The great Year of Change has happened. A New Hope is upon us. Here are some interesting metrics for the Geek Whisperers in 2014: 38 episodes published 42 questions about metrics by Matt Brender 87 Amy Lewis snorts 142 John Mark Troyer enrapturing rants 5 job changes with big career implications…
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This week we’re pleased to be joined by one of the most significant influencers in the virtualization. Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist in the Office of the CTO at VMware, joins us to talk about his journey from indy punk websites to significant influence in our community. We talk to Duncan…
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We address the sensitive topic of what gets priority in the limited time we have at a technical events. Your regular hosts are joined by Nick Howell while at NetApp Insight in Las Vegas. We dig into: Event performance pressure Spend time with your internal coworkers or external influences? How to…
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In the grand finale of our time at SpiceWorld 2014, your Geek Whisperers talk with Scott Abel, humble CEO of Spiceworks, lets us occasionally ask questions and mostly just talk about his cool business and behavior. No revisionist history Culture & values of a community Community moderators Asking for input,…
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Prolific writer and self-defined “shameless self promoter” Tom Limoncelli joins us in this continued series from SpiceWorld 2014. We discuss: The years before social media Publishing books Blogging before blogging was big Whether you need authority to write a book LISA projects Power of index cards as a medium Enabling your coworkers…
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The Geek Whisperers crew is proud to have serial entrepreneur and former Microsoft employee Marc Farley on our third and final podcast from VMworld 2014. This episode was recorded on day 3 and you can hear it just a little bit. Our theme is career change, and Marc has been the…
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Warning: This is a tough-to-hear episode. Please accept our apologies – we did our best to clean it up. The conversation is just too good to throw it away! In this incredibly raw (apologies from the vBrownBag crew for that!) episode of the Geek Whisperers, we have multiple guests explain how…
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When a Unicorn raises their hoof, the Geek Whisperers get them in front of the mic. In another career path conversation, we’re joined by Mike Stanley who’s taken a career path less traveled. From aspiring to be a Latin teacher to learning Russian in the Army to … IT? We take…
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