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In this ver. @csell5 talks to @likeOMGitsFEDAY about her relentless effort building a stronger community in Kansas City.    Jennifer is often described as a force of nature, Jennifer is a JavaScript developer, speaker, foodie, fitness geek, and community organizer most well known for her work creating innovative and highly sought-after programs for women in technology.   She is widely known for her work in the Kansas City community, and in 2013 founded Kansas City Women in Technology, a 501(c)(3) organization to help grow the number of women in technology careers in Kansas City. She built numerous coding programs from the ground up to support KCWiT's mission, including CoderDojoKC, Coding & Cupcakes, Coding & Cocktails, and the Kansas City Django Girls workshop. She has worked tirelessly to build a robust and thriving network of women in technology through creating learning, volunteering, mentoring, speaking, and leadership opportunities for the those in her community.   You can find Jennifer at: htt

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @jlengstorf about this notion of “work life balance”. Look his beard fell out and that’s just wrong. Jason Lengstorf is a developer, architect, occasional designer, and frequent speaker. He’s passionate about building tools, systems, and training materials to create high-performance teams and apps. He later encourages those teams to use their newfound free time to go outside and be people and stuff. He lives in Portland, Oregon. You can find Jason at: https://lengstorf.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlengstorf/ https://facebook.com/jlengstorf https://github.com/jlengstorf htttps://twitter.com/jlengstorf Links mentioned in the show: https://gatsbyjs.com https://www.zenhub.com/ http://danger.systems/js/ https://www1.brain.fm/

In this ver. Clark talks with Chris about the current state of our web culture, accessibility on the web and well a few angle brackets. Chris DeMars is a UI developer first, UX architect always, working out of Detroit, Michigan. Chris is also an instructor, teacher assistant, and volunteer for the Ann Arbor chapter of Girl Develop It and co-organizer for the Ann Arbor Accessibility Group. Chris loves coming up with solutions for enterprise applications, which include modular CSS architectures, performance, and advocating for web accessibility. When he is not working on making the web great and inclusive you can find him writing blog posts, recording episodes of his podcast, Tales From The Script, watching horror movies, drinking the finest of beers, or in the woods of northern Michigan. You can find out more about Chris here: http://chrisdemars.com.

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @matthewmcnew about software team culture. Does the team dynamic really influence the outcome of a product?  Pro-tip, of course it does.   Matthew is a software engineer at Pivotal Labs. You can find more about Matthew here:   GitHub - https://github.com/matthewmcnew  Twitter - https://twitter.com/matthewmcnew 

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @dahlbys about code and kids. We explore the current state of computer science in schools, the effects of code.org and just riff about kids. Samantha Dahlby is a recovering software engineer with passions for public transportation, kids, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). She currently works at the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo), a nonprofit in Cedar Rapids, as the K-12 Education Coordinator. Samantha has two young daughters, and has learned to enjoy watching them tear apart *most* things in the name of curiosity. Find Samantha at: https://twitter.com/dahlbys https://newbo.co  

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @saragibby about women. This is just the start of many conversations to come about supporting women in tech, fostering a better workplace and community. Sara has 20 years in software engineering worked across the county, different industries as employee and consultant. Once leader of a Girl Develop It chapter, now founder/facilitator of Girls Who Code club while working as Director of Engineering for Quikly.   Find Sara at: http://saragibby.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/saragibby/  https://twitter.com/saragibby 

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @faziodev about the current state of ai assistants. Really, how different are these platforms, are they even useful yet, dare we say smart? Will they ever be? Warning, mute Alexa or toilet paper will be purchased. Fazio is a Senior Software Engineer with Skyline Technologies, where he helps clients solve all kinds of problems in the web, mobile, and cloud spaces. Fazio is also an organizing committee member for Chicago Code Camp and Milwaukee Code Camp, as well as a presenter at user groups, code camps, and That Conference. Fazio has a love of all things mobile, voice assistants, JavaScript, and REST APIs. Outside of technology, he's always up for a chat about board games, video games, baseball, and late-90s metal bands. Links mentioned in the show: https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html

