Magpie Talk Show

Magpie Talk Show episodes:

• 10.24.2017

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 23 - Jay Kreps

  So, after far too long a hiatus, we’re back on the Magpie Talkshow for a one-off episode where I interview Kafka creator and Confluent CEO Jay Kreps. I’ve been doing a small amount of work with Confluent recently, and through...

  
• 10.08.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 22 - Adrian Cockcroft (Spaghetti Monster Simulation Edition)

  Adrian Cockcroft has been a great supporter of my work around microservices, and I was really grateful he was able to find the time to catch up with me at Yow 2015 late last year. Few people have done as much...

  
• 09.21.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 21 - Kamal Oudrhiri (NASA Inspiration Edition)

  In episode 21 of the Magpie Talkshow, I interview NASA Scientist Dr Kamal Oudrhiri, who led the radio sciences team for the recent Mars Curiosity Lander. For more information on this episode, along with, links and videos, please check out my...

  
• 09.08.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 20 - Anita Sengupta (Martian Parachute Edition)

  In episode 20 of the Magpie Talkshow, I interview NASA Scientist Dr Anita Sengupta, who was the Lead Systems Engineer on the parachute system for the recent Mars Curiosity Lander. For more information, links and videos, please check out my blog:...

  
• 08.23.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 19 - Aino Corry (Noisy Handryer Edition)

  Welcome back to the Magpie Talkshow Podcast! It's been too long (almost exactly 3 months) since I got the last episode out, and despite having a healthy backlog of interviews recorded I've been unable to find the time to get...

  
• 05.30.2016

  Episode 18 - Kathleen Fisher (Quadcopter Vulnerability Edition)

  In this week's episode I chat to Kathleen Fisher, a professor at Tufts University. I caught up with Kathleen during the first stop of the three city Yow 2015 conference late last year, where she was delivering the opening keynote...

  
• 05.18.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 17 - Corey Latislaw (Solar-powered Minesweeper Edition)

  After far too long a hiatus, the Magpie Talkshow is back with it's 17th episode. This week we wrap up the last of the interviews I recorded at Øredev last year, and hear my chat with Android developer Corey Latislaw....

  
• 04.07.2016

  Neha Narula Episode 16 (Proof Of Work Edition)

  Distributed systems can be pretty hard things to understand, so I'm always on the lookout for someone who manages to explain these things well. Neha Narula is one such person, and I was lucky enough to see one of her...

  
• 03.11.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 15 - Ben Stopford (Fortran Cosmology Edition)

  Back in November, again at the Øredev conference, I sat down with an old colleague of mine, Ben Stopford. After starting out in physics (specialising in cosmology no less!) Ben shifted over to computing, where he has been ever since....

  
• 03.02.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 14 (Tetris Calculator Edition)

  *** When I first put this episode out, there was a glitch at the end with overlaid speech. This is now fixed! *** I've enjoyed all the interviews I've done for The Magpie Talkshow so far, but some do stick out...

  
• 02.24.2016

  Hakan Oredev Episode 13 - Hakan Jonsson (Privacy Tradeoff Edition)

  After an unplanned two week hiatus, the Magpie Talkshow is back. The break was due to a bunch of craziness going on which I'll hopefully let you know about soon, but I'm hoping from here on out we can get...

  
• 02.03.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 12 - Kristof Adriaenssens (Distributed Drilling Edition)

  This episode is a week later than planned, due to me being on holiday. Good for me, not so good for all of you I'm afraid! It'll be weekly from here on out I hope, and I'll get better at...

  
• 01.20.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 11 - Amy Phillips (Sandwich Year Edition)

  I got to record a number of great interviews at Øredev in Sweden late last year. Amy's was the third, but due to slightly confusing reasons on my side, is actually the first to get released. Amy is a software engineer...

  
• 01.12.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 10 - Martin Fowler (Small Room Edition)

  Many of you have probably heard of my colleague Martin Fowler before. I'm lucky enough to get to work with him on occasion as part of my role on ThoughtWorks' Technology Advisory Board, which is an internal body inside ThoughtWorks...

  
• 01.04.2016

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 9 - Troy Hunt (Pineapple Darknet Edition)

  In a change to the normal schedule, rather than releasing episodes in the strict order in which they were recorded I've instead brought forward one of my most recent interviews. In Episode 9 of the Magpie Talkshow, I talk to...

  
• 12.16.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 8 - Beth Skurrie (Ruby Inadequacy Edition)

  Microservices have been a focus of mine for the last few years, and one of the trickiest problems in this area is how to ensure that when you change one service that you don't break other, collaborating services. While working...

  
• 12.16.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 7 - Brian Sletten (Liberal Arts Edition)

  Brian Sletten has long been passionate about the semantic web, and I was fortunate enough to catch up with him at UberConf 2015 in Denver, Colorado. We talk about why the early promise of the semantic web didn't materialise at...

  
• 12.01.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 6 - Simon Brown (Channel Islands Edition)

  Simon Brown is a freelance author, consultant and trainer based on Jersey in the channel islands. I've known Simon for a while, and we caught up at Devoxx Poland earlier this year. Simon's focus for the last few years has...

  
• 11.24.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 5 - David Pollak (Minecraft Darpanet Edition)

  David Pollack it turns out has done many things. He wasn't just born before the internet, he saw the internet being built. Since then he created the Lift framework for Scala, discovered Clojure, and can now be seen playing with...

  
• 11.17.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 4 - Irina Guberman (Robotic Pianist Edition)

  Some people love their job, and Irina is clearly one of them. Coming into computing via a somewhat unconventional route, Irina spent a long time with Java before discovering Erlang, which as you can tell from our discussion is something...

  
• 11.11.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 3 - Holographic Politician Edition

  In the 3rd of my 4 interviews at NDC Oslo, I talk to ThoughtWorks colleague and co-Technical Radar author Neal Ford. Neal talks about his journey into computing, the uneven distribution of holographic politicians, indoor plumbing, and functional thinking. Perhaps...

  
• 11.04.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 2 - Venkat Subramaniam (International Man Of Mystery Edition)

  In this week's episode, I speak to Venkat Subramaniam. Venkat seems to have the stamina of 5 normal people - whenever I start to feel sorry for myself about my own hectic schedule, I look at what Venkat is up...

  
• 10.27.2015

  Magpie Talkshow Episode 1 - Lynn Langit (The Big Cloud Edition)

  In the first episode of The Magpie Talkshow, I interview Lynn Langit. Lynn focuses both on data engineering and the cloud, and we discuss both, as well as her work with the Teach Kids Programming organisation. I'm also pretty sure...