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With a new CEO and president at IBM, we talk about what’s been going on good and bad at IBM in recent years. Big bets were made and that whole cloud things overshadowed things. We also talk about the mysteries of private equity, here what Thoma Bravo has done to make billions of dollars of Dynatrace and Compuware. Finally, we briefly talk about the whole microservices and serverless are silly trend - monoliths rule! (Oh, and some small Java talk.) (Sorry there’s so much high-volume on Coté's end. Hopefully your ear-holes won’t hurt too much. Coté needs to get a new pop-filter.) Mood board: Interpol can’t find me in Australia, right? Digital transformation is bad. Did they decide that the kids are all right? Thought leader me into happiness. You are so much more cynical than me. What does IBM do? Reverse halo effect. Surviving the trough of disillusionment. We’ll stick up for digital transformation - No! For the rest of your life, do better. Minor bread talk. Relevant to your interests IBM IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is stepping down, Arvind Krishna to take over (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-steps-down-arvind-krishna-to-take-over.html) 1 big thing: Ginni Rometty out at IBM (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-5a7bbb49-ba2e-448b-92b1-997a5006be88.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0) IBM’s Lost Decade (https://www.platformonomics.com/2020/02/ibms-lost-decade/) IBM didn’t spent much CAPEX (https://www.platformonomics.com/2018/05/follow-the-capex-separating-the-clowns-from-the-clouds/), three others did. Coté: what’s there to say that’s new? Cloud wasn’t executed well (I guess?) and Watson was a poor choice for such a high priority. Thoma Bravo to Explore $2 Billion Sale of Compuware (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/thoma-bravo-is-said-to-explore-2-billion-sale-of-compuware?srnd=deals) So, did Thoma Bravo do well here? “could value the mainframe software provider at around $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.” “Thoma Bravo took Compuware private in 2014 in a deal valued at $2.5 billion. It carved out Compuware’s application performance management division, renamed it Dynatrace Inc. and took it public last year.” Dynatrace market cap is ~$9.1bn (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DT?p=DT&.tsrc=fin-srch), was ~$6.7bn on IPO day (https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GrEhTb9AZgUJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/thoma-bravo-controlled-dynatrace-s-ipo-raises-570-million+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl) (August 2019). Brenon@451 on the IPO (https://blogs.the451group.com/techdeals/infrastructure-software/dynatraces-dynamic-debut/), August 2019: “Post-offering, the PE firm still owns about 70% of Dynatrace.” And: “Dynatrace raised roughly $570m in its offering, some of which will go toward paying down its nearly $1bn in debt.” 451’s note on the 2014 going private (https://blogs.the451group.com/techdeals/ma/thoma-bravo-gets-better-than-face-value-from-compuware/). So, if Thoma Bravo still owns 70%, then have ~$6.37bn worth of equity (70% of market cap of $9.1bn)…sounds… really good for laying for laying down $2.5bn, plus you might get $2bn more from the rest of Compuware. That’s crazy, right? That Compuware was sitting on that much extra value? This week in cloud architecture patterns tl;dr: ¯_(ツ)_/¯ The State of Serverless (https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-serverless/) This is just about AWS Lambda. (That said, what else is there?) “Among the companies with the largest infrastructure footprints, more than three quarters have adopted Lambda.” Lots of node.js and python use, not much Java and .Net use. Java and python were added in the same year (2015), node.js since the start in 2014. Coté’s summary of their analysis: Lambda used with lots of data processing, primarily with python and node, at mostly large orgs. Not used by Java devs. Modular Monolithic Architecture, Microservices and Architectural Drivers (https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/01/monolith-architectural-drivers/) “Monoliths are the future,” (https://changelog.com/posts/monoliths-are-the-future) Kelsey Hightower. “Now that our industry is finally recovering from the mass delusion that microservices was going to be the future, it's surely time to for the even bigger delusion that serverless is what's going to provide the all-purpose salvation.” @dhh (https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1225117740962181120?s=21) Also: his 2016 suggestion (https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-majestic-monolith/) that monoliths work best for small teams, microservices for huge orgs. Related: Reframing and Retooling for Observability, James Governor (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2020/02/05/reframing-and-retooling-for-observability/) - overview of observability, in serious James mode. JRebel Java survey: Over 60% use Java 8 or older. Java 8 was released in March 2014, no more updates to Java 8 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history). Tomcat dominates app server use at 60%+. Free and works is a hell of a combination (https://memes.yarn.co/yarn-clip/46d6e34c-6a40-4edb-bead-f7132543ff82). Spring and Spring Boot very dominate. “It was very surprising to see how many of our survey respondents are paying for Oracle JDK. I fully expected the open source options to have a much larger market share.” (https://www.platformonomics.com/2020/02/ibms-lost-decade/)- 1 big thing: Software disaster sinks Iowa caucus (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-bf16b6d8-a2f7-4493-99d5-221968175e2a.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0) Google Numbers Google parent Alphabet Q4 earnings: Revenue disappoints (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-google-q4-earnings-191155754.html) Alphabet discloses YouTube ad revenues of $15.15 billion, Cloud revenues of $8.92 billion for 2019 (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/alphabet-discloses-youtube-cloud-revenues-for-the-first-time.html) Related: Instagram brought in an estimated (https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-20-billion-ad-revenue-2019-report-2020-2?international=true&r=US&IR=T) $20bn in 2019. That’s a lot of money. Security Google releases open-source 2FA security key platform called OpenSK (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/30/google-releases-open-source-2fa-security-key-platform/) Apple Engineers Propose Standardized Format for SMS One-Time Passcodes (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/01/31/apple-standardized-format-sms-one-time-passcodes/?utm_source=Benedict%27s+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9fb8b1f9a9-Benedict%27s+Newsletter+321&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4999ca107f-9fb8b1f9a9-70424493&mc_cid=9fb8b1f9a9&mc_eid=288b3f86c8) HPE acquires identity management startup Scytale (https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/03/hpe-acquires-identity-management-startup-scytale/) Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate (https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21120248/microsoft-teams-down-outage-certificate-issue-status) Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances (https://multipass.run/) Nonsense Podcast app Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled Voice Boost feature (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21117380/overcast-podcast-app-new-features-voice-boost-2-intro-skipping) I Have a Costco Credit Card. I Never Use It at Costco. Here’s Why. (https://thewirecutter.com/money/credit-cards/co-branded-costco/) Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business (https://www.vox.com/2020/2/5/21123904/spotify-bill-simmons-ringer-deal) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: Subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) in Amsterdam March 30 – April 2, use code KCEUSDP15 for 15% off. DevOpsDays Austin 2020 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-austin/welcome/) May 4th and 5th QCon London (https://www.papercall.io/speakers/cote/speaker_talks/178127-the-blinking-cursor-or-kubernetes-for-developers-architects-other-people-who-aren-t-supposed-to-use-it), March 2nd to 6th - Coté speaking at some point. Agile Scotland, March 6th: sessions (https://www.agilescotland.com/sessions), tickets (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agile-scotland-dynamic-earth-march-2020-tickets-81226262939). ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) in Seattle June 1-4 Dev (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/)O (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/)ps (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/)D (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/)ays Minneapolis, (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/) August 4 - 5, 2020 use code SDT for 10% off registration THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Call for Counselors (https://www.thatconference.com/wi/call-for-counselors) (Speakers) open until March 1st. HashiTalks (https://events.hashicorp.com/hashitalks2020) Virtual Conference February 20, 2020 FREE (Matt’s presenting on Terraform + Chef tech) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Brandon: NeverSSL (http://neverssl.com/). Matt: Code the Classics (https://store.rpipress.cc/products/code-the-classics). Faith No More’s coming to Australia & New Zealand (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP9BfLIXsAAH7Mr.jpg) Cote: Beyond the Phoenix Project (https://amzn.to/31v2CeJ), from 2018 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38714647-beyond-the-phoenix-project).

