Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://carlfranklin.net/">Carl Franklin</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/carlfranklin">@carlfranklin</a></div> </div> </div> <div>Carl Franklin talks with Dave Rael about doing what you do best, being prepared for opportunity, and being bold and awesome when executing<br><br>Carl Franklin is Executive Vice President of App vNext (appvnext.com), a software consultancy focused on Internet of Things (IoT) and New User Interface (NUI) as well as web, mobile, cloud and desktop development. App vNext helps its customers build business value by architecting and developing complete systems that span every known development technology, language, and platform. Carl is also host of the ever-popular .NET Rocks! podcast (dotnetrocks.com), one of the first podcasts ever. Carl tweets @carlfranklin. Reach him by email at <a href="mailto:carl@appvnext.com">carl@appvnext.com</a>.</div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Carl Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Working on the things "you know you can knock out of the park"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Carl up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's cool product GesturePak</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Carl got started in writing software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's story of failure, learning to persist when things don't work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The power of "I don't know"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's greatest success story, being in the right place at the right time and gutsy and awesome enough to capitalize</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl on podcasting about software and podcasting before there was podcasting</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Carl stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Carl most excited about his present and future (and that don't)</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Carl likes to geek out other than software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Carl's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Carl</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <div><a href="http://www.franklins.net/" target="_blank">GesturePak</a></div> <div><a href="http://carlfranklin.net/" target="_blank">Carl's Software Blog</a></div> <div><a href="http://carlfranklin.com/" target="_blank">Carl's Music Site</a></div> <div><a href="http://www.pwop.com/" target="_blank">Carl's Studio</a></div> <div>Carl's Podcast with <a href="https://twitter.com/richcampbell" target="_blank">Richard Campbell</a> - <a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/" target="_blank">NET Rocks!</a> </div> <div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/archos-99-pc-stick-is-latest-windows-computer-that-fits-in-your-pocket/" target="_blank">Archos PC Stick</a></div> <div> <a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=1151" target="_blank">Dave On .NET Rocks<br><br></a> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Carl's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735619670/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Code Complete - Steve McConnell</a></li> </ul> </div> <h6>Carl's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Don't worry about what you should be doing - do what works</li> <li>Keep it simple and ship the Minimum Viable Product</li> <li>Security first</li> </ol> </div> </div>
