Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000
<p>Hosts new and old gather together for this special episode of the podcast! We’ll talk about our favorite episodes of the year, the coolest things from 2019, and wrap up another great year together doing what we love! Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, and we’ll see you in the new year!</p> <h5 id="top-episodes-of-the-year">Top episodes of the year</h5> <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 173: Cloud Run with Steren Giannini and Ryan Gregg <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-173-cloud-run/">podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 165: Python with Dustin Ingram <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-165-python-with-dustin-ingram/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 175: MongoDB with Andrew Davidson <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-175-mongodb-with-andrew-davidson/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 160: Knative with Mark Chmarny and Ville Aikas <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-160-knative-with-mark-chmarny-and-ville-aikas/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 180: Firebase with Jen Person <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-180-firebase-with-jen-person/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 164: Node.js with Myles Borins <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-164-nodejs-with-myles-borins/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 174: Professional Services with Ann Wallace and Michael Wallman <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-174-professional-services-with-ann-wallace-and-michael-wallman/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 176: Human-Centered AI with Di Dang <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-176-human-centered-ai/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 168: NVIDIA T4 with Ian Buck and Kari Briski <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-168-nvidia-t4-with-ian-buck-and-kari-briski/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 163: Cloud SQL with Amy Krishnamohan <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-163-cloud-sql-with-amy-krishnamohan/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="favorite-episodes-of-the-year">Favorite episodes of the year</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/markmirch">Mark Mirchandani’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 193: Devoted Health and Data Science with Chris Albon <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-193-devoted-health-and-data-science-with-chris-albon/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 177: Primer with John Bohannon <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-177-primer-with-john-bohannon/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 202: Supersolid with Kami May <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-202-supersolid-with-kami-may/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Neurotic">Mark Mandel’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 186: Blockchain with Allen Day <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-186-blockchain-with-allen-day/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-196-phoenix-labs-with-jesse-houston/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/syntxerror1">Jon’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-199-cloud-data-visualization-with-manuel-lima/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-196-phoenix-labs-with-jesse-houston/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-206-ml-ai-with-zack-akil/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 201: FACEIT with Maria Laura Scuri <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-201-faceit-with-maria-laura-scuri/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gabidavila">Gabi’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-199-cloud-data-visualization-with-manuel-lima/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 167: World Pi Day with Emma Haruka Iwao <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-167-world-pi-day-with-emma-haruka-iwao/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-206-ml-ai-with-zack-akil/"> podcast</a></li> <li>GCP Podcast Episode 198: SeMI Technologies with Laura Ham <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-198-semi-technologies-with-laura-ham/"> podcast</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h5 id="favorite-things-of-the-year">Favorite things of the year</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/markmirch">Mark Mirchandani’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/run/">Cloud Run</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Neurotic">Mark Mandel’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li><a href="https://store.google.com/us/product/stadia">Stadia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/games/samuraishodown/">Samurai Shodown</a> available on Stadia</li> <li>All the new podcast hosts!</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/syntxerror1">Jon’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>First time doing the podcast at NEXT and it was quite the experience.</li> <li>Going to Nvidia offices to do an episode</li> <li>Getting to talk to guests in the gaming industry and hear how passionate they are about the things they are building</li> <li>Joining the podcast</li> <li>Podcast outtakes!</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gabidavila">Gabi’s</a> Favorites: <ul> <li>Visited a bunch of offices!</li> <li>Joining the podcast</li> <li>Cloud NEXT talk, where my demo failed but I recovered!</li> <li>Spreading the love and joy of databases<br /></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h5 id="where-can-you-find-us-next">Where can you find us next?</h5> <p>Mark Mirch’ will be sleeping as much as possible!</p> <p>Mandel will be working on plans for <a href="https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next/sf/">Next</a>, <a href="https://www.gdconf.com">GDC</a>, and <a href="https://events.google.com/io/">I/O</a> 2020!</p> <p>Gabi will be running away to warm weather for her winter vacation!</p> <p>Jon will be home! He’ll also be planning gaming content for next year and wrapping up this year with some deep dives into multiplayer games and some possible content!</p> <h5 id="sound-effects-attribution">Sound Effects Attribution</h5> <ul> <li>“Small Group Laugh 4, 5 & 6” by Tim.Kahn of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Incorrect” by RicherLandTV of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Correct” by Epon of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Fireworks 3 Bursts” by AtomWrath of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Jingle Romantic” by Jay_You of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Dark Cinematic” by Michael-DB of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> <li>“Bossa Loop” by Reinsamba of <a href="https://Freesound.org">Freesound.org</a></li> </ul>
