Episodes

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.

This interview...

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.

This interview was rec...

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.

This intervie...

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 ...

Heidi Helfand is the author of the Leanpub book Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Heidi about her career, her interests, her book, and at the end they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

Mark Graban is the author of the Leanpub book Practicing Lean: Learning How to Learn How to get Better... Better. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark about his career, his interests, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about Mark's experience as a self-published author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ilya about his career, his interests, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about writing and self-publishing.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Iris about her career, her interests, her book, and at the end about Iris's experiences as an author with both conventional publishing and self-publishing.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Christina about her career, sailing, her book, and about her experience as a self-published author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nick about his career, which includes an education in classical language and work as a naval intelligence officer, his work on the Delphi software development kit, his books, and at the end he talks a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Derick about his career, working independently as a software developer and producing screencasts and other content, his books, and at the end as usual Derick talks a little bit about his experience as an author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Noel about his first encounters with computers, his career, the challenges that come with software consulting and client management and in particular the importance of trust, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about his experience as a conventionally published and as a self-published writer.

Known as "The Medical Futurist," Dr. Bertalan Meskó has a passionate interest in the future of healthcare, and he has been featured in the media by organizations including CNN, National Geographic, Forbes, the BBC, Time Magazine, and The New York Times. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Dr. Bertalan Meskó about the development of his career and his lifelong interest in healthcare, some fascinating trends in healthcare, and some of the accompanying moral challenges the industry and humanity generally will face ...

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Engin about his career, including his visual effects work on TV shows and movies, his book, and at the end they talk a little bit about his experience self-publishing a book.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Charles Betz about his career, the various forces that determine how computer science courses are designed in the US, the impact of software development and IT practices on the workforce, his book, and his experience self-publishing as an author on Leanpub.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Karen Greaves from Growing Agile about her career, moving from Cape Town to Seattle and back, the startup scene in South Africa, her books, and at the end they talk a little bit about Karen's experience self-publishing as an author on Leanpub.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Erik Dietrich about his education, his career, the origin of the modern form of the job interview, his book Developer Hegemony, and at the end they discuss Erik's experience as an author.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Tony Narlock about his education, his career, his book The Tao of tmux and Terminal Tricks, and at the end they discuss Tony's experience writing and self-publishing a book.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Corey Haines about his career, his book Understanding the Four Rules of Simple Design and other lessons from watching thousands of pairs work on Conway's Game of Life, and at the end they discuss Corey's experience writing and self-publishing a book.