Software Defined Interviews
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Deep discussions about technology, enterprise IT, and the like
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Episode 42: PwC says you suck at THE DIGITAL - Software Defined Talk Members Only White Paper Exegesis #1
July 21, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBOur first white paper review, starting with "what is digital, and what are/should enterprises do about it. See the detailed notes on it, either in the attached PDF, or in Dropbox Paper. You should be able to find your members only RSS feed and add it to your podcast listener. First, thanks to our initial, super-fan handful of members who'll be getting this. Second, tell us if you like this show, format, and, if so, some studies/papers you'd like us to go over. Third, if you can help us pro...
Episode 36: North-bound Enterprise Architecture with Matt Walburn - that business/IT alignment dance
July 20, 2017 19:00 - 48 minutes - 24 MBWhat’s the “business” side of enterprise architecture? And how does EA’ing start mapping to DevOps, cloud-native, and all the new stuff? In part one of this discussion, I talk with Matt Walburn (https://twitter.com/mattwalburn) about how EA’s fit into The Business. Rough Outline Rorschaching “Enterprise Architect” (EA) The bad parts of EA - governance “Neo-classical DevOps” Matt Walburn (https://twitter.com/mattwalburn) - AWS, Pivotal, Target. DIY Whitepaper (https://content.pivotal.io/white-...
Episode 35: You know me, never afraid to be a naive old white guy, or, learning from centuries of fighting over dumb shit
June 30, 2017 15:00 - 22 minutes - 11.7 MBIn this Drunk and Retired cameo episode: What's up with Irish and Italian names, and why is the Irish brand so much bigger than the Scottish brand? Also, it seems like there's a lot to learn from 2,000 years of Europeans fighting. Charles and Coté quickly meander through all of this.
Episode 34: Pipelines, you're gonna need 'em
June 08, 2017 21:00 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBWithout a build pipeline, you might as well pack it up and go home. Matt Curry and I talk about his team’s experience with putting a pipeline in place and dip a bit into how Concourse and other options, like Jenkins. Matt also goes over some of the common meatware barriers to getting CI/CD in place. Find us here: @mattjcurry (https://twitter.com/mattjcurry) and @cote (https://twitter.com/cote).
Episode 33: Spring Cloud, Zuul, & API gateways, with Spencer Gibb
June 02, 2017 17:00 - 7 minutes - 3.54 MBAll these cloud-native apps don’t magically figure out how to talk with each other themselves. They need to usual help with finding each other (registries) and then mediating and managing their ongoing “chatter” with one-another (API gateways). While killing time at the Pivotal booth at OSCON, I talked with Spencer Gibb who works on these things and more in Spring.
Episode 32: Jono Bacon on internal community development and keys to community management
June 01, 2017 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.6 MBAs organizations get deeper into improving how they do IT, they’re interested in replicating the collaborative benefits of open source communities. Jono Bacon (https://twitter.com/jonobacon) has worked in this space for many, many years and shares some of his experiences here with Barton George (https://twitter.com/barton808) and I (https://twitter.com/cote), while we were all at OSCON. Jono also goes over some of the important parts of community management. See also the video of this intervi...
Episode 31: Update on the Cloud Foundry Foundation, and the need for enterprises to share more
May 26, 2017 18:00 - 16 minutes - 7.77 MBAbby Kearns (https://twitter.com/ab415) talks with Barton (https://twitter.com/barton808) and I (https://twitter.com/cote) about what's up at the Cloud Foundry Foundation. We also discuss the encouraging people at enterprises (users of software, not vendors) to share more of best/worst practices and knowledge with each other. See also a video of the interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck2oAGRMmPA). Special Guests: Abby Kearns and Barton George.
Episode 30: Patrick Debois on using serverless for a year and half, defining DevOps vs. SRE vs. design, and meatware over tools
May 26, 2017 15:00 - 13 minutes - 7.01 MBAt DevOpsDays Austin, 2017, Barton George (https://twitter.com/barton808) and I (https://twitter.com/cote) talk with Patrick Debois (https://twitter.com/patrickdebois). See also a video of this interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDCmQEJyh50). Special Guests: Barton George and Patrick Debois.
