Podcasts about senior content developer

In this episode of the Knowledge Base Ninjas podcast, we speak with Gayathri Krishnaswamy, Senior Content Developer at OutSystems. Gayathri shares her journey from software development to technical writing, finding her passion through roles in business analysis and open-source contributions with the Good Docs Project. She emphasizes the importance of collaboration between developers and documentarians, especially in API documentation, and highlights her approach to documentation alongside product development. Gayathri also discusses how AI tools assist in research and first drafts, while reinforcing the value of human insight in refining content. She views documentation as a core part of the product experience, advocating for user enablement, empathy, and continuous learning as keys to effective technical writing. Catch the full conversation on the Knowledge Base Ninjas podcast for valuable takeaways and pro tips. Stay tuned for expert insights and actionable strategies you don't want to miss out on.

Is AI coming for your job as an attorney? Ben Schorr of Microsoft has the short answer—no! But, AI can come alongside you to help you do your work even better. Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway talk with Ben about ways lawyers can implement Microsoft Copilot in legal practice. From first drafts of documents, to brainstorming, to research help, and more, Copilot has much to offer in the daily lives of legal professionals. Ben also outlines common mistakes lawyers make when employing AI tools and explains how to effectively and ethically integrate Copilot into your practice.  Ben M. Schorr is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft.

Is AI coming for your job as an attorney? Ben Schorr of Microsoft has the short answer—no! But, AI can come alongside you to help you do your work even better. Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway talk with Ben about ways lawyers can implement Microsoft Copilot in legal practice. From first drafts of documents, to brainstorming, to research help, and more, Copilot has much to offer in the daily lives of legal professionals. Ben also outlines common mistakes lawyers make when employing AI tools and explains how to effectively and ethically integrate Copilot into your practice.  Ben M. Schorr is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft.

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered how you can share your skills to make a passive income? Or maybe you just enjoy teaching and want to make content to share with your team… In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we spoke with Senior Content Developer and expert course creator, Craig Shoemaker, all about his journey to becoming a published course author. Craig talks about the joys he finds in being a content creator, how to make and market courses that stand out, avoiding pitfalls and getting through challenges, and a whole lot more. This is a must-listen for developers interested in venturing into course creation! This is… The Dev Life!LINKS:https://craigshoemaker.net/leverage3/https://twitter.com/craigshoemakerhttps://www.pluralsight.com/authors/craig-shoemakerCONNECT WITH US:Craig Shoemaker - @craigshoemakerBrooke Avery - @jediBraveryPreston Lamb - @prestonjlamb

In this episode, we have a vibrant conversation with Michael Bender who shares his fervor for teaching. We take a deep dive into his educational journey, from academia to course creation at Pluralsight, eventually leading him to his role as a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. We delve into the significant role of positive feedback, and contemplate how the process of teaching can reveal profound self-insights. Lastly, we discover the origin story of his podcast, 'Wired for Hybrid'.   Michael Bender is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft. He is a former college professor who also authored the PowerShell and Windows Server courses for Plural Site. He has been teaching technology since the 90s helping countless people progress in their careers. Links: See The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdczFIKYckg https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/powershell-getting-started-2022 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/bg-p/ITOpsTalkBlog Wired for Hybrid - What's New in Azure Networking - July 2023 Edition    https://gilbertsanchez.com/posts/terminals-shells-and-prompts/   

In this episode, we talk to the Microsoft docs team (Sean Wheeler, Mike Lombardi, and Mike F. Robbins) about the success of docathon at Summit. We then talk about the value of contributing to docs, and all of the ways the barriers are being lowered for contributing. Last, we find out that Mikey will spend his weekends creating documentation on unrelated products, so he can come in fresh writing documentation for his job…..true dedication. A lot of links in this one. We encourage you to click away. In an unsurprising twist, the experts of docs have relevant docs for everything we talked about.   Bio and links: Sean Wheeler - For the past 6 years, I have been the lead documentarian for PowerShell. I ensure that users have the content they need. I also support and encourage the PowerShell Community to add value via open-source contributions to the documentation. In my 24 years at Microsoft, I have taught many workshops on scripting, debugging, and advanced troubleshooting. Using my scripting expertise, I created tools to help customers collect and analyze data used to support and optimize their environments.   Mikey Lombardi is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, working on PowerShell Learn content. Always a gentleman, Mikey has been a positive force in the community for a long time. You like PowerShell? Awesome Documentation? Amazing tabletop campaigns? You found them, my friends. Follow him. FOLLOW HIM NOW!!!!!!   Mike F. Robbins is the Lead writer for Azure PowerShell at Microsoft. He is a regular speaker at PowerShell conferences and has an active blog, which is successful enough to make him a six time MVP. He is an Author, Editor of the PowerShell Conference Book: Volume 1, and an overall swell guy.   See The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxHqNb29to   https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/learn/shell/optimize-shell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/powershell/scripting/how-to-use-docs?view=powershell-7.3#downloading-the-documentation-as-a-pdf https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/community/contributing/using-github-codespaces https://github.com/PowerShell/Community-Blog/blob/main/Docs/README.md https://aka.ms/azps https://mikefrobbins.com/ https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/azure/az-predictor https://github.com/mikefrobbins/SystemConfiguration/blob/main/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSStyle/1.1.3 Introduction - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/azure-command-line-tools-intro/ https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-07-29-sqlsaturday1060/ https://dlvhdr.github.io/gh-dash/ https://www.powershellchatt.com/  

