Category: Inside TechRepublic

In this Inside TechRepublic podcast, Sonja Thompson catches up with Sterling “Chip” Camden, the host of TechRepublic’s IT Consultant blog.

When Chip isn’t writing for TechRepublic, he works as an independent consultant and contributes to [Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News and his two personal blogs, Chip’s Quips and Chip’s Tips for Developers.

Learn about Chip’s interesting history with TechRepublic, his IT background, the proudest moment of his career to date, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

In this Inside TechRepublic podcast, Sonja Thompson talks to TechRepublic’s CareerCoach, John M. McKee, who writes in the IT Leadership blog.

Find out how John got involved in career coaching, why he thinks some of his blog posts are controversial, what top career concerns IT professionals are currently facing, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

For more information about John, check out BusinessSuccessCoach.net.

In this Inside TechRepublic podcast, Sonja Thompson talks to Vincent Danen, one of TechRepublic’s Linux gurus and long-time newsletter tip contributors.

Besides writing for TechRepublic, Vincent is the Security Team Manager at Mandriva, and he also has his own consulting business called Danen Consulting Services.

Learn about Vincent’s history with TechRepublic and how he first started working with Linux. Why Linux and not Windows? If he was stranded on an island, would he use a Windows PC? What is the most challenging thing about making a switch to Linux? Find out the answers to these questions and much more. Listen to the podcast.

This Inside TechRepublic podcast, recorded via Skype, highlights the Host of the Network Administrator blog: Michael Kassner.

Learn about Michael’s history with TechRepublic — from lurker to member to blogger — and what he thinks is the most difficult part about writing content for other IT professionals. Michael also talks about his IT background, beginning with electronics at age 12, the most challenging and proud moments in his career, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

Apologies in advance for the inconsistent sound quality — and the video element was excluded, because the speed of the video and audio were off… think bad Japanese film. Hey, it was worth a try! [Update: I added the video. Don't say I didn't warn you.]

This Inside TechRepublic podcast focuses on the Host of the Programming and Development blog: Justin James, commonly referred to on the site as J.Ja.

Find out about J.Ja’s introduction to TechRepublic, the IT roles he’s enjoyed the most and the least over the years, which programming language he prefers, the best-kept programming secret, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

The Inside TechRepublic podcast series finally branched out to include some contributor writers. This fellow is not only the Host of the IT Security blog, but he’s also fairly well-known as an active and long-time member on the site: Chad Perrin - aka apotheon.

Find out about Chad’s transition from strictly a TR member to also become a contributor writer, his current role on TechRepublic, a bit about his IT background and what he considers to be the “coolest” job he’s ever had,  and much more. Listen to the podcast.

The TechRepublic community might want to keep an eye on Doug Lane, TechRepublic’s Director of Systems Engineering, as he’s the fellow who posts alerts on the site when we have scheduled downtime. Visit Doug’s profile page to add him as a contact.

Find out about Doug’s history with TechRepublic, an engineering success and failure that he’s experienced on the site, words of advice that he has for people — young and old — who are interested in pursuing a job in IT, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

TechRepublic’s moderator, Tammy Cavadias, has a fairly long history with CNET Networks. Currently, she moderates the forums on three CNET properties: TechRepublic, ZDNet, and BNET.

Find out what roles Tammy has played during her time with CNET, the differences she’s noticed about the three communities that she moderates, what she thinks about telecommuting, her biggest pet peeve, and much more. Listen to the podcast.

TechRepublic Senior Editor Mark Kaelin is the host for the Microsoft Windows blog, and he’s also well-known on the site for the Cracking Open series.

Learn about Mark’s geeky background, his history with TechRepublic, and how you can get involved in TechRepublic’s World of Warcraft guild, called Technologia (some links are listed below). Listen to the podcast.

Mark and Sonja go waaaaayyyy back. This picture was taken in 1999 when they worked together at a different company.

Technologia resources:

Officers:

• Elkwinkarma - guild leader - Mark Kaelin
• Keres - Bill Detwiler
• Bonky
• Cervisa
• Nixa
• Inferious
• Avandia
• Dozark

Just send join the Duskwood server on the Horde side and send one of these names a whisper to get an invite into the guild. The entire guild is listed at these two sites:

http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=109142&TabID=932837
http://www.wowarmory.com/guild-info.xml?r=Duskwood&n=Technologia&p=1

Additional links:

• TRers want to join up and play World of Warcraft?
• Technologia: Can you identify the undead warlock in your beer garden?

TechRepublic Section Editor John Sheesley has been the driving force behind TechRepublic Pro since the beginning of time, and maybe even before that! More recently, John hosts several blogs on TR, including Decision Central, Servers and Storage, and Classics Rock.

Find out how John got involved in IT, his history with TechRepublic, what he likes to do with his free time, and a few other interesting facts. Listen to the podcast.