8 Feb 20201h 17min

How do we fix Privacy? How do you compete with AWS? Is the iPad a hit product? We discuss all this and Matt Ray teaches us how to decouple applications from the operating system. Plus, we offer more advice about tacos. Relevant to your interests Privacy “Software ate the world, so all the world’s problems get expressed in software” (https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1222285606635614208?s=21) Health-Records Company Pushed Opioids to Doctors in Secret Deal With Drugmaker (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/health-records-company-pushed-opioids-to-doctors-in-secret-deal) Scroll makes hundreds of websites ad-free for $5 per month (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21111865/scroll-ad-free-website-subscription-launches) Avast antivirus harvested user data, then sold to Google, Microsoft (https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/27/avast-antivirus-harvested-user-data-then-sold-to-google-microsoft) Disruption Clayton Christensen, Guru of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67 (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/business/clayton-christensen-dead.html) How to Compete With AWS (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2020/01/24/how-to-compete-with-aws/) After Kubernetes’ Victory, Its Former Rivals Change Tack (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/after-kubernetes-victory-its-former-rivals-change-tack) Slack Stock Could Be One of the Biggest Opportunities in Software, Analyst Says (https://www.barrons.com/articles/slack-stock-opportunity-in-software-51580231541) Acquired | WhatsApp (https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/whatsapp) Chef Habitat Gains a Foothold in the Enterprise, Streamlines Packaging (https://thenewstack.io/chef-habitat-gains-a-foothold-in-the-enterprise-streamlines-packaging/) Google Google aims to unify its workplace tools and messaging apps into one service (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112596/google-messaging-communications-app-hangouts-chat-meet-g-suite) Google will shut down App Maker on January 19, 2021 (https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/27/google-will-shut-down-app-maker-on-january-19-2021/) Google spent a record sum rewarding researchers for hacking its products (https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/google-record-reward-researchers-hack-security-bug-bounty/) Apple The 10th Anniversary of the iPad: A Perspective from the Windows Team (https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/the-10th-anniversary-of-the-ipad-a-perspective-from-the-windows-team-eaca7f94c5cc) The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 (https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/the_ipad_awkwardly_turns_10) Apple Holiday Results Top Estimates on Rebounding iPhone Demand (https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiUWh0dHBzOi8vZmluYW5jZS55YWhvby5jb20vbmV3cy9hcHBsZS1ob2xpZGF5LXJlc3VsdHMtdG9wLWVzdGltYXRlcy0yMTQ1MzA4NjMuaHRtbNIBWWh0dHBzOi8vZmluYW5jZS55YWhvby5jb20vYW1waHRtbC9uZXdzL2FwcGxlLWhvbGlkYXktcmVzdWx0cy10b3AtZXN0aW1hdGVzLTIxNDUzMDg2My5odG1s?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) A new chapter for Kohsuke (https://jenkins.io/blog/2020/01/23/a-new-chapter-for-kohsuke/) COBOL on Kubernetes - stackconf (https://stackconf.eu/talks/cobol-on-kubernetes/) VMware’s vRealize $236M Patent Infringement Loss: 5 Things To Know (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/vmware-s-vrealize-236m-patent-infringement-loss-5-things-to-know) VMware? VM... now where? It's that time of the year again when Dell's virtualization software giant sheds staff (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/28/vmware_layoffs_confirmed/) LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/21113505/lastpass-native-mac-app-store-replacement-web-safari-extension-update) Nonsense Google caves on unpopular favicon change in Search and promises to test more designs (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/24/google-caves-on-unpopular-favicon-change-in-search-and-promises-to-test-more-designs/) Old Bay hot sauce is here: McCormick launches new way to season wings ahead of Super Bowl (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/29/old-bay-hot-sauce-now-thing-and-heres-where-buy/4607149002/) Internal Monologue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_monologue) vs. Not Everyone Conducts Inner Speech (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/pristine-inner-experience/201110/not-everyone-conducts-inner-speech) Australia slips further in internet speed rankings (https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2020/australia-slips-further-in-internet-speed-rankings.html) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: Subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) in Amsterdam March 30 – April 2, use code KCEUSDP15 for 15% off. DevOpsDays Austin 2020 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-austin/welcome/) May 4th and 5th ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) in Seattle June 1-4 Devopsdays Minneapolis, (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/) August 4 - 5, 2020 use code SDT for 10% off registration THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6 in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Call for Counselors (https://www.thatconference.com/wi/call-for-counselors) (Speakers) open until March 1st. HashiTalks (https://events.hashicorp.com/hashitalks2020) Virtual Conference February 20, 2020 FREE (Matt’s presenting on Terraform + Chef tech) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Brandon: Matt Levine’s Money Stuff Newsletter (http://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/join/4wm/moneystuff-signup&hash=54223001ca3ffcf40f2629c25acea67a) The Animal Spir (https://animalspiritspod.libsyn.com/)i (https://animalspiritspod.libsyn.com/)ts Podcast (https://animalspiritspod.libsyn.com/) The Compound YouTube Channel from Josh Brown and Michael Batnick (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBRpqrzuuqE8TZcWw75JSdw) Matt: A16Z Podcasts (https://a16z.com/podcasts/) Daniel Suarez’s Freedom (https://amzn.to/2RG0cGD), the sequel to Daemon

