The Leanpub Podcast

Noah Gift is co-author of the Leanpub book Minimal Python. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Noah about his background and career, how he got his start in television and film production, using his self-taught Python programming skills to work on movies like Avatar, online learning and universities, remote work and productivity, his approach to teaching programming in Python, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as an author, including his advice for how to manage your mood, when you're writing your first book.

This interview was recorded on April 17, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM151-Noah-Gift-2020-04-17.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.

Special Guest: Derek Doepker is a bestselling author, speaker, and consultant, who specializes in content marketing for authors and entrepreneurs. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Derek about his background, how he got into the music scene in Los Angeles, how at a young age he got into healthy living, the "Can I just?" technique for forming good habits and getting motivated, how he is adapting his consulting to the changed circumstances of authors and entrepreneurs in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, and the importance of getting the right advice and coaching, as you pursue the development of multiple income streams from self-published books and audiobooks.

Gabriel Volpe is the author of the Leanpub book Practical FP in Scala: A hands-on approach. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Gabriel about his background, growing up in Argentina and how he got into computers and technology, choosing to live and work abroad, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 16, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM149-Gabriel-Volpe-2020-03-16.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.

Special Guest: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Project Lead for the Panorama Project. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Guy about his background, how got into writing, poetry slams, how got his first experience in marketing, Digital Book World, technology and book publishing, libraries, and his work on the Panorama Project.

This interview was recorded on March 10, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: [https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM148-Guy-LeCharles-Gonzalez-2020-03-10.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.

Kyle Simpson is the author of the Leanpub book You Don't Know JS Yet: Get Started. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Kyle about what he has been doing since he was last interviewed on the podcast in 2017, how his work and life have been affected by recent events, his latest books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his evolving experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 18, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM147-Kyle-Simpson-2020-03-18.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.

Special Guest: Jeff Nickoloff is the author of the Manning Publications book Docker in Action, Second Edition. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jeff about his background and career in software engineering, what it's like working for Amazon, the nature and importance of scalable communication, expert observations on working in coffee shops, the crucial importance of long-form writing when it comes to running a successful company at scale, his book, Docker, and his experience as a author.

This interview was recorded on February 21, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM146-Jeff-Nickoloff-2020-02-21.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.

Michael Rice is the author of the Leanpub book Professional Services: Day 1, Hour 1: An Introduction to Professional Services in Software Companies. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Michael about his background, his first experiences as a software engineer, taking a break to go to law school, working for a big global consultancy, what it's like being a consultant on a new project, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 14, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM145-Michael-Rice-2020-02-14-1.02-1_01.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.

[This Frontmatter Podcast episode was originally published on 2019-07-12...]

Judson L. Moore is the author of the Leanpub book Exponential Happiness: How to identify and pursue life goals starting at a young age. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Judson (https://twitter.com/judsonlmoore) about his background, his parents' activism in his youth regarding the rights of people with disabilities and their families, his years working for the Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan and helping to set up a network of journalists, his time working in Hyderabad, his eventual return to Germany, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 11, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM120-Judson-Moore-2019-06-11.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.

Special Guest Alex Hillman is the founder of Indy Hall, a hugely successful coworking space in Philadelphia. Alex is a marketing communications and community-development consultant who works on product launching and community-building strategies through 30x500 and Stacking the Bricks, along with his business partner, Amy Hoy. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Alex about his background, the three waves of coworking, Indy Hall, the origin story of his collaboration with Amy Hoy, and many other things.

This interview was recorded on February 13, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM144-Alex-Hillman-2020-02-13.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.

Special Guest Chris Mattmann is the author of Machine Learning with TensorFlow, Second Edition. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Chris about his background, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, re-architecting the way NASA missions handled massive changes in the amount of data being gathered from instruments thanks to technological changes in the mid-2000s, about some fascinating NASA and DARPA projects he's worked on, the particular challenges of dealing with telemetry data, Kobe Bryant, and about his book and his experience as an author.

This interview was recorded on February 10, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM143-Chris-Mattmann-2020-02-10.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.