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Here's a current list of ready to go CFPs and/or abstracts that I can speak to at a moments notice.
Ascension nurse: Ransomware attack makes caring for hospital patients ‘so, so dangerous’
Date: 2024-05-21
Source: Ascension nurse: Ransomware attack makes caring for hospital patients ‘so, so dangerous’
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DevOps Dispatch - Comms in contributor communities with Chris Short
Laura chats with Chris Short, co-lead of the Kubernetes contributor comms group, about helping the contributor community keep up with the news.
A lot of information flows in a large contributor community like the Kubernetes contributor community. From events to code freezes to new deprecations, keeping on top of all of the data is difficult. Enter contributor communications, or contributor comms for short, a group focused on getting the word out about anything and everything in easily understandable, easily consumable formats. Live from the KubeCon EU 2023 show floor, Laura chats with Chris Short, co-lead of the Kubernetes contributor comms group, about helping the contributor community keep up with the news and how to build up communities in general.
Date: 2023-04-20
Source: DevOps Dispatch - Comms in contributor communities with Chris Short
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KBE Insider (E17) - Chris Short
We kick-off 2023 with our guest and former co-host of KBE Insider, Chris Short, Sr. Developer Advocate at AWS. We’ll get updates on upcoming community events such as the Kubernetes Contributors Summit in Europe as well as KubeCon Europe, and we’ll learn more about how you can participate. Chris will also update us on the Kubernetes Contributors Communications project and why this is an important initiative for the community, especially for non-code contributors!
Date: 2023-01-31
Source: KBE Insider (E17) - Chris Short Download: MP4
KBE Insider Detroit - Chris Short, AWS
We catch up with Chris Short, Sr. Developer Advocate at AWS, in his hometown while in Motor City for KubeCon Detroit. This fun car ride covers talk on tech bags and local Detroit tidbits to the importance of contributing to open source. Chris shares what he’s been up to at AWS, CNCF, and gives a few shout-outs to some folks who have made a difference in the community that you may not know of yet, so watch this episode and learn more!
Date: 2022-11-26
Source: KBE Insider - Detroit
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How Do We Protect the Software Supply Chain?
In this episode of The New Stack Makers podcast, Aeva Black of Microsoft and Chris Short of AWS say more action — and automation — is needed.
Date: 2022-11-08
Source: How Do We Protect the Software Supply Chain? — The New Stack
Screaming in the Cloud: Episode 374 — Kubernetes and OpenGitOps with Chris Short
Today Corey sits down with Chris Short, a senior Developer Advocate at AWS. They begin by commiserating on the process of writing and releasing their respective newsletters, and then they discuss EKS, billing, and some of AWS’s open source projects. Chris goes into detail about the new project he has co-chaired, OpenGitOps. Corey and Chris talk about GitOps and configuration management, and conclude their time with a discussion about connectivity and Tailscale.
Date: 2022-07-14
Source: Kubernetes and OpenGitOps with Chris Short - Last Week in AWS Podcast
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✨#adventcado of the day✨
Date: 2021-12-15
Source: Developer Avocados - Chris Short
Roaring Elephant: CI/CD with Chris Short (2/2)
We’re joined by Chris Short from Red Hat to discuss the ins and outs of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
Date: 2020-10-12
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The CloudCast: Learning Streaming from the Experts
Chris Short (@chrisshort, Technical Marketing @RedHat, @CNCF Ambassador) talks about how to deliver compelling technical learning via streaming services, how to engage audiences and communities, and how to improve virtual events.
Date: 2020-09-30
Source: Learning Streaming from the Experts
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Devchat.tv DevOps 049: DevOps, Open Source, and OpenShift with Chris Short
In this episode of Adventures in DevOps, Chris Short joins us this week for another episode where we discuss OpenShift and the new OpenShift.tv streaming media channel he has been orchestrating for the past few months since conferences and client site visits have been nixed.
Date: 2020-09-25
Source: DevOps 049: DevOps, Open Source, and OpenShift with Chris Short
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Chris Short: K8s Release Team - Cloud Native Computing Foundation - NVIDIA to buy Arm for $40B - Oracle and TikTok - OpenShift TV - Walmart Brings Back Gateway Computers
Date: 2020-09-14
Source: Tech Breakfast Podcast - Chris Short
Security, Open Links and BIG AW$ Bills [Chris Short, Aug 11]
Discussion about how a series of issues including leaving large files publicly accessible lead to over $2500 in AWS charges in 24 hours! We discuss how it happened and what you can do to prevent it.