31 Jan 20201h 2min

Coté proposes that there’s three types of apps to pay attention to in enterprises. Or something like that. Also, he has a magical method for doing digital transformation: actually do it. We open up discussing the delightful adventure of doing analyst feature matrixes. Also, some brief discussion of Apple Watches in the impeachment trial. Mood board: The game is won or lost before the spreadsheet it sent. Incrementally updating apps, vs. making new businesses (digitizing) - like, maybe there just needs to be more programmers. It’s not “stupid,” it’s “antiquated.” Don’t make them think it is a big deal, or they’ll be afraid. Finding business case loopholes, or ignoring them. Can you base practices on loopholers? Wearing Apple Watches to senate hearings - a real ok boomer moment - gadgets in meetings in general. Audio books. I just made myself a sandwich, wow. Relevant to your interests Google AppSheet. Gesundheit! Oh, we see – it's Google pulling no-code development into a cloudy embrace (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/15/google_cloud_embraces_nocode_development_with_appsheet_acquisition/) Epic Systems, a major medical records vendor, is warning customers it will stop working with Google Cloud (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/17/epic-systems-warns-customers-it-will-stop-supporting-google-cloud.html) Not sure what to think about this. Google will have to make clear that it doesn't filch data, agreed on or not. Can they ever convince paranoid enterprise buyers that their data will be safe, not from hackers, but from Google? Google offers IBM AS/400 apps new home in its cloud (https://www.cio.com/article/3514989/google-offers-ibm-as400-apps-new-home-in-its-cloud.html) Google to phase out third-party cookies (https://www.axios.com/google-cookies-phase-out-third-party-5368ef6d-4c2c-40b7-865c-0f6a333f7377.html) - does this mean ads will disappear for me, or just that Google and Facebook will be the only ones who can do it? Forrester study highlights benefits of Google Anthos hybrid cloud app platform (https://siliconangle.com/2020/01/22/forrester-study-highlights-financial-benefits-google-anthos/) - and same with Pivotal (https://content.pivotal.io/analyst-reports/the-total-economic-impact-of-the-pivotal-platform-2020). IBM IBM forecasts full-year profit above estimates on cloud growth (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-reports-surprise-revenue-rise-211453080.html) Six months after IBM spent $34 billion to acquire an open source software company, IBM's Q4 results showed that 'Red Hat goodness is kicking in' (https://apple.news/A27zjXAg2R3KvxxcuHXir1A) IBM Stock Rose More Today Than in the Last 10 Years. It’s Time For A Shake-Up (https://apple.news/AQhRI3vfZQS6UqjsnMVr8uw) Bad News DigitalOcean is laying off staff, sources say 30-50 affected (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/17/digitalocean-layoffs/) Report: Firefox maker Mozilla is laying off 70 people (https://www.fastcompany.com/90452530/firefox-maker-mozilla-is-reportedly-laying-off-70-people-in-search-of-revenue-beyond-search?partner=feedburner) Good News AI for code, serverless, monitoring, SD-WAN. Snyk raises $150 million at $1 billion valuation for AI that protects open source code (https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/21/snyk-raises-150-million-at-1-billion-valuation-for-ai-that-protects-open-source-code/) TriggerMesh 2020 - Cloud Native Integration (https://triggermesh.com/2020/01/triggermesh-2020-cloud-native-integration/) DevOps Startup Sysdig Raises $70M Series E (https://news.crunchbase.com/news/devops-startup-sysdig-raises-70m-series-e/) VMware to acquire Nyansa for AI-based network analytics (https://www.zdnet.com/article/vmware-to-acquire-nyansa-for-ai-based-network-analytics/) Australia Australians Stick With Their Banks Through Years of Scandal (https://apple.news/AjCsVk8vdSFG4DrMPHQLaow) Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/games/australia-fire-relief) Phone Hacking Here Is the Technical Report Suggesting Saudi Arabia’s Prince Hacked Jeff Bezos’ Phone (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74v34/saudi-arabia-hacked-jeff-bezos-phone-technical-report?