a lot of fun things about #IBMTechXchange 2025 last week, but one of my favorites was our "Doom Takeover" at the Monday evening expo hall party. Instead of running our demos, I just had people logging into an IBM #LinuxONE #mainframe and playing Freedoom over VNC #Doom 😁
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There were a lot of fun things about #IBMTechXchange 2025 last week, but one of my favorites was our "Doom Takeover" at the Monday evening expo hall party. Instead of running our demos, I just had people logging into an IBM #LinuxONE #mainframe and playing Freedoom over VNC #Doom 😁
Happy first birthday, Zara! 😸🎂
October 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Happy first birthday, Zara! 😸🎂
My friends, I was invited to be a part of the IBM z17 unboxing at #IBMTechXchange in a couple weeks, and I haven't been this excited about a conference thing in a while 🥳
I'm making sure I pack some totally appropriate tools and wardrobe.
reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/tec...
I'm making sure I pack some totally appropriate tools and wardrobe.
reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/tec...
September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My friends, I was invited to be a part of the IBM z17 unboxing at #IBMTechXchange in a couple weeks, and I haven't been this excited about a conference thing in a while 🥳
I'm making sure I pack some totally appropriate tools and wardrobe.
reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/tec...
I'm making sure I pack some totally appropriate tools and wardrobe.
reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/tec...
I saw a 20th anniversary showing of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse or the Were-rabbit today today with our eldest, it's playing in our local one screen theater! 😍
September 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I saw a 20th anniversary showing of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse or the Were-rabbit today today with our eldest, it's playing in our local one screen theater! 😍
It was 5 years ago today that we woke up to an orange sky.
It was a scary time. Deep in the pandemic, the wildfires were already keeping us indoors, and I was pregnant. Then we woke up to this, and a thin layer of ash over everything.
Just an unlucky merging of atmospheric conditions, but yeesh.
It was a scary time. Deep in the pandemic, the wildfires were already keeping us indoors, and I was pregnant. Then we woke up to this, and a thin layer of ash over everything.
Just an unlucky merging of atmospheric conditions, but yeesh.
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It was 5 years ago today that we woke up to an orange sky.
It was a scary time. Deep in the pandemic, the wildfires were already keeping us indoors, and I was pregnant. Then we woke up to this, and a thin layer of ash over everything.
Just an unlucky merging of atmospheric conditions, but yeesh.
It was a scary time. Deep in the pandemic, the wildfires were already keeping us indoors, and I was pregnant. Then we woke up to this, and a thin layer of ash over everything.
Just an unlucky merging of atmospheric conditions, but yeesh.
Pink tax?
I now own both of these organizers. I bought the pink one 1st because I was in craft mode. When I decided to get a 2nd, the sticker shock sent me looking. Not for craft boxes, but for TOOL boxes.
The pink one is higher quality, but it's a storage box, and it's not over 5 times nicer.
I now own both of these organizers. I bought the pink one 1st because I was in craft mode. When I decided to get a 2nd, the sticker shock sent me looking. Not for craft boxes, but for TOOL boxes.
The pink one is higher quality, but it's a storage box, and it's not over 5 times nicer.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pink tax?
I now own both of these organizers. I bought the pink one 1st because I was in craft mode. When I decided to get a 2nd, the sticker shock sent me looking. Not for craft boxes, but for TOOL boxes.
The pink one is higher quality, but it's a storage box, and it's not over 5 times nicer.
I now own both of these organizers. I bought the pink one 1st because I was in craft mode. When I decided to get a 2nd, the sticker shock sent me looking. Not for craft boxes, but for TOOL boxes.
The pink one is higher quality, but it's a storage box, and it's not over 5 times nicer.
We are Zara's second family, the first let her outdoors and she'd be gone for days (the reason for her return to the shelter). With us she's an indoor cat, but she definitely pines for the outdoors 🌳🌴🐦🐿️
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We are Zara's second family, the first let her outdoors and she'd be gone for days (the reason for her return to the shelter). With us she's an indoor cat, but she definitely pines for the outdoors 🌳🌴🐦🐿️
We got a cat!
Zara is an 11 month old rescue from the East Bay SPCA and she's wonderful. Snuggly, playful, and loves everyone, including her chaotic 4 & 6 year old human brothers 😻
Zara is an 11 month old rescue from the East Bay SPCA and she's wonderful. Snuggly, playful, and loves everyone, including her chaotic 4 & 6 year old human brothers 😻
September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We got a cat!
Zara is an 11 month old rescue from the East Bay SPCA and she's wonderful. Snuggly, playful, and loves everyone, including her chaotic 4 & 6 year old human brothers 😻
Zara is an 11 month old rescue from the East Bay SPCA and she's wonderful. Snuggly, playful, and loves everyone, including her chaotic 4 & 6 year old human brothers 😻
A cool thing about working at IBM is that Linux is officially supported, so I just received my laptop refresh and it's a Lenovo P14s, Gen 5 with Re... Fedora! That's new!*
Oh man, my Fedora pals are never going to let me live this one down 😅
* My current work laptop is RHEL
Oh man, my Fedora pals are never going to let me live this one down 😅
* My current work laptop is RHEL
August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A cool thing about working at IBM is that Linux is officially supported, so I just received my laptop refresh and it's a Lenovo P14s, Gen 5 with Re... Fedora! That's new!*
Oh man, my Fedora pals are never going to let me live this one down 😅
* My current work laptop is RHEL
Oh man, my Fedora pals are never going to let me live this one down 😅
* My current work laptop is RHEL
Over the summer our 6 year old asked me to read to him from The Official Ubuntu Book (which I co-authored). On the page about the #Mycroft assistant device, I mentioned I had one. He was entranced.
