{"id":653,"date":"2014-05-29T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=653"},"modified":"2014-06-09T20:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T20:00:03","slug":"vendor-neutral-communities-the-final-tech-reckoning-episode-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/05\/vendor-neutral-communities-the-final-tech-reckoning-episode-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendor-Neutral Communities: the Final Tech Reckoning? Episode 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-654\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-on-2013-07-17-at-12.03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-654\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-on-2013-07-17-at-12.03-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"John Troyer in his normal podcasting gear\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-on-2013-07-17-at-12.03-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-on-2013-07-17-at-12.03-210x157.jpg 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-on-2013-07-17-at-12.03.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Troyer in his normal podcasting\u00a0getup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>IT pros gather in tribes surrounding vendors. Are\u00a0open source projects like OpenStack driving\u00a0more mixing of the tribes?\u00a0Are vendor-neutral communities on the upswing? This week we talk with fellow Whisperers John Troyer about his new independent IT community, TechReckoning, and\u00a0with Amy Lewis about her attendance at the\u00a0recent OpenStack Summit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3928\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-653-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014\/\">Open Stack Summit, Atlanta, May 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/professionalvmware.com\/2014\/05\/vbrownbag-was-at-openstack-summit-atlanta\/\">vBrownbag Tech Talks at the OpenStack Summit<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2rC-8e38bUUDMikhKMpAT1KhDljl08wZ\">YouTube playlist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofcommunityonline.org\">Art of Community<\/a> by Jono Bacon<\/li>\n<li>Episode 38 of the Geek Whisperers with Frank Denneman: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/02\/the-velvet-rope-the-sense-of-community\/\">The Velvet Rope &amp; The Sense of Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Indeed, this was not VMware&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scott_lowe\">@scott_lowe<\/a>&#8216;s first time at an Open Stack Summit. Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013\/session-videos\/presentation\/bridging-the-gap-explaining-openstack-to-vmware-administrators\">his presentation with Kenneth Hui from the Hong Kong Summit in 2013<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Amy and John interviewed by Stu Miniman: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogstu.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/26\/leveraging-social-media-with-community-and-influencers\/\">Leveraging Social Media with Community and Influencers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John&#8217;s announcement of TechReckoning: <a href=\"http:\/\/jtroyer.me\/2014\/05\/on-leaving-vmware-and-creating-a-new-it-community\/\">On Leaving VMware and Creating a New IT Community\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techreckoning.com\">TechReckoning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/techreckoning\">The TechReckoning<\/a> weekly newsletter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gideon_Gartner#Gartner_Group\">Origin of the Gartner Group<\/a> on Wikipedia and <a href=\"http:\/\/gideongartner.com\/?cat=5\">stories about\u00a0Gartner Group history<\/a> from the blog of Gideon Gartner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\">Metafilter<\/a>. After this podcast was recorded, Matt Haughey announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/metatalk.metafilter.com\/23245\/State-of-MetaFilter\">Metafilter was laying off staffers<\/a>\u00a0because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/technology-musings\/on-the-future-of-metafilter-941d15ec96f0\">sustained reduction in\u00a0Google traffic<\/a>. Metafilter members, including John, are <a href=\"https:\/\/login.metafilter.com\/funding.mefi\">contributing to\u00a0support the site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOydPzGnbPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3927\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-653-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=653-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-John-Troyer-Ep-49.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT pros gather in tribes surrounding vendors. Are\u00a0open source projects like OpenStack driving\u00a0more mixing of the tribes?\u00a0Are vendor-neutral communities on the upswing? This week we talk with fellow Whisperers John Troyer about his new independent IT community, TechReckoning, and\u00a0with Amy Lewis about her attendance at the\u00a0recent OpenStack Summit. &nbsp; We&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/05\/vendor-neutral-communities-the-final-tech-reckoning-episode-49\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vendor-Neutral Communities: the Final Tech Reckoning? 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