The Leanpub Podcast

Matthew Skelton is the author of the Leanpub book Team Guide to Software Operability: Proven techniques for making software work well. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matthew about his background, how he first got into tech, the importance of having a broad range perspectives informing the creation of software, some of the biggest changes he's seen in how companies are using new programming emphases and technologies like machine learning to alter how they fundamentally do business and compete, 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 20, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM124-Matthew-Skelton-2019-06-20.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.

Jimmy Janlén is the author of the Leanpub book Toolbox for the Agile Coach - Visualization Examples: How great teams visualize their work. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jimmy about his background, his first experiences coding, the legendary "Spotify model" of development, his book and the power of various types of physical visualization to create a shared reality, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 18, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM123-Jmmy-Janlen-2019-06-18.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.

William S. Vincent is the author of the Leanpub book Django for Professionals: Production websites with Python & Django. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Will about his background in book publishing, how the book publishing industry changed in response to Amazon, what a book editor really does and the role that agents play in the current publishing landscape, his experience with startups, learning to program and writing books for people who are learning new things, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on July 2, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM122-William-S-Vincent-2019-07-02.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.

Julie Moronuki is the author of the Leanpub book Finding Success (and Failure) in Haskell: Fall in love with applicative functors. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Julie about her background and her curious path to writing about the Haskell programming language, philosophy and linguistics and Heidegger, monads in programming versus monads in Leibniz, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a an author.

This interview was recorded on June 13, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM121-Julie-Moronuki-2019-06-13.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.

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.

Mark Nijhof is the author of the Leanpub book CQRS: The Example. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark(https://twitter.com/smakassen) about his background, moving a lot during your career, setting up a startup and the difficulty of making sales into big enterprises, his current company Småkassen, which is a clothing subscription service for kids, 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 4, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM119-Mark-Nijhof-2019-06-04.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.

Josh Long is the author of the Leanpub book Reactive Spring. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Josh(https://twitter.com/starbuxman) about his background, his thoughts on the Silicon Valley tech sector and homelessness in San Francisco, how the experience of being an American abroad has changed in some ways in recent years, Spring, his previous books and his work creating videos, his latest book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a conventionally-published and as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 3, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM118-Josh-Long-2019-06-03.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.

Steve Tendon is the author of the Leanpub book Tame Your Work Flow. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Steve about his background, the TameFlow approach to organizational thinking, blockchain, his work helping to establish a digital innovation strategy for the government of Malta and how legislation can drive innovation, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 28, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM117-Steve-Tendon-2019-05-28.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.

Paolo Amoroso is the author of the Leanpub book Space Apps for Android: Discover the Best Astronomy and Space Apps. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Paolo about his background, how he got interested in space and astronomy, big changes that have taken place in the way experts can popularize space and astronomy, SpaceX's big accomplishments and Jeff Bezos's ideas about colonizing space, what it means to be a Google Product expert, what happened to Google+ and why a lot of people really liked it, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 14, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM116-Paolo-Amoroso-2019-05-14.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Diego Zamboni is the author of two Leanpub books, Learning Hammerspoon: Unleash the power of automation on your Mac and Learning CFEngine: Automated System Administration for Sites of Any Size. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Diego about his background, moving around a lot and studying in Mexico, getting into the field of computer security, moving to the US and to Switzerland, automation and its impact on computing and unleashing human potential, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on April 25, 2019.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.