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The value of payment data

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:30 +0000

Bruce Burke, Founder of Social Mobile Payments, is back to share more insight on the future of commerce. This time, Bruce considers the question, “Is payment data worth more than payment fees?” Later, we discuss his upcoming event.

HTML5 for .NET Developers

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:51:23 +0000

Jim Jackson II and Ian Gilman, authors of HTML5 for .NET Developers, share a behind the scenes look at how and why the book came together. We discuss how the web is changing and how developers can keep in step.

Antony Francis

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:50:19 +0000

Antony Francis, CEO of Head of Lettuce Media, talks with me about automation in social media. Social media, as a customer support channel, is currently primed for human error and the robots can help us.

Jason Milgram

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:38:11 +0000

Jason Milgram, Founder of Linxter, talks about the delicate balance of staying focused while being prepared to pivot. Jason describes why he chose to launch a new product, allAware, with a target audience of nonprofit organizations. He goes on to introduce the idea of a “social wallet”.

John Nicholson

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:18:31 +0000

John Nicholson, an attorney who focuses on technology, data security and privacy, talks with me about the intersection of law and technology. He starts off by addressing the question “Does the law help or hinder creativity?” Later, we talk about what it means to “own” something.

James Parrish

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:03:14 +0000

Dr. James Parrish talks about benefits of partnerships between industry and academia. While these groups can seem worlds apart, James explains why this should not be. He goes on to list what he's doing to better align the two camps.

Lance Vick

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:34:47 +0000

Lance Vick, Founder of Tawlk, explains social search and advocates open source. Lance shares a bit of the process of deciding which bits of code need too be protected and which bits get released to the community.

Larry Lebofsky

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Larry Lebofsky, President of Next Path Search, shares a recruiters perspective on software development. Larry, specializing in electronic payments and mobile, discusses some trends he observes. He goes on to explain his role as gatekeeper and underscores the importance of soft skills.

Guru Pangal

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Guru Pangal shares ideas that proved beneficial for StorSimple. Guru talks about how “playing ball” with big existing brands can extend the reach of your startup. He also expresses the importance of shipping your product soon and iterating often.

Jeff Baird

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:09:09 +0000

Jeff Baird, Founder of Kngroo, talks about what can come out of a Startup Weekend. Jeff’s team placed second at an event, and went on to secure seed funding from Gazelle Lab (a TechStars Network investment program).

Ryan Dorrell

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:25:38 +0000

Ryan Dorrell, CTO of Agile Thought, explains his enthusiasm for continuous delivery. Ryan shares ways to reduce risk and improve communication to better your experience shipping code.

Arian Kulp

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:51:12 +0000

Arian Kulp talks about AppDreamr, a place for non developers to brainstorm app ideas. Everybody has an idea (or two) for an app, Arian has built them a place to jumpstart the creative process. He also shares his insight on the state of Windows Phone.

Dean Lester

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:54:25 +0000

Dean Lester, CEO of Vizua, offers insight on choosing the direction of your product. Dean shares how his company challenged assumptions with research to help them focus on worthwhile goals. Whether you're targeting the medical industry or not, there is some great advice you can use in here.

Larry Port

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:30:24 +0000

Larry Port, Founder of Rocket Matter, shares many benefits and challenges he has encountered running a business targeting lawyers. Larry goes on to explain why he strongly prefers working on a business to business solution as opposed to a consumer facing product.

Chad Miller

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:57:44 +0000

Chad Miller, Sr Manager of Database Administration at Raymond James, shares his experience helping others bootstrap conferences targeting IT professionals. Chad and others were frustrated that all the existing events were too Developer centric, so they started ITProCamp.

Patricia Beitler

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:24:27 +0000

Patricia Beitler, founder of Velocitas, talks about the importance of knowing your target market. Sometimes you’re not simply scratching your own itch, she lays out a few things to think about when addressing customers unlike yourself.

SFTA Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:36:21 +0000

Lenny Chesal and Chris Fleck talk about what South Florida Technology Alliance is all about. They discuss what the local tech community is, what it isn't, and opine on what we can do to make it better. Turns out, Florida has a richer tech history than I was aware of.

Stonly Baptiste Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:50:05 +0000

Stonly Baptiste, Cofounder of Veddio, talks about entrepreneurship. Stonly speaks rather openly about why “the startup life” is for him and shares a series of choices he has made along the way. It’s a fun story of burnt bridges and adaptation.

Julie Landry Laviolette

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:16:47 +0000

Julie Landry Laviolette, CEO of Story Bayou, narrates the story of creating a company around story book apps. Julie leveraged her background as a writer to create a software based company despite the fact she's not a developer.

Mike Benkovich Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:25:32 +0000

Mike, Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, explains just what technology envangelism is. Mike scopes this role as being less about sales and more about helping developers learn what is possible with new Microsoft technologies.

Slate Wars

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:29 +0000

David Kelley, Principal User Experience Architect at Wirestone, is back to talk about “Slate Wars”. David shares many reasons why he is excited to see Microsoft enter this market (again).

Bruce Burke

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Bruce Burke, Founder of Gulf Bay Consulting, talks with me about his upcoming Social Mobile Payments Conference. Bruce has created a conference about deconstructing the forces that are changing the way consumers interact, live and shop.

Harald Horgen Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:40:13 +0000

Harald Horgen, CEO of The York Group, talks business with me. Harald shares insight on taking

Auston Bunsen Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:35:25 +0000

Auston Bunsen, the guy behind SuperConf, shares lessons learned from hosting a conference focused on web development & entrepreneurship. Auston is remarkably open about his experience and gives us a sneak peek of what 2012’s SuperConf will bring.

Roman Karachinsky Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:54:37 +0000

Roman Karachinsky, CEO of News360, talks about delivering relevant content. Roman explains how they use information from your “social graph” to create an “interest graph”.

Karsten Wysk Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:39:08 +0000

Karsten Wysk, CEO of Mobilebits, talks about developing 3D games for many platforms. Karsten shares observations about the various platforms as a developer who has been writing games for 15 years.

Bob Arciniaga Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:03:31 +0000

Bob Arciniaga, Founder and Managing Partner, of Advisory Board Architects is on the show this week. We speak about leveraging different types of advisory boards to make a quantifiable impact on your business.

Todd McKellar Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:04:02 +0000

On this episode I interview Todd McKellar, the North American VP of Mobile Republic. We talk about personal mobile media and using it to custom tailor your mobile news/entertainment experience.

Marcus Whitney Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:19:02 +0000

Marcus Whitney, CTO and Cofounder of MoonToast, talks about creating a product centric company. Marcus explains the importance of aligning customer’s needs with what you are creating. He also explains the difference between social marketing and social commerce.

Azure VM Roles

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:47:18 +0000

Eric Boyd, Director of Chicago & Cloud Practice at Centare Group, is back! This time, Eric teaches us about Azure VM Roles. To set the stage, he also gives us a brief crash course on how Web and Worker Roles work.

Jeff Truman Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:28:20 +0000

Jeff Truman teaches us all about PowerShell and how it helps him be more productive at Raymond James. He sets the record straight that not all Windows Admins want to spend their days clicking around remote desktops.

Reza Malekzadeh Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:23:59 +0000

Reza Malekzadeh talks about his goals and responsibilities as VP of marketing at Nimbula. Reza recounts his fairly recent challenge of guiding a tech start up out of “stealth mode”.

Robert Collazo Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:53:57 +0000

Robert Collazo, Manager of social media at Rackspace, explains how social media can be successfully used for customer support… not just marketing. Later, Robert describes what Open Stack is and who it’s for.

Patrick Elmore Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:18:52 +0000

Patrick Elmore, Lynx Interactive, talks with me about developing games for the Windows Phone platform. Patrick describes how Lynx operates and explains why client work isn’t for him.

