Hello Tech Pros - Motivation, Soft Skills & Business Advice
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA daily show focused on motivation, productivity, leadership, technology, communication, entrepreneurship and work/life balance. This show aired 2016-2017.
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The UX of Technical Documentation — George Mocharko
February 11, 2017 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBGeorge Mocharko helps create authentic, crafted, strategic messaging for small businesses, start-ups, and non-profits. He also specializes in digital and print publications management, with professional-quality newsletter & magazine design and production, including marketing collateral creation. George has a Master's degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University's School of Policy, Government and International Affairs and a Bachelor's degree in Communication from...
Localized SEO for Mobile App Stores — James Hopkins
February 06, 2017 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBJames Hopkins is a Co-founder of the Atlas App Store, an early stage Google Play alternative. He studied economics at CU Boulder, and worked at two startups - a health tablet company, and energy retrofit company - before deciding to start his own venture. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/james-hopkins/ What You Will Learn From This Episode App Search engines can't find products via their underlying functions. Only apps with the largest budget get top results, but what you can do...
Insanely Great Product Design - David Fradin
February 01, 2017 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBDavid Fradin was a classically trained product manager at Hewlett-Packard during the 50 years that HP grew 20% a year. Apple recruited him to bring the first hard disk drive on a personal computer to market. He soon rose in Apple’s management ranks to the same level as Steve Jobs by heading the Apple /// product line and providing the profits which helped fund the development of the Macintosh. Since 1969 he has worked on over 75 products and services, at 25 small, medium and large organi...
This Tardis May Be Hiding Your Favorite Bollywood Narrator — Amar Vyas
January 27, 2017 11:30 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBAmar Vyas is a husband, Co-founder of Kamakshi Media, and sometimes a writer. A self-described nomad, Amar has lived in fifteen cities over the past twenty years, including two years spent at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the Indian Institute of Management, (A) Ahmedabad for his MBA. In his spare time, Amar likes exploring offbeat places, learning Gujarati from his wife, and spending time with his dog, Buddy. Amar and his family lives in Bangalore, India. Show note...
Hackathon Hacks — Competitive Programming with Anthony Delgado
January 23, 2017 11:30 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBAnthony Delgado has been an explorer of the digital space for over a decade. From transforming start-ups into multi-million dollar organizations, to helping nonprofits develop digital solutions to real world problems, Anthony’s passion is using software to help change the way people interact with the world around them. Anthony is a full stack developer and technology hero at websignia, a digital strategy and innovation agency. websignia has worked with a wide variety of different companies i...
Building Apps for Her Autistic Son With No Prior Development Training — Tiffany Simpson on Product Development
January 04, 2017 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBTiffany Simpson is a digital media consultant who's journey as an entrepreneur took an about turn when her son was diagnosed with autism. It was during this challenge when Tiffany decided to create computer games and mobile apps to help her son develop his speech. She has since created more solutions to improve her son's educational and social skills. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/tiffany-simpson-product/ What You Will Learn in This Episode How Tiffany learned to build apps wit...
Has Software Development Shifted From the Construction Paradigms? — Dmitri Saveliev on Technology
December 19, 2016 11:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBDmitri Saveliev is a startup veteran with an extensive Silicon Valley background. His experience in developing banking software for Fortune 500 companies has prepared him to lead a venture of his own, ServiceWhale. Derived from his own personal frustrating experience shopping for a heating and cooling system for his home in Princeton, NJ, Dmitri founded ServiceWhale in an effort to create a true market for home improvement shopping where pricing is easily obtainable and the experience is sim...
