
        <h3>Show Notes &amp; Links

</h3><p>Henning and Kahlil talk to Robin Ward, the co-founder of Discourse, the creator of Forumwarz and the Evilest Trout of them all. Robin explains how his interest in forums and the software that powers them leads him to a collaboration with Jeff Atwood to create Discourse. And of course we had to ask how his alias "Evil Trout" came to be.</p>

<h4>Highlights

<ul>
<li><strong>[00:00:25]</strong> Henning welcomes Robin Ward to the show</li>
<li><strong>[00:01:20]</strong> Introduced to computers via IBM's first PC</li>
<li><strong>[00:02:32]</strong> Kings Quest</li>
<li><strong>[00:06:40]</strong> First job as a web developer at $15/h</li>
<li><strong>[00:15:16]</strong> Discovered Ruby on Rails</li>
<li><strong>[00:16:06]</strong> Forumwarz</li>
<li><strong>[00:32:20]</strong> Jeff Atwood talks about Forumwarz ...</li>
<li><strong>[00:33:28]</strong> Discourse</li>
<li><strong>[00:47:20]</strong> Ember forums - first user of Discourse</li>
<li><strong>[00:53:43]</strong> Ember.js mobile performance of Discourse</li>
<li><strong>[01:05:44]</strong> Gamification/trust levels in Discourse</li>
<li><strong>[01:09:42]</strong> The "Evil Trout" alias</li>
<li><strong>[01:14:02]</strong> Picks</li>
</ul>

<h4>Links

<ul>
<li>Robin Ward is <a href="https://twitter.com/eviltrout">@eviltrout</a> on Twitter</li>
<li><a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/">Forumwarz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.discourse.org/">Discourse</a></li>
<li>Robin's picks:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amyschumer.com/">Amy Schumer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/">It follows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian">Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy</a></li>
<li>MUSIC PICK: <a href="http://www.jamiexx.com">In Colour by Jamie XX</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Henning's picks:
<ul><li><a href="http://confreaks.tv/videos/wickedgoodember2015-keynote-the-end-of-single-page-apps">The end of Single Page Apps by Chris Tse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/">PHPStorm by JetBRAINS</a></li>
<li>MUSIC PICK: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JnGBs88sL0">Nelly Furtado - Say it Right</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Kahlil's picks:
<ul><li><a href="http://youtu.be/lil4YCCXRYc">Jafar Husain: Async Programming in ES7 | JSConf US 2015</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS">RxJS - The Reactive Extensions for JavaScript</a></li>
<li><a href="http://reactive.audio/">Reactive Podcast</a></li>
<li>MUSIC PICK: <a href="http://youtu.be/kqsjufgaYZo">Lethal Bizzle Fester Skank Remix ft Stormzy, Fuse ODG &amp; Wretch 32</a></li></ul></li>
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<description>
        &lt;h3&gt;Show Notes &amp;amp; Links

&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Henning and Kahlil talk to Robin Ward, the co-founder of Discourse, the creator of Forumwarz and the Evilest Trout of them all. Robin explains how his interest in forums and the software that powers them leads him to a collaboration with Jeff Atwood to create Discourse. And of course we had to ask how his alias "Evil Trout" came to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Highlights

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:00:25]&lt;/strong&gt; Henning welcomes Robin Ward to the show&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:01:20]&lt;/strong&gt; Introduced to computers via IBM's first PC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:02:32]&lt;/strong&gt; Kings Quest&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:06:40]&lt;/strong&gt; First job as a web developer at $15/h&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:15:16]&lt;/strong&gt; Discovered Ruby on Rails&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:16:06]&lt;/strong&gt; Forumwarz&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:32:20]&lt;/strong&gt; Jeff Atwood talks about Forumwarz ...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:33:28]&lt;/strong&gt; Discourse&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:47:20]&lt;/strong&gt; Ember forums - first user of Discourse&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[00:53:43]&lt;/strong&gt; Ember.js mobile performance of Discourse&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[01:05:44]&lt;/strong&gt; Gamification/trust levels in Discourse&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[01:09:42]&lt;/strong&gt; The "Evil Trout" alias&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[01:14:02]&lt;/strong&gt; Picks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Links

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Robin Ward is &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/eviltrout"&gt;@eviltrout&lt;/a&gt; on Twitter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/"&gt;Forumwarz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.discourse.org/"&gt;Discourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Robin's picks:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amyschumer.com/"&gt;Amy Schumer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/"&gt;It follows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian"&gt;Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MUSIC PICK: &lt;a href="http://www.jamiexx.com"&gt;In Colour by Jamie XX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Henning's picks:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://confreaks.tv/videos/wickedgoodember2015-keynote-the-end-of-single-page-apps"&gt;The end of Single Page Apps by Chris Tse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/"&gt;PHPStorm by JetBRAINS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MUSIC PICK: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JnGBs88sL0"&gt;Nelly Furtado - Say it Right&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kahlil's picks:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/lil4YCCXRYc"&gt;Jafar Husain: Async Programming in ES7 | JSConf US 2015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS"&gt;RxJS - The Reactive Extensions for JavaScript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://reactive.audio/"&gt;Reactive Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MUSIC PICK: &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/kqsjufgaYZo"&gt;Lethal Bizzle Fester Skank Remix ft Stormzy, Fuse ODG &amp;amp; Wretch 32&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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Show Notes &amp; Links

Henning and Kahlil talk to Robin Ward, the co-founder of Discourse, the creator of Forumwarz and the Evilest Trout of them all. Robin explains how his interest in forums and the software that powers them leads him to a collaboratio

Show Notes &amp; Links

Henning and Kahlil talk to Robin Ward, the co-founder of Discourse, the creator of Forumwarz and the Evilest Trout of them all. Robin explains how his interest in forums and the software that powers them leads him to a collaboration with Jeff Atwood to create Discourse. And of course we had to ask how his alias "Evil Trout" came to be.

Highlights


[00:00:25] Henning welcomes Robin Ward to the show
[00:01:20] Introduced to computers via IBM's first PC
[00:02:32] Kings Quest
[00:06:40] First job as a web developer at $15/h
[00:15:16] Discovered Ruby on Rails
[00:16:06] Forumwarz
[00:32:20] Jeff Atwood talks about Forumwarz ...
[00:33:28] Discourse
[00:47:20] Ember forums - first user of Discourse
[00:53:43] Ember.js mobile performance of Discourse
[01:05:44] Gamification/trust levels in Discourse
[01:09:42] The "Evil Trout" alias
[01:14:02] Picks


Links


Robin Ward is @eviltrout on Twitter
Forumwarz
Discourse
Robin's picks:
Amy Schumer
It follows
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
MUSIC PICK: In Colour by Jamie XX
Henning's picks:
The end of Single Page Apps by Chris Tse
PHPStorm by JetBRAINS
MUSIC PICK: Nelly Furtado - Say it Right
Kahlil's picks:
Jafar Husain: Async Programming in ES7 | JSConf US 2015
RxJS - The Reactive Extensions for JavaScript
Reactive Podcast
MUSIC PICK: Lethal Bizzle Fester Skank Remix ft Stormzy, Fuse ODG &amp; Wretch 32


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