Game Sphere 13: Terminator Resistance
I have loved video games my entire life. I got started on a Super Nintendo playing Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario Kart. That was the start of my #nerdlife. Haha! It was great to sit down with Matt and…
Category Podcasts and Videos
Podcasts, videos, and recorded talks from my work on shows, livestreams, and at conferences.
Sudo Show 03: DevOps and Automation
Episode three, aired July 23, 2020, tackles one of the most misunderstood terms in IT. Brandon and I both came at DevOps from different timelines, and that contrast made for a good episode. He had been running what was essentially…
Sudo Show Episode 2: Getting Started With Open Source
Episode two of the Sudo Show, and we threw out most of our original outline because the community conversation after episode one made it clear what people actually wanted to hear: how do you get started contributing to open source.…
Interview on Linux Spotlight 55
Rocco was one of the people I instantly connected with in the open source community. His values and his love of the people in open source really resonated with me. Rocco really helped encourage me while finding my own voice.…
Sudo Show Episode 1: What Is Enterprise Open Source?
This is where the Sudo Show actually started. Episode one of a podcast that had been two years in the making, finally out on the Destination Linux Network with my co-host Brandon Johnson. Brandon and I had been talking for…
The Sudo Show: A New DLN Podcast Launches June 2020
This is the trailer that started it all. In June 2020, Brandon Johnson and I launched the Sudo Show on the Destination Linux Network, a podcast covering enterprise open source, cloud management, DevOps culture, and working from home. Getting here…
DevOps KC: Communication in an Open Company
I had the pleasure of speaking at the Kansas City DevOps Meetup in downtown Kansas City! It was kind of like a coming home party. KC DevOps Days is where I got my start at GitLab and set me on…
SELF2019: Busting Open Source Security Myths
I gave my Busting Open Source Security Myths talk at DevSecOps Days Denver to a packed out auditorium. If was so well received, I decided to bring it back for Day 2 of SELF 2019! Developers are constantly being asked…
SELF2019: Getting Started with Open Source
This talk defined the voice of the IT Guy for me. This was the moment when the Sudo Show got its wings, when I realized that I was on the right track towards re-inventing my career. I had people in…
SELF2019: GitLab Takes you from Idea to Production
South East Linux Fest 2019 was an amazing test of the IT Guy…not as a brand but as the person I wanted to be in my career. I gave 3 talks in 3 days and spent a lot of time…
DevOps Days Des Moines: Communication in an Open Company
Getting started in my career, I never imagined I would work in sales or go speak at conferences! I was very nervous and I think that showed. What was worse is I had the first breakout after lunch and the…
Return of the First Attempt
We got a single test episode before going back to the drawing board. After months of networking, planning, seeing what else is out there, we settled on a great approach that we feel will be unique and can make a…
The First Attempt
Some time ago, our favorite IT Guy published a couple of test episodes. Its funny to look back at these episodes in light of the upcoming release of The IT Guy podcast!
Ask Noah Show Debut
Waaaaay back on Episode 26 of the Ask Noah Show, The IT Guy was being formed an molded. Now, a little over a year later, we are getting ready to launch our brand, our podcast, and our efforts to help…
Chillin’ on the Ask Noah Show
I got to join Noah Chelliah on the Ask Noah Show to continue my coverage of Peertube. It was a great chat, took a couple of calls, and found a toy I really want from Paravel Systems: The Rivendell Audio…
LAS2018: Day 4
The conference now seems like SO long ago! It was 4 crazy-packed days (plus 2 on the road) but it would not be overstating anything to say it has forever changed the course of my career. The morning was meetings…
LAS2018: Day 3
Oops! The downside to staying up pretty much all night talking about FOSS, life, and everything else under the sun is that the next morning comes WAY to quickly! So, after going to one of the local malls to buy…
LAS2018: Day 2
I know, I know this is a lot later than I promised. That is what happens when you go to a conference then come back to the real world…It seems to take a week of preparation before you leave and…
LAS2018: Day 1
IT IS HERE! Libre Application Summit 2018. This is the first IT conference I have attended since a VMware Summit in 2012. Not only do I get to listen to some really cool talks…okay, let’s be real. A lot of…
LAS2018: Travel Day
Kansas City, Missouri to Denver Colorado, 1 Interstate, 609 miles, 8 hours of podcasts… Nothing but rain! However, the nice thing about this road trip was it gave me time to consider a few things about my home lab, my…