The Bounding Box

Building Blocks of 3D Scenes

This week on The Bounding Box, I get to chat it up with Arno Fiva, Developer Evangelist at Esri R&D Zurich. We get to talk about all the cool and practical use cases for 3D applications and web scenes. Arno  talks about the current analysis tools available in 3D and how you can incorporate some of your own custom data. There's no Viewshed tool yet, but as Arno can tell, I'm excited about the prospect!
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Dev, pets, and Instant Apps

This week on The Bounding Box, I talk to Kelly Hutchins, Software Engineer on Instant Apps at Esri! Kelly talks about Instant Apps, how they can help you quickly provide out-of-the-box focused apps for your users, and even leverage some of the same features in your own custom apps. We talk about dogs, pets, and how web dev has gotten easier in some ways and just more complicated in others over the past couple decades!
ArcGIS Instant App Components - use some of the same IA features in your own apps!
Adopt a pet, check your local shelters and programs!
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Uncanny Valleys

This week on The Bounding Box, I talk to Andrew Turner, Director at Esri R&D DC, and CTO of Hub. Andrew and I discuss open data, the evolution of Hub, it's importance to the public, communities, and agencies alike. We also dive into topics like AI and AR and the lack of flying cars in the modern age!
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Put your blinders on and focus

In this episode of The Bounding Box, we get to hear from Craig Williams, Group Product Engineering Lead at Esri, working on ArcGIS Pro and more core products! Craig gives us some history on mapping products, some of the tech behind it, naming things is hard, and building some amazing software!
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JavaScript is Playdough

Today on The Bounding Box, we get to talk to Josh Peterson, a Dev Lead in Professional Services at Esri. Josh gets to work on a variety of projects, in different programming languages, technologies, and stacks. Josh lays out the exciting work he gets to do, the challenges, the tears, the teams, and all the satisfaction that comes with working on projects. Josh is a kindred soul, it's the variety that makes it fun.
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Go far, go together

In this episode of The Bounding Box, we get to hear from David Hansen, CEO at GEO Jobe! I've known David for a long time, and beyond his team doing some incredible technical work, David and GEO Jobe do as much if more work to help sustain their community. Helping communities thrive at a local level, raising everyone up and being proud the work they do! David walks us through it all, so sit back and enjoy!
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Web Maps, Web Apps, what’s the happs?

I get to talk to Jeremy Bartley, CTO of Web Map and Geospatial Web App Technologies! Say that 10 times fast! Jeremy talks about the history of the ArcGIS platform, it's growth and how the technology has evolved over the years. Jeremy has some great insight to mapping on the web, and what the future might hold!
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You got some Python on your Python

Today I get to talk to Nanae Aubry, Engineer on the ArcGIS API for Python team at Esri! Nanae gets to work on all the nitty gritty features of the Python API. We talk about Python in general when working with ArcGIS, when you might use certain tools and how you can integrate other tools into your Python workflow!
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Put on your 3D glasses and prepare to dev!

I have a great talk with David Koerner, software engineer at Esri that works on the 3D team! David works on bringing his computer graphics background to the geospatial space, not just in the rendering engine, but also in providing developer tooling and a great experience for developers to build 3D mapping apps! We talk about the state of 3D mapping and where things can go!
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Your resume is too long

I am excited to talk to Jason Otero today! Jason works in Talent Acquisition at Esri, and helps to recruit some very talented engineers to build awesome stuff at Esri. We get some insight on the hiring process, what interviews are like, and how you can look at applying for roles at Esri! Jason sees a lot of candidate resumes, and has some great advice for listeners!
Yes, Esri is hiring, come work with me!
https://careers.esri.com
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