Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with Mirabai Knight about the technology and uses of modern stenography; including using steno with Vim, and her work on Plover, the open source Steno engine. StenoKnight CART Services Giant Robots 164 Transcript White Coat Captioning Stenotype Steno Alphabet Chart Drew Neil on Giant Robots Plover: The Open Steno Project How Stenography Works Stenoboard- 3D Printed Kit Stenosaurus Success Stories from Steno Autodidacts Using Plover with Vim for Captioning Coding in Python with Plover Mirabai On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with Nadia Odunayo about giving non-technical conference talks and full-time pairing. Playing Games in the Clouds- Nadia's 2015 RailsConf Talk Floobits Makers Academy RubyConf Nadia On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by Brinkley Warren of MegaBots Inc. to discuss the history, build, and strategy behind the MegaBot Mk II, USA's entrant in next years giant robot duel! MegaBots Giant Robot Duel Kickstarter MegaBots Inc. (with initial challenge videos) Darpa Robotics Challenge IHMC Grant Imahara MegaBots On Twitter Brinkley On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and Jules Coleman, founder of Hassle, discuss staying close to the codebase while in a more managerial role, the challenges of rapid growth, and the value of internalizing feedback. Hassle Kaizen The Shit That TechCrunch Doesn't Tell You Jules On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and Drew Neil discuss freeing up Vim's leader key, the value of visual learning, and using GitHub to crowd source closed captions. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Retronyms: Make music whenever, wherever. Tap your inspiration and remember to keep it fresh. Visit to get a free download of AudioCopy. Links & Show Notes Follow My Leader speeddating.vim rails.vim unimpaired.vim surround.vim Vimcasts Practical Vim Peer to Peer Vimcasts #12: Modal editing: undo, redo and repeat Neovim Drew On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and fellow thoughtbotter Mike Burns take time out of their Summer Summit schedule to chat about launching offices, the art of classical code, and why Mike no longer loves Haskell. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes The Classical Code Reading Group of Stockholm Hackers OpenBSD Mike On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by trepidatious producer, Thom Obarski, to talk all things media at thoughtbot, compare working in tech to entertainment environments, and bestow some beginner advice on starting one's own podcast. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Levelator Ben, transcribed & annotated Seth Godin Episode of Giant Robots Original Producer Position Posting Acitve thoughtbot Podcasts Thom on IMDB thoughtbot Youtube (Warning, a welcome video autoplays if you're not already a subscriber) Ben's first blooper reel Robots at Play Video Playlist Thom's Investment Time Wistia Wista on Giant Robots Mou Podcasting for $0 Down- Submitted talk proposal Podclear Thom on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by Tom Stuart to talk about incorporating computer science topics into Ruby, his process of preparing talks, enriching your development career with a bit of computer science knowledge, and gushing about how amazing computers truly are. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Refactoring Ruby With Monads A Lever for the Mind The Elements of Computing Systems (From NAND to Tetris) OmniOutliner "Doing the hard work to make it bearable"- Russell Davies To the Moon!-Russ Olsen Ben, transcribed & annotated Understanding Computation- Tom Stuart How to Write a Web Application in Ruby London Ruby User Group Tom on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by Steve Tooke to discuss the importance of communication, testing, and building Cucumber 2. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Your Tests Want You to Change Your Design The Deep Synergy Between Testability and Good Design subtweeting How to Design Programs Functional Programming for the Object-Oriented Programmer- Brian Marick Cucumber Taking Back BDD SwanseaCon Steve on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben welcomes Joe Ferris, thoughtbot's CTO, to discuss design parity within the company, inversion of control, and solving all the world's problems with monads. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Bourbon Inversion of Control Upcase Ruby Science Maybe Haskell (50% off for our listeners!) Agda Idris Docker boot2docker Upcase Newsletter Joe on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots