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How to Hold a Pencil

by Reuben A. Ingber

A podcast for people learning to code.

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Episodes

  1. Journal 003: Making Ideas Happen

    Reuben talks about how he was able to finally start a podcast and how you can start to work on that idea that you have in the back of your head.

  2. 039: Charlie Park

    Reuben speaks with Charlie Park of IFTTT about learning Ruby on Rails, Side projects, living in a tech hub, using CodePen to learn and much more. IFTTT BlipNote @JoniTrythall @una @itsmisscs @CharliePark

  3. Journal 002: Finding a Job

    In this episode of the Journal, Reuben talks about finding a job as a developer.

  4. 038: Adam Clark

    Adam Clark is a podcaster, indieprenuer, professional Thinker and strategerist. Reuben and Adam talk about podcasting, working on the impossible and much more. Adam Clark Irresistable Podcasting The Gently Mad Execute by Josh Long and Drew Wilson Alex Blumberg at Design Driven The Dip by Seth Godin

  5. Journal 001: How I Got Started in Web Development?

    Welcome to the first episode of The How to Hold a Pencil Journal, a new short show podcast where I (Reuben Ingber) plan to talk to you about a bunch of stuff, to help you learn the hard and soft skills you need to be a success in the web community. This week I talk about how I got started on the...

  6. 037: Chris Oliver

    @excid3 Personal Site Go Rails One Month

  7. 036: Josh Owens

    Josh Owens is a Meteor.js developer and the creator of Meteorjs Club, Craterio, and the Meteor Podcast. We talked about learning meteor, teaching your kids to code and more.

  8. 035: Lee Rubenstein

    Reuben spoke with Lee Rubenstein the founder of Eat Sleep Draw and Art Snacks.

  9. 034: Lara Hogan

    @Lara_Hogan Lara's Personal Site Designing for Performance by Lara Hogan (Early Release)

  10. 33 - Tare Feener

    @tfeener tarajane.me

  11. 32 - Nicole Dominguez

    Nicole's Website @Sodevious Sodevious on Github

  12. 031: Patrick Johnson

    PBJ.me @PatrickBJohnson The Start Picture by Technodrome

  13. 030: Shaan Singh

    @_ShaanSingh @BlueCocoaCo Blue Cocoa

  14. 029: Susan Robertson

    Susan's Website Do The Work @SusanJRobertson Susan on Github

  15. 028: Aubrey Johnson

    @Aub Aubrey's Personal Site Medium Post on learning to code Lynda iOS Tutorial Skillshare with Paul Solt

  16. 027: Dan Mall

    Dan Mall @DanielMall Super Friendly Object Value Pricing

  17. 026: Dan Eden

    Dan's Personal Site @_dte Animate CSS brills Dan's Side Projects

  18. 025: Deepina Kapila

    @deekapila Deepina's Webiste

  19. 024: Joe Casabona

    Joe's Personal Site @jcasabona Responsive Design with WordPress Building WordPress Themes From Scratch

  20. 023: Debbie Millman

    Ten Things I Wish I Knew Sooner Rather Than Later Debbie Millman's Creative Mornings Talk Design Matters Personal Site @DebbieMillman

  21. 022: Garth Braithwaite

    Web Friends Open Source Design Garth's Personal Website @GarhtDB Garth on Dribble

  22. 021: Tim Smith

    @ttimsith Tim's website Goodstuff.fm

  23. 020: Morgan Polotan

    @MorganPolotan How Morgan Learned to Program in 9 Months Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck Thinkful

  24. 019: Nick Pettit

    @NickRP Nick's Website Treehouse

  25. 018: Chris Coyier

    CodePen CSS Tricks Shop Talk Show 24Ways - Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard @ChrisCoyier Chris Coyier on CodePen ##Sponsors Harvest - Use the code PENCILHOLDER and receive 50% of your first month MediaTemple - Use the code PENCIL for 25% off your first month of web...

