Bob Speaks

Episode 12: Apple’s Watch Event

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:44:40 +0000

Apple held an event that you might have heard of. They are releasing some larger phones, a payment system, and … a watch!?

Yes, a watch. I’ll cover my initial thoughts after watching the keynote (see the link above).

Episode 11: A Holistic Approach to Service Management

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:44:08 +0000

I decided to post an episode instead of trying to get a post out. This one talks about a particularly complex problem I am trying to tackle in an integrated way at work.

The tracking of assets, people, and setting of some network security settings based upon those things needs a refresh and I am still struggling with what to do. Here are some links:

Request Tracker
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
PacketFence
Novell Service Desk (I know I didn’t mention it … )

Episode 10: Accidentally Misunderstood

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 04:47:34 +0000

Wow, it has been a LONG time … but I’m back for a short episode. I’m focusing mostly on misunderstandings about why Apple does what they do and how they go about doing them.

In regards to web technologies, or what people think are web technologies.

Episode 9: WWDC Fallout

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:26:27 +0000

WWDC 2013 sold out in around 2 minutes on Thursday, April 25. That’s crazy.

So this week I am talking WWDC tickets. Here are the articles I talked about in the podcast:

“Fixing” WWDC – Jeff LaMarche
Wanting it more – Marco Arment
The Lottery – John Siracusa
End WWDC – Daniel Jalkut
A History of Selling Out – David Smith

Once again: my opinions mean less than nothing because I have no skin in the game and no real reason to be giving voice to this anyway. However, it has been four months since I did one of these so I thought I’d record instead of write.

Episode 8: The Geek God Complex

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:33:05 +0000

Something a little different this time, so I might go a little beyond 15 minutes. I’m talking Geek Culture and the Geek God Complex today, so bear with me.

I know this is a departure for me, but I thought I’d try to record my thoughts on an expansive subject for once. This thing has taken me over a month to record and I’ve thrown away a few drafts during that time.

Thanks for listening.

UPDATE: I’d like to just take a moment and say that neither one of the links I provided above is an example of what I’m talking about, they were merely the starting-points for my mind to go off on a tangent that I had been thinking about for a while.

Episode 7: The Future of Computing

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:41:34 +0000

This is a “ranty” episode (after a long hiatus). I talk of the major mobile platforms out right now and their service offerings and a little in how it shows the difference in philosophy between the companies involved.

Warning, I have no idea what I’m talking about. Merely opinions here.

Episode 6: iOS 6 Maps

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:36:07 +0000

It has been over a month, but I’m finally back for my take on the iOS Maps kerfuffle. You’ll find some good reading about the iOS 6 Maps below.

To Map Or Not To Map (Counternotions)
Apple Maps: The FAQ (Counternotions)
iOS 6 Review (Macworld)
iOS Maps (Apple)
10 Funniest Fails in Apple’s iOS Maps App (Huffington Post)

Episode 5: My Setup

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:10:23 +0000

I’m talking about my setup tonight. Focusing on simplifying it again so that I don’t spend quite so much time administering to the disparate pieces.

I apologize for the poor speaking voice this evening, something wasn’t quite sitting right in my throat.

Episode 4: Open Source and TextMate 2

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:25:05 +0000

Not something I was remotely expecting, but here it is! TextMate 2.0 has been opened up.

TextMate 2 Source Code at GitHub
TextMate 2 at GitHub (announcement at Macromates)
Ars Technica Interview with Allan Odgaard

Episode 3: Apple’s Ads

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:00:13 +0000

Talking about the new Apple TV ads tonight. Just a quick episode before I head out for the weekend.

Apple Mac TV Advertisements

Episode 2: The Dark Knight Rises

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:00:04 +0000

It wasn’t the hard to pick this week’s topic. I’ll speak about The Dark Knight Rises and the Nolan Batman Trilogy and where it stands in my ATTL (All Time Trilogy List).

The Dark Knight Rises Official Website

Episode 1: Objective-C and iOS Programming

bob@bobmartens.net (Bob Martens) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:49:05 +0000

The inaugural episode of Bob Speaks, my little personal audio podcast that is really just me speaking about anything on my mind. Today I talk a little about what I have been working on: Objective-C and iOS Programming.

A thank you to http://www.podcastthemes.com/ for the music for this podcast.