Megan Gierka aspires to eradicate illiteracy. She is currently employed at the AIM Institute for Learning and Research as a Senior Content Developer and Facilitator. An architect of instructional design and school improvement systems, she has served in preschool through postsecondary roles and supplied strategic MTSS guidance and K-8 intervention. With a humble upbringing and career in Title I schools, Megan recognizes the power of our profession and supports educators by creating and facilitating high-quality literacy content.

Today Bree and Rachel are joined by Senior Content Developer at UPTV, Crissie Miller, to talk about their upcoming holiday slate of films and more Our Christmas podcasts are at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4f2KtBPzUE&list=PLXv4sBF3mPUDo41tHqhkjHCvedmZwLzHx For our UPTV Christmas 2022 Preview https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV2608326299.mp3?updated=1666113022 This Episodes Hosts: Bree https://twitter.com/BreeUnabashedly Follow Rachel on twitter twitter.com/rachel_reviews Check out The Pilot Podcast https://thepilotpodcast.simplecast.com/ Join us over on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies Check out Piecing it Together Pod https://www.piecingpod.com/ Check out our merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hallmarkies Send us your feedback at feedback@hallmarkiespodcast.com Or call +1 (801) 855-6407 Follow Rachel's blog at http://rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel's Reviews on youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/rachelsreviews Follow Rachel on facebook www.facebook.com/smilingldsgirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the episode, Mikey Lombardi explains how his involvement in the PowerShell community has opened opportunities throughout his career. We discuss how imposter syndrome can prevent you from even trying for a fantastic opportunity and how much growth can come from being brave in those moments. We learned the reasons behind his PowerShell course, pwshop, and why he has made it free. We also cover, cross-domain learning, documentation, biggest mistakes, and more.    See the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uCzTuojMbY   Guest Bio and links: Mikey Lombardi is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, working on PowerShell Learn content. Always a gentleman, Mikey has been a positive force in the community for a long time. You like PowerShell? Awesome Documentation? Amazing tabletop campaigns? You found them, my friends. Follow him. FOLLOW HIM NOW!!!!!!  https://github.com/michaeltlombardi  https://twitter.com/BigFnMikey https://github.com/orgs/MicrosoftDocs/projects/15  https://leanpub.com/psconfbook2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0eAuGzjpI  https://hacktoberfest.com/  https://leanpub.com/c/pwshop  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlIBE7W4rvo  https://flagrant.garden/ 

The ONS Congress brings together various skillsets and inspires innovation in new ways. With the first in-person Congress since the pandemic set to begin on April 27th, there is much to look forward to. John Elliott, VP of Sales with Carevive brings together his work colleagues to share their excitement for the Congress and what they think might come from it.Reesa Sherin, a Clinical Strategist with Carevive, said she is, “Really excited to be in a space…to support patients…I've always been in the oncology space…supporting patients throughout the treatment journey…and any education the patient may need.”Though the ONS Congress will take place on a hybrid platform, accessible via remote access or in-person, Sherin shared that she believes ONS will shed some light on new ways for the industry to build value-based programming with ONS as the tipping point, “When you align the value to the care that the patient receives the outcomes approve.”Her colleagues agree that ONS is a shared intellectual and innovative platform, “I want to learn from others, what they're doing regarding collection of prodata, patient reported outcomes. We know that studies show when pros are used to monitor and manage symptoms, patient symptoms are identified early, leading to longer time and relevant on-treatment, fewer hospitalizations, and better quality of life and overall, an improved survival,” said Drace Langford, Prompt Patient Support Specialist. April Boyd, Senior Content Developer, shared that she, “always comes away from ONS educated and inspired” and she hopes to continue learning how to continue to improve the health of patients “in a remote way.”Overall, the oncology ecosystem continues to change and innovate based on new models and systems in the space. Carevive aims to educate, inspire, and make positive change in the industry as a knowledge-base for all. Stop by the booth at the ONS Congress to learn more and chat with the Carevive team!

