4: It All Begins with Star Wars

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English - April 24, 2015 21:54 - 45 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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In this week’s episode, Joe, Jacob, and Jonathan discuss web technologies, ‘Project Spartan,’ and work in the Microsoft corporate culture.

This week on the podcast, Joe is joined by Jacob Lamont and Jonathan Sampson. As a developer at Microsoft, Jonathan is deep within the team assigned to Project Spartan. The guys discuss how from humble beginnings, Jonathan matured as a nerdy gamer into a influential web developer.

Joe Darnell on Twitter

Jacob Lamont on Twitter

Jonathan Sampson on Twitter

Jacob is a developer at Quietyme

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IE’s very old competition, Netscape

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