Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://gregshackles.com/">Greg Shackles</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/gshackles">@gshackles</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Greg Shackles talks with Dave Rael about valuable user experiences, the art of unit testing, and understanding users</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Greg Shackles is a Principal Engineer at Olo. He is a Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP, host of the Gone Mobile podcast, organizer of the NYC Mobile .NET Developers Group, author of Mobile Development with C#, and also a monthly columnist with Visual Studio Magazine.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave Introduces the show and Greg Shackles</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - What is Xamarin?</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's intorduction to Xamarin and its predecessors</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Lessons from observing a spouse - typical users often blame themselves for failings in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Greg up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's story of failure - "DevOops" - Infinite recursion, underestimating the fix</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg success story - Blogging and speaking, engaging communities</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Greg stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Greg is most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Greg likes to geek out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Home Brewing feedback cycles</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's history with making music</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Greg's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Greg</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://gregshackles.com/" target="_blank">Greg's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://gonemobile.io/" target="_blank">Gone Mobile - Greg's Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/nycmobiledev/" target="_blank">NYC Mobile .NET Developers Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1449320236/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Greg's Book: Mobile Development with C#: Building Native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Applications</a></li> <li><a href="https://xamarin.com/" target="_blank">Xamarin</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error" target="_blank">PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon" target="_blank">iBeacon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uber.com/" target="_blank">Uber</a></li> <li><a href="http://myechoapp.com/" target="_blank">myEcho</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law" target="_blank">Hofstadter's law</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jczablocki" target="_blank">John Zablocki</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/cory-house-out-of-his-shell" target="_blank">Cory House on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/jessica-kerr-authentic-speaker" target="_blank">Jessica Kerr on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/troy-hunt" target="_blank">Troy Hunt on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://gregshackles.com/caviar-is-cavalier-about-privacy/" target="_blank">Greg's post about Courier Location Tracking: Caviar Is Cavalier About Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/ted-neward-presence-and-values" target="_blank">Ted Neward on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross" target="_blank">MvvmCross</a></li> </ul> <h6>Greg's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1933988274/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Art of Unit Testing: with Examples in .NET - Roy Osherove</a></li> </ul> <h6>Greg's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Start blogging and speaking</li> <li>Make sure you understand the user of your software - exercise empathy</li> <li>Read as much code as you can</li> </ol> <p><span></span></p> </div> </div>