How do the pros actually use the Hero's Journey for corporate stories? Why is James Bond the worst example of story to learn from? Can you tell stories from religion or controversial figures in business? 78. The Hero's Journey, James Bond and Jesus with Jeff Davenport Welcome to The Storypowers Podcast, the show about the power of stories, the people who tell them and why you should be doing it too. I'm your host, keynote speaker and storytelling coach, Francisco Mahfuz. If you want to learn how to find, craft and tell stories that work, check out the Storypowers Bootcamp at https://storypowers.thinkific.com/courses/storypowers-online-bootcamp And if you love the show and would like to support us, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storypowers My guest today is Jeff Davenport. Jeff oversees Lighthouse Point, a company that helps people communicate with clarity, confidence and a light that points listeners and audiences to where they need to go. Jeff's mission is to turn them from timid, scattered and boring presenters into mighty communicators. He is also a produced screenwriter, and spent almost 7 years as an Executive Speaker Coach and Senior Content Developer at Duarte, working with some of the world's largest companies. You can find him at https://www.thelighthousepoint.com/. If you like the show, please leave us a rating on Apple podcasts, share it and SUBSCRIBE! The support is very much appreciated. And please send me your comments on what you'd like to hear on future episodes. You can connect with me on LinkedIn, and on https://storypowers.com.

J. J. Haas Author of Welcome to Sugarville on Author Talk Show Guest BIO:  J. J. Haas, author of Welcome to Sugarville, has published fiction and poetry in a wide variety of magazines such as Shenandoah, Rattle, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, Baen's Universe, and Writer's Digest. He is a Senior Content Developer at ADP and a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, and he has been an Instructor in the Creative Writing Certificate Program at Emory Continuing Education. Haas is a graduate of the College of the University of Chicago in English Language and Literature and a Past President of the Alumni Club of Atlanta. He lives in a suburb of Atlanta with his wife Melissa and two Westies, Roro and Coco. Brief Description:  Welcome to Sugarville: A Novel in Stories Topics to Discuss:  My book Creative writing in general 1.What is the name of the book and when was it published? Welcome to Sugarville: A Novel in Stories will be published on April 9 in softcover, ebook, and audiobook formats following the book launch at The Carter Center in Atlanta. I recorded the audiobook myself after turning our daughter's old closet into a recording studio, and ACX recently approved the files for upload to Audible.com. 2.What's the book's first line? The first line of the first story is “Dr. Albert Cole woke up thirsty,” which serves as a metaphor for the spiritual paucity of the protagonist. Kurt Vonnegut once said “Make your characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water.” I decided to take that advice literally. 3.What's the book about? Give us the “pitch”. Welcome to Sugarville, a town where fantasy meets reality and visitors take journeys of the imagination into the unknown. J. J. Haas stuns and delights with this engaging collection of linked stories. 4.What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event? My primary inspiration for writing fiction is the black humor of Kurt Vonnegut and Flannery O'Connor. I particularly like the surface simplicity of their writing coupled with the deeper metaphorical and ironic meaning. I modeled the structure of my collection on Sherwood Anderson's book Winesburg, Ohio, with each story set in the mythical town of Sugarville, Georgia. Thematically, all of the characters embark on spiritual journeys to find themselves, and each story contains a fantastic element that heightens the drama. 5.What's the main reason someone should really read this book? People should be interested in reading my book because it will make them laugh and give them something to think about. I hope they'll take away a renewed interest in examining their own lives by vicariously experiencing the events in this book through the eyes of my characters. While fantasy stories are typically set in an imagined past and science-fiction stories are typically set in an imagined future, these stories are set in a re-imagined present that sheds light on the spiritual dilemmas of our time. 6.(*For fictional titles only) What's the most distinctive thing about the main character? Who-real or fictional-would you say the character reminds you of? I affectionately refer to the characters in my book as my “Sugarvillains.” They aren't really bad people at all, but lost souls searching for meaning and dignity in their lives with sometimes comic, sometimes tragic results. All of the characters are based on people I've met in real life, but the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Web Site / Linkedin / Social Media Links: Website: http://www.jjhaasbooks.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jjhaasauthor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-haas-825133 Author Talk Show Interviews with authors about their journey of writing a book, the mission, story and what they learned during the process and more!

