As we take a week off from our regular podcasting, we want to offer you some insight into how we produce the show. We have a system in Geek Whisperers where we each play a role: Amy runs point on outreach, John and I take turns on edits. In today’s post, I…
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Inspired by Jimmy Ray Purser’s perspective on how vendors now seem to run the technology trade show circuit, your humble Geek Whisperers tackle the topic of neutrality at conferences and all that goes with it. We were thrilled to be joined by incredibly intelligent Technologist and frequent event attendee Jay Cuthrell. We…
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Read All Show NotesEpisode 27 - The Balkanization of Tech Conferences and the Long Tail of SWAG
What would the impact be if four colleagues got together and created a blog? This week we talk with three of the guys who run VMGuru.nl — Erik Scholten, Edwin Weijdema, and Anne Jan Elsinga — live at VMworld Europe in Barcelona (Their fourth major contributor, Alex Muetstege, was not…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 26 - Building the modern working blog with VMGuru
Is English the one true language for the enterprise IT industry? Are languages or physical locations even important anymore? Coming to you live from VMworld Europe, your fellow Geek Whisperers discuss how location and language impact our tribe of social Technologists. We’re joined by two vExperts: Craig Waters, podcaster and Melbourne VMUG…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 25 - Localization of Social Media
Recorded live at VMworld Barcelona, your favorite Geek Whisperers explore our always-on culture, questioning responsibility in this flat world of ours. We’re joined by special guest Han De Leenheer. We get into: Disclaimers in social media Always-on representation Does official spokesmanship matter anymore? Career limiting tweets We come out with…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 24 - vPaparazzi, Always-on Social Media, Advocacy and Disclaimers
The Geek Whisperers try to figure out what LinkedIn is good for. Amy is convinced it’s not a social platform — it’s not the Facebook of Business where people actually engage, but it is a good place to broadcast from. Matt does think it’s a social platform, because everybody has…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 23 - LinkedIn, the platform we love to hate
In our most confrontational podcast yet, your faithful Geek Whisperers paint a picture of overlapping skills that don’t always play nicely together. Yes, we talk Public Relations and its often tense relationship with Social Media teams. DISCLAIMER: We apologize in advance to our friends in Public Relations. Better yet, if…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 22 - How to Socially Train your PR Professional
Our guest: Ethan Banks of Packet Pushers. Our mission: How much is a geek worth these days? Ethan is a blogger, columnist, co-host of the Packet Pushers podcast, as well as being a network architect. There’s a New IT Tribe of technologists who have become social communicators. They do it…
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Read All Show NotesPodcast 21 - How much is a geek worth these days?