155 Different Podcasts for Software Developers
November 17, 2016 10:30 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBFrom Jon Sonmez and SimpleProgrammer.com comes a list of 155 developer podcasts. I can't believe I just read them all. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/developer-podcasts-technology/ Resources Mentioned The Ultimate List of Developer Podcasts DeveloperPodcasts.com Sponsors HelloUglySite.com AnxietyNerd.com
Building the Uber of Charity in 6 Months — Gret Glyer on Technology
November 10, 2016 10:30 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBGret Glyer is 26, has lived in Malawi, Africa for 3 years, crowdfunded $100,000 to build a girls school there, and most recently launched a revolutionary new app that is going to literally change the world by the end of this year. It's call DonorSee. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/gret-glyer-technology/ What You Will Learn in This Episode The conditions in Malawi that inspired Gret to start a poverty elimination app. Why travelling to a 3rd world country or launching an app is...
The Challenge of Proving Your Customer Is Who They Say They Are — Ron Atzmon on Technology
November 03, 2016 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBRon Atzmon is Managing Director of AU10TIX Limited, pioneers of multi-channel ID Authentication and record generation. Mr. Atzmon has led the company to the position of technology leader and provider of choice of the world’s major players. Under Mr. Atzmon’s leadership AU10TIX introduced the concept of “Secure Customer Onboarding”, redefining fraud prevention best practices but also influencing customer acquisition success rates across financial services markets. Show notes at http://hello...
The Technology Stack Most Tech Pros Fail to Master in Their Startup
October 27, 2016 09:30 - 38 minutes - 35 MBThis is Part 4 of the free 7-day audio and email course Start Your First Business. What You Will Learn In This Episode Why most tech pros are wasting serious time and money on the wrong stacks when launching their business. The stack you need to master in any industry. The most critical piece of the stack that often gets overlooked. The biggest mistake I made when launching Hello Tech Pros and what I'm doing about it now. Why non-technical people often dominate at building bus...
Serverless Forms and Automatic API Generation — Travis Tidwell - Technology
October 20, 2016 09:30 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBTravis Tidwell has been developing advanced enterprise software solutions for over 15 years ranging from Embedded GPS navigation products to Open Source web solutions. In 2008, he developed and founded the popular Open Source multimedia solution MediaFront (http://mediafront.org), but has since then created Form.io, a groundbreaking technology that provides a Form and Data Management system for Serverless Applications. Travis now serves as the CTO. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/tr...
Image Cognition APIs Powering Self-Driving Cars and the Holodeck — Brad Folkens on Technology
October 13, 2016 09:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBBrad Folkens is Co-Founder and CTO of CloudSight, where he oversees all technical aspects of the image cognition technology. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematics from Northern Illinois University. Prior to creating CloudSight, he co-founded CityTech USA, notable for creating the web-based collaborative government website PublicSalary.com. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/brad-folkens-technology/ What You Will Learn in This Episode The c...
How to Choose the Best Tech When You Have the Budget of the Rebel Alliance
October 06, 2016 09:30 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBCareer Hyperdrive Course: Day 4 The Career Hyperdrive Course is a free 7 day email and audio course for technical professionals to help launch your career into hyperspace. Each module in this course is designed to help you overcome a major barrier to your career growth. Here's what you're going to get out of the course. The motivation you need to overcome your biggest career obstacles and navigate asteroids. Productivity tips to help you crush it at work without killing your personal ...
The Past, Present and Future of Women in Technology — Brandy Semore
September 29, 2016 09:30 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBBrandy Semore has over fifteen years of management experience in various fields with a strong grounding in internet, data center operations and business management strategies. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and holds a MBA from Oklahoma City University, with an emphasis in project management and is PMP certified with the Project Management Institute. Beyond being a working mom delicately balancing her career with her family – she is pass...
Our BioTech Network Security Should Scare the Crap Out of You — Nick Rust on Technology
September 22, 2016 09:30 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBNick Rust has spent the majority of his professional career working in Healthcare IT (10 years), with a particular emphasis in Health Care and Medical Device information security. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/nick-rust-technology/ Key Takeaways It's common that most people don't have experience in healthcare IT. When medical devices first came out, it was an instrument, not a piece of information technology. Radiology has more tech and devices than most other departments. ...
