The Stack Overflow Podcast

This is the eleventh episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following: Addressing a few key bits of podcast feedback: we’ll try to avoid talking over each other, and the callers who are asking questions, in the future. On the value of software postmortems. On data generation through Team System Database…

This is the tenth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following: We provide some background for new listeners on what Stack Overflow will be. See Joel’s post and Jeff’s post. Although we have ambivalent feelings about Expert’s Exchange, what we’re doing with Stack Overflow is similar, and they do have…

This is the ninth episode of the StackOverflow podcast — the first fully hosted on itconversations — wherein Joel and Jeff discuss the following: Apple’s WWDC is going on this week, and Joel has a few Fog Creek people at the conference. at a WWDC party, I saw my friend Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster,…

This is the eighth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: As of our next podcast, we will be hosted at ITConversations — the NPR of podcasts. A good outfit to be associated with! Yes, Joel does pronounce “wav file” as “wohv file”. I have no idea. Ask him. Joel…

This is the seventh episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: Many thanks to Stuart Cam for recording a stackoverflow theme song; a brief digression on the introductions to the Sopranos and Get Smart. How programmers know it’s a holiday: the door to the office is locked, or the Google…

This is the sixth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: A mercifully brief critique of Joel’s Skype avatar. Of course, he should be using this image. The other programmer I’m working with, Jarrod, will be visiting me this week. It’s his first visit to California! Welcome to the San…

If you want to submit a question for the next podcast, it must be in audio format. If you don’t have an easy way to record your question, here’s how. Use the BlogTalkRadio Cinch service: Call (646) 200-0000 Talk Get the RSS feed at http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com/YOURPHONENUMBER I just tried it, and it really works! I called…

This is the fifth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: Trivia clarifications from podcast #3: Leonardo DiCaprio on Growing Pains, and how the Fonz actually Jumped the Shark in Happy Days Thanks for all the offers to pitch in and help! The StackOverflow private beta should be in about…

This is the fourth episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: Why we think stackoverflow.com isn’t “reinventing the wheel”, or at least, reinventing it in a useful way. Failure, however, is always an option. We will be using ASP.NET MVC to build stackoverflow, as covered in my recent blog post.…

This is the third episode of the StackOverflow podcast, wherein Joel and I discuss the following: A brief, but awesome, reference to Donald Gibb in Revenge of the Nerds. We are now using Skype and Pamela to record our podcast for higher quality. Joel’s original 2002 Recommended Programmer Reading list and Jeff’s Top 5 Programming…