Podcasts by Chit Chat Across the Pond

CCATP #781 — Bart Busschots on PBS 157 of X — jq: Querying JSON with `jq` from 2023-12-09T18:09:14

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots continues his instruction on learning more about how to use the jq language to query JSON files. We get into the thick of it as B...

CCATP #780 — Jason Howell on Using Android with a Mac from 2023-12-04T17:58:22

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, Jason Howell, podcaster and producer for the TWiT network, and Listen

CCATP # 779 — Bart Busschots on PBS 156 of X — Extracting Data with `jq` from 2023-11-25T15:57:24

After the last episode of Programming By Stealth where Bart gave us an intro to jq and the problems it can solve, this week we start to get our feet wet by learning how to extract data from JSON...

CCATP #778 — Bart Busschots on PBS 155 – Introducing JSON Processing from the Shell with `jq` from 2023-11-18T17:19:40

After our annual break from Programming By Stealth that happens at an unknown time for an unknown length every single year, Bart and I are back with a new episode of Programming By Stealth. Bar...

CCATP #777 Angela Preston on Creating an Open Source Knitting Font from 2023-11-06T08:00:39

One of the great joys of Mastodon is that I’m meeting new people with a cross-section of interests that overlap with my own. By following hashtags like #programming and #technology and #knitting...

CCATP #776 Adam Engst on iPhone Recommendations for Senior Citizens from 2023-11-02T18:35:24

After a long hiatus for which I have no excuse, Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite is back with a fabulous interview with Adam Engst, publisher of the long-running Internet-based email newsletter, <...

CCATP #775 — Bart Busschots on PBS 154 — Bash: Expansions&Brackets Redux from 2023-09-02T17:26:30

Bart Busschots joins us for Programming By Stealth with the final installment of our miniseries on Bash. He explains a few new concepts, but the real value of this installment and especially his...

CCATP #774 — Bart Busschots on PBS 153 – Bash: Functions&Scope from 2023-07-29T17:18:22

In Programming By Stealth, we've come to the end of our journey with Bash. I'll be sad to have it complete because as I tell Bart in this episode, I've really enjoyed it. Next time he will do a...

CCATP #773 — Bart Busschots on PBS 152B — Bash: xargs&Easier Arithmetic from 2023-07-08T12:56:59

In Programming By Stealth 152A Bart and I decided to hold off on the middle of the lesson he'd written up. That middle bit where he said to "put a pin in it" was about the use of `xargs`. I'm r...

CCATP #772 — Dr. Jason Briner on Studying the Greenland Polar Ice Sheet from 2023-06-30T14:41:50

I'm on a roll with scientists on Chit Chat Across the Pond. This week my guest is Professor Jason Briner from the University of Buffalo. Dr. Briner joins us to tell us tales of adventure as he ...

CCATP #771 — Bart Busschots on PBS 152A — Bash: xargs&Easier Arithmetic from 2023-06-25T13:41:13

I don't always make the time to pre-read the shownotes for Programming By Stealth but I never regret when I do make the time. That was especially true this week. In this installment, Bart Bussch...

CCATP #770 — Nobel Laureate Dr. Andrea Ghez on our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole from 2023-06-23T12:05:01

ave you always figured that astrophysics was a subject beyond your grasp? In this week's Chit Chat Across the Pond, Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Andrea Ghez from UCLA joins me to explain how she and ...

CCATP #769 — Bart Busschots on visionOS from 2023-06-10T17:14:43

This week our guest is Bart Busschots but this is not a Programming By Stealth episode, it's a Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite. At least within my personal definition of Lite!

Bart joined...

CCATP #768 — Bart Busschots on PBS 151 of X — Bash: Printf and More from 2023-05-27T18:45:28

This week's Programming By Stealth wasn't a heavy lift but I managed to get confused a couple of times anyway so expect lots of questions from me in this one. Bart started the show by telling us...

CCATP #767 – Bart Busschots on PBS 150 of X – Bash Script Plumbing (Take Two) from 2023-05-13T17:47:13

When Bart and I recorded PBS 150 on Bash Script Terminal Plumbing, neither of us was happy with it. I got very confused in the middle, and Bart decided that his original strategy might have been...

CCATP #766 — Dr. Maryanne Garry on Influencing Delusions About Highly Complex Skills from 2023-04-23T11:29:49

This week our guest is your favorite psychological scientist, Dr. Maryanne Garry of the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Listen

CCATP #765 — Bart Busschots on PBS 149 of X — Better Arguments with POSIX Special Variables and Options from 2023-04-16T13:46:18

In this rather mind-bendy episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes into the weird world of POSIX special variables and options. He refers to some of them as being like handling nu...

CCATP #764 — Adam Engst on Mac Cloud Storage Changes from 2023-04-13T14:31:26

Adam Engst of TidBITS joins me on Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite to talk about the changes Apple made recently to the File Provid...

CCATP #763 — Bart Busschots on PBS 148 – A Bash Potpourri (Subshells, Relative Paths&More) from 2023-03-25T18:03:58

This week's Programming By Stealth is a great lesson on how no matter how long you've been coding, you'll still get caught out from time to time and think that the universe makes no sense. When...

CCATP #762 — Bart Busschots on PBS #147 – Bash Arrays from 2023-03-18T15:16:55

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart walks us through how to create, add to, and extract from arrays using Bash. It's a very light episode, which I manage to drag out longer by...

CCATP #761 — Bart Busschots on PBS 146 of X – Shell Loops from 2023-03-04T17:05:58

As Bart continues our education in shell scripting, he explains the simplicity of looping. He explains the four types of loops: while, until, for, and select, along with the simple syntax of do/...

CCATP #760 — Rod Simmons on Migrating from LastPass to 1Password from 2023-03-01T12:56:43

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, Rod Simmons of the SMR Podcast and Listen

CCATP #759 — Bart Busschots on PBS 145 of X — Shell Conditionals from 2023-02-18T17:40:38

Bart continues his miniseries on shell scripting by teaching us conditionals in the shell. In order to explain why conditionals are a bit odd in shell scripting, Bart first walks us through how ...

CCATP #758 – Bart Busschots on PBS 144 – Basic Shell Script IO from 2023-02-04T15:58:30

This week our guest is Bart Busschots with Programming By Stealth 144. When last we recorded, Bart started teaching us the basics of shell scripting using Bash. We learned how to collect termina...

CCATP #757 Bart Busschots on PBS 143 — Shell Script Basics from 2023-01-07T17:50:12

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots starts building out one more tool in our toolbox: shell scripts. Bart starts with the basics explaining how to tell our little sc...

CCATP #756 — Bart Busschots on the Meaning of Verification and Twitter/Mastodon Implementations from 2022-12-17T16:27:41

In this final Chit Chat Across the Pond of the year, Bart Busschots joins us to talk about what verification really means, how you know a website is what it says it is, and how verification is a...

CCATP #755 — Bart Busschots on PBS 142 — The XKPasswdJS Project Kickoff! from 2022-12-10T16:37:57

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart officially kicks off the XKPasswdJS project. This is what we've all been waiting for! As I said to Bart at the end of our recording, we...

CCATP #754 — Casey Liss on Automations From the Absurd to the Delightful from 2022-12-09T07:16:40

On this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, we're joined by developer Casey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast and cr...

CCATP #753 Nic of Nic's HomePod Repair from 2022-12-04T15:29:13

This week our guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Nic of Nic’s HomePod Repair. You might remember the article about Steve’s amazing experience with Nic repai...

CCATP #752 — Bart Busschots on PBS 141 — Generating UML Class Diagrams with Mermaid (Don't Cuddle the Mermaid) from 2022-11-26T19:48:42

In the last installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart taught us all about UML class diagrams for documenting the structure of our code. In this installment, Bart teaches us how to use the ASCI...

CCATP #751 — Bart Busschots on PBS 140 of X — UML Class Diagrams from 2022-11-12T16:42:50

Bart and I are back from summer vacation to kick back into gear on Programming By Stealth. As you may remember, we've been learning all of the tools we'll need to rewrite, test, and document Bar...

CCATP #750 Dave Hamilton on WiFi 6E Backhaul and Why You Might Care from 2022-11-07T16:21:42

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CCATP #749 Bart Busschots on Understanding the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape from 2022-10-30T14:33:16

This week our guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Bart Busschots with a talk that's part Security Bits, part Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite. Bart has been asked to speak at a Mac User's Group...

CCATP #748 – Darcy Hegarty on His Unusual Screencasting Process from 2022-10-26T16:26:55

This week I'm pleased to introduce you to Darcy Hegarty on Chit Chat Across the Pond. Darcy is a fellow screencaster for Don McAllister's ScreenCastsOnline and I'm really impressed with the vid...

