Friends That Code

Friends That Code

By Friends That Code

Hello world! It’s Mike Traverso with the Friends that Code podcast where I get a chance to showcase some amazing people I know that just happen to write code for a living.

Whether they started off intending to code or just happened into it, we get to hear about the types of people you'll meet, things you'll get to do, jobs you'll have along the way, and advice from some awesome coders along the way!
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13 - Marketing to the right audiences in the right spaces with Robyn Spoto

Friends That CodeSep 16, 2020
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30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

30 - Creating VR games by learning from step 1 with Noble Ackerson

Former Google Developer Expert, Senior Product Manager, Product Strategist, Certified Design Sprint Master, Certified in SAFe 5, VR & AR developer, Holder of numerous Udacity Nano Degrees, Renaissance man, incredibly talented and yes… yes you did once see him in that Chevy commercial.  Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Noble Ackerson! Twitter: https://twitter.com/nobleackerson Blog: https://nobles.page YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOYYYV-skMFu-GGsFiFy_hg Background on Yaa Asantewaa and the Golden Stool: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rzRooY04SHM REFACTR.TECH Conference: https://refactr.tech Abstractions Conference: abstractions.io Black Code Collective: blackcodecollective.com XRSI (X Reality Safety Initiative): xrsi.org
Mar 24, 202101:00:27
29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

29 - Empower your team with shared design language with Sarrah Vesselov

Designer, Manager, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Author and Board Game Cafe Proprietor. Today's guest is Sarrah Vesselov! Please check out Your Turn Cafe and give them a like or a share on social media. Your Turn Cafe - your-turn-cafe.com or twitter.com/yourturncafe  twitter.com/SVesselov Thundernerds.io "Building Design Systems: Unify User experiences through a shared design language" - amzn.to/2ZN8e40 Talks: The Design Of DevOps: youtube.com/watch?v=06MHBa4nGok How to style in React and not lose friends: youtube.com/watch?v=V-flI7ui52M 
 An interview with Sarrah Vesselov: youtube.com/watch?v=jbbH58ICs5o Groups: Women Who Code Tampa: womenwhocode.com/tampa
Feb 25, 202157:10
28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

28 - How to be an awesome game developer, author, editor, speaker, etc. with Tammy Coron

Developer, Instructor, Conference Organizer, Conference Speaker, Podcaster, Senior Technical Editor and Author… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tammy Coron! Tammy's website: TammyCoron.com Twitter: twitter.com/paradox927 Tammy's Book, "Apple Game Frameworks & Technologies": https://pragprog.com/titles/tcswift/apple-game-frameworks-and-technologies/ Adventure Game Kit: https://justwritecode.net/adventuregamekit-spritekit.html JustWriteCode.net RayWenderlich.com
Feb 17, 202101:04:03
27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

27 - How to learn by teaching with Nate Ebel

Developer, Instructor, Teacher, Author, Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert, YouTuber, Podcaster and man with a voice totally suited for crime solving serial podcasts… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Nate Eble. Oh btw, in the podcast I say OpenCV is Open Computer View. It's actually Open Source Computer Vision. Apologies for the mix-up folks! It was an off day for me. Goobar - goobar.io Goobar on YouTube - youtube.com/goobar Goobar Podcast - goobar.buzzsprout.com OpenCV - opencv.org 360AnDev Conference: 360andev.com Mastering Kotlin - amzn.to/35nF0vu  Kotlin First – Taking Full Advantage of Kotlin For Android Development - 360andev.com/session-recordings/?vimeography_gallery=3&vimeography_video=444346415
Feb 03, 202101:12:35
26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

26 - Imposter Syndrome: You Do Belong Here & other affirmations and ways to beat imposter syndrome

Mentioned papers: Nitya Narasimhan: I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6 Mentioned episodes: Nitya Narasimhan: Episode 7 Graeme Devine: Episode 25 Resources for help: Suicide Prevention Lifeline https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org Call 1-800-273-8255   24/7 Crisis Text Line https://www.crisistextline.org/ Text HELLO to 741741   24/7 Veterans Crisis Line https://www.veteranscrisisline.net 1-800-273-8255
Jan 09, 202128:11
25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