Fishing for Business Solutions in Your Data Lake — Stephen Gatchell on Technology
September 15, 2016 09:30 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBStephen Gatchell is currently a Chief Data Officer Engineering Analytics & Data Lake at EMC and serves on the EMC Data Governance Office, Master Data Management and Business Data Lake Operating committee’s developing EMC’s corporate strategies for the Business Data Lake, Advanced Analytics and Information Asset Management. Stephen also serves as a Customer Insight Analyst for the Chief Technology Office analyzing customer technology challenges and requirements. Show notes at http://hellot...
The Secondary IT Market is Becoming the World of Warcraft Auction House — Doug Wick on Technology
September 08, 2016 09:30 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBTradeLive, a recently launched Austin-based startup, is a modern business-to-business marketplace for new and used IT gear aimed at eliminating the pitfalls that make other IT exchanges slow, unreliable and restrictive. General manager Doug Wick is building this company, after having spent 15 years in senior product/business development roles at software startups. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/doug-wick-technology/ Key Takeaways The secondary market for IT gear is starting to...
Creating an Inequalities Awareness Campaign Using Facebook — Tim Barnes on Technology
September 01, 2016 09:30 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBAfter a close-call with a hippopotamus while canoeing in Africa, Tim Barnes celebrated life with African artists and artisans by commissioning a custom, hand-crafted “hippo chair”. After 25 years of consulting and leading IT organizations, Tim decided to give back to a third-world community — but more than aid — by creating awareness and business opportunities via first-world marketing channels and old-school import/export legwork. Tim Barnes has spent the last 20+ years in the Information...
When Not to Focus on Tech — Adam Wallschlaeger on Technology
August 25, 2016 09:30 - 35 minutes - 33 MBAdam Wallschlaeger started his own consulting and training business 3 years ago, seeking to help business professionals and job seekers use LinkedIn to accomplish their goals. LinkedIn is his primary area of expertise, but he also helps people start their own small businesses. He trains people on website development, social media, blogging, podcasting and sales development. He also hosts a podcast called Unsubscribe From The Cubicle where he interviews entrepreneurs in order to find their...
The Support and Extensibility of Magento E-Commerce — Aric Watson on Technology
August 18, 2016 09:30 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBAric Watson is a full-stack web developer with nearly 20 years of experience, currently working for Nexcess.net, a Michigan-based web hosting company that specializes in hosting high-traffic Magento e-commerce websites. Aric works on internal projects as well as several of Nexcess' open-source Magento extensions. You can find him at various conferences and meetups. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/aric-watson-technology/ Resources Mentioned nexcess.net Magento Composer This ...
Sharing vs Selling, Culture vs Code & Zipkick's Honest Travel Reviews — Jason Will on Technology
August 11, 2016 09:30 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBOver the past 10 years, Jason Will has successfully worked as a social media and technology consultant, freelance writer, speaker and advisor. A few things became clear over the course of time: building personal brands, teams and companies are the fueling elements of his passion. Content marketing > social selling always. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/jason-will-technology/ Sponsors Minio Cloud Storage
Data Science Helps Build Strategic Advantage — Jamie Dixon on Technology
August 04, 2016 09:30 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBWhy do some companies treat software development as a cost center but data science as strategic investments? Don't they both write code? Jamie Dixon has been writing code for as long as he can remember and has been getting paid to do it since 1995. He was using C# and javascript almost exclusively until discovering F# and now combines all three languages for the problem at hand. He has a passion for discovering overlooked gems in data sets and merging software engineering techniques to sci...
Tools To Create 100+ Podcast Episodes — Chad Bostick on Podcast Technology
July 28, 2016 09:30 - 49 minutes - 45 MBThese are the tools and technology I've use to publish 100+ episodes of Hello Tech Pros podcast. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/podcast-tools-technology/ Sponsors Minio Cloud Storage - Store photos, videos, VMs, containers, log files, or any blob of data as objects.
