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Friends That Code

Friends That Code

31 episodes

2 days ago

Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living. Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!

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Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living. Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!

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Episodes (20/31)

Friends That Code

30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

Former Google Developer Expert, Senior Product Manager, Product Strategist, Certified Design Sprint Master, Certified in SAFe 5, VR & AR developer, Holder of numerous Udacity Nano Degrees, Renaissance man, incredibly talented and yes… yes you did once see him in that Chevy commercial.

Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Noble Ackerson!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nobleackerson

Blog: https://nobles.page

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOYYYV-skMFu-GGsFiFy_hg

Background on Yaa Asantewaa and the Golden Stool: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rzRooY04SHM

REFACTR.TECH Conference: https://refactr.tech

Abstractions Conference: abstractions.io

Black Code Collective: blackcodecollective.com

XRSI (X Reality Safety Initiative): xrsi.org

4 years ago

1 hour 26 seconds

Friends That Code

29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

Designer, Manager, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Author and Board Game Cafe Proprietor. Today's guest is Sarrah Vesselov! Please check out Your Turn Cafe and give them a like or a share on social media. Your Turn Cafe - your-turn-cafe.com or twitter.com/yourturncafe twitter.com/SVesselov Thundernerds.io "Building Design Systems: Unify User experiences through a shared design language" - amzn.to/2ZN8e40 Talks: The Design Of DevOps: youtube.com/watch?v=06MHBa4nGok How to style in React and not lose friends: youtube.com/watch?v=V-flI7ui52M   An interview with Sarrah Vesselov: youtube.com/watch?v=jbbH58ICs5o Groups: Women Who Code Tampa: womenwhocode.com/tampa

4 years ago

57 minutes 10 seconds

Friends That Code

28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

Developer, Instructor, Conference Organizer, Conference Speaker, Podcaster, Senior Technical Editor and Author… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tammy Coron!

Tammy's website: TammyCoron.com

Twitter: twitter.com/paradox927

Tammy's Book, "Apple Game Frameworks & Technologies": https://pragprog.com/titles/tcswift/apple-game-frameworks-and-technologies/

Adventure Game Kit: https://justwritecode.net/adventuregamekit-spritekit.html

JustWriteCode.net

RayWenderlich.com

4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes 3 seconds

Friends That Code

27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

Developer, Instructor, Teacher, Author, Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert, YouTuber, Podcaster and man with a voice totally suited for crime solving serial podcasts… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Nate Eble.

Oh btw, in the podcast I say OpenCV is Open Computer View. It's actually Open Source Computer Vision. Apologies for the mix-up folks! It was an off day for me.

Goobar - goobar.io

Goobar on YouTube - youtube.com/goobar

Goobar Podcast - goobar.buzzsprout.com

OpenCV - opencv.org

360AnDev Conference: 360andev.com

Mastering Kotlin - amzn.to/35nF0vu

Kotlin First – Taking Full Advantage of Kotlin For Android Development - 360andev.com/session-recordings/?vimeography_gallery=3&vimeography_video=444346415

4 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes 35 seconds

Friends That Code

26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

Mentioned papers:

Nitya Narasimhan: I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6

Mentioned episodes:

Nitya Narasimhan: Episode 7

Graeme Devine: Episode 25

Resources for help:

Suicide Prevention Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Call 1-800-273-8255 24/7

Crisis Text Line
https://www.crisistextline.org/
Text HELLO to 741741 24/7

Veterans Crisis Line
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net
1-800-273-8255

4 years ago

28 minutes 11 seconds

Friends That Code

25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

Video game lover, developer, designer, producer, Godfather of games on CD-Roms, and man partly responsible for a Christmas shortage of gold Zelda cartridges. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Graeme Devine!

