Introducing the IthacaTech Podcast!

Direct link (see below for show notes)

This is something we’ve wanted to do for a while - start an Ithaca-based tech podcast.  Michal and I are always coming across exciting new projects and technologies and we’d like to create a venue for sharing those discoveries and discussions with others, and, conversely, learning from others in the area.

We are aiming for a local focus - we want to highlight local business, events, music, etc.  To that end we are looking for:

• web and other software developers in the area that want to talk about what they are working on
• local music we can showcase or use as bumpers
• topic and segment ideas, send them in!
• feedback and corrections

If you have suggestions for podcast topics or would like to get involved with the podcast, let us know at podcast@incandescentsoftware.com (or just email us directly :).

Note: in the spirit of DIY, we are learning as we go. :) This first episode is pretty rough since we wanted to get our first show out there ASAP, so please excuse the audio quality!

- Aaron

Episode 0 - “The Rough In” Thurs. 6/16/11 Show notes

Today Michal discusses JavaScript frameworks and Aaron explains the Fork/Join pattern.

JavaScript frameworks discussed:

• http://microjs.com/
• http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/
• http://angularjs.org/
• http://knockoutjs.com/
• http://www.sproutcore.com/
• http://awardwinningfjords.com/2011/05/09/javascript-microframeworks-and-the-future.html

Fork/Join links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-join_queue
• http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/papers/fj.pdf
• http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency/forkjoin.html
• http://www.coopsoft.com/ar/CalamityArticle.html

Local links

• http://www.topographymarketing.com/ (thanks for letting us use your space guys!)

Podcast info

• Theme song by Brad Sucks, Flouride (demo).
• RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/incandescentsoftware/IthacaTechPodcast