Episode 29: DevOps at cloud.gov, security, compliance, & cities that start with "A"
May 25, 2017 16:00 - 14 minutes - 6.78 MBAt DevOpsDays Austin 2017, Barton George (https://twitter.com/barton808) and I (https://twitter.com/cote) talk with Diego Lapiduz (https://twitter.com/dlapiduz) about his experience introducing and managing a cloud platform for the US government and, now, his work at Pivotal. Special Guests: Barton George and Diego Lapiduz.
Episode 28: GSD'ing your way to cloud-native, with Brian Gregory
May 24, 2017 20:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBJust under a year later, Brian Gregory is back to tell us how changing over Express Script's approach to software is doing. As ever, it's mostly about meat-ware and Brian gives good, casual overview of management tactics to get everyone to the seemingly simple state of doing the right thing. Last episode Brian was on, #12 (http://www.cote.show/12). In Twitter: @mrbriangregory (https://twitter.com/mrbriangregory) Special Guest: Brian Gregory.
Episode 27: The arrogance of making sure you get what you want
May 19, 2017 15:00 - 51 minutes - 24.5 MBCoté doesn't like asking people to do things for him...or people in general.
Episode 26: Getting over resistance to change
May 16, 2017 16:00 - 57 minutes - 27.5 MBMatt Curry is back! In this episode recorded at OSCON 2017, we discuss the problems with getting people to change, from staff to management, private sector and government.
Episode 25: John Willis on DevOps, inclusion, burn-out, and biz dev
May 11, 2017 12:00 - 13 minutes - 6.79 MBSpecial Guest: Barton George.
Episode 24: Oil and waffles
April 27, 2017 19:00 - 50 minutes - 24.3 MBWe hear about the days when Charles was drilling for oil. Also, waffles: "I suffered years of floppy-waffles." We also discuss the deal with kombucha, to no effect, really. And, as always, Charles' emacs configuration tip of the week.
Episode 23: “I don’t have a horse or gun.” Or: We were born in Austin. Or: “you may all go to hell. I am going to Texas.”
April 11, 2017 19:00 - 38 minutes - 19.7 MBWhen you travel, people have a lot of thoughts about Texas.
Episode 22: The Regular Show, Apple’s problem’s, Enterprise tech news blows
March 24, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 22.8 MBCharles & Coté reboot their old podcast about regular things. Also, a rant on photo management in Apple-land and how terrible enterprise IT news it. Plus, upcoming topics.
Episode 21: Biz Dev, Defining an application, the atheist eagle scout, with JJ Asghar
February 11, 2017 13:00 - 51 minutes - 24.3 MBHaving worked in cloud since before cloud, JJ and I talk about what companies are using various cloud things for. We also discuss the conceptual history of cloud, and what exactly he does as a "business development" person at Chef. You might also know him from his "being an introvert at conferences" talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwgmePMEw4). Check him out in Twitter @jjasghar (https://twitter.com/jjasghar) Special Guest: JJ Asghar.
Episode 20: Reading tech company financials, with Rachel Stephens
February 07, 2017 16:00 - 6 minutes - 3.69 MBWhat's up with all those cash numbers in quarterly reports, and what's the deal with "analyst expectations"? In this brief episode I talk with RedMonk's Rachel Stephens (https://twitter.com/rstephensme) to get some quick tips on what to do with all that stuff. Find her in Twitter (@rstephensme (https://twitter.com/rstephensme)) and on her RedMonk blog (http://redmonk.com/rstephens/). See also this fine mound of cheese (https://twitter.com/rstephensme/status/824738574146879488). Special Guest:...
Episode 19: Computers are easy. Humans are Hard. With Bridget Kromhout
January 27, 2017 21:00 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBWe discuss all the human and process changes needed to do good things with computers. Special Guest: Bridget Kromhout.
Episode 18: Reactive applications, with Josh Long
January 27, 2017 20:00 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBJosh Long and I discuss “reactive programming." Special Guest: Josh Long.