The shift to remote work is permanently affecting the way we do business, and having a secure place for meetings, documents, email, and collaboration is important for lawyers' day-to-day workflows. Microsoft Teams encompasses all of that, and more! Host Laurence Colletti talks with Josh Leporati and Ben Schorr about their TECHSHOW 2021 session aimed at helping lawyers grasp the rich collaboration possibilities available through their software. Josh Leporati works as a Senior Program Manager within the Customer Advocacy Group of Microsoft Teams Engineering. Ben Schorr is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft. Special thanks to Nota for sponsoring this episode.

The shift to remote work is permanently affecting the way we do business, and having a secure place for meetings, documents, email, and collaboration is important for lawyers’ day-to-day workflows. Microsoft Teams encompasses all of that, and more! Host Laurence Colletti talks with Josh Leporati and Ben Schorr about their TECHSHOW 2021 session aimed at helping lawyers grasp the rich collaboration possibilities available through their software. Josh Leporati works as a Senior Program Manager within the Customer Advocacy Group of Microsoft Teams Engineering. Ben Schorr is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft. Special thanks to Nota for sponsoring this episode.

I have been using Windows 10 for years now and I recently took the time to learn how to be more productive with it. There are lots of shortcuts and tools in Windows 10 that help me throughout the day. Do you also want to be more productive with Windows 10? Then check out my new Udemy course called Windows 10 Productivity Booster. Josh Duffney is an ex-SRE at Stack Overflow, Pluralsight author, former Microsoft MVP, and has recently joined Microsoft as a Senior Content Developer. After writing his first book, become Ansible, he decided to change the trajectory of his career to pursue a calling. He put down his pager to picked up the pen, changing his career from engineering to technical writing. Knowing his job isn't his career, he seeks to master his craft but without the sacrifice of his family or his performance at work. To do that he spends time reading, researching, and implementing habits of self-improvement and improved productivity. He lives by the mantra of "More hours isn't how you get ahead. Show resources:Josh's awesome website and blog: https://duffney.io/Sign up for Josh's newsletterBook: "Become Ansible"Pre-order the book "Reclaim"Follow Josh on TwitterBook: "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains"

Josh Duffney recently joined Microsoft as a Senior Content Developer. He wrote a book called "Become Ansible" and shares the story of how the book led to getting a job at one of the biggest organizations in technology. 

Are you struggling to decide whether your child should attend school in-person or remotely this fall? Join Exceptional Parenting Podcast host Stefanie Boucher and Eldercare Illuminated podcast host Lenore Tracey for an in-depth discussion about the considerations parents are facing for the 2020-21 school year. In this episode, we’ll provide:•An overview of the most common learning and attendance models taking shape right now•Practical suggestions about how to make the “best” decision for your family•How to let go of stress or guilt, no matter which path you take•Tips for how to make in-person learning safer for your childAbout Our Guests:Stefanie Boucher is Torchlight’s Senior Content Developer and host of the Exceptional Parenting Podcast. A writer and editor, she has spent nearly two decades producing multi-media content for children, parents, students and teachers while raising children in the midst of a fast-pace culture that won't stop moving. In her current role, she offers families practical strategies for modern parenting, including how to balance health and well-being with the allure and necessity of modern technology and life.Lenore Tracey is the Eldercare Practice Leader at Torchlight. For more than a decade, Lenore has been consulting and writing about caregiving issues, care for the caregiver, and family dynamics. She has contributed her expertise to long-term care content and website development for several government projects making eldercare information accessible to caregivers and individuals planning for their own futures. Lenore brings to her work deep personal experience as both a long-distance and local caregiver for elderly loved ones with Alzheimer's and other complex medical issues. She is a graduate of Tufts University.Outside Resources:School Decision-Making Tool for Parents, Caregivers, and Guardians: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/schools-childcare/back-to-school-decision-checklist.pdfCenter on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports: https://www.pbis.org/utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Q & A:https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions#39

