1.0.6 Abstraction

In this episode Scott and I discuss "what you need to know as a software developer". How many layers of abstraction do you need to understand? How many geek trading cards should you have in your collection? To find out more, we talked to 3 prominent, living-history developers.

• Ward Cunningham - creator of the Wiki and major figure in Agile/XP programming
• Charles Petzold - author of many books about Windows and prominent speaker
• Dan Bricklin - 'Superman' according to Scott. Creator of the spreadsheet and all around amazing guy.

Most of the music in this podcast is released under Creative Commons, including:

• DJ Cary - Sonic Chiil
• Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts
• John Williams - Dusty Porch

In addition - super short clips of the following songs were used under Fair Use:

• Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
• Laurie Anderson - O Superman