Episode 264 | David Giard - Positive Gratitude




Developer On Fire show

Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.davidgiard.com/">David Giard</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/DavidGiard">@DavidGiard</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> David Giard talks with Dave Rael about broad interests and background, community involvement, family, travel, and positive gratitude </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>David Giard is a former accountant and a former biochemist, who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies for over 2 decades. Currently, David helps people build solutions in his role as a Microsoft Technical Evangelist. David has been very active in the developer community, speaking at numerous major conferences, code camps, and user groups around the world; helping to lead user groups; and helping to organize conferences and other geek events. He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show Technology and Friends. He is the co-author of the Wrox book Real World .NET, C#, and Silverlight. You can read his latest thoughts at DavidGiard.com. His hobbies include video, photography, sports, and embarrassing his sons.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and David Giard</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The story of Technology and Friends - David's "mildly popular" internet TV show</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Working for Microsoft and how it happened</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Community involvement leads to opportunities</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The role of an evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - David, the user group organizer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How David moved into software as a career</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light David up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - David's stories of failure - shortage of ability to prioritize, negative first impressions due to communication gaps</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - David's success story - raising sons</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How David stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - David's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have David most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Traveling to conferences</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with David</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.davidgiard.com/" target="_blank">David's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Technology-and-Friends" target="_blank">Technology and Friends - David's "mildly popular" internet TV show</a></li> <li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/" target="_blank">Channel 9</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-039-linda-rising-lit-up-on-life-and-still-rocking" target="_blank">Linda Rising on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://hanselminutes.com/" target="_blank">Hanselminutes</a></li> <li><a href="https://dotnetrocks.com/" target="_blank">.NET Rocks!</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.codemash.org/" target="_blank">CodeMash</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kcdc.info/" target="_blank">Kansas City Developer Conference</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1MAMXrvKK_C_piVgOFOAg" target="_blank">The Hello World Show</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-185-heather-downing-finding-the-joy" target="_blank">Heather Downing on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-182-spencer-schneidenbach-lit-up-on-speaking" target="_blank">Spencer Schneidenbach on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.joshholmes.com/blog/" target="_blank">Josh Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jennifer/" target="_blank">Jennifer Marsman</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.brianhprince.com/" target="_blank">Brian Prince</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.jerrynixon.com/" target="_blank">Jerry Nixon</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-199-james-sturtevant-masterminding-engagment" target="_blank">James Sturtevant on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.migang.org/" target="_blank">Great Lakes Area .Net User Group (GANG)</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-058-richard-campbell-breadth-and-depth" target="_blank">Richard Campbell on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gfraiteur" target="_blank">Gael Fraiteur</a></li> <li><a href="https://garyshortblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Gary Short</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-065-kathleen-dollard-relentless-dedication" target="_blank">Kathleen Dollard on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-007-jimmy-bogard-the-primacy-of-simplicity" target="_blank">Jimmy Bogard on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-170-jon-skeet-awesome-humble-and-human" target="_blank">Jon Skeet on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-022-aslak-hellesoy-testing-your-understanding" target="_blank">Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Izzo" target="_blank">Tom Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/money23green" target="_blank">Draymond Green</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-070-eric-lawrence-fiddler-on-the-http-port" target="_blank">Eric Lawrence on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197682/424552/7490?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pluralsight.com%2Fcourses%2F" target="_blank">Pluralsight</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books" target="_blank">NPR - Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/" target="_blank">Microsoft Cognitive Services</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.telerik.com/" target="_blank">Telerik</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486411095/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Dracula - Bram Stoker</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LGHtc_D328" target="_blank">Fred Rogers: Look for the Helpers</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>David's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451450523/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle</a></li> <li><a href="https://leanpub.com/theleadershipjourney" target="_blank">The Leadership Journey - Jim Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VYSSNJW/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms Preview Edition 2 (Developer Reference) - Charles Petzold</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>David's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Learn to listen</li> <li>Focus on the success of your teams and giving credit to the team</li> <li>Stay positive and look for the helpers</li> </ol> </div> </div>