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Big Data Beard Podcast Announcement

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Big Data Beard Podcast Announcement

How do you keep up with all the news going on in the Big Data community?
Announcing the Big Data Beard Podcast, a Podcast devoted to Big Data news, architecture, and the software powering the big data ecosystem. Watch the video below to learn how I feel about the new podcast.

 

Transcript – Big Data Beard Podcast Announcement

Hi, folks! Thomas Henson here with thomashenson.com. Today, I’m in a different location. Looks like a construction site, right?

That’s because changes are coming. I’m building an office right now, and at some point in the future, I’m going to have a video maybe showing that office off.

With all these changes coming, I wanted to announce another big change. That’s a new podcast for you to listen to. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably heard about the Big Data Beard Podcast. Look at all these tweets.

That’s a good way to keep in touch, but the Big Data Beard Podcast just released a couple weeks ago. Big Data Bears Podcast? This is going to be epic!

Beard. Check. Talks about big data, check. The Big Data Beard Podcast is a Podcast with a group of engineers I’ve been working with, and what we decided was, we decided we should take our conversations that we have over coffee, or beers, or just at conferences, start recording those, and maybe have some guests along the way. This is a great way for you to be able to find out what’s going on in big data and data analytics, and also a great way to get more information.

I’m all about learning, and all about finding ways to get more involved in the community, and find out what’s going on. This is a great way, in under an hour, once a week, to be able to be involved, have some information, and then even interact with us.

If you’d like to appear on the show, or you have any ideas for the show, post them in the comments here. Send them on Twitter. However, you can get in touch with me, just give us those ideas, and we’ll be sure to field those questions.

Make sure you subscribe and check out the Big Data Beard Podcast. Thanks, folks!

Ultimate Big Data Podcast List

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My Ultimate Agile Podcast blog post was such a hit I though it only appropriate to do one for Big Data. Who doesn’t need to data geek out when in the car, plane, train, or treadmill? Listening to podcast is one of the easiest ways to keep or skill up. However find a cultivated list of podcasts on just Big Data is not easy.

The list is intended to be a resource for the Big Data/Hadoop/Data Analytics community. So I will continue to update the list with new Big Data podcast or episodes.

If you a host of a big data related podcast below or new podcast and would like to interview me on your show, reach out by Twitter, comments, or etc..

Big Data Podcast
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Let me know you notice a podcast missing or broken links. Just add a comment or contact me and I will make the changes.

Since I’ve created this list, I’m putting the episodes of the podcast I was in first. 

Big Data Podcast List by Category

Hadoop/Spark/MapReduce

Big Data Beard Podcast – Newly released podcast exploring the trends, technology, and talented people making Big Data a big deal. Host are Brett Roberts, Cory Minton, Kyle Prins, Robert Hout, Keith Quebodeaux, and myself. Join us as we talk to about our Big Data journey and with others in the community.

Get Up And Code 093: All About Running With Thomas Henson – In this Podcast episode my friend John Sonmez and I talk about how I ran my first 1/2 Marathon and the release of my Pig Latin Getting Started course. Pig Latin was one of my first languages I learned in the Hadoop ecosystem and I was excited to be able to give back to the community with this course.
My Life for the Code 02: Big Data Niche, Pluralsight, Family, and more with Thomas Henson – Another podcast I appeared on talking more about Pig Latin and where I see big data going on the next 10 years. Shawn and I also jump into to talking about pursuing your passion(spoiler mine is data analytics) while raising a family. We even threw in a couple of my books recommendations and teased my 2nd Pluralsight course HDFS Getting Started.

LinkedIn’s Kafka, Digital Ocean gets deep about cloud and Red Sox data!  – LinkedIN’s Kafka processing 1 trillion messages…..

All Things Hadoop – Favorite episode Hadoop and Pig from Alan gates at Yahoo the title alone gives you an indication of how old it is but still awesome listen.

Puppet Podcast Provisioning Hadoop Clusters with Puppet – Learn how to use Puppet to automate your CDH environment with Puppet. Mike Arnold the creator of the Puppet module talks about to deploy CDH on a large scale with Puppet. If you virtualizing Hadoop (and you should be) then you’ll want to take note in the episode on how speed up your deployment process. My prediction is in the next year we will see more automation tools in the Hadoop ecosystem.

Roaring Elephant Podcast – Awesome insight from two guys working out in the field in Europe. They talk through hot topics in Hadoop ecosystem and also give some real world story from the customers they speak with. Great Podcast if you are just starting out in your Hadoop journey.

TechTarget Talking Data – Quick short digestible episodes all about data Build vs rent, Kafka and Spark Streaming

Data Engineering Podcast – Podcast dedicated to those who are running the Data pipelines in Big Data and Analytics workflows. Host Tobias does an amazing job keeping Data Engineers up to date with data workflows and tools to create those workflows.

Business of Big Data

Hot Aisle with Bill Smarzo – One of my favorite podcast episodes (full disclosure: I work with both the hosts of the Hot Aisle and Bill Schmarzo) on the topic of the business of big data. Bill’s insight into to what Big Data can mean for a business is something a lot of us as developers/admin lack when talking outside of the wall of IT. One of the biggest reasons Hadoop projects fail is because they aren’t tied to a business objective. In this episode learn about how to tie your Hadoop project to a business to generate more revenue for the company, which brings in more money to expand your Hadoop cluster (win-win-win).

Cloud of Data – Wow talk about an all-star cast of interview it looks like a who’s who of Data CEOs . The first episode was with InfoChimp’s CEO, which I actually worked at CSC during the InfoChimp’s acquisition. Those were some really bright data scientist.

