RH Summit 2014: James Kirkland, King of Things

Dave & Gunnar Show

Dave chats with James Kirkland, Red Hat’s undisputed Internet of Things expert, with a cameo from Jan Mark Holzer.

• Canadians pronounce RHEL wrong.
• The Chatsworth train collision got Positive Train Control started. They’re using AMQP.
• Injury, death!
• Canadians pronounce routers wrong.
• Why REST isn’t the only answer.
• How messaging works in electrical grids (this is where Gunnar gets jealous he wasn’t on the line)
• Most smart meters use MQTT. Yes, we support it.
• Bosch Connected World 2014
• Snowden jokes!
• Robot freight trucks. They’re coming, and they’re uninsurable.
• Lee Congdon kicked us out of the room.
• Docker + IoT: using containers to deliver applications to a standardized, embedded platform.
• and don’t forget better app density in SWAP environments
• Personal privacy and aggregate privacy as two different things
• “Enterprization” of the control tier, getting professionalized and formally supported by an IT-like organization
• Look for ARM64 on there, with containers
  • ARM64 on Fedora



• Ob Raspberry Pi mention


• Configuration Drift


• New AMQ Release: AMQP, HA without shared storage


• Devnation: it was great.


• How to Learn in Your Sleep


• James’ advice for the road, and for life: wants you to cultivate your Zen nature. Also, don’t be afraid to ask if you need something.


• App Choices
  • Get TripIt Pro.
  • CamScanner.



• Dave suggest leaving a Google Hangout with your whole family open, so you can update your family on what’s going on.


• Everybody’s child is in FRC, which is not an isolationist movement.


• ENDORSED: Minecraft Mods for kids