Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Xbox One X Enhanced Games with Backward Compatibility are AMAZING. You can play a decade old game - originally meant for 640x480 or 720p resolution - and enjoy it in 4k resolution. Not upscaled. Actually up to 10x clearer within recompiling the game? How? Xbox's Eric Heutchy tells Scott how! https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2017/10/23/play-three-generations-of-games-better-on-xbox-one/

18 Touko 201832min

Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft...but how did he get there? Scott talks to Kevin about his experience from early teens through his successful foray at LinkedIn and beyond. Where does Kevin see technology going and how do we help get more people involved in the future of technology?

10 Touko 201838min

Ire Aderinokun is a self-taught UI/UX Designer and Front-End Developer working in Lagos, Nigeria. She is currently the Technical Lead at Big Cabal Media. She says the Next Billion Users are coming online now and they'll be outside Western countries and they'll be mobile first. What do we need to know as Web Developers to create great apps and sites for the Next Billion?

4 Touko 201831min

We talked to Arlan Hamilton two years ago (almost to the day) as she was starting her Venture Fund for underrepresented founders. What's changed since then? Arlan Hamilton's Backstage Capital has invested more than $4M+ in over 80 companies led by underrepresented founders. How has she gone from Homeless to VC in just a few years? Arlan also recently started Project Cover to give micro-grants to driven creatives. Scott catches up with Arlan to hear about how she's continued to build her team and her fund and BUILD COOL STUFF. And also - what's the right way to eat string cheese? https://hanselminutes.com/524 http://backstagecapital.com http://projectcover.org

27 Huhti 201833min

Kent Sullivan and Derek Hoiem were some of the original hires at the User Research Labs at Microsoft. The worked on the exploratory user research that produced the taskbar and Start menu, as well as the iterative research that helped nail down the details. How did the Start Menu and Start Button come to be? https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/localizability/mirroring-awareness http://becuriouswith.us/ https://measuringu.com/usability-history/

20 Huhti 201831min

Dan Curry was a Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director, Director and Main Title Designer for Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Next Generation series. He spent 18 years doing Star Trek and pioneering visual and practical effects. On this episode he talks to Scott about his time and inspiration for a number of the props you've seen in the show you love! Even better, some of his collection is being auctioned on April 15th, 2018. Dan Curry on Heritage Auctions Heritage Auctions - April 15th, 2018 The Dan Curry Papers at UCLA Dan Curry teaching stunt people how to use the Bat'leth at DC Stunt Coalition's Escape Velocity 2016

13 Huhti 201831min

Christine Spang started her tech journey contributing to Debian while still a teenager. She went on to MIT, then worked on Ksplice, helping the Linux kernel stay up-to-date without rebooting. From there working as a Principal Developer at Oracle, Christine when on to co-found Nylas where she's currently the CTO. Scott talks to Christine about her experience, her thoughts on going from Dev to CTO, leading teams, and their product suite at Nylas. https://www.nylas.com/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/12/01/new-zine--so-you-want-to-be-a-wizard/

5 Huhti 201831min

Matt Phillips didn't just creating a brand-new Sega Megadrive/Genesis Game in 2018 called Tanglewood. He did it using the original dev kit, computers, and software from 1995. You can experience Tanglewood today and buy it with a proper cartridge, box, and manual! http://tanglewoodgame.com https://bigevilcorporation.itch.io/tanglewood-demo-0104

30 Maalis 201834min