Podcasts about we read too

Kaya Thomas is an app builder and creator of the We Read Too app, a mobile directory of children and young adult books written by authors of color. With a background in working with well-known companies like Slack and Calm, Kaya's career has been a journey of blending her expertise in coding with her passion for promoting diversity in literature. Though the book is closing on the We Read Too app, her work has touched thousands of young lives. Get book links and resources at http://2pageswithmbs.com and subscribe to the 2 Pages newsletter at https://2pageswithmbs.substack.com. Kaya Thomas reads two pages from "Positive Obsession" by Octavia Butler. [reading begins at 15:51] Hear us discuss: "I think a good mentor listens and understands what the person that they're mentoring really needs, where they're trying to go in their journey and help them just guide them and help them shape their goals." [14:05] | "Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you're afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It's about not being able to stop at all." [16:16] | "I think for me, it doesn't always manifest in like one particular skill, because for me, I'm not trying to be the best programmer ever or the best software engineer. But I think for me, it's more project based, right?" [18:40] | "Success just looks like more young kids being exposed to these books, because it's important, I think, for all children, no matter their background, to read these types of stories and to realize that difference can be celebrated." [29:13] | "I think for me, WeReadToo is a resource, and it's a free resource. And I always intend to keep it as a free resource. It's not an income-generating thing for me, and that's not the purpose." [30:30]

Normally I would post one of my bi-weekly conversations with John McWhorter today, but John and I had too many scheduling conflicts to find time to talk this week (he’ll return in two weeks). So in his stead, I’m talking with Greg Thomas, co-founder of the Jazz Leadership Project and senior fellow at the Institute for Cultural Evolution.We begin by discussing Greg’s work with the Jazz Leadership Project, which uses the principles of jazz to train leaders within businesses and organizations. He’s got some big-league clients, so I was interested to know how Greg implements ideas and strategies from an originally African American art form within a corporate environment. Greg was a friend of the great critic, poet, and novelist Stanley Crouch, and I ask him about how they came to know each other. This leads us to discuss the intellectual lineage that runs from Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray through Crouch. These thinkers were deeply rooted in black art, culture, and politics, but they were also, to varying degrees, skeptical of race as a foundational concept. Is there anyone now continuing this tradition? Greg talks about his own efforts in that direction, but he also notes that the modern Enlightenment tradition, which sought a scientific foundation for knowledge and institutions, has been at least partially displaced by postmodern thought, which seeks to critique the Enlightenment. Greg argues that such a critique is fine, so long as we don’t abandon modernity’s gains. He then introduces some ideas from integral theory and from the philosopher Anthony Appiah that he believes can help reconcile the need both to preserve culturally specific traditions and to claim membership in a broader cosmopolitan community. And finally, Greg tells me about some of his daughter’s impressive accomplishments, including building the We Read Too app. I really enjoyed having Greg on as a guest, and I hope to have him back on for an episode with both John and I soon.This post is free and available to the public. To receive early access to TGS episodes, an ad-free podcast feed, Q&As, and other exclusive content and benefits, click below.0:00 Greg’s work with the Jazz Leadership Project 12:35 How does a “black” art form operate within a corporate environment? 17:27 What’s left of the legacy of Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, and Stanley Crouch? 25:04 Black culture after the postmodern turn 32:45 Greg’s work with the Institute for Cultural Evolution 36:40 Greg’s critique of Black Lives Matter 40:48 Rooted cosmopolitanism and the “Faustian bargain” of whiteness 50:46 Greg’s very accomplished daughterLinks and ReadingsThe Jazz Leadership ProjectThe Institute for Cultural EvolutionGreg’s Substack post, “Why Race-Based Framings of Social Issues Hurt Us All” Stanley Crouch’s Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989 Video from Combating Racism and Antisemitism TogetherSteve McIntosh’s Developmental Politics: How America Can Grow Into a Better Version of ItselfCharles Love’s Race Crazy: BLM, 1619, and the Progressive Racism MovementKwame Anthony Appiah’s, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of StrangersDanielle Allen Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and BodiesKaya Thomas Wilson’s We Read Too app  This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 24 Show Notes: Kaya goes over best UI practices for iOS development, common UI misconceptions about development, and how to get started with software engineering. Mentions: Kaya’s We Read Too app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/we-read-too/id908782619 Kaya’s Twitter https://twitter.com/kthomas901 Kaya’s Website https://kayathomas.info/ Kaya’s Email kaya@hey.com Paul Hudson: 100 Days of Swift UI https://www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui Podcast Info: Transcripts available on episode web page.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Spotify.   RSS feed: https://uinarrative.libsyn.com/rss   Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review if you like what you hear. Announcements: Join the UI Narrative Email Club to be the first to hear about weekly blog posts and exclusive podcast recaps. You can sign up at uinarrative.com/emailclub.   Want to improve your UI design? Learn more at uinarrative.com/gradingsystem.   Let’s Connect: Have a question for me? Email me at hello@uinarrative.com.   Let’s connect! #uinarrative Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn @uinarrative Twitter @uinarrativeco