Episode 17: Ignoring bad code on purpose
December 13, 2016 22:00 - 11 minutes - 6.14 MBSometimes you have to live with bad code. No one will let you change it. There’s many good and bad reasons, so make sure you’re consciously making the decision instead of accidentally doing it. I discuss some reasons people would keep bad code, how management should think through it, and then some options for coping as needed. It was Joel, back in 2000, who said not to re-write code (https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/). I recorded this with a Mevo (ht...
Episode 16: Pair programing doesn't stink
November 03, 2016 14:15 - 7 minutes - 7.31 MBSomewhere around just 20% of people do pair programming. It seems to be an incredibly effective technique, according to people who follow it. I go over some of those reasons and micro case studies of organizations having success with pair programming. It seems like the right thing to do.
Episode 15: Getting executives to fail fast
November 02, 2016 21:00 - 6 minutes - 6.88 MBThe idea of “failing fast” is popular in DevOps and agile think. That sounds like the exact opposite of what managers at large organizations would like to do. How do you get them to feel all warm and fuzzy about it? Here’s the top three tactics I’ve seen work.
Episode 14: Building a cloud in 30 minutes, metrics are a distraction
August 03, 2016 00:00 - 49 minutes - 46.4 MB"I get to see your face during this podcast," Matt says as we start talking about SpringOne Platform. Both of us were there and we recap Matt's talk on managing 10 Pivotal Cloud Foundry instances, namely, how they figured out using a Concourse pipeline to automate much of that management. We discuss "how to do the transformation" talks we liked, like the Citi talk (https://twitter.com/cote/status/760526379590950912). In addition to some other random digital transformation topics, we also dis...
Episode 13: The changing nature of open source & Loco Moco, with Barton George
August 01, 2016 00:00 - 16 minutes - 16.8 MBSummary I've had a theory that the hard-line philosophy of open source has softened in recent times. Rather than thinking closed source is to be avoided at all costs, I think most developer types are a lot more willing to accept closed source bits mixed in with open source bits. That is, open core has "won." I discuss this topic with my long time pal, Barton George, while at SpringOne Platform, plus the work he's doing in the developer and OSS worlds at Dell. We also talk about Hawaiian food....
Episode 12: Introducing cloud at Express Scripts, with Brian Gregory
April 26, 2016 00:00 - 47 minutes - 49.5 MBIntroducing cloud in a large enterprise can be challenging, and the technology is usually the least of your worries. Matt and I talk with Brian Gregory of Express Scripts who's been working on transforming Express Scripts to a more cloud native approach to IT and tell us some the history and some of the tactics that he and team have been working through. Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lord-of-computing-podcast/id983773453), RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/LordsOf...
Episode 11: How do we do things we would never, ordinarily do?
February 01, 2016 00:00 - 52 minutes - 49.2 MBSummary Matt and I talk about lessons learned from almost a year of helping transform IT at Allstate. When it comes to scaling up agile and cloud-think the real challenges are in functions other than development, like budgeting, planning, training, hiring, and how the overall IT department is organized. We discuss those topics - esp. budgeting! - and also how to set one's personal expectations about going on the transformation journey. Then we discuss an upcoming column on mine in The Registe...
Episode 10: Doing the DevOps at National Instruments and BazaarVoice, talking with Ernest Mueller
December 02, 2015 00:00 - 47 minutes - 45 MBErnest Mueller has worked helped introduce DevOps in several organizations and has been talking about those stories at two companies he's worked for, National Instruments and BazaarVoice. Matt and Coté hear these stories (mostly at National Instruments) and we discuss how Ernest and others helped transform these companies to the new way. Download directly (http://traffic.libsyn.com/cote/LordOfComputing010.mp3), listen above, or subscribe to the feed: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcas...
Episode 9: The life of microservices in the F500
December 01, 2015 06:00 - 35 minutes - 34.8 MBSummary You don't hear too many stories about microservices in "normal" companies. In this episode, I talk with Nate Foreman about microservices-driven work he's been doing with a large enterprise recently. We discuss the goods and the bads of this approach and, overall, how it's working out. It's a good discussion of how all the usual "cloud native" concept actually play out in the real world. (As you can guess, it's not actually an "action figure" company, we just used that example to mask ...