In this ver. @csell5 talks with @docondev about software teams, company culture and it’s effect on delivery. Doc Norton is a software delivery professional working to make the world of software development a better place. His experience covers a wide range of development topics. Doc declares expertise in no single language or methodology and is immediately suspicious of anyone who declares such expertise. Doc writes regularly on topics related to software delivery, management, and leadership. You can find his musings at www.docondev.com, www.wearecto2.com/blog, and www.leanpub.com/escapevelocity A frequent and well rated international speaker, Doc is passionate about helping others become better developers, working with teams to improve delivery, and building great organizations. In his role at CTO2, Doc is provided opportunities to realize his passion every day. http://www.docondev.com/ http://twitter.com/docondev

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @codefoster about his boat. Jeremy and crew are taking IOT to the ocean, making his sail boat a smart boat. All you need is a little Raspberry Pi and 5v! #THATConference and #AskTHAT. Jeremy is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft in what we call the Commercial Software Engineering group, and I do a lot of presentations. I always say, the only thing I like more than writing code is talking about writing code. You’ve likely heard it said that the best way to learn is to teach, and that couldn’t be more true than with technical topics. You can find Jeremy at http://codefoster.com.

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @jackkoppa about getting involved in open source. Well really it quickly turns into talking about getting involved in open efforts. Something near and dear to #THATConference and #AskTHAT.   Jack is a Front-End Web Developer at SafeNet Consulting, who stumbled into software while studying environmental science & Chinese. Combining those three interests has led him to live in Shanghai, work on clean tech web apps, and contribute to an open-source air quality project; he's at his most excited when finding some helpful way to apply career-related skills. Though he's also pretty excited when discussing SpaceX. Currently working mostly with Angular 4+, TypeScript, Azure, and C#; dabbling in Node, React, and Next. Find Jack at: GitHub - https://github.com/jackkoppa Twitter - https://twitter.com/jackpkoppa Efforts Mentioned in Today's Show: OpenAQ - https://openaq.org OpenAQ Slack - https://openaq-slackin.herokuapp.com/ Feedbot - Slack app for informal feedback - https://github.

In this ver. @csell5 talked with @ashleydzick about UX accessibility. We’re not just talking high contrast but how can we make ourselves more accessible to one another. Oh and bootstrap. Ashley Dzick is a UX Designer hailing from Milwaukee. She works as a college lecturer at MSOE and as a UX consultant with companies of all sizes. . Before consulting and UX, she had a past-life as a C++ developer. She's interested in all aspects of user experience, but especially around inclusive design. Outside of tech, she plays piano, rock climbs and runs with her dog. Links from today's show https://medium.com/@ashleydzick http://dzick.com https://linkedin.com/in/ashleydzick https://twitter.com/ashleydzick

In this ver. @csell5 talks with @alzaudtke about the clouds, functional programming, and with sprinkles of good ole software development.   Al is an Architect at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. with over 15 years of experience working with subscription based web applications. Primarily I work on web applications using the .NET stack, and recently we are working on Cloud Native solutions in Azure. These solutions are not only web applications, but there is also an IoT solution currently being built.   Since spring of 2015, I have been a remote employee. My company is in Wisconsin, and I worked out of the office until my wife and I decided to make a change. I now live in Knoxville, TN and absolutely love being a remote employee. There were some challenges early on, but we worked through them all, and now we have a number of distance employees on our team.   In addition to designing and building solutions, I am trying to do more presentations. I have presented a few times, but am always looking to challenge

In this ver. @csell5 talks to @erikalanguirand about learning, then teaching and right back to learning again. Our industry is constantly changing and at times you can just feel like a professional rookie, but are you?   Erika Carlson is the Director of Training & Development at Detroit Labs, where she blends her love of programming with her passion for helping others grow. Erika was studying psychology in 2011 when she wrote her first line of Python code. She fell in love with programming, decided to change paths, and became a software developer. Since then she has built enterprise software, created websites for nonprofits, and worked on mobile applications with millions of users, as well as training dozens of software developers through Detroit Labs's innovative Developer Apprentice Program. Erika is passionate about the power of technology to drive positive change in the world. She loves writing code, bourbon ice cream, listening to people, and those "light bulb" moments when someone learns to see thin

In this #AskTHAT, I talk to Brian Contos, CISO of Verodin and we dive into cybersecurity. No MOAR excuses, we have to take an active role in our securing our applications.    Brian has over two decades of experience in the security industry. He is a seasoned executive, board advisor, security company entrepreneur and author. After getting his start in security with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions including:  Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee and Solera Networks.   Brian has worked in over 50 countries across six continents. He is a strategic board advisor for multiple companies including Cylance and Appdome. He has authored several security books, his latest with the former Deputy Director of the NSA, spoken at leading security events globally and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute. Brian frequently appears in the news and has been f

