Developing Perspective

00:00:00 ◼   ► Hello.

00:00:02 ◼   ► This is not developing perspective, or at least not in the way that you may have expected.

00:00:07 ◼   ► My name is still David Smith, but today I instead am doing a quick episode to announce

00:00:13 ◼   ► something that I'm extraordinarily excited about.

00:00:16 ◼   ► I am delighted to say that I'm starting a new podcast discussing my experiences and

00:00:22 ◼   ► perspectives on development.

00:00:24 ◼   ► It's called Under the Radar, and it's going to be on the Find Real AFM network.

00:00:29 ◼   ► And rather than just being myself kind of monologuing into my closet by myself, I'm

00:00:34 ◼   ► delighted to say that it's going to be co-hosted with Marco Arment.

00:00:40 ◼   ► Back in the day when I first started doing podcasting, one of the things that really

00:00:44 ◼   ► got me into it was back in 2010, there's a little podcast called Build and Analyze with

00:00:51 ◼   ► Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin.

00:00:54 ◼   ► And I wasn't particularly familiar with either of them and their work before I started listening

00:00:58 ◼   ► into this podcast, but it seemed relevant to my work.

00:01:00 ◼   ► Marco was a mobile app developer,

00:01:02 ◼   ► or at least starting to be, and it just drew me in.

00:01:07 ◼   ► And I remember distinctly sitting down every week,

00:01:11 ◼   ► I listened live in the chat rooms, adjusted titles.

00:01:14 ◼   ► It was one of the things that,

00:01:15 ◼   ► one of the highlights of my week each week

00:01:18 ◼   ► was listening to Build and Analyze.

00:01:20 ◼   ► And in many ways, it was the show that got me

00:01:24 ◼   ► into podcasting in the first place,

00:01:26 ◼   ► that seeing the impact that Build and Analyze

00:01:29 ◼   ► had had on my own career,

00:01:32 ◼   ► and the ability for me to learn from Marco's mistakes,

00:01:35 ◼   ► learn from his successes,

00:01:37 ◼   ► to see and share and to appreciate what he was doing

00:01:40 ◼   ► in sharing his experience made me want to start podcasting.

00:01:43 ◼   ► And so, back in July of 2011, I did that.

00:01:48 ◼   ► I started doing Developing Perspective

00:01:50 ◼   ► and have fairly consistently been able to do it ever since

00:01:53 ◼   ► for just shy of four and a half years.

00:01:56 ◼   ► It's something that I'm very proud of.

00:01:59 ◼   ► And developing perspective is probably one of the most

00:02:03 ◼   ► important to me outputs of my work

00:02:05 ◼   ► in the last four and a half years.

00:02:07 ◼   ► It's something that I really,

00:02:11 ◼   ► it's a funny thing to describe,

00:02:13 ◼   ► but I'm so glad that I have to be able to look back

00:02:16 ◼   ► and refer to, that it captures my work

00:02:18 ◼   ► and what I was thinking and what I was doing

00:02:20 ◼   ► in a way that is hard to recreate.

00:02:23 ◼   ► But it's time, I think, to embark on something new.

00:02:27 ◼   ► And that's where this idea for starting a new podcast

00:02:29 ◼   ► and to start one with Marco came from.

00:02:32 ◼   ► It's to try and find a different way,

00:02:36 ◼   ► to find a way to more richly

00:02:38 ◼   ► and deeply share my experiences.

00:02:40 ◼   ► The thing that I've always most struggled with

00:02:43 ◼   ► with developing perspective

00:02:44 ◼   ► is that because it's just one voice,

00:02:46 ◼   ► because it's just me sitting down for 15 minutes

00:02:49 ◼   ► and pouring out my thoughts, there's no back and forth.

00:02:52 ◼   ► There's no dialogue.

00:02:53 ◼   ► There's nothing forcing me to go deeper

00:02:58 ◼   ► and to challenge the assumptions I'm making

00:03:00 ◼   ► and to have kind of a rich discussion,

00:03:02 ◼   ► to have kind of that experience

00:03:04 ◼   ► where you start off thinking one thing

00:03:06 ◼   ► and someone asks you a few probing questions

00:03:08 ◼   ► and you can end up in a much better place.