Bryce Kerley Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:23:12 +0000

Bryce Kerley, Head of Secret Service at PicoMoney, talks with me about currency and technology. Bryce compares many types of currency from Dollars to Bitcoins. Later, we talk about professional ethics in software development.

Micah Baldwin Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:23:51 +0000

Micah Baldwin, CEO and Chief Community Caretaker of Graphicly, talks with me about technology, entrepreneurship and comics. Micah describes “start up” as a state of mind and encourages us to seek more responsibility no matter what size company we work for.

SendGrid Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:11:55 +0000

Isaac Saldana and Tom Albers share stories from SendGrid. Isaac talks about some of the complexities of email. Tom discusses his passion for Agile methodologies. Later, I learn similarities between Crossfit and cookies.

Ryan Dunn Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:47:33 +0000

Ryan Dunn, a Director at Cumulux, shares wisdom about making apps “Cloud Friendly”. Ryan dispels myths and lists good things to think about when moving existing web apps to Azure. Ryan also contrasts his current role at Cumulux with his previous role as an evangelist for Microsoft.

William Shulman Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:25:28 +0000

Will Shulman, Cofounder of MongoLab, explains how MongoDb and other NoSQL Databases differ from more traditional databases. Will talks about what benefits come with these new approaches and goes on to talk about the challenges of selling a hosted offering of a pretty cutting edge solution.

David Jilk Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:23:04 +0000

David Jilk, Founder of Standing Cloud, shares how they make various cloud environments interoperable by standardizing common tasks. David talks about finding the balance between making common things easy without making uncommon things impossible.

Gaurav Mantri Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Gaurav Mantri, CEO of Cerebrata, talks about how he has grown a startup based around Microsoft’s Azure Platform. Gaurav offers great advice on guerrilla (read: sensible) marketing and spreads the opinion that well crafted products tend to market themselves.

Shameen Prashantham Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Shameen Prashantham talks about how startups and international corporations can work together more successfully. Shameen describes how the asymetrical nature

Charlie Wood Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:58:39 +0000

Charlie Wood, CEO of Spanning, talks about protecting against user error (the silent killer). Charlie talks about the ways that his product backs up Google Apps and lists many lesser considered elements of backup.

David Kelley Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:06:42 +0000

David Kelley, Principal User Experience Architect at Wirestone, talks about how UX should be a concern of everyone on the team and not just fluffy designer stuff. David has described his role as being the glue between designers and developers.

Andrew Gray Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:04:26 +0000

Andrew Gray, Director of Business Development at CenterSpace, talks about adding really fast math to .NET projects. Andy spends a little time debunking myths about managed code performance. Later, he goes on to talk bout their choice to support more server platforms with Mono.

Eric Boyd Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:29:28 +0000

Eric Boyd, Director of Chicago & Cloud Practice at Centare Group, talks about how they divvy up work across disciplines and geography. He also talks about his love of “startup culture” and how he’s leveraging that in a larger than startup company.

Bill Wilder Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:04:19 +0000

Bill Wilder, founder of the Boston Azure User Group, talks about techniques for scaling on cloud architecture. Bill also talks about a few more broad tech topics, including his experience with Toastmasters and the importance of being well rounded.

Aaron Drenberg Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:25:38 +0000

Aaron Drenberg, cofounder of Pad Proof, shares his approach and thoughts on creating a startup. Aaron and his partner have created the first photography proofing app for the iPad.

Lee Murphy Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Lee Murphy talks with me about Spoon, a new approach to virtual software. They offer a hybrid approach that leverages "the cloud" for application delivery while bringing the same desktop application experience we're all used to.

Federico Zoufaly Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:35:10 +0000

Federico Zoufaly of ArtinSoft talks with me about why enterprise customers are rearchitecting their products. He's been helping companies port their existing desktop apps to web based and hybrid architectures.

