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Bitsplitting episodes

  • Episode 6: Amanda Wixted
    Daniel is joined by game developer Amanda Wixted, who was Zynga’s first iOS developer and now runs Meteor Grove Software.
    Amanda had the opportunity to jump straight into professional game development after graduating from college in 2005. Since then she has co-developed many successful iOS titles including Pac Man, Mafia Wars, and Farmville.
    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 6: Amanda Wixted

    Daniel is joined by game developer Amanda Wixted, who was Zynga’s first iOS developer and now runs Meteor Grove Software.

    http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode6.mp3

    Amanda had the opportunity to jump straight into professional game development after graduating from college in 2005. Since then she has co-developed many successful iOS titles including Pac Man, Mafia Wars, and Farmville.

    Additional Links:

    • @commanda – Amanda’s Twitter account.
    • AmandaWixted.com – Amanda’s home page
    • Meteor Grove Software – Amanda’s consulting and development company.
    • Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity – Video of astronaut playing David Bowie’s song in space.
    • Space Shuttle Challenger – The disaster-fated NASA space orbiter that Amanda’s dad was a finalist for boarding.
    • Saudi Aramco – The Saudi oil company whose residential compound Amanda grew up on.
    • Multi-User Dungeon – Text-based social adventure game that Amanda enjoyed as a child.
    • Stevenson School – Amanda’s High School in Pebble Beach, California.
    • Napster – The peer-to-peer file sharing service.
    • Surrealist Automatism – Artistic method used for Automatic Poetry and other arts.
    • Susan Kinsolving – One of Amanda’s poetry inspirations.
    • E.E. Cummings – Another poetry inspiration.
    • Dune – The science fiction novel by Frank Herbert.
    • Nokia 6682 – The smartphone Amanda used prior to debut of the iPhone.
    • Turf Geography Club – Crunchbase profile of the “FourSquare meets Monopoly” game Amanda worked on.

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      1 hr 6 min
    • Episode 5: Brent Simmons
      Daniel is joined by Brent Simmons, founder of Ranchero Software. Brent is a long-time member of the independent Mac development community, serving as a role-model to many others, Daniel included. He is the original developer of both NetNewsWire and MarsEdit, and was one of the developers of Glassboard. Brent has recently returned to his indie roots, developing again under the Ranchero banner.
      1 hr 16 min
    • Episode 5: Brent Simmons

      Daniel is joined by Brent Simmons, founder of Ranchero Software.

      http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode5.mp3

      Brent is a long-time member of the independent Mac development community, serving as a role-model to many others, Daniel included. He is the original developer of both NetNewsWire and MarsEdit, and was one of the developers of Glassboard. Brent has recently returned to his indie roots, developing again under the Ranchero banner.

      Additional links:

      • @brentsimmons – Brent’s Twitter account.
      • Inessential.com – Brent’s long-time personal weblog.
      • Identical Cousins – Brent’s software development podcast with Michael Simmons.
      • Newark, DE – Brent’s childhood home.
      • Free Range Kids – Hands-off parenting book and movement promoted by Lenore Skenazy.
      • Twilight of the Idols – Book by Friedrich Nietzsche featuring the quote: “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
      • Star Wars – The epic space adventure that captured Brent’s childhood fascination.
      • Evergreen State College – The so-called hippy college where Brent spent two years.
      • Seattle city community college – The school Brent attended after leaving Evergreen State.
      • The New City Collegian – Modern-times evolution of the college paper Brent once worked on.
      • Chinook’s restaurant – One of Brent’s busboy gigs as a younger man.
      • Think C – Brent’s first Mac programming IDE.
      • Mike Jittlov – Animator whose “Wizard of Speed and Time” movie somehow reminded me of Brent’s first company name “Worldwide Power and Light.”
      • WebStar – Mac-based HTTP server that Brent’s earliest commercial software ran on.
      • UserLand Software – Company founded by Dave Winer where Brent learned the ropes of professional programming.
      • Manton Reece – Long-time mac Developer and member of the UserLand community.
      • Dave Winer – Founder of UserLand and Brent’s software development mentor.
      • NetNewsWire – Brent’s first big indie success, the venerable RSS client for Mac OS X.
      • MarsEdit – Daniel’s first big indie success, built on the back of Brent’s original work.
      • Glassboard – The private social network for groups.
      • 1 hr 16 min
      • Episode 4: John Siracusa
        Daniel is joined by John Siracusa, a software engineer by day who is better known to many as a podcaster and contributor to Ars Technica.
        John is well known among Mac aficionados for his extensive reviews of major Mac OS X upgrades. He co-hosted 100 episodes of Hypercritical with Dan Benjamin on the 5by5 network. Most recently he’s teamed up with Marco Arment and Casey Liss to produce the Accidental Tech Podcast.
        1 hr 22 min
      • Episode 4: John Siracusa

        Daniel is joined by John Siracusa, a software engineer by day who is better known to many as a podcaster and contributor to Ars Technica.

        http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode4.mp3

        John is well known among Mac aficionados for his extensive reviews of major Mac OS X upgrades. He co-hosted 100 episodes of Hypercritical with Dan Benjamin on the 5by5 network. Most recently he’s teamed up with Marco Arment and Casey Liss to produce the Accidental Tech Podcast.

