Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

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Creating the Plex Software Ecosystem with Elan Feingold Mar 14, 2014

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Plex is a powerful media ecosystem with a server component available on almost every platform and NAS, and clients for every tablet, laptop, phone and device you can imagine. How does it all fit together and get you your media your way, today?

I'm a Blind Software Technician - Ask Me Anything! with Katherine Moss Mar 07, 2014

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Scott talks to Katherine Moss, a blind software tech, about how she uses her computer and her phone. What does she see and what does her screen reader(s) see? What do sighted developers need to do to support those with less sight?

Getting Started with JavaScript Unit Testing with Jasmine and Rushaine McBean Feb 28, 2014

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Scott is at the jQuery conference today and sits down with full stack developer Rushaine McBean to learn about JavaScript Unit Testing with Jasmine. How does Jasmine relate to things like Selenium? Will it change how I write my JavaScript?

Creating a Mac emulator using JavaScript with James Friend Feb 21, 2014

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Scott talks to James Friend, author of PCE.js which is a port of PCE the Portable Computer Emulator. You can run Mac System 7 in your browser? How is this sorcery possible? We talk emscripten, portable C, and lots more.

Xbox One Developer with Dave Voyles, formerly of Comcast Feb 14, 2014

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Scott talks with Dave Voyles who worked on the Comcast Xfinity application for Xbox. What's it take to write an application for an Xbox One? Will your HTML and JavaScript skills translate? All this, plus discussion of SmartGlass.

Model View Culture - A new media platform covering Technology, Culture, and Diversity Feb 07, 2014

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Scott sits down to chat with Amelia Greenhall and Shanley Kane about the launch of their new media company "Model View Culture." We talk about issues faced by marginalized groups in tech and about what Shanley and Amelia have planned for their startup's new media future.

sass.js - An Emscripten Experiment with Rodney Rehm Jan 31, 2014

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We have more interesting tools available to us than we realize. When asked if there was a JavaScript version of the Sass CSS library, Rodney Rehm and his friend Sebastian decided to see if they could use Emscripten to compile the existing C/C++ one into JavaScript. Because, why not?

Learning Code The Hard Way with Zed Shaw Jan 24, 2014

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Is the best way to learn to code The Hard Way? Scott talks to Zed Shaw, author of the Mongrel web server for Ruby Web Applications, and now the creator of the Learn Code The Hard Way movement.

Discourse and The Art of Discussion with Jeff Atwood Jan 17, 2014

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Scott catches up with Jeff Atwood about his new startup, Discourse.

Coneryminutes #3 - Bartending vs Software Jan 10, 2014

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Rob Conery takes over Hanselminutes again! He talks to Scott about the motivation for a young person to stay in school (and software) when bartending can easily pay the bills. Rob also tries to get Scott to lose his train of thought.