Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 283 | Duane Newman - Socially Engaged
Guest:
Duane Newman talks with Dave Rael about exciting hobbies, conference speaking, career growth, and the joy of automation
Duane is Co-Founder of Alien Arc Technologies, LLC where he focuses on creating apps targeting mobile devices, modern desktops, and the Internet of Things. As a Microsoft MVP and technology enthusiast with a passion for good software he strives to bring solutions that improve or eliminate costly duplication and repetitive processes so more important things can be done. He enjoys teaching others and speaks at conferences around the Midwest on topics ranging from DevOps to Xamarin. When not behind a computer screen he can be found sharing his love of SCUBA and all things underwater with new divers at the pool or through his underwater videos and photos at DLDAdventures.com.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Duane Newman
- - Duane and game development
- - Duane, the business owner
- - Duane, the conference speaker and social developer
- - The things that "light Duane up"
- - Duane's story of failure - copy/paste coding, error handling without due care, embarrassing application crashes
- - Duane's success story - delivering value via automation, especially around DevOps
- - How Duane stays current with what he needs to know
- - Duane, the user group organizer
- - Duane's path toward engaging more in conferences and advice for developers to do the same
- - Duane's book recommendation
- - The things that have Duane most excited
- - XAML, Xamarin, Windows Presentation Foundation, and related platforms and tooling
- - Duane's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Duane
Resources:
- Duane's Blog
- Duane's SCUBA and Advernture Site
- SCUBA Diving
- Ultima
- Jeremy Clark on Developer On Fire
- Jeremy Clark's "Becoming a Social Developer" Site
- Jeremy Clark's "Becoming a Social Developer" Talk
- Octopus Deploy
- Paul Stovell on .NET Rocks! talking about Octopus Deploy (including a mug-worthy comment from Duane)
- Damian Brady on Developer On Fire
- Kansas City .NET User Group
- Lee Brandt on Developer On Fire
- Kansas City Developer Conference
- John Papa on Developer On Fire
- Jon Mills on Developer On Fire
- The Jetsons
- Xamarin
- Xamarin.Forms
- Trello
Duane's book recommendation:
Duane's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Do not repeat yourself
- Think about what is needed, not what you can do
- Track your objectives