In this show I talk with close friend Keith Casey. Keith is in love with APIs and the security around them and while our conversation starts with API’s it finishes with the dumpster fire around security and our responsibilities as a developer today. Keith Casey currently serves on the Platform Team at Okta working on Identity and Authentication APIs. Previously, he served as an early Developer Evangelist at Twilio and before that worked on the Ultimate Geek Question at the Library of Congress. His underlying goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. In his spare time, he helps build and support the Austin tech community, blogs at CaseySoftware.com and is fascinated by monkeys. He is also a co-author of “A Practical Approach to API Design” from Leanpub. https://caseysoftware.com 

What if you didn’t know programming was your thing? I talk with Aly about her tenure in software programming and how her involvement has helped her grow and navigate our fast moving industry. Aly Fluckey is a User Experience Developer working in Chicago. As a software and UX consultant, she specializes in building scalable and maintainable visual systems and has a passion for CSS, collaboration and product validation. When not at the keyboard, she enjoys traveling, cooking, philosophizing, going to concerts and switching her hair color too often.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/wtfluckey   Github: https://github.com/wtfluckey

In this show I talks with Brent Stewart about making things with metal. We dive in CNC machines and explore his journey with getting a semi-professional grade CNC machine. Brent is a professional software developer with over two decades of experience, Brent has seen many development trends come and go and learned that there is not a shortcut to being a great developer. He enjoys teaching and tries to mentor others whenever he can. When he is not speaking at conferences around the Midwest he can be found helping organize the Kansas City .NET User Group. He is a creator at heart and has started multiple businesses over the years in a variety of industries. His latest venture is Alien Arc Technologies which allows him to take his ideas and give them form. He loves quality in all things and always try to provide the best quality in everything he does. If it is worth doing, then it is worth doing right. Follow Brent at: Twitter: @brentestewart Github: @brentestewart Website: brentstewart.net Links mentioned in t

I talk with fellow Chicago Bears fan about all things tech. React, Graph, startups, and community in general. John is a Skyline Technologies Principal Consultant where his current focus is on solving problems using cloud technologies to reach users on their phone, their PC or while they are talking in their living room. During his career he has developed solutions to solve problems for a wide variety of industries. Examples include virtually melting down nuclear reactors, pricing over 10 billion dollars in consumer goods orders, and mobile applications for music festivals. He live in Appleton, WI with his wife and a gaggle of children who are usually playing music, running or shining. Follow him on twitter @jptacek or on his blog at https://www.jptacek.com Links: https://www.thatconference.com/jptacek https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnptacek/ https://www.jptacek.com https://www.skylinetechnologies.com

Yes I said it.. Developers making those illusive docs. That dreaded task that always feels out of date before you hit publish. In this version of #AskTHAT I talk with Scott Addie about his approach to documenting all things ASP.NET CORE and .NET CORE.   Scott Addie is an avid blogger, a Telerik Developer Network author, and a technical evangelist of the modern web. Scott has reached masses of developers through blog posts, articles, and speaking engagements at user groups, code camps, and conferences across the globe. With a strong emphasis on JavaScript and the Microsoft web technology stack, Scott holds numerous industry-recognized Microsoft development certifications and has been named a Microsoft MVP twice in the award category of Visual Studio and Development Technologies. His thought leadership in the .NET community has also earned him a seat in the Telerik Developer Experts program. As a firm believer in giving back to the community, Scott is a frequent open source contributor to high-profile GitHub pr

On this version of AskTHAT, Clark @csell5 talks to Sam Basu @samidip about Developer Advocacy.   Sam Basu is a technologist, author, speaker, Microsoft MVP, gadget-lover and Telerik Developer Advocate at Progress. With a long developer background, he now spends much of his time advocating modern web & mobile development platforms on Microsoft/Telerik technology stacks. His spare times call for travel, fast cars, cricket and culinary adventures with the family. You can find him on the internet.   Website - https://samidipbasu.com/ So you want to be a Developer Advocation - https://slides.com/samidip/developeradvocate