Gossip Protocol

In the second episode of Fire & Forget (woo! we've got a name!), we talk about browsers, data protection, and how to stop your poor poor parents from downloading every toolbar available.

Join us for the first episode of the more chilled out side of Gossip Protocol. In this episode, we talk about data breaches, hacking, and quickly devolve into creepy massage requests. Stories mentioned: Microsoft to Chromium: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/04/chromium_edge_microsoft/ Browser usage: http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide Marriott Attack: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46401890 Marriott Statement: https://answers.kroll.com/ Urban Massage Leak: https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/urban-massage-data-exposed-customers-creepy-clients/ AWS Firecracker: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/firecracker-lightweight-virtualization-for-serverless-computing/ Quora leak: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/quora-says-hackers-stole-password-data-and-other-details-for-100-million-users/ AWS Lambda runtime API: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-lambda-use-any-programming-language-and-share-common-components/

Part 2 of our discussion on interviewing.

Part 1 of our discussion on interviewing.

A chat around the factors that can influence a healthy work/life balance. 00:00 Forward 00:35 Intro 01:47 Define work/life balance 02:30 What makes work/life balance possible 04:33 Getting closure on the work day 08:04 What is a "life" anyway? 10:11 Employer's role in work/life balance 15:23 Personal responsibility 20:47 Unexpected time off (e.g. illness) 22:56 Work/life balance "gimmicks" 26:51 Working from home 31:29 Will someone think of the kids?! 37:10 End 37:25 Outro

A ranging informal conversation that covers much more than "What's the best programming language". Show notes: James referenced "Your Logical Fallacy Is": https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ Contact us on twitter on @TravelNestHQ