Category: Podcasts

In Episode 21, I spend a little time on the “significance” of episode 21 before getting into the main topic. Our topic this time is about people who worship the language that they are using like a religion. Far too often, I’ve encountered the attitude from developers that people who aren’t using what they are using are luddites, heretics, and not worth their time. In my opinion, that has no place in today’s development landscape and I explain why.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

• You Are No So Smart or Go Here and scroll down to see the non-podcast ones
• Chesscademy (Yes, I know I kept saying Chess *A*cademy in the podcast, Chesscademy is hard to say!)
• 1Password iOS App Extension

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Episode 20 brings us another interview podcast and this time I’m talking with Russell Patterson. Russell is the author of Simple Lookups, a .Net library for dynamically handling CRUD operations for your “type” classes.

Along the way, we talk about Simple Lookups, what it was like to make a NuGet package, decisions you make when you know that people you don’t know will read your code, and how he got to where he is today.

Links Mentioned in this Show:

Russell on Twitter and his blog
Simple Lookups on NuGet
Hotel WiFi Test
Code School
Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure
ReviewCast

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This week, in Episode 19, I talk about Imposter Syndrome: what it is, what it means, and how to deal with it.

I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve felt like the biggest fraud in the room and that at any moment everyone would figure it out and ask me to leave. It is absolutely the worst when I’m starting a new job or giving a talk somewhere. I figure that no one is going to allow the sham to go on and will put me out of my misery.

This isn’t an uncommon feeling, particularly in our industry. If you’ve ever felt like you aren’t qualified to do your job or that at any minute that people could find out that you have been fooling them, then this episode is for you.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
Hanselman Phony Post
Podcast Answer Man Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome @ Geek Feminisim
The Don Cheadle Line that I referenced (48 seconds in)
Hacker News Tools of the Trade: 2014 Edition
A better way to ask “how much would it cost to develop this app?”

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This week, in Episode 18, I recap the recent 2014 edition of the Google I/O conference. I run down all of the changes that are announced in “L”, as well as the changes to Chromecast and Chromebook. In addition, I cover the new products announced during IO: Google TV, Google Auto, and Google Wear.

I do contrast some of I/O against WWDC, but for the most part, the bulk of the announcements are independent. Android really wants to run on everything, while Apple seems content to run on their little sphere of the world. I suppose that the market will ultimately decide which way they prefer.

Links Mentioned in this Show:
Google Design Guide
Android TV
Interviewing.io
Google Cardboard

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Thanks to all the people who listen, and a special thanks to those who have rated me. I really appreciate it.

The episodes have been archived. Click Here to see the archive page.