Amanda Lange's guest appearances

Amanda Lange

Gone Mobile Podcast

Indie Dev Podcast

Data Driven

Julie Smith

Andrew Peterson

Dan Siegel

John Lee Dumas

Jeff Coyle

Amir Rajan

Brian Moran

Joseph Hill

Bob Ward

Siraj Raval

Ben Bishop

Chris Williams

Jonathan Wood

Trey Johnson

Matthew Robbins

OwlTail

Amanda Lange and were peers at Microsoft before we took different roles last year. She now works as Technical Evangelist on the academic team, where she partners with the premier institutions across the United States and Canada to host hackathons, design curriculum, and enable students to enter the workforce and immediately make an impact.Before this however, Amanda was involved in academia as a professor, but also as a game developer. She worked at Schell Games in Pittsburgh, where she was a community manager. In the last several years Amanda has been building games and workshops with Unity, Hololens, and Xbox.

Amanda Lange and were peers at Microsoft before we took different roles last year. She now works as Technical Evangelist on the academic team, where she partners with the premier institutions across the United States and Canada to host hackathons, design curriculum, and enable students to enter the workforce and immediately make an impact. Before this however, Amanda was involved in academia as a professor, but also as a game developer. She worked at Schell Games in Pittsburgh, where she was a community manager. In the last several years Amanda has been building games and workshops with Unity, Hololens, and Xbox.

Ep 39 - Amanda Lange, Microsoft

In this episode, Frank and Andy chat with Amanda Lange, technology evangelist at Microsoft, games journalist, and data aficionado. Links Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: Enterprise Data &amp; Analytics Notable Quotes Frank is working on a Wintellect on Azure Gov ([1:30]) Amanda’s site is Second Truth.com ([99:00]) The psychology of games ([5:30]) Movie reference: Back to the Future ([6:30]) How an Apple Watch or FitBit knows you’re asleep ([7:10]) Game violence activates sections of the brain (but it’s short-lived) ([8:30]) Andy lives in Farmville-not-the-game ([10:30]) Zynga and A/B testing ([10:45]) Amanda plays a lot of Overwatch these days ([11:30]) “Games as a Service” ([12:10]) Psychology in games Jeffrey “Lyte” Lin on Shaping Behavior in Online Games ([13:30]) Amanda writes for Tap Repeatedly ([15:00]) Amanda loves teaching people! ([17:10]) “I wasn’t a data scientist until I was.” ([17:50]) On privacy and data… ([19:00]) Berkeley’s Data Science curriculum is online ([19:40]) Learn data science at Data 8 ([22:15]) GLaDOS is a character in the Portal games ([25:00]) The orchestral version of Still Alive ([28:00]) No arm-wrestling with Amanda ([31:45]) “We can learn anything.” ([32:45]) Trapping a self-driving car using salt… ([34:00]) Ready Player One audio book ([35:40]) Ready Player One, the Movie ([99:00]) The Adventure Zone ([37:50]) Audible (get a free book!) has the Dragonlance series ([39:25]) Amanda tried out for American Idol ([41:00]) Amanda’s on Twitter @second_truth ([42:00])

