Where to Begin with Arduino

Jan 242012
 

In this interview, shot in Shanghai, I interview Ricky Ye, the founder of DFRobot, on some interesting aspects and real-world applications of Arduino, the easy-to use hardware platform with a simple programming interface.

If you’re a software dev that’s always been just a little afraid of hardware (like me), check out our conversation and you’ll likely get cured.

And then go read up on Processing. It’s even simpler than Java.

(If you’re interested in learning more about Hackerspace Shanghai, where this was filmed – you can find it here.)

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Ricky Ye (DFRobot) Interview Transcript

Jan 242012
 

Pete: Hey it’s Pete. I’m in Shanghai China today and I’m at a very cool space called Hackerspace where geeks get together and play with various technology including a lot of robotics related stuff. And today I have the pleasure of talking to Ricky Ye, and Ricky’s the founder of a company called DFRobot and he’s going to tell us little bit about what they’re up to in terms of making Arduino kits which is quite cool, actually.

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About Tapad & Mobile Advertising

Jan 182012
 

Dag Liodden, VP of Engineering at Tapad, an NYC startup in the mobile advertising space, talks with me about what Tapad does, the high-scale requirements of their business, and why they moved off the cloud.

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Next -> Scala – How Tapad Uses It & Why They Chose It

Scala – How Tapad Uses It & Why They Chose It

Jan 182012
 

Dag talks about the Scala language, its features and how they use it at Tapad. He also talks about why they chose Scala, as well as some of the interesting ways they use it to interoperate with Java

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Next -> Not-only SQL – How Tapad Uses Different DBs for Different Needs

Not-only SQL – How Tapad Uses Different DBs for Different Needs

Jan 182012
 

Dag talks about their No (“not-only”) SQL strategy and how they optimize their platform with different types of data stores for their various needs. We also have an interesting conversation about column-oriented dbs.

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Next -> What’s it Like to be an Engineer at Tapad?

What’s it like to be an engineer at Tapad?

Jan 182012
 

We discuss the team aspects of working at Tapad, what they’re looking for in engineers, and their unique approach to building a first-class team.

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Dag Liodden (Tapad) Interview Transcript

Jan 182012
 

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Pete: Hey, it’s Pete. I’m here in New York. And today we’re talking to Dag from Tapad. Dag’s the founder and VP of engineering. Thanks for being with us, Dag.

Dag: Thank you for coming.

Pete: So, first of all, tell us a little bit at a high level, what is Tapad? What do you guys do?

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Hello World!

Jan 012012
 

Welcome to g33ktalk, where we interview top developers and CTOs about the cutting edge technologies they’re using to build innovative solutions within their companies. We focus on real-world applications and use cases; we’re talking to awesome engineers about real challenges and opportunities related to their implementation of cool tech.

What software engineer out there doesn’t want to learn about and work with new development tools and technologies? Problem is, most of us are busy maintaining legacy systems, or perhaps hacking new features on a platform where we weren’t part of the original technology implementation choices. Not to mention the fact that when we do get that rare opportunity to start something from scratch and we pitch our CTO on a cutting edge language or tool, we oftentimes get a raised eyebrow and questions about maturity and ‘maintainability.’

Welcome to g33ktalk, where we interview top developers and CTOs about the cutting edge technologies they’re using to build innovative solutions within their companies. We focus on real-world applications and use cases; we’re talking to awesome engineers about real challenges and opportunities related to their implementation of cool tech.

What software engineer out there doesn’t want to learn about and work with new development tools and technologies? Problem is, most of us are busy maintaining legacy systems, or perhaps hacking new features on a platform where we weren’t part of the original technology implementation choices. Not to mention the fact that when we do get that rare opportunity to start something from scratch and we pitch our CTO on a cutting edge language or tool, we oftentimes get a raised eyebrow and questions about maturity and ‘maintainability.’

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