
Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
Hanselminutes is Fresh Air for Developers. A weekly commute-time podcast that promotes fresh technology and fresh voices. Talk and Tech for Developers, Life-long Learners, and Technologists.
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May 10, 2018 • 38min
How do you become a CTO - with Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott
Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft...but how did he get there? Scott talks to Kevin about his experience from early teens through his successful foray at LinkedIn and beyond. Where does Kevin see technology going and how do we help get more people involved in the future of technology?

May 4, 2018 • 31min
Building Web Applications for the next Billion Users with Ire Aderinokun
Ire Aderinokun is a self-taught UI/UX Designer and Front-End Developer working in Lagos, Nigeria. She is currently the Technical Lead at Big Cabal Media. She says the Next Billion Users are coming online now and they'll be outside Western countries and they'll be mobile first. What do we need to know as Web Developers to create great apps and sites for the Next Billion?

Apr 27, 2018 • 33min
Investing in Underrepresented Tech Founders with Arlan Hamilton's Backstage Capital
We talked to Arlan Hamilton two years ago (almost to the day) as she was starting her Venture Fund for underrepresented founders. What's changed since then? Arlan Hamilton's Backstage Capital has invested more than $4M+ in over 80 companies led by underrepresented founders. How has she gone from Homeless to VC in just a few years? Arlan also recently started Project Cover to give micro-grants to driven creatives. Scott catches up with Arlan to hear about how she's continued to build her team and her fund and BUILD COOL STUFF. And also - what's the right way to eat string cheese?
https://hanselminutes.com/524
http://backstagecapital.com
http://projectcover.org

Apr 20, 2018 • 32min
A history of the Windows 95 Start Button and User Research at Microsoft with Kent Sullivan and Derek Hoiem
Kent Sullivan and Derek Hoiem were some of the original hires at the User Research Labs at Microsoft. The worked on the exploratory user research that produced the taskbar and Start menu, as well as the iterative research that helped nail down the details. How did the Start Menu and Start Button come to be?
https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/localizability/mirroring-awareness
http://becuriouswith.us/
https://measuringu.com/usability-history/

Apr 13, 2018 • 32min
Inside the world of Star Trek's Visual and Practical Effects with Dan Curry
Dan Curry was a Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director, Director and Main Title Designer for Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Next Generation series. He spent 18 years doing Star Trek and pioneering visual and practical effects. On this episode he talks to Scott about his time and inspiration for a number of the props you've seen in the show you love! Even better, some of his collection is being auctioned on April 15th, 2018.
Dan Curry on Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions - April 15th, 2018
The Dan Curry Papers at UCLA
Dan Curry teaching stunt people how to use the Bat'leth at DC Stunt Coalition's Escape Velocity 2016

Apr 5, 2018 • 31min
Christine Spang's Open Source Journey from Teen OSS Contributor to CTO of Nylas
Christine Spang started her tech journey contributing to Debian while still a teenager. She went on to MIT, then worked on Ksplice, helping the Linux kernel stay up-to-date without rebooting. From there working as a Principal Developer at Oracle, Christine when on to co-found Nylas where she's currently the CTO. Scott talks to Christine about her experience, her thoughts on going from Dev to CTO, leading teams, and their product suite at Nylas.
https://www.nylas.com/
https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/12/01/new-zine--so-you-want-to-be-a-wizard/

Mar 30, 2018 • 34min
A new Sega Megadrive/Genesis Game in 2018 with 1995 Tools with Tanglewood's Matt Phillips
Matt Phillips didn't just creating a brand-new Sega Megadrive/Genesis Game in 2018 called Tanglewood. He did it using the original dev kit, computers, and software from 1995. You can experience Tanglewood today and buy it with a proper cartridge, box, and manual!
http://tanglewoodgame.com
https://bigevilcorporation.itch.io/tanglewood-demo-0104

Mar 23, 2018 • 36min
F# and the functional SAFE Stack with Krzysztof Cieślak
Scott digs into the SAFE Stack with Krzysztof Cielak. SAFE is an end-to-end, functional-first stack for cloud-ready web development that emphasizes type-safe programming. Is this your next programming paradigm?
https://safe-stack.github.io/
https://github.com/SAFE-Stack
https://suave.io/
http://fable.io/
https://elmish.github.io/elmish/
https://azure.com/free

Mar 15, 2018 • 33min
Demystifying Serverless with Cecil Phillip
Scott talks to Cecil Phillip about how cloud architecture is changing everything. But what's IaaS, PaaS, then FaaS, and now serverless? How will being billed for usage affect software architecture?
http://www.clearlytech.com/2014/01/04/12-factor-apps-plain-english/
http://cecilphillip.com
http://awayfromthekeyboard.com/

Mar 9, 2018 • 33min
Type to the world in your language with Keyman and Marc Durdin
Marc Durdin has been working on the same open source project more or less since he was 14! Today Keyman is a thriving open source project that supports over 1000 languages and works on Windows, Mac, Phones, and the Web!
http://keyman.com
http://keymanweb.com
https://marc.durdin.net/2018/03/the-case-for-keyman/