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) U.N. Experts Call for Inquiry into Hack of Bezos’s Phone (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/middleeast/un-experts-call-for-inquiry-into-hack-of-bezoss-phone.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share) Apple reportedly scrapped plans to fully secure iCloud backups after FBI intervention (https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21075033/apple-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-scrapped-fbi-reuters-report) Grab Bag Istio as an Example of When Not to Do Microservices (https://blog.christianposta.com/microservices/istio-as-an-example-of-when-not-to-do-microservices/) VCs are just tired (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/16/vcs-are-just-tired/) An introduction to VMware vRealize Operations Cloud (https://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/An-introduction-to-VMware-vRealize-Operations-Cloud?amp=1#click=https://t.co/pASAzDcJXW) Nearly 200 CEOs just agreed on an updated definition of "the purpose of a corporation" (https://qz.com/work/1690439/new-business-roundtable-statement-on-the-purpose-of-companies/) 2020: The year of seeing clearly on AI and machine learning (https://www.zdnet.com/article/2020-the-year-of-seeing-clearly-on-ai-and-machine-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#ftag=RSSbaffb68) 2019 CNCF Annual Report - Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/01/21/2019-cncf-annual-report/) Flow Time - How Fast are We Delivering Business Value? - Tasktop Blog (https://www.tasktop.com/blog/flow-time/) DuckDuckGo Traffic (https://duckduckgo.com/traffic) The billion-dollar battle over .org registry ownership intensifies (https://www.axios.com/org-registry-ownership-battle-d73a356f-4b94-4cb3-8769-9cbbc3526440.html) What Senators Wearing Apple Watches During the Impeachment Trial Teach Us About Invisible Tech (https://apple.news/AnOZnSgFFRje9eTWY0Eqy7w) - seems like an “ok boomer” story. Nonsense Why Texans Love H-E-B So Much (https://www.kut.org/post/why-texans-love-h-e-b-so-much) Travel company’s sneaky ad trick (https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/accommodation/trivago-fined-for-misleading-customers-on-pricing/news-story/30074634a8f3b90ddee445468a7216ce) Frozen iguanas falling from trees in South Florida (https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/01/22/frozen-iguanas-falling-from-trees-in-south-florida/) Sunshine Map (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO4ssJnXsAA9Q4w.jpg) To Your Brain, Audiobooks Are Not ‘Cheating’ (https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/listening-to-a-book-instead-of-reading-isnt-cheating.html) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: If you are a Software Defined Talk Listener then we know you love Tech Podcasts and this week sponsor is another great tech podcast — Arrested DevOps. The Arrested DevOps podcast will help you achieve understanding, develop good practices, and operate your team and organization for maximum DevOps awesomeness. Arrested DevOps is hosted by Matt Stratton, Trevor Hess, and Bridget Kromhout. All the hosts are active in the DevOps community and they help put on DevOps days all over the world. So what are you waiting for you can subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visitinghttps://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. June 1-4: ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), March 30 – April 2, use discount code KCEUSDP15 for 15% off. DevOpsDays Austin 2020 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-austin/welcome/) May 4th and 5th Devopsdays Minneapolis, (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/) August 4 - 5, 2020 use code SDT for 10% off registration Listener Brett wants you to go to THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6, 2020 - Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. Call for Counselors (https://www.thatconference.com/wi/call-for-counselors) (Speakers) open until March 1st. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Brandon: The Outsider (https://www.hbo.com/the-outsider) on HBO (https://www.hbo.com/the-outsider) Coté: Tasty Meats Paul’s latest kubernetes and Spring talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn5gfbJcJ4A). Also, Paul’s food in Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/paulczar/).