Are you struggling to decide whether your child should attend school in-person or remotely this fall? Join Exceptional Parenting Podcast host Stefanie Boucher and Eldercare Illuminated podcast host Lenore Tracey for an in-depth discussion about the considerations parents are facing for the 2020-21 school year. In this episode, we’ll provide:•An overview of the most common learning and attendance models taking shape right now•Practical suggestions about how to make the “best” decision for your family•How to let go of stress or guilt, no matter which path you take•Tips for how to make in-person learning safer for your childAbout Our Guests:Stefanie Boucher is Torchlight’s Senior Content Developer and host of the Exceptional Parenting Podcast. A writer and editor, she has spent nearly two decades producing multi-media content for children, parents, students and teachers while raising children in the midst of a fast-pace culture that won't stop moving. In her current role, she offers families practical strategies for modern parenting, including how to balance health and well-being with the allure and necessity of modern technology and life.Lenore Tracey is the Eldercare Practice Leader at Torchlight. For more than a decade, Lenore has been consulting and writing about caregiving issues, care for the caregiver, and family dynamics. She has contributed her expertise to long-term care content and website development for several government projects making eldercare information accessible to caregivers and individuals planning for their own futures. Lenore brings to her work deep personal experience as both a long-distance and local caregiver for elderly loved ones with Alzheimer's and other complex medical issues. She is a graduate of Tufts University.Outside Resources:School Decision-Making Tool for Parents, Caregivers, and Guardians: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/schools-childcare/back-to-school-decision-checklist.pdfCenter on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports: https://www.pbis.org/utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Q & A:https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions#39

