On Culture and Remoteness at GitHub with Paul Betts and Justin Spahr-Summers
Scott's in the Bay Area today talking to Paul Betts and Justin Spahr-Summers at GitHub. What is it about GitHub's culture that makes it work so well? Is it tools or culture or both? Are remote workers fully accepted at GitHub?
14 Jun 201334min
Big Data, Low Power - Analyzing Hard Drive Energy Consumption with Dr. Anthony Hylick
Our clouds demand more storage capacity and more power, but do we really understand where that power is expended? How is power used by modern hard drives and where can savings be found? Scott talks to IBM Researcher Dr. Anthony Hylick about his work in the space of hard drive energy consumption.
7 Jun 201334min
A Desktop Developer moves to the Web - with Mark Rendle
Mark Rendle has a twenty year career developing software for the desktop. He's long believed that the web just isn't meant for applications of any import. Until now. What changed in web development that caused Mark to take another look at the web and completely change his tune? NOTE: Mark is offering a discount code for HM listeners. It's "HM20" and is good for 20% off the first year of an annual subscription. For UK listeners that'll be £40 instead of £50, US $64 instead of $80. The code can be used at the payments page after the 30 day free trial expires.
31 Mai 201335min
Are you secure? WiFi Honeypots, Pineapples and SSL with Troy Hunt
Scott talks to Security Researcher and Web Developer Troy Hunt about the state of web security. Should I worry when I connect to a wireless network at a coffee shop? How much should I worry and what can I do to protect myself? As a web developer what are the things we most often forget?
24 Mai 201333min
Integrating Office and the Open Web with Lucidchart's Brian Pugh
Lucidchart offers high quality flowcharting and diagramming on the Open Web. It's all JavaScript and it's all in your browser. Now Lucidchart integrates into Office 2013! How does this non-Microsoft tech web app integrate into a desktop app in 2013? Brian Pugh tells us how. Now why isn't your web app in Office?
17 Mai 201334min
Bacon is bad for you - On Developer Monoculture with Garann Means
Scott talks to Garann Means. Garann is a front end developer who recently spoke at a conference called "Devs Love Bacon." Her topic? "Bacon is bad for you." She talks about developer monoculture and how it puts us all at risk.
10 Mai 201333min
WordPress and Internet Security with Kellep Charles
Scott talks to Security Consultant Kellep Charles about WordPress and public website security. What can you do to protect yourself? Where does internet security break down?
3 Mai 201335min
MonoGame and Xamarin make shipping Infinite Flight a reality
Scott's at the Xamarin Evolve conference and talks to Dean Ellis who works on the MonoGame framework and Philippe Rollin from Infinite Flight. Philippe, along with business partner Matthieu Laban have created an amazing flight simulator using C# that's available in AppStores now! How did they do it?
26 Apr 201333min