Twitter: twitter.com/zaphodgjd

Full Deck Solitaire: fulldecksolitaire.com

GRL games: grlgames.net

Quarantine Studios: qxrstudios.com

Quarantine Studios on Twitter: twitter.com/qxrstudios

Into The Future: A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFkPEqQX-0

4 years ago

54 minutes 7 seconds

Friends That Code

24 - Preparing for better opportunities. Oh! and pinball too with Stacy Devino

Developer, Google Developer Expert, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Sneaker fan and Mistress of Android. Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Stacy Devino! Twitter: twitter.com/doesitpew Stacy’s Cooking Instagram: instagram.com/cookingbythecode Southern DevFest: youtube.com/channel/UCZNfiFfwI3mPLpfr8UFyUnw Midwest DevFest: gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbia-mo-presents-devfest-midwest-2020/

4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes 32 seconds

Friends That Code

23 - Having every job imaginable in technology with Joey deVilla

Developer, former Evangelist, former CTO, Author, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Accordion Guy and Developer again. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Joey deVilla!

How many electric motors do you have in your home?!

Twitter - twitter.com/accordionguy

Blog - globalnerdy.com

UIKit Apprentice 8th Edition: https://amzn.to/39GXdau [Amazon Affiliate Link]

DevFest Florida Talk - youtube.com/watch?v=epfM9isTmK8

Blogging getting a job at Auth0 - globalnerdy.com/2020/10/12/how-i-landed-my-job-at-auth0-2/

4 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds

Friends That Code

22 - Coding a secure, community driven, open sourced Smash Bros moves app with Kento Kawakami

Nintendo enthusiast, Video game lover, graphic designer, photographer, App developer and spanking new software developer. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Kento Kawakami! "A lot of people with a passion in programming have this need to create something." Twitter: https://twitter.com/KentoKawakami LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/kentokawakami Smash Combos: https://smash-combos.herokuapp.com

4 years ago

1 hour 13 seconds

Friends That Code

21 - Mentoring developers & fostering the community with Maggie Negm

Software developer, volunteer, and mentor to newer software developers and all around good person. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Maggie Negm!

Maggie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_

Maggie's tweet on POSTing her resume: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_/status/1302042477403279360

The associated blogpost: https://dev.to/maggiecodes_/how-i-applied-to-a-tech-job-using-a-post-request-193d

Outreachy: http://outreachy.org/

Spectra Hackathon: http://sospectra.com/

4 years ago

49 minutes 9 seconds

Friends That Code

20 - Dialoging with an Android Developer with Huyen Tue Dao

Developer, Architect, Fantastic Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert in Android & Kotlin, YouTube Producer and On-Air Talent… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Huyen Tue Dao!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/queencodemonkey

Trello: https://trello.com

Randomly Typing: https://randomlytyping.com

Dissecting the stdlib: https://youtu.be/Fzt_9I733Yg

Putting Down the Golden Hammer from KotlinConf 2019: https://youtu.be/YeqGfKmJM_g

Android Dialogs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/androiddialogs

4 years ago

1 hour 18 minutes 5 seconds

Friends That Code

19 - Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready with Jerome Hardaway

Developer, Air Force Veteran, Tech Evangelist, Founder and Executive Director at Vets Who Code and Captain America of web development! Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Jerome Hardaway!

Vets Who Code: vetswhocode.io

VWC on Github: https://github.com/Vets-Who-Code

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeromeHardaway

Juneteenth Conference: https://juneteenthconf.com

Rendevous in Memphis: https://www.hogsfly.com

Otaku Ramen in Nashville: https://www.otakuramen.com

5 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes 8 seconds

Friends That Code

18 - Development is just another creative outlet with David Khourshid

Developer, Conference Speaker, Author, Javascript framework creator, Twitch streamer and moonlighting piano player. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is David Khourshid!

State Charts: statecharts.io

XState Github, Visualizer and Docs: http://xstate.js.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano

David's Codepen: https://codepen.io/davidkpiano

CSS Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/author/davidkpiano/

The Keyframers: Keyframe.rs

5 years ago

50 minutes 28 seconds

Friends That Code

17 - Creating: Turning static into fantastic with Erica Jacobs

Designer, Illustrator, Volunteer, Celebrator of women in the design and tech community, Creator of the Neon Swan Awards and Creative Mind extraordinaire. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Erica Jacobs! Pixadactyl: pixadactyl.com Pixadactyl TeeSpring: https://teespring.com/stores/pixadactyl Neon Swan Awards: http://neonswanawards.com Orlando Lady Boss podcast: http://www.orlandoladyboss.com/take-credit-erica-jacobs-podcast-9/ Lore Olympus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=13 Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: https://graphicartistsguild.org/product/the-graphic-artists-guild-handbook-pricing-ethical-guidelines/ Have Her Back: https://www.haveherback.com #awesometechqueen

5 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes 31 seconds

Friends That Code

16 - ABC's of success: Authenticity, Balance and Communication with Bill Conyea

Developer, CTO, Investor, Technology Staffer and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Bill Conyea!