Date: 2020-08-11
Source: Security, Open Links and BIG AW$ Bills [Chris Short, Aug 11]
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The 20 Best Podcasts About All Things Tech
“As mentioned in Popular Mechanics”
The August 20, 2019 episode, “The Infrastructure Effect: COBOL and GO” is not only fascinating, but it’s relevant today. COBOL has been used for at least 60 years to support industries, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that hasn’t changed. Chris Short describes how learning COBOL was seen as a safe long-term bet. Emphasis mine
Date: 2020-06-06
Source: Popular Mechanics: The 20 Best Podcasts About All Things Tech
Carving out a Cloud Native Culture in Established Organizations
Cornelia Davis, Chief Technology Officer at Weaveworks: “What I thought we’d talk about today is how organizations can get better at doing software. We want to get better at building it, releasing it and having more resilient systems and all of those things. One of the big categories is DevOps and it is one of the things that we’re applying to make some progress on. Chris, you do a great deal in the DevOps arena. Can you give us a definition of DevOps?”
Date: 2020-05-20
Source: Podcast - Carving out a Cloud Native Culture in Established Organizations
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Chris Short from Red Hat talks Operators and Kubernetes
Date: 2020-05-02
Source: L8istSh9y Podcast: Chris Short from Red Hat talks Operators and Kubernetes
Blog Post: Talking Operators on L8ist Sh9y Podcast
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[DevOpsSpeakeasy Podcast] S01E07: Chris Short on Openshift, K8S Operators, and kubectl pronunciation
In this episode of the DevOps Speakeasy podcast, Kat(@Dixie3Flatline) and Baruch(@jbaruch) interviewed Chris Short(@ChrisShort), the author of the DevOps’ish newsletter and podcast and a CNCF Ambassador about OpenShift, Kubernetes Operators, how to pronounce kubectl and what’s not!
Date: 2020-03-31
Source: [DevOpsSpeakeasy Podcast] S01E07: Chris Short on Openshift, K8S Operators, and kubectl pronunciation
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Migrating applications to containers and Kubernetes: 5 best practices
Let’s examine key considerations for migrating existing applications to containers and Kubernetes, according to experts
Date: 2020-03-04
Source: Migrating applications to containers and Kubernetes: 5 best practices
7 best practices: Building applications for containers and Kubernetes
Let’s examine key considerations for building new applications specifically for containers and Kubernetes, according to cloud-native experts
Date: 2020-03-02
Source: 7 best practices: Building applications for containers and Kubernetes
Red Hat’s Chris Short On Redirecting A War Vet’s Energy To Lifelong Learning & Technical Leadership
Does he wish more military vets would get into DevOps? “Yes,” Short says, “but I wish the DevOps community would be more embracing of military members. I remember when I first got out I had 11 years of experience from everything from the satellite down to the laptop I had some idea of how it worked and all the software between. All that meant nothing because it said U.S. Air Force on my resume, because I wasn’t from a traditional college path. Or I got the stereotype that you only know how to follow instructions or are a slightly educated monkey.”
Date: 2019-11-29
Source: Red Hat’s Chris Short On Redirecting A War Vet’s Energy To Lifelong Learning & Technical Leadership
DevOps Speakeasy at Kubecon San Diego 2019
DevOps Speakeasy at Kubecon San Diego 2019 with Chris Short on all things DevOps – what it is, what it is not, how to do it right and how it is inevitable, so you’d better get onboard!
Date: 2019-11-21
Source: DevOps Speakeasy at Kubecon San Diego 2019: Chris Short on DevOps!
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The Intersection of DevOps and Kubernetes
Brian talks with Chris Short (@ChrisShort, Technical Marketing @RedHat, CNCF Ambassador, writes at DevOps’ish) about DevOps 10th birthday, how Kubernetes helps DevOps, and the exciting news that Chris will be co-hosting PodCTL.
