Episode 73 – Open Source, Closed Minds – A Discussion on Open Core and Open Source Monetization with Rob Hirschfeld of RackN

As more open source projects become commercially driven (rightly so) there is a challenge among open source community folks as to when it is right to use open core, open source, or the dreaded fork.  Rob Hirschfeld joins us for a great discussion that started on the news of AWS launching Open DIstro for Elasticsearch…

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Episode 71 – Productivity Hacks and Deep Work with Ethan Banks of the Packet Pushers

Ethan Banks joins us again for a deeper discussion on how he discovered the value of disconnecting.  This show is filled with actionable advice that will definitely change your productivity and working habits for the better.  This also introduces what I’ve dubbed as VOMO – the Value Of Missing Out which I blogged about at http://discoposse.com …

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Episode 70 – The making of FaaStRuby.io with Paulo Arruda and Geoff Sullivan

Paulo Arruda is the creator of FaaStRuby.io which is a serverless platform for Ruby that is already gaining significant traction as a platform.  Geoff Sullivan is building the community engagement along with Paulo and shares insights on both how this platform is interesting technically and as a business problem solver.   Serverless is rightly gaining popularity…

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Episode 66 – Chris Williams on proven practices for successful tech community growth and leadership

Chris Williams works as an Enterprise Cloud Consultant for GreenPages, helping customer design the next generation of Public & Private Cloud, specializing in AWS and VMware.  He is an active community member, helping to run VTUG, AWS-PUG and contributes to vBrownBag.   This discussion covers some insightful and proven techniques that have led to the growth of the AWS Portsmouth…

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