Data Analytics/ Machine Learning

Data Skeptic – usually short format on specific topics in data analytics. the podcast is great. It’s about data analytics and not just about big data but confused as the same thing. My favorite episodes are the algorithm explanations b/c as someone who mostly stays on the software side I like to keep up with the use of these algorithms b/c it helps when working with the DS team.

Partially Derivative – Another great podcast on data analytics, my favorite episode was done live from Stitchfix my wife’s favorite product and mine to but for a different reason. Stichfix is a monthly subscription company that matches a customer with their own personal stylist, but behind the dressing room curtain Stichfix is really a data company. Listen in to hear about all the experimentation that take place on a daily basis at Stichtfix. Also hear about how they are using machine learning to pick out clothes you’d like.

Linear Digressions – Another short quick hit on Data analytics Machine learning on Genomics, how polls got Brexit, and Election forecasting.

Data Crunch -Podcast devoted to highlighting how data analytics is changing the world. Released 1 -2 times a month coming in under 30 minutes per episode.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Inquiring Minds Understanding Heart Disease with Big Data – Not a podcast dedicated IT or Big Data but in this episode Greg Marcus talks about analyzing the heart with IOT. Think that smartwatch is just for tracking steps and sending text messages? That smartwatch could help advance the science behind heart disease by giving your doctor access. Really great episode to hear how IOT is offering lower cost research in healthcare and provide more data than traditional studies.

Oh, and if you are looking for a quick tips on Hadoop/Data Analytics/Big Data, subscribe to my YouTube channel which is all about getting started in Big Data. Make sure to bookmark this page to check for frequent updates to the list. As Big Data gets more popular this list is sure to grow.

 

 

Complete Agile Podcast List

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Why Listen to Agile Podcasts

If you are continuously improving your Scrum Team, should you not take the same approach to your scrumification? A way you can increase your scrumification in Agile Development is to try and consume as much information as you can.  One of the ways I like to do that is by listening to podcasts. The reason podcasts are so great is because they are FREE and, it is EASY to listen to them anywhere. Especially if you have a hellish hour-long commute like I do.

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Where to find Agile Podcasts?

Searching for anything in the iTunes store is always so clunky compared to finding a list online, but I still tried to search for Scrum and Agile Podcast. I was able to find some Agile podcasts but it also threw in podcasts that weren’t Agile-based. After searching online I didn’t find a resource listing out specific Agile Podcasts.

(However I did find a great resource for Development Podcast from John Sonmez and I recognize his list as the inspiration for this list)

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After searching for Agile Podcast/Scrum Podcast I didn’t find any specific Ultimate/Complete/Best list of Agile podcasts. So I decided to create one.

Complete Agile Podcast List

(The following are in no particular order. Except the fact that This Agile Life is first because they have an MBA on the show)

This Agile Life – A podcast with about 4(+/-  1) rotating hosts that hold 30-45 minute discussions on Agile topics. One of my favorite podcasts because 1) the host has an MBA and 2) all of the hosts are really knowledgeable.

  • Daily Standup – Episode only had one host, John Sextro, but a lot of great tips about running your daily stand up. Now matter how long
    you have been doing Scrum, this episode will give you some ideas for your standups.

The Agile Coffee  – Episodes are done in a Lean Coffee format, meaning, where topics are voted and discussed for 5 minutes, then another vote is taken to decide to carry on the discussion or move on. There are different people on the show, but it’s more or less 2 people with the 3 hosts of the show.

  • Episode 16 – Discussion on the Hackathons Vic recently ran was very interesting, and how his company has been facilitating Hackathons is great information.

The Agile Revolution – Craig Smith, Renee Troughton and Tony Ponton are the 3 hosts of this podcast and have guests that appear on the show as well. Most episodes are around 45 minutes and the series has about 80+ episodes to date.

The Daily Scrum – The series ran during 2012 and has about 19 episodes.
Last episode was in 2012. About 17 episodes long.

Agile Weekly – Podcast has been running since 2009 and has about 130+ episodes. Most episodes are under 20 minutes. The last podcast was in mid-June 2014.

Scrum For Success – Series ran for 5 episodes in 2009. No current episodes.

Agile Toolkit Podcast – A wealth of information with a ton of episodes. Many episodes feature a lot of big names in the Agile Community. Topics
go from Scrum Certification to how to set up your team rooms. Most episodes are under 30 minutes, which provides a
great opportunity to listen on the car/train to work. Bob Martin Episodes Executive Transition – Great episode for learning how to guide your leadership into the Agile world.

Agile University – The idea for this podcast is to give an overview of agile in under 5 minutes. Great way to bring someone into the Agile fold
in 8 short episodes.

Confessions of an Agile Activist – 7 episodes spanning 2007 to 2013; the host talked about bringing the podcast back sometime. Contains a 3 part series on selling Scrum.

Arrested DevOps –  Host Matt Stratton, Trevor Hess, and Bridget Kromhout talk about DevOps topics. The Podcast is current and currently has 29 episodes.

Agile Chicago Style – New Podcast from the Chicago Agile community. New episodes published every month.

Meta-Cast – Agile podcast hosted by Josh Anderson and Bob Galen. Podcast has over 65 episodes and 2 episodes are added monthly.

Tell Me What I Missed

Just like in Agile development, this is the first release of the Agile Podcast list, so it’s not going to perfect. In fact, it will take many releases to become a GREAT Agile Podcast List. So be sure to let me know what I have missed or any ideas for improving the list by  posting comments, Tweeting, or sending me an email.