Date: 2019-11-08
Source: The Intersection of DevOps and Kubernetes
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How to explain DevOps in plain English
Having trouble boiling DevOps and all it encompasses down to a sound bite? Here are a few simple definitions and analogies that will help explain DevOps, even to non-techies
Date: 2019-08-21
Source: How to explain DevOps in plain English
Command Line Heroes — The Infrastructure Effect: COBOL and Go
Languages used for IT infrastructure don’t have expiration dates. COBOL’s been around for 60 years—and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. We maintain billions of lines of classic code for mainframes. But we’re also building new infrastructures for the cloud in languages like Go.
COBOL was a giant leap for computers to make industries more efficient. Chris Short describes how learning COBOL was seen as a safe long-term bet. Sixty years later, there are billions of lines of COBOL code that can’t easily be replaced—and few specialists who know the language. Ritika Trikha explains that something must change: Either more people must learn COBOL, or the industries that rely on it have to update their codebase. Both choices are difficult. But the future isn’t being written in COBOL. Today’s IT infrastructure is built in the cloud—and a lot of it is written in Go. Carmen Hernández Andoh shares how Go’s designers wanted a language more suited for the cloud. And Kelsey Hightower points out that languages are typically hyper-focused for one task. But they’re increasingly open and flexible.
Date: 2019-08-20
Source: Command Line Heroes Season 3: The Infrastructure Effect
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Transcript: PDF
CloudSkills.fm 030: Cloud Native Ops with Ansible and Kubernetes
In this episode I had a chance to chat with Chris Short from the Ansible team at RedHat. We discuss Ansible, Kubernetes, and the importance of building up your Linux skills as the industry transitions into a cloud native world. Chris is also a CNCF Ambassador and runs the DevOps, Cloud Native, and open source focused newsletter DevOps’ish.
Date: 2019-07-17
Source: 030: Cloud Native Ops with Ansible and Kubernetes
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DevOps for introverted people
We asked the Opensource.com DevOps team to talk about their experience as DevOps introverts and to give DevOps extroverts some advice. Here are their answers.
Date: 2019-07-11
Source: DevOps for introverted people
DevOps for doubters: How to deal with 9 kinds of people who push back
Are certain people clinging to the old ways of working? Here’s how to identify them – and get them on board with your DevOps efforts
Date: 2019-07-02
Source: DevOps for doubters: How to deal with 9 kinds of people who push back
Digital Anarchist, JFrog SwampUP 2019
Date: 2019-06-19
Source: Chris Short, Red Hat | JFrog SwampUp 2019 | Digital Anarchist
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China, Huawei and the future of global technology
How will Chinese companies like Huawei affect the future of cyber security? How does our relationship with China affect the open source community and the future of AI? These are big questions for big thinkers like Chris Short.
Chris runs the newsletter DevOpsish and is also a Principal Product Marketing Manager for Redhat. In this episode, Chris and Ledge discuss the fundamental differences between Chinese and US internet, the technological, legal, and contractual hoops companies jump through in order to tap into a Chinese market, and a breakdown on how Huawei could shape the tech landscape in years to come.
Date: 2019-05-28
Source: China, Huawei and the future of global technology — The Frontier Podcast — Episode 61
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Transcript: PDF
7 advantages of open source for agile teams
Date: 2019-04-26
Source: 7 advantages of open source for agile teams
Open source and agile and DevOps teams go hand-in-hand. Here’s a look at the benefits
The Tim Show — DevOps’ish with Chris Short — Newsletterers
In the inaugural episode of the Newsletterers series, I sat down with Tim Hildred who runs the podcast, The Tim Show. We discussed the DevOps’ish newsletter, everything it takes to put it together, the challenges faced, and the ‘why’ behind DevOps’ish.
Date: 2019-04-25
Source: DevOps’ish with Chris Short – Newsletterers – The Tim Show – S02E01
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The Cloud Pod — Episode 16: This week in the cloud blob
AWS Summit Season 2019 is officially underway. Justin, Peter and special guest Chris Short @chrisshort. Plus the famous lightning round.
Date: 2019-03-29
Source: Episode 16: This week in the cloud blob
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DevOps Defined — What is Kubernetes?
Want to understand what the deal is with Kubernetes and why so many companies love it? Check with this first installment of DevOps Defined in which Chris Short (K8’s SME) breaks it down and explain why you should invest in Kubernetes knowledge to ensure a successful future DevOps career.
Date: 2019-01-11
Source: DevOps Defined - What is Kubernetes?
