The TechMill Podcast

Marshall Culpepper, CEO of KubOS, has been involved in open source since before most of us we're in, uh... college, probably. Learning to program at a young age, we didn't have that much time on the podcast so go find another show he was on and listen to it there.

This week we talk about the final frontier, how Marshall plans to conquer it through metal cubes, making money on free software, and how you can turn a toaster into a sky laser.

Show Notes

Kubos: http://www.kubos.com

KubOS RT: https://github.com/kubostech/kubos/tree/master/kubos-rt

KubOS Linux Build: https://github.com/kubostech/kubos-linux-build

Buy parts for your own cubesat: https://www.cubesatshop.com

How to reach Marshall

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marshall_law

Email: [email protected]

Juli James never thought playing 80 hours of Zelda would turn into a bullet point on her resume. With a background in journalism, Juli treaded a decision to either focus on her journalism career or going into academics. Of course, then her and her colleagues received a grant to develop a game engine for journalists while moving to Texas which they eventually turned into a new company, Playable Media. Juli is also a big advocate to support and empower women in technology by leading the local Denton chapter for Women Who Code through regular workshops and meetups.

We talk to Juli about all things journalism, game design, education, and how the heck you even build a game engine this week on the TechMill Podcast.

Playable Media Story Builder: http://playablemedia.org

Twine: http://twinery.org

News Games Book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/newsgames

Women Who Code: https://www.womenwhocode.com

Startup Weekend for Designers: http://www.techstars.com/content/community/the-designers-guide-t

Step Aument said he was never going back to into software, until he did, then didn't, then somehow ended up back here again. We talk with Step about his love affection with Denton, and his battered relationship with Java, and how Ruby helped mend his broken heart. Step is the CTO of Ready Rosie, a local education startup in Denton, and is also a big proponent of remote culture done right.

Show Notes

Contact Step:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saument

Email: [email protected]

After hosting our own event for International Open Data Day (March 4, 2017) with the City of Denton and the University of North Texas Libraries, we brought on some of our expert friends to talk about the role of open data, how we can use it for municipal good, and what a smart city looks like.

A list of our guests this episode include:

- Jesse Hamner, data scientist and librarian

- Kevin Roden, city councilman and Code for America advocate

- Abdulrahman Habib, Ph.D. student and city consultant

- Jacob Scott Moses, former host of the Parksify podcast and urban living advocate

Code for America - https://www.codeforamerica.org

Open Denton - https://www.opendenton.com

Github - https://github.com/opendenton

OpenGov - https://opengov.com/blog/denton-tx-open-data-day

City of Denton Portal - http://data.cityofdenton.com

This week on the TechMill Podcast, we interviewed our own co-host, David Brunow, with the help of our good friend from Swash Labs, Josh Berthume.

David's story is one of struggles and triumphs from a naive teenager to an experienced software consultant and entrepreneur. Over years of acquiring knowledge and skills, David tells us how he landed the job of his dreams - the one he created himself.

When you're starting a company, you don't always know what you are or what you need. Are you a startup planning to raise capital and looking for an exit? Or are you a small business that's developing a workforce for a long game scenario. In this episode, we talk about the difference between the two, and how communities can provide resources to support both types of companies.

Heather Steele is the owner and Chief Marketing Officer of Blue Steele Solutions, a marketing and development agency right here in Denton. We talked about her journey from starting off as a technical writer and transitioning into marketing, starting her own agency, and talking how being genuine with your clients pays off.

Show Notes

Contact Heather by:

Contact Forms on https://bluesteelesolutions.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/heathersteele03

Other Notes:

James Herriot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot

Zapier: https://zapier.com

Asana: https://asana.com

ProsperWorks: https://www.prosperworks.com

Slack: https://slack.com

Calendly: https://calendly.com

For our first episode of 2017, we interviewed our good friend Dave Sims, the current CTO of Kubos (a favorite satellite startup in Denton). Dave also has a diverse history of writing software ranging from all types of industries including education, healthcare, enterprise, and even coupons.

Email Dave at [email protected]

Email the wrong Dave, in Australia, at [email protected]

For the last podcast of the year, we talk about our favorite TechMill and community highlights of the year and what we’re looking forward to in 2017.

Kyle’s highlight list

* TechMill workshop series

* Open Denton / Open Data in Denton.

* https://www.opendenton.com/

* http://data.cityofdenton.com/

* Growth of startup/tech community in Denton.

* Bootstrap Denton 2016 was amazing.

* VR game demo by From the Future.

* New TechMill board members

David’s highlight list

* TechMill workshop series (teaching as well)

* Increase in use of technology in the city, increase in civic engagement

* Joining the TechMill board

Things we’re looking forward to in 2017

* Continuing TechMill workshop series with new topics

* TechMill community

Periscope stream of recording session: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1DXGyVQZvOdJM

Show Notes

Are you or people you know doing cool tech things in Denton that y'all would like to share? Or are there things you'd like to hear us talk about in additi

This week we met with Josh Berthume, co-founder of all-media agency here in Denton, Swash Labs, and chatted about advertising, helping brands find a voice, and turning eventual destruction into fuel for your passion.

Show Notes:

Strange Brew: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/

Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jberthume

Josh on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jberthume

Josh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jberthume

Josh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jberthume

Josh's personal website: http://joshberthume.com

Josh's company, Swash Labs: http://swashlabs.com

rad: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rad

dope: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dope