DevOps Cafe Episode 40

Here comes the (not so skepitical?) IT Skeptic

John and Damon welcome Rob England to the show for a lively chat. Rob is famously known for being The IT Skeptic and previously casting his "skeptical" eye towards DevOps. Tune in to find out where Rob thinks DevOps gets it right, and where he still think that DevOps risks going off course.  

  

Direct download

Follow Rob England on Twitter: @theitskeptic
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Rob England works at Two Hills Ltd
• John Willis works for Enstratus
• Damon Edwards works for DTO Solutions
• Rob's excellent talk at DevOps Days New Zealand
• Rob's online alter ego is the always informative and entertaining IT Skeptic 

Please leave comments or questions below and we'll read them on the show!

DevOps Cafe Episode 39

John goes from Lean Startup to Not Lean Enterprise... barely avoids whiplash.

This is a two part episode. Who knew we liked to talk so much?. 

John and Damon chat about John's recent back-to-back travels to the Lean Startup conference and Dell World. How does that tie into DevOps? You'll have to listen to find out.

(Note: These were recorded at the end of December)

  

Direct download (part 1)

Direct download (part 2)

Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

DevOps Cafe Episode 38

Oh yeah... we need people to make this stuff work

John and Damon chat with Dave Zwieback (Knewton) about his excellent talk from DevOps Days New York and the most difficult part of DevOps... hiring. No matter if you are a manager who needs to recruit a team or an engineer who wants to make sure your co-workers are top-notch, hiring is an essential part of all of our success.

 

  

Direct download

Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Dave Zwieback on Twitter: @mindweather

Notes:

• Dave Zwieback works for Knewton
• John Willis works for Enstratus
• Damon Edwards works for DTO Solutions
• Dave's talk on DevOps and Hiring at DevOps Days New York
• Dave pointed out that the techniques of great recruiting come from many sources 

Please leave comments or questions below and we'll read them on the show!

DevOps Cafe Episode 37

Checking in with Andrew

Andrew Clay Shafer returns for a chat with John and Damon. As these conversations tend to go, a lot of ground was covered... from startups, to DevOps, to Cloud, to Lean. 

  

Direct download

Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Andrew Clay Shafer on Twitter: @littleidea

Notes:

• Read more about Andrew's history and what he is up to.
• John Willis works for Enstratus
• Damon Edwards works for DTO Solutions 

Please leave comments or questions below and we'll read them on the show!

DevOps Cafe Episode 36

Microsoft and DevOps. 

Jeffrey Snover (Microsoft) join John and Damon for a chat about bringing DevOps ideas into a classic organization like Microsoft, writing the Monad Manifesto, inventing PowerShell, automating in a Windows environment, reaching out to open source tool makers, and a trip down systems management memory lane.

  

Direct download

Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Jeffrey Snover on Twitter: @jsnover 

Notes:

• Jeffrey Snover is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft 
• Jeffrey is the Lead Architect for Windows Server and Windows System Center
• Jeffrey is inventor of PowerShell
• The Monad Manifesto (from 2002) was the seminal positioning paper that became PowerShell
• There is now a PowerShell Summit (currently sold out... waitlist only)
• John Willis works for Enstratus
• Damon Edwards works for DTO Solutions 

Please leave comments or questions below and we'll read them on the show!