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ECMATakeover May 21, 2018

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The future is JavaScript and Mike’s seen the way. Plus we answer a listener's questions about career changes, discuss the week’s hoopla, and share a cautionary tale.

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Episode 309: Best of Both Worlds May 14, 2018

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We get fired up about cloud lock-in, and attempt to find some common ground.

But the overall framework for today's conversation is the important bits for developers from this years Microsoft Build and Google I/O events.

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Microsoft partners with DJI on a new Windows 10 drone SDK - The Verge
Microsoft's Visual Studio Live Share collaboration service available to testers | ZDNet
Visual Studio Live Share
Android Jetpack | Android Developers — Jetpack is a set of libraries, tools and architectural guidance to help make it quick and easy to build great Android apps. It provides common infrastructure code so you can focus on what makes your app unique.
Google Developers Blog: Introducing ML Kit
What's new in Android security (Google I/O '18) - YouTube — Attend this session to learn about security features in Android and how they affect your apps. It will cover new APIs and best practices for protecting the integrity of your app and the privacy of your data.
Google will soon require OEMs to roll out ‘regular’ Android security patches | 9to5Google

Episode 308: The Nicheing Down Fallacy May 07, 2018

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Focusing on a niche can catastrophically backfire when the market shifts, and Mike goes into full reviewer mode this week.

Plus fresh out of Build the guys share the initial impressions of Microsoft’s big event, discuss their growing fear of Amazon, and resources for learning .Net Core.

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Amazon Is Finally Helping Developers Turn Alexa Skills Into Money — Amazon is announcing general availability in the U.S. for in-skill purchasing, which allows the creator of a skill to sell content to an Alexa user–both one-off purchases and monthly or yearly subscriptions, with the entire transaction handled inside the skill via voice on a device
ASP.Net Core 2 Book / Resource Recommendations — I'm looking for some good book / website / youtube channel covering ASP.Net Core
Pop_OS! 18.04 Review: Developer Perspective - dominickm.com — The marketing around Pop is all about developers and makers. I like the general message especially after Apple’s neglect of the developer community over the last few years. However, there’s basically nothing that makes Pop really for developers any more than stock Ubuntu 18.04 or really any other mainstream Linux distro.
Hey guys, I need your advice....

Episode 307: System.Evolution May 03, 2018

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Mike and Chris have a workflow hangover, hit rock bottom, and bounce back with a new understanding.

Plus the creeping revelation that our future is embed.

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Episode 306: Progressive Webbie Things Apr 30, 2018

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The death of desktop apps has reached the next stage, but the long transition to WebAssembly is going to hurt, and why the crushing demand for good enough will force us all to live a life of "Progressive Webbie Things".

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Design Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps - UWP app developer — Fluent Design guidelines and UI code examples for creating app experiences on Windows 10

Episode 305: Perpetual Beta Tester Apr 16, 2018

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We revisit IBM’s total dominance over the PC industry in the early 80s, how they got there, and how we can apply the IBM model to current events.

Plus a batch of your feedback, and a defeated discussion about the state of all desktop operating systems and hardware kicked off by Apple’s taking our beer away.

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Big A Says Keep an Eye on Playgrounds
Esteban with words from the gut
History of IBM — In 1911 the company that leased Unit record equipment, especially Hollerith punched cards and card readers to government bureaus and insurance agencies, became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR). Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956) took over in 1924
DOMINANCE ENDED, I.B.M. FIGHTS BACK - The New York Times — In agreeing to drop its antitrust suit against the International Business Machines Corporation, the Department of Justice has recognized what computer experts and securities analysts had long since concluded: I.B.M. no longer dominates the computer business.
The Computer Chronicles - Profile of Big Blue - IBM (1985) - YouTube — A towering figure in the computing industry throughout the twentieth century, IBM has its own special episode dedicated to its business on this episode of The Computer Chronicles.
IBM's First 100 Years: A Heavily Illustrated Timeline
Apple's Revamped Mac Pro to Launch in 2019 - Mac Rumors — Panzarino was told in no uncertain terms that the Mac Pro will not be arriving before 2019 as the product is still in development
Intel Hades Canyon NUC Review: A Tiny Machine With Smoking Performance — Compact design that doesn't skimp on ports. Front USB is always-on for charging gadgets. SD card reader right where media pros want it. Goes like stink. Quiet.
Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows — The answer, it turns out, was that Apple had decided to start completely over with the Mac Pro
The Science of Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone (and Why You Should) — It's important to push the boundaries of your comfort zone, and when you do, it's kind of a big deal.

