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Ken and I talk about how we approach learning in today fast paced tech industry. Reading isn’t enough, do. Watch it, read it, but for sure code it. Learn that why!

 

Ken has been developing software for over 20 years. In that time, I have worked on a large varienty of systems: embedded avionic systems, Windows desktop applications, large Oracle based ERP systems running on Unix/Linux, .NET back-end services, and front end web and hybrid mobile applications. I also developed a couple of my own Linux based open source programs. One was a ticketing system used by a small city outside of Tampa. The other was a flash cards game for kids.

 

Ken is currently employed as the Senior Enterprise Support Engineer at Ionic, which means that I spend my time helping our enterprise customers take better advantage of the Ionic Framework as well as our other offerings to solve their problems and develop their products.

 

When Ken isn't working, he enjoys cooking, biking, working out, reading, helping my dad work on cars, and (of course) exploring various aspects of technology that are either directly or tangentally realated to my work (or, when I have time, stuff I just find interesting).

 

Twitter: @KenSodemann

GitHub: https://github.com/kensodemann

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ken.sodemann

David is a family man first...an enthusiastic husband of 12 years and a proud father of three energetic boys; Lyric, Londyn and Lennyx. When I'm not spending time with the family, I thrive on all things technology. I love giving back to the developer community and knowledge sharing. I've recently become an international speaker and Microsoft MVP. When time permits you can find me sharing ideas on Twitter, blogging about various technologies and contributing to open-source projects.

GitHub : https://github.com/ievangelist  Twitter : https://twitter.com/davidpine7  Stack Overflow : https://stackoverflow.com/users/2410379/david-pine  Blog : https://davidpine.net/  LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpine/  MVP Profile : https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5002736  DotNetCurry : http://www.dotnetcurry.com/author/david-pine  Medium : https://medium.com/@davidpine7 

In this episode I talk with Marisa Morby about this notion of a Smart City. You’re prolly thinking, smart grids, 5g, hyper loops and yet we talk about the physical side of the city, it’s people, and how ones physically surrounding. We all play a role in this change and shouldn’t accept today’s current standard.

Marisa works as the Head of Research at Clearhead, where I specialize in digital optimization, user research, and user experience flow for web and mobile applications.

I work with clients to create a more personal approach to marketing, use data to optimize businesses, and help clients connect with customers on a human level.

When I’m not writing or reading about psychology, I enjoy: learning to build robots, perfecting my cooking skills, or sitting in the park doing some serious people watching.

https://marisamorby.com

http://twitter.com/marisamorby 

 

Resources:   Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design: This book talks about the history of cities in North America. Why they're designed this way, new ways of thinking about urban planning, and how other cities have improved their urban set up.   Singapore is redefining what a city can look like: Fascinating article about the history of Singapore and how they way they've decided to build out there city.   BMW Elevated Bike Paths: Future design plans to make our cities more mobile and equitable.

In this version of AskTHAT I talk with Jilea Hemmings about failing forward. Jilea a serial entrepreneur talks about just taking that inital step, knowing what failure looks like for you and just not being afraid to do.

Named as one of South Florida’s 25 Most Influential & Prominent Black Women in Business by Legacy Magazine Jilea Hemmings is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Best Tyme a health tech startup the allows physicians and sales reps to better schedule their time. Prior to Best Tyme Hemmings lead a successful career revamping Fortune 500 companies Pfizer, Baptist Health, & Johnson & Johnson as well as founding a boutique sales and marketing consulting agency, Eshe Consulting, and innovative meatless entrée line for kids, called Greenie Tots Whole Foods, Safeway, and Giant Eagle

As a former pharmaceutical sales roots with the development of Best Tyme, a tech solution that is revolutionizing the ways physicians and representatives interact.

Her work in business development expands beyond the current generation to the next with her program, I am Kid Boss. The program reaches out to inner city kids and offers them the same personal mentorship and tools to start their own successful companies that Jilea gives to her clients. Being is just one capstone of Jilea’s impressive resume.

Jilea is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an influential speaker promoting the important role of women in technology. She believes that there should be no boundaries—neither class, race, nor gender—that should stand in the way of being able to use one’s purpose, passion, strengths, and talents to fuel entrepreneurial endeavors.

Social Media links:

• Facebook: http://facebook.com/BestTymeApp 
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/besttymeapp 
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/besttymeapp  
• www.besttyme.com
• www.jileahemmings.com

 

In this version I talk with Aaron Douglas about health and working remote. We dive into our weight loss journey, as well as meditation, fitness, and reshuffling your work day to meet your goals.

Aaron works at Automattic, full time remote since 2013, live in the Milwaukee area, camping is my thing during the summer, running, biking, traveling, ADHD, etc blahblahblahblah.

Links from the show:

• Website: http://aaron.blog
• Calm - https://www.calm.com/
• Headspace - https://headspace.com
• Aria Scale - https://amzn.to/2q9nBlO
• Withings Scale - https://amzn.to/2GDk09P
• RunKeeper - https://runkeeper.com/
• Strava - https://www.strava.com/
• Apple Health - https://www.apple.com/ios/health/
• Clark’s BP Monitor - https://amzn.to/2HdRZme
• Clarks Blood Glucose Meter - https://onedrop.today/

In this glorious edition of #AskTHAT, I talk with Rob about organization change. We start to explore why organizations even need change, why, and our role in that. At the end I get schooled on how to a better active listener.

