070 JSJ Book Club: JavaScript Allongé with Reginald Braithwaite

PanelReginald Braithwaite (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up)
Discussion
02:08 - Reg Braithwaite IntroductionGithub
03:46 - JavaScript Allongé by Reginald Braithwaite
06:43 - The Y CombinatorKestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity by Reginald Braithwaite
14:26 - Book Summary/PerspectiveFunctions QED, The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman
21:37 - FootnotesFlashman: A Novel by George MacDonald Fraser
26:42 - allong.esMichael Fogus
29:15 - Sharing Knowledge & Information
33:01 - The Coffee ThemeCoffeeScript Ristretto by Reginald Braithwaite
37:42 - Favorite Parts of the BookHow Prototypes Work Combinators
42:18 - Writing the Beginning
44:41 - Reg’s Programming BackgroundOne Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science by George Gamow
Picksng-conf (Joe & Merrick) LUMOback (Merrick) Twilio (AJ) Bountysource (AJ) Brian Stevens / Data Porters (Chuck) InformIT (Chuck) Safari Books Online (Chuck) QED, The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman (Reginald) One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science by George Gamow (Reginald) Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs by Tom Stuart (Reginald) Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! by Matthias Felleisen (Reginald)
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JavaScript Strategies at Microsoft with Scott Hanselman
Transcript
MERRICK: Turns out my habit is Joe coming over to my desk and saying, [singing] “Da-na-na-na, jabber time!”[Laughter]AJ: Nice.REG: That behavior is always acceptable if you are dressed for the part.[Laughter]CHUCK: Since this is pure audio, you don’t even have to be dressed.JOE: I have a pair of parachute pants.MERRICK: I actually record most of this show while I'm in the bathtub.[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at BlueBox.net.] [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] [This podcast is sponsored by JetBrains, makers of WebStorm. Whether you’re working with Node.js or building the front end of your web application, WebStorm is the tool for you. It has great code quality and code exploration tools and works with HTML5, Node, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Harmony, LESS, Sass, Jade, JSLint, JSHint, and the Google Closure compiler. Check it out at JetBrains.com/WebStorm.]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 70 the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel we have Jamison Dance.JAMISON: Hello friends.CHUCK: Joe Eames.JOE: Hey there.CHUCK: AJ O’Neal.AJ: Still coming at you almost live from San Francisco.CHUCK: Merrick Christensen.MERRICK: What’s up guys?CHUCK: There we go. I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. And we have a special guest, and that is Reg Braithwaite.REG: Pleased to be here with you.MERRICK: That was a real voice if I’ve ever heard one.JOE: Yeah. Awesome.CHUCK: No kidding. We should have you do some voice overs for us.MERRICK: We should.CHUCK: You’re listening to JavaScript Jabber.[Chuckles]AJ: Say, “In a world…”[Chuckles]REG: In a world…CHUCK: Anyway…[Laughter]AJ: Derailed, derailed.CHUCK: Yeah, totally. Reg, since you’re new to the show, do you want to introduce your self briefly?REG: Certainly. I’m a 51-year-old programmer. I got started the old-fashioned way,Special Guest: Reginald Braithwaite.

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