Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

Latest Episodes:

Azure Sphere and Microsoft's new Linux with Caitie McCaffrey Jun 08, 2018

Show notes

Azure Sphere is a new solution for creating highly-secured, Internet-connected microcontroller (MCU) devices. Caitie McCaffrey is Principal Software Engineering Lead on the project and is an expert in building large scale services and systems for folks like 343 Industries (Halo), HBO, Twitter, and more. How will this new system (and new Linux) keep our IoT devices safe?

https://twitter.com/caitie
Hiring Principal Software Engineer https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/409416/Principal-Software-Engineer
Hiring Software Engineer II https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/411780/Software-Engineer-II
Principal Software Engineer https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/409418/Principal-Software-Engineer
Software Engineer II https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/412339/Software-Engineer-II
Senior Software Engineer https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/412122/Senior-Software-Engineer

A new life for old software - DasBlog Core with Mark Downie Jun 01, 2018

Show notes

Scott and Mark Downie have been blogging for nearly 15 years using a blogging system called "DasBlog." It started with .NET 1.1 and now Mark is forking DasBlog and taking it into an open source future with .NET Core. Scott talks to Mark about his first open source project, community response, .NET Standard, and moving a legacy app forward while still maintaining stability.

http://twitter.com/poppastring
https://github.com/poppastring/dasblog-core

Do you need to speak English to Code? Noor - An Arabic Programming Language with Ahmed Abdalla May 25, 2018

Show notes

Do you need to speak English to Code? Ahmed Abdalla created Noor , an Arabic Programming Language as a way to teach programming to Arabic-speaking kids.

https://twitter.com/SimplyAhmaz1ng
https://github.com/SimplyAhmazing/noor
https://pegjs.org/
http://createyourproglang.com/
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/DoYouHaveToKnowEnglishToBeAProgrammer.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalb_(programming_language)

Eric Heutchy on Backward Compatibility, Xbox One X Enhanced Games, and The Heutchy Method May 18, 2018

Show notes

Xbox One X Enhanced Games with Backward Compatibility are AMAZING. You can play a decade old game - originally meant for 640x480 or 720p resolution - and enjoy it in 4k resolution. Not upscaled. Actually up to 10x clearer within recompiling the game? How? Xbox's Eric Heutchy tells Scott how!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2017/10/23/play-three-generations-of-games-better-on-xbox-one/

How do you become a CTO - with Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott May 10, 2018

Show notes

Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft...but how did he get there? Scott talks to Kevin about his experience from early teens through his successful foray at LinkedIn and beyond. Where does Kevin see technology going and how do we help get more people involved in the future of technology?

Building Web Applications for the next Billion Users with Ire Aderinokun May 04, 2018

Show notes

Ire Aderinokun is a self-taught UI/UX Designer and Front-End Developer working in Lagos, Nigeria. She is currently the Technical Lead at Big Cabal Media. She says the Next Billion Users are coming online now and they'll be outside Western countries and they'll be mobile first. What do we need to know as Web Developers to create great apps and sites for the Next Billion?

Investing in Underrepresented Tech Founders with Arlan Hamilton's Backstage Capital Apr 27, 2018

Show notes

We talked to Arlan Hamilton two years ago (almost to the day) as she was starting her Venture Fund for underrepresented founders. What's changed since then? Arlan Hamilton's Backstage Capital has invested more than $4M+ in over 80 companies led by underrepresented founders. How has she gone from Homeless to VC in just a few years? Arlan also recently started Project Cover to give micro-grants to driven creatives. Scott catches up with Arlan to hear about how she's continued to build her team and her fund and BUILD COOL STUFF. And also - what's the right way to eat string cheese?

https://hanselminutes.com/524
http://backstagecapital.com
http://projectcover.org

A history of the Windows 95 Start Button and User Research at Microsoft with Kent Sullivan and Derek Hoiem Apr 20, 2018

Show notes

Kent Sullivan and Derek Hoiem were some of the original hires at the User Research Labs at Microsoft. The worked on the exploratory user research that produced the taskbar and Start menu, as well as the iterative research that helped nail down the details. How did the Start Menu and Start Button come to be?

https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/localizability/mirroring-awareness
http://becuriouswith.us/
https://measuringu.com/usability-history/

Inside the world of Star Trek's Visual and Practical Effects with Dan Curry Apr 13, 2018

Show notes

Dan Curry was a Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director, Director and Main Title Designer for Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Next Generation series. He spent 18 years doing Star Trek and pioneering visual and practical effects. On this episode he talks to Scott about his time and inspiration for a number of the props you've seen in the show you love! Even better, some of his collection is being auctioned on April 15th, 2018.

Christine Spang's Open Source Journey from Teen OSS Contributor to CTO of Nylas Apr 05, 2018

Show notes

Christine Spang started her tech journey contributing to Debian while still a teenager. She went on to MIT, then worked on Ksplice, helping the Linux kernel stay up-to-date without rebooting. From there working as a Principal Developer at Oracle, Christine when on to co-found Nylas where she's currently the CTO. Scott talks to Christine about her experience, her thoughts on going from Dev to CTO, leading teams, and their product suite at Nylas.

https://www.nylas.com/
https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/12/01/new-zine--so-you-want-to-be-a-wizard/

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected