So I've been quiet while I've been flat out wearing my fedora on Red Hat stuff I've also found time to work with external cloud bodies and this week I can go public on some of that stuff. As of now I am managing the external facing social media for the Cloud Security Alliance globally.

So a lot of the threat management that I normally do talking for example about emerging threats such as Heartbleed will now go to a wider global audience amongst the leading financial institutions and business verticals across the globe across every industry embracing cloud.

Also, at last, the podcast will be coming back. Yesterday the first pilot episode of a new format of radio show went into the peer review system at Red Hat and looks to have been greenlit. I am extremely excited that we're able now to put together a new format of radio show for a global audience that like my past podcasts will be available syndicated by Stitcher, iTunes, PodFeed. I appreciate the feedback and the messages of support here and on social media but we had to get the format and editorial context right in order to storyboard and agree on how a weekly show would take shape. A lot of work goes into planning the shows, recording them, mixing them and getting them to broadcast quality ready for a discerning audience. So rather than reinvent the wheel I am borrowing the NPR This American Life format of show which is no mean feat given Ira Glass is my hero. Setting the bar extremely high from minute one leaves me no safety net.

Don't believe me ? Lol.. you can even hear some of the ideas I've been working on with my voiceover team for the intro and exit for the show by clicking here. Tell me your thoughts, I'd welcome it.

It was great to sit in the studio this week with the familiar comfort of headphones on facing a microphone and baffle and then realising when the red light went on that, alone with my thoughts and no notes that it was business as usual.

Thanks to Bryan Che for his belief and his support. I owe you everything.