It's a Mark 1, last week I got it out of the closet.
What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?
It's a Mark 1, last week I got it out of the closet.
What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?
August 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Over the summer our 6 year old asked me to read to him from The Official Ubuntu Book (which I co-authored). On the page about the #Mycroft assistant device, I mentioned I had one. He was entranced.
It's a Mark 1, last week I got it out of the closet.
What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?
It's a Mark 1, last week I got it out of the closet.
What kind of hole am I digging for myself here?
New dress. Peak millennial. #LisaFrank
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New dress. Peak millennial. #LisaFrank
So far this year I've been to two Red Sox games, and today was a Portland Sea Dogs game. I swear I'm not confused about my loyalties, I've just been in New England a lot 😂⚾
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So far this year I've been to two Red Sox games, and today was a Portland Sea Dogs game. I swear I'm not confused about my loyalties, I've just been in New England a lot 😂⚾
So far this year I've been to two Red Sox games, and today was a Portland Sea Dogs game. I swear I'm not confused about my loyalties, I've just been in New England a lot 😂⚾
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So far this year I've been to two Red Sox games, and today was a Portland Sea Dogs game. I swear I'm not confused about my loyalties, I've just been in New England a lot 😂⚾
The 4th of July is complicated this year, too many upsetting things happening in the US right now.
But it's still a naturally beautiful place and we want to show our kiddos. Today it was the crystal cave in Kutztown, Pennsylvania!
But it's still a naturally beautiful place and we want to show our kiddos. Today it was the crystal cave in Kutztown, Pennsylvania!
July 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The 4th of July is complicated this year, too many upsetting things happening in the US right now.
But it's still a naturally beautiful place and we want to show our kiddos. Today it was the crystal cave in Kutztown, Pennsylvania!
But it's still a naturally beautiful place and we want to show our kiddos. Today it was the crystal cave in Kutztown, Pennsylvania!
My first computer was the original IBM PC, an old system that was shipped to us my IBMer uncle around 1990. I fell in love with computers on that machine, so I've always held a fondness for the brand. Working for IBM now on something I love is really cool.
Happy 114th birthday, IBM! 🎂
Happy 114th birthday, IBM! 🎂
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My first computer was the original IBM PC, an old system that was shipped to us my IBMer uncle around 1990. I fell in love with computers on that machine, so I've always held a fondness for the brand. Working for IBM now on something I love is really cool.
Happy 114th birthday, IBM! 🎂
Happy 114th birthday, IBM! 🎂
This is the vinyl treasure I found at a flea market yesterday. It's not only beautiful, but my family actually had this one when I was a kid 🥰 #pinocchio #vinyl
June 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is the vinyl treasure I found at a flea market yesterday. It's not only beautiful, but my family actually had this one when I was a kid 🥰 #pinocchio #vinyl
May 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We went to the annual Rail Fair at Ardenwood Farm today, their narrow gauge railroad is a delight, and I'm reminded that train people are some of my favorite people 🥰
Just don't let your kids touch the model railways (ours learned that a while back, but we do remind them!)
Just don't let your kids touch the model railways (ours learned that a while back, but we do remind them!)
May 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We went to the annual Rail Fair at Ardenwood Farm today, their narrow gauge railroad is a delight, and I'm reminded that train people are some of my favorite people 🥰
Just don't let your kids touch the model railways (ours learned that a while back, but we do remind them!)
Just don't let your kids touch the model railways (ours learned that a while back, but we do remind them!)
My hand-picked team that ran the IBM #LinuxONE AI Arcade at the #RedHatSummit knocked it out of the park. Thank you @jjasghar.bsky.social & Dr. Alex Osadchyy!
I had so many great conversations this week, and I had a wonderful time making new friends and catching up with old ones.
I had so many great conversations this week, and I had a wonderful time making new friends and catching up with old ones.
May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My hand-picked team that ran the IBM #LinuxONE AI Arcade at the #RedHatSummit knocked it out of the park. Thank you @jjasghar.bsky.social & Dr. Alex Osadchyy!
I had so many great conversations this week, and I had a wonderful time making new friends and catching up with old ones.
I had so many great conversations this week, and I had a wonderful time making new friends and catching up with old ones.
We're SUPER thrilled to announce that we've launched a hosted GitHub Actions service for IBM Z, IBM LinuxONE, and IBM Power! 🎉
Announcement: ibm.biz/actions-linu...
If you're here at Red Hat Summit, I'll be at the IBM booth in the expo hall all week if you'd like to chat 😄
Announcement: ibm.biz/actions-linu...
If you're here at Red Hat Summit, I'll be at the IBM booth in the expo hall all week if you'd like to chat 😄
May 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We're SUPER thrilled to announce that we've launched a hosted GitHub Actions service for IBM Z, IBM LinuxONE, and IBM Power! 🎉
Announcement: ibm.biz/actions-linu...
If you're here at Red Hat Summit, I'll be at the IBM booth in the expo hall all week if you'd like to chat 😄
Announcement: ibm.biz/actions-linu...
If you're here at Red Hat Summit, I'll be at the IBM booth in the expo hall all week if you'd like to chat 😄