Episode 304: No Bad Guys Only Survivors Apr 09, 2018

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What we can learn from Mike’s first business failing in 2014? Mike shares some necessary balance to today’s celebrity CEO “stories”. And we discuss how having naive expectations, avoiding conflict, and a lack of focus can sneak up on you and hurt your business.

Also some tips on how to change your expectations, embrace conflict, and maybe even be a bit ruthless.

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Launching 70+ New Courses
The myth of the celebrity CEO — They might make great newspaper copy, but high-profile "celebrity" CEOs brought in to deliver rapid results often have exactly the opposite impact.
The CEO as Celebrity – Mastering Strategic Management — “Fame is other people’s perception of who you are,” said Oprah Winfrey. “In order to remain true to who you are, you have to be aware of it, but you can’t buy into it.”
Must you be ruthless and selfish to be a really successful entrepreneur, and if so, why, and if not, why not? - Quora

Weapons of Mass Data Apr 02, 2018

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What is focus for the software industry? And is focus always a good thing, or can it lead to tunnel vision? Plus we spend a bit more time saluting Sun Microsystems for their contribution to our industry.

Plus some feedback, a bit of weekly Hoopla, and more!

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Patrick says don't over value those Google emails
Phil Says we don't talk about Sun Enough...
Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel — Apple working on software platform to merge iPad, Mac apps
NeXT vs Sun - YouTube — In 1991 Steve Jobs' company commissioned an head-to-head programming competition to show how much faster and easier it was to program a NeXT computer vs a Sun workstation. The NeXT operating system went on to be the foundation for Apple's Macintosh OS-X about a decade later.
Sun Microsystems — Sun was founded on February 24, 1982.

Episode 302: Staring into Sun Mar 29, 2018

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Sun Microsystems was fertile ground for what might be the largest developer upset in ten years. We look back at some of the real innovations Sun brought us, discuss the latest developments in Oracle's suit against Google, and the massive shift Microsoft announced today.

This is one of those episodes we’ll be referencing back to for quite a while.

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Airmail — Designed for the latest generation iOS, it supports 3D Touch, fast document previewing, high quality PDF creation, and native integration with other apps and services for a frictionless workflow.…
Richard requests insights
Google Could Owe Oracle $8.8 Billion in Android Fight - Bloomberg — Google’s use of Java wasn’t ‘fair use,’ appeals court rules
One Email Could Cost Google Billions in Its Fight With Oracle — “Wish them luck,” Rubin wrote. “Java.lang.apis are copyrighted. and sun [sic] gets to say who they license the tck to,” Rubin wrote.
Google emails cast shadow over its defense against Oracle — In the 2010 email, Google software engineer Tim Lindholm tells Rubin that Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had requested “technical alternatives to Java.” “We’ve been over a bunch of these, and we think they all suck,” Lindholm wrote, according to Ars Technica. “We conclude that we need to negotiate a license for java under the terms we need.” Rubin acknowledged he’d seen the message, the site reported.
Backlash against tech companies is a wake-up call (opinion) - CNN
Snapchat is building the same kind of data-sharing API that just got Facebook into trouble - Recode — Snapchat is building a way for people to use their Snapchat account to connect with third-party apps. The idea, in theory, would let Snapchat users grant outside companies access to their Snapchat data to help personalize other services.
Windows chief Myerson out in Microsoft reorganization | ZDNet — Microsoft's latest company reorg includes some major changes to its Windows and Devices organization, including the departure of its current leader, Terry Myerson.
Thank you for 21 years, and onto the next chapter... | Terry Myerson | Pulse | LinkedIn

Episode 301: Being David Mar 19, 2018

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Mike and Chris find themselves at similar forks in the road with their business. And they both share raw observations from the front lines of some hard choices.

Plus some weekly Hoopla, listener questions, and more!

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Question: What are your opinions about manufacturers ... — Breaking the X86 Instruction Set
Follow Up: Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show — Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show, specifically the chapter markers (easy to use in PocketCasts) and links in the show notes.
Mike's Weekend Fun
Amazon’s new GameOn API helps developers add eSports competitions to their games — GameOn is built-on top of AWS and designed to work cross platform; as long as the system your game is running on can make API calls — be it mobile, console, or a computer — it should all work just fine.
Facebook lets all PC games live stream and reward viewers — The potential for viral growth and sales could convince tons of game developers to bake in Facebook’s new SDK, while players could use the simple broadcasting feature to reach a big audience
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