25 - It's GRAEME DEVINE! with Graeme Devine

Video game lover, developer, designer, producer, Godfather of games on CD-Roms, and man partly responsible for a Christmas shortage of gold Zelda cartridges. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Graeme Devine! Twitter: twitter.com/zaphodgjd Full Deck Solitaire: fulldecksolitaire.com GRL games: grlgames.net Quarantine Studios: qxrstudios.com Quarantine Studios on Twitter: twitter.com/qxrstudios Into The Future: A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFkPEqQX-0
Dec 18, 202054:07
24 - Preparing for better opportunities. Oh! and pinball too with Stacy Devino

24 - Preparing for better opportunities. Oh! and pinball too with Stacy Devino

Developer, Google Developer Expert, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Mentor, Sneaker fan and Mistress of Android. Ladies and Gentlemen, todays guest is Stacy Devino! Twitter: twitter.com/doesitpew Stacy’s Cooking Instagram: instagram.com/cookingbythecode Southern DevFest: youtube.com/channel/UCZNfiFfwI3mPLpfr8UFyUnw Midwest DevFest: gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbia-mo-presents-devfest-midwest-2020/
Dec 10, 202001:04:33
23 - Having every job imaginable in technology with Joey deVilla

23 - Having every job imaginable in technology with Joey deVilla

Developer, former Evangelist, former CTO, Author, Community Organizer, Conference Speaker, Accordion Guy and Developer again. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Joey deVilla! How many electric motors do you have in your home?! Twitter - twitter.com/accordionguy Blog - globalnerdy.com UIKit Apprentice 8th Edition: https://amzn.to/39GXdau [Amazon Affiliate Link] DevFest Florida Talk - youtube.com/watch?v=epfM9isTmK8 Blogging getting a job at Auth0 - globalnerdy.com/2020/10/12/how-i-landed-my-job-at-auth0-2/
Dec 03, 202001:09:24
22 - Coding a secure, community driven, open sourced Smash Bros moves app with Kento Kawakami

22 - Coding a secure, community driven, open sourced Smash Bros moves app with Kento Kawakami

Nintendo enthusiast, Video game lover, graphic designer, photographer, App developer and spanking new software developer. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Kento Kawakami! "A lot of people with a passion in programming have this need to create something." Twitter: https://twitter.com/KentoKawakami  LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/kentokawakami Smash Combos: https://smash-combos.herokuapp.com
Nov 26, 202001:00:13
21 - Mentoring developers & fostering the community with Maggie Negm

21 - Mentoring developers & fostering the community with Maggie Negm

Software developer, volunteer, and mentor to newer software developers and all around good person. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Maggie Negm! Maggie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_ Maggie's tweet on POSTing her resume: https://twitter.com/maggiecodes_/status/1302042477403279360 The associated blogpost: https://dev.to/maggiecodes_/how-i-applied-to-a-tech-job-using-a-post-request-193d Outreachy: http://outreachy.org/ Spectra Hackathon: http://sospectra.com/
Nov 18, 202049:10
20 - Dialoging with an Android Developer with Huyen Tue Dao

20 - Dialoging with an Android Developer with Huyen Tue Dao

Developer, Architect, Fantastic Conference Speaker, Google Developer Expert in Android & Kotlin, YouTube Producer and On-Air Talent… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Huyen Tue Dao! Twitter: https://twitter.com/queencodemonkey Trello: https://trello.com Randomly Typing: https://randomlytyping.com  Dissecting the stdlib: https://youtu.be/Fzt_9I733Yg Putting Down the Golden Hammer from KotlinConf 2019: https://youtu.be/YeqGfKmJM_g Android Dialogs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/androiddialogs
Nov 11, 202001:18:05
19 - Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready with Jerome Hardaway

19 - Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready with Jerome Hardaway

