We give you a comical, yet serious escape from reality through the power of storytelling in our Dungeons & Dragons podcast.
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The Azure DevOps Podcast is a show for developers and devops professionals shipping software using Microsoft technologies. Each show brings you hard-hitting interviews with industry experts innovating better methods and sharing success stories. Listen in to learn how to increase quality, ship quickly, and operate well. Hosted by Jeffrey Palermo and sponsored by Clear Measure, Inc.
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A podcast & radio show about words: writers, readers, books, poetry, lyrics, scripts, comedy, illustrators, agents & all things wordy.
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Welcome to Business To Business Synergy - The Power Partners USA Podcast – your exclusive guide to discovering the potential of B2B partnerships. Our goal is to empower you with invaluable insights, ideas, resources and real-world success stories that showcase the potential of Power Partners USA. Through compelling interviews, we explore how Power Partners effectively market their services, attract the right professionals, and nurture enduring relationships that yield repeat and referral bus ...
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Craig Loewen: Windows Subsystem for Linux - Episode 307
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Craig Loewen has had a love for technology ever since he was a child and has grown passionate about building things that empower people. From constructing his own quadcopter for photography to delivering developer tools that aid developers in driving technological innovation, he has done it all. As a product manager at Microsoft, he is responsible …
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Damian Brady: GitHub Copilot - Episode 306
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Damian Brady is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub. He’s a developer, speaker, and author specializing in DevOps, MLOps, developer process, and software architecture. Formerly a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft for four years, and before that, a dev at Octopus Deploy and a Microsoft MVP, he has a 25-year background in software development and consulti…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 45 - Betty
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes continue their journey. They stop by Tenos to pay a visit and check in on Gedi. AND THERE'S A GUEST STAR?! https://linktr.ee/AlmostDnD Our Sponsors: https://canadiandice.ca Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://www.chaoticstudios.ca/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://mistymountaingaming.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 1…
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Developer Experience in Windows 11 with Kayla Cinnamon - Episode 305
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Kayla Cinnamon is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft working on the developer experience in Windows. This includes Dev Home and PowerToys. Kayla formerly worked on Windows Terminal and Cascadia Code, which is the font you all use inside Visual Studio. She holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute wit…
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23. IGF Archer-Amish Award for Literature
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23. Announcing the new IGF Archer-Amish Award for Literature: We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan hear from bestselling authors and prize judges Jeffrey Archer & Amish Tripathi about the new IGF (India Global Forum) Archer-Amish Award for Literature. The prize is $25,000 & it's not just for Indians - but listen carefully to hear the …
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Mitch Denny: .NET Aspire Architecture - Episode 304
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Mitch is a Principal Software Engineer on the .NET Cloud team working on .NET Aspire and ASP.NET Core. Previously Mitch has worked on Azure services, the Azure SDK, and Azure DevOps. Topics of Discussion: [2:46] Mitch’s career journey in the Microsoft ecosystem. [5:46] What makes it .NET Aspire vs. .NET8? [6:16] .NET Aspire focuses on seamless inte…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 44 - Because I Said So
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes contend with the Amrycorrians and the "justice" about to be dolled out to the captured Xandarians! https://linktr.ee/AlmostDnD Our Sponsors: https://canadiandice.ca Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://www.chaoticstudios.ca/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://mistymountaingaming.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 10% off! …
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Étienne Tremblay: Setting up for DevOps properly - Episode 303
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As the president of Tegaaa Solutions, a DevOps consulting firm, Étienne helps clients achieve optimal performance and efficiency in their software development processes. With over 30 years of IT experience and 20 years of Microsoft specialization, he has the skills and knowledge to provide tailored solutions for any DevOps challenge. He is passiona…
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Commercial Real Estate Uncovered: Insights from Jeffrey Hakim
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Send us Text Message Shout Out! Show Notes, Chapters and Timestamps Tune in for a deep dive into the essentials of commercial real estate and discover strategies for making informed decisions about your business space. In our 12th B2B Synergy Podcast episode, host Alan Armijo introduces PPUSA member Jeffrey Hakim, owner of Centric Partners. Jeffrey…
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Martin Hinshelwood: Migration Azure DevOps Server to the Cloud - Episode 302
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Martin is a passionate agile leader with a track record of inspiring, encouraging, and igniting momentum. Featured speaker, author, and industry thought leader, Martin has a strong track record of helping organizations build a vision and execute evolutionary and revolutionary change. His deep technical knowledge, business insight, and experience dr…
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22. Jaipur Literature Festival London 2024
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22. We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Jonathan Kennedy interview stars of Indian & Irish literature and film making at the 2024 Jaipur Literature Festival at the British Library in London. (It's possible that Paul repeatedly referred to it as the Jaipur Literary Festival, but let's not quibble.) We hear from the man who is at every Indian gather…
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Scott Forsyth: Gen AI or Generative Artificial Intelligence - Episode 301
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Scott has spent over 25 years in the IT field, working in disciplines such as systems architecture, software development, team growth, and entrepreneurship. He was a Microsoft MVP for 12 years in ASP.NET and IIS. He’s co-authored two books (IIS 7 and IIS 8 Professional), is a Pluralsight author, and has spoken at various conferences, code camps, an…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 43 - Where's Ideg?
