Entreprogrammers Podcast

Episode 64 Test MonkeyAll right we're live!Derick 3:43 - Derick makes a pitch to 3 people! Mastermind Bundle of RabbitMQ for Developers goes on sale May 12th for $1200 (per person) John7:28 – John returns from a strange QA/Tester conference. John is persuaded that there are good Testers/QA people, but the majority is pretty lazy. John is concerned that there is not enough innovation. Josh14:36 – John has come full circle with automated testing and writing iOS code using a Xamarim. Derick talks about unit testing and building tools. Josh talks about a certain magazine for DEVs that focus on testing in production. John22:03 - John mentions that he believed in the continuous deployment, until Chrome! Broken flash…  Derick talks about how he uses Privacy Badger and Ad Blocker apps, and how they refuse to service Flash. John talks about the keynote of QA, and how QAs are passionate about testing. In short, the Doctor probably can do what the nurse does – and maybe better - but the nurses may to be able to do the d

Episode 63 Work'n For The Man!We're Live!EntreProgrammers talk about doing arm curls with smart phones and experiencing intense fatigue.John is at an undisclosed location…with his new MacBook Pro. 6:30 - What Johns is up to this week-       Badge launch for Simple Programmer-       Recording tons of Get Up and Code Podcasts-       Selling old hardware, thanks to Twitter followers-       Waiting on Double Your Money project with Kai-       Getting ready for Europe-       Things going well with new VA8:18:10 - Tech TalkThis is a conversation about using the Boot-camp feature or VM ware - the pro and cons of using Windows on Mac. 19:05 - Derick – Trying to find a people to do the intro rabbitmq in different languages (code).20:00 - John buys special traveler clothing – Merino Wool clothing- clothing you could wear for up to 100 days straight, minimum maintenance apparel.  Johns is getting prepared to spend some time in Europe (Berlin, Iceland, Dublin) – so he is packing light.  Also, trying to figure out the tim

Episode 62"Ham Is Made From Hamsters"3:31 - We"re Live!John is getting a Pulp Fiction vibe from Chuck!Chuck is back in black, at Rails Comp! Chuck, slicing and dice with others developers and making a scene, enjoying the meetings, but starting to dislike being away at conferences. Lots of networking and marketing about Rails Clips and much more. Chuck says the take-way of the conference would be sponsorship and Rail Clips. The Entreprogrammers discuss the next step with marketing by email and sharing one others network to expand their marketing tactics, and a discussion about not stepping on toes when doing and receiving favors. 13:43 – Chuck's meet-up goes great in Atlanta, after the conference, dinner with a few true fans. 16:54 – Derick, working on rabbitmq package, interviews, transcriptions and tons of valuable material for consumers. Josh asks for further explanation about the content of the interviews with the rabbitmq users.  Derick is writing a e-book of this new material - he mentions that there wil

Episode 61 "I Want Cupcakes!"We're Live!Derick gives and introduction to our new sponsor, Raygun.io, an error tracking service, release tracking. https://raygun.ioDerick reveals his newfound vision, with his new spectacles. Here’s good detail info on some eye care, especially with working in-front of computer screens all day. The group chats about age, and what they were doing when… 30 plus is old? Age verses experience…8:08 – Chuck shares his, New Media Expo and MicroComp experience. Most exciting events were the quad-copters.  John agrees that Micro Comp was worth it! Just by the networking and the people you get to meet. 12:48 – Chuck talks about email marketing. Also some advise from Brennan Dunn, to create A Guide of How to Deploy Apps.  Yes, so Chuck has some great ideas to begin work on. The EntreProgrammers discuss how each of them deploys apps, and different strategies to funnel to products they’ve created. 24:48  – John talks about work with a new full-time VA, and being able to gain back time (20 h

Episode 60 A Lesson in MarketingToday's Group – John, Josh, Derick, Chuck, and Keith Perhac0:17 – All right, We're Live!Exciting news! Derick introduces Digital Ocean as a new sponsor for the next (Episode 61). Learn more here at: https://www.digitalocean.com/2:22 – John gives an introduction to Keith Perhac, co-host of the Kalzumeus Podcast. Keith is a digital marketing guru of DelfiNet. http://delfi-net.com, and check out this podcast at http://www.kalzumeus.comProfessional Counsel5:54 – Derick asked Keith a few questions about how to package his screencast products for marketing, should he sell his product by category levels or tiers to get the best returns.13:09 – Keith shares his insight on package bundles that have Work Sheets attached. Reason being is that some people have tons of time or money, and worksheets are a quick checklist to success. It creates value by way of getting your customer on the fast track to their goals. It is a time saver, because every developer/entrepreneurs needs to beat the le

