Roundabout: Creative Chaos

On this episode we talk with Jack Menhorn. Jack is a professional sound designer, implementer and composer. He’s been making audio for games for more than 8 years. He’s currently a full-time Sound Designer at Boss Key Productions as well as the Editor in Chief of DesigningSound.org.

On this episode we talk with Jake Gundersen. Jake is an indie game developer, and co-host of the Ray Wenderlich podcast. He stopped by to chat about iOS Development and was kind enough to stick around for the after show.

On this episode we talk with Sarah Slean. Sarah is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, visual artist and occasional actress. She has released eleven albums to date and is currently working on her twelfth.

On this episode we talk with Janie Clayton. Janie is an iOS and Mac developer from Madison, WI. She write books, gives conference talks and cohosts the NSBrief podcast.

On this episode we talk with Ethan Long. Ethan is an award-winning and internationally recognized illustrator and children's book author with over 70 titles to his credit. He also has an Emmy-nominated television series.

On this episode we talk with Seth Clifford. Seth is the CIO at Nickelfish, an interactive firm based in Northern NJ, and he’s one of the founders of Derby. He’s also one of the hosts on the Iterate podcast.

On this episode we talk with Cesare Rocchi.   Cesare designs and develops web and mobile applications. He’s also the founder of Studio Magnolia, and a member of the Ray Wenderlich team.

On this episode we talk with Marin Todorov.   Marin is an independent iOS consultant, speaker, and author of the widely popular, iOS Animations by Tutorials.

On this episode we talk with Brianna Wu.   Brianna is a video game developer and cofounder of Giant Spacekat, an independent video game development studio. She stopped by for a bit to talk about her journey through the gaming industry.   Don't forget to stick around for the after show!

Welcome to the show, Chad Lilly! Chad is the Director at Lextech Global Services. He stopped by to talk with us about the world of technical recruiting, the do's and don'ts of resume writing, and some best practices to keep in mind when interviewing. Felipe also joins us in this episode. And in the after show, Chad sticks around as we move the conversation from recruiting to gaming! Imagine that!?

Andreas Loew is our guest on this episode.   Andreas is an independent developer from Germany. He's the mastermind behind popular game developer tools like TexturePacker, PhysicsEditor, and SpriteIlluminator. He stopped by to chat with us about his tools and how he got started.

On this episode, we have Drew Dudley. As the Founder and Chief Catalyst of Nuance Leadership Inc., Drew works with organizations around the world to empower people to increase their leadership capacity. He's been featured on The Huffington Post, Radio America, Forbes.com, and TED.com, where his “TED talk” has been voted “one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time” and viewed over a million times.

On this episode, we have Dr. John Dorman. In addition to being a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon, John is also an independent iOS developer, part-time writer, and coconspirator on the book Computers Are Everywhere.

On this episode, Tammy had the honor of speaking with Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley. In 1962, Dame Stephanie founded Freelance Programers, a software firm with innovative work practices — and (mainly) women employees. Dame Stephanie has often been called The first lady of technology. Today Dame Stephanie devotes her time to giving back to society. 

On this episode we talk with John Kovalic. John is the illustrator behind games like Apples to Apples and Munchkin. He’s also the creator of the award-winning comic strip Dork Tower.

On this episode we talk with Maddy Myers. Maddy is the Assistant Games Editor at Paste Magazine. And she’s also the host of a weekly gaming podcast called Isometric. Also, introducting our new co-host: Charlie Fulton.

On this episode we talk with Greg Heo.   Greg is a software developer and code wrangler from Toronto, Canada. He’s been part of the raywenderlich.com editorial team since 2012 and has been playing with computers since the 80s.

On this episode we talk with Zac Retz. Zac is color artist and character designer for film and video games. He's worked with clients like Disney and Nickelodeon. In 2012 he illustrated a children's picture book, "Too Much Glue" through Flashlight Press. His primary focus is on color, lighting, and character development.

On this episode we talk with Nate Maingard. Nate is a modern troubadour and award-winning singer-songwriter. He was born at the Southern tip of Africa and spends his time roaming Planet Earth as a free-spirited nomad.

On this episode we talk with Michele Titolo. Michele is a software engineer currently working at reddit. She is also the CTO of Women Who Code and a Core Team member of CocoaPods.