Why Aunt Milly Won't Use Your Software — David Platt on UX
July 21, 2016 12:33 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBDavid S. Platt teaches .NET programming at Harvard University Extension School and at companies all over the world. He’s the author of 11 programming books, including Why Software Sucks (Addison-Wesley, 2006) and Introducing Microsoft .NET (Microsoft Press, 2002). Microsoft named him a Software Legend in 2002. David Platt recently published The Joy of UX. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/david-platt-technology/ Sponsors Minio Cloud Sever - Store photos, videos, VMs, containers, ...
Automatically Publishing Live Videos and Podcasts into your WordPress Site — Hani Mourra on Technology
July 14, 2016 09:30 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBHani Mourra is a Dad, Softwareprenuer and the creator of WordPress plugins that automate the publishing of videos, podcasts, and live videos to your WordPress site. He is extremely passionate about creating automation software to help content creators build their email list and grow their audience faster. SimpleSocialPress - Automatically Publish Facebook Live Videos To Your WordPress Site SimplePodcastPress - Automatically Publish Podcasts To Your WordPress Site SimpleVideoPress - Aut...
GoLang Will Make Your Plumbing Code Sexy — Aaron Schlesinger on Technology
July 07, 2016 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBAaron Schlesinger discusses the past, present and future of the Go programming language and why it is coming to take over the world. Aaron Schlesinger is a Sr. Software Engineer at EngineYard where he’s a core contributor to the Deis project. Being a Go developer for the past 2+ years, he has distilled his knowledge of the language into the Go In 5 Minutes screencast as well as speaking at various conferences and events about Go. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/aaron-schlesinger-t...
No One Downloaded Your App Because Your Pre-Launch Sequence Failed — Arne Giske on Technology
June 30, 2016 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBMost people launch their product to the sound of crickets instead of fireworks. The reason is because their pre-launch sequence failed to ignite (or worse, they didn't have one). Arne Giske is running a 7-Day Entrepreneur Improvement Challenge and is giving away the case study on the exact pre-launch sequence he used to get this challenge off the ground. I want to extend a special invitation to join Arne's 7-Day Entrepreneur Improvement Challenge (it's completely free) first because it's p...
Create an Uber-like Business in Minutes — Technology Thursday with Alex Saidani
June 23, 2016 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBThis founder's company is providing the backend services to power your next Uber-like idea. Indemand let's you build an on-demand business in minutes. Originally from Nottingham, England, Alex Saidani is an entrepreneur and self taught developer since the age of 13. Alex has helped change the world by giving communities in Africa access to clean water with GiveMeTap a YCombinator company, founded Hashtrack a social media analytics company, chosen to represent Britain as one of the top inno...
Questions We Should Ask About Technology and Humanity - Pamela Pavliscak on Technology
June 16, 2016 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDo we control the technology in our lives or does the technology in our lives control us? Pamela Pavliscak is a design researcher who studies our conflicted relationship with technology. She is founder of Change Sciences, a research think tank focused on humanizing technology for Chase, NBC Universal, Virgin, and many others. Pamela is writing a book coming out later this year called, Designing for Happiness, and has spoken at SXSW, Google Creative Labs, the Future of Design, and Collision...
Full-Stack Development at ProductHunt - Technology Thursday with Radoslav Stankov
June 09, 2016 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBRadoslav Stankov has been doing software development since 2002, starting as PHP programer, but quickly moved around the tech stack. Rodoslav considers himself to be a full stack developer. Currently he's working at ProductHunt, where he does iOS development in Objective-C / Swift, backend in Node and Rails and frontend in React / Redux. He believes that frontend and backend are equally important and a lot of problems can be avoided by working in collaboration. Show notes at http://hellote...
Solution for Nighttime Cable Mess - Technology Thursday with Victoria Norris and Chad Diez
June 02, 2016 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBHow do you charge all of your devices at night? This couple struggled with cable mess and until they developed their own solution: the NytStnd. NDF+Group LLC, was created as an outlet for co-owners Chad Diez and Victoria Norris to utilize their industry experience from the corporate worlds of Design and Marketing, into the small business sector. From ideation to creation, this family owned business is capable of designing, manufacturing, and launching mainstream products. Show notes at h...