Show notes:Transcript:Last Week In .NET (for the week ending July 11th, 2020)Microsoft released details about Maui -- their codename for .NET 6.- .NET 6 is when Mono and .NET 5 aka .NET "Core" come together into a unified toolchain and platform, and they're calling it Maui. That's a bit on the nose, don't you think? Maui is the character from Moana that started, failed, stopped, started, failed, stopped, and started again and finally succeeded.Something that I'll end up writing a thousand times because naming is hard: .NET Core is now .NET 5; and .NET Framework and .NET 5 are different incompatible things. Somebody took the Java/JavaScript comparison a bit too far. In case you haven't heard that one, Java is to JavaScript like car is to carpet..NET finally succeeding in bringing together Mono and .NET will be a win for everyone. If you want cross-platform Mobile Applications using .NET, you're currently stuck with Xamarin Forms and Mono. And since .NET game developers rely on Unity, and unity relies on Mono, I'll be happy to see them finally be able to move to .NET 5; since .NET Core (now .NET 5) is a lot faster than the old Framework and Mono.The big news here is Xamarin Forms will now be a first class citizen in .NET; and cross platform Forms will now be possible. This is huge, if I'm reading it right. XAML is back too. Shout out to everyone who learned XAML only to be crushed by the demise of Silverlight. Let's all pour one out for Silverlight.Bill Wagner, a senior content developer for .NET at Microsoft -- wait, did they get rid of Developer Advocates? Isn't a Senior Content Developer just a Developer advocate? Is nothing safe from Microsoft's Marketing team? Anyway, Bill sat down and spoke on the podcast about... .NET 6 - Codename "Maui".Speaking of .NET 5, .NET Core 5 Preview 6 has been released. I'm also incrementing the "please move to calendar versioning" counter. This release fixes a number of issues, especially in EFCore and the .NET 5 SDK.F# updatesFor the five people that use F#, Apparently F# 5 Preview 6 is out. I'd like to thank the marketing team at Microsoft for having at least one language on the same version number as the platform now. The two holdouts are, C# which is at Version 9, and VB.NET, which is sitting at Version 16 . (which also apparently supports .NET Core? I'll have to dive in and see what this is like).This makes me happy because F# has always felt... well.. ignored by Microsoft. Seeing them get updates for NET 5 is great. Thank you Microsoft!EFCore UpdatesEntity Framework Core version 5.0 Preview 6 is out; and once again it feels like a few microsoft teams are all "Let's pin to the platform version", and others are like "screw that". #teamplatformversion .Anyway, from the blog post: This release includes split queries for related collections, a new “index” attribute, improved exceptions related to query translations, IP address mapping, exposing transaction id for correlation, and more.the interesting part to me is the 'index' attribute. This support has been in Entity Framework 6.2, and is now also in EFCore as of version 5.0. In Typical MSDN fashion the API's usage is an exercise for the reader.In the "This is scary but could be useful" department, EF Core 5 Preview 6 also released "Split Queries" support which previously existed in Entity Framework 6. Split Queries will emit separate DataReaders to retrieve data using the .Include method. On the one hand it makes query optimization easier; on the other hand it introduces a lot of magic: When you see "SplitQueryable", you now need to understand that you're hitting the database with separate queries. If you use Split Queries, let me know how you feel about them, but the DBA in me is nervous about consistency..NET Foundation Board Member ElectionsThe .NET Foundation nominations have concluded; and elections for Board Members are going to be held on July 21st. There are 6 board seats open.AND THE NOMINEES ARE (I've always wanted to say that): Ben Adams Bill Wagner Dennie Declercq Dhananjay Kumar Huei Feng Jamie Howarth Javier Lozano Jay Harris Jeff Strauss Jeffrey Chilberto Jerome Hardaway Joseph Guadagno Layla Porter Mitchel Sellers Rainer Stropek Rodney Littles, II Rodrigo Diaz Concha Shawn Wildermuth You can read about the nominees here: https://dotnetfoundation.org/about/election/candidates and best of luck to everyone who doesn't know what they're getting into.Stack Overflow Moderator ElectionsSpeaking of elections, Stack Overflow is holding elections for the first time after 37 moderators left the Stack Exchange Network with 4 Moderators leaving Stack Overflow during the great Moderator exodus of 2019. That is a sordid story best told on its own. Over wine. Lots of wine. If you want me to go deeper into that story in a future podcast, post a five star review on apple podcasts, or if you're reading this newsletter in its email form, reply with the question "how many times can a company shoot itself in the foot"?Anyway,Nominations close on 00:00 UTC on Monday, July 13th which translates to 8pm Eastern Daylight Time on July 12th. (I think. Date math is hard. Also I apologize to my past projects and teams for advocating for the display of UTC time to every user in the application. Save your user's sanity by storing dates in UTC, and displaying them in local time).WinGet / AppGet Debacle continuesDo you remember the time when Microsoft loved Keivan's work on AppGet, invited him out to Microsoft for an interview, ghosted him, copied several architectural features of his project and then the night before Build called him to tell him that they were releasing a competitor to his .NET open source project they were calling "WinGet"?No? Oh.Anyway, Keivan sat down to talk on FossBytes about AppGet and more. That's spelled bytes, not bites. Again, naming is hard. https://fossbytes.com/appget-developer-keivan-beigi-interview/I can appreciate the financial savvy exhibited here. Companies pay tens of thousands of dollars to someone who helped shave off months of development time. Microsoft got all that work for a steal. Typically this work pays well and is called consulting. But if you run an Open Source project, it's called "Thanks for the free work and $*#@ you".Hang on, my fact checker is telling me Microsoft, apparently in exchange for the months of design direction Keivan helped them knock off and the hundreds of developer hours saved through his work, was credited in a Readme file on the WinGet project on June 3rd, 2020.Way to go Microsoft.Keivan, Show that readme file to your landlord for 0% off of next month's rent!Pretty Fricking Cool Library Of the Week (PFCLotW)Have you heard of Polly? No, not Jennifer Aniston's character in that early 2000s hit romantic comedy. I'm talking about the open source library. Polly is meant to be used whenever you would make a network call to another service (internal or external). If you cross a network boundary, you want to wrap that call in something like Polly. You could, of course, re-invent the Circuit breaker pattern, but then you'd have to maintain it. Save electricity. Save the Earth. Use Polly instead. (This is not a sponsored ad. I just really like Polly).And that's what happened Last Week in .NET (technically the last 2 weeks, but July 4th was a holiday and nobody kept up with what happened the week before July 4th either). I'm George Stocker, and I help .NET Teams double their productivity. I won't tell you how though because you'll think I'm a member of the TDD Cult. I am not. But TDD can help your team save time, money, and result in a workday where you actually get to leave at 5pm. Visit www.doubleyourproductivity.io to learn more.If you liked this Newsletter, please forward it to your friends and ask them to subscribe at www.lastweekin.net. If you hated it, please forward it to your enemies.

