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S9:E8 - How to Introduce Coding to Your Kids

Posted June 28, 2022 • 00:44:06

In this episode, we talk about introducing children and teens to coding with Jon Mattingly, co-founder and CEO of Kodable, and Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of ID Tech.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Kodable IDTech Code.org Grace Hopper Head First Book Series Susan Wojcicki Abigail (Abby) PhoenixAbigail (Abby) Phoenix is a longtime conference planner and the Special Projects Manager at Forem, passionate about bringing communities together in thoughtful, meaningful ways.Jon MattinglyA self-taught programmer, Jon wrote his first line of code at 6 years old on a computer that didn’t even have a mouse. A member of the Forbes 30 under 30 as well as a Y Combinator alum, Jon holds a degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Louisville, where he played football. Pete Ingram-CauchiPete Ingram-Cauchi is the CEO of iD Tech, a family-founded, Silicon Valley-based education company founded in 1999. iD Tech delivers online and in-person tech experiences for kids and teens, and curriculum spans Coding, Game Design, Digital Video, AI, Machine Learning, YouTube Streaming, and more.

S9:E7 - How Technology is Used as a Tool for Abuse/Coercive Control

Posted June 21, 2022 • 00:51:21

In this episode, we talk about how technology is being used as a tool for abuse and coercive control with Bindu Oommen Fernandes, executive director at Freedom Forward, and Sony Mital, community engagement lead at Narika. We discuss possible warning signs of abuse to keep an eye out for, tactics abusers use on their victims, and the different ways technology is also helping survivors overcome these circumstances.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Narika Freedom Forward Sonya MitalSonya is Community Engagement Lead at Narika where she raises awareness on domestic violence, technology abuse, healthy relationships and special concerns for immigrant & South Asian populations.Bindu Oommen FernandesBindu Fernandes is executive director at Freedom Forward, a bay area non profit that is working to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of youth in San Francisco by transforming the systems that too often contribute to their exploitation. Prior to this, she led an organization serving survivors of domestic violence and also worked at Google for over a decade leading policy and diversity & inclusion efforts for global teams.

S9:E6 - The Evolution of SQL and How it Managed to Last Through Time

Posted June 14, 2022 • 00:43:10

In this episode, we talk with Jim Walker, principal product evangelist at Cockroach Labs about the evolution of SQL. Learn more about the origins and importance of SQL and how it's managed to not only last but also evolve throughout time.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Smalltalk Quel Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat article in "Wired" 100 millisecond rule The Secret Lives of Data Michael Stonebraker Assembler Language Jim WalkerJim is a recovering developer turned evangelist who digs useful, cool, cutting-edge tech. He loves to translate and distill complex concepts into compelling, more simple explanations that broader communities can consume. He is an advocate of the developer and an active participant in several open source communities

S9:E5 - Getting Your Conference Talk Proposal Accepted

Posted June 7, 2022 • 00:43:00

In this episode we talk with Tracy P Holmes, technical community advocate at Isovalent and Pachi Parra, developer advocate at Github about getting a conference talk proposal accepted. Get some tips and advice from their own personal experiences and a glimpse at this year's Codeland 2022, since both of them will be speaking at this year's conference.Show Notes (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Ali Spittel- Yes, You Should Write That Blog Post OS 101 Notion Obsidian Linux Foundation Mercedes Bernard- How to Write a Great Abstract Proposal Tracy P HolmesA "jackie of all trades" (and mistress of being herself), Tracy is a Developer Advocate focusing on all things community, Anxiety Driven Development, and making sense of GitOps. When she isn't leveling up her programming skills or learning all she can about the next "Something-OPS", Tracy is active in the open source community and is a strong believer that open source is like gardening - pay attention to your conditions, and water only when needed.Pachi ParraPachi Carlson is a Developer Advocate for Github and is a Co-founder of Feministech.

S9:E4 - Getting Along with Your Co-workers... All of Them

Posted May 31, 2022 • 00:49:48

In this episode, we talk about how to work cohesively and efficiently across different departments with Kate Travers, Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, and Tracy Osborn, Principal Program Director at TinySeed.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Design for Non-Designers (Part 1) Design for Non-Designers (Part 2) Design for Non-Designers (Part 3) Tracy Osborn's book "Hello Web Design" Slide Desk Kate TraversKate Travers is a New York-based web developer specializing in Rails, React, and Elixir applications. Before changing careers to ship code, she spent five years shipping fine art for the world's finest museums, galleries, and private collectors. She currently works at GitHub on the Pull Requests team.Tracy OsbornTracy Osborn is the author of Hello Web Design (No Starch Press) and Program Director at TinySeed, a startup accelerator and venture fund aimed at bootstrappers.