Developer, Air Force Veteran, Tech Evangelist, Founder and Executive Director at Vets Who Code and Captain America of web development! Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Jerome Hardaway! Vets Who Code: vetswhocode.io VWC on Github: https://github.com/Vets-Who-Code Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeromeHardaway Juneteenth Conference: https://juneteenthconf.com Rendevous in Memphis: https://www.hogsfly.com Otaku Ramen in Nashville: https://www.otakuramen.com
Oct 28, 202001:14:09
18 - Development is just another creative outlet with David Khourshid

18 - Development is just another creative outlet with David Khourshid

Developer, Conference Speaker, Author, Javascript framework creator, Twitch streamer and moonlighting piano player. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is David Khourshid! State Charts: statecharts.io XState Github, Visualizer and Docs: http://xstate.js.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano David's Codepen: https://codepen.io/davidkpiano CSS Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/author/davidkpiano/  The Keyframers: Keyframe.rs
Oct 21, 202050:29
17 - Creating: Turning static into fantastic with Erica Jacobs

17 - Creating: Turning static into fantastic with Erica Jacobs

Designer, Illustrator, Volunteer, Celebrator of women in the design and tech community, Creator of the Neon Swan Awards and Creative Mind extraordinaire. Ladies and gentlemen, todays guest is Erica Jacobs! Pixadactyl: pixadactyl.com Pixadactyl TeeSpring: https://teespring.com/stores/pixadactyl Neon Swan Awards: http://neonswanawards.com Orlando Lady Boss podcast: http://www.orlandoladyboss.com/take-credit-erica-jacobs-podcast-9/ Lore Olympus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=13 Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: https://graphicartistsguild.org/product/the-graphic-artists-guild-handbook-pricing-ethical-guidelines/ Have Her Back: https://www.haveherback.com #awesometechqueen
Oct 14, 202001:14:32
16 - ABC's of success: Authenticity, Balance and Communication with Bill Conyea

16 - ABC's of success: Authenticity, Balance and Communication with Bill Conyea

Developer, CTO, Investor, Technology Staffer and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Bill Conyea! Crestview Global: www.crestviewglobal.com For career opportunity inquiries, send an email with your resume to opportunities@crestviewglobal.com or subscribe to Crestview Global's email list for updates. Outro: Running from the One Nine - Bill Conyea, Guitar
Oct 07, 202057:29
15 - From design, to coding, to app with SwiftUI & authoring books with Craig Clayton

15 - From design, to coding, to app with SwiftUI & authoring books with Craig Clayton

iOS Developer, SwiftUI Pioneer, Community organizer, Conference Speaker, Author, Workshop creator and seemingly a master of time itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Craig Clayton! Swift For Good Book: https://www.swiftforgood.com SwiftUI Projects: Build six real-world cross-platform mobile applications using SwiftUI from scratch: https://www.amazon.com/SwiftUI-Projects-real-world-cross-platform-applications/dp/183921466X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-2 Design to Swift UI: https://designtoswiftui.io Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedevme Craig's talk at try Swift NYC: https://academy.realm.io/posts/try-swift-nyc-2017-craig-clayton-creating-rich-custom-ui-notifications/ Craig's talk on SwiftBond: https://academy.realm.io/posts/slug-craig-clayton-my-name-is-bond-swift-bond/ iOS 12 Programming for Beginners: An introductory guide to iOS app development with Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10, 3rd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789348668/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Craig+clayton&qid=1599664573&sr=8-1
Sep 30, 202056:37
14 - If someone expresses confidence in you, believe them! ft. Tony Amos

14 - If someone expresses confidence in you, believe them! ft. Tony Amos

Developer, Navy Veteran, Kanban Cool Guy, Scrum Master Master, Agile Guru and Entrepreneur. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Tony Amos! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-amos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/agile_anthony Tony’s Blog post: https://medium.com/@agile_anthony/memo-to-the-lone-black-programmer-e8371c12707d “I feel like I was accidentally hired”, Ibrahim Diallo: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53180073 Nasdaq Stock Wall: https://www.stocktrader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nasdaq-stock-wall.png Wang 2200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_2200
Sep 23, 202001:02:02
13 - Marketing to the right audiences in the right spaces with Robyn Spoto