        Additional links:

        • @siracusa – John’s Twitter account.
        • Hypercritical – John’s personal technology web site.
        • The Incomparable – Jason Snell’s roundtable podcast about geeky topics, frequently featuring John.
        • VIC-20 – John’s first computer, the Commodore VIC-20.
        • Don Melton Interview – Debug podcast appearance by Don Melton of Safari fame.
        • Larry Elmore – One of John’s childhood artistic heroes.
        • Keith Parkinson – Another of John’s childhood artistic heroes.
        • Hypercritical – John’s original blog post on Ars Technica, kicking off his appreciation of being “hypercritical.”
        • Boston University – John’s alma mater.
        • O’Reilly Books – The source of John’s ravenous self-education on various computer-related subjects.
        • The Perl Programming Language – John’s favorite programming language.
        • Car Talk – The NPR radio show whose early web site was built by John.
        • CPAN – The comprehensive perl archive network.
        • Jonathan Coulton – One of John’s very favorite musicians.
        • Jonathan Coulton Interview – Interview with Jonathan Coulton on the Unprofessional podcast.

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          1 hr 22 min
        • Episode 3: Jacqui Cheng
          Daniel is joined by Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica.
          Jacqui is currently Senior Apple Editor for Ars Technica. She has been a contributor to the site since she was in college, and has helped the company grow from a small enthusiast site to a major component of Condé Nast's Wired Digital Group.
          1 hr 21 min
        • Episode 3: Jacqui Cheng

          Daniel is joined by Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica.

          http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode3.mp3

          Jacqui is currently Senior Apple Editor for Ars Technica. She has been a contributor to the site since she was in college, and has helped the company grow from a small enthusiast site to a major component of Condé Nast’s Wired Digital Group.

          Links:

          • @ejacqui – Jacqui’s Twitter acccount.
          • Ars Technicast – Jacqui’s own podcast with her crew from Ars Technica.
          • The Labyrinth – Podcast by Cesar Torres featuring an interview with Jacqui.
          • Purdue College of Technology – Jacqui’s alma mater.
          • Greyhound – The storied American bus transit company.
          • Margaret Cho – The brilliant comic.
          • No Kind of Work for a Grown Man – The New Disruptors interview with Glenn Fleishman and John Gruber.
          • Good Eats – Wikipedia page for Alton Brown’s science-minded cooking show.

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            1 hr 21 min
          • Episode 2: Erika Hall
            Daniel is joined by Erika Hall of the Mule Design Studio.
            Erika is director of strategy at Mule, co-host of the Running From the Law podcast, and author of the forthcoming book Just Enough Research.
            1 hr 17 min
          • Episode 2: Erika Hall

            Daniel is joined by Erika Hall of the Mule Design Studio.

            http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode2.mp3

            Erika is director of strategy at Mule, co-host of the Running From the Law podcast, and author of the forthcoming book Just Enough Research.

            • @mulegirl — Erika’s Twitter account.
            • Mule Design Studio — San Francisco-based design firm co-founded by Erika.
            • Mule Radio Syndicate — Podcasting spinoff business from Mule.
            • Unsuck It — Mule’s compendium of douchey business jargon.
            • @lessien — Daniel’s Twitter friend whose name he does not know.
            • Dartmouth College — The New Hampshire school where Erika earned her degrees.
            • Fetch — Mac-based file-transfer app originally developed at Dartmouth.
            • Internet Meltdown Ensues — Story from Jezebel on the Adria Richards conference sexism debacle.
            • @mike_ftw — Twitter account of Mike Monteiro, co-founder of the Mule Design Studio.
            • Creative People Say No – The Medium article Erika mentioned about “saying no.”
            • The Talk Show — Mule Radio show featuring John Gruber of Daring Fireball.
            • Let’s Make Mistakes — One of Mule radio’s earliest shows, hosted Mike Monteiro and Leah Reich.
            • Politics And The English Language — Information about the George Orwell essay reference by Erika.

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              1 hr 17 min

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