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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 160 \| Todd Gardner - Tracking Success
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:58:13
	Publish Date:		2016-08-28 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: Todd Gardner @toddhgardner Todd Gardner talks with Dave Rael about JavaScript errors, social lubrication, a business that supports itself and its partners, and the web Todd H. Gardner is the president and bootstrapped co-founder of TrackJS JavaScript Error Monitoring. He has founded and failed several smaller businesses before TrackJS, but don’t hold that against him. With over a decade of experience building software systems, Todd has built large enterprise systems and complex software products. Chapters: 0:57 - Dave introduces the show and Todd Gardner 2:43 - Origins of PubConf 5:40 - NDC Conferences 7:16 - TrackJS - Todd's business and service to track. log, monitor, and report JavaScript errors from your web application 11:28 - The joy of a being a small organization with a big impact 13:07 - Businesses that can support their founders and partners - being an advocate for the business and product and not just a developer 16:29 - How Tood shifted focus from only development to product and business and marketing 18:54 - "Marketing gets a bad name only when you're marketing something that sucks." 19:39 - The things that "light Todd up" 22:19 - How Todd got started in software 25:14 - Todd's story of failure - Depending on unreliable services and suffering quality of life problems relating to the struggle to keep the lights on 28:58 - TrackJS and coming out of the low point and lessons learned that color future outlook and operation 34:03 - Todd's success story - TrackJS being used on websites and applications he admires and "holds in awe" 36:18 - Todd's thoughts on having "made it" 38:04 - How Todd stays current with what he needs to know 40:13 - Todd's book recommendation 43:57 - The things that have Todd most excited 45:12 - The things about which Todd likes to geek out 47:07 - Todd's prediction for the future of software 49:45 - An emphasis on simplicity 51:48 - Todd's top 3 tips for delivering more value 56:06 - Keeping up with Todd Resources: TrackJS The trackJS Blog (including posts by Todd) PubConf NotepadConf NDC Conferences Eric Brandes Warcraft II Chad Fowler on Developer On Fire Google Now John Papa on Developer On Fire Not Even Close: The State of Computer Security (with slides) - James Mickens Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans Todd's book recommendation: How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie Todd's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Look outside software and focus on things that will drive the most impact for people, business, and society (software is a cost, not a benefit) Write as little code as you can Some things don't need to last
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