00:03:10 ◼   ► It's something that I wish I would have had

00:03:13 ◼   ► in developing perspective.

00:03:15 ◼   ► And now I'm so delighted to finally have,

00:03:17 ◼   ► find the right venue, find the right opportunity to do that.

00:03:21 ◼   ► So we're starting a new podcast, Marco and I.

00:03:23 ◼   ► It's called Under the Radar.

00:03:24 ◼   ► It'll be on relay FM, like I said.

00:03:26 ◼   ► It'll never be longer than 30 minutes.

00:03:28 ◼   ► So if you like the shorter, more focused version

00:03:30 ◼   ► that you've probably gotten used to

00:03:32 ◼   ► on Developing Perspective, it still has that going for it.

00:03:34 ◼   ► And we're just gonna talk about being,

00:03:37 ◼   ► what it's like being a developer today.

00:03:38 ◼   ► In many ways, if you liked building an analyze

00:03:41 ◼   ► back in the day, or you've been enjoying

00:03:42 ◼   ► Developing Perspective, I'm sure you'll find it

00:03:45 ◼   ► good, useful, engaging.

00:03:47 ◼   ► We're gonna be discussing many of the same things,

00:03:49 ◼   ► what it's like to be a developer,

00:03:50 ◼   ► the challenges we face, the opportunities we see,

00:03:52 ◼   ► the lessons we've learned.

00:03:53 ◼   ► As we're going through projects and developing them,

00:03:55 ◼   ► I'm sure we'll discuss them.

00:03:57 ◼   ► And it's just trying to capture what it is

00:03:59 ◼   ► to be a developer in these days.

00:04:01 ◼   ► And probably, you know, with an emphasis

00:04:02 ◼   ► on being an independent app developer,

00:04:04 ◼   ► the thing that we both are and that we share,

00:04:07 ◼   ► and the difficulties and challenges

00:04:09 ◼   ► that come from being that are kind of,

00:04:11 ◼   ► in many ways, a unique thing.

00:04:12 ◼   ► So I'd encourage you to subscribe.

00:04:15 ◼   ► There's gonna be a bunch of links in the show notes,

00:04:16 ◼   ► And I really hope that you enjoy the show

00:04:20 ◼   ► and can find a way to fit it into your podcasting playlist.

00:04:25 ◼   ► And as I wrap this up though,

00:04:28 ◼   ► I just wanted to say how grateful I am

00:04:29 ◼   ► for everybody who supported Developing Perspective

00:04:32 ◼   ► over the last four and a half years.

00:04:33 ◼   ► It's became something that I never imagined

00:04:35 ◼   ► when I started off that it could ever be.

00:04:38 ◼   ► I started off just me,

00:04:39 ◼   ► and if you go back and listen to episode one,

00:04:41 ◼   ► it's me with a Logitech USB headset that I had for gaming,

00:04:46 ◼   ► just talking at my desk and the quality is kind of terrible.

00:04:50 ◼   ► The way I spoke was kind of terrible,

00:04:52 ◼   ► but that was the start of something

00:04:54 ◼   ► that has been a very important part in my life,

00:04:58 ◼   ► both professionally and personally.

00:04:59 ◼   ► I've met a lot of people through podcasting.

00:05:01 ◼   ► I've had a lot of opportunities open up to me as a result

00:05:05 ◼   ► of sharing my experiences.

00:05:06 ◼   ► And I'm very grateful for that.

00:05:07 ◼   ► And that is in many ways possible

00:05:09 ◼   ► just because of listeners like you

00:05:11 ◼   ► who have supported me in it,

00:05:12 ◼   ► who have encouraged me to continue doing it

00:05:15 ◼   ► and there have been times when I didn't want to do it for whatever reason,

00:05:19 ◼   ► you know, that there is nothing more motivating than someone saying,

00:05:21 ◼   ► "Oh, I really miss your show. When's the next episode?"

00:05:23 ◼   ► And I wanted to say thank you for that.

00:05:26 ◼   ► Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new show.

00:05:28 ◼   ► Like I said, I think you really will if you liked this one.

00:05:30 ◼   ► And, you know, on to better and new things.

00:05:34 ◼   ► Let's get started.