On this special episode of the show, John and Rambo are joined by Ellen Shapiro and Kaya Thomas for the grand WWDC20 Keynote Poker game. Bets, speculations, and discussions around what Apple might release next week at the 2020 edition of WWDC. Download MP3 Hosts: Gui on Twitter: @_inside John on Twitter: @johnsundell Guests: Kaya Thomas Ellen Shapiro Links Poker scorecard Apollo GraphQL We Read Too Episode 77 Kaya’s “Meet the developer” interview with Apple Rambo’s WWDC20 wishlist Subscribe: 🟣 Apple Podcasts 🟠 Overcast 🟢 Spotify

In this episode, Paul talks to Kaya Thomas about marketing indie apps, push notifications, identifying SwiftUI errors, and more. Detailed topics: Should you learn SwiftUI or UIKit? What are the pros and cons of learning SwiftUI? Tips on identifying SwiftUI errors Building SwiftUI apps for macOS and watchOS Would you make a Catalyst App? What's the future of UIKit? What is We Read Too? The development of We Read Too What's the fastest way to ship an indie app? How much time should you invest working on side projects? What is Kaya's side project right now? How to market an indie app Tips on making a great side project What's better: building a GitHub profile or shipping an app on the App Store? Pro tips on push notifications Most common mistakes with push notifications What is it like to interview for big companies? Diversity and inclusion in iOS development teams

The new iPad Pro, native mouse pointer support in iPadOS, tips on working from home, app architecture and system design, picking the right technologies and dependencies for a project, and top tips on indie app development from Kaya Thomas, Casey Liss and Curtis Herbert. It’s the longest, most action-packed episode of Stacktrace that we have ever made! Sponsored by Setapp: Try Setapp with over 170+ Mac apps completely free for the first week. Hosts: Gui on Twitter: @_inside John on Twitter: @johnsundell Guests: Kaya Thomas Curtis Herbert Casey Liss Links iA Writer WWDC by Sundell John’s article about working remotely Running Xcode and the iOS simulator fullscreen iOS Architecture Generator Rambo’s architecture article Child view controllers Parse Swift by Sundell episode about building MVPs We Read Too Slopes Vignette Peek-a-View New iPad Pro + keyboard announcement New MacBook Air announcement Our TV show recommendations Locke & Key Devs Ex Machina Truth be Told Star Trek: Picard Better Call Saul Rambo’s favorite Plot file Subscribe: 🟣 Apple Podcasts 🟠 Overcast 🟢 Spotify

Kaya Thomas joins the show to talk about her indie app We Read Too, conference speaking, and writing. Links & Show Notes Kaya on Twitter - @kthomas901 (https://twitter.com/kthomas901?ref_src=twsrc%5Eappleosx%7Ctwcamp%5Esafari%7Ctwgr%5Esearch) We Read Too (https://wereadtoo.launchaco.com) BET Feature (http://www.bet.com/news/national/2014/09/10/looking-for-childrens-books-with-black-characters-there-s-an-app-for-that.html) BET Award (https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2015/04/young_stapletonite_shares_stag.html) Apple Developer Feature (https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1349496987) Julia Nguyen (https://julianguyen.org) Elpha Column (https://elpha.com/posts/4j56np6p/becoming-a-staff-engineer-interview-with-kristina-fox-staff-ios-engineer-at-intuit) 16 MacBook Pro Twitter Review (https://twitter.com/kthomas901/status/1194619441297801217?s=21) Kamila Taylor (https://twitter.com/kamilah) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Leah hosts this week to discuss everything new in the world of iOS development with Kaya Thomas, an engineer at the award winning sleep, relaxation and meditation app Calm.Talking points include SwiftUI, Catalyst, Swift Package Manager, Dark Mode, Stand-alone Apple Watch apps, and more.Links: Calm featured in this year's keynote Kaya's 2018 AltConf talk on notifications Kaya joined Swift Over Coffee for a live podcast this year as well! We Read Too, a mobile directory of hundreds of kid/YA books written by authors of color. Follow Kaya (@kthomas901) on Breaker and Twitter!Follow Leah (@leahculver) on Breaker and Twitter!If you have questions for the staff or feedback for this episode, leave a comment on this episode in Breaker!

