Episodes

Zach Tellman is the author of the Leanpub book Elements of Clojure. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Zach about his background, the impact of the development of the first computers in a physics-oriented environment and the place of the computer in intellectual history, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author....

Marie Force is a New York Times bestselling author of romance fiction whose books have sold over seven million copies worldwide. In this interview, Marie talks about her interesting journey to life as a successful author, building a business around successful indie publishing, and about the Indie Author Support Network initiative, an organization devoted to advocating for the rights and interests of indie authors.

This interview was recorded on May 17, 2018.

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Gregor Hohpe is the author of the Leanpub book 37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation: A Chief Architect's Journey. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Gregor about his background, his education in Germany, his time at Stanford, the impact of our current political moment on the tech sector, what it's like working at Google, why insurance is interesting, his book, ...

Lorna Mitchell is the author of the Leanpub book Git Workbook: Self-Study Guide to Git. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lorna about her background, her public and her technical work as a Developer Advocate, Brexit and the tech sector in the UK, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

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Nicolai Josuttis is the author of the Leanpub book C++17 - The Complete Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nicolai about his background, the accidental nature of success as an author, how a programming language is maintained by a standardization committee, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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Based in Paris, Aymen El Amri is the author of the Leanpub book Saltstack For DevOps: Extremely fast and simple IT automation and configuration management. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Aymen about his background, his education in Tunisia, the distinction between being a software developer and being a software engineer, whether people should be able to vote in ele...

Dave Kawula is co-author of the Master Powershell Tricks Series and a number of other books on tech. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Dave about his unique background in tech, playing professional hockey, economic resilience in the Canadian province of Alberta, his experience writing for Microsoft, and the profitable way he has incorporated book publishing into his business.

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Fabian Geyrhalter is the author of the Leanpub book Bigger Than This: How to Turn Any Venture Into an Admired Brand. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Fabian about his background, moving to LA from Geneva, the US educational system and studying design, how to approach branding for early-stage companies or Series A startups, his surprising experience in an Amazo...

Ian Miell is the author of the Leanpub book Learn Bash the Hard Way: Master Bash Using The Only Method That Works. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ian about his background, his first experience with a computer, the benefits of studying at a university with a college system, what it's like to work at a company as it grows from 38 people to over 700, the ...

Viktor Farcic is the author of the DevOps Toolkit series. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Viktor about his background, the nature and importance of failure in software development, self-healing and self-adapting systems, the future of automation, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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Rob Lambert is the author of the Leanpub book 10 Behaviours Of Effective Employees. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Rob about his background, his book, how big changes in your personal life can lead to changes in your professional life, a surprising approach to managing millenials, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as ...

Gerald Weinberg is the author of Perfect Software and Other Illusions About Testing, amongst his many other books, many of which can be found published on Leanpub. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jerry about his fascinating background in computing, some of his experiences at IBM, his approach to writing, and the current political climate in the United ...

Nate Hoffelder is the force behind The Digital Reader, one of the best sources online for up-to-date information and analysis about the book publishing industry and innovation in book publishing and reading technology.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nate about changes in ebook technology and e-readers over time, about why some devices and approaches have failed, what Amazon is up to with its physica...

Benjamin Kelly is the author of the Leanpub book Standout: A career guide to gainful employment as a skilled software tester. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ben about his background, his martial arts training and competing in kendo, software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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Jim Holmes is the author of the Leanpub book The Leadership Journey: Practical tips on starting or changing your leadership journey. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jim about his background, Air Force boot camp and his experience in the military, his varied career in IT, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about Jim's experience as a self-publishe...

Mike Shatzkin is the Founder & CEO of The Idea Logical Company. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mike about his remarkable career, the history of major developments in book publishing spanning 50 years, and his thoughts about the future for an industry that has been experiencing constant upheaval for some time.

This interview was recorded on December 7, 2017.

Based in Oxford, Dan Holloway is a writer, performer, and mental health campaigner who, amongst his many other activities, writes a weekly self-publishing column at selfpublishingadvice.org.

In this interview, Dan discusses his education and career, his involvement in mind sports, the impact of AI and potential changes to net neutrality on publishers and authors, and other important issues facing writers and the boo...

Tony Robinson is the author of the Leanpub book Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Tony about his background in IT and security, the nature his work as a security analyst, his book, why he uses Kirby as his avatar online, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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Kyle Simpson is the author of the Leanpub book Functional-Light JavaScript: Balanced, Pragmatic FP in JavaScript. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Kyle about his background, the difference between programming and software engineering, his book and his crowdfunding campaign, his interesting experience with abandoning a popular Twitter account and the subsequent withdrawal, a surpr...

Tracy Osborn is the author of the Leanpub book Hello Web Design: Design Fundamentals and Shortcuts for Non-Designers. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Tracy about her background, how she taught herself programming to build her startup WeddingLovely, some in-the-weeds discussion of app design trends preferences, her successful ...

Katrina Clokie is the author of the Leanpub book A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Katrina about her background, the importance and nature of software testing, some interesting tools of the trade, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

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Rich Rogers is the author of the Leanpub book Changing Times: Quality for Humans in a Digital Age. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Rich about his background, working on a merger from within a big organization, moving to Australia, software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

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Samantha Laing is co-author of the Leanpub book Growing Agile: A Coach's Guide to Agile Testing and a number of other books under the Growing Agile brand.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Sam about her background, her career path, her books and her thoughts on Agile and other aspects of working life, and at t...

Brian Marick is the author of the Leanpub book An Outsider's Guide to Statically Typed Functional Programming. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Brian about his background, the origns of both Agile and Waterfall programming practices, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 2...

The team from Zapier has published a number of books on Leanpub including The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work: How to Grow, Manage and Work with Remote Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matthew Guay, senior editor and writer at Zapier, about his background, remote work and some interesting approaches to it...

Chris Hartjes is the author of the Leanpub book Building Test-Driven Developers. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Chris about his current work at Mozilla, the importance of design and getting out of your socioeconomic and other bubbles, the Magic: The Gathering meta game as a metaphor for great software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit ab...

Mark Pearl is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started with Mob Programming: A Practical, Pragmatic & Opinionated Guide for Co-Located Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark about his background, Mob Programming, John Oliver's interest in New Zealand politics, the challenges of rugby squad allegiance when you're ane expat, his bo...

Andy Gill is the author of the Leanpub book Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Andy about his background and what it's like to get started in the information security industry, the nature of that industry, the relationship between software penetration testing and martial arts, the internet of dea...

Ved Sen is the author of the Leanpub book Doing Digital: Connect, Quantify, Optimise. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ved about his background and work on the intersection of tech and doing business, Brexit, his book and his guidance for non-technical managers navigating a digital world, and at the end they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published aut...

Jane Friedman is a popular publishing industry consultant, speaker, lecturer, editor, and the author of Publishing 101: A First-Time Author’s Guide to Getting Published, Marketing and Promoting Your Book, and Building a Successful Career. Along with her colleague ...