http://nsnorth.ca/ en-ca 2012-2019 Sparked Insight http://nsnorth.ca/img/logo-rss.jpg http://nsnorth.ca/ Official Podcast of the NSNorth Conference Philippe Casgrain, and Dan Byers The NSNorth Podcast features short interviews with the fantastic speakers who make up the NSNorth Conference. The NSNorth Podcast features short interviews with the fantastic speakers who make up the NSNorth Conference. Philippe Casgrain phil@nsnorth.ca clean Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Jason Brennan, of the New York Times This inaugural podcast features NSNorth Speaker Jason Brennan, and his topic is "Building Better Software by Building Software Better". http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_01-Jason_Brennan.mp3 Tue, 5 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT 14:44 NSNorth, Jason, Brennan, New York Times Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Guy English, Aged & Distilled Straight off the launch of Napkin, Guy English joins us to talk about AppKit, UIKit and SceneKit. He also hints at his upcoming NSNorth talk, which guide you in incorporating 3D animations in your next app. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_02-Guy_English.mp3 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT 16:49 NSNorth, Guy, English, Aged, Distilled, Napkin Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Joe Cieplinski, Bombing Brain Interactive The Creative Director at Bombing Brain Interactive talks to Dan & Phil about design, presenting with Steve Jobs in the audience, and the long game of indie software development. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_03-Joe_Cieplinski.mp3 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT 17:22 NSNorth, Joe, Cieplinski, Bombing, Brain Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Sam Vermette, The Transit App The Co-Designer and Coder of The Transit App joins Dan & Phil to discuss some of the pitfalls of Open Data, the challenges of a multi-city, yet hyper-local application, and the benefits of writing Open Source components. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_04-Sam_Vermette.mp3 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT 20:27 NSNorth, Sam, Vermette, Transit, GitHub, Open, Source Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Rob Rhyne, MartianCraft The CEO of MartianCraft and NSNorth 2013 Keynote Speaker is our guest, and the discussion covers the upcoming Briefs app, local user groups, small conferences, and the trials of running a company with more than 10 employees. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_05-Rob_Rhyne.mp3 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT 35:43 NSNorth, Rob, Rhyne, MartianCraft, Briefs Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Justin Miller, MapBox MapBox's self-described lone iOS developer speaks with Dan & Phil about working in an Open Source company, the state of computer maps (free or otherwise), wildlife photography and rebuilding MapKit from the ground up. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_06-Justin_Miller.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT 16:42 NSNorth, Justin, Miller, incanus77, MapBox, GitHub Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Gus Mueller, Flying Meat Flying Meat's founder and Presidente joins Dan & Phil to discuss the Core Graphics libraries, the differences between Acorn and VoodooPad, SQLite and some Open-Source software you may already be using, fun things you can do with Core Image and, of course, pizza. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_07-Gus_Mueller.mp3 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT 19:36 NSNorth, Gus, Mueller, Flying Meat, Acorn, VoodooPad, Core Image, pizza Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Caroline Sauve, Corel Corp. Caroline Sauve of Corel's Painter team is our guest, and the topics range from the current state of digital painting, the challenges of an adjunct application to an established app, to developing an extraordinary user experience. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_08-Caroline_Sauve.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:00:00 GMT 19:33 NSNorth, Caroline, Sauve, Corel, Painter, Cinco, Agile, UI, UX, User Experience Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Rick Fillion, Black Pixel Black Pixel's own Rick Fillion talks to Dan & Phil about creating a Mac app store before "the" Mac App Store, working on the front-end design of large Mac applications, why designers should be able to modify code and resurrecting an old NeXT cube. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_09-Rick_Fillion.mp3 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT 24:33 NSNorth, Rick, Fillion, Bodega, Black Pixel, Design Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Luc Vandal, Edovia The founder of Edovia Software joins Dan & Phil to discuss his apps, large and small, some lesser-known effects of going to the Sugar Shack, and how skateboarding helped him with starting and maintaining his own company. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_10-Luc_Vandal.mp3 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT 18:48 NSNorth, Luc, Vandal, Edovia, NSSugarShack, Skateboard Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Charles Perry, MetaKite The founder of MetaKite Software kicks off a new season for NSNorth with Dan & Phil and talks about niche apps, accessibility and beer. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_11-Charles_Perry.m4a Fri, 17 Jan 2014 04:00:00 GMT 16:19 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Charles, Perry, MetaKite, Accessibility Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Parisa Foster, Budge Studios The Director of Marketing at Budge Studios joins Dan & Phil to discuss her company's marketing successes in the pre-school mobile market, going beyond iOS and travelling across hemispheres. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_12-Parisa_Foster.m4a Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:00:00 GMT 12:18 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Parisa, Foster, Budge Studios, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Mattt Thompson, Panic Freshly-minted Panic developer Mattt Thompson is our guest as he goes over his own career path of web to mobile to app developer, self-publishing books, the differences between San Francisco and Portland, and how extreme sports led to marital bliss. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_13-Mattt_Thompson.m4a Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:00:00 GMT 19:00 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Mattt, Thompson, Heroku, Ruby, NSHipster, Panic Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Nicole Belanger, Ladies Learning Code Ottawa's own Nicole Belanger talks to Dan & Phil about Ladies Learning Code, a non-profit, non-gender-specific organisation to help beginners understand better what "code" is. We also discuss women in startups, entrepreneurial spirit, and tech blogging as part of your online identity. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_14-Nicole_Belanger.m4a Wed, 05 Feb 2014 04:00:00 GMT 17:33 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Nicole, Belanger, Ladies Learning Code, Women, Entrepreneur Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Don Melton, Former Engineering Manager Keynote speaker and former Fruit Company employee Don Melton chats with Dan & Phil about starting the "super secret" Safari project, podcasting about 80's movies, Faustian bargains and taking care of evil genius little dogs. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_15-Don_Melton.m4a Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:00:00 GMT 27:05 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Don, Melton, Safari, Apple, Dogs Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Roustem Karimov, AgileBits The co-founder of AgileBits, Torontonian Roustem Karimov talks to Dan & Phil about the beginnings of AgileBits, the original reasons behind 1Password, moving from enterprise software to the Mac, and a little bit about hockey. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_16-Roustem_Karimov.m4a Wed, 19 Feb 2014 04:00:00 GMT 15:30 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Roustem, Karimov, AgileBits, 1Password, Knox Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Jessie Char, Pacific Helm The co-founder and General Manager of Pacific Helm joins Dan & Phil to chat about the west coast Mac scene, her time at Apple Retail, being a part of Delicious Monster, growing a small design studio and the joy of cooking. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_17-Jessie_Char.m4a Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:00:00 GMT 17:32 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Jessie, Char, Pacific Helm, Apple, Delicious Monster, Cooking Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers David Smith, Cross Forward Consulting Independent developer David Smith chats with Dan & Phil about moving to iOS from Web development, making apps to scratch an itch (and making a living at it), the "many apps, few hits" strategy, fostering a sense of community around iOS and Mac development, and the joys of parenthood. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_18-David_Smith.m4a Wed, 05 Mar 2014 04:00:00 GMT 19:17 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, David, Smith, Cross Forward, Pedometer++, Developing Perspectives Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Brittany Young, New Relic New Relic's Mobile Product Manager and Chicago-to-Portland transplant Brittany Young joins Dan & Phil to discuss starting and running a consulting company, how the local indie scene makes a big difference, discovering Portland and Application Performance Metrics and learning to ski while not flying off the mountain, figuratively. We also touch on diversity issues and Girl Develop It. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_19-Brittany_Young.m4a Sun, 23 Mar 2014 04:00:00 GMT 15:50 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Brittany, Young, New Relic, Application, Performance, Management, APM, Girl Develop It Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Bob Kressin, KS Technologies KST founder and president Bob Kressin chats with Dan & Phil about hardware engineering, the interface between hardware and mobile, Bluetooth, the exciting possibilities of iBeacons, and getting motivated about advances in the biomedical field. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_20-Bob_Kressin.m4a Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT 25:31 NSNorth, NSNorth 2014, Bob, Kressin, KST, Particle, iBeacon, Bluetooth, Sensors Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers We are very excited about NSNorth 2015 and we give you a behind-the-scenes look at what led us to create the most ambitious NSNorth yet. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_21-Special_Dan_Phil.m4a Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:00:00 GMT 01:57 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Chateau Montebello, Family Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Ash Lindquist, Storybird All the way from across the globe and the hemispheres, we are joined this week by Ash Lindquist of Storybird to talk about learning quickly how to build iOS apps, transferring your skills to a distributed team, and how to make the best of a working vacation down under. http://nsnorth.ca/podcasts/NSNorth_22-Ash_Lindquist.m4a Sun, 25 Jan 2015 04:00:00 GMT 15:43 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Ash, Lindquist, Storybird Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Gordon Fontenot, thoughtbot From snowy Boston, thoughtbot's own Gordon Fontenot chats with Dan and Phil about the recent re-discovery of functional programming, how Swift may change the landscape of Apple development, contributing via podcasts and open-source projects, and a little bit of baseball. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_23-Gordon_Fontenot.m4a Wed, 28 Jan 2015 04:00:00 GMT 18:20 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Gordon, Fontenot, thoughtbot, functional programming, haskell, swift Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Vanessa Logan, Sago Sago Dan & Phil are joined by Sago Sago's Technical Artist Vanessa Logan to discuss creating mobile games for children that adults will also enjoy, how to run a play-testing group and a very special kind of antique containing microphotographs. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_24-Vanessa_Logan.m4a Sun, 01 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 13:19 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Vanessa, Logan, Sago Sago, mobile, children, play-testing Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers JP Simard, Realm From the offices of Realm in San Francisco, Ottawa-native Jean-Pierre "JP" Simard joins Phil and Dan to chat about re-inventing mobile databases, the Summer of Swift and some ideas about the future of mobile development. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_25-JP_Simard.m4a Wed, 04 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 19:46 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, JP, Simard, Realm Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Christa Mrgan, Rogue Amoeba Rogue Amoeba's designer Christa Mrgan chats with Dan and Phil about designing visual interfaces for sound effects, prototyping fun at AppCamp4Girls, and the constant dream of remodeling the house. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_26-Christa_Mrgan.m4a Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 17:37 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Christa, Mrgan, Rogue Amoeba, Audio Hijack, Architecture, App Camp 4 Girls Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Mark Pavlidis, Flixel Flixel engineer Mark Pavlidis joins Phil and Dan to discuss software engineering graduate studies, debugging code on set at America's Next Top Model, and, of course fussy coffee-making. Stay tuned until the end for a special announcement regarding #nerdlearn, a Toronto-based event on February 19th all about the Apple Watch. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_27-Mark_Pavlidis.m4a Sun, 08 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 27:35 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Mark, Pavlidis, Flixel, Cinemagraph, Engineering, Coffee Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Georgia Dow, iMore Keynote speaker Georgia Dow of iMore chats with Dan and Phil about multi-media and podcasts, CES, psychotherapy and type-A personalities, and shares her excitement about the Apple Watch. It might also be the first time that falconry is mentioned on a tech podcast. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_28-Georgia_Dow.m4a Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 26:31 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Georgia, Dow, iMore, Isometric, Apple Watch, Falconry Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Jim Dalrymple, The Loop The Loop's Jim Dalrymple joins Dan and Phil in a discussion about the state of Apple-centric blogs, how he coins the world's shortest and highly-cited three-letter posts, and, of course, playing several guitars. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_29-Jim_Dalrymple.m4a Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 21:44 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Jim, Dalrymple, Loop, Insight, Guitar Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, Dropbox Dropbox iOS engineer Ashley Nelson-Hornstein chats with Phil and Dan about the challenges of multiple file formats, attempting to learn C++ in 21 days at age 11, working in rotation teams at Apple, how to adapt quickly in a startup environment, the Apple Watch and organized sports. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_30-Ashley_Nelson-Hornstein.m4a Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 22:20 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Ashley, Nelson-Hornstein, Dropbox, Learning, Startups, Apple, Watch Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Chris Liscio, SuperMegaUltraGroovy One-man-band Chris Liscio from SuperMegaUltraGroovy.com joins Phil and Dan to talk about the research that went into Capo's chord detection, how his VIP users influence the product, translating symbolic Matlab into Objective-C and Swift, and playing music in general. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_31-Chris_Liscio.m4a Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 17:34 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Chris, Liscio, SuperMegaUltraGroovy, Capo, Music, Matlab Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Matt Klosterman, Infofission Matt Klosterman of Infofission chats with Phil and Dan about building apps that help people and businesses succeed. When he is not building apps for the Apple Watch, Matt enjoys photography and documents his trials and opinions at camvergence.com. We also speculate on how the Apple Watch can integrate into your life beyond photography, thinking about how context-aware the watch could be compared to your phone. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_32-Matt_Klosterman.m4a Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:00:00 GMT 18:40 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Matt, Klosterman, InfoFission, Apple, Watch, Photos, Photography, Camvergence Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Jonathan Penn Author, musician and all-around Cocoa expert Jonathan Penn joins Dan & Phil to chat about experiments in learning, writing books, real-life prototyping, the origins of Rubber City, and the Quantified Self. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_33-Jonathan_Penn.m4a Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:00:00 GMT 19:09 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Jonathan, Penn, SpriteKit, Rubber City, Learning, Teaching, Prototypying Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers Rob Rix Mathemaethete Rob Rix joins Phil and Dan to talk about his interests in functional programming, making the Swift language do things it was not meant to, strongly-typed languages, cats, and hula-hooping. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_34-Rob_Rix.m4a Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:00:00 GMT 25:24 NSNorth, NSNorth 2015, Rob, Rix, Github, Functional, Programming, Swift, Reactive, Cocoa, Carthage, Hula hoop Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall New team member Adrienne joins Phil and Dan to talk about NSNorth 2016, which moves to Toronto in a wonderful new venue. NSNorth now features a Community Kickoff and a Training Workshop, in addition to the main conference. Come join us in Toronto on April 28th, 2016. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_35-Special_Adrienne_Dan_Phil.m4a Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:00:00 GMT 7:33 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Adrienne, Marshall, Toronto, St-James Cathedral Centre, Community, Kickoff, Technical, Workshop, Swift Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Pamela Pavliscak, Change Sciences Change Sciences founder Pamela Pavliscak chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about specializing in human-technology interactions while in Russia, what we can measure in this evolving field, and a bit about rural life not far from The Big Apple. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_36-Pamela_Pavliscak.m4a Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 23:01 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Pamela, Pavliscak, Change Sciences Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Daniel Steinberg DimSumThinking Teacher and trainer Daniel Steinberg chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about teaching evolving concepts like Swift, publishing e-books, how Playgrounds are changing how we can teach kids about programming, and taking specialized baking classes on German Rye Bread. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_37-Daniel_Steinberg.m4a Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 13:50 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Daniel, Steinberg, DimSumThinking Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Gwen Weston Software engineer and mathematician Gwen Weston joins Adrienne, Dan and Phil to talk about learning iOS programming while also learning Chinese, resources to help you with your iOS learnings, transitioning to full-time independent development and, of course, #a157e8. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_38-Gwen_Weston.m4a Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 20:41 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Gwen, Weston, Purple Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Jon Edwards, Coldflower Watchmaker and iOS developer Jon Edwards chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about classic watches and watchmakers, spending formative years in Europe and Scandinavia, and building apps to accompany thousands of dollars' worth of testing hardware. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_39-Jon_Edwards.m4a Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 26:57 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Jon, Edwards, Coldflower, Twixt Time, Kello Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Janie Clayton, Black Pixel Software developer Janie Clayton joins Adrienne, Dan and Phil with her beloved pugs to discuss continuous learning in the software field, getting coaxed into writing books, and how cooking at home is a relaxing and delicious activity. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_40-Janie_Clayton.m4a Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 23:34 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Janie, Clayton, Black Pixel, RedQueenCoder, pugs, cooking Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Jonathan Rhyne, PSPDFKit Attorney and PSPDFKit co-founder Jonathan Rhyne chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about growing a sustainable business, what "business development" really means, how PDFs are in even more places than you think, and shares his passion for amateur photography. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_40-Jonathan_Rhyne.m4a Thu, 25 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 21:08 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Jonathan, Rhyne, PSPDFKit Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Ayaka Nonaka, Venmo Venmo engineer Ayaka Nonaka joins Adrienne, Dan and Phil to talk about mathematics and linguistics, learning Swift by teaching Swift, camping in Death Valley and how to improve your focus by meditating. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_42-Ayaka_Nonaka.m4a Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT 19:36 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Ayaka, Nonaka, Venmo, mathematics, teaching, swift, meditation Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Michael Gorbach, RaizLabs RaizLabs Software Architect Michael Gorbach chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil from snowy Boston about starting on the career path of a physicist, working on the Xcode project at Apple, moving from a manager to an architect and maintaining a family media server. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_43-Michael_Gorbach.m4a Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT 20:13 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Michael, Gorbach, RaizLabs, Xcode, Hackintosh, MacFuse Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Liz Marley The OmniGroup's Liz Marley joins Adrienne, Dan and Phil to talk about challenges in engineering school, working with office cats, making the transition from software engineering to testing to developing and how knitting, like code, has the ultimate undo. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_44-Liz_Marley.m4a Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT 21:19 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Liz, Marley, Harvey Mudd, Testing, Omni Group, App Camp 4 Girls, Knitting Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Rob Segal GetSetGames founder Rob Segal chats with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about small independent games and the various game engines that power them, how he sees VR in the near future, as well as Toronto's Game Jam (pronounced TO-JAM), now in its 11th year! http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_45-Rob_Segal.m4a Tue, 08 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT 25:26 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Rob, Segal, GetSetGames, MegaJump, Unreal, Toronto, Game Jam, Ad Networks, Running Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Robleh Jama TinyHeart's Robleh Jama speaks with Adrienne, Dan and Phil about being inspired to make apps for kids, the experience of being featured in the app store, and sharing learnings with the community. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_46-Robleh_Jama.m4a Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:00:00 GMT 14:16 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Robleh, Jama, TinyHearts, PocketZoo Philippe Casgrain, Dan Byers & Adrienne Marshall Tom Creighton Designer Tom Creighton joins Adrienne, Dan and Phil to talk about the design scene in Toronto, how design is all about the constraints and not the open world, and delicious Chlebíčky sandwiches. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_47-Tom_Creighton.m4a Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:05:00 GMT 20:11 NSNorth, NSNorth 2016, Tom, Creighton, Design Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 NSNorth is back! For our fifth time, we'll be in Old Montreal at the St-James Theater, April 26-28 2019. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_48-NSNorth_2019.m4a Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:05:00 GMT 09:31 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Montreal Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Keynote Speaker Ken Kocienda joins Dan and Phil to talk about early iPhone, the origins of UIKit, the significance of the Blue & White G3 Mac Tower for iOS, software patents, animations, and fast cars. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_49-Ken_Kocienda.mp3 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:38:51 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Ken, Kocienda, iPhone, UIKit, iOS, animations Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker and Medium engineer Alaina Kafkes shares with Phil and Dan her stories of developing a love for running in Chicago, Northwestern University, writing unit tests, favorite tutorials and love of books. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_50-Alaina_Kafkes.mp3 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:19:39 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Alaina, Kafkes, Medium, running Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker, iOS developer and network engineer Ish Shabazz joins Dan and Phil to chat about daily planners on iPads, "App, the Human Story", quitting your day job to go indie full-time (and going back to a day job), App Store changes, re-designs, and their effect on business, and mentoring others. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_51-Ish_Shabazz.mp3 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:20:52 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Ish, Shabazz, capsicum Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Author and Principal Developer Namrata Bandekar spends some time with Dan and Phil to chat about researching and later writing tutorials on the Internet, the process of collaborating on a book about ARKit for Ray Wenderlich, being the only mobile developer at small startups and scuba diving as a motivator for learning to swim and overcoming one's fears. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_52-Namrata_Bandekar.mp3 Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:27:47 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Namrata, Bandekar, Zynga, ARKit, Ray, Wenderlich, Scuba, Diving Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 ObjC.io founder Chris Eidhof chats with Phil and Dan about starting a conference in cities whose name start with a "B", Functional Programming as more than an academic exercise, how depressing the state of programming can be and how working with people who question everything can bring back the joy of programming, DeckSet, and running. