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vPirate Radio is thing from @bknudtson, @k00laidIT, @jhoughes, & @MattThatITGuy here to discuss IT, life and everything in between. Find us on twitter at https://twitter.com/vpirateradio
Episodes
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
With travel opening back up, we are also seeing a shift back to in-person events. But after being away for 2 years, what do we expect to see has changed or stay the same? We touch on all sorts of topics from social cultures, pros and cons of virtual vs. in-person, and the somewhat nostalgic, but quickly dissipated beast known as travel.
If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter:
- @vPirateRadio
- @bknudston
- @jhoughes
- @k00laidIT
- @MattThatITGuy
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Topics:
- New branding for vPirateRadio
- Defining your brand
- What’s your schtick?
- Social media profiles
- Do you need to have a blog? How do you determine a “theme”
- Do you need a podcast?
- Graphical art - how do you develop, where do you use, should you outsource?
- Do you need to have stickers?
- How do you value your time / brand?
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
In this episode we discuss:
- Tech Field Day events
- Virtual vs hybrid vs in-person events
- The desire to return to in-person conferences
- The real value of session content vs. the hallway track
- The suckage that is the whole of virtual events for presenters
If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter:
@vPirateRadio
@bknudston
@jhoughes
@k00laidIT
@MattThatITGuy
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
In this episode, we discuss:
- Facebook / Meta stock falls off a cliff
- ~%30 drop after earnings statement
- Added only 2M users for the quarter vs 15M the quarter before
- Daily Active users dropped by 1M
- Are we choosing platforms based on belief system?
- Alternative: all the slacks, is it a feedback loop though? (private vs. public SoMe)
- Spotify
- Twitter/Gettr
- Slack/Discord
If you enjoy the show or have any comments, please feel free to reach out to any / all of us on Twitter:
- @vPirateRadio
- @bknudston
- @jhoughes
- @k00laidIT
- @MattThatITGuy
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
In this episode we discuss
- How life is going
- The Microsoft Activision/Blizzard Acquisition
- Background Links
- https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_1.18.1
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/01/21/microsofts-activision-blizzard-buy-is-not-a-metaverse-bet/?sh=b66bcb97ddc8
- Background Links
- What the Heck is the Metaverse and why is this related
- When in doubt, ask wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse
- Where @mattThatITGuy makes absolutely certain that the Oculus game Super Hot is totally, definitely not porn https://superhotgame.com/superhot-vr
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Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Everybody makes New Year’s resolutions. In this episode we discuss our plans and initiatives for 2022 that focus more on evolving ourselves rather than reinventing.
Jim
- NSX-T-
- NSX-V going End of Support 1/16/2022 https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149616
- Kubernetes and Containers
- Automation- Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform
- Reading things longer than 240 characters at a time
- Focus on being more impactful with my time
Joe
- Structured Plans
- Deep Work
- Focusing on life goals and living/enjoying the journey
- Mental health & unplugging from tech - needing hobbies/distractions
- Writing (both journals & a book)
Matt
- Get back to content creation
- Blogging
- Presenting
- Podcasting (hopefully!)
- Cloud focus
- Azure
- AWS
- Traditional on-prem
- Level up existing certs
Brian
- Business and industry focused
- Security industry
- More non-IT related projects
Training Links:
- https://www.udemy.com/course/vmware-nsxt-fundamentals/
- https://www.udemy.com/course/vmware-nsx-t-30-fundamentals-part-two-security-2020-nsx
- Learning.kasten.com - https://learning.kasten.com
- CKA - https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/cka-cks-exam-bundle/
- KubeAcademy - https://kube.academy/
- Geerling Ansible Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2_OBreMn7FplshFCWYlaN2uS8et9RjNG
- https://www.udemy.com/course/terraform-hands-on-labs/
- https://www.udemy.com/course/hashicorp-packer/
- https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/terraform-getting-started-2021
- https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/terraform-deep-dive
- https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/implementing-it-automation-with-salt-open
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
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Topics
- Why would we even do this?
- Log4j, log4shell, log4hell, oh my!
- Bro, do you even QA?
Find us online:
- vPirateRadio: @vPirateRadio, vpirateradio.com
- Brian Knudtson: @bknudtson, knudt.net
- Jim Jones: @k00laidIT, koolaid.info
- Joe Houghes: @jhoughes, fullstackgeek.net
- Matt Crape: @MattThatITGuy, 42u.ca
The Merry Crew
The vPirate Radio crew consists of Joe Houghes, Jim Jones, Matt Crape, and Brian Knudtson. We get together on occasion to have a good time and record it for you. We connected through the enterprise IT community, primarily around VMware, but have a diverse set of interests that we often discuss. Listen in as we discuss topics like IT news, the latest in cybersecurity, AI, consumer technology, business, and life in the digital age.