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes seek out Ideg to make sure their old friend is ok. https://linktr.ee/AlmostDnD Our Sponsors: https://canadiandice.ca Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://www.chaoticstudios.ca/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://mistymountaingaming.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 10% off! https://manyworldstavern.com/ Enter "almostdnd" …
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21. Khushwant Singh Lit Fest: Indian, Pakistani & Bangladeshi authors
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21. Khushwant Singh Lit Fest: Indian, Pakistani & Bangladeshi authors - In this special We'd Like A Word India episode at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, co-hosts Paul Waters & Jonathan Kennedy (standing in for Stevyn Colgan) hear ideas from top authors of fiction, non-fiction, memoir & poetry & other experts. WARNING - one of our interviewe…
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Jim Leonardo: Leading Software Teams - Episode 300
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Jim has been building solutions for clients in the cloud on Microsoft Azure since 2012 and building solutions in general for 20 years or more. Now, he heads up information technology for biBerk Insurance, overseeing both software development and IT operations. Most of Jim’s experience is in consulting or enterprise with a few forays into product de…
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The Importance of Managed Services and Cybersecurity with Ivan Fernandez
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Send us Text Message Shout Out! SHOW NOTES: In this episode, host Alan Armijo chats with Ivan Fernandez, owner of SPN Networks, a Managed Services IT provider. Ivan discusses the customer service excellence instilled in their employees, the role of 'charm school' in training technicians, and the services they offer including network upgrades, cyber…
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The Fate of the Fie - Episode 42 - "Where's El Prez?"
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https://linktr.ee/AlmostDnD Our Sponsors: https://canadiandice.ca Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://www.chaoticstudios.ca/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://mistymountaingaming.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 10% off! https://manyworldstavern.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 10% off! https://easyrollerdice.com/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! The The…
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Ted Neward: Managing A Software Engineering Department - Episode 299
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Ted Neward is sometimes referred to as “The Dude of Software,” owing to both his remarkable (some say frightening) resemblance to the Jeff Bridges character from “The Big Lebowski,” and his ordination as a Dudeist Minister of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, but he’s also been called the ”Dr. Gregory House of Software,” owing to his tendency to p…
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20. John Hegley at Milton's Cottage, poetry & music
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20. John Hegley at Milton's Cottage: The BBC radio & Edinburgh Fringe favourite, British national treasure, poet, musician & comedian, John Hegley joins We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan to perform & chat in front of an intimate live audience inside Milton's Cottage in Chalfont St Giles, where John Milton wrote his epic poem Paradi…
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Dan Garfield: GitOps with Kubernetes - Episode 298
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Dan Garfield is the Co-founder of Codefresh, a CI/CD platform powered by GitOps and Argo now acquired by Octopus Deploy. As the VP Open Source and Argo Maintainer, he works primarily on Argo CD and Argo Rollouts. He helped create the GitOps Working Group and Open GitOps Principles. He helped create the most popular GitOps certification with Argo CD…
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Beyond Finances: Mapping Your Retirement Journey with Pauline Field
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Send us Text Message Shout Out! This 10th episode of the B2B Synergy, Power Partners USA Podcast interviews Pauline Field, a retirement coach and owner of PaulineField.com. Pauline delves into her services, which include personal and group coaching aimed at planning a fulfilling retirement. She addresses the common concerns people have about retire…
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Richard Campbell: The Future of Software - Episode 297
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Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry on both the hardware and software sides, development, and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013, and was on the board of directors of Telerik, which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014. Today, he …