On-Call Nightmares Podcast: Episode 3
Chris Short has been a proponent of open source solutions throughout his over two decades in various IT disciplines including systems, security, networks, and DevOps engineering and advocacy across the public and private sectors. He currently works on the Ansible team at Red Hat. Chris is a partially disabled US Air Force veteran living with his wife and son in Greater Metro Detroit. Chris writes about DevOps and other topics at chrisshort.net. He also runs the DevOps, Cloud Native, and open source focused newsletter DevOps’ish.
Date: 2018-12-27
Source: On-Call Nightmares Podcast — Episode 3 - Chris Short - Red Hat
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Business Travel Life: Chris Short
Date: 2018-09-28
Source: Business Travel Life: Chris Short
7 leadership skills that will make or break your DevOps transformation
Date: 2018-09-24
Source: 7 leadership skills that will make or break your DevOps transformation
Product Marketing - Food Fight Show
A conversation with Chris Short (@chrisshort) and Julian Dunn (@julian_dunn) about the role of Product Marketing Managers.
Date: 2018-08-10
Source: Product Marketing Management
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Stand-up meetings: 5 reasons to kiss traditional meetings goodbye
“Think about all the things someone typically does before walking into a meeting: organize notes, use the restroom, get coffee, grab water, and make sure whatever work is in progress prior to the meeting can be picked back up after. Productive work stops, time is taken to prepare for a meeting, and then folks sit around discussing work that’s done or work that needs to be done.”
Date: 2018-06-20
Source: Stand-up meetings: 5 reasons to kiss traditional meetings goodbye
The New Stack: The Best CI/CD Tool for Kubernetes Doesn’t Exist
“The hardest thing [about running on Kubernetes] is gluing all the pieces together. You need to think more holistically about your systems and get a deep understanding of what you’re working with,” said Chris Short, a DevOps consultant and CNCF ambassador. “There [must be] a greater understanding of what your business is considering key metrics, or some people call it true north, and bringing that into the operations and development world more closely.”
Date: 2018-06-05
Source: The Best CI/CD Tool for Kubernetes Doesn’t Exist
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L8ist Sh9y Podcast: Chris Short on SRE, DevSecOps, Pipelines, Immutability, and Kubernetes
Joining us this week is Chris Short, Senior DevOps Advocate, SJ Technologies. Chris is also a CNCF Ambassador managing an excellent newsletter, DevOps’ish.
Highlights
- Site Reliability Engineering & DevOps relationship & philosophy
- SRE details in budgets, toil, and security
- Pipeline infrastructure, configuration management, and immutability
- Cultural aspects of DevOps
- Why Kubernetes? Ecosystems? Build for Kubernetes apps
- SaaS vs Licensing models (answer to all things software)
Date: 2018-06-02
Source: Chris Short on SRE, DevSecOps, Pipelines, Immutability, and Kubernetes
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DevOpsDays Toronto 2018 — What the military taught me about DevOps
Date: 2018-06-01
Discussing DevOps Details aka The 3D Podcast: Episode 113
In this episode of the podcast, DevOps Mavens, Chris Short and Chris Bailey share their experiences with monolithic infrastructure and give practical tips on how to tackle the task of refactoring these giant monoliths.
Date: 2018-04-04
Source: Discussing DevOps Details Episode 113: Refactoring Giant Monoliths
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Screaming in the Cloud: Episode 2
Date: 2018-03-21
Source: Episode 2: Shoving a SAN into us-east-1
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DevOps Perspectives from the Front Lines
Brian and Josh Atwell (@Josh_Atwell) talk with Chris Short (@ChrisShort, DevOps @SolarWinds) about the day-to-day role of a DevOps Engineer, how he chooses his tools and communications models, what he learned from the military that’s applicable to DevOps and how he uses his development skills to augment operations.
Date: 2016-10-30
Source: The Cloudcast #277 - DevOps Perspectives from the Front Lines
Blog Post: DevOps Perspectives from the Front Lines
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North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 3
Date: 2016-05-21
Source: Christopher B. Short Interview, 2016-05-21
Blog Post: North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 3
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North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 2
Date: 2016-05-21
Source: Christopher B. Short Interview, 2016-05-21
Blog Post: North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 2
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North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 1
Date: 2016-05-21
Source: Christopher B. Short Interview, 2016-05-21
Blog Post: North Carolina Veterans Oral History Interview Part 1
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