24 Jan 202058min

This week the title says it all. There’s also some more bread talk. Mood board: “I love the talk about bread, can I get some stickers.” Do they have markdown in Intranets now? Kicking to fit use cases. Porting of Ports Crapplications, aka, “Crappity crap” Relevant to your interests Microsoft will stop supporting millions of computers running Windows 7 on Tuesday — here's what you need to know (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/13/microsoft-windows-7-support-ends-jan-14.html) “According to Net Applications (https://netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx) figures from December, 32.74% of all laptops and desktops still run Windows 7, behind Windows 10. Windows 10 runs on more than 900 million devices (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/12/microsoft-rolls-out-november-2019-windows-10-update.html).” Now It's Really, Truly Time to Give Up Windows 7 (https://www.wired.com/story/time-give-up-windows-7/) Google acquires AppSheet to bring no-code development to Google Cloud (http://axios.link/JlHc) Check out that Agriculture Inspection app (https://www.appsheet.com/samples/A-mobile-app-for-agricultural-fieldcrop-inspections-and-reports?appGuidString=b3accf6f-4aac-48fa-bce3-be0d7400f932)! Stack Overflow Bolsters Leadership Team With New Chief Product Officer, Teresa Dietrich (https://apnews.com/Business%20Wire/fc8d802729a94adfa795266ab3aecd52) Spotify Is Now the Single Biggest Podcasting Platform (https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/01/14/spotify-is-now-the-single-biggest-podcasting-platf.aspx) Rob Bearden takes over as Cloudera CEO (https://www.zdnet.com/article/rob-bearden-takes-over-as-cloudera-ceo/) Microsoft Azure has an edge over Amazon Web Services at big companies, Goldman Sachs survey says (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/microsoft-azure-cloud-winner-at-big-companies-goldman-sachs.html) Observability — A 3-Year Retrospective (https://thenewstack.io/observability-a-3-year-retrospective/) Anthos Ups Google’s Enterprise Efforts (https://go.forrester.com/blogs/anthos-ups-googles-enterprise-efforts/) The president of Marc Benioff's Time reveals how he plans to restore the neglected title and make it a billion-dollar business (https://apple.news/A_3dkPprHQBWldgSNqU0-4Q) The Endgame for LinkedIn Is Coming (https://medium.com/@lancengym/the-endgame-for-linkedin-is-coming-31d4a8b2a76) Equinix is acquiring bare metal cloud provider Packet (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/14/equinix-is-acquiring-bare-metal-cloud-provider-packet/) Your iPhone can now help you securely log into your Google account with a simple tap (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/15/google-smart-lock-for-iphone-update-lets-you-log-in-to-google-securely.html) Google pays $160m for Irish retail tech company Pointy (http://axios.link/5dMw) Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/15/mozilla-lays-off-70-as-it-waits-for-subscription-products-to-generate-revenue/) M&A: Negotiations Don't Start Until Someone Says No (https://www.channele2e.com/investors/mergers-acquisitions/ma-negotiations-dont-start-until-someone-says-no/) Red Hat OpenShift Updates Hit Multi-Cloud, Security (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/red-hat-openshift-updates-hit-multi-cloud-security/2020/01/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=sdxcentral) Introducing Red Hat OpenShift 4.3 to Enhance Kubernetes Security (https://blog.openshift.com/introducing-red-hat-openshift-4-3-to-enhance-kubernetes-security/) Nonsense Top 20 IT Podcasts of 2020 (https://www.vertitechit.com/top-20-it-podcasts-of-2020/) When Buying in Bulk Is a Mistake (https://apple.news/Av1aOhCiBRG-HJYmWPBWwYQ) Zero Mass Water has a new rooftop well that pulls water out of the air (https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/06/zero-mass-water-has-a-new-rooftop-well-that-pulls-water-out-of-the-air/) CES 2020: The Planty Cube Aims to Make Vertical Farming More Modular and Automated (https://thespoon.tech/ces-2020-the-planty-cube-aims-to-make-vertical-farming-more-modular-and-automated/) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: If you are a Software Defined Talk Listener then we know you love Tech Podcasts and this week sponsor is another great tech podcast — Arrested DevOps. The Arrested DevOps podcast will help you achieve understanding, develop good practices, and operate your team and organization for maximum DevOps awesomeness. Arrested DevOps is hosted by Matt Stratton, Trevor Hess, and Bridget Kromhout. All the hosts are active in the DevOps community and they help put on DevOps days all over the world. So what are you waiting for you can subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf (https://www.deliveryconf.com/) in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd (https://www.deliveryconf.com/), Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too (https://www.deliveryconf.com/format). June 1-4: ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), March 30 – April 2, use discount code KCEUSDP15 for 15% off. DevOpsDays Austin 2020 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-austin/welcome/) May 4th and 5th Listener Brett wants you to go to THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/wi) August 3 - 6, 2020 - Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. Call for Counselors (https://www.thatconference.com/wi/call-for-counselors) (Speakers) open until March 1st. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Matt: Bruce Sterling’s annual State of the World (https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/507/State-of-the-World-2020-Bruce-St-page01.html). Brandon: Slack cleaner (https://github.com/kfei/slack-cleaner). (https://github.com/kfei/slack-cleaner) (https://github.com/kfei/slack-cleaner) Coté: Apple News+?

