Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.skimedic.com/blog/">Phil Japikse</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/skimedic">@skimedic</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Phil Japikse talks with Dave Rael about creating content, saving lives, learning from experts, community involvement, and getting useful engagement from actual users </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>An international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 30 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil is co-author of best selling "C# and the .NET 4.6 Framework" (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp) and "Pro C# 7" (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp7), the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group (http://www.cinnug.org) and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, co-hosts the Hallway Conversations podcast (http://www.hallwayconversations.com), founded the Cincinnati Day of Agile (http://www.dayofagile.org), and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. Phil is also a published author with LinkedIn Learning (https://www.lynda.com/Phil-Japikse/7908546-1.html). During the day, Phil works as an Enterprise Consultant and Agile Coach for large to medium firms throughout the US. Phil enjoys to learn new tech and is always striving to improve his craft. You can follow Phil on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog athttp://www.skimedic.com/blog.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Phil Japikse</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil and blogging</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Phil got into writing books and motivations for specific books</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sources of the information Phil uses to create books and training</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The appeal of different types of media for content creation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil, the conference speaker and user group organizer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Being around really smart people and finding ways to learn and changes in the need to specialize over time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil's history with programming environments and languages and choosing the right tools for the job</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil's story of failure - creating a new system and job workflow without talking to the users</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Phil most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Phil</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.skimedic.com/blog/" target="_blank">Phil's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.skimedic.com/blog/page/Books-and-Courses.aspx" target="_blank">Phil's Books, Courses, and Videos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484213335/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework - Andrew Troelsen, Phil Japikse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484230175/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core - Andrew Troelsen, Phil Japikse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/phil-japikse" target="_blank">Phil on LinkedIn Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/awtroelsen/" target="_blank">Andrew Troelsen</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bendewey.com/" target="_blank">Ben Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kvgros" target="_blank">Kevin Grossnicklaus</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBuilder" target="_blank">PowerBuilder</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)" target="_blank">Ada</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201362988/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)" target="_blank">DiSC Profile</a></li> <li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox" target="_blank">Visual Studio Toolbox - Videos on Visual Studio Tooling, including series with Phil and Robert Green</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Phil's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484230175/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core - Andrew Troelsen, Phil Japikse</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Phil's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Listen actively</li> <li>Make everybody co-conspirators</li> <li>Realize you don't know everything</li> </ol> </div> </div>
