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Failure is a word that, understandably, carries a negative connotation. Nobody wants to fail, really. But failure, if you're doing anything worthwhile, is inevitable. What's important is to plan for failure, learn from it, try to avoid damage and do your best to recover gracefully. That was the topic of Selena Deckelmann's keynote, "Mistakes Were Made," Sunday morning at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE).

Deckelmann is founder and COO of Prime Radiant, the company behind Checkmarkable, "a product that helps organizations document, share and tweak their processes." Deckelmann is also a longtime contributor to the PostgreSQL project.