Xcoders: Recent Episodes
Seattle and Vancouver, BC Xcoders
This episode, Collin Donnell joins the show to talk a bit about his origin story.
Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Collin Donnell
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Dan on Twitter
- Underdog Devs
- Xcoders on Slack
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Tim Ekl on Twitter
- Tim’s Generics Blog Post
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Xcoders Slack
- Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Jared’s appearance on Empower Apps
- Leo Dion
- Brightdigit
- Heartwitch App
- Use code XCODERS2021 for 3 months free
- Speculid App
- EggSeed
- MistKit
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Vancouver Meetup
- Seattle & Redmond Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Malin Sundberg
- Register for the February Meetup
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
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
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Chris Parrish
- The Record Podcast
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Jake’s Website
- Jake on Twitter
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Rick Wolter on Twitter
- Underdog Devs on Twitter
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Joe Heck
- Using Combine – Joe’s research & book
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Eugene’s Twitter
- Eugene’s YouTube channel
- Eugene on LinkedIn
- Micro.blog
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- inessential by Brent Simmons
- NetNewsWire
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Black Girls Code
- Xcoders on Black Lives Matter
- Mark’s website
- Mark’s basement volcano
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Brian’s Twitter Profile
- Brian’s LinkedIn
- Rogue Amoeba
- The Omni Group
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Tim Ekl
- Olof Hellman
- XcodeGen
- Jared’s iOS Project Template
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Allen Pike
- Steamclock Software
Host:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Send an email to Benji
Hosts:
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- Swift small types tweet
Hosts:
- Jared Sorge
- Geoff Pado
- Geoff’s Twitter
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Hosts:
- Liz Marley
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
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
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org.
Links:
- The Record Podcast Episode with Mike Lee Hosts:
- Liz Marley
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Links:
- App Launch Map
- Aleen on Twitter
Hosts:
- Liz Marley
- Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
- Website
- Meetup
We 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:
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Liz’s blog at Array of Strings
-
Scorebook
-
iA Writer
-
Working Copy
Hosts:
-
Liz Marley
-
Jared Sorge
Xcoders Links:
-
Website
-
Meetup
This 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 info@seattlexcoders.org
Drew’s Renderer Sample Code
Drew Ingebretsen
Liz Marley
Jared Sorge
Welcome 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.
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