Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://graysoftinc.com/">James Edward Gray</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/JEG2">@JEG2</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> James Edward Gray talks with Dave Rael about constraints, automation, family, teaching, and people </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>James Edward Gray II just loves to program. He has spent years contributing to the Ruby community in various ways, is recently having too much fun with Elixir, but is always playing with something, be it the nand2tetris exercises or his 3D printer. James is a language geek that enjoys tinkering with everything from low-level Rust code to all-powerful regular expressions, which he is not ashamed to admit that he loves. He is still surprised that employers want to pay him to spend all day playing with his favorite toys. It's a rough life.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and James Edward Gray II</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James on his condition - Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type 1 - and his talk on that subject</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Compensating for limitations via automation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's history with Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light James up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How James got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's story of failure - Feeling defeated by design direction that didn't work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's success story - teaching kids Logo</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How James stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have James most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's causes of pain and suffering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which James geeks out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's prediction for the future of sofware</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - James's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with James</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://graysoftinc.com/" target="_blank">James's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdbx1BmboQ" target="_blank">GoGaRuCo 2013 - Built to Program by James Edward Gray II</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-049-dave-thomas-programmer-first" target="_blank">Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam" target="_blank">Coleco Adam</a></li> <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/24/developer-training-platform-pluralsight-acquires-peepcode-to-expand-into-open-source-content/" target="_blank">Pluralsight Acquires PeepCode</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)" target="_blank">Logo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HN2BXUY?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Robot Turtles</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-133-laurence-bradford-shared-journey" target="_blank">Laurence Bradford on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_of_Two" target="_blank">Rule of Two</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.noredink.com/" target="_blank">No Red Ink</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs" target="_blank">Animaniacs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kleientertainment.com/games/dont-starve" target="_blank">Don't Starve</a></li> <li><a href="http://g2g.amplitude-studios.com/Games/Endless-Legend" target="_blank">Endless Legend</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CYQ9Q76/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Hanabi Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G3FV2TO/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Caverna</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594484805/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel H. Pink</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>James's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465046746/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas - Seymour A. Papert</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465046746/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds (Complex Adaptive Systems) - Michael Resnick</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>James's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Practice</li> <li>Get outside your echo chamber</li> <li>Learn about people</li> </ol> </div> </div>
