Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Digital Nomad Jenny Shen aims to design software for a Global Audience. Are you creating software that includes everyone? Does it consider not just internationalization but also culture and how people think? We'll discuss design across culture in this week's episode. http://jennyshen.com/mentorship.html https://diverseui.com/ https://blog.prototypr.io/ux-design-across-different-cultures-part-1-1caa12a504c0 https://uxplanet.org/ux-design-across-different-cultures-part-2-761c911e875

1 Nov 201832min

What if you couldn't play video games? Most controllers require not just two hands but also fine motor skills and exact motions. The Xbox Accessibility Controller aims to open up gaming for everyone. It's not trying to be the controller for everyone, but rather than controller platform for everyone! Scott talks to John Alexander about how he games with the Xbox Accessibility Controller. https://www.quadstick.com/shop/quadstick-fps-game-controller https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/3drudder-foot-controller/90lh5fwnx6t8/lbxg?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab https://www.ablenetinc.com/technology/switches https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories#assistive https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/ http://yourcpf.org/ http://www.ablegamers.org/ https://warfighterengaged.org/

25 Okt 201832min

How do you find the perfect questions to ask in your job interview? How do you know if this is the right company for you? Do they share your values? Interviews are a two way street. This week Scott talks to Lynne Tye about what she created KeyValues.com and how it might help you find your next work home. https://www.keyvalues.com/culture-queries

18 Okt 201831min

Animator Wahyu Ichwandardi, also known as Pinot, has been documenting his attempt to capture Childish Gambino's "This Is America" choreography since the beginning of June...using MacPaint and MacroMind Video on original Mac 128k hardware! Why did he do this? How did he do this? Macintosh 128K with MacPaint 1.5 & Summagraphics MacTablet. Macintosh SE with MacroMind VideoWorks & Apple 1GB External SCSI hard drive. BMOW Floppy Emu for data transfer via SD card. http://twitter.com/pinot https://www.instagram.com/pinot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pXm2NqfHMs https://mashable.com/article/this-is-america-retro-animation-pinot-mac

11 Okt 201832min

Charles Petzold taught many of us to code Windows, but now he's turning his attention to a new book he's been working on for over a decade! This week Scott talks to Charles about Analog Computing and the Computer of the Tides. He's exploring an extended history of an early analog computer invented by Scottish scientist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), and its role in the 19th century Darwin Wars. http://www.charlespetzold.com/books/

4 Okt 201829min

Scott talks to Techtonic's Heather Terenzio about how her company is scaling tech apprenticeship. Techtonic Group is a software services company building web-based and mobile products for start-ups and the Fortune 1000. Four years ago, Heather founded Techtonic Academy to train people with diverse backgrounds how to code using a unique, Department of Labor (DOL) approved Apprenticeship program. Techtonic Group was recently named “2017 Innovative Company of the Year” by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Legislature. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/culture-killing-diversity-heather-terenzio-mccollester/

27 Sep 201832min

Mark Rendle is the author of a number of open source projects and most recently he's been creating global tools with .NET Core. Scott and Mark talk about the importance of global tools to today's development process. What kinds of things can you make and how can we tap into this growing ecosystem? https://github.com/RendleLabs https://twitter.com/markrendle

20 Sep 201829min

VM Brasseur has been a leader in open source for decades and is the Vice President of the Open Source Initiative. Now she's brought her experience together into a booked called "Forge Your Future with Open Source." It's the missing manual of open source contributions and community participation. https://pragprog.com/book/vbopens/forge-your-future-with-open-source https://twitter.com/vmbrasseur

13 Sep 201832min