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Journal 003: Making Ideas Happen

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2015 7:45


Reuben talks about how he was able to finally start a podcast and how you can start to work on that idea that you have in the back of your head.

039: Charlie Park

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2015 31:55


Reuben speaks with Charlie Park of IFTTT about learning Ruby on Rails, Side projects, living in a tech hub, using CodePen to learn and much more.

Journal 002: Finding a Job

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2015 14:10


In this episode of the Journal, Reuben talks about finding a job as a developer.

038: Adam Clark

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 40:24


Adam Clark is a podcaster, indieprenuer, professional Thinker and strategerist. Reuben and Adam talk about podcasting, working on the impossible and much more.

Journal 001: How I Got Started in Web Development?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 8:08


The Host of How to Hold a Pencil, Reuben Ingber talks about his first memory of the web and getting his start.

037: Chris Oliver

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2015 30:16


Chris Oliver is the lead developer at One Month, GoRails, cofounder of Launch Code. He's a self-taught Ruby on Rails web developer.

036: Josh Owens

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 35:36


Josh Owens is a Meteor.js developer and the creator of Meteorjs Club, Craterio, and the Meteor Podcast. We talked about learning meteor, teaching your kids to code and more.

035: Lee Rubenstein

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 33:04


Reuben spoke with Lee Rubenstein the founder of Eat Sleep Draw and Art Snacks.

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034: Lara Hogan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2014 26:04


Lara Hogan is a self taught Front-End Developer, working on performace at Etsy and a soon to be published author

33 - Tare Feener

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 27:29


Tara Feener is a self described design focused web engineer at FiftyThree.

32 - Nicole Dominguez

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2014 23:34


Nicole Dominguez is a self-taught front-end web developer and designer at Sawhorse Media. She is also the organizer of Tech Under 30 and co-teaches at the Startup Institute

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031: Patrick Johnson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2014 35:46


Patrick Johnson left a career in marketing to learn Front End web development, he is also the host of The Start

030: Shaan Singh

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2014 26:00


Shaan Singh a 15 year old designer & developer. He started to learn HTML and CSS at the age of 6 and quickly moved on to other languages.

029: Susan Robertson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 30:25


Susan Robertson is a self-taught freelance Front End developer. She's worked with the team Editorially, Fifty Three and more. We talked about roadblocks, doing the work, and much more.

028: Aubrey Johnson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2014 30:26


Aubrey Johnson is a designer at Science. Over the past 3-months he's taught himself iOS and is releasing an app.

027: Dan Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2014 26:50


Dan Mall is a designer and founder of Super Friendly, a Philidelphia based design studio. We talked about humility, value pricing, tinkering, building animations, new tools and much more.

026: Dan Eden

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2014 27:30


Dan Eden is a designer and developer working at Dropbox. We talked about learning Swift, side projects, motivation and much more.

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025: Deepina Kapila

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2014 29:25


Deepina Kapila is a technologist at the University Texas Austin and a teacher at Skillcrush. We talked about finding a path in web development, her first website, and much more.

024: Joe Casabona

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2014 28:40


Joe Casabona is a web developer, author, and teacher who focuses primarily on WordPress and mobile development. We talked about his books, getting started with Wordpress, breaking things, and much more.

023: Debbie Millman

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 26:55


Debbie Millman got her start designing at the Albany Student Press and is now the President of Design of Sterling Brand. We talked about learning to be a designer, rejection, courage, motivation, and more.

022: Garth Braithwaite

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014 28:41


Garth Braithwait started designing on Corel Draw and now works at Adobe. We talked about getting into design, the web community, and the value of mentors.

021: Tim Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014 36:50


Tim Smith is a self-taught developer and podcast host building GoodStuff.fm. Reuben and Tim talked about where Tim got his start, the community,

020: Morgan Polotan

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2014 36:50


Morgan Polotan learned to code in just 9 months and is now working at TapPad. We talked about his journey to code, motivation, giving it your all, background noise, being unbalanced and much more.

019: Nick Pettit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2014 34:45


Nick Petit is a teacher, developer and host of the Treehouse Show. We talked about where he got his start, staying motivated and much more.

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018: Chris Coyier

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2014 26:54


Chris Coyier is the founder of of CSS Tricks and Code Pen. His advice for aspiring developers is just build websites and do do do.

017: Jonnie Hallman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2014 34:40


Jonnie Hallman (a.k.a. Destroy Today) is a self-taught freelance developer and designer, who got his start making gaming websites at the age of 10 on AOL 2.7. Today he works with companies like Fifty Three, Dropbox, and more.

016: Adda Birnir

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 34:49


Adda Binir is the co-founder of Skillcrush an online learning platform. We talked about getting fired, learning to code, community, and much more.

015: Ian Patrick Hines

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2014 33:30


Ian started working on the web back in the early 2000 on Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign. After a brief hiatus working in politics Ian returned to the web, taught himself web development and became one of a handful of certified NationBuilder Experts and Architects.

014: Dan Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2014 25:30


Dan Friedman is the co-founder of Thinkful, a company on a mission to reinvent education, Thinkful trains people to advance their careers.

013: Alex Carpenter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 28:57


Alex Carpenter is a self-taught front end developer and designer from the Mid West, he works on clients projects at Masuga Design and is the founder of GR Field Guide.

012: Mattan Griffel

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2014 28:44


Mattan Griffel is a self-taught web developer and the founder of One Month Rails. Reuben and Mattan spoke about learning to code in one month, motivation, YCombinator, and much more.

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011: Josh Long

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2014 29:59


Reuben spoke to Josh Long this week about learning to make an iOS App, staying motivated, Patterns, and staying curious.

010: Sam Soffes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2014 27:54


This week Reuben spoke with Sam Soffes about his apps, teaching, building relationships, and finishing.

009: Ryan Carson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2014 27:48


Reuben speaks with the founder and CEO of Treehouse an online learning platform about starting the company, motivation, the future of Treehouse and education.

008: Jeff Sheldon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2014 31:01


Reuben spoke with Jeff Sheldon founder and designer of Ugmonk, a design friendly brand about starting a business and building a brand.

007: Zoe Rooney

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2014 33:17


Reuben sat down with Zoe Rooney a front-end developer from Philadelphia to talk about starting a business, Shopify, portfolios and more.

006: Jennifer DeWalt

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2013 30:38


This week Reuben spoke with Jennifer DeWalt a self-taught web developer who learned by building 180 websites in 180 days.

005: Nathan Bashaw

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 28:04


This week Reuben and Nathan spoke about DASH, General Assembly’s online learning platform, writing bad code, learning on the job and making learning to code real.

004: Matt Loszak

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2013 33:33


Reuben spoke with Matt Loszack the self-taught developer behind the app JamCam.

003: Ryan Levick

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 33:33


Ryan Levick is a former community manager turned back-end web developer at 6Wunderkinder. We talked about not being afraid, being a n00b, the abundance of resources available to learn, and much more.

002: Natasha Murashev

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2013 31:04


Natasha is a self-taught iOS developer, who also learned Ruby on Rails and Javascript. Reuben spoke with her the morning after she won the API Prize at the Launch Hackathon, the World’s Largest Hackathon to date

001: Graham Davidson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2013 29:16


In the inaugural episode Reuben talks to Graham Davidson, a front-end developer from England about his time learning on Treehouse and how he made the switch transition from Marketing Manager to Web Developer.

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