CCATP #747 – Dan Moren on Baby Tech from 2022-10-21T15:16:44

This week our guest is Dan Moren (https://dmoren.com/). Dan is the author of the Galactic Cold War series of sci-fi espionage capers, a former senior editor at Macworld, a writer for Six Colors...

CCATP #746 – Antonio Rosario on iPhone 14 Pro Max From a Different Angle from 2022-10-11T07:11:58

Antonio Rosario bills himself as a full-time unemployed photographer, part-time semi-employed videographer and photography instructor, and a volunteer bimonthly podcaster. He sent out a tweet ...

CCATP #745 – Bart Busschots on Zero Trust from 2022-10-03T18:22:36

In this "Lite" episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots teaches us about a relatively new concept in IT security called Zero Trust. He explains how the old ways of simply securing th...

CCATP #744 – Paul Kafasis on 20 Years of Audio Software Development from 2022-09-28T13:56:45

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CCATP #743 – Bart Busschots on PBS Tidbit 6 of Y — A Real-World Webpack Case Study from 2022-09-17T18:49:41

In the past few episodes of Programming By Stealth, Bart has been walking us through worked examples to demonstrate how to roll up a web app using Webpack. These worked examples have been contri...

CCATP #742 – Bart Busschots on PBS 139 of X — Bundling a Web App/Site with Webpack (Part 2) from 2022-09-03T17:27:11

In our last installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart started teaching us how to bundle an app/website using our bundler of choice, Webpack. The app/website he's creating for us is very simpli...

CCATP #741 – Tom Merritt on Touchscreens vs. Buttons in Cars from 2022-08-31T20:33:18

Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show joins me on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk about a recent study published by Sweden’s biggest car magazine, ViBilägare. The study timed drivers in how ...

CCATP #740 – Allison on Bart's Let's Talk Photography – Mirrorless Camera Conversion from 2022-08-21T11:44:50

This is another crossover episode - it's an interview Bart Busschots did with me for his Let's Talk Photography podcast at [lets-talk.ie/...](https://lets-talk.ie/) about the conversion I made ages...

CCATP #739 – Bodie Grimm Interviews Orange Charger from 2022-08-15T17:21:21

A few years ago, when the SMR podcast hosts took over the NosillaCast while I was on vacation, Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show called it "The Crossover Event of the Summer." Since then, ...

CCATP #738 – Bart Busschots on PBS 138 – Bundling a Web App/Site with Webpack (Part 1) from 2022-08-04T18:28:41

We're back in the saddle after a summer of "PBS Adjacent" installments. Our last real PBS was learning how to use Webpack to bundle a JavaScript library for sharing with the world. That was coo...

CCATP #737 Mark Pouley on Starlink Satellite Service from 2022-07-11T20:03:47

Mark Pouley, the photographer behind Twin Lakes Images lives in a home that is in an urban area, but on a long, private road that hasn’t been fed by fib...

CCATP #736 – Bart Busschots on PBS Tidbit 5 of Y — Tips for the Vacationing Programmer from 2022-07-10T08:10:12

I'm about to go on vacation where I suspect I'll have little to no Internet to play with. It would be really cool if I could use any downtime (like on the 11-hour plane flight) to do some progra...

CCATP #735 Molly DeFrank on her Book "Digital Detox: The Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids" from 2022-07-06T17:45:25

In this week's Chit Chat Across the Pond, I interview author Molly DeFrank on her book "Digital Detox: The Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids" along with Lindsay Tondee who put Molly's advice to the t...

CCATP #734 – Seamus Lavery on Raising a Service Dog from 2022-06-24T16:11:44

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, I'm joined by long-time NosillaCastaway Seamus Lavery. Seamus started posting photos of his black lab Quaid to the live chatroom, and then ex...

CCATP #733 – Brian Hoffman takes Solar to a New Level - Co-Interview with Steve Sheridan from 2022-06-13T09:39:40

Recently Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane of DTNS fame hosted what they called a ...

CCATP #732 – Ask Me Anything (About Security) with Bart Busschots from 2022-06-11T17:12:42

This week our guest is Bart Busschots. This week we're going to do something a little different; we're doing an "Ask Me Anything (About Security)". I sent out the request for questions to our S...

CCATP #731 – Bodie Grimm with Chris Ashley – Ford F150 Lightning EV from 2022-06-02T08:05

In yet another crossover episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bodie Grimm of the Kilowatt Podcast joins me to talk about EVs. But this isn't just ...

CCATP #730 – Bart Busschots on Thinking About Security from 2022-05-28T17:37

In this Lite version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots talks to us about he thinks about security. Rather than try to tell us with exacting precision what to do about a current threat...

CCATP #729 – John Siracusa on Many Things Including Display Technologies from 2022-05-19T13:50:30

Our guest this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond is John Siracusa of the Accidental Tech Podcast, Listen

CCATP #728 — Bart Busschots on Why FIDO Passkeys Rock from 2022-05-14T19:04:57

Back in August of 2019, Bart Busschots told us about how someday in the future, we would be able be livin...

CCATP #727 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on How Everything You Remember is Wrong from 2022-05-12T16:36:07

One of my pet peeves is podcasters who air reruns. Today I am that podcaster but I think I can justify what I'm doing so bear with me here. On June 1st, 2014, Dr. Maryanne Garry made her debut...

CCATP #726 – Bart Busschots on Email on Your Own Domain from 2022-04-30T21:17:37

In this ~lite episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots explains why it's a good idea to have your an email address on your own domain. Then he digs deep into all of the different te...

CCATP #725 – Erin Carson on Ear Worms and TikTok from 2022-04-20T11:15:17

This week our guest is Erin Carson, Senior Writer at CNET. She came on the show to talk to me about ear worms and the effect that TikTok is having on their prevalence. We go over the research s...

CCATP #724 – Bart Busschots on PBS 137 of X — Bundling a Library with Webpack from 2022-04-17T16:05:27

We have one more thing to learn as we gear up to actually start writing modern code for Bart's HSXKPasswd tool. The last piece of our tool kit is a bundler. In this installment Bart teaches what...

CCATP #723 – Bodie Grimm Kilowatt Crossover on Self Driving, Solar Batteries, and More from 2022-04-16T10:55:10

While Steve and I were in Phoenix visiting Steve's sister, we made a trip out to meet the awesome Bodie Grimm, host of the Kilowatt podcast at 918digital.com...

CCATP #722 – Tom Merritt on the Past, Present, and Future of Messaging from 2022-04-05T17:49:13

This week's guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Tom Merritt, host of the Daily Tech News Show, Cord Killers, Know a Little More, Sword and Laser and more podcasts than I can count. He's also a...

CCATP #721 – Bart Busschots on PBS Tibit 4 of Y — Rethinking a Web App – from Web Server to Cloud Stack from 2022-04-01T12:10:23

Over the past few months, podfeet.com went through a period of really poor performance. My site hadn't been snappy in the last few years with page loads of up to 6 seconds, but it hit a tipping ...

CCATP #720 – Jill from the North Woods on Switching from Windows to Mac from 2022-03-24T20:40:50

Jill from the North Woods, host of the delightful and inspiring Start with Small Steps Podcast at smallstepspod.com decided a ...

CCATP #719 – Bart Busschots on PBS Tidbits 3 of Y from 2022-03-19T17:52:02

In this Programming By Stealth adjacent installment labeled Tidbits 3 of Y, Bart Busschots talks to us about the dangers of using other people's code in your code, and the danger of not using ot...

CCATP #718 – Adam Engst of TidBITS on Apple's March Peek Event from 2022-03-10T13:22:16

If you're looking for a methodical walk through the Apple March Peek Event that discusses point-by-point every detail and spec that Apple presented, you will be sorely disappointed with this wee...

CCATP #717 – Bart Busschots on PBS 136 of X — More Jesting from 2022-03-05T16:47:52

Bart Busschots taught us the basics of Jest last time for our Test Driven Development environment. This week we learn to group our tests using the `describe()` function in Jest. Grouping tests w...

CCATP #716 – Cheyenne Swenson on the Kia EV6 "Spaceship" from 2022-02-24T18:44:28

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CCATP #715 – Bart Busschots on PBS 135 of X – Introducing Jest (and re-Introducing Test Driven Development&Unit Testing) from 2022-02-19T16:45:07

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart takes us down memory lane to 102 episodes ago when he first introduced us to the concept of test-driven development. He explains why b...

CCATP #714 – Bart Busschots – It's Ok to Play a Different Game! from 2022-02-06T19:58:31

This episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond perfectly straddles the line between Programming By Stealth and Lite. While it's definitely a nerdy discussion topic, Bart Busschots is really just tell...

