Author: Pete

Android

Podcast Episode 26 – Rondale Williams on Android and Breaking Into the Game

This time, in Episode 26, I interview Rondale Williams. Rondale is a freelance mobile developer new to the development space. During the course of our interview, Rondale talks about what it is like to be self-taught, why he started to go back to college for CS, and what his advice would be to other people just starting out. We also talk about RxJava, Android Emulators, the Android vs iOS development ecosystems, and whether or not he’s found the community to be friendly.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
Rondale’s Blog
Rondale’s Twitter
Rondale’s LinkedIn
RxJava
Genymotion
Lynda.com
Pluralsight
The New Boston (Bucky’s World)
Udemy
Udacity
Meetup
RemoteCoder.io

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Podcasts

Podcast Episode 25 – Increasing Productivity

Productivity - Pomodoro Timer

Episode 25 is all about increasing productivity. It isn’t about getting into the “zone” or getting into the “flow”. It isn’t even productivity hacks like “Listen to all podcasts at 2x speed” (which is a good tip and I do it every day). This episode is full of useful “rubber meets the road” practical tips that you can use to become a more productive developer.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
Trello
.Net Rocks! – Getting into the Zone
Parkinson’s Law
Entrepreneur On Fire
James Altucher – How to be a Super Human
John Sonmez
Pomodoro Technique
Music to Code By
GitHub Student Developer Pack
ReadMe.IO

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Podcasts

Podcast Episode 24 – Wolfgang Goerlich Talks Application Security

J Wolfgang Goerlich Episode 24 was planned to be timely, but it ended up being super timely. Originally, I wanted to have Wolfgang Goerlich come on and talk about application security after the iCloud photo leaks. But, between the time that we recorded the interview and the time I’m releasing this episode, the Shellshock bug/vulnerability came to light as well. Listen, folks, writing secure software is hard! Wolfgang talks about the average day in the life of the good guys, what mindset makes a good security expert, how developers can write more secure code, why the Internet of Things might be a security nightmare, and why you shouldn’t “poke the bear”.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
Brakeman
Visual Studio Code Analysis
Converge Conference
OWASP Detroit
misec
OWASP
Viopoint
Wolfgang’s Twitter
AFNetworking v2.0 Dimecast (Link Removed)
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Dimecast

Screencasting is Fun

Recording Doctor Swift B So, ever since I did my first Swift screencast on my YouTube channel, I’ve been hooked on Screencasting. Earlier this month, I let you guys know that my first Dimecast was up and that just broke open the floodgates. To date, I’ve done a total of 7 Dimecasts this month (with number 8 coming in the next few days). I already linked to my first one, but here are the others that I’ve done.

Intro to Swift Programming
Learning Objective-C Part 2a
Learning Objective-C Part 2b
Intro to CocoaPods
Intro to Swift Programming Part 2a
Intro to Swift Programming Part 2b
(Links Removed)

I’ve also made all of the code available on GitHub for everything that I’ve done and I will for every Dimecast that I will do.

I’m having an insane amount of fun making these videos. I really enjoy it. I like thinking of topics that I can cover, inventing projects for them, practicing, recording, and even editing. The biggest difficulty that I’m facing is that I don’t have a quiet place to record. I have to either get up very early or stay up very late to be able to get ~10 minutes of silence. Even then, it doesn’t always work out and I have to wait and then edit out the noises or else there is occasionally some noise in the background.

Even with that hassle (and setting aside my fantasies of a sound-proof “studio”), I’m finding this entire creative process very fulfilling and I hope that people are getting value from it.

iPhone

Podcast Episode 23 – Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and New iPhones – Oh My!

This time, in Episode 23, I recap the September 2014 Apple Launch Event. During this event, Apple launched iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, along with Apple Pay and Apple Watch. I wasn’t really enthusiastic for this event going in because I don’t like big phones, I couldn’t care less about NFC payments, and I’m not excited about wearables. However, by the end of the presentation, I was excited for 2/4 of the products. Either I’m a sucker for marketing, or some of this stuff might actually be pretty good. Listen and find out which it is.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
The OK Go Story
Samsung’s Ad
Dimecasts (Link Removed)

Scarf Guy

Tommy the Scarf Guy

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