Hanselminutes - Fresh Talk and Tech for Developers show

Hanselminutes - Fresh Talk and Tech for Developers

Summary: Hanselminutes is Fresh Air for Developers. A weekly commute-time podcast that promotes fresh technology and fresh voices.

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 Coneryminutes #3 - Bartending vs Software | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:24

Rob Conery takes over Hanselminutes again! He talks to Scott about the motivation for a young person to stay in school (and software) when bartending can easily pay the bills. Rob also tries to get Scott to lose his train of thought.

 iOS Developer and Professional Model Lyndsey Scott | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:39

Scott talks to iOS Developer and professional model Lyndsey Scott. Lyndsey balances a full-time job as a model, working for clients such as Gucci and Victoria's Secret, but codes more than 20 hours a week on iPhone and iPad apps.

 Geek Relationships 2013 with Scott's Wife Mo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:07

It's 2013 and Christmas Eve Eve, and Scott sits down with his wife Mo to chat about techies and relationships.

 Are we as Software Engineers focused on the right social priorities? A discussion with Hadi Hariri | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:26

Scott is in Australia this week and takes a moment to sit down with Hadi Hariri. We're buildings with the skills to make and create software, but we are making software for the greater good?

 An Internet of Inclusion with Chanelle Henry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:00

Chanelle Henry is the Director of User Experience at Bluewolf and Co-Founder of Pavo (a fashion discovery app). She has an educational background in Psychology, Computer Science, and Design, and when creating things for the internet she's always thinking about inclusion. How do we make everyone successful on today's internet?

 Node.js Tools for Visual Studio | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:28

Scott talks to Microsoft Developer Dino Viehland about the new open source Node.js Tools for Visual Studio. It integrates Node into VS with full debugging, profiling, deployment and lots more. How did they do it and why?

 Chris Dancy, the world's most quantified man, explains the Quantified Self | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:57

Are you wearing a FitBit and tracking how many steps you take? Perhaps you chart your weight? You're just starting to quantify yourself. Chris Dancy tracks much much more and is arguably the world's most quantified man. From humidity to ambient noise, from heart rate to blood sugar, it adds up to terabytes of text information to mine and chart.

 Virtual Reality, the Oculus Rift and Unity 3D with Rift Chopper author James Andrew | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:07

James Andrew is so excited about the Oculus Rift virtual reality he can hardly contain himself. He shares his excitement with Scott as he explains how an Oculus Rift headset works, the ideas behind "getting it right" and his new helicopter simulator "Rift Chopper." He also explains the power behind the Unity 3D engine and why it's THE best way to make a compelling game in minutes.

 PANEL: What do Web Developers need to know in 2014 - Hanselman, Crockford, Papa, Jacobs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:09

Scott leads a LIVE panel at the AngleBrackets conference in Las Vegas. "What do Web Developers need to know in 2014? With Douglas Crockford, John Papa, Denise Jacobs, Michele Leroux, Bustamante

 Bugs Considered Harmful with Douglas Crockford | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:42

Scott is at the AngleBrackets conference in Las Vegas and sits down with Douglas Crockford. Douglas is the author of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" as well as the discoverer of JSON. What do we need to do to be better developers? Is it better tools? Better attitudes? More discipline?

 Web Service Tools for Distributed Applications with Runscope's John Sheehan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:10

Scott sits down with John Sheehan from Web Service tool provider RunScope to talk about REST, JSON, and Web Services and how we debug them. Devs face a number of challenges like service reliability, performance monitoring, and testing. We've all become distributed systems programmers, but have our tools and knowledge kept pace?

 Demystifying Scala with Netflix's Dianne Marsh | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:24

Scott talks to Netflix's Dianne Marsh about the rise of Scala. Is Scala just for scientists? Is this a complex functional language that's beyond the grasp of the average developer, or is this an expressive new way of programming against the JVM?

 The Mobile Phone Struggle with Travis Pope | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:40

Scott talks to tech writer Travis Pope about his recent switch from Windows Phone to iPhone. Scott moves between an iPhone and a Lumia 1020 and is currently evaluating a Galaxy S4. How important is the ecosystem and apps vs. built in functionality? When will the search for the perfect phone end?

 Groovy on Grails with Netflix's Clay McCoy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:40

Clay works at Netflix on a Groovy on Grails app. What's Groovy and why does it sound like Ruby on Rails? Scott learns about how the Groovy language sits on top of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and where Grails fits into the world of Web Development in the Cloud.

 Controlling Robots with node.js and Johnny-Five with Raquel Vélez | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:25

Did you know that you can control a robot with JavaScript and node.js? Scott talks to Raquel Vélez from nodebots.io about how to start! Why JavaScript and not C? What libraries and hardware do I need to build a robot that will bring me a soda?

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