Indie Bites

<p>Aaron Francis is currently an Educator at Planet Scale, but you would have seen him all around the internet doing courses, YouTube videos, podcasts and more. Notably he was a founding member of the Hammerstone team, which he’s recently left, to focus his energy on doing something he loves. Most recently, Aaron has launched <a href="https://screencasting.com/">Screencasting.com</a>, a course teaching you how to make better screencasts.</p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>00:00 Intro</li><li>01:25 Aaron's Background</li><li>02:10 Learning Software Engineering through books</li><li>03:24 Audience Building</li><li>05:51 Benefits of each content medium</li><li>08:07 Making time for everything</li><li>09:27 Having a full time job</li><li>10:23 Leaving Hammerstone</li><li>12:36 Launching Screencasting.com</li><li>14:33 How has the launch gone?</li><li>15:25 Recommendations</li></ul><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><ul><li>Book - Any textbook in your field</li><li>Podcast - <a href="https://noplanstomerge.com/">No Plans to Merge</a></li><li>Indie Hacker - <a href="https://twitter.com/jdnoc">Jordan O’Connor</a></li></ul><p><strong>My links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod">Indie Bites Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://youtube.com/@indiebites">Indie Bites YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://indiebites.com/membership">Join the membership</a></li><li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/">Personal Website</a></li><li><a href="https://2hourpodcast.com/">2 Hour Podcast Course</a></li><li><a href="https://podpanda.co/">PodPanda</a> (hire me to edit your podcast)</li><li><a href="https://indielife.fm/">This Indie Life Podcast</a></li></ul><p><strong>Sponsor - </strong><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><strong>EmailOctopus</strong></a><strong> 🐙</strong></p><p><em>EmailOctopus is an independently owned email marketing platform, built to support other small growing businesses. With a focus on affordability and ease of use, EmailOctopus contains all of the features you need to reach and grow your audience. You can </em><a href="https://emailoctopus.com/"><em>start today</em></a><em>, with their industry leading free plan where you can contact up to 2,500 subscribers without paying a penny.</em></p>