18 Jan 20201h 2min

We discuss weird speculation that Google Cloud would buy Salesforce. It seems like bullshit, mostly, but it gives us a good jumping off point to talk cloud strategy. Also, Coté talks about being part of the VMware Tanzu team, how kubernetes could become the white box of the PC market (this is a good thing), that being #3 in a market is probably just fine, and we discuss poisoning-by-bread. Mood board: This is a New Year’s resolution we can all get behind: it’s time to just give up on some stuff. Man, this coffee is bad. Carbohydrate Coté is angry. Coté gets his birthday wrong. You’re really just pretty negative. Our man in Tanzu-land Cotem. After the headline, that article didn’t need to be written more. I’m not going to get into it, so here I go. The Turn the hydra head into a nanny acquisition strategy. Man, I should have just started with the bread. Relevant to your interests Tanzu Coté - VMware completes $2.7 billion Pivotal acquisition (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/30/vmware-completes-2-7-billion-pivotal-acquisition/). Google buying Salesforce acid-dream - Google could acquire Salesforce and spin out its cloud business to catch up to Amazon and Microsoft, analyst predicts (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-salesforce-cloud-platform-spinout-analyst-prediction-2020-1) ServiceNow! Sort of examples the vagueness of Google’s Cloud Corporate Strategy. Drunk under a lamp post M&A click-bait strategy. “We only want to be #1 and #2 in a market.” Known fix: just redefine your market so you’re number one or number two. Share price premium for # 1 or #2 in the market. Pay people cheaper than you get paid to do things fallacy. Google 2023 deadline for Google Cloud to beat Amazon. Things we didn’t get to - Gartner, Splunk & McKinsey – IT Infrastructure & Operations (https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2019/12/16/gartner-splunk--mckinsey--it-infrastructure--operations-------------predictions-for-2020/#35937dbe1dd2) A Cloud Guru Announces Acquisition of Linux Academy (https://www.prweb.com/releases/a_cloud_guru_announces_acquisition_of_linux_academy/prweb16790924.htm) For The New York Times, a swing and a miss at Amazon Web Services (https://mostlycloudy.substack.com/p/for-the-new-york-times-a-swing-and) Google execs reportedly debated getting out of cloud computing, but instead set a goal of being a top-two player by 2023 (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/google-reportedly-wants-to-be-top-two-player-in-cloud-by-2023.html) Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microsoft in Cloud (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-brass-set-2023-as-deadline-to-beat-amazon-microsoft-in-cloud) Stratoscale closes down, lays off 60 (https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-stratoscale-closes-down-lays-off-60-1001310966) Anyscale, from the creators of the Ray distributed computing project, launches with $20.6M led by a16z (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/17/anyscale-ray-project-distributed-computing-a16z/) Compare Red Hat OpenShift vs. Cloud Foundry in a Kubernetes faceoff (https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/feature/Compare-Red-Hat-OpenShift-vs-Cloud-Foundry-in-a-Kubernetes-faceoff) IBM tailors Swift relationship after 'review of open source priorities' (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/17/swift_ibm_pulls_back_open_source_priorities/) AWS hits back at open-source software critics (https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-hits-back-at-open-source-software-critics/) Amazon Conference Badges Tracked Attendees' Movements (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkeyqk/amazon-conference-badges-tracked-attendees-movements) IBM to Google: Istio, Knative, TensorFlow should be under 'open governance' (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/20/ibm_istio_knative_tensorflow_should_be_under_open_governance/) Exclusive: Pentagon warns military members DNA kits pose ‘personal and operational risks’ (https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-warns-military-members-dna-kits-pose-personal-and-operational-risks-173304318.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE0JhKe_XfOhdcOGvu6l8lKLn4C2yptTBJ5q1RVejnyxYCU2HLoo2WWccf-ZhDFh5OUypD2mJND5PxZEF3m4bogO9BX6tTYVB9uywg1EQV8AvLXUFPBf-EyrE4vISxKZM8HAMVVeUc5xiPum5ez9MGcjuPy2SeMNwN_hnO-IXbdM) Employee error to blame for massive data leak (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/surveillance-camera-company-wyze-confirms-leak-of-user-data/) Video games are easy channel for money launderers (https://www.ft.com/content/4658d340-24f6-11ea-9a4f-963f0ec7e134) BigID bags another $50M round as data privacy laws proliferate (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/bigid-bags-another-50m-round-as-data-privacy-laws-proliferate/) The Biggest Problems With Bluetooth Audio Are About to Be Fixed (https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiENtnIajSFSjFkfxM7Anh2o0qFQgEKg0IACoGCAowlIECMLBMMJ-mHg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Introducing Cloudflare for Teams (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cloudflare-for-teams/) Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers (https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-01-07/major-union-launches-campaign-to-organize-video-game-and-tech-workers) Code-wise, cloud-foolish: avoiding bad technology choices (https://forrestbrazeal.com/2020/01/05/code-wise-cloud-foolish-avoiding-bad-technology-choices/) Accenture Buys CyberSecurity Services Business of Symantec (http://www.finsmes.com/2020/01/accenture-buys-cyber-security-services-business-of-symantec.html) Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: Arrested DevOps is hosted by Matt Stratton, Trevor Hess, and Bridget Kromhout. All the hosts are active in the DevOps community and they help put on DevOps days all over the world. So what are you waiting for you can subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf (https://www.deliveryconf.com/) in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd (https://www.deliveryconf.com/), Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too (https://www.deliveryconf.com/format). June 1-4: ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) Jordi wants you to go to GitLab Commit (https://about.gitlab.com/events/commit/) Jan. 14th DevOpsDays Austin 2020 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-austin/welcome/) May 4th and 5th SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Matt: Star Wars/Mandalorian, The 15 most awe-inspiring space images of the decade (https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/12/18/20995427/astronomy-pluto-black-hole-mars-curiosity-rosetta) Brandon: macOS Catalina Patcher (http://dosdude1.com/catalina/); Upgrade your Mac SSD (https://mattray.github.io/2019/11/12/upgrading-macbook-pro-ssds.html) Coté: iPhone 11 Pro, most recent (https://www.vox.com/the-weeds) The Weeds (https://www.vox.com/the-weeds) episode (https://www.vox.com/the-weeds), The Weeds episode called “Midichlorian chili.” (https://overcast.fm/+FOOQJ9lCo) Ourto: “I love bread,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtV9Vi6tSVk) Parry Gripp.

