Mark Lund is a passionate LabVIEWer. He has twenty-five plus years in the lasers/photonics industry with a focus on test and instrumentation control. He is currently helping develop a LIDAR sensor for autonomous vehicles. His goals are to produce excellent test programs that are dedicated to the task at hand, can be easily modified for future use and are not over-built.

In today’s episode Sam and Mark talk about planning for your future self and those who may work on your code after you. 

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Olivier Jourdan has been working with LabVIEW for over 20 years. He is the founder and owner of Wovalab, a member of the DQMH Consortium board, and is well known for developing and maintaining some well-known open source projects for LabVIEW

In this episode, Sam and Olivier talk about various open source tools available for LabVIEW and the value that they provide to the community.

If you’d like to learn more about Olivier:

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

https://www.wovalab.com/en/

Antidoc and ASCIIDoc:

https://www.patreon.com/wovalab

Learn about DQMH Training (Sam is holding a training in August!):

https://dqmh.org/

Sam’s blog on Open Source Tools:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/normalize-paying-for-open-source-tools/

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Andrea Goulet is on a mission to integrate empathy into the tech industry. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she is best known for making empathy accessible to analytical skeptics who code. Through her online courses, Andrea has taught over 50,000 students how to turn “soft” skills, like empathy and communication, into software skills. Andrea’s current projects include Heartware, a niche training company she co-founded; Empathy-Driven Software Development, her forthcoming book; and Empathy in Tech, an online community where code and compassion connect.

In today’s episode, Andrea and Sam talk about how code and empathy have more to do with one another than one might think.

If you’d like to learn more about Andrea Goulet:

https://andreagoulet.com/about

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

https://heartware.dev

https://empathyintech.com/

https://www.legacycode.rocks/

Empathy is a Technical Skill presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ZKwkPU_0Y

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Hunter is a staff software engineer at JKI who's been using LabVIEW professionally for 15 years. Hunter got his start in LabVIEW at NI as an applications engineer and K-12 engineering specialist working with myDAQ, LEGO, FIRST and and founded the YouTube channel WaterlooLabs. Hunter spent 7 years as a software engineer for SpaceX working on everything from rocket engine test stands, to user interfaces for astronauts. Now at JKI, Hunter works with a huge variety of customers in aerospace, biomedical, and semiconductor industries to solve hard problems with LabVIEW. Hunter is passionate about clean code, UX design, good documentation, and well automated devOps

In this episode Sam and Hunter talk about how creating relationships with users can increase code quality. 

Sign up for Sam’s Free Webinar!

https://www.universe.com/events/beyond-ni-training-how-to-be-effective-with-labview-tickets-THQFMS

If you’d like to learn more about Hunter: 

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

Waterloo Labs YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@WaterlooLabs

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Our guest this week has been working in LabVIEW for over 10 years, starting out with his role in support at NI. James McNally is a LabVIEW Champion, CLA and CLED working primarily in LabVIEW and Rust. For the last 8 years he’s been working as a consultant at Wiresmith Technology, helping scientists and engineers design and build high performing measurement systems.

Sam and James talk about what it’s like to work with different coding languages, and the nuances that come along with them.

If you’d like to learn more about James: 

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

Twitter: @JamesMcWS

www.wiresmithtech.com

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Our guest this week has been programming in LabVIEW since Version 3.1 in 1995 on Windows 3.11. Jeff DeBuhr is a Certified LabVIEW Architect and LabVIEW Champion and has worked for a variety of places. He started with Motorola where he was first introduced to LabVIEW, for places that focus on High Powered RF Amplifiers, created running software solutions for Prototype Beverage dispensers before working at his current employer working on test solutions for Garage doors.

Sam and Jeff talk about what it was like getting started in LabVIEW and how they determine if it is appropriate to rewrite or refactor code, pulling from many experiments throughout their careers.

If you’d like to learn more about Jeff: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-debuhr-0509559/

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

If you’d like to read our blog:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

If you want to get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Our conversation this week is with Malcolm Meyers. He holds both CLD and CLA Certifications and runs his own consultancy, AMH Test Systems in the UK. Malcolm talks about his experiences with his first LabVIEW consultancy and how he believes that being good at LabVIEW isn’t good enough on its own and it requires much more to run a business. 

Sam and Malcolm share ideas about successful business practices, client interaction, and how they each feel about LabVIEW Certifications.

LabVIEW in 90 seconds:

https://youtu.be/1fI5AtiF8HY

If you’d like to learn more about Malcolm Meyers: 

http://www.amhtestsystems.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-myers-32a75318/

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

https://www.sasworkshops.com/

For more resources:

https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

Get in touch with us:

https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/contact

Sam and Steve sit down to talk about how GDevCon got started and how you can be a part of what each conference has to offer.

Buy tickets to GDevCon 4 in Glasgow here:

https://www.universe.com/events/gdevcon-4-glasgow-tickets-CLG43J

Submit a presentation for GDevCon 4 in Glasgow here:

https://www.papercall.io/gdevcon4

Buy tickets to GDevCon N.A. in Golden here:

https://www.universe.com/embed2/events/gdevcon-n-a-2023-tickets-QHF9Z1

Submit a presentation for GDevCon N.A. in Golden here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPd4Lv7fccghHJAgUqzbrBiWjr-afK05XfPsjWVP5lUQ-ytA/viewform

This week we sat down with John Giannangeli, who is not only a Certified LabVIEW Architect but also a Certified TestStand Developer and Professional Instructor. He is an avid practitioner of software engineering including specialties in revision control, issue tracking, and requirements traceability. During this conversation, we talked about how John and his team have been helping solve challenges in Medical, Aerospace, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, and other markets since 1993. John and Sam share their experiences on choosing the right tools to use for each project and how to present that information to clients.

If you’d like to learn more about John Giannangeli: https://boldersoftware.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-giannangeli-3363991/

If you’d like to learn more about Sam: https://www.sasworkshops.com/

For more resources: https://blog.sasworkshops.com/

Nancy Henson is no stranger to the community. She is well known and loved, not only for her ideas on how to bring creativity into the LabVIEW world but also for her willingness to engage in tough conversations on how to improve the language.

LabVIEW Champions, understanding the philosophy of the code you are using, and welcoming coders of many languages are some of the topics of our discussion today.