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We talk with Zack Gottlieb, VP Head of Design platform at Atlassian. We discuss Zack’s career journey and what it takes to make it to Atlassian. Our main topic of discussion is the Great Resignation in the tech industry. We start the conversation by asking why so many people are leaving in the first place. Then we explore why companies want their employees back in the office. Additionally, we examine what companies are doing to retain their top talent. 🔗 Episode Links * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackgottlieb/* Twitter: https://twitter.com/zackg* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zackg/* Room to Read:  https://www.roomtoread.org* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton https://twitter.com/RealTinyPenguin* Vincent Tang https://twitter.com/vincentntang

In this episode, we talk with Michelle Morgan: International Paid Media Consultant, Writer, and Speaker. We explore the realm of advertising on the most popular social platforms and investigate the unforeseen opportunities in others. Additionally, we discuss Michelle’s organization, Paid Media Pros, which provides PPC videos for advertisers with any level of experience. 🔗 Episode Links * Michelle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michellemsem* Michelle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemsem/* Paid Media Pros website: https://www.paidmediapros.com/* Paid Media Pros on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/paidmediapros* TikTok Ads: https://youtu.be/VqPYZ6r7QMs* LinkedIn Sponsored Messaging: https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/cx/21/10/sponsored-messaging* Data Studio: https://datastudio.google.com/* LinkedIn Conversation Ads: https://youtu.be/Zl5KZ4fDa2g* LinkedIn Ads: https://youtu.be/NB8gCy5tzkY* LinkedIn Account Based Marketing: https://youtu.be/OC2jGVDSEIE* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton https://twitter.com/RealTinyPenguin* Vincent Tang https://twitter.com/vincentntang

In this episode, we talk with Chris Ferdinandi, JavaScript Educator, The Vanilla JS Guy. 🍦We discuss how Chris became the "Vanilla JS Guy" as he shares his thoughts about JavaScript, the modern web, switching careers, ADHD, and more!

In this episode, we talk with designer, musician, Travis Neilson. We discuss Travis’s career at YouTube Music. We dive into his day-to-day and what it’s like to work at YouTube. Then we explore Travis’s music, specifically his channel Little Music Boxes. 🔗 Episode Links * Little Music Boxes: https://www.youtube.com/littlemusicboxes* Travis – Twitter: https://twitter.com/travisneilson* Travis – Website: http://travisneilson.com/* Travis – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travisneilson/* Travis – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisneilson/* Hosts * https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* https://twitter.com/MrBrianHinton* https://twitter.com/vincentntang

In this episode, we talk with Faisal Abid: Speaker, Entrepreneur, Google Developer Expert, and co-founder of Eirene cremations. Eirene provides high-quality, affordable cremation services. Eirene allows families to plan an affordable cremation entirely online or over the phone. Leveraging technology to help provide a better funeral experience to families. Additionally, Faisal walks us through the unique business and technology challenges he faced at the beginning of Eirene. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaisalAbid* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisalabid/* Eirene Cremations: Simple, Modern Cremation Services https://eirene.ca/* Eirene LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eirene/* Eirene Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eirene* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton: https://twitter.com/mrbrianhinton 📜 Transcript [00:00:40] Brian Hinton: Welcome to Thunder Nerds, I’m Brian Hinton. [00:00:42] Frederick Weiss: And I am Frederick Weiss. And thank you so much for consuming the Thunder Nerds. A conversation with the people behind the technology that love what they do, [00:00:53] Brian Hinton: and do tech, good. [00:00:59] Frederick Weiss: And our sponsor Auth0 is helping us do tech good all year long. [00:01:07] Brian Hinton: Yeah. We'd like to thank them again for sponsoring this season. [00:01:10] Brian Hinton: They make it easy for developers to build a custom secure and standards based unified login by providing authentication and authorization as a service to try it out, go to Auth0.com. Auth0 is also on both YouTube and at the twitches under a username Auth0 and with some great developer resources and streams. [00:01:35] Brian Hinton: Also, make sure to check out the avocado labs who doesn't love avocados? It's an online destination that their developer advocates run, organizing some great meetup events. And again, remember to check out Auth0.com. [00:01:51] Frederick Weiss: Love it. Thank you so much, Brian. Really appreciate it. Yeah. And go ahead and start live chatting with us. [00:01:56] Frederick