CCATP #713 – Bart Busschots on PBS 134 of X — Firming up our Foundations (2 of 2) from 2022-01-22T18:49:30

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots finishes firming up our foundation on a few more things before we meet Jest, which will be the Test Driven Development (TDD) environ...

CCATP #712 – Alec Johnson on One Take Video Production from 2022-01-21T11:18:39

This week's guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is the Wizard Alec Johnson. Alec is the host of the YouTube channel ...

CCATP #711 – Bart Busschots on PBS 133 of X – Firming up our Foundations (1 of 2) from 2022-01-10T14:50:58

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes us through some review in order to prepare us to begin our journey into test driven development (TDD) with the tool Jest which...

CCATP #710 – Bart Busschots on PBS 132 of X — Managing JSDoc from 2021-12-21T19:36:35

In this final Programming By Stealth and final Chit Chat Across the Pond for 2021, Bart teaches us how to manage our documentation in JSDoc. As any good programmer, he insists on automating as ...

CCATP #709 – Adam Engst on the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking from 2021-12-14T16:52:43

Adam Engst, publisher of the long-running Internet-based email newsletter, TidBITS joins us on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk about an Listen

CCATP #708 – Bart Busschots on PBS 131 – Introducing JSDoc from 2021-12-13T19:30:06

This week's Chit Chat Across the Pond is another installment of Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots. In our last installment, Bart explained why good documentation matters to ourselves an...

CCATP #707 – Tom Merritt on Meta and the Metaverse from 2021-12-02T17:47:50

In late October, Facebook announced that The Facebook Company was name to Meta. A little bit later, Listen

CCATP #706 – Bart Busschots on PBS 130 of X – Good Technical Documentation from 2021-11-27T18:42

As we embark on our journey to create a JavaScript module for the strong, memorable password generating service XKPASSWD, Bart explains the importance of creating good documentation. That sounds...

CCATP #705 – PBS 129 of X - ESLint with Guest Instructor Helma Van der Linden from 2021-11-14T12:58:50

Bart Busschots had a vision that certain things we would learn in Phase 2 of Programming By Stealth would be taught by guest lecturers. I thought he was bananas that this would work, but Helma V...

CCATP #704 – Chris Ashley&Rod Simmons on BBQ and Tech Podcast with Steve Sheridan from 2021-11-05T13:34:02

This week I'm pleased to have Chris Ashley and Rod Simmons on the Chit Chat Across the Pond. You may know them from the SMR Podcast they do with Robb Dunewood, or you may remember them from the...

CCATP #703 – Bart Busschots on PBS 128 of X – JavaScript Module Basics from 2021-11-02T18:34:03

This installment of Programming By Stealth could probably have been two segments but all of us are itching to get moving quickly so we decided to power through. In the first part of the install...

CCATP #702 – Doc Rock Explains ProRes Video&We Talk new M1 Max Macs from 2021-10-18T18:48:39

Doc Rock joins me for a fantastic discussion on Chit Chat Across the Pond. I asked Doc on the show originally to come on and explain ProRes video to me, but Apple delighted us by dropping the n...

CCATP #701 – Bart Busschots on PBS 127 of X – Introducing NPM (and Node) from 2021-10-16T16:16:18

As we launch full steam into Phase 2 of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots introduces us to the Node Package Manager and Node itself. Unlike our mini-series within a series for Git and Chez...

CCATP #700 – Bart Busschots on PBS 126 of X - Introducing Phase 2 from 2021-10-03T13:03:35

At episode 700! of Chit Chat Across the Pond we take Programming By Stealth into what Bart is calling Phase 2. We've learned a great deal about the client side of programming and we're now goin...

CCATP #699 – Bart Busschots on PBS 125 of X – Chezmoi on Multiple Computers from 2021-09-18T16:48:24

In this final episode of Programming By Stealth before we launch into the back end of web development with PHP, Bart finishes his miniseries on Chezmoi to manage dot files. In this installment ...

CCATP #698 – Bart Busschots on PBS 124 of X – Chezmoi Templates from 2021-09-04T17:48:17

Bart has been really excited to teach this next installment of Programming By Stealth where we really dig into learning about Chezmoi templates, including learning functions and arguments, how t...

CCATP #697 – Bodie Grimm Explains EV Fires and Teslas Hitting Emergency Vehicles from 2021-08-23T14:19:58

CCATP #697 for August 23, 2021, and I'm your host, Allison Sheridan. This week our guest is Bodie Grimm. Along with being a podcaster who specializes in the news about electric vehicles on his ...

CCATP #696 – Bart Busschots on PBS 123 of X — Backing up and Syncing Dot Files with Chezmoi from 2021-08-22T20:44:38

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots continues his instruction on how to use the open source tool Chezmoi to manage our dot files, those hidden configuration files on...

CCATP #695 – Bart Busschots on PBS 122 – Managing Dot Files with Chezmoi from 2021-08-08T13:05:46

In our previous installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart introduced us to Chezmoi, an open source tool to help us manage dot files, those hidden configuration files that get created on our Ma...

CCATP #694 Dr. Niki Ackermans on Anatomy and Neuroscience with Oxen and Sheep from 2021-08-07T17:45:35

This week our guest is Dr. Niki Ackermans. Dr. Ackermans is a Postdoctoral fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City. Her...

CCATP #693 – Bart Busschots on PBS 121 of X — Managing Dot Files and an Introduction to Chezmoi from 2021-07-23T17:13:43

As we've become nerdier while learning from Bart, we had started to add hidden configuration files to our Macs and PCs. On the Mac, these configuration files hidden by default by putting a dot i...

CCATP #692 – Bart Busschots on PBS 120 – Ignoring Files in Git from 2021-07-10T17:16:18

A few weeks ago I told Bart off the air that when he was done with his mini-series within a series all about the version control system Git, I'd like a few minutes with him offline so he could e...

CCATP #691 – Melissa Davis on Setting up iPhone for Vintage Users in a Dignified Way from 2021-06-30T15:00:19

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Melissa Davis, aka TheMacMommy joins me to give us her tips for setting up an iPhone for a "Vintage User", in a dignified way. If you've ever...

CCATP #690 – Bart Busschots on PBS 119 of X — Open Source on GitHub from 2021-06-27T15:56:44

As promised, Bart takes us through the final step in our GitHub journey - learning how to contribute to an open source project. He explains three open source scenarios: using someone's code exa...

CCATP #689 – Bodie Grimm with Allison and Steve on Tesla Fiddly Bits from 2021-06-20T11:07:37

This week we have a very different episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite. On the awesome Kilowatt podcast (a show all about electric vehicles), host Bodie...

CCATP #688 – Bart Busschots on PBS 118 of X — JavaScript Apps with GitHub Pages from 2021-06-12T12:23:40

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us how to use a free service of GitHub called GitHub Pages. This service literally gives you free web hosting for the web a...

CCATP #687 – Mikah Sargent on What Thread Means for the Internet of Things from 2021-05-31T15:20:59

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CCATP #686 – Bart Busschots on PBS #117 of X – Introducing GitHub from 2021-05-29T17:33:14

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart teaches us how to use GitHub as a public repository for our code, or for anything we write for that matter. He reviews whey he chose Gi...

CCATP #685 – Bart Busschots on PBS 116 0f X – Team Git from 2021-05-15T17:29:06

In previous installments of our Git miniseries within a series in Programming By Stealth, Bart taught us how to work in Git standalone on one computer, then how to work as one developer with mul...

CCATP #684 – Bart Busschots on PBS #115 of X – The Push&Pull of Git from 2021-05-01T18:24:48

When Bart started this mini-series within a series on using Git for version control, he explained that our journey would be in three Phases. Phase 1 was the section where we learned about local...

CCATP #683 – Christophe Zajek-Denek is Kind of a Big Deal from 2021-04-28T18:12:46

This week's guest is Christophe Zajek-Denek. Christophe worked as a TV producer while touring in a rock band, he’s a drummer, an actor and stuntman, a surfer, a journalist, a podcaster, and publ...

CCATP #682 – Doc Rock on Apple Spring Loaded Event from 2021-04-21T18:46:34

This week's guest is Doc Rock to talk about the Apple Spring Loaded Event. Doc's background in all things Apple as well as high end live video makes him the perfect person to talk about this ev...

CCATP #681 – Bart Busschots on PBS 114 – Tracking Git Branches from 2021-04-17T18:15:10

We continue on our journey to learn how to use Git to do version control as a single person, but this time with multiple devices. As Bart says during this episode, "Who is learning to program here ...

