3 posts tagged with "presentation"

Getting Cloud Networking into your Head​

This year I had the privilege of presenting my perspective on cloud networking to two conferences: DevOpsDays Austin 2024 and KCDC 2024. This talk is an analysis of a LOT of psychic debugging situations I had resolved where the onlookers were genuinely surprised that I was able to diagnose the problem and suggest a solution that usually worked (or at least got them closer to working). Most of the time, especially in cloud environments, the issue was networking related. Even in non-cloud environments, it was usually a network issue that the developer hadn't considered. What I was doing was "software whispering" and for the uninitiated, it felt like magic. However, I don't like being a magician (or an illusionist) so I thought this talk would help codify some of my thinking to make it easier for others to peek behind the curtain.

DevOpsDays Austin 2023​

I recently gave an "Ignite" talk at DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (in Austin) about a mental model for the cloud to build a foundation of knowledge for you to better understand cloud technology as a whole. An "Ignite" talk is a 5 minute talk where you present 20 slides, each advancing at 15 seconds, without stopping until the end. The challenge is to distill your message such that it can be presented in 5 minutes. It's a fun, but challenging, format that really makes you edit, edit, and edit some more.

Down in Monterrey, Mexico, I did a talk for Headspring Talks entitled "Getting Started with Docker and Kubernetes". The goal was to help people who are starting to learn these incredibly powerful technologies a good kick-off point. When I was learning about these things, I knew that there were certain concepts that helped me internalize the way that Docker and Kubernetes work. I tend to not memorize facts or details very well. Instead, I focus on the core concepts of how something works, then derive back to detailed knowledge from there. I make an educated guess at how something should work, and that helps me solve problems more effectively.