In this episode, we talk with Ali Rizvi, Vice President of Product Management at Star2Star, a Sangoma company. We discuss digital ethics, rights & responsibilities of technology companies such as Facebook. There are many aspects to how these entities influence our political climate and unnaturally distort social behavior. Some of the social media algorithms are presented to make our lives better, but do they? Are these types of technologies a fundamental threat to the whole of humanity, or just misunderstood? ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Ali Rizvi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zalirizvi/* Ali Rizvi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliknowsproduct* Guest co-host Nick Sollecito: https://twitter.com/oticellos* ‘The Buck Stops With Mark’: Facebook Whistleblower Says Zuckerberg Responsible for System Harming Kids: https://gizmodo.com/the-buck-stops-with-mark-facebook-whistleblower-says-z-1847797678* Hooked: https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/* Hosts: Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss 📜 Transcript [00:00:00] Frederick Weiss: Welcome to the Thunder Nerds. I'm Frederick Weiss, and you’re consuming a show with the people behind the technology that love what they do, and do tech good. And our sponsor Auth0 is helping us do tech good all year long. [00:00:13] Frederick Weiss: Auth0 it makes it easy for developers to build a custom. Standard-based unified login by providing authentication and authorization as a service. [00:00:25] Frederick Weiss: Try them out now by going to Auth0.com. Also, check them out at YouTube.com/Auth0, Twitch.tv/Auth0, and Andavocadolabs.dev for their online meetup events. Thanks again Auth0. [00:00:45] Frederick Weiss: Let's go ahead and first welcome our guest co-host. [00:00:57] Frederick Weiss: We have Nick Sollecito, Nick, thank you so much for joining us. we're very honored and happy to have you, and I guess without any, ados being furthered, let's go ahead and welcome our guests. We have Musician, Martial artist, and Vice President of product management at Star2Star, a Sangoma company… Ali Rizvi. [00:01:26] Frederick Weiss: Welcome to the show. [00:01:32] Ali Rizvi: Hello everybody. Yeah, this is cool. I like the

In this episode, we talk with SWYX, author, speaker, podcaster, and learning in public evangelist. We dive into his career history in finance and how he transitioned into development. We also discuss the challenges of Developer Experience, the advantages of learning in public, and lessons learned from podcasting. Additionally, we get a musical performance from SWYX himself. Bonus: We have Software Engineer, Arit Amana as a guest co-host. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx* Author: Coding Career Handbook: https://www.learninpublic.org/* Website: https://www.swyx.io/* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/swyxTV* The Swyx Mixtape: https://swyx.transistor.fm/* Swyx on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/swyx* Build Invincible Apps: https://temporal.io/* Guest co-host: Arit Amana* Twitter: https://twitter.com/aritdeveloper* Website: https://arit.dev/* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritamana/* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AritDeveloper* Github: https://github.com/msarit* Arit Amana on Thunder Nerds: https://youtu.be/i74Swu8Us-A* Hosts: Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss 📜 Transcript [00:00:00] Frederick Weiss: Welcome, I’m Frederick Weiss. And, thank you for consuming the Thunder Nerds. A conversation with the people behind the technology that love what they do, and do tech good. And our sponsor Auth0 is helping us do that all year long. Auth0 makes it easy for developers to build a custom secure and standard-based unified log-in by providing authentication and authorization as a service. [00:01:08] Frederick Weiss: Try them out now by going to Auth0.com. Also, check them out at youtube.com/Auth0,  Twitch.tv/Auth0, and Avocadolabs.dev for their online meetup events. Thanks again, Auth0. And let's go ahead and welcome our guests, you know, speaking of the guests, we actually have a co-host on the show today,