CCATP #680 – Gregg Vanderheiden on 50 Years in Accessibility from 2021-04-06T16:48:23

This week our guest is Gregg Vanderheiden, Professor and Director Trace R&D Center at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland.

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CCATP #679 – Bart Busschots on PBS 113 of X My First Git Remote from 2021-04-03T18:24:12

Last time on Programming By Stealth, Bart introduced the concept of remote repositories, also known as remotes. It was one of those episodes where we learned a lot but didn't get to apply what ...

CCATP #678 – Matt Campbell on Accessibility Overlays&Cloudflare Remote Browser Isolation from 2021-03-29T18:36:34

Matt Campbell is a blind software developer who has specialized in making computers more accessible to blind people for over 20 years. He was the lead developer for Serotek for 15 years, where h...

CCATP #677 – Bart Busschots on PBS 112 of X – Introducing Git Remotes from 2021-03-20T18:47:17

In this next installment in our mini-series on learning Git, Bart Busschots gives us some foundational knowledge on how to work beyond being one person with one Git repository.

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CCATP #676 – Jill McKinley on Windows to Mac Conversion from 2021-03-20T18:12:13

This week our guest is Jill McKinley, aka Jill from the North Woods. I’ve been using a Mac since 1984, and other than a 3-year stint using Windows Vista at work, I’ve been heads down in the Mac...

CCATP #675 – Working from Home Part 2 – Allister Jenks&Lindsay Tondee from 2021-03-13T16:57:28

In the last Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, Lindsay Tondee made her debut appearance where we talked about working from home. After the show published, Allister Jenks wrote to me and told ...

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CCATP #674 — Cooking Like a Programmer from 2021-03-06T18:32:17

Bart Busschots joins us for Chit Chat Across the Pond in an episode of what he calls "Programming Adjacent". It's not about programming, it's actually about cooking and not wasting food. But Bart...

CCATP #673 – Lindsay Tondee on Working from Home from 2021-02-27T08:00:46

Lindsay Tondee, Senior Manager in Quality Assurance at a global pharmaceutical company, joins us to talk about whether it's a good or a bad thing that companies are thinking about having their w...

CCATP #672 – TTT 37A of n – SSH Agents from 2021-02-20T18:46:59

In 2017 on Taming the Terminal installment 37 of n, Bart taught us about SSH agents and the advantages of using a passphrase to further protect your SSH keys. In the intervening four years, thin...

CCATP #671 – Allison Sheridan on American Council of the Blind Radio from 2021-02-14T16:29:49

This week the tables are turned and you'll actually hear me being interviewed. I was asked to be on the Magic Mac Show, which is on the American Council of the Blind's streaming radio channel. ...

CCATP #670 – Ken Ray on Apple's Record-Breaking Earnings Call from 2021-02-02T20:20:36

This week our guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Ken Ray, host of the macOS Ken Podcast, hosted at[ macosken.com](http://macosken.com). You may have been wondering why Ken had never been on ...

CCATP #669 – Bart Busschots on PBS 111 of X – Stashing Changes from 2021-01-31T16:28:39

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart teaches us how Git can help us when we forget to switch to the correct branch before starting to make changes to our code. We're only human, ...

CCATP #668 – Bart Busschots on PBS 110 of X – Merge Conflicts from 2021-01-16T18:04:30

In this installment of Programming By Stealth Bart teaches us how to deal with conflicts in branches of our code. He has been purposely only changing one thing at a time before now, but it's tim...

CCATP #667 – Mike Price on Keyboard Maestro from 2021-01-06T17:12:01

This week our guest for Chit Chat Across the Pond is Mike Price, also known as @Grumpy in the podfeet slack and our Listen

CCATP #666 – Bart Busschots on PBS 109 of X — SemVar&Structured Commits from 2020-12-28T20:44:48

We continue our mini-series within a series learning the version control system Git. We learn two methods to enhance our branching strategy. First, we'll walk through some basic principles on ho...

CCATP #665 – Bart Busschots on PBS 108 of X — Merging&Tagging from 2020-12-18T10:34:41

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots continues on his series within a series explaining the version control system Git. We advance in our branching strategy by working ...

CCATP #664 – Tom Merritt on Time Management from 2020-12-08T19:33:19

This week's guest is Tom Merritt, prolific podcaster, author, and lover of dogs. I asked Tom to come on the show to explain how on earth he does as much as he does. We walk through all of his p...

CCATP #663 – Bart Busschots on PBS 107 of X – Branching Basics from 2020-11-29T14:58:36

This week in our miniseries on learning the version control system Git, Bart dips our proverbial toe into branching. Branches allow us, as developers, to work on bugs or feature enhancements in...

CCATP #662 – Rod Simmons on Screencasting Tips and Tricks from 2020-11-24T18:03:15

This week Rod Simmons of the SMR Podcast smrpodcast.com/... joins me to talk about our tips and tricks for doing effective scree...

CCATP #661 – Bart Busschots on PBS 106 of X — Time Travel with Git from 2020-11-20T06:45:02

As we continue to learn Git from the command line for version control, Bart teaches us some tricks to travel through time. First he shows us how to view more compact Git logs so we can just see...

CCATP #660 – Lory Gil on M1 Macs from 2020-11-13T08:37:40

It wouldn’t be an Apple announcement week without Lory Gil joining us, managing editor of iMore. We start the conversation by tal...

CCATP #659 – Bart Busschots on PBS 105 – Seeing the Past with Git from 2020-11-07T17:58:59

Bart takes us on a time traveling adventure with Git. By using commands like `git diff` we can see changes over time, but we can actually see older versions of the code in a couple of ways. Using ...

CCATP #658 – Bart Busschots on PBS 104 – Tracking Changes in Git from 2020-10-24T19:54:17

In our next baby step in learning to use the version control system Git, Bart teaches us how to track changes. We start by doing a bit of housekeeping, especially for Mac users to set Git to al...

CCATP #657 – Lory Gil on the iPhone 12 Announcement from 2020-10-16T16:29:50

Lory Gil, managing editor from iMore is back to talk about the new toys announced by Apple this week. In a show where we do NOT talk about 5G we instead talk about how cool it is that Apple brou...

CCATP #656 – Bart Busschots on PBS 103 of X — Getting Started With Git from 2020-10-11T12:56:42

After some quick revision from the previous episode, Bart explains how Git commands work with their subcommands. We start by looking at how to configure Git and the differences between local, g...

CCATP #655 – Jill (from the North Woods) McKinley on Starting a Podcast from 2020-10-01T21:18:33

This week our guest is Jill McKinley of the Start with Small Steps Podcast at smallstepspod.com. Those of you who listen t...

CCATP #654 – Bart Busschots on PBS 102 of X – Introducing Git from 2020-09-27T14:04:08

In our last Programming By Stealth we learned about the concept of version control, and the evolution from client/server version control to peer-to-peer version control and the creation of Git. ...

CCATP #653 – Lory Gil on New Apple Watches, iPads and Services from 2020-09-16T17:26:41

With the new announcements of Apple Watches, iPads and services like Fitness+ and Apple One, the best person to talk to is Lory Gil, managing editor of iMore. In this episode we talk about whet...

CCATP #652 – Bart Busschots on PBS 101 - Introducing Version Control from 2020-09-12T19:53:18

It's time to take on a new subject: version control. As Bart explains in this week's episode, version control allows you make changes in your code and roll the changes back. This gives us the fr...

CCATP #651 – Bart Busschots on PBS 100 of X — Time Sharing Challenge Solution from 2020-08-30T14:19:30

In this positively _delightful_ episode, Bart and I celebrate 100 episodes of Programming By Stealth. When we hit 99 instalments, Bart declared that for 100, there should be cake! So I got Bar...

CCATP #650 – Bart Busschots on Taming the Terminal 40 – Automating TMUX from 2020-08-16T14:13:48

This week's Chit Chat Across the Pond is an episode of Taming the Terminal, where Bart winds up our series within a series all about the Terminal command TMUX. In this final piece he teaches us...

CCATP #649 – Dr. Helma van der Linden on Creating a Book with Open Source Software from 2020-08-07T15:49:02

This week our guest is Dr. Helma van der Linden from the Netherlands here to talk about how she created the Taming the Terminal book using all Open Source software.

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CCATP #648 – Shaun Peterson (Qwalsius) on Art with Technology as a Native American from 2020-07-28T14:07:54

Shaun Peterson, who’s inherited name is Qwalsius, is a member of the Puyalup Tribe in Washington. He is a professional artist working in public sculptures, printmaking and mixed media.

