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How to Hold a Pencil

46 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 9 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

A podcast for people learning to code.

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Episodes

Journal 003: Making Ideas Happen

May 07, 2015 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MB

Reuben talks about how he was able to finally start a podcast and how you can start to work on that idea that you have in the back of your head.

039: Charlie Park

May 05, 2015 13:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

Reuben speaks with Charlie Park of IFTTT about learning Ruby on Rails, Side projects, living in a tech hub, using CodePen to learn and much more. IFTTT BlipNote @JoniTrythall @una @itsmisscs @CharliePark

Journal 002: Finding a Job

March 24, 2015 18:22 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MB

In this episode of the Journal, Reuben talks about finding a job as a developer.

038: Adam Clark

March 20, 2015 15:53 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB

Adam Clark is a podcaster, indieprenuer, professional Thinker and strategerist. Reuben and Adam talk about podcasting, working on the impossible and much more. Adam Clark Irresistable Podcasting The Gently Mad Execute by Josh Long and Drew Wilson Alex Blumberg at Design Driven The Dip by Seth Godin

Journal 001: How I Got Started in Web Development?

March 17, 2015 14:37 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MB

The Host of How to Hold a Pencil, Reuben Ingber talks about his first memory of the web and getting his start.

Journal 001: How I Got Started in Web Development?

March 17, 2015 14:37 - 8 minutes - 7.95 MB

Welcome to the first episode of The How to Hold a Pencil Journal, a new short show podcast where I (Reuben Ingber) plan to talk to you about a bunch of stuff, to help you learn the hard and soft skills you need to be a success in the web community. This week I talk about how I got started on the web, and I ask myself the same question I ask all my guests, "what is your first memory of the web?"

037: Chris Oliver

February 05, 2015 16:41 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

@excid3 Personal Site Go Rails One Month

036: Josh Owens

January 23, 2015 13:38 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MB

Josh Owens is a Meteor.js developer and the creator of Meteorjs Club, Craterio, and the Meteor Podcast. We talked about learning meteor, teaching your kids to code and more.

035: Lee Rubenstein

January 15, 2015 18:58 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MB

Reuben spoke with Lee Rubenstein the founder of Eat Sleep Draw and Art Snacks.

034: Lara Hogan

October 16, 2014 14:49 - 26 minutes - 12 MB

@Lara_Hogan Lara's Personal Site Designing for Performance by Lara Hogan (Early Release)

33 - Tare Feener

October 07, 2014 14:16 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MB

@tfeener tarajane.me

32 - Nicole Dominguez

September 08, 2014 13:31 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MB

Nicole's Website @Sodevious Sodevious on Github

031: Patrick Johnson

August 21, 2014 13:44 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB

PBJ.me @PatrickBJohnson The Start Picture by Technodrome

030: Shaan Singh

August 11, 2014 22:45 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MB

@_ShaanSingh @BlueCocoaCo Blue Cocoa

029: Susan Robertson

July 18, 2014 13:11 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB

Susan's Website Do The Work @SusanJRobertson Susan on Github

028: Aubrey Johnson

July 03, 2014 13:48 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB

@Aub Aubrey's Personal Site Medium Post on learning to code Lynda iOS Tutorial Skillshare with Paul Solt

027: Dan Mall

June 19, 2014 13:24 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MB

Dan Mall @DanielMall Super Friendly Object Value Pricing

026: Dan Eden

June 12, 2014 02:14 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MB

Dan's Personal Site @_dte Animate CSS brills Dan's Side Projects

025: Deepina Kapila

June 06, 2014 02:36 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MB

@deekapila Deepina's Webiste

024: Joe Casabona

May 29, 2014 01:17 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MB

Joe's Personal Site @jcasabona Responsive Design with WordPress Building WordPress Themes From Scratch

023: Debbie Millman

May 14, 2014 13:08 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MB

Ten Things I Wish I Knew Sooner Rather Than Later Debbie Millman's Creative Mornings Talk Design Matters Personal Site @DebbieMillman

022: Garth Braithwaite

May 07, 2014 11:39 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MB

Web Friends Open Source Design Garth's Personal Website @GarhtDB Garth on Dribble

021: Tim Smith

April 30, 2014 16:53 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MB

@ttimsith Tim's website Goodstuff.fm

020: Morgan Polotan

April 23, 2014 13:27 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MB

@MorganPolotan How Morgan Learned to Program in 9 Months Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck Thinkful

019: Nick Pettit

April 16, 2014 13:38 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

@NickRP Nick's Website Treehouse

018: Chris Coyier

April 09, 2014 02:19 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MB

CodePen CSS Tricks Shop Talk Show 24Ways - Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard @ChrisCoyier Chris Coyier on CodePen ##Sponsors Harvest - Use the code PENCILHOLDER and receive 50% of your first month MediaTemple - Use the code PENCIL for 25% off your first month of web hosting. Sorry for the coughing through out the show, I have a terrible cold this week,

017: Jonnie Hallman

March 26, 2014 13:39 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MB

@DestroyToday Destroy Today Lessons Learned in a Year on My Own Building the Pencil Page Pencil by Fifty Three Chroma Siteleaf - A really simple CMS Oak Studios Handsome Cofee The Show - @HoldAPencil The Host - @ReubenIngber

017: Jonnie Hallman

March 26, 2014 13:39 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MB

Jonnie Hallman (a.k.a. Destroy Today) is a self-taught freelance developer and designer, who got his start making gaming websites at the age of 10 on AOL 2.7. Today he works with companies like Fifty Three, Dropbox, and more.