Episode 8: Transforming how the US government does software, Diego Lapiduz
October 01, 2015 00:00 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBSummary What organization could be larger than the US Federal government? Not only that, the chance to transform how software is done in the government has perhaps one of the largest possible impacts of transforming any "IT department." In this episode, Matt and Coté talk with Diego Lapiduz who works in the GSA's 18F organization helping government agencies develop their software in new, more agile and cloud-driven ways. We discuss the background of 18F and the broader government initiatives ...
Episode 7: Getting beyond "the comfort of the number."
September 17, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBSummary In this first part of a new series, Matt Curry (https://twitter.com/mattjcurry) and I discuss many of the problems with transforming how a large company uses IT. From dealing with businesses cases, the finance department, and changing how the business thinks about using IT, there are numerous organizational change problems to chew on. This launches a new series of episodes in Lords of Computing where Matt and I will talk interview various folks out there who are going through transfor...
Episode 6: Try to avoid killing your acquisition
June 15, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSummary After catching up about movies and OpenStack, John (https://twitter.com/botchagalupe) and I discuss how difficult it is to properly integrate acquired companies into the larger company. We also discuss what VCs are looking for to say yes now: a good team, it seems. Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lord-of-computing-podcast/id983773453), RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/LordsOfComputing) Show notes and Links Aloha (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243974/). State...
Episode 5: When the practice of using the tool is novel, thought-lording new technologies
April 28, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWe discuss how you (slowly) introduce new technologies into the market by looking at past tech cycles John has gone through. We also catch-up on the Craft conference and John’s travels in Europe. Show-notes and Links The Bruce Sterling Web 2.0 European Conference Circuit Craft conference Prezi Consul, Teraform, etc. Johnaform How do you install the thing, how do you fix the thing? DevOps Weekly email list. The 5 why's of cloud Damon and those guys. Simon Wardly's evolution of practice "The ...
Episode 4: "I have become the hustler," Robert Brook
April 20, 2015 00:00 - 13 minutes - 13.7 MBSummary It can take a long time to get "the mainstream" to use new technologies. One would assume that this would be true in supporting the government, as Robert Brook does in his day job. In this brief episode, over the din and bottle collection activities at Monkigras, I catch up with him on just that topic and how he tries to manage being a change agent for the benefit of the UK Parliament. Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lord-of-computing-podcast/id983773453), RSS F...
Episode 3: Something Celsius and Busy Bullshit work
April 15, 2015 00:00 - 59 minutes - 42.2 MBSummary While he's in Paris for the local DevOpsDays, John and I discuss the next big step for DevOps: getting "The Business" involved to tie-break the process deadlock. Plus: the Dutch are delightful! Sponsor: The Cloud Foundry Summit (http://www.cfsummit.com/) is coming up on May 11th and 12th, in Santa Clara. It's a great chance to dive into Cloud Foundry ecosystem both on the technology side and to hear how organizations are using Cloud Foundry to become Software Defined Businesses. Regis...
Episode 2: Becoming a tech reporter, talking with Alex Williams
April 13, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBSummary How do you go from playing baseball in France, to getting shot at, to covering the tech industry? I talk with Alex Williams (https://twitter.com/alexwilliams) about how he did just that and eventually launched thenewstack.io (http://thenewstack.io/), one of the more interesting, new technology news sites. Sponsor: The Cloud Foundry Summit (http://www.cfsummit.com/) is coming up on May 11th and 12th, in Santa Clara. It's a great chance to dive into Cloud Foundry ecosystem both on the t...
Episode 1: How to demo your cloud poop, don't smoke corn silk
April 06, 2015 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.8 MBWhat does it take to demo a cloud software? It's not easy! Also, lamb considered and memories of barcampESM. Our first re-boot of the IT Management and Cloud Podcast, renamed the Lords of Computing Podcast. Your friends, @cote (http://www.twitter.com/cote) and @botchagalupe (http://www.twitter.com/botchagalupe). Subscribe: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LordsOfComputing (http://feeds.feedburner.com/LordsOfComputing) Show-notes and Links Lamb and DevOpsDays Mama Mia. Memories, barcampESM - the fi...