Episode 59 "The Universe will bend…"0:18 - Ok, We're Live!Check out this sponser! Build Better Software – http://buildbetter.software4:34 - Derick shares some customers feedback on website navigation issues. Derick explains how to make a life-long friend of rabbitmq and watchmecode.net. This section teaches on how to handle issues, and provide customers service at a profound level. Personal development, books, audiobooks and more…9:17 – Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Action items! Derick is practicing visualization and belief in achieving goals. Josh is leaning toward the Psycho-Cybernetics practices, and explains the mystics of the thought process and events or needs revealing its self, like the actions items in Think and Grow Rich. The EntreProgrammers discuss the visualization realities, beliefs, and the law of attraction.23:33 - As apart of this discussion John recommend The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace D. Wattles, the pre cursor of Think and Grow Rich. 27:33 – Josh explains a mental failure sc

Episode 58 "If She Doesn't Float, We Burn Her"1:07 – We're Live!2:28 – EntreProgrammers Retreat, December 4-5, 2015, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Workshops on email marketing, podcast, brand building, etc.  Sign up for the mailing list and stay up to date with detail as they develop.http://entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Chuck shares his week9:53- Chuck’s Kick-starter campaign reached it’s funding requirements!  Time to record videos, and begin work. This is a great example of entrepreneurial planning. Chuck decides from multiple point of view how he should maximize on the screencast he is going to market. There are several approaches he is using to market; in this case, email is one ways in this particular market that is used to reach out.    Josh talks about soccer ball…a job Josh was looking into19:41- Josh receives advice for the EntreProgrammers about techniques on following up, and creating a conversation to get the next interview.   John talks about understanding the employer’s need and be confident enou

Episode 57"It's a Full-Time Job, Trying to Not Have a Full-Time Job"Small Talk  1:07 – All right We’re Live!  Minus Josh? How is everyone doing?1:24 – Chuck is all right and Derick is stressed, time for some R&R. Derick finishes a screencast of rabbitmq. 2:10 – A little bit of Apple product malfunctions happened with these EntreProgrammers. Magic or Tragic track pad problems and MacBook Pro screen issues.  Apple Customer support gives John special treatment. Moral of the story: Quickly document issues with the company as soon as you experience problems, especially within the one-year warranty. Theses Gents express their affinity with Mac products, but still the… usefulness of a PC. I’m a Mac…Hello PC. 11:41- A quick allegory of how these programmers meant. TrackAbout - https://corp.trackabout.comDerick takes the floor14:11 – Derick, completes a production deploy! Wow this guy just did a huge service! Check it out! Change the mainframe…Kill the batch process. 19:43 – Dericks projects: Rabbitmq screencast s

Episode 56A Lesson In Pricing Models1:07- Alright, we’re live! After 56 episodes these EntreProgrammers have yet to perfect an introduction. Here is some awkward discussion about pirating of music and Disney movies.6:24 – Our guess, Wes McClure joins us from a New York City jail cell. Joking! http://devblog.wesmcclure.com9:09 - Wes gives the lo-down about the process of achieving a Value Base Price system. This information is a great resource for software developers and those in similar fields.    13:03 - Chuck shares his approach to pricing and how much value it provides the client.  Derick shares this thoughts on fixed bid rates and trials of a project using this type of rate.14:50 – John talks about the Fixed bid, Hourly, Weekly based pricing and focusing on the value and project. John continues on about when to use which kind of billing model, in each type of project. Wes shares his prospective on when, where, and how to work, value base pricing in to your projects. Looking at the outcome of your project

Episode 55 “I Just Want It To Be Fast, Dang It!”Derick  1:07 - Alright , We’re Live!No Chuck today. Boo. Derick describes his travel disasters due to snow in Dallas/Fort Worth. Icepocalypse 2015! 4:32 – As Derick thaws out for his northern expedition… He had a great conference in Manitoba.   Now, ready to rev-up for the next conference SpaceCityJS in Houston TX.  Also, more on strategies and tactics to streamline information on website and backend information.13:00 – John talks about migrating to different servers for lighting fast web speeds. More talk on prices, and how to get deals because of his promotion efforts. Maybe updates to the theme on the EntreProgrammers site?  Tons of web tinkering information for beginners! Optimization or Fastification!John31:05 – John’s Author Summit in Salt Lake Cityhttp://blog.pluralsight.com/author-summit-2015Royalty treatment for yours truly, Sir John Sonmez, walks the orange carpet.  John had great networking and contacts and PluralSight author summit. Super Levarge!  J