016: Adda Birnir

March 19, 2014 14:17 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Skillcrush Adda Binir Skillcrush on Twitter

015: Ian Patrick Hines

March 13, 2014 11:49 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

With Families Nation Builder Liquid Syntax on GitHub Dean Scream A Virtual Callaborative Workspace Tim Van Damme on The Great Discontent Zurb Foundation MyGathering Ian's Website @IanPatrickHines

014: Dan Friedman

March 05, 2014 12:58 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MB

Thiel Fellowship Udacity Codeacademy How Morgan Learned to Program Blast to the Past Angular on App.net Thinkful @DNFriedman

013: Alex Carpenter

February 26, 2014 13:13 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MB

Masuga Design GR Field Guide AlexCarpenter.me Chris Coyier CSS Tricks CSS Wizardry on Twitter CSS Wizardry Lamplighter

012: Mattan Griffel

February 12, 2014 13:34 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MB

One Month How to Teach Yourself to Code OneMonth.com Mattan's Personal Site @MattanGriffell | @ReubenIngber | @HoldAPencil

011: Josh Long

February 05, 2014 13:43 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MB

Patterns.co Sam Soffes Episode Cheddar Simplecast Execute (Reuben's Note: The book is an amazing and quick read) Jenius  Design Evolution Execute iOS Website  Execute iOS App  The Great Discontent Happy Monday Podcast Sarah Paramenter on Twitter 

010: Sam Soffes

January 29, 2014 13:03 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MB

Roon  How to Learn Motivation ExecuteiOS  Building Coins Shares 2 on the App Store  Coins on the App Store Full Package

009: Ryan Carson

January 22, 2014 03:19 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MB

Shownotes Treehouse Carsonified  Ryan's Blog @ryancarson @HoldaPencil www.HowtoHoldaPencil.com

008: Jeff Sheldon

January 15, 2014 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MB

Ugmonk Ugmonk: Gives Back Knock Off Ugmonk Video Ampersand: The Making Of @Ugmonk @ReubenIngber @HoldaPencil HowtoHoldaPencil.com

007: Zoe Rooney

January 08, 2014 03:50 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MB

Special thanks to Gary Vaynerchuk for sending me a brand new microphone to make the show even better in 2014, if you haven't already check out his new book JabJab Right Hook. How to Get the Work You Want Learn Shopify Girl Develop It Shop Talk Show Scouted In Zoe's Personal Site @zoe_rooney

006: Jennifer DeWalt

December 18, 2013 05:21 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MB

Jennifer’s Blog 180 Websites in 180 Days How We’re Feeling Yum Hacker Jennifer’s Github @JenniferDewalt

005: Nathan Bashaw

December 11, 2013 04:31 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MB

General Assembly HTML Dog Bad Code is the First Step Towards Good Code GA DASH Head First PHP Kathy Sierra Scratchpad.io Product Hunt Nathan’s Personal Website @Nbashaw Dribbble Github Medium

004: Matt Loszak

December 03, 2013 03:13 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Leave Your Day Job And Develop An App: The Story of JamCam JamCam on iTunes Learning How You Learn by Reuben Matt's Homepage @MatLoszack

004: Matt Loszak

December 03, 2013 03:13 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Reuben spoke with Matt Loszack the self-taught developer behind the app JamCam.

003: Ryan Levick

November 20, 2013 04:07 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Show Notes Landing Your Dream Job - 5 Tips on Becoming a Self-Taught Developer A n00bs Journey into Coding  Rails Girls  Ryan's Blog Ryan on Github @itchyankles   *My apologies for some of the background noise and echo in some places.

003: Ryan Levick

November 20, 2013 04:07 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Ryan Levick is a former community manager turned back-end web developer at 6Wunderkinder. We talked about not being afraid, being a n00b, the abundance of resources available to learn, and much more.

002: Natasha Murashev

November 13, 2013 13:30 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MB

@NatashaTheRobot Natasha’s Personal Website The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business  Stanford CS 106 Class Railscast  Stanford’s iOS Course ShopLater for iOS Mobile Makers Hacker Schedule  If You Want to Learn, Be a Cockroach Big Nerd Ranch Objective C Big Nerd Ranch iOS Natasha’s book - How to... Learn To Code. Get Your Dream Job. Change Your Life Achievement Unlocked: Winning An API Prize At The World’s Largest Hackathon 

001: Graham Davidson

November 05, 2013 14:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MB

Show Notes Cornish Pasty Net Magazine Tiger J Chocolates Graham's personal website Graham on the Treehouse blog  @jgtweeting

Guests

Jonnie Hallman
2 Episodes
Jeff Sheldon
1 Episode

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@lara_hogan 1 Episode
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@excid3 1 Episode
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