John and Adam meet with Josh Powers, Dev Technology’s Technical Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Josh discusses the importance of a controlled vocabulary and how the government can make AI/ML a functional part of the customer experience and government service delivery.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
COVID-19 poses many unique challenges to law enforcement agents and officers regarding their safety. Niroop Gonchikar discusses how touchless biometrics could potentially help improve agent and officer safety, and he discusses some of the challenges that still exist with this method of collecting fingerprints.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
Adam and John continue to check in with our teams to see how the initial sudden shift to remote work went, and how the adjustment has been over the past month, and what we can learn from these experiences. Topics discussed include:The mental shift to expecting to see people on video calls, and the fun of having family members—and the occasional cat or parrot—drop into your meeting.Will we ever want to put on pants again? And what will happen when it is time to go back to the office?Adjusting communication strategies to the individual.Social constructs for collisionable communication and the challenges of working that into a remote environment.How the informal environment of video calls creates a different sense of community.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
John and Adam bring on special guest, Dr. Glenn Platt, to discuss gamification in the workplace, and specifically how to make remote work fun through gamification. Dr. Glenn Platt is the Chair of the Armstrong Interactive Media Studies Program at Miami University in Oxford Ohio, which is a globally ranked award-winning program.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
We are checking in with one of our Project Managers, Terry Sherbondy, to hear about how his team is doing with the move to remote work 100% of the time. Terry’s team is experienced with working remotely, but they still have some challenges to consider for moving forward—like onboarding their summer intern and training users on new features. Terry, John, and Adam discussHow Terry and the team are adjusting to working from homeDifferent tools they are using, such as MS Teams, and how they are taking advantage of some of the featuresMaintaining open communication with the team and their clientThe importance of maintaining the team dynamic and ways to accomplish thatPreparing for the start of their summer intern including figuring out how to make sure interns have a good learning experience and a positive team engagement in a remote work environmentContact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
The end of March marks the end of Women’s History Month, and to finish out the month, we are replaying an episode that we recorded last year about the history and future of women in IT.When the first programable digital computer in the United States was being developed in the 1940s, computer programing was largely considered “women’s work.” During the 50s and 60s, the number of coding jobs began exploding. Employers looked for candidates that were logical, good at math, and meticulous. In this respect, gender stereotypes worked in women’s favor.In 1984, 37% of all students graduating with degrees in computer and information sciences were women, but by 2010, only about 17% of students graduating in computer and information sciences were women.In this episode, Michelle Scheuerman and Becky Crane discuss this decline and how we can grow the number of women in IT and why that is important.
Dev Technology moved to 100% remote work on March 16, with many teams starting prior to that date. Adam and John meet to talk about how teams are adjusting, what has been working, and what they wish we had done differently.Topics discussed includeLife in general right now, society’s reaction, and supporting local businessesHow Adam and John are adjusting to working from home with the entire familyRemote work etiquette and why you should turn your camera onProductivity tools that have been working well for usHow remote work brings out existing issues--it doesn’t create themMaintaining engagement and the absence of collisionable communication and thinking about ways to add it back inWhat we wished we did months agoContact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
Zach Lawrence, Dev Technology Senior IT System Administrator, joins Adam D’Angelo to talk about a preparing for the AWS Solution Architect Associate Exam as well as some of the unique considerations for development in the cloud environment. Zach and Adam discuss the following.AWS Solution Architect exam prep tips including the importance of understanding the vocabulary, using practice tests to prepare, and the importance of practicing with VPCsThe importance of understanding the formal features of AWS for making tradeoff decisionsHow architecting in the cloud changes the way you think about developing a solution—the underlying infrastructure is essential to leveraging the benefits of the cloudUsing different locations for latency tradeoffsThe importance of hands on learningSelecting cloud native vs cloud agnostic functionalitySecurity on-prem vs the cloudAvoiding vendor lock-inContact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
John Janek and Adam D’Angelo talk with Kurt Lloyd, Dev Technology Principal Engineer, to talk about the intersection of Black History and technology.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
Adam D’Angelo and Niroop Gonchikar get together to talk about the technology that drives face recognition, fingerprint readers, and more. Biometrics is enabling our digital lives in incredible ways, and there’s an important need to not only look at the technology, but its application and the framework around its use. Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
Join John Janek and Adam D’Angelo as they welcome special guest Becky Crane to talk about Agile in Government. With years of experience delivering mission critical products to government, Becky shares her observations, thoughts, and insights. Learn about what agile means in govtech on this week’s DevCast.Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
2019 was a pretty phenomenal year for cloud in government. Join John Janek and Adam D’Angelo as they dive into a discussion about AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and what happens to mid-tier providers in a govtech world that is heavily burdened with regulation and compliance. We might even talk about JEDI – but we promise no Sith!Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.
Join John Janek and Adam D’Angelo as they dive into digital procurement on this episode of DevCast. What is a Reverse Industry Day? What is a Digital IT Acquisition Professional? What in the world is co-designed procurement? Get those questions answered and hear what they might mean for the govtech community.Contact us at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes.
Adam D’Angelo and Yemi Oshinnaiye dive into a variety of information technology topics. They discuss the following and more.How culture affects IT innovationWhat does professional discipline mean for the IT fieldRegulation of information technologySecurity and privacyReferenced in this episode:"Taming Information Technology: Lessons from Studies of System Administrators (Human Technology Interaction Series)" https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Information-Technology-Administrators-Interaction/dp/0195374126Learn more about Dev Technology at www.devtechnology.com
Adam D’Angelo and Yemi Oshinnaiye sample bourbon as they wish Yemi luck in his new position at USCIS and discuss Amazon, Facebook, what happens with your data online, the difference between bourbon and rye, what if everyone knew everything about everyone, are Siri and Alexa spying on you, and are we cyborgs?Learn more about Dev Technology at www.devtechnology.com
Computer programing was largely considered “women’s work” when the first programable digital computer was being developed in the 1940s. Today, less than 17% of students graduating in computer science and information technology are women. Why is this? What can we do about it? And why is it important?Michelle Scheuerman, Dev Technology Vice President, and Becky Crane, Dev Technology Program Manager talk about the history and future of women in IT, some of their personal experiences, and how we can help encourage women in IT.This episode was inspired by the New York Times article “The Secret History of Women in Coding.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.htmlLearn more about Dev Technology at www.devtechnology.com
Dev Technology is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Learn what it was like for both employees and founders in the very first years of establishing this small business. We talk about the motivation and inspiration to start a business, the risks involved in starting a business, how employees felt joining a company of less than 5 people, and where things are today.
Dev Technology CTO, Yemi Oshinnaiye and Director of Technology, Adam D’Angelo talk about making the most of your technology investments by wisely choosing how and when to implement new technologies. We also talk about the importance of security in designing a system as well as the broader view of what does security mean to the organization and how should it be addressed.
Sam Hale, Dev Technology Project Manger and SharePoint expert, answers your Microsoft and SharePoint questions. We talk about SharePoint migration, using third party tools, the difference between the Office 365 Government Community Cloud and the commercial version of Office 365, preparing for a move to the cloud, and more. If you have a question for Sam, email devcasters@devtechnology.com
Dev Technology CTO, Yemi Oshinnaiye and Director of Technology, Adam D’Angelo discuss a wide range of topics including the challenges of technology procurement and the importance of user input when designing systems.