Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hanselman.com/">Scott Hanselman</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/shanselman">@shanselman</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Scott Hanselman talks with Dave Rael about the benefits of getting involved, bringing balance to all things, family, and empowering individuals</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Scott Hanselman is a web developer who has been blogging at http://hanselman.com for over a decade. He works in Open Source on ASP.NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has three podcasts, http://hanselminutes.com for tech talk, http://thisdeveloperslife.com on developers' lives and loves, and http://ratchetandthegeek.com for pop culture and tech media. He's written a number of books and spoken in person to almost a half million developers worldwide.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Scott Hanselman</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Getting involved</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Scott up" - not content to just learn something, but multiplying the benefit by sharing</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Humility in sharing information - the importance of portraying yourself not as an authoritative source, but as a fellow traveler</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The value of consistently producing and being a well-known name is only indirectly beneficial</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Clarification on the use and coining of the term "dark matter developers"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Balancing the messages of the acceptability of being a dark matter developer with the benefits of getting involved</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott on balance in parenting</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott on diversity in the workplace</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's attitude on failure and stories of silly mistakes - "If you don't get in trouble at least twice a year, you're not pushing hard enough"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Empowerment to goof up and to ask potentially stupid questions, the good and bad of fear</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's attitude on success (and failure) - the virtue of the even keel with Type 1 Diabetes as an example of its importance</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Being deliberate in the choices and objectives of your most important relationships, managing and understanding expectations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Scott stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Scott most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The impact of being a diabetic</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Scott likes to geek out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Scott's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Scott</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/" target="_blank">Scott's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/podcasts/" target="_blank">Scott's Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Hanselman/e/B005G0Y6RW" target="_blank">Scott's Books</a></li> <li><a href="http://getinvolvedintech.com" target="_blank">Get Involved In Tech - Documentary Film by Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DarkMatterDevelopersTheUnseen99.aspx" target="_blank">Dark Matter Developers (Scott's Blog Post on the Subject)</a></li> <li><a href="http://hanselminutes.com/501/speak-up-and-present-with-confidence-with-poornima-vijayashanker" target="_blank">Poornima Vijayashanker on Hanselminutes</a></li> <li><a href="http://davidfowl.com/" target="_blank">David Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="https://damianedwards.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Damian Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="Brain,%20Bytes,%20Back,%20Buns%20-%20The%20Programmer's%20Priorities" target="_blank">Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities - Scott's Blog Post on Investments to Take Care of Yourself</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/" target="_blank">Science Friday</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/" target="_blank">Fresh Air</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.charlierose.com/" target="_blank">Charlie Rose</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio" target="_blank">Inside the Actors Studio</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_1" target="_blank">Type 1 Diabetes</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HackingDiabetes.aspx" target="_blank">Scott on Diabetes</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HanselminutesPodcast216GeekRelationshipTipsWithScottsWife.aspx" target="_blank">Geek Relationship Tips with Scott's Wife on Hanselminutes</a></li> <li><a href="http://hanselminutes.com/314/more-relationship-hacks-with-scotts-wife" target="_blank">More Relationship Hacks with Scott's Wife on Hanselminutes</a></li> <li><a href="https://leanpub.com/RelationshipHacks" target="_blank">The Relationship Hacks Book (to be finished)</a></li> <li><a href="http://developersoup.com/alex-and-nick-welcome-dave-rael-to-the-show/" target="_blank">Dave on the Developer Soup podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmansCompleteListOfProductivityTips.aspx" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman's Complete List of Productivity Tips</a></li> <li><a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html" target="_blank">Scott's Description of Charles Petzold Reminds of Tom Preston-Werner's The Git Parable</a></li> <li><a href="http://charlespetzold.com/etc/DoesVisualStudioRotTheMind.html" target="_blank">Does Visual Studio Rot The Mind - Charles Petzold</a></li> <li><a href="https://zencastr.com/" target="_blank">Zencastr</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/josh-nielsen-using-customer-feedback-to-create-a-great-product" target="_blank">Josh Nielsen on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://myechoapp.com/" target="_blank">myEcho</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPoBXemFmg">Scott Sounds like Mr. Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/greg-shackles-not-just-mobile" target="_blank">Greg Shackles on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oculus.com/en-us/dk2/" target="_blank">Oculus Rift DK2</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=scott" target="_blank">Google Search on "Scott"</a></li> </ul> <h6> <span>Scott's book recommendation</span>:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735611319/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold</a></li> </ul> <h6> <span>Scott's top 3 tips for delivering more value</span>:</h6> <ol> <li>Listen more than you do</li> <li>Be kinder than you are</li> <li>Sleep more</li> </ol> </div> </div>
