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  • Episode 11 – Virtual Reality

     

    In Episode 11 the gang talks with Matt Bell about his awesome job and VR a.k.a virtual reality.

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      Topics:

      • Virtual Reality (5:05)
      • Picks (35:55)

        • Picks:

        • HTC Vive – (Matt Bell)
        • Andrew things – (Andrew)
        • Big letter shirt – (Jacob)
        • Contigo water bottle – (Landon)

          • Social:

          • Meetup
          • Twitter
            • 39 min
          • Episode 10 – Data Science

            In Episode 10 we talk about what data science is and the fascinating information that comes from it. Want to get involved and start to tackle some big data? Jerome Scheuring tells us how.

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              • Data Science (3:35)
              • Picks (48:48)

                • Picks:

                • scikit-learn – (Jerome)
                • Permaculture A Designers Manual – (Andrew)
                • Daisy Disk– (Landon)
                • Farmbot – (Landon)

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                  • Meetup
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                    • 53 min
                  • Episode 9 – Angular 2 / Burnout

                    In Episode 9 we talk about our recent experiences with Angular 2, the good, the bad and the awesome! Then we talk about staying motivated in the workplace and home when burnout starts to set in.

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                      Topics:

                      • Angular 2 (0:38)
                      • Burnout in the workplace and at home (35:48)
                      • Picks (57:10)

                        • Picks:

                        • Reedsy – (Eric)
                        • Headspace – (Eric)
                        • Up and Running with Typescript – (Landon)
                        • Slacker – (Jacob)
                        • Let’s Encrypt – (Andrew)

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                            • 1 hr 1 min
                          • C&C Extra: Maker Faire edition

                             

                            Special edition episode features Ryan Mott to talk about a new Kansas City tradition the Maker Faire. Jacob talks to Ryan about his upcoming project and getting involved in the community. http://www.makerfairekc.com/

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                              Topics:

                              • About Ryan’s project (0:45)
                              • Maker Fair event and community (8:45)

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                                • Meetup
                                • Twitter
                                  • 17 min
                                • Episode 8 – Mentoring developers / Code bootcamps

                                   

                                  Episode 8 includes guest Stephanie Serafine to talk about mentoring developers and working with code bootcamps also joining in is a recent code bootcamp graduate, Frankie Cline.

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                                    Topics:

                                    • About Steph (5:00)
                                    • Mentoring developers and bootcamps (12:45)
                                    • Picks (45:42)

                                      • Picks:

                                      • Smartest man in the world – (Steph)
                                      • Angular 2 – (Landon)
                                      • Audible – (Landon)
                                      • Toggl – (Frankie)
                                      • Workmanship manual – (Jacob)
                                      • Kobalt 15″ pry bar – (Andrew)

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                                        • Meetup
                                        • Twitter
                                          • 50 min
                                        • Episode 7 – Book Publishing / Challenging Yourself to Learn
                                          Episode 7 includes guests resident CodeAnd gaming commissioner Ben Summers and the super sneaky Drupal kraken and book writer Eric J. Gruber to discuss his publishing experiences, challenging yourself to learn, along with other silly high jinks.
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                                            Topics:

                                            • Book Publishing (13:00)
                                            • Challenging Yourself to Learn (39:00)

                                              • Picks:

                                              • LastPass – (Landon)
                                              • ScreenCastify – (Landon)
                                              • The Wilderness – Explosions in the Sky new album – (Jacob)
                                              • OXO POP containers – (Andrew)
                                              • jshint.com – (Eric J. Gruber)

                                                • Social:

                                                • Meetup
                                                • Twitter
                                                  • 53 min
                                                • Episode 6 – Civic Hacking / Curating Communities
                                                  This episode our guest Seth Etter explains what civic hacking is and how to get involved in your local area to help better your community. Speaking of community, how about your local dev community? We talk about curating dev communities and some of the challenges and benefits that come along with it.