Michael Collier Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:50:29 +0000

Michael Collier, Azure MVP working for Neudesic, talks about why cloud computing is particularly well suited for enhancing phone apps. Mike also shares stories on what kinds of companies are

Sebastian Holst Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:47:28 +0000

Sebastian Holst, CMO of PreEmptive Solutions, talks about various ways that learning from your customers can help you make better apps. Sebastian goes on to share his story of creating the #1 paid yoga app in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Mark Rowe Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:15:00 +0000

Mark Rowe, Senior Consultant with Magenic Technologies, talks about new things coming for Azure developers, in particular how familiar Workflows with Azure will be to BizTalk developers. Later he talks about his involvement as director of membership for INETA.

Dave Nielsen Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:52:38 +0000

Dave Nielsen shares his experience creating CloudCamp, an unconference focused on cloud computing. Dave talks about how and why he dedicates so much time helping others run so many events.

Steve Marx Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:46:13 +0000

Steve Marx, Tactical Strategist for Microsoft, talks about <del>inter</del>operability on Azure. Steve writes Python and Ruby apps that he hosts on Azure and says you can too. He explains why it makes sense for Microsoft to support developers of all languages...

Matt Tanase Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:32:58 +0000

Matt Tanase, founder of DevStructure and Slicehost, talks with me about all things servers. He shares his experience at Slicehost and being acquired by Rackspace. Then, we talk about his new company that is focused on reverse engineering servers to make deployment more manageable.

Esther Shein Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:38:58 +0000

Esther Shein, Journalist focusing on technology, shares her side of tech news. Esther explains what it takes to be worth writing about. She also weighs in on what she sees as key differences between Journalists and Bloggers.

Wally McClure Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:52:55 +0000

Wally McClure, developer and author, talks about his approach to cross platform mobile development using MonoTouch and MonoDroid. Wally gives a nice overview of what these tools do, and what they don't do to help developers publish to different platforms.

Rasesh Shah Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:32:19 +0000

As an evangelist for PayPal, Rasesh Shah spends his time in the trenches with startups. In this episode, he shares some observations of industry trends and speculates where opportunities will present themselves.

Sam Abraham Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:32:19 +0000

Sam Abraham talks about the various roles he assumes in his local developer community. He also shares his view on keeping your skill set current.

Kevin Hale Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:30:27 +0000

Kevin Hale, Cofounder of Infinity Box Inc, shares Five Interface Laws Every Software Designer Should Know. This is a fascinating left-brained look at user interfaces. Kevin goes on to discuss his company's strategy of attending and supporting Barcamps all over the country.

Davide Di Cillo (SyncPad)

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:29:07 +0000

Davide Di Cillo is back for a second time. This time, Davide talks about his journey creating SyncPad, a real time collaboration tool. He shared the unlikely start of the product and how listening to users and reaching out for press has helped this product grow.

Jonas Stawski Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:25:52 +0000

Jonas Stawski shares business strategies and goals of his customer loyalty product, PlumReward. Jonas talks about why his hardware/software approach is better than software only competitors and why text messages work better than bits of paper.

Brian Noyes Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:57:50 +0000

Brian Noyes, Chief Architect with IDesign, gives a nice introduction to WCF RIA Services. He talks about when is, and when isn't, the right time to use this approach.

Luxset Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:13:59 +0000

Founders Mary Foden and Erwin Gonzalez share their journey so far in creating Luxset, a tool for helping friends proactively split expenses.

Chris Catto Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:15:04 +0000

Chris Catto, Software Engineer at MovieTickets.com, talks about a laundry list of interests he has in development as well a plethora of apps he produced for Windows Phone 7.

Alex Funkhouser Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:49:44 +0000

Alex Funkhouser, Sherlock Tech, shares his perspective on the state of the technology job market. As a recruiter, Alex has a unique perspective of what employers are looking for and how that has been changing over time. Also, we talk about why community involvement is so important to him.

Liam Cavanagh Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:52:33 +0000

Liam Cavanagh, Sr. Program Manager for Microsoft, Talks about how SQL Azure Data Sync can change the way you think about scaling databases. Later, he talks more specifically about his role bridging the gap between his customers and internal developers.

