Topic: Podcasts
Miguel De Icaza joins Jeff & Joel this week to discuss everything from Miguel's many projects to identity on the internet to playdates for toddlers. Miguel is a force in the software world, having initiated and contributed to all kinds of products over the years - he's also well known for being one of the most productive programmers out there.
Rotating, rolling, turning, moving forward and moving backward are all impressive gates for modular snake robots, but Per Sjoborg says the striking side-winding motion can only be described as beautiful. These complex patterns of locomotion emerge from simple fluctuations in oscillation. Beyond aesthetics and practical applications, one of the most striking features of Juan Gonzalez Gomez's work is his commitment to the free and open-source development model. He believes that the modular robotic community will emerge to solve problems together.
Jeff & Joel are joined this week by Jin Yang - our resident web/graphic designer here at Stack (the distinction between the two becomes a discussion point). Once we get the proper picture of Jin in the chatroom, he relates everything from his background in design to how he ended up at Stack Exchange and our philosiphy behind design.
This week, Jeff and Joel are joined by Patrick McKenzie - StackOverflow contributor, internet commentator and SEO expert (especially when it comes to driving traffic for bingo cards). After a few early tech issues we jump right into things, with tons of discussion covering everything from creating bingo cards to optimizing question formats. Also - how much does upvoting someone's first question make them more likely to come back? Tune in to find out.
A flash at 3 AM inspired Wei-Min Shen and Peter Will to use life-like hormones to control robot transformations. Years later, Wei-Min Shen is still learning new advantages of such a novel life-science approach to robotic control. In this interview, Per Sjoborg asks Wei-Min Shen how he defines three-degrees of freedom for his reconfigurable robots, how far Shen's blue-sky dreams reach and how to achieve his practical goals. In this fun exchange, Sjoborg explores the nitty-gritty problems of keeping robots clean, dry and safe before aiming for loftier goals.
This week, Jeff and Joel are joined by Rory Blyth (with no 'e' as he is very insistent) fresh off his move to a new house in Portland, OR. Check out as Rory leads a rambling conversation from Will Smith movies to iPhone development to some awesome new Stack Overflow features!
Jeff & Joel are joined by Steve Karantza, better know as Shirlock Homes, our #1 user on the DIY Stack Exchange. Steve is also our first non-programmer oriented guest on the podcast!
This week, Jeff and Joel are joined by Greg Wilson, an author, developer, and former university professor, who is also an expert on open source software development. Once make it through the jokes and get his mic sounding great, we can jump in and explore all kinds of interesting topics from favorite Canadian airlines to Microsoft data studies.
This week, Jeff and Joel are joined live "in studio" by Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and formerly the lead developer at Tumblr.
Jeff and Joel are joined by Sam Saffron (aka Waffles), our only Australian developer at Stack Exchange! Sam is also a mega open-source developer, involved with a ton of various community projects.
