Episode 009: Living with Disability as a Programmer with Travis B. Hartwell




Greater Than Code show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| </span><a href="http://twitter.com/therubyrep"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mandy Moore</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/travisbhartwell"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Travis B. Hartwell<br> </span></a><a href="http://iam.travishartwell.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blog<br> </span></a><a href="http://basho.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Basho Technologies</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>00:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Welcome to “Software Eats Human…” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”</span></p> <p><b>01:25</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Travis’ Superhero Origin Story</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blindness.org/retinitis-pigmentosa"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Retinitis Pigmentosa</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br> </span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achondroplasia"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Achondroplasia</span></a></p> <p><b>09:00</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Explaining a Disability and Limitations to Others</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino</span></a></p> <p><b>14:25</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Supporting Someone with a Disability</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>We are (currently) listener supported! </b><b><br> </b><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Thank you, </b><a href="https://twitter.com/nflamel"><b>Francisco José</b></a><b>, for your support!</b></p> <p><b>19:56</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – “Are you noticing your disabilities misrepresenting you in some ways?” – </span><a href="http://twitter.com/jeg2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Edward Gray II</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> / Accessibility</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">re: Accessibility “We need to have diverse people working for us so we can bring up, ‘Hey! This thing is an issue!’” <a href="https://twitter.com/travisbhartwell">@travisbhartwell</a></p> <p>— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode/status/804063590378573824">November 30, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Do they all look like me? Do they all think like me? If they do, you’re probably not getting the perspective that you need <a href="https://twitter.com/travisbhartwell">@travisbhartwell</a></p> <p>— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode/status/804064515629449216">November 30, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <p><b>30:29 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– “I have a Buddhist friend with Marfan syndrome who has told me that the knowledge he could die at any time has been tremendously beneficial to his practice, and I sometimes wonder if I wouldn’t be a shallow asshole if I didn’t have my own stuff I’m dealing with. On that note, I’d be curious if you have any thoughts on how your disability and health challenges have positively impacted your life?” – </span><a href="https://twitter.com/rydertimberlake"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryder Timberlake</span></a></p>