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Gokul Krishnan started the first makerspace in a children's hospital. Working with kids who have chronic illnesses like cystic fibrosis, he created a way for them to be makers. We talk about the benefits of making in the context of being in a hospital, how he approaches learning, and what kinds of tech projects these kids have made. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Project Mach Squishy Circuits Cystic Fibrosis Skype 3D printing Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Gokul KrishnanGokul Krishnan is a Phd Student in the Learning Sciences at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education in Nashville, TN. In his research, he focuses on the learning of preteen children who must repeatedly spend periods of several days or weeks in a hospital setting because they require treatment for Cystic Fibrosis, a chronic disease.

She was trained to be a web developer. But months after graduating from bootcamp, she's at Makerbot, helping build the software that their 3D printers need to do their job. It's an interesting change -- she's using python instead of ruby, and learned C++ too. We talk about what it's like to be a software developer in a world of hardware, how the two jobs compare, and what some of the challenges are. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) MakerBot MIT Intro to Computer Science Harvard CS50 3D Printed Ears 3D Scanner Python Django NYU Continuing Studies Program C++ MVC (Model View Controller) March Is For Makers Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Kate DonahueKate is a software developer at MakerBot and bootcamp grad.

Matt Richardson, evangelist for the Raspberry Pi Foundation, talks to us about the little computer that's making hardware accessible to more people. We talk about what the Raspberry Pi is, discuss some beginner friendly projects, and chat about a cool bike-based hardware project he made. If you've been thinking about getting started with the Raspberry Pi, this episode is for you. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) hard drive Micro SD Python on your Raspberry Pi Wolfram + Raspberry Pi Scratch on Raspberry Pi Minecraft on Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi Foundation Blinking LED with Raspberry Pi Cycle Chaser project Hall Effect Sensor Dynamic Bike Headlight Linus Torvalds Linux Zed Shaw Episode Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Matt RichardsonMatt Richardson is a hardware enthusiast, spreading the maker spirit as an evangelist at the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Julia Grace talks to us about Tindie, the hardware marketplace where creators and hardware enthusiasts can come together to share their goods. We talk about the challenges of building a hardware platform, the different problems these makers are solving, and how software and hardware compare when it comes to accessibility. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Tindie Etsy Jason Huggins Selenium Sauce Labs Raspberry Pi Arduino Arduino Lilly Pad Julia Elman Teen Tech Camp littleBits Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Julia GraceJulia is the CTO at Tindie (tindie.com) where she built the engineering team and still writes Python (and the occasional JavaScript) every day. In her spare time she messes around with hardware, runs the occasional half marathon and enjoys a great cup of coffee.

It started at a conference. When Sara Chipps sat in the audience and watched a speaker use JavaScript to interact with a smoke detector, she was entranced. She left with a bag of LEDs, and a new love for hardware that led to her ultimately starting her hardware company Jewliebots. She talks to us about her transition from software developer to hardware CEO, the differences she's seen between building software and hardware, and what it's like to build a product for teenage girls. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Highway 1 JSON Arduino Wire strippers Soldering irons Mesh network Open source Emily Rose Guiness beer LED Johnny Five Jewliebots Rick Waldron Spark Francis Gulotta Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Sara ChippsSara Chipps is CEO of Jewliebots and lover of JavaScript

Developer Sarah Frisk uses her incredible drawing skills to teach coding tools and concepts like git through her comic, Monster Markup Manual. We talk about her love of drawing, how art and code come together, and how monsters can do a great job of learning to code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Monster Markup Manual Tavern Wenches jQuery Foundation Chassis Framework CSS Frameworks Google Summer of Code IRC GitHub RPG Maker Mono Carmen Sandiego D&D 24-Hour Comics Day Sarah's Ludlum Dare game Crucible Code Reviews Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Sarah FriskSarah is a software developer, comic artist, Project Lead for jQuery Foundation’s Chassis project, and indie game dev enthusiast. She has two comics, Monster Markup Manual and Tavern Wenches.

In our first live broadcast of the podcast, we brought on developers Scott Hanselman and Tiffany Peon to chat about hot topics in the CodeNewbie community. We talked about finding a dev job, code mentorship, and our thoughts on Zed Shaw’s critiques of programming bootcamps. We recorded live on http://twitch.tv/codenewbie, and we loved having you in the chatroom to ask questions, comment, and join us in the conversation. And we’ll definitely do another live edition of Ask CodeNewbie soon. Hope you can join us then! Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) CodeNewbie Episode with Zed Shaw Office Space CodeNewbie Episode with Scott Hanselman John Sonmez's Soft Skills User group Qdoba Betamax vs. VHS Constant Contact Rock Tumbler Service Objects Code Death March XML Mainframe Object Oriented Programming POODR Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Scott HanselmanScott is a web developer who has been blogging at http://hanselman.com for over a decade. He works in Open Source on ASP.NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon.Tiffany PeonTiffany is a Flatiron School grad turned Ruby developer at Constant Contact in NYC. She'll talk your ear off about testing API integrations, southern food, and TV sitcoms.

Catt Small gives us a great intro to UX (user experience) design, including insight on her design process, how she works with users to create great digital experiences, and how code newbies can get started in UX design. She also tells us how she used Leap Motion to design a music instrument you can play using gestures. Lots of great stuff in this episode. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Design with Animation Photoshop Sketch usability testing Framer Axure Advice for New UX Designers discovery interviews Learn Startup book Don't Make Me think (book) Lean UX UX Team of One Heuristic Reviews Neilson Norman Group UX Magazine Smashing Magazine Leap Motion pseudocode Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Catt SmallCatt is a game maker, product designer, and developer. She is currently making awesome things at SoundCloud and teaching game development via The Code Liberation Foundation.

Developer Rebecca Garcia had always loved computers. At a young age, she went to MIT's two-week computer science camp. She was surrounded by kids who love to build and make, just like her. But at over $1K a week, it wasn't a very accessible way for kids to learn to code. So when she learned about Coder Dojo many years later, an organization that creates free coding workshops for youth, she wanted in. So she started CoderDojo NYC two years ago, and has been helping kids from ages 7-17 learn to code. We talk about the incredible things these kids have been able to accomplish in these workshops, her thoughts on teaching code in public school, and how she found her own way as a self-taught developer to her current role as a developer evangelist at Squarespace. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) DoSomething Tim Ferris Squarespace CoderDojo CoderDojo NYC Little Bits The Imitation Game Hacker Hours America's Test Kitchen Test Kitchen Cooking School Xena Warrior Princess Twitch.tv/codenewbie Episode with Vanessa Hurst Coding Is Not The New Literacy Seth Godin Linchpin Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Rebecca GarciaRebecca Garcia is a Developer Evangelist at Squarespace, former CTO and self-taught developer. Her background is in non-profits, community development and technology education.

Joseph McLarty, developer and accessibility advocate, talks to us about issues of accessibility and how we can create, and remove, invisible barriers that keep people from accessing the web. We talk about tools like screen readers, and how as developers, we can do simple things like use semantic tags that would help many people. We also touch on the legal issues on accessibility, and how we can learn more about the topic and ways we can create a more accessible web for all. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) screen readers Jaws (a screen reader) NVDA (free, open source screen reader) Web AIM VoiceOver W3C Triforce Section 508 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Americans With Disabilities Act WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Joseph McLartyJoseph is a front end web developer at the City of Toronto with a passion for web standards & accessibility. When not playing video games he’s focused on creating accessible web content, applications and sharing accessibility knowledge.