Biz and Tech Podcasts > Technology > KIRUPA
Thought provoking and fun content that lives at the intersection of design 🎨, development 🤖, and business 💰!
Last Episode Date: 26 October 2024
Total Episodes: 34
Dan Gookin is probably one of the most prolific tech writers and content creators this planet has ever seen with over a 100 titles to his name. He is also the first author of the legendary For Dummies series of books, helping spawn one of the most successful and recognizable brands to ever find its way to a bookstore. In this chat, we cover everything from his love of writing, his interest in technology, his routine for to creating informative and humorous technical content, and a whole lot more. Enjoy! Collection of links from the show: --------------------- 🌎 Dan's Website: https://dangookin.com/ 📚 All of Dan's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APZGIG ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
Helena Zhang is the creator of Departure Mono, an excellent monospaced pixel font. She is also the creator of the instantly-recognizable and unique Phosphor icon library, used by many well-known brands. In this chat, Helena and I touch upon the ins and outs of font design, her sources of inspiration (spanning movies, books, pop culture, and more!). This is a highly visual talk where we dive into and out of a mind map Helena created, so definitely watch on a screen if possible. Collection of links from the show: --------------------- Helena's projects: • Departure Mono: http://departuremono.com • Phosphor icon library: http://phosphoricons.com Movies/TV: • Oblivion interfaces by GMUNK: https://gmunk.com/OBLIVION-GFX Type specimen sites: • Grilli Type minisites: https://gt-pantheon.com (more available from https://grillitype.com) Dithering • Ditherpunk article: https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/… Pixel fonts: • Silkscreen: https://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/… Pixel art: • Habbo Hotel: https://habbo.com • Gather: http://gather.town • eBoy: https://eboy.com • World's highest virtual building by Mr. Wong: http://mrwong.de/myhouse • DeeKay: https://instagram.com/deekaymotion/?hl=en… • MEK.txt: https://x.com/michaelmicasso • YUDHO: https://x.com/YUDHO_XYZ • 6VCR: https://x.com/sixveeceear
Chris Raroque is back! This time he shares some fantastic (and actionable) learnings around how he upped his marketing game by creating videos. We cover everything from how to get started, how to approach video creation, what tools to use, and a whole lot more. If you build anything online and want to reach more people, this conversation is for you! ------- 😀 Learn more about Chris: https://bento.me/raroque ------- 🐶 Try out Luna: https://lunabudgeting.com/ 🗓️ Try out Ellie: https://ellie.so/ 👔 Try out Mogul: https://mogulnetworking.com/ ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
Travis Fantina has been building cool technical projects for fun…well before that was considered cool! In this chat, he and I cover his journey into tech, why technology has gotten so complicated, the greatness of third places like libraries, his latest side project Postalbox, and a whole lot more! ------ 📘 Check out Travis’s site: https://www.travisfantina.com/ 🗞️ Postalbox (Travis’s latest project): https://postalbox.xyz/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kirupa 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com
Den Delimarsky is many things. Product Manager. Engineer. Reverse engineer-er of things. And a whole lot more. While my goal was to go deeper into his really fascinating projects that help you better visualize your game stats in the popular Halo games, we instead spoke about how to build great products, why some products fail, and why some products succeed, the role of engineering and product management in the world of AI, and a whole lot more. ------ 📘 Check out Den's blog: https://den.dev/ 🗞️ Den's podcast "The Work Item": https://theworkitem.com/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kirupa 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com
Ash Lamb is a talented illustrator and content creator. He is well known for creating minimalistic illustrations that capture interesting ideas and observations about life. Chances are high that you’ve seen Ash’s creations in your timeline! We talk about everything from how he got started, the key to marketing online, the power of platforms, extending the idea of open-world video games to real life, artificial intelligence, and a whole lot more. 📘 Check out Ash's site: https://www.ashlamb.com/ 🗞️ Subscribe to Ash's newsletter: https://letter.visualgrowth.com/ 🐦 Follow Ash on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ash_lmb ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kirupa 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com
Braden Snell is someone who turned his love for programming in high school into a formal pursuit in college. He then spent many years working as a software developer before embarking on the great entrepreneurial journey where he created Zilch, a fantastic learning resource that helps people learn programming in a fun and playful way. In this chat we talk a lot about how to pivot from a passion project to building a business, how to identify whether your business is on the right track, how to stretch and become a generalist capable of handling all aspects of building a product, and a whole lot more. 📘 Check out Zilch: https://www.zilch.dev/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
Pascal Pixel is a very talented designer, developer, and solopreneur. He has been tinkering in this space from a very early age and has a slew of fantastic projects that he can assign his name to, including his current project, the uniquely named Horse Browser. We’ll talk more about his projects as well as dive into the details of what makes for a successful design team. As a bonus, Pascal also happens to enjoy pixel art! 📘 Check out Pascal's site: https://pascalpixel.com/ 🐴 Check out Horse Browser: https://browser.horse/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
Jennifer Mathews, more commonly known as the SEOGoddess, is one of the world's top experts when it comes to search engine optimization and helping individuals and businesses rank successfully across Google searches. In this chat, we cover the ins-and-outs of SEO, how to hire a good SEO consultant, how Jenn got started, and more. 📘 Check out Jenn's site: https://seogoddess.com/ ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://kirupa.substack.com/ ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
Zoran Jambor is the influential developer and content creator behind CSSWeekly, a popular newsletter that has been going strong since 2012. In this fun chat, we talk about the early days of how we got started, what excites about CSS in the future, how he balances his time with other meaningful projects, and a whole lot more. 📘 Check out cssweekly: https://css-weekly.com ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------
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