John Willis

Episode 25: John Willis on DevOps, inclusion, burn-out, and biz dev

May 11th, 2017  |  13 mins 9 secs

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Barton George and I talk with John Willis at DevOpsDays Austin 2017.

Episode 6: Try to avoid killing your acquisition

June 14th, 2015  |  1 hr 2 mins

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After catching up about movies and OpenStack, John Willis and I discuss how difficult it is to properly integrate acquired companies into the larger company. We also discuss what VCs are looking for to say yes now: a good team, it seems.

Episode 5: When the practice of using the tool is novel, thought-lording new technologies

April 27th, 2015  |  1 hr 18 mins

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We discuss how you (slowly) introduce new technologies into the market by looking at past tech cycles John has gone through. We also catch-up on the Craft conference and John’s travels in Europe.

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Episode 3: Something Celsius and Busy Bullshit work

April 14th, 2015  |  59 mins 47 secs

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While he’s in Paris for the local DevOpsDays, John and I discuss the next big step for DevOps: getting “The Business” involved to tie-break the process deadlock. Plus: the Dutch are delightful!

Episode 1: How to demo your cloud poop, don't smoke corn silk

April 5th, 2015  |  55 mins 14 secs

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What does it take to demo a cloud software? It’s not easy! Also, lamb considered and memories of barcampESM.