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Little Brother is Watching Your Live Stream How I learned to stop worrying and love Google, YouTube, and “the Cloud”

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Martin B. Smith Automation Engineering, Chef Community, Infrastructure as Code Performance, Tuning, Scaling, Load Testing CI/CD Workflows, Databases, Open Source @martinb3 Rackspace since 2013 B.S. Comp. Sci. since 2005

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Martin B. Smith Rackspace since 2013 UFIT since 2008 UF BEBR since 2005 B.S. Comp. Sci. since 2005

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History - Current Efforts - Why

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History - Current Efforts - Why

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Linux Users Group - 1997 - LINUX-L, archives start in 1999 - 2000 - Florida Linux Users, LinuxUsers.org - 2006 - GatorLUG.org, renamed & reimagined

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The Internet of 2006

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The Internet of 2006

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June 2006

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History - Current Efforts - Why

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August 2015 "Let's Encrypt" J.C. Jones, Security Engineer at Mozilla 5 months ago, 82 views

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July 2015 “I don't suppose there's still any live streaming, or better yet, recordings?” “My wife and I watched on our Samsung TV's YouTube app. We searched in the YouTube app and it couldn't have been easier. The video and sound quality was also very good.” “I would definitely like to see the meetings streamed as well, now that I'm living in the San Francisco Bay area.” “How much do you need for equipment?”

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July 2015 (response) - a laptop (I don't mind bringing one) - Logitech C900-series camera with extension cable - $100 - webcam floor mount with adapter - $50 - two floor mics with mic stands, cables - $250 - usb portable mixer with XLR - $150 Rough estimate $550.

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Crowdfunding

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Crowdfunding

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Crowdfunding

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Indiegogo Experience - Personal info - Plead, but perk

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July 2015 (more email responses) “Anyone else having problems making a contribution thru Paypal?” “Your payment can't be completed. Please return to the participating website and try again.” “Please contact support.”

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August 2015 (We did it!) “Anyone else having problems making a contribution thru Paypal?” “Your payment can't be completed. Please return to the participating website and try again.” “Please contact support.”

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September 2015

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September 2015

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September 2015

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The First Event

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The First Event

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History - Current Efforts - Why

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4300% SEO Okay, not really. But users do care!

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Streaming statistics - 1 month ago - 1,299 views - 5 days ago - 19 views Also some lightning talks: - 1 month ago - 19 views - 5 days ago - 3 views Also one audio-only: - 1 month ago - 9 views 9 subscribers 1,382 views Joined May 2, 2015

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Future plans - Networking - Return/inbound audio - Easier setup/transport - Better slide sharing

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Fin @martinb3