13 - Marketing to the right audiences in the right spaces with Robyn Spoto

Founder of SpotOn Digital Media, Co-Founder of MamaBear App and Co-Founder of ThingtoBring, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Digital Media Wizard and Tampa Bay Champion. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Robyn Spoto! SpotOn Digital Media Twitter: twitter.com/spotondigital SpotOn Digital Media: spotondigitialmedia.com ThingToBring: Thingtobring.com
Sep 16, 202058:21
12 - Why remote work is important for everyone and big hats at meetups with Michele Cynowicz

12 - Why remote work is important for everyone and big hats at meetups with Michele Cynowicz

Engineer, Developer, Community organizer, Frontend Fox, Conference Speaker, Girl Scout Volunteer, Remote Work Advocate and owner of one seriously badass pirate hat… Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Michele Cynowicz! Frontend Foxes: https://www.frontendfoxes.org Michele’s Twitter (pirate hat in profile photo): https://twitter.com/michelecynowicz #CodePirate DevFest Florida 2019 Talk: Shifting to Vue:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQTbb6rmwI Thundernerds appearance at VueConf US 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrYcGXqyFZE&feature=emb_title
Sep 09, 202001:05:26
11 - Getting a Masters Degree with a GI Bill, Silly things recruiters say, FANG interview tips ft. Roland Heintze

11 - Getting a Masters Degree with a GI Bill, Silly things recruiters say, FANG interview tips ft. Roland Heintze

Senior Full Stack Engineer. Master's Degree Student. US Marine Veteran. All Around Great guy. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Roland Heintze! Georgia Tech Courses on Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/georgia-tech GI Benefits - https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/how-to-use-benefits/ Cracking Coding Interview - https://amzn.to/2Fnv7Up
Sep 02, 202001:00:07
10 - Being a polymath, community, creating, facilitating, welding art together and running a B&B ft. Christi Kapp

10 - Being a polymath, community, creating, facilitating, welding art together and running a B&B ft. Christi Kapp

Developer, Project Manager, Bed and Breakfast proprietor, Community organizer, Conference organizer, Artist of multiple mediums, Polymath. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s guest is Christi Kapp! I AM Remarkable - https://iamremarkable.withgoogle.com/  Cosmic Teamwork - www.cosmicteamwork.com Violets Garage - www.violetsgarage.com DevFest Florida - https://devfestflorida.org Central Florida Google Developer Group - https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Central-Florida/
Aug 26, 202056:00
09 - Helping new and established developers ft. Jenell Pizarro

09 - Helping new and established developers ft. Jenell Pizarro

Developer. Speaker. Teacher. Community organizer. Podcaster. And my first guest with Pink Hair. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Jenell Pizarro Orlando Devs - https://orlandodevs.com Black Orlando Tech - https://blackorlandotech.org Jenell on Twitter @nellaro - https://twitter.com/nellarro ThunderNerds - https://thundernerds.io DevFest Florida - https://devfestflorida.org
Aug 19, 202059:10
08 - Data science in Baseball, advice for interviews and show tunes ft. Ben Gilman

08 - Data science in Baseball, advice for interviews and show tunes ft. Ben Gilman

Math guru, Former College Athlete, Web & Mobile App Developer. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Ben Gilman! Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell MLB.com Sandia National Labs Colorado School of Mines
Aug 12, 202052:45
07 - Always learning, building communities, Flutteristas and Sketchnoting ft. Nitya Narasimhan

07 - Always learning, building communities, Flutteristas and Sketchnoting ft. Nitya Narasimhan

