Xcoders
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTalks and social activities for Seattle-area and Vancouver, BC app makers. Everyone welcome!
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Xcoders Podcast, June/July 2021
July 19, 2021 16:01This episode, Collin Donnell joins the show to talk a bit about his origin story. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Collin Donnell Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Vancouver Xcoders Meetup Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, May 2021
May 30, 2021 20:55This month, Jared is joined by Xcoder Dan Morse, an iOS engineer at Nordstrom and organizer of the Underdog Devs group. The guys talk about Dan’s journey through code school and landing at Nordstrom, as well as how Dan got involved in Underdog Devs and how learning is constant. Be sure to check out the Xcoders Slack for announcemnts on forthcoming in-person get togethers! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Dan on Twitter Underdog Devs ...
Xcoders Podcast, April 2021
April 30, 2021 19:51This month, Seattle Xcoders co-organizer Tim Ekl joins the show to talk about his journey to Seattle (and Xcoders), his new blog post about the SE-0309 Swift Evolution proposal around Generics & Existentials, as well as Swift’s evolution as a general purpose language. There’s also some WWDC wishcasting for fun new APIs. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Tim Ekl on Twitter Tim’s Generics Blog Post Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: We...
Xcoders Podcast, March 2021
March 21, 2021 20:32This month, indie dev Leo Dion joins the show in the conclusion of a 2-part series with Xcoders and Leo’s podcast Empower Apps. The guys talk about automation and Swift Package Manager, and Leo shares a bit about his apps & projects. They conclude by sharing some of their 2021 Apple Wishlist. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Jared’s appearance on Empower Apps Leo Dion Twitter Brightdigit Heartwitch App Use code XCODERS2021 for 3 m...
Xcoders Podcast, February 2021
February 21, 2021 23:07This month, Vancouver Xcoders organizer Malin Sundberg joins the show to talk about her world-traveling background, the upcoming Xcoders online gathering on 2/25 (where she also puts Jared on the spot about giving a talk too), and what she’s excited for from Apple in 2021. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Malin Sundberg Register for the February Meetup Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, January 2021
January 30, 2021 15:20This month, Jared fields questions from Xcoders on Twitter and Slack, as well as a few from the Underdog Devs. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Hacking with Swift Swift by Sundell Vapor Swift Framework Core Data Book by Objc.io Practical Core Data Core Data Potpurri Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, December, 2020
December 31, 2020 16:57This month, Chris Parrish joins the show to put a cap on 2020. It mostly turns into gushing over the M1 Macs and speculating about the bright future of the Mac. Have a safe, happy new year everyone! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Chris Parrish The Record Podcast Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, November 2020
December 01, 2020 06:37This month, long-time Xcoder Jake Savin joins the show to chat about going from a music career to the tech industry, eventually winding up at UserLand Software, and making his way up to Seattle. Later Jared and Jake talk a bit about the consulting industry and Jake has some helpful tips for current (or future) consultants – and really anyone dealing with any kind of customer. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Jake’s Website Jake on Twi...
Xcoders Podcast, October 2020
October 30, 2020 22:31This month, Rick Wolter joins the show to talk about his experience learning how to code while imprisoned, and the new group he’s started up to help formerliy incarcerated people transition into careers in the software industry. If you’re interested in Underdog Devs, please reach out to them on Twitter. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Rick Wolter on Twitter Underdog Devs on Twitter Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, September 2020
September 30, 2020 23:44This month, Joe Heck joins the show to talk about the origins of Xcoders on the eve of our 16th anniversary, and we dive a bit into the reactive world of Combine! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Joe Heck Using Combine – Joe’s research & book Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, August 2020
August 28, 2020 18:53This month, Jared is joined by Eugene Berezin and they chat about Eugene’s history in tech, a bit about video blogging (and blogging in general), and what’s got them excited from WWDC. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Eugene’s Twitter Eugene’s YouTube channel Eugene on LinkedIn Micro.blog Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, July 2020
July 31, 2020 15:37This month, Brent Simmons joins the show to talk about WWDC, Macs, and some career advice for how to persevere in the software industry. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: inessential by Brent Simmons NetNewsWire Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, June 2020
June 13, 2020 04:35This month, Jared is joined by Mark Boszko – formerly of The Omni Group – to talk about his history, his job search, and a little bit of Tiki. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Black Girls Code Xcoders on Black Lives Matter Mark’s website Mark’s basement volcano Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, May 2020
May 28, 2020 23:48This month, Jared is joined by Brian Covey, former Support Human at the Omni Group and current free agent in the job market. He shares a bit of what he did at Omni, what he’s looking for in his next role, and his (relatively recent) history with Xcoders. You should hire him! If you are looking for a job and want to be on the show, please send an email so we can talk! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Brian’s Twitter Profile Brian’s Li...