10 Jan 202058min

This is an episode from the Exegesis Back Catalog (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/exegesis). Coté and Brandon review Scott Galloway's book the "The Four." (https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hidden-Amazon-Facebook-Google/dp/0735213658/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgKzwBRCjARIsABBbFugrOnbdMnyhxM9LXtYArj_3FjNK1-md988P3lCIqNIqmliQrVUMLHsaAsslEALw_wcB&hvadid=241637079254&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028322&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=8997952574338927722&hvtargid=aud-840076997981%3Akwd-345132176336&hydadcr=22563_10354960&keywords=the+four+scott+galloway&qid=1577817711&sr=8-1) The Pivot Podcast (https://plinkhq.com/i/1073226719?to=page) Photo by Makarios Tang on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/lIWQbx3Lw8U)

3 Jan 202057min

Holiday Special! Matt and Brandon interview Adam Jacob about open source and being a founder of Chef. Orginally aired on Software Defined Interviews. (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/81) Special Guest: Adam Jacob.

27 Dec 20191h 15min

“What choice do we have?” At the end of the year, we answer listener questions. From middle-names, to athletes, to advice to startups. Also, we talk open source in 2020 predictions, that NYTimes story on Amazon, and Twinkies. Mood board: As they say “a dot w dot s.” Twinkies are better after the Apocalypse Does he know something we don’t know? They could have been the paper of record on “A.M.I.” Judgemental open source. The Three C’s. “CTO Edge.” CTOs don’t go to DevOps Days I try to show up to most conferences I’m speaking at. “I love the way they’re kicking that ball.” They didn’t consider “Motel 6” for Matt’s middle name. It’s safe to watch The Watchmen. Relevant to your interests Amazon is Launching a Home Internet Service - Here is Everything You Need to Know About It (https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-is-launching-a-home-internet-service-here-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-it/). 8 of the worst open source innovations of the decade (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/8-of-the-worst-open-source-innovations-of-the-decade/). Russian police raid NGINX Moscow office (https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-police-raid-nginx-moscow-office/). Larry Ellison sets the Catz among the pigeons: Safra officially sole Oracle CEO (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/13/oracle_q2_fy2020/). Google makes moving data to its cloud easier (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/12/google-makes-moving-data-to-its-cloud-easier/). Atlassian launches new serverless cloud development platform (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/12/atlassian-launches-new-serverless-cloud-development-platform/). Costco Earnings Beat But Revenue Falls Short; Costco Stock Falls Late (https://www.investors.com/news/costco-earnings-q1-2020-cost-stock-buy-point/). AWS Outposts by the numbers (https://medium.com/@ahl/aws-outposts-68e78592c7f8). Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/technology/prime-leverage-amazon-power-cloud-aws.html). Ask SDT What are your thoughts on the big data industry and technologies like Spark? from Jay via Slack ~~~~2. ~~As industry vets, what advice do you have for the new school IAM/monitoring startups? (other than: integrate with AD for ent clients) from Ryan via Slack~~ What is the best conference swag you've ever given away or received? My personal best was a power brick that could also charge up apple's airpods for some reason. from Tim from Slack ~~What tech conferences are worth going to that we haven't heard of? Are there interesting things that are smaller scale than the reinvents / dreamforce / et al, that provide great information and attract a really interesting set of speakers?from Tim from Slack~~ ~~Why do you think we don’t see more celebrity athletes featured in tech advertisements? Granted I knew the writing was on the wall at one company I was at when we hired Mike Tyson for our CES booth, but uh why hasn’t that worked out yet? from Ryan from Slack~~ ~~~~ 1. ~~Tangentially: https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1206589810439274496~~ ~~Related: https://twitter.com/TylerIAm/status/1045495019325587456~~ Is a startup aspiring to be acquired by a foundation like the CNCF a legit business model? from Ryan from Slack For the expats: what's your favorite and least favorite thing(s) about your new regions? from Nathan from Slack ~~What would you say ya do here? from Noe via Slack~~ ~~Matt, what is your middle name? from Jordy via Slack~~ Sponsors Arrested DevOps Podcast: What are you waiting for you can subscribe today by searching for “Arrested DevOps” in you favorite podcast app or by visiting (https://www.arresteddevops.com/)https://www.arresteddevops.com/ (https://www.arresteddevops.com/). Conferences, et. al. NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf (https://www.deliveryconf.com/) in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd (https://www.deliveryconf.com/), Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too (https://www.deliveryconf.com/format). June 1-4: ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/) Jordi wants you to go to GitLab Commit (https://about.gitlab.com/events/commit/) Jan. 14th SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/). Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Recommendations Matt: The Peripheral (https://amzn.to/2PSibru) & The Dark Forest (https://amzn.to/2PSibru). Brandon: The Watchmen (https://www.hbo.com/video/watchmen/videos/trailer)on HBO (Matt’s eventual recommendation) Coté: Use hotel notepads at home.

18 Dec 201952min