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                                                    Topics:

                                                    • Civic Hacking (8:18)
                                                    • Open Data (16:21)
                                                    • Curating Communities (26:23)

                                                      • Learn more about civic hacking:

                                                      • As for an article to clearly define “civic hacking”, this one nails it https://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/06/07/defining-civic-hacking/
                                                      • For checking out what data is available from the national level there is https://www.data.gov/
                                                      • Recently the White House released this “opportunity” initiative to call for community leaders to leverage open data for public good, which is very relevant to civic hacking https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/07/fact-sheet-white-house-launches-opportunity-project-utilizing-open-data
                                                      • For civic hacking, checking Code For America in general would be good (codeforamerica.org). Also looking at any of their brigades. Smart Chicago is a good organization to check out too http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/
                                                      • http://www.codeforamerica.org/brigade/Code-for-Kansas-City/
                                                      • “Civic Innovation is a new idea, technology or methodology that challenges and improves upon existing processes and systems, thereby improving the lives of citizens or the function of the society that they live within.” — Alex Howard

                                                        • Developer Picks:

                                                        • Sherlock – (Landon)
                                                        • Billy subscription management app – (Jacob)
                                                        • Litmus – (Andrew)
                                                        • National Day of Civic Hacking – (Seth)

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                                                          • Meetup
                                                          • Twitter
                                                            • 41 min
                                                          • Episode 5 – Agile in Real Life / The history of Waterfall and Lean Manufacturing

                                                            Most of us have worked with The Agile Methodology in the work place, but what about at Agile at home? Preston Chandler explains to us how he utilizes some of the Agile principles in day to day life with his family. Continuing to talk about other project management processes we then debunk some of the myths about waterfall and the history of Lean Manufacturing.

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                                                              Topics:

                                                              • Agile in Real Life (14:50)
                                                              • Myth of Waterfall (29:10)
                                                              • History of Lean Manufacturing (37:38)

                                                                • There’s no such thing as the Waterfall Approach!

                                                                Developer Picks:

                                                                • Generate WP – (Jacob)
                                                                • The Sprint Book – (Preston)
                                                                • StyleBot Plugin – (Landon)
                                                                • MagicCSS – (Landon)
                                                                • BrassCraft Push Fittings – (Andrew)
                                                                  • 49 min
                                                                • Episode 4 – CMS and Frameworks / Building high functioning teams

                                                                  This episode we talk about the integration of Content Management Systems with modern frameworks like Angular and React and getting them to play like a team. Then we move on to building the high functioning teams and how it doesn’t always take a team full of all-stars to make an awesome and winning team.

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                                                                    Topics:

                                                                    • CMS / Frameworks (8:58)
                                                                    • Building high functioning teams (22:43)

                                                                      • Developer Picks:

                                                                      • Icon Finder – (Jacob)
                                                                      • Watch GIFs while running npm install – (Erik)
                                                                      • Functional Programming for JavaScript – (Erik)
                                                                      • Introducing Operator: A monospace typeface – (Erik)
                                                                      • iTerm beta 3 – (Landon)
                                                                      • Opinel No. 8 – (Andrew)
                                                                        • 52 min
                                                                      • Episode 3 – REST and Rest

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                                                                          • This episode we talk with Engineering Overlord Lyndsey Padget about RESTful services and taking time for hobbies.

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                                                                          Topics:

                                                                          • REST (1:00)
                                                                          • Rest (25:17)

                                                                            • Developer Picks:

                                                                            • HyVee Online Ordering – (Lyndsey)
                                                                            • Toggl – (Landon)
                                                                            • Practice Your Skills – (Jacob)
                                                                            • Remington 46cc 20in Chainsaw – (Andrew)

                                                                              • 48 min

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                                                                            CodeAnd Cast is a podcast hosted by Andrew Carlson, Landon Cline, and Jacob Berthelsen. A few devs talking with cool people who have a common interest in web and software development and having fun.