Josh Guffey Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:13:46 +0000

Josh Guffey, Lead Developer of The Pancake Movement, talks about why he left one agency to start another. Josh shares his thoughts on small business and talks about how entrepreneurship compels him.

Dave Noderer Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:01:51 +0000

Dave Noderer of Computer Ways takes time to share his thoughts on community. Dave is a big part of the South Florida .NET Community and he takes time here to say why.

Alexander Jorias Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:55:27 +0000

Alexander Jorias of Club Cooee talks about how his group of game developers is uniquely qualified to make a better chat experience. Club Cooee is an interesting take on a multiplatform chat client where users design 3D avatars and consume virtual goods.

Chris Jennings Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:04:07 +0000

Chris Jennings shares lessons learned as the Director of UX at Disqus. We talk about all aspects of his user centered approach. Chris goes on to talk about Superconf wehre he'll be talking about “Designing for 200 million people”.

Darren Lee Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0000

CEO and founder of NextPage, Darren Lee, talks about his information governance solution and the various advantages of the “digital thread” model over the standard “command and control”. Darren ends the discussion with a nice message to other startups out there.

Doug Johnson Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:56:29 +0000

Doug Johnson from Acumatica, a cloud based ERP provider, talks about the advantages of web apps, SaaS, and the “cloud”. Doug explains how Accumatica distinguishes between these terms that are often used relatively interchangeably.

Fabian Alcantara Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:46:10 +0000

Fabian of FIU shares his experience at Future of Web Design. Despite the conference’s title, topics covered included not only web and mobile design, but also frontend development and product strategy in general.

Margaret Johnson Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:41:23 +0000

Margaret Johnson, CEO of Sabi, discusses game-based learning. She talks about her games ItzaBitza and ItzaZoo and their “Living Ink” drawing recognition technology.

Daniele Calabrese Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:30:47 +0000

Daniele Calabrese talks about Soundtrckr’s approach to creating a ubiquitous experience for sharing music. Daniele discusses everything from international licensing to why leveraging HTML5 was a “no brainer”.

Devon Watson Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:27:54 +0000

Devon Watson, talks about how Apprenda helps B2B software companies transition to the cloud. Later, Devon outlines differences between web apps, SaaS, and the cloud in the context of his business.

Andrej Kostresevic Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:03:01 +0000

Andrej Kostresevic, Project Lead at Myxer, shares his thoughts on developing apps for multiple platforms. We compare and contrast iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7. We also talk about general strategies that tend to work (or not) regardless of platform.

John Dunagan Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:43:59 +0000

John Dunagan talks with me about his Developer Group and why community involvement is important to him.

Peter Martinez Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:34:38 +0000

Peter Martinez, cofounder of Pikchur, talks about his service for updating your social networks / micro-blogging platforms with pictures & videos.

Brian Breslin Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:51:26 +0000

Brian Breslin, CEO of Infinimedia and founder of Refresh Miami, gives us a look behind the curtain of his company as well as discusses details related to fostering a local community. Brian turns the tables on me by asking some questions of his own.

Jason L. Baptiste Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:05:49 +0000

Jason Baptiste shares the motivation behind Cloudomatic, a site that helps you discover business web apps. We go on to discuss thoughts on web app business models, including why it’s good to support the services that you depend on.

Willie Morris Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Willie Morris, Social Media Thespian, shares how he has worked to create a job he loves in the tech field. But first we rant on the state of social media. Do not call him a marketing guy, Willie is quick to state he is a generalist tech consultant.

Ryan Abbott Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:33:10 +0000

Ryan Abbott, co-founder of Loudpixel, discusses how his company deals with, and even benefits from, not having a central office. Ryan also describes the importance of contributing to open source projects and being involved with coworking groups.

Esteban Gonzalez Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:50:42 +0000

Esteban Gonzalez, co-founder of LeadLog, talks about his team’s motivation and approach to creating Dashboard. We discuss why they chose to enter the market with a simple, specialized, approach to lead management over a more robust kitchen sink strategy.

