Enterprise Geeks Podcast – Good Apple, Evil Apple

by Ed Herrmann on April 26, 2010 at 8:00 am

Season 2 Episode 10
In this episode, the guys break down the good, the bad, and the ugly about Apple and the iPad. If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!

Running Time: 50 minutes

 

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Talking Points

• 00:15 – Random Chit Chat
• 02:10 – ASUG meeting
• 05:30 – SAP Guidelines for Best-Built Applications
• 11:14 – The Apple iPad saga continues
  • “Apple is becoming like Christianity. I can love the actual product, but hate the management decisions.” via @matthewebel
  • Thomas gives his rave review and recommendation for you to go buy an iPad
  • Will the iPad give you more or less family time?
  • iPad and Dune
• 29:56 – Is Apple Evil or just smart as Hell?
  • Fiore’s iPad Rejection Harbinger of Bigger Story via @dahowlett
  • I’m Abandoning iPhone Development. Mobile Orchard To Stop Publication.
  • The True Cost of a Flashless iPad
  • Bob Warfield on Apple, Adobe, Punctuated Equilibrium, and Commoditization
• 43:40 – Congrats to fellow Enterprise Geek Craig Cmehil and his 24 Marathon on Friday Morning Report
• 48:00 – Iron Man 2 eGeeks event at SAPPHIRE Orlando

It was a such a close race for which photo to use for the podcast, I had to post them both

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Enterprise Geeks Podcast – Team Players

by Ed Herrmann on February 1, 2010 at 9:09 am

Join Ed and Thomas in this whirlwind episode that covers a wide range of great news and topics in the wide world of enterprise software. They are also joined by Craig Cmehil to discuss his new team and role within SAP.

Dearest eGheads, we need your show ideas. If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!

Running Time: 70 minutes

 

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Talking Points

1. 00:15 – Random chit chat
2. 02:10 – Apple iPad disappointment
3. 11:56 – Fellow eGeek Craig Cmehil talks about his new position
4. 25:30 – Continuing discussion on last week’s episode on Project Roles and followup SDN blog post by Vijay Vijayasankar
5. 33:13 – Dice.com salary survey and the lucrativeness of ABAP and SOA
6. 39:48 – Oracle Completes Acquisition of Sun
   • Sunset: The Oracle Acquisition Q&A – by Stephen O’Grady
   • Oracle and Sun – Quick Analysis by Michael Coté
   • Oracle & Sun Overview and FAQ on Oracle.com
   • OpenOffice.org Contributors Chart on ohloh.com
   • Oracle sues Rimini Street
7. 44:51 – SAP NetWeaver Customer Call Series
8. 47:02 – What’s new in SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.2?
9. 54:32 – Thomas clarifies some NetWeaver ABAP 7.02 details and discusses his sessions for SAP Inside Track Bonn 2010 and Mastering SAP Technologies
10. 60:23 – Wrap up
    • Tweet from @zeomar – “Watching the excellent ‘ABAP UI Flexibility’ series on @enterprisegeeks http://tinyurl.com/yza7yo4 -> @thomas_jung you are my hero!”
    • eGhead Matt Harding creates the EnterpriseGeeks Theme Song
    • You can check out other songs by Matt Harding on his MySpace page
    • Adobe, we need a license to Soundbooth CS4

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