Leah hosts this week to discuss everything new in the world of iOS development with Kaya Thomas, an engineer at the award winning sleep, relaxation and meditation app Calm.Talking points include SwiftUI, Catalyst, Swift Package Manager, Dark Mode, Stand-alone Apple Watch apps, and more.Links: Calm featured in this year's keynote Kaya's 2018 AltConf talk on notifications Kaya joined Swift Over Coffee for a live podcast this year as well! We Read Too, a mobile directory of hundreds of kid/YA books written by authors of color. Follow Kaya (@kthomas901) on Breaker and Twitter!Follow Leah (@leahculver) on Breaker and Twitter!If you have questions for the staff or feedback for this episode, leave a comment on this episode in Breaker!

Leah hosts this week to discuss everything new in the world of iOS development with Kaya Thomas, an engineer at the award winning sleep, relaxation and meditation app Calm.Talking points include SwiftUI, Catalyst, Swift Package Manager, Dark Mode, Stand-alone Apple Watch apps, and more.Links: Calm featured in this year's keynote Kaya's 2018 AltConf talk on notifications Kaya joined Swift Over Coffee for a live podcast this year as well! We Read Too, a mobile directory of hundreds of kid/YA books written by authors of color. Follow Kaya (@kthomas901) on Breaker and Twitter!Follow Leah (@leahculver) on Breaker and Twitter!If you have questions for the staff or feedback for this episode, leave a comment on this episode in Breaker!

From the archives: While still in her undergrad at Dartmouth College, Kaya Thomas developed her first app: We Read Too, a book resource application that showcases a directory of hundreds of children's and young adult fiction books written by and for people of colour, which contains over 600 books and has over 4,000 downloads. Kaya has held software engineering internships at Time Inc. and Intuit working on mobile applications. She was a CODE2040 2015 Fellow and is a technical volunteer mentor for Black Girls Code. For her work in education and technology, Kaya was honoured by Michelle Obama at the 2015 Black Girls Rock Awards. She joins us to talk about her favourite books, breaking into coding, and diversifying the publishing industry.

Kaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time. She’s met first lady Michelle Obama, she’s a mobile app developer, and she was selected as Glamour’s Top Ten College Women of the Year. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student, the role of luck and hard work, and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) Processing.js Tilt Factor Labs GitHub Pages Professor Mary Flannigan Meta data games We Read Too 2048 Black Girls Rock Reshma Saujani Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Kaya Thomas, creator of the app We Read Too, joins BookNet on the podcast this month. While still in her undergrad at Dartmouth College, Kaya developed We Read Too—a book resource application that showcases a directory of hundreds of children's and young adult fiction books written by and for people of colour—which contains over 600 books and has over 4,000 downloads. Kaya has held software engineering internships at Time Inc and Intuit working on mobile applications. She was a CODE2040 2015 Fellow and is a technical volunteer mentor for Black Girls Code. For her work in education and technology, Kaya was recently honoured by First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2015 Black Girls Rock Awards. She joins us to talk about her favourite books, breaking into coding, and diversifying the publishing industry. techforum.booknetcanada.ca

Kaya Thomas is an undergraduate in Computer Science at Dartmouth and is interning this summer at Intuit on the Mint iOS team. She's also a Code2040 fellow and has both a YouTube channel with tech tutorials and a book resource app called We Read Too in the iOS App Store. She and Scott talk about the difference between coding in school vs. the real world.

Kaya Thomas' star is on the rise! Maybe you've heard of her because of her popular iPhone app We Read Too. Or maybe you know her as one The Root's 2015 Young Futurists. Or maybe you've seen her on stage at Black Girls Rock being honored by First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama! It's all in a day's work for this Dartmouth computer science sophomore. We talked about her work and the importance of visibility for Black developers (specifically Black women), combating unsupportive company culture, and what it means to be supportive of diversity. There's no sign of things slowing down for Kaya, and I'm so excited to share this conversation with you. Kaya Thomas is a superstar! Kaya Thomas' Website Kaya Thomas on Twitter Kaya Thomas on YouTube We Read Too We Read Too on Twitter