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CCATP #647 – Bart Busschots on Taming the Terminal 39 of n – Advanced TMUX from 2020-07-26T15:59:54

This week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond was another installment of Taming the Terminal. Two weeks ago Bart taught us the basics of a technology called `tmux`, or terminal multiplexer t...

CCATP #646 – Doug Kaye on The Levelator from 2020-07-14T18:28:34

Doug was one of the founding forces behind podcasting (his podcast was the second one created!) He founded The Conversations Network in 2002 with the intent of coordinating a global team of vol...

CCATP #645 – Bart Busschots on Taming the Terminal 38 of n – TMUX (a Screen Alternative) from 2020-07-11T18:38:48

When Bart first started the Taming the Terminal series in October of 2015, he purposely declared every installment to be "of n" where n was not defined. It's been 3 years since there was an epi...

CCATP #644 – Lory Gil on WWDC from 2020-06-29T20:30:31

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CCATP #643 – Bart Busschots on PBS 99 of X – Building with Classes Part 2: Is-A from 2020-06-28T16:58:40

This week Bart Busschots brings us the penultimate JavaScript installment of Programming By Stealth as he brings us part 2 of building with classes. This wraps up our third look at Object Orien...

CCATP #642 –– Bart Busschots on PBS 98 — Building with Classes Part 1 — Has-A from 2020-06-13T18:23:28

In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart explains one single concept, that of "Has-A". This is part 1 of 2, where next time we'll learn "Is-A" which is about inheritance. These both sou...

CCATP #641 – Robb Dunewood on Being a Black Man in America from 2020-06-02T17:03:02

This week I decided to ta...

CCATP #640 – Bart Busschots on PBS 97 — Class Data Attributes&Functions from 2020-05-31T13:38:36

I'm not going to lie to you guys, this episode of Programming By Stealth was pretty rough for me. It builds on the foundation Bart laid in Listen

CCATP #639 — Lory Gil on All Things Apple from 2020-05-18T17:23:25

If you'd like to follow Lory Gil online, she's @appaholik on Twitter, @lorygil on most other social media and you ca...
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CCATP #638 – Bart Busschots on PBS 96 of X — World Clock Challenge Solution from 2020-05-16T17:55:31

This installment of Programming By Stealth is a solutions show all about the clock assignment from PBS 92. Bart's been quite busy this week designing an entirely new distance final exam system f...

CCATP #637 — Bart Busschots on PBS 95 of X — Better JavaScript Class Attributes from 2020-05-02T16:57:01

This week Bart explains how to give our JavaScript classes better data attributes via a very powerful JavaScript feature: getters and setters. On my first read through the notes for the episode,...

CCATP #636 – Adam Engst on 30 Years of TidBITS and other random topics from 2020-04-30T21:27:58

Adam Engst has been publishing TidBITS for 30 years so I asked him to come on the show to talk about that journey. While we technically had an agenda, this conversation wandered into all kinds of f...

CCATP #635 — Bart Busschots on PBS 94 of X — Basic JavaScript OO with Class from 2020-04-18T17:16:01

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CCATP #634 — Mikah Sargent on Favorite TextExpander Snippets from 2020-04-13T18:13:12

This week our guest is M...

CCATP #633 — Anthony Lemos Explains Mixers from 2020-04-09T18:12:19

Anthony Lemos of Audio Aperture Media successfully explains what mixers are for and what all those darn knobs and buttons are. Even if you're not into audio recording, I think you'll enjoy lear...

CCATP #632 – Bart Busschots on PBS #93 – Encapsulation with JavaScript Objects from 2020-04-05T07:38:14

In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart takes us through the last "hat" that JavaScript objects can wear: encapsulation. As Bart walks us through the problems encapsulation solves using ...

CCATP #631 — Rosemary Orchard on Shortcuts from 2020-03-26T16:23:54

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CCATP #630 — Bart Busschots on PBS 92 — Currency Grid Solution from 2020-03-20T16:07:41

CCATP #630 for March 14, 2020, and I'm your host, Allison Sheridan. This week our guest is Bart Busschots with PBS 92 of X in which he walks us through his solution to the assignment from PBS ...

CCATP #629 - Dr. Garry on Study of Language Skills vs Numeracy In Learning to Program from 2020-03-14T07:40:52

Dr. Maryanne Garry of the University of Waikato and I break down the meaning of a research paper p...

CCATP #628 — Bart Busschots on Creating Automator Quick Actions from 2020-03-07T15:44:39

This week our guest is Bart Busschots with an installment of something he's calling Programming By Stealth-adjacent. It's not part of the regular series of Programming By Stealth, and yet it's ...

CCATP #627 Robin Christopherson on Advancements in Tech for Accessibility from 2020-02-25T18:08:02

This week we're joined by Robin Christopherson. Robin is the host of the Alexa skills podc...

CCATP #626 — Bart Busschots on PBS 91 of X — JavaScript RE Objects from 2020-02-22T16:46:39

Bart takes us through the penultimate hat JavaScript wears and that's Regular Expressions. Luckily since we haven't talked about REs in ages, he reminds us of the syntax for Regular Expressions li...

CCATP #625 — Tom on the Internet on Teaching Himself to Program from 2020-02-10T19:33:12

Tom Steven, aka Tom on the Internet from [tomontheinternet.com/...](https://tomontheinternet.com/) joins me to tell the tail of how he went from knowing zero about programming to landing a full-tim...

CCATP #624 — Bart Busschots on PBS 90 of X — JavaScript Wrapper Objects from 2020-02-08T18:06:25

Hope you enjoyed getting the little extra Tidbits episode this week. In this installment Bart continues our on-going mini-series looking at each of the proverbial hats JavaScript objects wear. ...

PBS Tidbit 1 of Y — Display Values are not Data! from 2020-02-08T17:41:11

Bart explains how alert listener @lbutlr on Twitter found a mistake in Bart's math and he walks through how he figured out what was wrong and what we can all learn from it. Bart's explanation c...

CCATP #623 — Lila Brissette on Accessibility from a Young Person's Perspective from 2020-01-30T17:55:53

While we were in Las Vegas for CES, we carved out some time to have dinner with our good friend, JF Brissette, who is also the editor of all of my videos for ScreenCastsOnline. He brought his d...

CCATP #622 — Bart Busschots on PBS 89 of X — Currency Converter Challenge from 2020-01-26T13:53:32

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart explains his new plan for both the content of PBS and the way the shownotes are created and presented to you. Bart has noticed that be...

CCATP #621 — Bart Busschots's Health Tech Update from 2020-01-10T17:42:54

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CCATP #620 — Eleanor Mazzarella on Moving from Musician to Programmer from 2019-12-31T08:49:38

This week we're joined by Eleanor Mazzarella, a musician turned programmer. She gives us her background in music from finding a clarinet on a bookshelf as a child to a career as a classical perfor...

CCATP #619 — Bart Busschots on PBS 88 of X — DOM&jQuery Objects Redux from 2019-12-14T18:25:15

Bart is nearing the end of his mini-series recapping al of the different hats JavaScript objects wear, doing a lot of redux to cement the concepts that have been spread over so many lessons. He ...

CCATP #618 – Adam Engst on Success of Macs at IBM from 2019-12-06T12:58:57

Adam Engst, veteran author of TidBITS for the last 29 years, inventor of Internet advertising and someone who dresses appropriately for the weather joins us for this episode of Chit Chat Across ...

CCATP #617 – Bart Busschots on PBS 87 of X — JavaScript Iterators Objects&Generator Functions from 2019-11-30T18:25:25

I'm not going to lie, this episode of Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots was a bit head bendy. Bart explains JavaScript Iterator Objects and Generator functions but without his excellent...

CCATP #616 — Don McAllister on Automating ScreenCastsOnline from 2019-11-18T15:42:59

This week I asked Don McAllister, owner of ScreenCastsOnline to come on the show to talk about how he automates the production of his video tutorial podcast business. We start at his humble beg...

CCATP #615 – PBS 86 of X — JavaScript Function Objects (Redux&Update) from 2019-11-14T22:00:16

This week Bart Busschots takes us back through JavaScript function objects, explaining the three different ways to define a function. It was great to have them all together to refresh our memor...

CCATP #614 – Ken Case of Omni Group on His Computing Life Story from 2019-11-06T18:27:51

This week's Chit Chat Across the Pond is really special. It's an interview with Ken Case, the CEO of Omnigroup. We don't actually talk much about his current work, but rather start back with how he...

CCATP #613 – Bart Busschots on PBS 85 of X — Objects as Arrays in JavaScript (Redux&Update) from 2019-11-03T06:19:42

Bart continues his redux and new information by circling back through Objects as Arrays in JavaScript. I don't know about you, but I get a lot out of the redux episodes because it cements in place...

