Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 32 “Scott Free”

Episode 32 was, as always a slow train coming. I think it’s a fun one – as well as being informative. It was really good to have Scott back, and we recorded in the Poughkeepsie studio, just after SHARE Atlanta, March 2023. Talking of which, the aftershow relates to SHARE. It’s a classic example ofContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 32 “Scott Free””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 31 “Take It To The Macs”

This is the first blog post I’ve written on my new work MacBook Pro. While it’s been a lot of work moving over it’s a better place as it’s an Apple Silicon M1 Max machine with lots of memory and disk space. That’s nice, but what’s the relevance to podcasting? Well, it’s very warm hereContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 31 “Take It To The Macs””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 30 “Choices Choices”

It’s been a mighty long time since Marna and I got a podcast episode out – and actually we started planning this episode long ago. It’s finding good times to record that does it to us, as planning can be a bit more asynchronous. Hopefully this delay has enabled some of you to catch upContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 30 “Choices Choices””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 29 “Hello Trello”

This was a fun episode to make, not least because it featured as a guest Miroslava Barahona Rossi. She’s one of my mentees from Brasil and she’s very good. We made it over a period of a few weeks, fitting around unusually busy “day job” schedules for Marna and I. And this one is oneContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 29 “Hello Trello””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 28 “The Preview That We Do Anew”

(Originally posted 2 March, 2021.) It’s unusual for us to publish a podcast episode with a specific deadline in mind. But we thought the z/OS 2.5 Preview announcement was something we could contribute to. So, here we are. I also wanted to talk about some Open Source projects I’ve been contributing to. So that’s inContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 28 “The Preview That We Do Anew””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 27 “And Another Thing”

So this is one of our longest episodes yet, but jam full of content which is very us. As usual, finding times when we can both be available to record was tough. What wasn’t difficult was finding material. I can say for myself what we talked about is a set of things I’ve wanted toContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 27 “And Another Thing””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 26 “Sounding Board”

In Episode 25 I said it had been a long time since we had recorded anything. That was true for Episode 25, but it certainly wasn’t true for Episode 26. What is true is that it’s taken us a long time from start to finish on this episode, and ever so much has happened alongContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 26 “Sounding Board””

Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 25 “Flit For Purpose”

It’s been a long time since Marna and I recorded anything. So long in fact that I’d forgotten how to use my favoured audio editor Ferrite on iOS. But it soon came back to me. Indeed the app has moved on somewhat since I last used it – in a number of good ways. So,Continue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 25 “Flit For Purpose””