Davide Di Cillo Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:01:08 +0000

Davide Di Cillo is the founder of 39 inc., a South Florida based company specializing in crafting beautiful and functional applications. Davide talks with me about his approach to starting new projects. In his own words “I try to apply my creativity to my business and projects.”

Susanne Sanchez Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:04:01 +0000

Susanne Sanchez shares some great wisdom for marketing your tech company. Susanne is the Director of Marketing for Meridian Partners, a South Florida IT Consulting firm specializing in SAP offerings.

Ulises Orozco - jCompare

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:15:44 +0000

Ulises Orozco talks with me about jCompare, his social comparison shopping engine. Ulises candidly discusses some of the hurdles he has overcome (and some he is still facing) on his startup journey.

WebsiteSpark & Azure

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:23:24 +0000

Brian Johnson and John McClelland of Microsoft introduce WebsiteSpark and discuss Windows Azure. WebsiteSpark is a program that offers free Microsoft tools for web developers and designers.

Stephen Potter Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:20:18 +0000

Stephen Potter of Mediascend talks about a web app they are working on, Takeoff, that makes collaborating on video projects a breeze. Takeoff started as an internal tool Mediascend needed for their own consultation projects.

Matt Heitzenroder Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:57:04 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Matt Heitzenroder about Appush. Currently, Appush helps you add push notifications to your iPhone app in minutes, so that you can make engaging apps people want.

Matt Lally Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:41:41 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Matt Lally about Imaneed, a cool new approach to online classifieds. Imaneed is a simple way to buy and sell services via the web, cell phones, or (thanks to an open API approach) any way developers can dream up.

Vishal Shukla Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:12:49 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Vishal Shukla about the importance of community involvement. Vishal walks us through how he came to be active in the .net developer community and lays out some of the benefits he has reaped due to this involvement.

Herve Roggero Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:44:47 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Herve Roggero about a tool he is working on that enables developers to spot SQL performance issues early.

Nikita Polyakov Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:54:06 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Nikita Polyakov about all things Windows mobile. In addition to getting a good bead on the state of the Windows phone platform, Nikita mentions his upcoming <a href="http://windowsphonecamp.com">Windows Phone Camp</a>.

Jess Coburn Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:56:17 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Jess Coburn of Applied Innovations about initiatives to win php developers over to IIS on Windows Servers. He mentions a contest he is involved with <a href="http://phparch.com/win">The Great PHP on Windows Contest</a>,sponsored by Microsoft And PHPArch.

Dave Hatter Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:56:22 +0000

In this episode, I talk with Dave Hatter of Libertas Technologies about how they handle projects. Dave discusses his pragmatic approach to meeting customers’ needs.

Rob Eisenberg Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:34:03 +0000

Rob Eisenberg talks Caliburn, his open source WPF/Silverlight framework. Sounds like a time saving boon for all .net developers.

Jacob Russo Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:28:11 +0000

Jacob Russo talks about Imaging101, a document imaging solution to help offices get one step closer to paperless. In a nutshell, his service is an easy way to add all the benefits of digital documents to your analog assets.

Jean M. Touboul Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:42:10 +0000

Jean Touboul discusses EnContext Advertising a new approach to adding interactivity to television. EnContext does this by adding interactive hotspots to otherwise normal video distributed over Broadcast, cable TV as well as the Internet. Also notable, they are hiring.

Rob Staple Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:51:27 +0000

An Interview with Rob Staple the Research and Development Program Manager at Cabrera Services, Inc. Rob talks about his business’ involvement with the DOE and other things related to hazardous remediation. <h2>Links referenced in the show:</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cabreraservices.com">Cabrera Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.energy.gov/">Department of Energy</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_(comics)">Dr. Bruce Banner</a></li></ul>

John McFetridge Interview

holla@ryanparsley.com (Ryan Parsley) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:55:42 +0000

An interview with John McFetridge at the Tallahassee Codecamp. John discusses his presentation on a Silverlight client that consumes a restful web service hosted on Azure.