CCATP #612 – Ray Robertson on Impact of Apple's Development Process on Developers from 2019-10-24T12:39:14

This week we're joined by returning guest Ray Robertson, well-known AppleScript guru and general all around automator. Ray joins me to talk about the increased challenges developers faced working ...

CCATP #611 – Bart Busschots on PBS 84 of X – Objects as Dictionaries in JavaScript (Redux&Update) from 2019-10-20T07:21:38

Bart has been noticing that there are a few key features in JavaScript that haven't ever really congealed for me and is circling back in hopes of firming them up. The other reason he's going ov...

CCATP #610 - Bart Busschots on PBS 83 of X Bootstrap Cards from 2019-10-04T18:11:40

Bart finishes up our first exploration of Bootstrap 4 with a look at one its most versatile components, the so-called Card. This is one of those components that’s so generic it’s hard to describe, ...

CCATP #609 – Bart Busschots on PBS 82 of X – Async&Await from 2019-09-20T19:15:01

We're back after a summer hiatus (where Bart was working too hard) with a new installment where we attempt to dust off Allison's brain and learn about two new promise-related keywords, async and...

CCATP #608 – Doug Ingram on Nightscape Photography from 2019-09-15T15:55:55

Doug Ingram joins us to talk about what he calls Nightscape Photography, which is a combination of astral photography (photographing the stars) and photographing of the surrounding landscape. H...

CCATP #607 – Bart Busschots's Podcast Recommendations from 2019-09-08T16:36:46

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart Busschots joins us to talk about how he arranges his podcast listening, how he categorizes them and then what kinds of shows he likes. Ba...

CCATP #606 — Bart Busschots on DoH and DoT from 2019-08-31T18:51:32

In this "Lite" version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart answered Scott Fairclough's request to explain DoH and DoT. It's super nerdy and really interesting. First Bart gives us a full refresher ...

CCATP #605 — Sandy Foster on CarPlay and Prius Prime Tech from 2019-08-17T12:37:59

In this week's episode, Sandy Foster, aka @MacQuilter joins me to talk about why CarPlay is so awesome and how it influenced her dec...

CCATP #604 - Bart Busschots on Tech of Buying a Mountain/City Bike from 2019-08-11T13:43:54

Bart Busschots joins us to talk about the technology decisions that go into buying a bike these days. I thought I knew about bikes, but I learned a lot about what's changed just in the last five...

CCATP #603 - Laura Kane on Effect of Women on Business Success from 2019-07-24T18:04:01

This week our guest is Laura Kane, CFA, CPA, Head of Investment Themes Americas for UBS.  Laura specializes in something called Sustainable Investing for UBS. As part of her research she has wr...

CCATP #602 - Bart Busschots on PBS 81 of X – The JavaScript Promise Utilities from 2019-07-12T19:04:08

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart teaches us how to use Promises, with a capital P to get promises when we already know the value we want to supply. That sounds funny but it wi...

CCATP #601 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Why Science is Broken from 2019-07-08T14:49

Dr. Garry, self-proclaimed Crusher of Dreams, joins us again on Chit Chat Across the Pond, this time to talk about how she thinks science is broken and why. Dr. Garry is a professor of Psycholo...

CCATP #600 — Dorothy Rendon — PBS Supplemental on the PBS Index from 2019-06-25T17:34:25

In the very first Programming By Stealth supplemental episode, Allison interviews Dorothy Rendon, the programmer behind the Listen

CCATP #599 — Dr. Devon Polaschek on Psychopaths from 2019-06-21T06:55:26

This week we’re joined by Dr. Devon Polaschek. Dr. Polaschek is the Joint Director of the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. I will further emba...

CCATP #598 — Oleksandr Kosovan of MacPaw on Setapp from 2019-06-18T07:07:32

Interview with Oleksandr Kosovan of MacPaw about SetApp, his work to enhance tech in Ukraine and how he created a Mac museum.

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CCATP #597 — Bart Busschots on PBS 80 of X — JavaScript Promise Chains from 2019-06-14T19:35

Bart Busschots (successfully) explains the concept of JavaScript promise chains. It's a rough ride because of the subject itself, but he gets us there through his care and detail in explaining t...

CCATP #596 — Anže Tomić on Tech in Slovenia from 2019-06-08T13:38:21

This week on Chit Chat Across the Pond I had the great pleasure of talking to Slovenian tech podcaster, Anže Tomić. Anže also works for RTV Slovenia's Val 202 public radio, and as he says on his w...

CCATP #595 — Bart Busschots on PBS 79 — Introducing JavaScript Promises from 2019-05-31T17:37:11

Bart has been _promising_ us Promises for ages now and he finally fulfills his promise by explaining thenables. Promises are a tool to get us out of "callback hell", which we experienced a whil...

CCATP #594 — David Woodbridge on Samsung Galaxy S10, Watch and Buds from 2019-05-24T17:42:35

David Woodbridge of the Vision Store in Australia tells about how he's been testing and using the Samsung Galaxy S10, the Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy Buds side by side with his iPhones, Apple Wa...

CCATP #593 — Bart Busschots on PBS 78 — is.js&Bootstrap Popovers from 2019-05-17T20:07:53

Bart Busschots and I both had a great time doing the challenge this week. In this week's installment Bart takes us through his homework not in a detailed step-by-step method, but rather he goes...

CCATP #592 — Bart Busschots on PBS 77 of X — More Callbacks&More AJAX from 2019-05-04T21:47:06

Bart Busschots starts this week's episode with a great refresher on what a callback actually is (because I have remained mystified by the term). He starts with simple examples and then shows us ho...

CCATP #591 — Kaylee Dayo on Building JavaScript Games to Teach English in Japan from 2019-04-28T07:38:04

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CCATP #590 - Bart Busschots on PBS 76 of X - AJAX with jQuery from 2019-04-22T19:46:15

In this week's episode, we have another in our series Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots. We'll spend the majority of our time talking about Bart's solution to last week's challenge. It...

CCATP #589 - Bart Busschots on PBS 75 of X - AJAX Intro from 2019-04-07T19:52:04

In this episode of Programming By Stealth we get the foundation to start learning about AJAX. Bart gives us an overview of HTTP that is really interesting. I learned so much that I didn't know ab...

CCATP #588 - Jeff Gamet on TextExpander Evangelism from 2019-03-27T15:47:45

Jeff Gamet of Smile joins us to talk about the life of an Evangelist for TextExpander. We talk about some of the cool things you can do with TextExpander that you may not know about, how TextExpan...

CCATP #587 - Bart Busschots on PBS 74 of X - More Mustaches from 2019-03-24T16:38:57

In this week's Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us the last two concepts in Mustache, one of which is a real head bender and for me at least, the second was almost as hard. The fi...

CCATP #586 - Bart Busschots on Free, Freemium, Free-for-now&Freepi from 2019-03-16T18:55:30

This week our guest is Bart Busschots but this is not Programming By Stealth. This week we're talking about Bart's recent post about the different types of free that are available for online ser...

CCATP #585 - Bart Busschots on PBS 73 - Mustache Templates from 2019-03-10T13:19:24

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us about Mustache Templates. Mustache Templates are a library that allow you to input any string and output a string. Unlike t...

CCATP #584 - Dave Hamilton on Mesh Routers from 2019-02-28T20:36:15

Dave Hamilton of the Mac Geek Gab and The Mac Observer joins us to talk routers, and mesh routers in particular. He explains the difference between a range extender with a traditional router vs. a ...

CCATP #583 - Bart Busschots on PBS 72 - HTML5 Templates from 2019-02-23T17:44:23

Last time Bart teased us that we were going to learn about the template library called Mustache, but he realized that he needed to teach us about vanilla HTML 5 Templates first. He starts by showin...

CCATP #582 - Donald Burr on 3D Printers from 2019-02-13T18:21:42

After a hiatus that was far too long, we're joined this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond by Donald Burr. Even if you don't think you'd ever want a 3D printer, I guarantee that you'll enjoy hearin...

CCATP #581 - Bart Busschots on PBS 71 of X - Bootstrap Spinners from 2019-02-10T07:53:18

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots spends most of the time walking us carefully through each of the methods he used to solve the challenge from last time. He does ...

CCATP #580 - Bart Busschots on PBS 70 - Bootstrap Modals&Toasts from 2019-01-28T15:28:53

In this week's Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots is back with another installment of Programming By Stealth. We'll shift gears a bit away from web pages to web apps as we explore the us...

CCATP #579 - Shai Yammanee on Pulling Back from Social Media from 2019-01-24T14:21:46

This week we have recurring guest Shai Yammanee back, but this time not to talk about photography, videography or performing as he has in the past. Shai recently decided to remove Facebook from...

