Podcast appearances and mentions of brooklyn beta

Cameron is the founder and CEO of Fictive Kin, and co-creator of Brooklyn Beta and Kinference. Cameron has had a significant impact on a pocket of the technology and design industry. We talked about the state of technology, the state of design within those technology businesses, and many more other things.

Matthew is a designer, entrepreneur and a co-founder of Letterboxd, a social media site for film discussion and discovery. We talked about his path, how he bootstrapped and incubated Letterboxd, and how he has approached leading the company, and evolving the product, in the decade-plus that it has been around.

Show notes: http://betweenscreens.fm/episodes/147 - What’s the elevator pitch for Brooklyn Beta? - What’s the origin story of Brooklyn Beta? - What exactly did you want to make different with this conference?

This week on Development Hell we brag about how awesome we are via discussion about conference prep as a speaker. How much crap should go on your slides? How do we change our talks for different audiences? What’s our worst presenter experience? We also throw Paul Reinheimer under the bus. Did you know STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE? BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.info/shop!!!! Do these things! Check out our sponsors: Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 53.1MB, 1:14:00 ) Links and Notes Brooklyn Beta OSCON Open Source Bridge Roave Foundation

Cameron Koczon is the founder of Fictive Kin.

Dave Rupert is a front end developer and one of our favorite people on the web (and in life).

Sarah and Josh talk about the awesomeness known as Brooklyn Beta.

We hit the Double Deuce this week with special guest Jim Gay. Jim is the author of Clean Ruby, the upcoming book that applies “Data, Context and Interaction” (DCI) concepts to Ruby and Rails development. Jim is clearly much smarter than us, so we took this opportunity to attack him mercilessly as a representative of the sexist Ruby community. Jim also shares his experiences as a self-published author. In addition, we talk about how True North PHP planning is going for Chris, and Ed’s experiences at Brooklyn Beta. If you’re a true believer, you’ll do these things: Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 33.1MB, 1:14:41) Links and Notes Jim Gay Clean Ruby Brooklyn Beta Cory Booker True North PHP Maciej “Pinboard guy” Ceglowski Ben Pieratt Codeconnexx 30x500 DCI on Wikipedia DCI web site GeekFeminism Wiki article on CouchDB talk at the 2009 Golden Gate Ruby Conference Anti-Oppression 101

Episode 42 - Hosting Your Own Developer Conference                                      Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to RSS Download MP3 Tony Dewan stopped by the studio to talk to us about what it’s like to organize a conference. His re:build conference has had some of the top designers and developers in the industry come speak. He shares his tips, opinions and experience so that anyone interested in organizing their own conference can understand what is involved. re:build - A conference for developers & designers rebuildconf.com 2011.rebuildconf.com tagboard.com/rebuild2012 Show notes You live and die by your speakers! Choosing/finding/signing speakers Have an opinion and stick to it Picking/working with venues Clever ideas to limit costs sweat the details - badges, speakers needs, etc sponsorships are hard don’t do it alone understand your target audience - speakers, ticket price, sponsors it’s a labor of love - you won’t make much money Other awesome, inspirational events: Brooklyn Beta Talentopoly links - Noteworthy links posted on Talentopoly in the last two weeks FuelUX - A lightweight library that extends Twitter Bootstrap Manymo - A Better Android Emulator The Top 10 Alternatives to Google Adwords CSS3 Microsoft Modern Buttons Better TDD Workflow via Exclusive Tests in Jasmine and Mocha

After some downtime spent taking mental reps, Chris and Ed are back with a vengeance for one of our best shows. Joining us is Chris Shiflett, PHP fellow and security expert. They talk about how we interact with non-techie members of dev teams, what they’re doing with Node, the state of the Canadian soccer program, heavy vs lightweight frameworks, tribalism in programming communities, and the importance of balancing work with life. We also talk to Chris Shiflett about his role as co-founder of Brooklyn Beta, and what they’re trying to accomplish with the conference. If you’re more animal than man, you’ll do these things: Check out our sponsors, Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 42.1MB, 1:37:04) Links and Notes “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” –Robert A Heinlein Read Write Web: Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login Funkatron.com: We’re the Stupid Ones: Facebook, Google, and Our Failure as Developers Zend Framework Symfony Slim Flask Silex Jon Tan on The Pastry Box Project Paul Graham: How To Lose Time And Money Brooklyn Beta Beyond Beta Todd Park, US CTO Viktoria Harrison of Charity: Water

Update: Our first posting of this episode had a glitch in it around 14:50. It should be fixed now. If you already have the episode, you should re-download it. Our fourth episode is all ready for your listening pleasure. In this exciting episode we focus on “The Conference Experience” and discuss why programming conferences are so important to developers. Chris talks about why CodeMash was so awesome and the awesome talks full of awesomeness that he attended. Ed talks about his own experiences with speaking and attending conferences, complete with a total derail by Chris on why a certain conference rubbed him the wrong way. Oh yeah, you also find out our opinions on what constitutes a “well-written PHP application”. I’m sure you will be surprised by our answers. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can always hit us up on Twitter where we love to read what you say and promptly ignore it or privately mock it. Download now (MP3, 51MB, 1:20:18) Links Capistrano Phing Whiskey Disk CodeMash JSConf OSCON Brooklyn Beta