Today’s guest is Iain Foulds — a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, focused on Azure technologies. He has spent more than a decade in the field as an engineer building and running virtualization environments, including Cloud solutions. Since 2014 at Microsoft, Iain has been supporting and enabling customers to successfully run workloads in Azure. He is also the author of the book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, which gets readers up and running quickly by teaching them the most important tasks and concepts and tasks about Azure in 21 practical bite-sized lessons.   In this episode, Iain takes listeners through the basics of learning Azure and some of the fantastic content in his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, which is now on its second edition. Iain highlights some of the key decision points, clears up common misunderstandings, gives actionable tips, and provides further recommendations on where to learn more. Tune in to get up to date on learning Azure!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:47] About today’s guest, Iain Foulds. [1:29] Jeffrey welcomes Iain to the podcast! [1:39] Iain speaks about his career journey and how he has ended up in his current role at Microsoft. [3:23] Iain speaks about the genesis of his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, and gives an overview of what it covers. [5:14] Part 4 of Iain’s book is titled “The Cool Stuff” — what is the cool stuff? [6:41] Under Part 4, one of the chapters is on Azure automation. What are the cliff notes? [8:35] Iain gives the taxonomy of the terms playbook and runbook, and explains how they relate to each other. [16:41] Iain speaks about the decision points on where to store a credential in relation to securing information with Azure Key Vault. [19:01] Iain gives his thought process on the team workflow of Azure Key Vault vs. things like LastPass. [20:32] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [20:58] Jeffrey gives some quick announcements. [22:47] Iain clears up some common misunderstandings and misconceptions about Azure networking basics. [25:46] How does Iain advise people on making decisions around resource governance? [28:44] Are there downsides to the side of the spectrum where you have a lot of subscriptions but only one or two resource groups per subscription? [30:25] Iain speaks about the changes that are coming to the second edition of his book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches! [31:49] Iain speaks about the content he develops at Microsoft. [33:05] Iain gives his recommendations on further learning about Azure. [34:36] About the early access program for his book on Manning Publications. [36:01] Does Iain have any go-to methods or recommendations for clearing out his subscriptions? [38:23] Jeffrey thanks Iain for joining this week’s episode!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Iain Foulds’ Twitter @Fouldsy Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, by Iain Foulds Azure Key Vault LastPassDocs.Microsoft.com  Microsoft Learn   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Is your child begging for his or her first social media account? Has your son or daughter recently signed up for Instagram, SnapChat, TikTok or Facebook? If so, you may have a myriad of questions. What is the “right” age to allow my child to be on social media? How do I know if s/he is ready? Have I fully prepared him to be a good digital citizen? How do I keep her safe? And, of course, what should I do if I regret my decision?Tune in and listen as Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher, discusses how she is addressing these pressing questions within her family. In this episode she’ll discuss the pros and cons of children participating in social media, provide honest questions that parents can ask themselves to help determine readiness, and suggest simple strategies for coaching our children as they step into the world of social media.---Stefanie Boucher is Torchlight’s Senior Content Developer and host of the Exceptional Parenting Podcast. A writer, editor, and journalist, she has spent nearly two decades producing multi-media content for children, parents, students and teachers while simultaneously raising her own tech-savvy kids in the midst of a changing media landscape. In her current role at Torchlight, she offers families practical strategies for modern parenting, including how to balance health and well-being with the allure and necessity of modern technology and life.

Is your child begging for his or her first social media account? Has your son or daughter recently signed up for Instagram, SnapChat, TikTok or Facebook? If so, you may have a myriad of questions. What is the “right” age to allow my child to be on social media? How do I know if s/he is ready? Have I fully prepared him to be a good digital citizen? How do I keep her safe? And, of course, what should I do if I regret my decision?Tune in and listen as Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher, discusses how she is addressing these pressing questions within her family. In this episode she’ll discuss the pros and cons of children participating in social media, provide honest questions that parents can ask themselves to help determine readiness, and suggest simple strategies for coaching our children as they step into the world of social media.---Stefanie Boucher is Torchlight’s Senior Content Developer and host of the Exceptional Parenting Podcast. A writer, editor, and journalist, she has spent nearly two decades producing multi-media content for children, parents, students and teachers while simultaneously raising her own tech-savvy kids in the midst of a changing media landscape. In her current role at Torchlight, she offers families practical strategies for modern parenting, including how to balance health and well-being with the allure and necessity of modern technology and life.