Episode 54"I'm Not Playing Slot Machines"2:13 - And We're Live! Wait, without John?Derick launches his Pro ExpressJS Screen Cast Bundle. Doing well on sales. Josh mentions Drip’s new drop down menu for time zone selections. Also an excellent default admin time zone feature added. Charles gives homage to Drip’s features and usability. Charles and Derick give information on advertisement and campaigns. Both have multiple strategies on how to setup these types of marketing and developing task. Also, using the Drip feature in such away that your accounts are separate, but easy to monitor several accounts. 17:33The EntreProgrammers give Mandy at http://www.devreps.com two thumbs up! Great collaboration 21:00Josh does a webinar with Sean Fiorito of Sketching With CSS http://www.sketchingwithcss.com28:28Charles is working on ways to incorporate ads in with his show notes. 31:17Kick starter campaign talk by Charles. Stripe Account vs. Merchant Account, Derick explains why he favors Stripe. Maybe PayPal, a little bit.

Episode 53   "Its All Megabytes Man!"02:46 Derick decides to torcher us with more acapella singing "For the first time in forever!"13 reviews for EntreProgrammers, up 2 reviews since the last.04:11John expresses his dislike with Apple's review process, and their denying the problems with the 2012 Macbook Pro screen. Own It and Fix It!7:14So what is going on in the world of the EntreProgrammers?Derick is swapped with preparing a talk and work on batch processes scheduling with new developed software. 9:30Healthy Diet? Eating One Meal A Day?John describes his gorging on a foot and a half long sub and cheesecake. As, Derick tries not to think of the “Brisket Nachos” from the previous night.   So in between work, family and kids, and paying “Uncle Sam” these programmers struggle with grazing in the green pastures. Grass Fed Programmers? 18:33 Express.js talk!Derick talks about his Drip Campaign for launching the Express.js screen cast series. 20:45This is going to be a valuable series, showing how to do things ri

The EntreProgrammers Episode 52 "How 'Merica Is This"8:12  Derick sings "Let It Go" 10:41The Enterprogrammers have a discussion of the Dropbox integration with SignalLeaf. Derrick mentions the excellent integration of Dropbox with SignalLeaf. Great new feature is the ID tag recognition. Things to fix or update, is the date feature. Derick talks about how podcasters are eager to make the exciting switch to have excess to the time saving features. 15:06 Derrick explains the integration features and how-to-do list for dates, publishing...etc. 16:30Charles suggests creating videos on "how to publish podcast in less then a minute,” or other “how-to videos in less then a minute.”John speaks highly of audio books Traction by Justin Mares and Gabriel Weinbreg, and Money, Master the Game by Tony Robbins. Money, Master the Game is a game changer for new comers and the tried & true entrepreneurs. John talks about how successful entrepreneurs invest in seminars despite the extreme cost.29:40The Wrap Up of JS Remote C

The EntreProgrammers Episode 51 Ship ‘em Pears(Reminder: We’re back to 1 full episode. Feel better, now?)Of course, one of the great ways to learn and make new friends to scam on, is at a conference. Chuck has 3 more days left for his online conference which is turning out to be a total success: February 10th, 11th, and 12th.The conference is from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on each of these 3 days.John is one of the speakers; you can hear him on the 12th.There’s a lot to putting on a good conference and if you want some super insider tips…that’s right, Chuck gives them to you in this episode.The weak in review, Chuck wasn’t sure whether to offer money to the speakers. You’ll find that when approaching potential speakers for your conference, keep money out-of the equation. You can get the details at 1:20:00 in this episode.Many of you will want to attend Chuck’s conference: JS Remote Conf. To go to this online conference, click this link: https://jsremoteconf.com/Chuck uses this Internet tool for the conference. http:/

The EntreProgrammers Episode 50 Sponsors! Nice! Nice!One day, you will look back and say, “I knew The EntreProgrammers when…”You are the fly on the wall. Get comfy because you’re not going anywhere. This fiercely heated debate has captured you in the EntreProgrammers arena.Well, we screwed-up again – thinking to divide each episode into 2 parts, really – but you unscrewed our twisted minds and so we fixed it; episodes of The EntreProgrammers Podcast will not be divided into 2 parts beginning with Episode 50 Sponsors! Nice! Nice!Once again, The EntreProgrammers saved by you.All EntreProgrammers’ minds - twisted at birth – do greatly appreciate your guiding comments. Otherwise, how would we show you to be the greatest of spammer-scammers if we couldn’t spamm-scamm your ideas (to make them look like ours)?Don’t answer that. Quick, what’s next?Oh yes, 2 sponsors, now – Cool! Keep it here for more Drip and Telerik! Learn from industry giants who fear not failure……because there is no such thing as failure. It simpl

