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Among the many cool things Cameron Balahan has done, in the mid-1990’s, he created one of the best sites for tech enthusiasts. He created winshareware.com, a site where you could go and get the latest details on things you can download and run on your Windows machine.This chat is a trip down memory lane for those of us who started off with the internet in the 1990s. We talk about classic shareware (or nagware?) apps like WinZip and WinRar. We talk about OpenGL and DirectX and how that influenced whether you played Unreal Tournament or Quake. We talk about the Windows registry, connecting to the internet via dial-up, hunting for drivers, AOL CDs, classic video games like Math Blaster, and a whole lot more.This is going to be a great chat, so invite your friends, get some popcorn, and let’s get started!Cameron's Links:---------------------🌎 Blog: https://cameronb.dev/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronbalahan/🐦 Twitter / X: https://x.com/cameronbalahanKIRUPA:---------------------🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com-------

While technology trends evolve and change, the need to connect with others and build a community has remained a constant. In this fun chat, Zach Hawtof, Co-Founder and CEO of Tightknit, shares his experience with community building and how organizations who use Slack can benefit from a deeper story here.Along the way, we touch upon a bunch of topics from NYC vs. SF, product management, the importance of SEO, authenticity (and AI-based authenticity), and a whole lot more.Zach's Links---------------------🌎 Tightknit: https://tightknit.ai/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhawtof/KIRUPA:---------------------🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com-------

Today, I talk about Startups and Life as an Entrepreneur with Henry Kirk . Henry has the unique experience of working at large companies, working at his own startups, and jumping between them a few times. Today, he is the cofounder of Studio.init() which he started with a bunch of his colleagues from his time at Google. Over the next hour, we have a wide-ranging conversation on a variety of topics such as the general day-to-day of running a startup, wearing multiple hats, how to hire talented people in a world where the candidates are always an AI assistant away from having a perfect answer, how to work effectively with multiple cofounders, and a whole lot more. Links: ---------------------🌎 Studio Init: https://www.studioinit.com/📚 Henry on Twitter: https://x.com/henrytkirk ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com -------

Helena Zhang is the creator of Departure Mono, an excellent monospaced pixel font. She is also the creator of the instantly-recognizable and unique Phosphor icon library, used by many well-known brands. In this chat, Helena and I touch upon the ins and outs of font design, her sources of inspiration (spanning movies, books, pop culture, and more!). This is a highly visual talk where we dive into and out of a mind map Helena created, so definitely watch on a screen if possible. Collection of links from the show: --------------------- Helena's projects: • Departure Mono: http://departuremono.com • Phosphor icon library: http://phosphoricons.com Movies/TV: • Oblivion interfaces by GMUNK: https://gmunk.com/OBLIVION-GFX Type specimen sites: • Grilli Type minisites: https://gt-pantheon.com (more available from https://grillitype.com) Dithering • Ditherpunk article: https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/… Pixel fonts: • Silkscreen: https://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/… Pixel art: • Habbo Hotel: https://habbo.com • Gather: http://gather.town • eBoy: https://eboy.com • World's highest virtual building by Mr. Wong: http://mrwong.de/myhouse • DeeKay: https://instagram.com/deekaymotion/?hl=en… • MEK.txt: https://x.com/michaelmicasso • YUDHO: https://x.com/YUDHO_XYZ • 6VCR: https://x.com/sixveeceear

Travis Fantina has been building cool technical projects for fun…well before that was considered cool! In this chat, he and I cover his journey into tech, why technology has gotten so complicated, the greatness of third places like libraries, his latest side project Postalbox, and a whole lot more! ------ 📘 Check out Travis’s site: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.travisfantina.com/ 🗞️ Postalbox (Travis’s latest project): https://postalbox.xyz/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kirupa.com⁠⁠⁠ 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/kirupa⁠⁠ 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kirupa.chat⁠⁠⁠ ❓ Ask a question: ⁠⁠⁠https://forum.kirupa.com⁠

Ash Lamb is a talented illustrator and content creator. He is well known for creating minimalistic illustrations that capture interesting ideas and observations about life. Chances are high that you’ve seen Ash’s creations in your timeline! We talk about everything from how he got started, the key to marketing online, the power of platforms, extending the idea of open-world video games to real life, artificial intelligence, and a whole lot more. 📘 Check out Ash's site: https://www.ashlamb.com/ 🗞️ Subscribe to Ash's newsletter: https://letter.visualgrowth.com/ 🐦 Follow Ash on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ash_lmb ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: ⁠https://www.kirupa.com 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kirupa 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com

Pascal Pixel is a very talented designer, developer, and solopreneur. He has been tinkering in this space from a very early age and has a slew of fantastic projects that he can assign his name to, including his current project, the uniquely named Horse Browser. We’ll talk more about his projects as well as dive into the details of what makes for a successful design team. As a bonus, Pascal also happens to enjoy pixel art! 📘 Check out Pascal's site: https://pascalpixel.com/ 🐴 Check out Horse Browser: https://browser.horse/ ------- 🍊 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------

Zoran Jambor is the influential developer and content creator behind CSSWeekly, a popular newsletter that has been going strong since 2012. In this fun chat, we talk about the early days of how we got started, what excites about CSS in the future, how he balances his time with other meaningful projects, and a whole lot more. 📘 Check out cssweekly: https://css-weekly.com ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to the KIRUPA newsletter: https://kirupa.chat ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com -------

In a world where most of us can claim to only have a few feathers in our cap, Joshua Jenkins's cap is literally overflowing. He is a successful designer, developer, entrepreneur, and design leader! 🎯 Josh is someone who I've known and admired for decades, so it was great to catch up with him and cover everything ranging from how he got started with design, why he started his company, navigating a successful acquisition, and how he transitioned to being a design leader at Snowflake. You don't want to miss this! ⚡️ Follow Josh: -------------------- 🌎 Site: https://joshuajenkins.com/ 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joshuajenkins ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to the newsletter: https://kirupa.substack.com/ ❓ Ask a question: https://forum.kirupa.com

Fei is a content creator’s content creator. She has been consistently sharing her knowledge around how to build audiences, how to effectively create content across blogs/video/podcasts, how to help companies use social media more effectively, and more for many years. In the following chat, we cover everything from how she got started, made the transition from a stable job to entrepreneurship, what went into traveling the country with a film crew to record a documentary with some very famous people, tips for how content creators can navigate ever-shifting audience preferences, and more. This is a fun one! ------- 🌎 Feisworld: https://www.feisworld.com/ 🐦 Follow Fei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/feisworld 🧬 Fei's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feisworld ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com -------

A fun area of computing is where we create art and other artifacts procedurally by writing code. This is where Kevin Maes comes in. He is a multi-talented developer and artist who has been experimenting with generative art and coding for a really long time. In this fun chat, we go deeper into what all this entails...and more! ------- 👀 Maze Generator: https://mazes.vercel.app/ 🌎 Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmaes/ 🐦 Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kvmaes 🧬 Stately: https://state.new ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com -------

Matt is the rare game developer that possesses a passion (and talent) for design, engineering, and marketing to create highly entertaining and successful games. In this chat, we walk through his path as a successful game developer and all the things he has learned along the way. Follow Matt: ------- 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KupoGames 🌎 Website: https://kupogames.com/ ------- 🗞️ Sign-up to Kirupa's newsletter: https://www.kirupa.chat ❓ Discuss this further: https://forum.kirupa.com #gamedev #marketing #podcast