Machine Learning Mad Scientists - David Crook on Technology
May 26, 2016 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBDavid Crook is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist formerly of Microsoft Consulting Services. He is focused on Data Science, Machine Learning and High Performance Computing. He is also known as the Mad Scientist on his team. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/david-crook-technology/ Key Takeaways Are you a mad scientist? Scientist = someone who pursues knowledge in a structured way Mad = uncontrollable and disastrous Twitter is a cesspit of language Studying the interactions ...
Programming is Like the Most Epic Video Game Ever - Technology Thursday with Jared Porcenaluk
May 19, 2016 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWhen Jared Porcenaluk first experienced computer programming courses in college, he felt at a competitive disadvantage and quickly decided to change his major. After a second attempt in a more collaborative environment, Jared grew to truly love the practice. Now he wants to build an international hotspot for IoT in his hometown of Orlando, Florida. Jared Porcenaluk is a developer and tech enthusiast with five years of experience, mainly in the Microsoft .NET stack. He lives in Orlando, wor...
Xamarin Cross-Platform Mobile Apps - Technology Thursday with James Montemagno
May 12, 2016 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBAs a new mobile developer in the early days of mobile development, James Montemagno was given two months to build a cross-platform app for remote DVR management. Luckily, he discovered the Mono Runtime and was able to hit his aggressive target because IT JUST WORKED. Today he helps the mobile development community successfully build and launch native cross-platform applications using Xamarin. James Montemagno is a Developer Evangelist at Xamarin and Microsoft MVP. He has been a .NET develo...
Providing Internet Access to Developing Countries - Technology Thursday with Santosh Hari
May 05, 2016 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBSantosh Hari discusses the challenges with working with regulatory agencies to provide cell and internet access in developing countries, the benefits of building your platform on cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure and the future of IoT. Santosh Hari is a software entrepreneur with experience building products on the .NET platform since 2002 and over 15 years in the software industry. Before 2000, his claim to fame was working on projects that saved the world from the Y2K disasters....
Understand the Business Model, Or Fail - Technology Thursday with Joshua Johnson
April 28, 2016 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBStruggling to understand the engineering practices of a new system is tough. Failure to understand the business domain can lead to a critical failure. While working on trading software on Wall Street, Joshua Johnson's lack of domain knowledge led to a personal failure. In this episode, Joshua and I discuss the importance of domain expertise, use cases, web services and the future of Big Data. Joshua Johnson was born in Oklahoma City, OK and has degrees from University of Oklahoma and Okl...
Beginning UX Development: The Struggle is Real - Technology Thursday with Grant Vinson
April 21, 2016 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBOver his head on a project with tight deadlines and technology he didn't understand, Grant Vinson found himself in a vegetated state and discouraged. Today he's excited when presented with a challenge because it means it will make him a stronger developer. In this episode we talk Grunt, SASS, Node.js, Laravel, CSS compatibility issues and virtual reality. Grant Vinson is a frontend web developer who mainly focuses on UX and UI. He is currently working on his first conference pitch and will...
UX, LinkedIn and IoT - Technology Thursday with Denver Brown
April 14, 2016 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBDenver Brown discusses the challenge with user interfaces on early sound mixing software, the benefits of social networking platform LinkedIn and the future of IoT including with the Nest thermostat, smart grids and wearables. Denver Brown is a Sr Account Executive at Calance, providing IT design, implementation, operation and talent services for enterprise customers enabling transformations to new technologies such as cloud and mobile. This episode of Hello Tech Pros is sponsored by… ME...
Brokering Field Service Work - Technology Thursday with Quinton Crenshaw
April 07, 2016 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBQuinton Crenshaw recalls a complexity reduction project that took 5 years off his life, discusses how the Suryl Nexus software platform provides work order management to small and medium businesses and envisions a near-future where heads-up-display wearables will provide ways for field service employees to innovate and increase productivity. Quinton Crenshaw is an experienced leader who enjoys using technology to provide IT service breakthroughs for companies. He is the COO of Suryl Servic...