vPirate Radio

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

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?

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

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

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
• 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

If you enjoy or have comments be sure to find vPirate Radio (and it's hosts) on twitter and drop us a note!

• @vPirateRadio
• @bknudtson
• @jhoughes
• @MattThatITGuy
• @k00laidIT

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) 
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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

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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