  26. 017: Jonnie Hallman

    @DestroyToday Destroy Today Lessons Learned in a Year on My Own Building the Pencil Page Pencil by Fifty Three Chroma Siteleaf - A really simple CMS Oak Studios Handsome Cofee The Show - @HoldAPencil The Host - @ReubenIngber

  27. 016: Adda Birnir

    Skillcrush Adda Binir Skillcrush on Twitter

  28. 015: Ian Patrick Hines

    With Families Nation Builder Liquid Syntax on GitHub Dean Scream A Virtual Callaborative Workspace Tim Van Damme on The Great Discontent Zurb Foundation MyGathering Ian's Website @IanPatrickHines

  29. 014: Dan Friedman

    Thiel Fellowship Udacity Codeacademy How Morgan Learned to Program Blast to the Past Angular on App.net Thinkful @DNFriedman

  30. 013: Alex Carpenter

    Masuga Design GR Field Guide AlexCarpenter.me Chris Coyier CSS Tricks CSS Wizardry on Twitter CSS Wizardry Lamplighter

  31. 012: Mattan Griffel

    One Month How to Teach Yourself to Code OneMonth.com Mattan's Personal Site @MattanGriffell | @ReubenIngber | @HoldAPencil

  32. 011: Josh Long

    Patterns.co Sam Soffes Episode Cheddar Simplecast Execute (Reuben's Note: The book is an amazing and quick read) Jenius Design Evolution Execute iOS Website Execute iOS App The Great Discontent Happy Monday Podcast Sarah Paramenter on Twitter

  33. 010: Sam Soffes

    Roon How to Learn Motivation ExecuteiOS Building Coins Shares 2 on the App Store Coins on the App Store Full Package

  34. 009: Ryan Carson

    Shownotes Treehouse Carsonified Ryan's Blog @ryancarson @HoldaPencil www.HowtoHoldaPencil.com

  35. 008: Jeff Sheldon

    Ugmonk Ugmonk: Gives Back Knock Off Ugmonk Video Ampersand: The Making Of @Ugmonk @ReubenIngber @HoldaPencil HowtoHoldaPencil.com

  36. 007: Zoe Rooney

    Special thanks to Gary Vaynerchuk for sending me a brand new microphone to make the show even better in 2014, if you haven't already check out his new book JabJab Right Hook. How to Get the Work You Want Learn Shopify Girl Develop It Shop Talk Show Scouted In Zoe's Personal Site @zoe_rooney

  37. 006: Jennifer DeWalt

    Jennifer’s Blog 180 Websites in 180 Days How We’re Feeling Yum Hacker Jennifer’s Github @JenniferDewalt

  38. 005: Nathan Bashaw

    General Assembly HTML Dog Bad Code is the First Step Towards Good Code GA DASH Head First PHP Kathy Sierra Scratchpad.io Product Hunt Nathan’s Personal Website @Nbashaw Dribbble Github Medium

  39. 004: Matt Loszak

    Leave Your Day Job And Develop An App: The Story of JamCam JamCam on iTunes Learning How You Learn by Reuben Matt's Homepage @MatLoszack

  40. 003: Ryan Levick

    Show Notes Landing Your Dream Job - 5 Tips on Becoming a Self-Taught Developer A n00bs Journey into Coding Rails Girls Ryan's Blog Ryan on Github @itchyankles *My apologies for some of the background noise and echo in some places.

  41. 002: Natasha Murashev

    @NatashaTheRobot Natasha’s Personal Website The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Stanford CS 106 Class Railscast Stanford’s iOS Course ShopLater for iOS Mobile Makers Hacker Schedule If You Want to Learn, Be a Cockroach Big Nerd Ranch Objective C Big Nerd Ranch iOS...

  42. 001: Graham Davidson

    Show Notes Cornish Pasty Net Magazine Tiger J Chocolates Graham's personal website Graham on the Treehouse blog @jgtweeting

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast for people learning to code.

HOSTED BY

Reuben A. Ingber

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