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Episode 26: How Do You Do That Voo Doo . . .

(aka Brian is a Stand-Up Guy)

Brian and Kyle catch up with Wayne just after Christmas, and go over the pressing events of the day such as:

  • Brian’s new audio toys for his van down by the river
  • Keeping an eye out for Brian’s new album–Brian Reads the Blues
  • Headset Stories from the Frontlines
  • Standing v. Setting
  • Brian wants to show us his if we’ll show him our . . . . . projectors
  • Microsoft Courseware Trends
  • Spoiler-Free Movie Reviews
  • Why Do You Do What You Do, the Beginnings.
  • Something about Violet Crumble blah blah blah (we stopped paying attention at that part)

Episode 25: Live from 601 . . . It’s Wednesday Night!

Recorded Live in a top secret location inside the Washington State Convention Center (Room 601)–Brian, Kyle, and Sound Guy James are joined by regular visitors Wayne and Glenn, as well occasional guests Mike, Neil, and Ed. (And yes I used a the Oxford comma. You got a problem with that? Huh? Do you?)

In this episode our merry band of MCTs cover:

  • Mac v PC-Is it something or is it nothing?
  • Are ITPros a dying breed?
  • Corkery hates cats and squirrels
  • Gadget time!
  • Why Glenn needs a mannequin’s hand
  • And why you should be care which way you put things in…


Music: “Our Town” by Macklemore

Episode 24: Trainers Talking TPrep–40409: Deploying Voice Workloads for Skype for Business Online and Server 2015

(aka The One Where They are Serious for a Bit)

Skype for Business guru Richard Luckett joins Brian, Kyle and James for an interesting and thorough walk through what it takes to teach course 40409: Deploying Voice Workloads for Skype for Business Online and Server 2015

Merry Christmas from Trainers Talking Tech on Tuesdays!

The entire team at Trainers Talking Tech on Tuesdays (ok, that’s only three of us, but still, it’s the thought that counts, right? Right?) would like to wish our listener (Hi Brian’s Mom!) Happy Holidays! As a special treat we’ve got an extra Christmas podcast for you.

Brian and Kyle talk about what tech gadgets they think will make good gifts and tell us what is on their list. As if they made it on the “Nice” list.

See you next year!

Credits: “Christmas at Ground Zero”, Weird Al Yankovic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU)

Episode 22: Look What You Made Me do

(aka The One Where Brian Opened the Door and James Went Through It)

Don’t miss the latest installment where:

Kyle makes up a word
Brian lets Skype for Business get the better of him
Video Cards and XBoxes and Notes, Oh My!
Brian introduces us to the world of jazz
Kyle and Brian practically dared me to do it . . .
Why Graph has nothing to do with Excel

Jazz Music: Cosmic Dust Blue by Himiko Kikuchi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoNHP5yIu4)

Episode 21: Two Podcasts Walk into a Bar . . .

(aka The Podcast Comes of Age)

James Ran a Marathon

James the Soundguy ran a marathon. It has nothing to do with this podcast, but since James the Soundguy also writes the summaries for the podcast and uploads all the stuff, he can get away with shameless self-promotion such as this.

Kyle and Brian are joined by Soundguy James and they cover such weighty topics as:

  • Is James irregular or just semi-regular?
  • Brian got hit by the ID-Ten-T virus
  • Kyle’s travel diary, hover bikes and massive halls
  • James passes an exam!
  • Brian reveals Kyle’s dirty little secret
  • Getting started on your exam path and how to study
  • Brian gets chuffed-or maybe he doesn’t-nobody really knows
  • Windows S, the new RT?

Exam Links:

Exam 70-535: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

Exam 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

70-533 Exam Changes (triggers a pdf download)

Credits:

Opening music: “All the best”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5u4bpE2sg

Closing music: “We’re Going to Fail, Aren’t We?”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUFeEadP68

 

Episode 20: We Welcome our Robot Overlords

(aka Brian and Kyle show their age)

A wide-ranging, rollicking discussion that tramples through final Ignite thoughts, robots vs. cyborgs, Knight Rider, the demise of Windows phones; rumor, innuendo and leaks, Cortana digital assistants and more!

As an added bonus you’ll get to hear why someone needs to take a concrete pill . . .

As an added added bonus you won’t get to hear Kyle’s longest recorded “ummmmmm” (at nearly 2 seconds) because James the Sound Guy edited it out. You’re Welcome.

 

 

Episode 19: Live from Ignite 2017 (The Matt Foley Remix)

aka “The One where Brian is broadcasting from a van down by the river”

Join Brian and Kyle as they go over some of the latest announcements of interest from Ignite 2017.

  • Why Kyle is all about the OneDrive for Business
  • Kyle doesn’t know much about Skype for Business
  • Windows 10S Enterprise version, why you should care
  • Quantum Computing Language in Visual Studio
  • Office 2019 is coming (in 2018)!

All this and more!

Episode 18: So You Wanna Teach 20347 . . .

aka “The One Where Brian and Kyle are strangely quiet”

Brian and Kyle are joined by SoundGuy James and they take the unusual approach of being somewhat serious as they talk about approaches to preparing to teach 20347:Enabling and Managing Office 365.

James goes through his approach to prepping generally, then also his tips and tricks for preparing to teach this course, both the first time and subsequent teaches.

Episode 17: What happens in . . .

aka “Things that make you go ummmmm”

We welcome a bing of trainers from around the world to scorching Las Vegas for a wide-ranging roundtable discussion about verbal tics, preparing to present and all sorts of their favorite tech.

Highlights include:
Where is Kyle’s beer?
Corkery makes Brian self-conscious
The New Zealand Hang Glider Corps
And much much more!

Don’t miss a single moment of the non-stop thrills and action as Kyle and Brian are joined by:
James Finley
Don Hester
Wayne McGlinn
Mike Corkery
Robert de Roeck
Christine Flora
Bryan Tuttle
Bill Wood