Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 264 | David Giard - Positive Gratitude
David Giard is a former accountant and a former biochemist, who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies for over 2 decades. Currently, David helps people build solutions in his role as a Microsoft Technical Evangelist. David has been very active in the developer community, speaking at numerous major conferences, code camps, and user groups around the world; helping to lead user groups; and helping to organize conferences and other geek events. He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show Technology and Friends. He is the co-author of the Wrox book Real World .NET, C#, and Silverlight. You can read his latest thoughts at DavidGiard.com. His hobbies include video, photography, sports, and embarrassing his sons.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and David Giard
- - The story of Technology and Friends - David's "mildly popular" internet TV show
- - Working for Microsoft and how it happened
- - Community involvement leads to opportunities
- - The role of an evangelist
- - David, the user group organizer
- - How David moved into software as a career
- - The things that "light David up"
- - David's stories of failure - shortage of ability to prioritize, negative first impressions due to communication gaps
- - David's success story - raising sons
- - How David stays current with what he needs to know
- - David's book recommendations
- - The things that have David most excited
- - Traveling to conferences
- - David's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with David
Resources:
- David's Blog
- Technology and Friends - David's "mildly popular" internet TV show
- Channel 9
- Linda Rising on Developer On Fire
- Hanselminutes
- .NET Rocks!
- CodeMash
- Kansas City Developer Conference
- The Hello World Show
- Heather Downing on Developer On Fire
- Spencer Schneidenbach on Developer On Fire
- Josh Holmes
- Jennifer Marsman
- Brian Prince
- Jerry Nixon
- James Sturtevant on Developer On Fire
- Great Lakes Area .Net User Group (GANG)
- Richard Campbell on Developer On Fire
- Gael Fraiteur
- Gary Short
- Kathleen Dollard on Developer On Fire
- Jimmy Bogard on Developer On Fire
- Jon Skeet on Developer On Fire
- Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire
- Tom Izzo
- Draymond Green
- Eric Lawrence on Developer On Fire
- Pluralsight
- NPR - Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
- Microsoft Cognitive Services
- Telerik
- Dracula - Bram Stoker
- Fred Rogers: Look for the Helpers
David's book recommendation:
David's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Learn to listen
- Focus on the success of your teams and giving credit to the team
- Stay positive and look for the helpers