CCATP #578 - Bart Busschots on PBS 69 of X — Bootstrap Navbars from 2019-01-13T17:57:36

In Chit Chat Across the Pond we are finally back to a Programming By Stealth episode. In this installment, Bart teaches us how to create navigation bars in Bootstrap. We learn how to make them...

CCATP #577 - Darren Carr of the Mac Quadcast from 2019-01-03T17:49:26

This week I'm joined by Darren Carr, host of the Mac Quadcast. Darren is an Apple blogger and podcaster and he's also paralyzed from the neck down. We spend a bit of time talking about how on ear...

CCATP #576 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Grammar Pet Peeves from 2018-12-20T11:11:12

This week we have returning guest, Dr. Maryanne Garry from the University of Waikato but this time it will not be an intellectual, deep learning experience about the mysteries of human memory. ...

CCATP #575 - Bart Busschots on PBS 68 of X - Bootstrap Navs from 2018-12-15T17:49:46

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots introduces us to how Bootstrap will help us create navigation in websites or web apps. This is using what Bootstrap calls th...

CCATP #574 - Nica Montfort on Being a Black Woman in Engineering, Tech and Podcasts from 2018-12-06T19:32:26

Nica Montfort, co-host of the snobOS Podcast (along with Terrance Gaines) answers my questions about her education (two STEM degrees, about to be a third), her mentors growing up, how it was get...

CCATP #573 - Bart Busschots on PBS 67 of X - Bootstrap Dropdown Menus from 2018-12-02T11:51:23

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes into the land of Bootstrap dropdown menus. He explains the differences between dropdown and selects in HTML, and how t...

CCATP #572 - Dave Ginsburg Top 20 iOS 12 Tips from 2018-11-15T07:09:32

Dave Ginsburg, host of the In Touch with iOS podcast at intouchwithios.com joins us to teach us his top favorite iOS 12 tips....

CCATP #571 - Joe Dugandzic Walks Through Tiny Smart Home from 2018-11-10T12:34:28

This is a rather unusual Chit Chat Across the Pond where I interview Joe Dugandzic as he walks us around his tiny, smart home. Joe's home is 395 square feet and he produces his Smarter Home Life Y...

CCATP #570 - Bart Busschots on PBS 66 of X - Bootstrap Form Validation from 2018-11-03T18:27:14

HTML 5 gives us form validation for free, but it's not very nuanced. In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart will show us how to use Bootstrap to make our form validation a little less ...

CCATP #569 - Darren Beyer on Being a NASA Shuttle Engineer and Sci-Fi Author from 2018-10-23T16:24:43

I get a lot of PR emails trying to get me to interview people. I’ve never responded to one until just now. I was asked if I wanted to interview a former NASA Space Shuttle Engineer turned scienc...

CCATP #568 - Bart Busschots on PBS 65 of X — Bootstrap Input Groups from 2018-10-21T18:17:52

Chit Chat Across the Pond this week was Programming By Stealth installment 65 of X. This time Bart takes us through Bootstrap Input Groups. These are really cool. Think about a form that has inform...

CCATP #567 - Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier on iPhone XS from a Blind Perspective from 2018-10-12T22:51:55

We're joined by Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier this week as they talk about their experiences as blind users upgrading from iPhone 7 to iPhone XS. How is the transition from a home button to Face...

CCATP #566 - Bart Busschots on PBS 64 - Bootstrap Form Layouts from 2018-10-05T07:07:04

In this Programming By Stealth episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots teaches us about three more types of Bootstrap Form Layouts. It's not too tough of a lesson and we had a lot o...

CCATP #565 - Matthias Keller on Mastadon from 2018-09-29T07:58:29

I met Matthias Keller on Patrick Beja's Phileas Club when we were both guests on episode 114 entitled "The Social Media Sickness". Matthias mentioned how he's on Mastadon, which is a new-ish so...

CCATP #564 - Bart Busschots on PBS 63 of X — Bootstrap Buttons from 2018-09-23T16:05:56

This week in Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots and I spend a fair amount of time going over the homework challenge from PBS 62. The nuances combined with some refresher on how the pieces f...

CCATP #563 - Bart Busschots on PBS 62 of X — A Basic Bootstrap Form from 2018-09-15T19:32:10

This week's Programming By Stealth was great fun. Bart Busschots teaches us how to create a web form using the Bootstrap classes to do the job. He explains how Bootstrap literally insists that w...

CCATP #562 - Dr. Michael Kramer on the Study of Digital History from 2018-09-05T11:33:33

I know I say this every week, but I had the best time recording this week with Dr. Michael Kramer, a digital historian from Middlebury College in Vermont. Michael talks about the impact of digital ...

CCATP #561 - Bart Busschots on PBS 61 of X — Bootstrap Jumbotrons&Badges from 2018-08-30T10:35:33

In this week's installment, Bart explains how to create two simple Bootstrap components, the Jumbotron and badges. A Jumbotron is a show-case area at the top of a website's front page that shouts ...

CCATP #560 - Robb Dunewood on Android Sideloading for Fortnite from 2018-08-22T10:59:19

Rob Dunewood of the SMR Podcast joins us to talk about how Epic Games has decided to support their insanely popular app Fortnite on Android but will not offer it through the Google Play Store. Thi...

CCATP #559 - Sal Soghoian&Ray Robertson on Automation from 2018-08-13T17:08:56

In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond I talk to Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson. Sal was the Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple from 1997 to 2016. During his tenure, he ...

CCATP #558 - Bart Busschots on PBS 60 of X - Bootstrap&jQuery from 2018-08-13T11:10:36

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth Bart introduces us to Bootstrap Components how we can use jQuery to extend Bootstrap. This is the first baby step into JavaScript with Bootstrap...

CCATP #557 - Tom Merritt on Community in Podcasting from 2018-08-04T13:06:42

This week Tom Merritt, host of the Daily Tech News Show, (and co-host of Cordkillers, Sword & Laser and Current Geek) joins us to talk about the importance of the community to his podcast. We’ll ex...

CCATP #556 - Bart Busschots on PBS 59 of X — More Bootstrap Breakpoints from 2018-07-28T18:30:14

Bart takes us back to Bootstrap content, now that we know all about breakpoints. He never told us when we were looking at things like margins and float and the display tag that they are also br...

CCATP #555 - Bart Busschots on PBS 58 of X - Bootstrap Breakpoints from 2018-07-15T07:19:33

In this week's installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots explains Bootstrap breakpoints. Breakpoints allow the designer to define how a web page reacts depending on the size of the ...

CCATP #554 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Persuasion with Facts and Data from 2018-07-07T07:25:03

Dr. Maryanne Garry returns to Chit Chat Across the Pond, this time to talk about how and why persuasion with facts and data simply doesn't work. If you haven't heard her before, she's a professor ...

CCATP #553 - Bart Busschots on PBS 57 of X - the Bootstrap Grid from 2018-06-30T19:52:25

Things take a turn for the mind-bendy in this installment about Bootstrap as Bart Busschots explains the Bootstrap Grid. He teaches us how containers have rows, rows have columns and the number 12...

CCATP #552 - Steve Harris on Mac App Store Improvements&Dark Mode from 2018-06-20T18:01:11

Steve Harris, developer of Feeder and Keep It from Reinvented Software joins us to talk about how much the Mac App Store has improved for developers and also about the work that will go into making...

CCATP #551 - Bart Busschots on PBS 56 - More Bootstrap Content from 2018-06-16T16:49:28

We continue learning about how to style our HTML with Bootstrap as we take a look at styling images, figures, and tables. These Bootstrap classes are really easy to use and make such a difference i...

CCATP #550 - Bart Busschots on How&Tools He Creates His Awesome Shownotes from 2018-06-08T17:43:13

This week our guest is Bart Busschots but this is not an episode of Programming By Stealth. Bart is here to talk about the tech tools he uses to prepare his shownotes for his podcast Let's Talk Ap...

CCATP #549 - Bart Busschots on PBS 55 - Bootstrap Content from 2018-06-02T20:18:59

We finished learning the Bootstrap Utilities last time so this time we get to start learning about continue to learn about Bootstrap moving on from the Utilities into Listen

CCATP #548 - Lupita Salazar on Braille Literacy and Tech from 2018-05-21T18:21:24

Lupita Salazar talks to us about how she learned to read at 6 years old (just like everyone else) through Braille. She was highly influenced by my awesome friend Lore Schindler, who taught Tech and...

