The Leanpub Podcast

Lisa Crispin is co-author of the Leanpub book Agile Testing Condensed. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lisa about her background, donkeys, how she got into programming and software testing, the importance of psychological safety for developing high-quality software, her books, the difference between conventional publishing and self-pulishing, arranging translations of a self-published book into multiple languages, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on August 31, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM188-Lisa-Crispin-2021-08-31.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Lena Wiberg is the author of the Leanpub book Would Heu-Risk it? Tools, traps and weapons for Software Testing. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lena about her background, her career, switching to a focus on software testing and the particular nature of the challenge testing presents, shifting a team to fully remote work during the pandemic, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on August 25, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM187-Lena-Wiberg-2021-08-25.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Ajdin Imsirovic is the author of the Leanpub book A Better Way To Learn JavaScript: Save Yourself From 1000 Hours of Trial and Error Experiences! In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ajdin about his background, learning English in part from listening to music, his approach to writing, and the pros and cons of conventional publishing and self-publishing.

This interview was recorded on August 5, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM186-Ajdin-Imsirovic-2021-08-05.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Roy Keyes is the author of the Leanpub book Hiring Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers: A Practical Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Roy about his background, computation and medical physics, data science and the challenges people in the industry face both in hiring and in getting hired, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on July 14, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM185-Roy-Keyes-2021-07-14.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Charles Scalfani is the author of the Leanpub book Functional Programming Made Easier: A Step-by-Step Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Charles about his background and career, remote work, how programming can be like dreaming, writing screenplays, his book and his approach to teaching programming, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 23, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM184-Charles-Scalfani-2021-06-23.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

David Diez is co-founder of OpenIntro, a nonprofit focused on bringing textbooks to students, no matter their financial means. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with David about his background, working in statistics from both the academic and the business perspective, OpenIntro and its mission, why textbooks are so expensive and possible parallels with the US healthcare industry, and at the end, they talk a little bit about writing and publishing OpenIntro's textbooks.

This interview was recorded on July 6, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM183-David-Diez-2021-07-06.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Marco Sampellegrini is the author of the Leanpub book The Simple Haskell Handbook: Learn how to build Haskell applications. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Marco about his background, how he got into programming and eventually into programming in Haskell, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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The full audio for the interview is here: [episode-audio-url]. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

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Bruno Lowagie is the author of the Leanpub book Entreprenerd: Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source Software. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Bruno about his background, the story of how he built a very successful business, how and why he eventually shifted his approach towards a focus on being acquired and what that requires, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as both a conventionally-published and a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 27, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM181-Bruno-Lowagie-2021-05-27.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Shefali Nayak is the author of the Leanpub book What Just Happened: Descriptive Statistics: An Explorer's Guide to Data. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Shefali about her background in data science, moving to the United States just before the pandemic started, mindfulness and Sahaja Yoga meditation, her books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 4, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM180-Shefali-Nayak-2021-05-04.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Eric Matthes is the author of the Leanpub book Beginner's Python Cheat Sheets. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Eric about his background, how he developed an interest in computers and programming at an early age, living outside for a year and cycling all around North America, his book and the experience of seeing it become a bestseller, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on April 20, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM179-Eric-Matthes-2021-04-20.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.