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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 myself to give more.

https://www.twitter.com/alzaudtke 

https://zaudtke.com 

https://github.com/zaudtke

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 things differently.

Links from today’s show:

• Website: detroitlabs.com
• Twitter: @erikalanguirand

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 featured in CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox, NPR, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, The London Times and many others. He most recently appeared in a cyberwar documentary alongside General Michael Hayden (former Director NSA and CIA).

Links from today’s show:

• Blog:  https://verodin.com/blog/
• LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancontos/
• Twitter:  @BrianContos
• Brian’s company - Verodin is a Security Instrumentation Platform or SIP Company:  https://verodin.com/
• Open Source Threat Simulation Projects, these are more Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) related than SIP, but they can be used to test some security controls:  https://blogs.gartner.com/augusto-barros/2018/04/17/threat-simulation-open-source-projects/

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 today’s show:

• https://www.tormach.com/ - The maker of the CNC that I have (I have the CNC 770)
• http://www.cnczone.com – A forum where I do a lot of lurking
• http://www.onlinemetals.com – Online metal supplier
• https://www.alphaknifesupply.com – Knife materials

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 projects in the Microsoft developer ecosystem. In his day job as a "blue badge", Scott produces ASP.NET Core content for docs.microsoft.com.

Links:

• Scott’s Website - https://scottaddie.com/
• Docs Authoring Pack extension for VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=docsmsft.docs-authoring-pack
• Microsoft Writing Style Guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/style-guide/

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