CCATP #537 - Bart Busschots on PBS 54 - More Bootstrap Utilities from 2018-05-19T17:46:57

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes us through the last bit of the Utilities for Bootstrap 4. We'l refer to the Listen

CCATP #536 - David Sparks on Video Field Guide Books from 2018-05-10T19:55:29

This week we had David Sparks, AKA MacSparky himself on the show to talk about iBooks Author, writing his famous Video Field Guides, how he traded in his saxophones for children, how he believes in...

CCATP #535 - Bart Busschots on PBS 53 of X — Bootstrap Utilities from 2018-05-05T18:09:53

We're finally back to a new episode of Programming By Stealth after a few weeks chatting with different things like GDPR and DNS with Bart Busschots. In this installment, Bart starts explaining...

CCATP #534 - Bart Busschots on GDPR from 2018-04-18T19:18

In another Lite version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart agreed to come on and explain the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. This is a regulation that will take effect across the Euro...

CCATP #533- Bart Busschots on Choosing a DNS Resolver from 2018-04-14T18:28:45

In this "Lite" version of Chit Chat Across the Pond (within a NosillaCastaway's definition of Lite), Bart teaches us about DNS Resolvers and helps give us the information to choose the right one fo...

CCATP #532 - Joe Dugandzic Answers NosillaCastaways' Home Automation Questions from 2018-04-04T10:54:32

Joe Dugandzic of smarterhomelife.com joins us again, this time in a crossover episode. We start by him asking me to descri...

CCATP #531 - Bart Busschots on PBS 52 - Introducing Bootstrap 4 from 2018-03-31T16:40:46

We're finally back after spring break, and we're going to be moving on from JavaScript while we learn about Bootstrap. Bootstrap is a set of open source libraries which provide pre-built founda...

CCATP #530 - Bart Busschots on PBS 51 Cellular Automata Wrap-up from 2018-03-03T16:48:24

As our last episode of Programming By Stealth before our spring break, Bart wraps up our Cellular Automaton. He goes through his solution to the PBS 49 challenge first, and then he walks us thr...

CCATP #529 - Mike Potter on Macstock Conference and Expo from 2018-02-20T19:41:38

I asked Mike Potter to join us on Chit Chat Across the Pond this week with the express purpose of trying to convince you to come to Macstock Conference and Expo on July 20th and 21st. Do not li...

CCATP #523 - Bart Busschots on PBS 50 - Building a Web App on Video from 2018-02-18T10:53:46

This week Bart and I celebrate 50 episodes of Programming By Stealth. As Bart points out, we've been at this for two years now. I'm so happy he's stuck with me on this and he says he's got liter...

CCATP #522 - Bart Busschots on PBS 49B of X - Object Revision&Improving Our Cellular Automata from 2018-02-10T19:18:04

As promised last week, Bart Busschots brings us the second half of Programming By Stealth 49. We start by going through a lot of revision on JavaScript objects. It's really great to have all of th...

CCATP #521 - Bart Busschots on PBS 49A of X - Challenges from PBS 48 from 2018-02-03T16:46:45

In this week's episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart had intended to work on improving our Cellular Automata, but we ended up spending a lot more time on reviewing the challenges from last week t...

CCATP #520 - Tom Merritt on How Social Media Makes Us Feel from 2018-01-25T19:01:47

Tom Merritt, host of the Daily Tech News Show along with many other fine podcasts, joins me to talk about how social media makes us feel. We talk about how we feel about pictures of food, how we c...

CCATP #519 - Bart Busschots on PBS 48 of x – A Closer Look at ‘this’ and ‘static’ from 2018-01-20T16:16:59

Bart decided to take a closer look at the JavaScript keywords 'this' and 'static' and boy am I glad he did. He said it was the hardest lesson he's put together so far. It's a convoluted topic but...

CCATP #518 - Joe Dugandzic on How He Went from Youtuber to Full Time Project/Marketing Manager at Lynky from 2018-01-09T07:00

Joe Dugandzic of Smarter Home Life has been on the show several times in the past year talking about Home Automation. This t...

CCATP #517 - Bart Busschots on PBS 47 - ES6 Polymorphism from 2018-01-06T18:07:17

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart teaches us about inheritance (relationships between classes) and polymorphism. Now he said polymorphism is a concept that throws most first-l...

CCATP #516 - Bart Busschots on PBS 46 - ES6 Spread Operator, Arrow Functions&Classes from 2017-12-21T17:40:48

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart adds one more thing to the list of changes to arrays, and that's the spread operator. Then we'll learn how to get rid of the "const self = th...

CCATP #515 – Allison Hartley on Trials&Tribulations of a New iPhone from 2017-12-16T13:37:11

This week our guest is Allison Hartley. Allison is the Manager of the Napa Branch of the California department of Rehabilitation, and a podcaster. She co-hosts both the Tech Doctor Podcast wit...

CCATP #514 - Bart Busschots on PBS 45 – ES6 Arrays&Strings from 2017-12-11T11:53:21

In this week's Programming By Stealth, Bart starts by actually giving me credit for leading him to rethink his strategy on the use of const and let. He was nudged alo...

CCATP #513 - Tom Merritt on Net Neutrality from 2017-12-08T19:20:37

Tom Merritt, host of Daily Tech News Show joins us to explain the implications of the different rulings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding Internet traffic in the United St...

CCATP #512 - Kaylee on Tech in Japan from 2017-12-02T16:46:36

This week our guest is Kaylee of the Zettai Geek Dayo podcast. You con find the podcast at platypuspodcasts.com and y...

CCATP #511 - Bart Busschots on PBS 44 - ES6 Arguments&Objects from 2017-11-26T13:17:36

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us new ways to deal with arguments and objects in JavaScript ES6. We learn how to set default argument values for functions in...

CCATP #510 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions from 2017-11-18T19:32:58

This week our guest is Dr. Maryanne Garry, a professor from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Garry is a scientific researcher into memory, memory distortions, false memories, the myth...

CCATP #509 - Bart Busschots on PBS 43 - Introducing JavaScript ES6 from 2017-11-12T14:15:08

In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart spends most of the time talking through his solution to the previous challenge, where we added start and stop buttons to our Game of Life. In...

CCATP #508 - Allison Sheridan Tells Her Woman's Story from 2017-11-01T18:07:04

I've been impressed by the women who have stepped forward and told their stories about what life is like for us. I don't have any salacious tale to tell but rather a thousand paper cuts type of...

CCATP #507 - Bart Busschots on PBS 42 – Playing the Game of Life from 2017-10-29T14:16:10

CCATP #507 for October 29, 2017, and I'm your host, Allison Sheridan. It is also a Programming By Stealth, installment 42 of X with Bart Busschots. It's finally time to tie all the bits and pi...

CCATP #506 - Mark Fawcett on In-Home Apple Tech Support from 2017-10-18T19:24:15

I met Mark Fawcett at Macstock Expo in Chicago last year and we hit it off immediately. Mark does in-home tech ...

CCATP #505 - Bart Busschots on PBS 41 - Form Events from 2017-10-13T17:39:58

In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart ties up the last of the loose ends related to web forms. He teaches us about form events, which are critical to making our web forms not only access...

CCATP #504 - Erica Peterson on Moms Can: CODE from 2017-10-03T14:52:45

Erica Peterson of Moms Can: CODE joins us this week to talk about her new startup designed to help mothers who code to ...

CCATP #503 - Bart Busschots - PBS 40 of x - HTML5 Custom Validations with jQuery from 2017-09-30T15:47:57

In a shocking turn of events, I actually followed all of Programming By Stealth this week! Bart walked us through his solution to last week's HTML5 Forms Validation homework, and in so...

CCATP #502 - Megan Morrone on iPhone 8 from 2017-09-23T17:12:54

Megan Morrone joins us today. Megan is the host of iOS Today with Leo LaPorte and host of Tech News Today with Jason Howell on the TWiT network. She's got the new, shiny iPhone 8 Plus so I ask...

CCATP #501 Bart Busschots - PBS 39 of x - HTML5 Form Validation from 2017-09-15T18:07:20

This week Bart Busschots joins us to talk about HTML Form Validation. We'll get back to our Cellular Automata next week. Bart has also decided that we're going to get our feet a little bit yet by ...

CCATP #499 - Joe Dugandzic on Illustrated HomeKit Product Guide from 2017-09-06T10:26:17

I asked the fabulous Joe Dugandzic to come back on the show to talk us through the comprehensive HomeKit compatible product guide he created. For a long time there weren't a lot of HomeKit devi...

CCATP #500 Bart Busschots – PBS 38 of x – Taking Stock from 2017-09-02T15:16

We finally reached 500 episodes of Chit Chat Across the Pond (episode 499 will be next week) so who better to have on the show than Bart Busschots who started it all?

In our first Progra...