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Gaming for all with the Xbox Accessibility Controller and John Alexander Oct 25, 2018

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What if you couldn't play video games? Most controllers require not just two hands but also fine motor skills and exact motions. The Xbox Accessibility Controller aims to open up gaming for everyone. It's not trying to be the controller for everyone, but rather than controller platform for everyone! Scott talks to John Alexander about how he games with the Xbox Accessibility Controller.

https://www.quadstick.com/shop/quadstick-fps-game-controller
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/3drudder-foot-controller/90lh5fwnx6t8/lbxg?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab
https://www.ablenetinc.com/technology/switches
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories#assistive
https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/
http://yourcpf.org/
http://www.ablegamers.org/
https://warfighterengaged.org/

Finding Engineering teams that share your Key Values with Lynne Tye Oct 18, 2018

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How do you find the perfect questions to ask in your job interview? How do you know if this is the right company for you? Do they share your values? Interviews are a two way street. This week Scott talks to Lynne Tye about what she created KeyValues.com and how it might help you find your next work home.

https://www.keyvalues.com/culture-queries

Animating Donald Glover's "This is America" with MacPaint on original hardware with Wahyu "Pinot" Ichwandardi Oct 11, 2018

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Animator Wahyu Ichwandardi, also known as Pinot, has been documenting his attempt to capture Childish Gambino's "This Is America" choreography since the beginning of June...using MacPaint and MacroMind Video on original Mac 128k hardware! Why did he do this? How did he do this?

Macintosh 128K with MacPaint 1.5 & Summagraphics MacTablet.
Macintosh SE with MacroMind VideoWorks & Apple 1GB External SCSI hard drive.
BMOW Floppy Emu for data transfer via SD card.
http://twitter.com/pinot
https://www.instagram.com/pinot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pXm2NqfHMs
https://mashable.com/article/this-is-america-retro-animation-pinot-mac

Analog Computing and the Computer of the Tides with Charles Petzold Oct 04, 2018

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Charles Petzold taught many of us to code Windows, but now he's turning his attention to a new book he's been working on for over a decade! This week Scott talks to Charles about Analog Computing and the Computer of the Tides. He's exploring an extended history of an early analog computer invented by Scottish scientist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), and its role in the 19th century Darwin Wars.

http://www.charlespetzold.com/books/

Scaling tech apprenticeship with Techtonics's Heather Terenzio Sep 27, 2018

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Scott talks to Techtonic's Heather Terenzio about how her company is scaling tech apprenticeship. Techtonic Group is a software services company building web-based and mobile products for start-ups and the Fortune 1000. Four years ago, Heather founded Techtonic Academy to train people with diverse backgrounds how to code using a unique, Department of Labor (DOL) approved Apprenticeship program. Techtonic Group was recently named “2017 Innovative Company of the Year” by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Legislature.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/culture-killing-diversity-heather-terenzio-mccollester/

.NET Core Global Tools for Developers with Mark Rendle Sep 20, 2018

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Mark Rendle is the author of a number of open source projects and most recently he's been creating global tools with .NET Core. Scott and Mark talk about the importance of global tools to today's development process. What kinds of things can you make and how can we tap into this growing ecosystem?

https://github.com/RendleLabs
https://twitter.com/markrendle

Forge Your Future with Open Source and VM Brasseur Sep 13, 2018

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VM Brasseur has been a leader in open source for decades and is the Vice President of the Open Source Initiative. Now she's brought her experience together into a booked called "Forge Your Future with Open Source." It's the missing manual of open source contributions and community participation.

https://pragprog.com/book/vbopens/forge-your-future-with-open-source
https://twitter.com/vmbrasseur

Accelerate: The State of DevOps with Dr. Nicole Forsgren Sep 06, 2018

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Dr. Nicole Fosgren has a PhD in Management Information Systems and a Masters in Accounting. She's just released the Accelerate: State of DevOps 2018: Strategies for a New Economy report as well as the supporting book on the topic. Nicole talks to Scott about the state of DevOps - who are the high performers and how do they perform so well? Using rigorous scientific method we'll learn WHY companies are successful in delivering software reliably with speed and quality.

Buy Accelerate! https://amzn.to/2PSyS5g
https://cloudplatformonline.com/2018-state-of-devops.html
https://twitter.com/nicolefv

How GDPR is affecting the American Legal System with Gary Nissenbaum Aug 30, 2018

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There's a huge number of questions swirling around the European Union's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). In this episode Scott sits down with Gary Nissenbaum to try to make sense of it. Since Gary is a lawyer in the United States, we will be mostly focusing how GDPR affects developers in America.

https://www.gdnlaw.com/

Inside Linux on Windows with WSL and Tara Raj Aug 23, 2018

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Windows 10 runs Linux natively! How is that possible? Scott talks to Microsoft's Tara Raj, the Program Manager for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. How does this technology work? Tara explains the internals of WSL to Scott in this episode.

https://twitter.com/tara_msft

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