Interviews

Here's a current list of ready to go CFPs and/or abstracts that I can speak to at a moments notice.

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If you'd like to have me speak at your conference, Meetup, podcast, webinar, live stream, etc. please send me a message. Thank you!

DevOps Dispatch - Comms in contributor communities with Chris Short

Date: 2023-04-20
Source: DevOps Dispatch - Comms in contributor communities with Chris Short
Download: MP4

KBE Insider (E17) - Chris Short

Date: 2023-01-31
Source: KBE Insider (E17) - Chris Short Download: MP4

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!

KBE Insider Detroit - Chris Short, AWS

Date: 2022-11-26
Source: KBE Insider - Detroit
Download: MP4

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!

How Do We Protect the Software Supply Chain?

Date: 2022-11-08
Source: How Do We Protect the Software Supply Chain? — The New Stack
Download: MP3 or MP4

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.

Screaming in the Cloud: Episode 374 — Kubernetes and OpenGitOps with Chris Short

Date: 2022-07-14
Source: Kubernetes and OpenGitOps with Chris Short - Last Week in AWS Podcast
Download: MP3

✨#adventcado of the day✨

Date: 2021-12-15
Source: Developer Avocados - Chris Short

Roaring Elephant: CI/CD with Chris Short (2/2)

Date: 2020-10-12
Source: CI/CD with Chris Short (2/2)

Roaring Elephant: CI/CD with Chris Short (1/2)

Date: 2020-10-12
Source: CI/CD with Chris Short (1/2)

The CloudCast: Learning Streaming from the Experts

Date: 2020-09-30
Source: Learning Streaming from the Experts
Download: MP3

Devchat.tv DevOps 049: DevOps, Open Source, and OpenShift with Chris Short

Date: 2020-09-25
Source: DevOps 049: DevOps, Open Source, and OpenShift with Chris Short
Download: MP3

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]

Date: 2020-08-11
Source: Security, Open Links and BIG AW$ Bills [Chris Short, Aug 11]
Download: MP4

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.

The 20 Best Podcasts About All Things Tech

“As mentioned in Popular Mechanics”

Date: 2020-06-06
Source: Popular Mechanics: The 20 Best Podcasts About All Things Tech

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.

NOTE: Emphasis mine

Carving out a Cloud Native Culture in Established Organizations

Date: 2020-05-20
Source: Podcast - Carving out a Cloud Native Culture in Established Organizations
Download: MP3

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?”

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
Download: MP3

[DevOpsSpeakeasy Podcast] S01E07: Chris Short on Openshift, K8S Operators, and kubectl pronunciation

Date: 2020-03-31
Source: [DevOpsSpeakeasy Podcast] S01E07: Chris Short on Openshift, K8S Operators, and kubectl pronunciation
Download: MP3

Migrating applications to containers and Kubernetes: 5 best practices

Date: 2020-03-04
Source: 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

7 best practices: Building applications for containers and Kubernetes

Date: 2020-03-02
Source: 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

Red Hat’s Chris Short On Redirecting A War Vet’s Energy To Lifelong Learning & Technical Leadership

Date: 2019-11-29
Source: 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.”

DevOps Speakeasy at Kubecon San Diego 2019

Date: 2019-11-21
Source: DevOps Speakeasy at Kubecon San Diego 2019: Chris Short on DevOps!
Download: MP4

The Intersection of DevOps and Kubernetes

Date: 2019-11-08
Source: The Intersection of DevOps and Kubernetes
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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.

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
Download: MP3
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
Download: MP3

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
Download: MP4 (H.264) | MP4 (Original)

China, Huawei and the future of global technology

Date: 2019-05-28
Source: China, Huawei and the future of global technology — The Frontier Podcast — Episode 61
Download: MP3
Transcript: PDF

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 Red Hat. 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.

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

Date: 2019-04-25
Source: DevOps’ish with Chris Short – Newsletterers – The Tim Show – S02E01
Download: MP3

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.

The Cloud Pod — Episode 16: This week in the cloud blob

Date: 2019-03-29
Source: Episode 16: This week in the cloud blob
Download: MP3

AWS Summit Season 2019 is officially underway. Justin, Peter and special guest Chris Short @chrisshort. Plus the famous lightning round.

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?