Hi. My name is Josh Atwell. At this moment I have 3,899 followers of my personal Twitter account, @Josh_Atwell. Many may find this to be a large number while others may struggle to recall the day when they had so few followers. I assure you that I don’t consider my…
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All the Geek Whisperers have changed jobs recently. We basically invented the new roles ourselves. How did we do that? This week we talk about using the force to create a new job and about our career journeys. Amy recently was promoted from a manager of Influence Marketing in…
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This week we talk with Symon Perriman, senior technical evangelist from Microsoft, about evangelism, career change, MVPs, user groups, org charts, performance management, business value, and more. It turns out unicorns come from Redmond, too. Moving from engineering to evangelism The Microsoft MVP Program Career effects of MVP Engineering…
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What makes some businesses consider Open Source a sexy strategy while others consider it a waste of time? What’s it like to market to a community where everyone is hands on in the end product? This week’s podcast zooms in on another part of the technology tribe: Open Source. We’re…
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Do you have to be nice on social media? This week we talk with Joe Onisick, technical marketing engineer at Cisco, infamous for his acerbic demeanor on Twitter. He’s a cocky bastard who backs up his bluster with technical know-how. We talked about: Authentic marketing voice Yes, And… as a rule…
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The energy at Cisco Live tells a story. As Amy puts it so well in the show: “The collective noun of Influencers is really taking root and it’s amazing to see.” Joined for color commentary by Matt Leib, 2/3rds of the gorilla marketing Whisperers sit cross-legged at the show and discuss…
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IT pros gather in tribes surrounding vendors. Are open source projects like OpenStack driving more mixing of the tribes? Are vendor-neutral communities on the upswing? This week we talk with fellow Whisperers John Troyer about his new independent IT community, TechReckoning, and with Amy Lewis about her attendance at the recent OpenStack Summit. We…
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Howard Marks wears many hats. He’s primarily an analyst these days, with a full lab where he can actually test storage equipment. He’s also a journalist who has written for Network Computing for years. And finally, he’s a blogger and podcaster. He can wear any hat that helps him get the…
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