Keeping the consumer informed about the market and where it’s going is one of the most valuable things we can bring to the table as an agent. How do we make sure we present this data and information in a way clients can understand and retain? Why is it important to focus on more than just our local markets? Where are home prices headed as we get into a new year? On this episode, I’m joined by Keeping Current Matters VP of Content, Sales & Marketing, David Childers, and Senior Content Developer Morgan Tranquist to share why it’s important for us to stay current with what’s happening in the market, wherever we are.   Powerful, relevant visuals give clients the best opportunity to understand what is going on and the nuances of the real estate market. -David Childers, Keeping Current Matters   Takeaways + Tactics When someone is thinking of buying or selling a house, they pay more attention to the news. We have to connect the dots between national and local. Acknowledge what the buyer/seller has heard and then drill it down to their locality. When demonstrated visually, retention of a concept goes up significantly. Have the heart of a teacher, not a salesman.   At the start of the show, David shared how KCM got started and how they’ve set the bar high for helping agents become experts on the market and win more opportunities and listings. Next, we talked about the importance of visuals and how the downturn created a lot of misinformation and paralysis. We also discussed: The importance of connecting local and national market knowledge Why we should be encouraged by where housing prices are going As real estate professionals, our jobs aren’t done until our clients are truly informed. We aren’t salespeople— we should be teachers first and foremost. We have to be willing to take the time in every presentation to teach our clients. It’s our responsibility to stay up-to-date with the market and present the data in a visually appealing way so it really sticks with the client. Local knowledge simply isn’t enough. It’s crucial to be aware of what’s happening nationally, and still relate it to the local market.   Guest Bios David is the VP of Content, Sales & Marketing and Morgan is a Senior Content Developer at Keeping Current Matters. To get a free 14-day trial, go to https://trykcm.com/luxury . To read their highly informative blog, go to http://kcmblog.com/.

Maira Wenzel is a senior content developer on the .NET team. She is the content lead for .NET Core and .NET Framework documentation and she runs one of Microsoft's open source projects at https://github.com/dotnet/docs. Learn how she joined Microsoft and how she kept things interesting by trying new career paths.GALs is a show about the women who work in Tech (at Microsoft or outside) from three ladies that currently work on the Channel 9 team. Golnaz Alibeigi, Soumow Atitallah, and Kaitlin McKinnon have started a new series featuring women in Tech who work in development, management, marketing and research who have interesting stories to share about their success in the industry and ideas on how to grow diversity in IT.Follow @CH9Follow @Golnaz89Follow @Mairacw or Instagram @mairaw

Maira Wenzel is a senior content developer on the .NET team. She is the content lead for .NET Core and .NET Framework documentation and she runs one of Microsoft's open source projects at https://github.com/dotnet/docs. Learn how she joined Microsoft and how she kept things interesting by trying new career paths.GALs is a show about the women who work in Tech (at Microsoft or outside) from three ladies that currently work on the Channel 9 team. Golnaz Alibeigi, Soumow Atitallah, and Kaitlin McKinnon have started a new series featuring women in Tech who work in development, management, marketing and research who have interesting stories to share about their success in the industry and ideas on how to grow diversity in IT.Follow @CH9Follow @Golnaz89Follow @Mairacw or Instagram @mairaw

In this episode of #MindOverMatterPod, I spoke with Erin Ashley Simon of Cycle Media. Erin is a Senior Content Developer for Cycle. We spoke on the process of developing good content, her new career move from Revolt TV to Cycle, why having a large number of followers doesn’t translate to high engagement, and more. Please press play and enjoy this episode. You can follow Erin on the following social media networks: Twitter - @erinasimon Instagram - @erinasimon You can also find me on the following social media networks: Twitter - @kingnaj Twitter - @MindOvrMatter_ Instagram - @kingnaj

Microsoft products assist lawyers daily in document review and communication. In this episode of New Solo, host Adriana Linares talks to Ben Schorr, senior content developer at Microsoft, about the different tools Microsoft provides and how they lend themselves to a successful law firm. Their conversation includes Microsoft Office 365, OneDrive, and Outlook. They also discuss resources you can use to learn even more about Microsoft products. Ben Schorr is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft. He was a Microsoft MVP for more than 19 years and involved with management and technology for more than 25. Special thanks to our sponsors, Clio, Answer1, PerfectIt, and Unbundled Attorney

In this episode of AgileNEXT, Bill Wagner, Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, joins Daniel and Stephen and talks to us about Agile and the Agile ecosystem. Some topics include: Is Agile too process focused today? Using Agile on a massive worldwide open-source project Agile outside of IT Building the open-source nonprofit Humanitarian Toolbox AgileNEXT

Janice and Cory speak with Rob Lunde, Senior Content Developer in the Exhibits Department at Science World, about Science World’s current feature exhibition TOP SECRET: LICENSE TO SPY.