Episodes

Matt has installed the latest Ubuntu on his laptop, gets sick, learns why MySQL is weird and what ORMs are.

Matt buys chocolate bars and realizes the error of his ways.

Ian and Ryan discuss Google I/O 2019 - services, enhancements, privacy upgrades, phones and more!

Ian is excited to try the new studio for a recording location and Ryan buys - surprise - a phone!

Steven gives an update of all the critters at his farm, and Andrew talks about biking and mowing his lawn.

No, Andrew and Steven have not sold out to Microsoft, but they sure do talk about it a lot! They also mention some games, and how Firefox totally broke over the weekend.

Now that we have thoroughly explored how the economy is going to be changing in the near future, let's discuss what you can do today to help yourself transition into this brave new world.

Matt's class continues with MySQL and adds Express into the mix and begins serving dynamically created HTML content with Handlebars. Plus, Matt gets the OK to use Linux in class - against his earlier preconceived notions.

The PodKitters prepare for the show and talk about lots 'o things!

The PodKitters talk about Minnebar, React Hooks (big surprise), design systems, ServerlessMN, Overcast's clip sharing, Apple rumors, and more!

With the ErgoFit earbuds, Panasonic was clearly aiming to win the race to the bottom - did they succeed in making the cheapest earbuds that are still worth using? Ian has had a lot of time to develop his thoughts on them!

If our life's purpose is not the work we do, then what is it?

Before the show, Matt and Ryan talk about installing the latest Linux, discuss code and then review popular programming languages.

Matt continues learning SQL, experimenting with larger data sets, using JOINs and complex SELECTs, and he begins learning the Node API to create servers.

If acquiring more and more money won't make people happier, and they cannot compete with automation in the workplace, can we simply provide people with basic amenities to make them happy? It is a little more complicated than that.

Before the show Matt looks up microphones while Ryan talks about the paywall.

Matt finally reaches halfway in the Bootcamp, and kicks off MySQL with Workbench, using Mamp and Xampp, and later, Ryan shares a recent mini-job experience related to the bootcamp.

Ryan reviews the Samsung Galaxy Buds (Galaxy S10+ pre-order gift) - surprisingly they fit and stay in his ears!

One of the reasons that pursuing the hedonic treadmill is that our brains are wired to create happiness for us, regardless of the events around us.

Andrew offers Steve and Rachel some dinner, then eat, and talk about lawns offices.

After a normal period, Steve and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, new GPUs, old GPUs, Microsoft, lazy loading, and maybe something else, but I forgot.

Matt continues learning Node, and practices new JavaScript techniques with Constructors.

Before the episode begins, Matt talks about Ryan's legacy of Jewelry Boxes and Art.

There is a bit more nuance to the question of whether income can affect your happiness. It comes down to the difference between emotional well-being and life satisfaction.

Matt learns Node, reflects on Group Project 1 and follows up from Interview Day, a chat on Open Source North!

Matt talks about learning more after class because the professor was desperate.

In which Ian learns about Tim Time.

Limetown is a mystery/thriller audiodrama with themes of the social implications of technology. Meg Griffin and Tim Lowe join Ian R Buck to review the podcast, the tie-in novel, and talk about the upcoming video series.

Browser extensions are a fantastic tool for customizing your digital life. If you've never heard of them, come learn about them! If you're an extension veteran, check out the community forum segment where we talk about extensions that listeners like you wrote in about!

Does making more money make us happier? Turns out that once we have met a certain threshold of our needs, making more money does not increase happiness.

Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.

Before the show, Matt doesn't contribute to the show notes.

Andrew bought a new house, and Steve's goat shelter got blown over.

After moving into a new place, Andrew and Steve talk about RASPBERRY!, content security, GANs, light web pages, USB, and some backup tales.

We talk about the Unpopular opinion: ReactJS Twitter thread.

The Podkitters discuss Apple updates, Google Stadia, and new Twitter Followees!

A short parable to illustrate that sometimes things just are what they are.

Matt begins the first Group Project in bootcamp and learns ideation is the hardest part to start, recounts the first HackerX feedback and asks questions about "breaks" at work.

Before the show, Ryan's sick and Matt doesn't remember the rules so Ryan has to mute him occasionally.

Before the show, Ryan says hello - mentions the sickness from the future in the past, and then after, talks about one more annoying aspect of the physical S10+. (Bonus content about REAPER editing in the latter half.)

Ryan reviews the Samsung Galaxy S10+ - the fourth phone in his Galaxy experience - from the new display, the punch out camera, to the oddities with the fingerprint sensor, battery certainty, signal reliability, and so much more!

In most of the industrialized world, the "pursuit of happiness" is considered to be an inalienable right. But our current economic system is not set up to allow everyone the opportunity to pursue happiness.

Matt tells Ryan about class before the show, and mentions... chicken hut.

Matt learns more about APIs, cookies, local storage, prepares for the upcoming group project and attends the legendary HackerX event!

Society has ingrained in us that the most important aspect of our identities is our job.

Matt feels the bootcamp picking up speed by learning AJAX and using his first APIs, plus Ryan explains the secret to a cleaner GitHub and finally Matt works on his "brand".

The studio sounds weird and Ryan recalls his declaration of independence.

Matt begins working on his brand statement, finds and fixes some bugs, and learns quirks of jQuery while Ryan finds out that while the Bootcamp class has "career services" they are optional.

Matt broke his setup, probably due to linux, the greatest operating system in the world.

Brian reviews his new Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones!