Episode 9: Jean MacDonald




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Summary: <p>Daniel is joined by Jean MacDonald of <a href="http://appcamp4girls.com">App Camp For Girls</a>.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-386-2" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode9.mp3">http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode9.mp3</a></audio> <p>Jean is also a partner at <a href="http://smilesoftware.com">Smile Software</a>, makers of popular Mac and iOS applications including <a href="http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/index.html">PDFpen</a> and <a href="http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html">TextExpander</a>.</p> <p>Additional links:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/macgenie">@macgenie </a> – Jean’s Twitter account</li> <li> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmacdonald">Jean MacDonald</a> – Jean’s LinkedIn profile.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.appcamp4girls.com/">App Camp For Girls</a> – Jean’s non-profit programming camp for girls.</li> <li> <a href="http://smilesoftware.com/">Smile Software</a> – Jean’s software company.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/">Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp For Girls</a> – The music camp that helped inspire App Camp For Girls.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/programs/ladies-rock-camp/">Ladies Rock Camp</a> – The Rock Camp spinoff for grown women.</li> <li> <a href="http://brettterpstra.com/2013/01/22/systematic-number-28-jean-macdonald/">Systematic #28</a> – Episode of Brett Terpstra’s podcast featuring Jean.</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/UIPopTart">@UIPopTart</a> – Twitter account of Natalie Osten, App Camp’s lead developer.</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/verso">@verso</a> – Twitter account of Kelly Guimont, an App Camp volunteer.</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/maia_olson">@maia_olson</a> – Twitter account of Maia Olson, App Camp volunteer and Jean’s colleague at Smile.</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/mrmomoko">Momoko Saunders</a> – Volunteer at App Camp and a <a href="http://bikefarm.org">Portland-based bike collective</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.bignerdranch.com/index">Big Nerd Ranch</a> – The “vacation programming school” near Atlanta, GA.</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX">Title IX</a> – The US education reform that ensured equal funding to girls’ sports programs.</li> <li> <a href="http://altwwdc.com/">altWWDC</a> – The conference where Jean recently spoke about indie marketing tips.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.buchmesse.de/en/fbf/">The Frankfurt Book Fair</a> – The publishing-industry event that captured Jean’s young imagination.</li> <li> <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/FSG.aspx">Farrar, Strauss and Giroux</a> – Jean’s former employers in New York City.</li> <li> <a href="http://bluelakepublishing.com/">Blue Lake Children’s Publishing</a> – Jean’s sister’s publishing company, where Jean also worked.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geekcorps">Geekcorps</a> – Non-profit educational organization that Jean volunteered for.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Zuckerman">Ethan Zuckerman</a> – Co-founder of Geekcorps.</li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by <a href="http://igloosoftware.com/split">Igloo</a>. An intranet you’ll actually like.</p>