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 41 - The Battle for Amrycorr
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes attempt to liberate Amrycorr from Xandarian tyranny! https://linktr.ee/AlmostDnD Our Sponsors: https://canadiandice.ca Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! https://www.chaoticstudios.ca/ Enter "almostdnd" for 15% off! The Theme Song is: The Red Dragon's Inn by Derek and Brandon Fiechter https://dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/ The bac…
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Philip Japikse: Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8 - Episode 296
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An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD, and PST, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 35 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005 as well as a Professional Scrum Trainer. Phil has taken over the bes…
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Our Innovative B2B Networking Model: Insights into Power Partners USA
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Send us Text Message Shout Out! Show Notes, Chapters & Timestamps We discuss Power Partners USA's innovative networking model, which combines marketing expertise and technology to facilitate B2B connections without frequent in-person meetings. Learn about Power Partner's inception, differentiation from traditional groups, and unique features like t…
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Brady Gaster: .NET Cloud Native - Episode 295
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Brady Gaster is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team at Microsoft where he works on Orleans, SignalR, microservices, APIs, and integration with Azure service teams in hopes of making it exciting for developers who work on .NET apps to party in the cloud! Topics of Discussion: [2:49] Brady’s career highlights and how throwi…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 40 - Meeting with Levyataan
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes follow through with Rethos's plan to meet with Levyataan, the great dragon-turtle, Protector of Terra!By Almost D&D
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Raziel is the Senior Vice President of Codefresh at Octopus Deploy. He is an entrepreneur, technology enthusiast, and software developer at heart. He is the Founder of Codefresh and is passionate about accelerating the way software is disrupting our day-to-day life by simplifying the way we deploy applications. Topics of Discussion: [2:23] When Raz…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 39 - Downtime
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes return from Domisa and decompress a bit in this fun filled episode!By Almost D&D
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Episode 8 Part 2 - Inside Bankruptcy Law: Insights and Conversations with Mark Forsythe
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Send us Text Message Shout Out! Part 2 Show Notes Welcome to Part 2 of Marc Forsythe's B2B Synergy podcast. Marc continues our discussion on various aspects of bankruptcy law, including litigation in bankruptcy cases, the process of assessing a bankruptcy case, common misconceptions about bankruptcy law, and the importance of seeking professional a…
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Glenn Condron: .NET Web Development - Episode 293
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Glenn is a Principal Product Manager for the App Platform team within the Developer Division at Microsoft, focusing on .NET. Before joining Microsoft, Glenn was a developer in Australia where he worked on software for various government departments. Topics of Discussion: [2:47] Glenn’s career path. [6:33] The old .NET vs the new .NET. [8:09] .NET w…
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The Fate of the Five - Episode 38 - A Lively Altercation
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Our 3 brave and wise heroes attempt to convince Nordove Jenwalyn that she is on the wrong side of the fight!By Almost D&D
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Richard Hundhausen: Product Ownership - Episode 292
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Richard Hundhausen helps software organizations and teams deliver better products by understanding and leveraging Azure DevOps and Scrum. He is a Professional Scrum Trainer, Professional Scrum Developer, author of Professional Scrum with Azure DevOps (MS Press), and co-creator of the Nexus Scaled Scrum framework. As a software developer and consult…
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19. Book cover design with Mark Ecob (Part 1)
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19. Mark Ecob on book cover design (part 1): The award-winning book cover designer, Mark Ecob, aka Mecob, tells We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan how he does it. We also talk about in this 3 part episode: Ben Okri & Tiger Work, Alexander McCall Smith, Piers Torday, sustainable publishing & the Society of Authors, Roald Dahl, Amazon…
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