Robert Bogue is a father, husband, community leader, and servant with over a dozen years in business.  A passionate learner and educator, Robert has editor credit on over 100 books, author credit on 25 books and numerous courses.  Robert is also a recovering technologist with 14 years as a Microsoft MVP.  He reads and reviews a book each week on non-technical topics, distilling the wisdom of many into a set of discovered truths.  His Discovered Truths (http://www.discoveredtruths.com) project teaches everyone in the organization key interpersonal skills through short, engaging videos delivered each week to every employee.  You can follow Robert on his blog at http://www.thorprojects.com/blog.

Links from today’s show:

• http://www.thorprojects.com/blog
• http://www.discoveredtruths.com
• http://www.kin2kid.com

In this edition of AskTHAT I talk with Douglas Starnes about Data Science and Machine Learning. We dive into the misconceptions, how to get started and why should we even care.   Douglas Starnes is a polyglot ninja and tech community influencer in the Memphis area making stuff that works on more than just the web. He specializes in the fields of mobile, IoT, data science and machine learning. Douglas is a co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and a board member of the Memphis .NET User Group. He is a frequent conference speaker who has delivered more than 20 featured presentations at more than 10 conferences over the past 4 years in a variety of citiies across the southeast United States. In addition, Douglas is an active participant in local user groups. He has also served as an organizer for PyTennessee, PyOhio and TechCampMemphis. Outside of being a geek Douglas is a trained composer, aspiring triathlete and avid Lego collector.   You can find Douglas at:

• Website: http://douglasstarnes.com 
• Douglas’s Pluralsight Courses - https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/douglas-starnes
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/poweredbyaltnet 

  Resources Mentioned in today's show:  

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A/featured
• https://studio.azureml.net/
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kSuQyW5DTnkVaZEjGYCkfOxvzCqGEFzWBy4e9Uedd9k/preview?slide=id.g168a3288f7_0_58
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xd65LC8BV4jazwQEg672J-v2E5mFWpGnuObcb6tFKyQ/edit#slide=id.g6490316a45b71167_333
• http://pydata.org
• http://www.numpy.org/
• https://pandas.pydata.org/
• https://matplotlib.org/
• http://jupyter.org/
• Python for Data Analysis - https://amzn.to/2Gy7g4j
• Deep Learning with Python -  https://amzn.to/2H9wVNT

In this show Anthony and I scratch the surface on Conflict and Conflict Transformation. There is so much in here and we each play a role in making the world a better place.

Anthony's love helping people communicate and connect is Anthony's passion. His formal training is in conflict transformation, Nonviolent Communication, cross-cultural communication, and community building. He has used these skills in both his personal and professional life, and has trained and coached others to use them. He's lived in countries around the world working with different peoples and in cultures, where he has done project management for an NGO, taught in classrooms, led trainings and workshops. Since marrying his techie wife, he's taken an interest in helping the technology world benefit from these skills as well.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycjack/ 

Links: * Center for Nonviolent Communication - https://www.cnvc.org/  * Verbal Judo - https://amzn.to/2GwkEBQ  * Little Book of Conflict Trasformation - https://amzn.to/2GvBtwI  * Verbal Aikido - http://www.verbal-aikido.com/introduction-to-verbal-aikido/   * George Kohlrieser - http://www.georgekohlrieser.com/book-hostage-at-the-table.html  * Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Mans - https://www.transcend.org/pctrcluj2004/TRANSCEND_manual.pdf  * What Google Learned from it's Quest to Build the Perfect Team - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html 

 

I sit down with dear friend Jim Holmes where we riff about community and it's impact on him and his family through this past years tragic times.

Links:

• https://twitter.com/aJimHolmes
• http://frazzleddad.blogspot.com/

Rolando is a talented software professional with 12+ years of experience driving development of award-winning, data-driven applications for education, gaming, e-commerce and enterprise. Analytical and tenacious problem solver with passion for mastering state-of-the-art technologies, devising innovative solutions, and delivering products that exceed customer expectations. Articulate communicator with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; able to work effectively with internal and external teams, and build strong relationships with stakeholders at any organizational level. Bilingual (English / Spanish).

 

Rolando began DJing in in 1997 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. After graduating in 2001, he moved to Austin, TX where he worked for Complete Music, one of the nation’s largest DJ companies. Over the four years of working for Complete Music, Rolando received an award for the highest customer satisfaction. When he moved to Durango, CO Rolando started up Twelfth Night DJ where it quickly became one of the most sought after DJs. Twelfth Night DJ was named one of The Knot’s Best of Weddings in 2010. He currently lives along the Illinois-Wisconsin border and does events in both states.

Links:

* http://twelfthnightdjmilwaukee.com

* https://www.linkedin.com/in/aflashact/