Xcoders Podcast, April 2020
April 30, 2020 23:23This month we have a special treat: guests Tim Ekl and Olof Hellman join the show to have a discussion about programmatic Xcode project generation — specifically using XcodeGen. This is a fun one. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Tim Ekl Olof Hellman XcodeGen Jared’s iOS Project Template Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, March 2020
March 19, 2020 21:31This month, Allen Pike joins the show to talk about Vancouver Xcoders, their origins as VanCocoa, and a bit about Vancouver in general. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Allen Pike Steamclock Software Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, February 2020
February 12, 2020 21:11This month, Jared is joined by Benji Dodgson who hasn’t made it to a group yet but promises to make it out to the February gathering :wink:. Benji is an iOS engineer at Tomorrow and is launching a new, more humane social network into beta very soon. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Send an email to Benji Hosts: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, January, 2020
January 06, 2020 22:14This month, Jared is joined by Geoff Pado who is one of the organizers of the Redmond Xcoders (who meet on the 4th Thursday of the month). We chat about the structure of the Redmond group, why they don’t record their talks for online posting, and his job as a mobile developer at Rover. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Swift small types tweet Hosts: Jared Sorge Geoff Pado Geoff’s Twitter Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, December, 2019
December 02, 2019 21:03This month, Liz departs the show and Jared gets a new computer. Note: This episode was recorded on November 18 which was prior to Liz starting at Apple. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, Nov 2019
November 08, 2019 06:40This month, Liz and Jared reflect on the amazing party that was the Xcoders’ 15th anniversary and take a peek at a talk coming up in Seattle. Also, Liz travels the globe and Jared scripts in Swift. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: Night mode picture from Liz’s trip swift-sh ShellOut Jared’s blog publishing script Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, October 2019
October 05, 2019 20:36This month, Liz and Jared get excited about the upcoming 15th anniversary of Xcoders, look at the state of Seattle iOS conferences, and Liz talks about some of her experience moving from QA to engineering. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]. Links: The Record Podcast Episode with Mike Lee Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, September 2019
September 04, 2019 20:41This month we are joined by Xcoder Aleen Simms to learn about her exciting new project App Launch Map! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected] Links: App Launch Map Aleen on Twitter Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, August 2019
August 01, 2019 17:22We recap the wonderful July meeting, Liz has a new blog, Jared launched his Scorebook update, and Jared previews his August talk on Xcode projects. Links: * Liz’s blog at Array of Strings * Scorebook * iA Writer * Working Copy Hosts: * Liz Marley * Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: * Website * Meetup
Xcoders Podcast, July 2019
July 09, 2019 03:58This month, Liz and Jared preview the upcoming Xcoders talks (that we know about), look back at Apple’s gifts from WWDC and the great Seattle lightning talks that came out of the conference. Then Jared interviews July speaker Drew Ingebretsen. Links: Send questions/comments to [email protected] Drew’s Renderer Sample Code Drew Ingebretsen Liz Marley Jared Sorge
Xcoders Community Podcast #1
June 25, 2019 04:30Welcome to the Xcoders Community Podcast! Your hosts Liz Marley and Jared Sorge give an introduction to Xcoders, what makes it special, and why in the world we decided to do a podcast. Have a question? Reach out to [email protected]!