Polymath. Developer Expert. Developer Advocate. Community Organizer. Sketchnoter Supreme. Person you need to follow on Twitter. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Nitya Narasimhan! dev.to/nitya twitter.com/nitya Sketchnoting: https://blog.sketchthedocs.dev/2020/05/about-sketchthedocs.html Flutter: https://dartpad.dartlang.org/flutter & https://flutter.dev #flutteristas: https://twitter.com/hashtag/flutteristas I'm a lifelong lifelong beginner, are you?: https://dev.to/nitya/i-m-a-lifelong-beginner-are-you-2ac6 MS Create: Frontend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCc-YPf9lAU&feature=youtu.be Azure docs: https://aka.ms
Aug 05, 202001:30:49
06 - Friends That Code ft. Katherine Trammell

06 - Friends That Code ft. Katherine Trammell

Developer, Teacher, Project Coordinator, Tech Community Volunteer and Supporter, Operations Unicorn, Suncoast Developer Guild Campus Director, Conference Organizer. And all around awesome lady. Ladies and gentlemen, today's guest is Katherine Trammell! Suncoast Developer's Guild: https://suncoast.io Suncoast Developer's Guild Conference: https://suncoast.io/conference Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/suncoastdevs Twitter: @ktrammell95
Aug 01, 202056:06
05 - Fun ways to get into Machine Learning ft. Kesha Williams

05 - Fun ways to get into Machine Learning ft. Kesha Williams

Developer, Architect, Mentor, Teacher, AWS Machine Learning Hero, Alexa Champion, Machine Learning Guru, multiple award winning, incredibly generous with her time and potential Top Chef. Today's guest, ladies and gentlemen, is Kesha Williams! A Cloud Guru: https://acloud.guru Her new web series about using AI to generate music: https://acloud.guru/series/deepcomposer Women Who Code sponsored AI hackathon to battle COVID-19: https://www.womenwhocode.com/mission-predictable-hackathon. Kesha's Corner: https://info.acloud.guru/resources/keshas-korner-intro-to-machine-learning-on-aws Twitter: @keshawillz 
Jul 31, 202049:08
04 - Friends That Code ft. Sam Edwards

04 - Friends That Code ft. Sam Edwards

Developer, Architect, Instructor, certified Android Expert, certified Kotlin expert, Incredibly generous and HandStander Supreme. Today’s guest ladies and gentlemen is Sam Edwards! Capital One Tech Blog: https://medium.com/capital-one-tech Sam's Blog: https://handstandsam.com Android Summit: https://www.androidsummit.org @androidsummit @handstandsam
Jul 31, 202001:03:20
03 - Friends That Code ft. Victoria Gonda

03 - Friends That Code ft. Victoria Gonda

Dancer. Writer. Speaker. Conference Organizer. Kotlin Guru. All around awesome person... Today’s guest, ladies and gentlemen, is Victoria Gonda! Victoria's blog: https://victoriagonda.com Android Test Driven Development By Tutorials Book: https://store.raywenderlich.com/products/android-test-driven-development-by-tutorials Increase Your Product Quality Through Accessibility: Kotlin Mumbai OR RayWenderlich.com Chicago Roboto Conference: https://chicagoroboto.com Twitter: @ttgonda
Jul 31, 202050:33
02 - Friends That Code ft. Annyce Davis

02 - Friends That Code ft. Annyce Davis

Director of Engineering at Meetup. Technologist. Android Expert. Speaker. Published Poet. All-around inspiration. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Annyce Davis! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brwngrldev Blog: https://adavis.info LinkedIn Learning: https://www.lynda.com/Annyce-Davis/8215280-1.html
Jul 31, 202041:02
01 - Friends That Code ft. Brandy Morgan

01 - Friends That Code ft. Brandy Morgan

Technologist, Entrepreneur, Social Media Guru. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's guest is Brandy Morgan!   Do School: https://doschool.co Blog: http://msbrandymorgan.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/msbrandymorgan Twitter: http://twitter.com/msbrandymorgan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgIU78CjS3oeUSpqVoU9jw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msbrandymorgan
Jul 31, 202041:14
0 - A Rambling Introduction to Friends That Code

0 - A Rambling Introduction to Friends That Code

Check us out on Twitter: @friendsthatcode Mike Traverso: @traversoft LinkedIn
Jul 31, 202002:54