Summary

If this was a certain 90s show, this episode would be called, “The One About The Raspberry Pis.” Jeff Geerling, software developer, author, and lover of all things open source is our guest. It's fun to listen to Jeff and Ivan geek out.

Guest

Jeff Geerling, software developer, author and creator of the Pi Dramble

Highlights

• Ivan and Jeff geek out over their love of Raspberry Pis
• How philosophy relates to programming
• Brambles, Drambles and Druplelets, oh my!
• How to keep your Raspberry Pis cool

Links

• www.jeffgeerling.com
• Jeff’s YouTube channel with many helpful videos!
• Raspberry Pi 
• Raspberry Pi Dramble 
• Ansible for DevOps book
• Ansible for Kubernetes book

Summary

Megan Glover, Marketing Manager of Solhem Companies, one of our longest clients, discusses the transformational power of writing down company values, putting up buildings in the Minnesota winter, and the importance of Post-its in personal growth. 

Guest

Megan Glover of Solhem Companies.

Highlights

• The environmentally conscious real estate developer
• The art of building naming (and anagrams)
• How their strong sense of company "self" and values are important when changing the fabric of the city
• The trend of micro apartments (and how Solhem started it in Minneapolis!)

Links

• Traction by Gino Wickman
• The Life-Changing Art of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

Summary

In this audio-centric podcast you'll get a peek behind the scenes of how our own LexFunk created the 2019 remix of the TEN7 podcast theme music. Get your headphones on to hear everything! 

Guest

Alexis Vasquez, full stack developer at TEN7 aka LexFunk, beatmaker

Highlights

• Inspiration for the original (during his TEN7 sabbatical)
• Ducking and sidechaining effects
• Drumbeat, bass line, synth and rhythm guitar
• Open source music

Summary

Ivan first saw Rob Harr doing the keynote speech "Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze" at the Manage Digital conference in spring 2019, where he said a lot of smart, compassionate, and empathetic things, things that you wish all leaders had in their toolbox. We finally got him to appear on our podcast, where he said even more awesome things. Enjoy!

Guest

Rob Harr, VP at Sparkbox.

Highlights

• Processes are for people, not projects
• Designing human experiences at work
• Talent producer vs. talent consumer
• On leaving clients better than he found them

Links

• Sparkbox
• Manage Digital
• Sparkbox Apprenticeships (and the curriculum is on GitHub) 
• Diversity Days, November 13-14 at Sparkbox in Dayton, Ohio
• Karen Catlin, author of Better Allies, who runs Better Allies on Twitter

Summary

Our guest Elan Lohmann is founder of Sleekgeek South Africa, a social community of support and motivation for healthy lifestyle goals, AND he's Ivan's childhood chum! Elan's no-BS attitude, enthusiasm and vulnerability are a winning combination that keeps his company growing. 

Guest

Elan Lohmann, founder of Sleekgeek South Africa.

Highlights

• Vacation trip prompts a weight loss challenge
• Taking the plunge to be an entrepreneur
• His belief in “happy money”
• The gift and curse of growing a following on Facebook

Links

• Sleekgeek website
• Sleekgeek Facebook group
• Deep Work by Cal Newport
• Precision Nutrition
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Habits Academy (also by James Clear)

Summary

Podcast guest Joe Shindelar of Osio Labs chats with Ivan about making interactive sculptures, snowboarding and his long history with open source software.

Guest

Joe Shindelar, Osio Labs  

Highlights

• How debugging software is akin to interactive sculpture
• Drupalize.Me
• Lullabot Education becomes Osio Labs
• How not to pick an online handle

Links

• Drupalize.Me
• Osio Labs - Open Source Inside and out
• Blizzard Ski+Snowboard School
• dreamformula.com

Summary

If you've ever watched a Drupal Camp or Con session from the comfort of your home, you likely have our guest Kevin Thull to thank. Thull has recorded almost 1700 Drupal sessions, and he keeps looking for more ways to contribute to the Drupal community. Bonus: If you're a gear nerd you'll love hearing about the evolution of the recording system!     

Guest

Kevin Thull, Drupal Developer and Archivist

Highlights

• Yet another person that joined Drupal because of the helpful, welcoming community
• How Kevin got started recording sessions
• Going on the road to record Camps
• Giant red button debut

Links

• Drupal Fox Valley meetup
• Drupal Recording Initiative
• Open Collective
• Midwest Open Source Alliance
• Aaron Winborn award

Summary

After months deep in the weeds of Kubernetes, our DevOps Engineer Tess Flynn emerged with the best practices for melding Docker, Flight Deck and Kubernetes to create a powerful open source infrastructure for hosting Drupal sites in production (powered by our partner, DigitalOcean). Ivan and Tess take a deep dive into why we chose this combination of tools, our journey to get here, and the nitty gritty of how everything works together.    

Guest

Tess Flynn, TEN7 DevOps Engineer

Highlights

• The beauty of containerization, and the challenge of containerization
• The best container orchestrator
• Kubernetes’ highly dynamic environment: updated with just a code push
• Flight Deck, the genesis of our journey to Kubernetes
• Docker enables consistent environments

Links

• Kubernetes
• DigitalOcean
• Flight Deck
• Tess's Return of the Clustering talk

Summary

How many accounting firms do you know that do value-based pricing, or embrace being a distributed company? Adam Hale, partner and COO of Summit CPA, the premier CPA for digital agencies enlightens host Ivan Stegic on how his progressive firm is changing the way people think about accounting.

Guest

Adam Hale of Summit CPA Group

Highlights

• The life of a COO, keepin’ things movin’
• Their accidentally distributed accounting firms
• Changing the way people think about accounting
• What is a Virtual CFO?

Links

• Digital Dollars and Cents: A Virtual CFO’s Playbook to help Digital Companies Create a Financial Roadmap to Success by Jody Grunden
• Yonder conference
• Summit CPA’s value-based pricing policy