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_53-Chris_Eidhof.mp3 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:27:42 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Chris, Eidhof, Objc.io, functional, programming, depression, joy, deckset, running Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker James Thomson talks to Phil and Dan about older british computers, his first Mac, how Apple had a presence in education, the origins and evolution of PCalc, Scotland, Ireland, software subscriptions, and how writing a README with your career goals might just get you the attention you want. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_54-James_Thomson.mp3 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:29:12 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, James, Thomson, PCalc, DragThing Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker and author Christina Moulton joins Phil and Dan to chat about taking some years of retirement early, sailing in the Caribbeans with a small dog, writing custom iOS software to control a life-size R2D2 unit, updating a Swift book over time, and boat yoga. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_55-Christina_Moulton.mp3 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:24:20 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Christina, Moulton, sailing, vacation, swift Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker, journalist and budding indie developer Guilherme Rambo chats with Phil and Dan about his apps Chibi Studio and AirBuddy, the Stack Trace podcast, the art of spelunking, why he can't be in the the Mac App Store, his WWDC app, and the prevalence of iOS devices in Brazil. Link to Gui's NSSpain talk: https://vimeo.com/290322018. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_56-Guilherme_Rambo.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:23:18 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Guilherme, Rambo, Chibi, Studio, AirBuddy, Stack Trace, WWDC, Brazil, spelunking Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker and Lickability co-founder Matt Bischoff joins Dan and Phil from New York City to discuss changing roles in an evolving company, opening up iOS apprenticeships, co-located vs. remote employees, enjoying and building apps for the New York theatre scene, and answering business emails in grade 8. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_57-Matthew_Bischoff.mp3 Mon, 02 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:22:56 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Matt, Bischoff, Lickability, Agency, Theatre, NYC Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker, author, trainer and storyteller Daniel Steinberg returns to NSNorth to chat about Swift, teaching kids and adults to program, functional versus object-oriented programming, knitting and design patterns, and single-source sheep. You can find out more about Daniel at https://dimsumthinking.com and https://editorscut.com. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_58-Daniel_Steinberg.mp3 Thu, 05 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:20:42 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Daniel, Steinberg, Swift, Functional, Programming, Kids, Knitting Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Speaker and engineering manager Leena Mansour joins Dan and Phil to chat about entering the tech world through Programming 101 in University, moving to iOS and Android development, diversity in tech offices and the startup world, some of the difficulties of moving from engineering to management, learning sign language and competitive dodgeball. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_59-Leena_Mansour.mp3 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:30:50 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Leena, Mansour, PagerDuty, management, iOS, Androic, dodgeball, therapy pets, sign language Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Analyst, Podcaster, YouTuber and prolific writer Rene Ritchie chats with Phil about the move from audio to video, following Apple tech news, a reflection on Apple vs Nintendo vs Lego, and seasonal flooding. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_60-Rene_Ritchie.mp3 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:15:18 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Rene, Ritchie, Apple, youtube, podcasts, lego, nintendo, avengers, endgame, wwdc Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Designer, engineer and DotHealth CEO Huda Idrees joins Phil in a wide-ranging conversation on health data, privacy and regulations, hiring the right people in a small company, transitioning to CEO from an engineering perspective, the misnomer of "soft skills", how engineering is design, playing video games for downtime and populating your office with more trees (the green kind) than employees. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_61-Huda_Idrees.mp3 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:25:58 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Huda, Idrees, dothealth.ca, engineering, design, health, data, privacy Philippe Casgrain & Dan Byers NSNorth 2019 Author, UX designer and keynote speaker Kate O'Neill concludes the 2019 series of podcasts with Phil and Dan, covering topics such as algorithmic and dataset biais, the rise of AI and algorithms, diversity, profit and engagement, building smarter companies, ethical and meaningful experiences, Apple Watch friendship and NY vs Montreal bagels. http://casgrain.net/podcasts/NSNorth_62-Kate_ONeill.mp3 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:05:00 GMT 00:42:13 NSNorth, NSNorth 2019, Kate, O'Neill, technology, humanity, diversity, biais, profit, ethics, experiences, bagels, poutine