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Episode 40: Lynn Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018 55:23


Artist, web designer Lynn Fisher is a serial creator. Her projects include: A Single Div, AirportCod.es and Why.AZ among others. Lynn specializes in light-hearted projects. Lynn shares why she started A Single Div, why she loves using constraints for her creative projects and why she finds CSS an expressive medium to experiment with.

Episode 39: Kate Ray

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 47:38


Shares her experience of working on Crying in Public, a community-based map based in New York City. The project was one of her more technically complicated ones. We talked about the aspect of the project she focused on the most, getting labeled as “offensive content” by Facebook’s API, how she knew she was on the right path when designing the project, the unifying element for all her side projects, how she determined when to launch Crying in Public, and her working style.

Episode 38: Avdi Grimm

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 44:50


The creator of the popular series Ruby Tapas and MOOM shares how he determined what to delegate, the importance of taste when creating something, how he determines pricing of a product and how he markets is products.

Episode 37: Leah Culver

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 1:06


Leah Culver talks about building Breaker, iOS app focused on podcast discovery. She shared the one test she uses to know when it’s time to bring in others, the approach they took to get users, how she picked Erik Berlin to work with, the two week product process they use to build features, how to determine what tasks to give to others vs trying to do it all yourself.

Episode 36: Sean Griffin

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 56:00


Sean Griffin talks about why he writes detailed commit messages, how the Diesel core team was formed, how he grew the community and how he decided what features to put into Diesel 1.0

Episode 35: Elizabeth Narramore

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 50:51


Building a photography community site

Episode 34: Tracy Osborn

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 57:16


How to run a successful kickstarter, why you might choose to self-publish your book and the downsides of using Amazon for self-publishing

Episode 33: Seth Louey

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 46:55


Seth shares: his advice for launching on ProductHunt, why Botlist’s launch was so successful, how the site makes money and why Botlist transitioned from a directory to a community

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Episode 32: Brian Hogan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 49:00


The creator of Codecaster on creating a product to solve your own problem, why he built it in a language he’d never used before and the features he shipped in the beta version.

Episode 31: Andy Croll

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 56:14


Software developer Andy Croll on the impermanence of software, how closing down a project helped him figure out his technological preferences and helped his career.

Episode 30: Robby Russell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 52:40


The creator of Oh My Zsh talks about his popular open source project, how a rescinded verbal job offer changed the course of his career and the legacy he wants to leave.

Episode 29: Lara Hogan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 49:28


The process of writing a book including the writing routine, the role of feedback and how she figured out the angle of her book.

Episode 28: Ryan Luikens

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018 37:32


An illustrator with a day job, Ryan shares how he wrote his first picture book in two weeks, how he creates minimum viable habits and his creation process.

Episode 27: Eric Holscher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 42:01


An upfront conversation about how he settled on a business model and developed ethical advertising standards.

Episode 26: Lynne Tye

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2018 59:43


The creator shares why she created {key : values}, how she was able to go full time, what to do after launch and how to keep driving traffic.

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Episode 25: Vaidehi Joshi

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018 1:01


How a job interview inspired Vaidehi to understand Conway’s Game of Life and other computer science problems by creating a weekly series, basecs.

Episode 24: Jake Sutton

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 56:47


Side projects as a means of exploring different types of media

Episode 23: Justin Weiss

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 43:45


Learning to be a manager for the first time, how he knew when it was time to make a change, the question he asked himself to get back happiness in his career and how open source helped him get a new role.

Episode 22: Andrew Nesbitt

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 53:09


Podcast RSS Show Notes:Andrew Nesbitt, creator of Libraries.io, Dependency CI and 24 Pull Requests, cares deeply about solving the problems of discoverability and sustainability in open source. He created Libraries.io to help developers find new open source libraries, modules, frameworks, and keep track of the ones they depend on.“You are not your code.”We talk about Libraries.io, which has indexed 30 million open source projects. Our discussion covers the trouble of single points of failures in projects, how they developed attributes to assess repositories, how they got funding and how to make decisions about the risk of a transitive dependency. Show Links:About Andrew NesbittLibraries.io24 Pull RequestsManifest podcastNadia Eghbal: Roads and BridgesSustain Open Source ConferenceGiving open source projects life after a developer's deathWhat a sustainable OSS project looks like

Episode 21: Michael Eaton

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2017 49:09


Behind the scenes look at how the conference was named, how one talk changed the course of the conference and what it really take to run a conference.

Episode 20: Anne Gentle

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017 50:10


How Writing Docs Like Code helped Anne Gentle experiment with the full product management cycle.

Episode 19: Zed Shaw

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017 45:41


Software developer and author Zed Shaw shares why he started charging for Learn Python the Hard Way and the challenges of making money in open source software.

Episode 18: Carla Hackett

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 49:44


Calligrapher and hand-letterer Carla Hackett shares her journey translating an in-person workshop into a paid online course.

Episode 17: Kim Goulbourne

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 44:56


Kim Goulbourne talks about how she lowered your out-of-pocket expenses through sales and sponsorships and how she plans to build more marketing into her schedule in the future and what she learned.

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Episode 16: Matt Wynne

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 54:21


Creating Cucumber Pro, a boot-strapped product, how to ask the right questions and how to avoid building something your customers don't need.

Episode 15: Nadia Odunayo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 55:31


How actionable feedback can transform your performance, what to do if you're stagnant when learning something new and how to know when to quit.

Episode 14: Jenn Schiffer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 53:30


Creating products like make8bitart.com and glitch.com to lower the barrier to get new people into programming.

Episode 13: Sumi Tonooka

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 45:05


Composer and jazz pianist Sumi Tonooka on why constraint can be good and the creative process of creating For Malala

Episode 12: Owen Williams

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 57:28


Developer and journalist Owen Williams talks about building Charged, his popular tech news newsletter.

Episode 11: Seb Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 42:28


Software developer Seb Rose talks about the twists and turns of his professional life and how he came to land at Cucumber Ltd.

Episode 10: Kinsey Ann Durham

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 44:56


How software developer got into fly fishing to her avoid burnout.

Episode 9: Richard Schneeman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 59:31


Richard Schneeman shares how he balanced between building features and marketing his site, Code Triage.

Episode 8: Bobbilee Hartman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 53:35


Why your mindset and trusting yourself matters in creative projects.

Episode 7: Mike Perham

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 45:01


Sidekiq creator Mike Perham talks about how he build a sustainble business model on top of an open source project.

Episode 6: Saron Yitbarek

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017 60:39


Saron Yitbarek talks about crafting an experience at her first conference, Codeland.

Episode 5: Jim Gay

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 52:27


Getting a habit back on track

Episode 4: Femke van Schoonhoven

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 47:50


Design Life FM podcast host and graphic designer Femke van Schoonhoven talks about collaborating on side projects.

Episode 3: Matt Kirk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 52:09


Machine learning expert and author Matt Kirk shares his experience of writing two technical books.

Episode 2: John Bafford

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 56:12


What happens when you have a career failure? What do you do next? For John Bafford that meant hiking the Appalachian Trail, and a new path in his career and life.

Episode 1: Chris Parsons

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2017 40:52


Independent Game Developer Chris Parsons talks about doing a Kickstarter Campaign for a video game.

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