Podcast Episodes featuring Erin McKean

101: Empathy in Language with Erin McKean

You, Me, Empathy - November 04, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
On Episode 101 of You, Me, Empathy, Erin McKean and I explore the opportunity for empathy in the language we use, and creating an inclusive, collaborative community around the abundance (not the scarcity) of language in Wordnik. Thanks for listening and thanks for empathizing with us! F...

Technical Definitions: A conversation with Wordnik’s founder Erin McKean

Catalyst Podcast - May 28, 2019 04:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
Improworsement: is an improvement that makes things worse, and Erin McKean knows all about that. She's wanted to create dictionaries since the age of eight and this year she is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wordnik, an online dictionary she helped create that has grown to 10 times the size...

e19 – All the words with Erin McKean

Simple Beep - August 01, 2015 15:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
This episode we talk with Erin McKean, founder of online dictionary Wordnik, about her history of processing and analyzing words with NeXT boxes, OS/2, and the Mac. We discuss self-identifying as a programmer, HyperCard qualifying as math, and hardcoded Danish comments.

e19 – All the words with Erin McKean

Simple Beep - August 01, 2015 15:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
This episode we talk with Erin McKean, founder of online dictionary Wordnik, about her history of processing and analyzing words with NeXT boxes, OS/2, and the Mac. We discuss self-identifying as a programmer, HyperCard qualifying as math, and hardcoded Danish comments.