Crestview Global: www.crestviewglobal.com

For career opportunity inquiries, send an email with your resume to opportunities@crestviewglobal.com or subscribe to Crestview Global's email list for updates.

Outro: Running from the One Nine - Bill Conyea, Guitar

5 years ago

57 minutes 29 seconds

Friends That Code

15 - From design, to coding, to app with SwiftUI & authoring books with Craig Clayton

iOS Developer, SwiftUI Pioneer, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Author, Workshop creator and seemingly a master of time itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Craig Clayton!

Swift For Good Book: https://www.swiftforgood.com

SwiftUI Projects: Build six real-world cross-platform mobile applications using SwiftUI from scratch: https://www.amazon.com/SwiftUI-Projects-real-world-cross-platform-applications/dp/183921466X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-2

Design to Swift UI: https://designtoswiftui.io

Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedevme

Craig's talk at try Swift NYC: https://academy.realm.io/posts/try-swift-nyc-2017-craig-clayton-creating-rich-custom-ui-notifications/

Craig's talk on SwiftBond: https://academy.realm.io/posts/slug-craig-clayton-my-name-is-bond-swift-bond/

iOS 12 Programming for Beginners: An introductory guide to iOS app development with Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10, 3rd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789348668/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-1

5 years ago

56 minutes 37 seconds

Friends That Code

14 - If someone expresses confidence in you, believe them! ft. Tony Amos

Developer, Navy Veteran, Kanban Cool Guy, Scrum Master Master, Agile Guru and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tony Amos!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-amos/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/agile_anthony

Tony’s Blog post: https://medium.com/@agile_anthony/memo-to-the-lone-black-programmer-e8371c12707d

“I feel like I was accidentally hired”, Ibrahim Diallo: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53180073

Nasdaq Stock Wall: https://www.stocktrader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nasdaq-stock-wall.png

Wang 2200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_2200

5 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes 1 second

Friends That Code

13 - Marketing to the right audiences in the right spaces with Robyn Spoto

Founder of SpotOn Digital Media, Co-Founder of MamaBear App and Co-Founder of ThingtoBring, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Digital Media Wizard and Tampa Bay Champion. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Robyn Spoto!

SpotOn Digital Media Twitter: twitter.com/spotondigital

SpotOn Digital Media: spotondigitialmedia.com

ThingToBring: Thingtobring.com

5 years ago

58 minutes 21 seconds

Friends That Code

12 - Why remote work is important for everyone and big hats at meetups with Michele Cynowicz

Engineer, Developer, Community organizer, Frontend Fox, Conference Speaker, Girl Scout Volunteer, Remote Work Advocate and owner of one seriously badass pirate hat… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Michele Cynowicz!

Frontend Foxes: https://www.frontendfoxes.org

Michele’s Twitter (pirate hat in profile photo): https://twitter.com/michelecynowicz

DevFest Florida 2019 Talk: Shifting to Vue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQTbb6rmwI

Thundernerds appearance at VueConf US 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrYcGXqyFZE&feature=emb_title

5 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes 26 seconds

Friends That Code

11 - Getting a Masters Degree with a GI Bill, Silly things recruiters say, FANG interview tips ft. Roland Heintze

Senior Full Stack Engineer. Master's Degree Student. US Marine Veteran. All Around Great guy. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Roland Heintze!

Georgia Tech Courses on Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/georgia-tech

GI Benefits - https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/

Cracking Coding Interview - https://amzn.to/2Fnv7Up

5 years ago

1 hour 6 seconds

Friends That Code

Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living. Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!