In this episode, we get to talk with design director and conflict resolution expert Joshua Mauldin. We discuss the most effective techniques for conflict resolution, how to establish trust, and employ empathy. Joshua explains when we should use a third-party mediator, start a conversation with safety checks and lead a talk with facts. Additionally, we dive into disaster recovery. The approach of creating a shared purpose in building alignment. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Website: https://www.joshuamauldin.com/* Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuamauldin* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamauldin/* Conflict Resolution for People Who Hate Conflict with Josh Mauldin: https://userdefenders.com/podcast/077-conflict-resolution-for-people-who-hate-conflict-with-josh-mauldin/* Oreilly: https://www.oreilly.com/attend/fundamentals-of-conflict-resolution/0636920329473/0636920339069/* Conflict Resolution for People Who Hate Conflict — Joshua Mauldin: https://youtu.be/suA7WL6l3pA* Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall Rosenberg: https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships/dp/189200528X* Blog: https://medium.com/@joshuamauldin* How using Cranky Conclusions makes tough conversations easier – https://medium.com/conflict-resolution-for-people-who-hate-conflict/how-using-cranky-conclusions-makes-tough-conversations-easier-4af9789dfa1e* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton:a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2VsOEVvSHJNNmg0MEZWTEZpY0lqcE82UFNXUXxBQ3Jtc0trc3Z6alh0V3BtR3Fqd3hjazB3am9faTQzTFRPNGhBcF9maTVBUW5rM2Q4RnUxT2tpSUhkWmc3dk8tbTZSSzRwclVLNTB6YlVrcmREcXg0Vjh4bzlwUmh0TnlMTVlzUl...

In this episode, we get to talk with David Portnowitz, Chief Marketing Officer at Star2Star, a Sangoma company. We discuss Star2Star, their solutions, and how they’re providing services that address the challenges of our new normal. We also delve into Marketing in the 20s and leverage the lessons learned from 2020 to ready business for the future. Additionally, we evaluate the current marketing trends and hypothesize which opportunities hold the most value. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Twitter: https://twitter.com/dportno* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-portnowitz/* Star2Star: https://www.star2star.com* Sangoma: https://www.sangoma.com* Project Hail Mary: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135202* Desktop-as-a-Service: https://www.star2star.com/DaaS* Host: Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss 📜 Transcript Frederick Weiss: welcome. I am Frederick Philip von Weiss, and you are consuming the Thunder Nerds! a conversation with the people behind the technology that love what they do, and do tech good!  Welcome to the show everybody. Go ahead and start live chatting with us. [00:01:38] We'll answer your questions in the order they are received. Additionally, make sure you subscribe to the show at YouTube.com/ThunderNerds and click on that notification bell to get alerts for new videos. And we also have exclusive subscriber giveaways. Now with that being said, and without any ados being furthered, let's go ahead and welcome our guests. [00:02:03] We have: speaker, host, bourbon connoisseur, and chief marketing officer at Star2Star, a Sangoma company. David Portnowitz! David, welcome to the show. Appreciate you coming. [00:02:17] David Portnowitz: [00:02:17] Thanks so much for having me, Frederick, it  is so good to be here with you. I know this has been something we've been trying to schedule for a while. [00:02:24] And I got to ask you about avocado labs. I'm getting hungry now. [00:02:28] Frederick Weiss: [00:02:28] yeah, I hear what you mean. I do enjoy the avocado  in the guacamole. It's one of my favorite treats, but yeah,

In this episode, we get to talk with Baskar Rao Dandlamudi, Santosh Hari, Super Di, Faisal Abid, Sivamuthu Kumar, Todd Libby, Vincent Tang, Tessa, Jared Rhodes, and Stacy Devino. It all began with a tweet; we should do a show where we connect with some of our best conference friends and have a virtual conference… So we did, check it out ❤️ We also discuss COVID: Going to events, work-life balance, and should/can we go back to the office. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Tweet Origin: https://twitter.com/ksivamuthu/status/1271485429666242563* Sivamuthu Kumar* Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ksivamuthu* Website: https://www.sivamuthukumar.com/* Webinars on ML / App Modernization – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWEip7qMz2HP-0daYA8nvA* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksivamuthu/* Jared Rhodes* Twitter:  https://twitter.com/QiMata* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qimata/* Baskar Rao Dandlamudi* Twitter:  https://twitter.com/baskarmib* Website: https://baskarmib.netlify.app/* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baskarrao-dandlamudi/* JavaScript and Friends – https://www.javascriptandfriends.com/* Todd Libby* Twitter:  https://twitter.com/toddlibby* Todd’s Website: https://toddl.dev* Front End Nerdery: https://www.youtube.com/FrontEndNerdery* Vincent Tang* Twitter:  https://twitter.com/vincentntang* Website: https://vincentntang.com* Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/vincentntang* Github: https://github.com/vincentntang* Building cool 3d stuff using JavaScript + TinkerCad: http://inspiredtoeducate.

In this episode, we get to talk with Preston So, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Oracle. We talk to Preston about his new book VOICE CONTENT AND USABILITY. We discuss the concepts of building conversational designs that are ethical, accessible, and usable. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Preston’s new book – Voice Content And Usability: https://abookapart.com/products/voice-content-and-usability* Publisher: https://abookapart.com/* Preston on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonso* Preston’s Website: https://preston.so/* Preston on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonso/* Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/* Previous episode – 🪓 Headless CMS, Decoupling Drupal with Gatsby, & Conversational Design with Preston So https://www.thundernerds.io/2020/06/headless-cms-decoupling-drupal-w-gatsby-conversational-design-w-preston-so/* Ask GeorgiaGov: https://georgia.gov/chat* Google Cloud Dialogflow: https://cloud.google.com/dialogflow* Diglossia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia* Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries: https://www.amazon.com/Word-Secret-Life-Dictionaries/dp/110187094X* Conversations with Things: UX Design for Chat and Voice: https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Things-Design-Chat-Voice/dp/1933820268/ref=sr_1_1* Invisible Man: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764* Gatsby: The Definitive Guide: https://preston.so/books/gatsby/* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton: https://twitter.com/mrbrianhinton 📜 Transcript Brian Hinton: [00:00:00] I’m Brian Hinton. Frederick Weiss: and I’m Frederick Philip vo...

In this episode, we get to speak with Maggie Appleton, Art Director & UX Designer at egghead.io. We discuss the ethos of Digital Gardening and the value of cultivating ideas in public. We also dive into Maggie’s digital anthropology work and discuss how visual metaphors better shape our understanding of technology. ✨ Episode Sponsor * Auth0: https://auth0.com* Auth0 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/auth0* Auth0 on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/auth0* Auth0 Avocado Labs online meetup events: https://avocadolabs.dev/ 🔗 Episode Links * Website:  https://maggieappleton.com* Twitter: https://twitter.com/mappletons/* Github: https://github.com/maggieappleton/* Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/mappleton* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggieappleton/* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggieappleton/* Sketching and Logo Creation (with Maggie Appleton) — Learn With Jason: https://youtu.be/4mrrNAjiTvk* A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology: https://maggieappleton.com/digital-anthropology* Digital Gardener: https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners* Digital Gardening for Non-Technical Folks: https://maggieappleton.com/nontechnical-gardening* Obsidian: https://obsidian.md* Keychron: https://www.keychron.com* If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future – by Jill Lepore: https://www.amazon.com/If-Then-Simulmatics-Corporation-Invented/dp/1631496107* Bret Victor: http://worrydream.com* Hosts: * Frederick Weiss: https://twitter.com/FrederickWeiss* Brian Hinton: https://twitter.com/mrbrianhinton 📜 Transcript Brian Hinton: [00:00:00] I’m Brian Hinton. Frederick Weiss: and I’m Frederick Philip von Weiss. And thank you so much for consuming the Thunder Nerds, a conversation with the people behind the technology that love what they do [00:00:46] Brian Hinton: [00:00:46] and do tech good.