The EntreProgrammers Episode 49.2 The Arena of Web Log(If you do nothing else today, that’s OK; check-out interviewed.io below.)These financial genius guys literally whittle Derick’s $25,000 debt down to $0.00. Then, oh ya, here it comes – Derick goes with some “positive news.” Can’t miss this Kodak moment.JavaScript Fundamentals Screencast Bundle, by Derick, is available “at 50% off.” Do not buy this bundle; it is too good to be true. (I’m fired.) Let’s look at this from one perspective – and only one – capitalism.Check-out this bundle and calculate how much money you will make with the knowledge that Derick gives you. So, how much? Put your calculation in comments; your perspective is “huge” to those like you. Besides, we’re curious.In a matter of fact fashion, how much could you make in 1 year using Derick’s JavaScript Fundamentals Screencast Bundle – at 50% off, even? But, have you received your last-chance email from Derick to make the purchase?It pays to be on Derick’s email list. Get the details at 9 m

The EntreProgrammers Episode 49.1 The Arena of Web LogThis is part 1 of episode 49. If part 2 of episode 49 isn’t just above, well it should be. Google+ and Facebook are having their heads chopped-off in this episode; John pushes the envelope and actually does an interview – no this is true, coming-up.Right-off, this discussion heats up fast. Is Google+ worth it? It doesn’t even give you the time of day – or does it? John seems to be straddling the fence as to its “powers.” Nonetheless, he recommends that Derick use it in marketing strategies.This works out great for Derick because he likes Google+…”one of three people who does,” he says; then Josh jumps in with a list of reasons why he doesn’t like Google+. Check this out.What’s your take on this? Do you use Google+? Please add to the confusion; leave your highly appreciated comments. Remember, it’s all about you and who you are. So, be you.Where did blog come from? Web Log. If you are thinking about writing your blog, wishing about someone writing your blog

The EntreProgrammers Episode 48.2 The Horror of DebtThis is part 2 of episode 48.Derick contemplates his email marketing strategy while The EntreProgrammers riddle him with ideas regarding his entrepreneurial direction. What will it be?John highly recommends that Derick email some of his old subscribes at watchmecode; renew the relationship with new material being offered.Get in on this conversation to watch how you can spin doctor some of your old friends. Give it a new twist as seen in this episode.Now Charles is giving the jab, jab, right hook. What? That’s right. This is actually a market strategy and you really should hear the way Charles explains a campaign to Derick. It is literally genius.Then, Charles wants to know how Josh gets out of bed so early in the morning. Is this a fair question? There is no mercy in The EntreProgrammers Arena.Do you use an alarm clock to get you up – whenever? Is there a special time that you are shooting for, but have a hard time with just getting out of bed?You really nee

The EntreProgrammers Episode 48.1 The Horror of Debt(Just a Reminder: Each episode now has 2 parts; this episode is 48.1 & 48.2, so after listening to 48.1, it becomes time to click on 48.2. Do you like this format better – or not. Please leave your comments below. Thank you for being a part of The EntreProgrammers Broadcast.)Derick and Charles claim to have “friends who are in debt.” Wonder who they are talking about? It appears that both “friends” are about $25,000 in debt. This is a question that an entrepreneur constantly faces – “How much should I go into debt to fuel my entrepreneurial efforts?”The EntreProgrammers go on the attack.The EntreProgrammers have the solution and give it to you in this episode. John offers the biggest of advice recommending the services of “a loan-shark” at 10% monthly interest. And, if you believe that, there’s this bridge…no wait, there’s a great horse running this weekend, a sure win.What is your total debt and how is it affecting your overall performance as an entrepr

The EntreProgrammers Episode 47.2 A Dark Room for iOSWith the increasing popularity of Amir’s app, he felt it necessary to have a trademark for it, taking 3 months just to get the paperwork filled-out, then another 6 months wait to allow anyone who feels it appropriate to contest Amir’s trademark application.In this episode, he speaks about how damage to his ownership of the app could take place in that 9 months period. As it turned out, different versions of his app began to appear. Amir tells how he dealt with this situation.Tune-in and become involved in community development with Amir who coaches beginner programmers on game development, plus he even wants to get your parents jamming in this community.Educated parents make it much easier for “young newbie programmer child” to explain what technology is required to create these games.Yes, Amir will even talk to your parents and give you a good review on your app involvement in the community.Belt colors are given to indicate that a person is advancing in Am