In this episode, Frank and Andy chat with Amanda Lange, technology evangelist at Microsoft, games journalist, and data aficionado. <h1>Links</h1> Sponsor: <a href="http://thedatadrivenbook.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Audible.com</a> – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial! Sponsor: <a href="https://entdna.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Enterprise Data &amp; Analytics</a> <h1>Notable Quotes</h1> Frank is working on a <a href="https://www.wintellectnow.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Wintellect</a> on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/clouds/government/request/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Azure Gov</a> ([1:30]) Amanda’s site is <a href="http://secondtruth.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Second Truth.com</a> ([99:00]) The psychology of games ([5:30]) Movie reference: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Back to the Future</a> ([6:30]) How an Apple Watch or FitBit knows you’re asleep ([7:10]) Game violence activates sections of the brain (but it’s short-lived) ([8:30]) Andy lives in Farmville-not-the-game ([10:30]) <a href="https://www.zynga.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Zynga</a> and A/B testing ([10:45]) Amanda plays a lot of <a href="https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Overwatch</a> these days ([11:30]) “Games as a Service” ([12:10]) Psychology in games <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/videos/lin-2015-03-12/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jeffrey “Lyte” Lin on Shaping Behavior in Online Games</a> ([13:30]) Amanda writes for <a href="http://tap-repeatedly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tap Repeatedly</a> ([15:00]) Amanda loves teaching people! ([17:10]) “I wasn’t a data scientist until I was.” ([17:50]) On privacy and data… ([19:00]) Berkeley’s Data Science curriculum is <a href="http://data8.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">online</a> ([19:40]) Learn data science at <a href="http://data8.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Data 8</a> ([22:15]) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLaDOS" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GLaDOS</a> is a character in the <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/games/portal.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Portal</a> games ([25:00]) The orchestral version of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IS8J4ex6Uc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Still Alive</a> ([28:00]) No arm-wrestling with Amanda ([31:45]) “We can learn anything.” ([32:45]) <a href="https://nerdist.com/trap-a-self-driving-car/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trapping a self-driving car using salt…</a> ([34:00]) <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Ready-Player-One-Audiobook/B005FRGT44" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ready Player One</a> audio book ([35:40]) <a href="http://readyplayeronemovie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ready Player One, the Movie</a> ([99:00]) <a href="http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventure Zone</a> ([37:50]) <a href="http://thedatadrivenbook.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Audible (get a free book!)</a> has the <a rel="noopener noreferrer">Dragonlance series</a> ([39:25]) Amanda tried out for <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/american-idol" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">American Idol</a> ([41:00]) Amanda’s on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/second_truth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@second_truth</a> ([42:00])

Amanda Lange on Games, Data, and Scanning Brainwaves

Over the last few years the Internet of Things has taken over the world, but what is it and what can you do with it? In this episode we're joined by Amanda Lange to walk through what it is, what kinds of experiences you can enable, and how Azure can help you manage your devices and create applications. Special Guest: Amanda Lange. Sponsored By: Raygun: Raygun provides error and crash reporting software for all programming languages and platforms including iOS, Android, Xamarin, Javascript and more. Don't just log errors and crashes, solve them with Raygun!![Raygun](https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/7/7030a7ff-40f9-4d15-94a3-873772db7997/eJ74Vld8.png) Links: Azure IoT Developer CenterAzure IoT SDKsWindows 10 IoT CoreMicrosoft IoT SamplesCase Studies   &lt;img src="https://feed.gonemobile.io/link/8084/8288744.gif" height="1" width="1"/&gt;

Over the last few years the Internet of Things has taken over the world, but what is it and what can you do with it? In this episode we're joined by Amanda Lange to walk through what it is, what kinds of experiences you can enable, and how Azure can help you manage your devices and create applications. Special Guest: Amanda Lange. Sponsored By: <ul><li><a href="https://raygun.com/?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=logo&amp;utm_campaign=gone-mobile" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raygun</a>: <a href="https://raygun.com/?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=logo&amp;utm_campaign=gone-mobile" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raygun provides error and crash reporting software for all programming languages and platforms including iOS, Android, Xamarin, Javascript and more. Don't just log errors and crashes, solve them with Raygun! ![Raygun](https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/7/7030a7ff-40f9-4d15-94a3-873772db7997/eJ74Vld8.png)</a></li></ul> Links: <ul><li><a href="http://azure.com/iotdev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure IoT Developer Center</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azure IoT SDKs</a></li><li><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windows 10 IoT Core</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ms-iot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft IoT Samples</a></li><li><a href="https://microsoft.github.io/techcasestudies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Case Studies</a></li></ul> <code> &lt;img src="<a href="https://feed.gonemobile.io/link/8084/8288744.gif" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://feed.gonemobile.io/link/8084/8288744.gif</a>" height="1" width="1"/&gt; </code>

Gone Mobile 45: Azure IoT with Amanda Lange