vPirate Radio

By Brian Knudtson, Jim Jones, Joe Houghes and Matt Crape

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... more

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October 20, 2022The One Where Jim Sprays Into The MultiCloud
In this episode we discuss
Impressions from VMware Explore
Comparisons to other modern tech conferences
The growing discussions and trend of moving to Cloud, or just off vSphere
https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/xda3jr/sudden_disturbing_moves_for_it_in_very_large/
Supercloud is a dumb term created by and for analysts to have something to rant and rave about
https://twitter.com/dvellante/status/1574931373634179073
Polycloud/Multicloud differentiation from @ExchangeGoddess is probably the most intelligent splitting of these terms that I’ve seen
CFD takeaway - vendors are actively looking to handle multi-cloud services intelligently
Gossip of cost increases by Broadcom
Enterprise IT is slow, vSphere isn't going anywhere tomorrow
COBOL, tech conferences, and social media
AI is keeping James Earl Jones around for awhile longer
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/24/23370097/darth-vader-james-earl-jones-obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-ai-disney-lucasfilm
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35min
August 21, 2022The One With No Agenda And a Deadline
With VMware Explore coming up next week, we discussed our thoughts and shared experiences. Topics include:
VMunderground - What it is, how to get tickets, and why it's awesom
Solutions Exchange - Great conversations, a chance to network, and the cost of free swag
Dogs - The joys of dog ownership, and Matt's dog's snoring
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29min
July 20, 2022The One Where We All Go Exploring
Topics:
VMware Explore
Why rename? This is horrible. Bad marketing people, BAAD
Why? Making the case for the hallway track
Echo chambers and the value of being in person to break out of them
What’s next?
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32min
June 20, 2022The One Where We Are All Connected (That’s a Bad Thing)
IoT
What is it?
Use of it in the world
Use of it in the home
Technical support of the house
Security concerns
Calling home to China, etc.
Patching/updating
Similar to Matt’s bike story -> Privacy, surveillance state and facial recognition.
Jan 6 committee and all the people who filmed themselves doing crimes
Benefits of Z-Wave / Zigbee vs. Wifi devices
Best practices
Joe mentioned -> Segmenting network
Careful of exposure to the internet
Understand call-home/cloud
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37min
June 02, 2022Episode 10 - Brian is an acquired taste
In this episode we discuss:
Some brief personal thoughts on Uvalde
Joe is in Australia
Broadcom intends to buy VMware
https://worldnewsera.com/news/tech-tips/sources-the-broadcom-vmware-deal-happened-within-two-weeks-broadcom-ceo-had-switched-his-focus-to-software-amid-regulatory-headwinds-for-semiconductor-deals-financial-times/
Investor presentation: https://investors.broadcom.com/static-files/232c0cd2-02d9-4704-bb7b-5659cef67fae
Brian shares some past experiences across a myriad of acquisitions
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42min
May 10, 2022Episode 09: The 44 Billion Dollar Edit Button
Topics:
Twitter, Elon Musk, and “free speech”
Musk buying Twitter for $44b
Musk promised changes:
Edit button
Open-sourced algorithm
Shut down bots/verify all humans
Is twitter the “de facto town square”?
The good, the bad, and the ugly of free speech
When is speech _too_ free
Should speech be 100% free
Tuning what you see (avoiding the town square)
Government regulated
US vs. the rest of the world
Non-US politicians invoking the 1st amendment
Twitter as a private vs publicly-traded company
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33min
April 22, 2022Episode 08 - The Return of Conference Season
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.

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33min
March 29, 2022Being On Brand
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?
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38min
February 26, 2022Episode 5 - The One Where Jim Gets Touchy Feely at Conferences
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
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31min
February 09, 2022Choose Your Own Adventure: Social Media Edition
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
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36min

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How many episodes does vPirate Radio have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.