Graham Robinson showing some “HANA Love” at TechEd Las Vegas 2012

Season 5 Episode 0

We are kicking off a new season in style: live from SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2012.  Hear about the opening keynote, InnoJam weekend as well as a look ahead to what people are expecting to see throughout the week.

Running Time: 23:31

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Season 4 Episode 14

Its taken us a little while after SAPPHIRE to get our schedules to align enough to be able to record a podcast, but in this episode we look back at the event and share some of our experiences. Keep in mind we aren’t the typical attendees, since both Craig and I worked extended times on the show floor pods.  We therefore share some of the common questions we were hearing from attendees.

Craig also breaks down the new Developer License which was announced at SAPPHIRE. Finally free, perpetual click-through developer licenses – something many in the development community have been requesting for a long time.

As we prepare for a summer break we also look ahead to upcoming events over the summer (like the fact that Rich, Craig and I will all be in Walldorf at the end of June) and even preparations for TechEd. Believe it or not, we are already in full content creation mode for TechEd and we have some amazing new content already being cooked up.

Running Time: 39:42

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We are ready to rock to Van Halen at SAPPHIRE in our kilts

Season 4 Episode 13

Its luck episode number 13 of season 4 — if only we could have done the recording last Friday the 13th.  After several weeks of travel, we finally got most of the gang together to record a podcast.  We discuss the SAP Database and Mobility press conference from the previous week as well as upcoming plans for SAPPHIRE/ASUG Annual Conference. Craig also announces the new Code Jam events and talks about his vision for where this series of events will be headed.

• Kilts/Craig in a Kilt – I will will spare everyone the links I sent to the guys during the podcast recording
• Enterprise Geeks Biggest Loser Progress Updates
• SAP Database Press Conference
• SAP Mobility Partnerships – A little more detail from SCN
• SAPPHIRE/ASUG Annual Conference
  • Who wants to join us to see the Avengers on Sunday before the start of the Event?
  • Let us know if you want to join us for morning run/walks each data before the conference starts
• Code Jam

Running Time: 45:23

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After what Craig saw at CeBIT, could thought controlled gaming be right around the corner?

Season 4 Episode 12

After a couple of weeks off our podcast schedule we return to record again before several of us hit a bad travel schedule.  We hit major topics around the iPad 3 announcement, Win8 preview, and CeBIT conference. If you want a little more SAP centric topics, don’t worry. Over the next few weeks Craig and I will be recording podcasts from DKOM and Mastering SAP Technologies which promise to just be dripping with SAP only content.

• Our travel schedules mean we aren’t being all that good to the environment
• iPad 3 announcement – how much of an innovation is this really?
  • http://andrewoneverything.com/dude-its-a-laptop-you-want-not-an-ipad
• Craig goes to CeBIT
  • http://www.ubuntu.com/start-download?distro=desktop&bits=32&release=latest
  • http://www.4dforce.eu/
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmehil/sets/72157629528210027/with/6959872469/
  • This has nothing to do with the podcast other than the fact Dan sent it while we were recording and we had to try and not crack up – http://i.imgur.com/NXYi6.gif
  • Video Greeting Card – http://spreengs.com
• Windows 8 Preview – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview

Running Time: 56:58

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If that doesn’t say “I Love You”, I don’t know what does

Season 4 Episode 11

Warning: After several weeks of no technical problems with Pamela Call Recorder for Skype, the software has decided to go crazy once again. This podcast contains a slight skipping echo on my voice only. Unfortunately since Craig couldn’t join us this week, we didn’t get a backup recording and must post with this technical problem.  I apologize for the technical snafu but figured the only other alternative was to not post at all this week.  If anyone has suggestions how to fix this in Pamela, I’m certainly listening.

• Dice Salary Survey puts ABAP at the top of the list
• NetWeaver Release Levels – we explain the difference between NetWeaver 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.10, 7.20, 7.30 and 7.31, plus talk about the future beyond NetWeaver Enhancement Packages
• Programmers’ Valentine’s Day – using the comparison between relationships and programming languages, we each share stories about our first programming loves
  • A little impromptu discussion broke out about JavaScript in the server side as used in the SAP HANA XS Engine
• Nvidia 3D Vision Glass – I give a quick review of the gift I got from my Valentine’s Sweatheart

Running Time: 53:07

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And that’s about as political as we get…

Season 4 Episode 10

We have  a wide range of topics this week as we come about as close to political as we care to when we discuss Newt Gingrich and his plans to establish a permanent moon base.  We also talk about new self guided bullets and what it must be like to write software for them.  There’s also the little matter of the Facebook IPO and the big news that Craig is now back working for SAP.

• Catching Up
  • Rich wearing cowboy hat and boots?
  • Craig is back at SAP!
  • DKOM and TechEd preparations already – voice your opinion on the naming of the Custom Development track at TechEd
  • Movie tips: Rent Runaway instead of Apollo 18
• Facebook IPO
  • Can they continue to grow profits while avoiding the creepy factor with their advertising?
  • How dependent is Facebook on content providers like Zinga?
  • Are social media platforms mature to the point that a new disruptor couldn’t enter the market?
• Newt Gingrich and his plans for the Moon – http://news.yahoo.com/newt-gingrich-says-cash-prizes-spur-space-technology-110131695–abc-news.html
  • NASA and the value of the maned spaceflight
  • Should we go back to the moon?
  • Did we go to the moon in the first place? 🙂
• Self guided Bullets – http://news.yahoo.com/sandia-labs-engineers-create-self-guided-bullet-161745833.html
  • Who wants to debug the software on these things?

Running Time: 60:41

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That’s one path to Geek Fitness

Season 4 Episode 9

In the spirit of New Years’ resolutions, we focus on the hot topic of how fellow eGeeks can get/stay in shape. Dan and I share some of our tips as well as some of the tools we use.  Please feel free to share your own tips in the comment section.

Craig also found an interesting article from mid-2011 which talks about the top gadgets of the year so far.  We use the power of hindsight to comment on (ridicule) these top choices.

• Geek Fitness
  • Tips to get Started
  • My Fitness Pal
  • Runkeeper
• The Best Gadgets of 2011 – a retrospective of where they are today
  • Original Article from PC World

Running Time: 48:04

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