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Big Data, Low Power - Analyzing Hard Drive Energy Consumption with Dr. Anthony Hylick Jun 07, 2013

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Our clouds demand more storage capacity and more power, but do we really understand where that power is expended? How is power used by modern hard drives and where can savings be found? Scott talks to IBM Researcher Dr. Anthony Hylick about his work in the space of hard drive energy consumption.

A Desktop Developer moves to the Web - with Mark Rendle May 31, 2013

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Mark Rendle has a twenty year career developing software for the desktop. He's long believed that the web just isn't meant for applications of any import. Until now. What changed in web development that caused Mark to take another look at the web and completely change his tune? NOTE: Mark is offering a discount code for HM listeners. It's "HM20" and is good for 20% off the first year of an annual subscription. For UK listeners that'll be £40 instead of £50, US $64 instead of $80. The code can be used at the payments page after the 30 day free trial expires.

Are you secure? WiFi Honeypots, Pineapples and SSL with Troy Hunt May 24, 2013

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Scott talks to Security Researcher and Web Developer Troy Hunt about the state of web security. Should I worry when I connect to a wireless network at a coffee shop? How much should I worry and what can I do to protect myself? As a web developer what are the things we most often forget?

Integrating Office and the Open Web with Lucidchart's Brian Pugh May 17, 2013

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Lucidchart offers high quality flowcharting and diagramming on the Open Web. It's all JavaScript and it's all in your browser. Now Lucidchart integrates into Office 2013! How does this non-Microsoft tech web app integrate into a desktop app in 2013? Brian Pugh tells us how. Now why isn't your web app in Office?

Bacon is bad for you - On Developer Monoculture with Garann Means May 10, 2013

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Scott talks to Garann Means. Garann is a front end developer who recently spoke at a conference called "Devs Love Bacon." Her topic? "Bacon is bad for you." She talks about developer monoculture and how it puts us all at risk.

WordPress and Internet Security with Kellep Charles May 03, 2013

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Scott talks to Security Consultant Kellep Charles about WordPress and public website security. What can you do to protect yourself? Where does internet security break down?

MonoGame and Xamarin make shipping Infinite Flight a reality Apr 26, 2013

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Scott's at the Xamarin Evolve conference and talks to Dean Ellis who works on the MonoGame framework and Philippe Rollin from Infinite Flight. Philippe, along with business partner Matthieu Laban have created an amazing flight simulator using C# that's available in AppStores now! How did they do it?

Firefox OS and the open Mobile Web with Christian Heilmann Apr 19, 2013

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Scott's at the first AngleBrackets conference and sits down to talk about the new Firefox OS and the open Mobile Web with Mozilla's Christian Heilmann.

Practical ReST with Sebastien Lambla Apr 12, 2013

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Scott talks to Sebastien Lambla, author of OpenWrap and OpenRasta, to get his thoughts about ReST. Why are people so passionate about their Web Services? Should creators of Web Services be required to understand the Web, or is it OK to abstract things away?

PhoneGap/Cordova - Is HTML a reasonable app solution? With Steve Sanderson Apr 05, 2013

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Steve Sanderson schools Scott on PhoneGap/Cordova. We explore the concepts and ask: is HTML a reasonable app solution? What kinds of apps lend themselves to HTML and JavaScript? What backend services are needed to support these apps?

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