The Omni Show

Andrea McVittie, User Experience Designer

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Full transcript and show notes at theomnishow.omnigroup.com

Andrea studied fine art at Michigan State and human-computer interaction at the University of Michigan. One day, while working at the school library, it was discovered that she could make websites — which launched her career as a UX designer, and since 2012 she’s been designing apps at Omni.

Andrea, it must be told, is firmly against stealing money from puppies — or maybe she’s against treating puppies as a particularly cuddly form of currency and then stealing them.

Nobody knows which. Don’t do either!

You can find Andrea @amcvittie on Twitter. And you can find her work in every single Omni app.

Some other people, places, and things mentioned:

Brian Covey, Support Manager

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Full transcript and show notes at theomnishow.omnigroup.com

Brian Covey studied computer science at The Evergreen State College — which your host also attended, but back before computers were a thing. After some normal young-person-bouncing-around a little, Brian came to shore at Omni in 2001, where he became the leader, dear and fearless, of Omni’s Support Humans.

You can find Brian @hidvorak on Twitter. (You can contact Omni support at support.omnigroup.com.)

You can also find a video of Brian doing the worm in an Omni commercial from 2006. Absolutely not to be missed!

Some other people, places, and things mentioned:

The Music of Aaron Cherof (Aaron works at Omni and does the music for this show)
Elevate Support conference
Ken Case
Chuck Toporek
OmniWeb
British Columbia
Ninjas
Droids
Curt Clifton
Pair programming
OmniPlan
Babylon 5
Seattle
NetZero
Mac OS X
Boomerangs
Nirvana
K Dorm
Experience Music Project (now MoPOP)
Dave Grohl
Nomeansno
Skinner Box
Mythical Man Month
Spokane
Antonín Dvořák
Dvorak keyboard
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

Curt Clifton, OmniFocus Engineer

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Full transcript and show notes at theomnishow.omnigroup.com

Curt Clifton came to Omni while on sabbatical from his computer science professorship at Rose-Hulman — and never went back. He’s spent much of his six years at Omni on the OmniFocus team, where he clicks checkboxes for a living.

Curt’s a fan of the local association football team. He also likes woodworking and distance-running, though he has yet to explore the synergistic possibilities of doing both at the same time.

You can find Curt @curtclifton on Twitter and at curtclifton.net.

Some other people, places, and things mentioned:

Kristina Sontag, Software Test Manager

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Full transcript and show notes at theomnishow.omnigroup.com

For our first episode we interview Kristina Sontag, who runs Omni’s test department — a group tireless, fearless, and strikingly effective in its hunt for bugs.

Kristina got her start playing games for a living at LucasArts. Between there and today she’s also worked on educational software, gotten a pilot’s license, volunteered for App Camp for Girls, and helped organize the Emerald City Supporters.

When she’s not doing everything else, she’s playing Destiny. She may even be thinking about Destiny at this very moment.

You can find Kristina on Twitter @knsontag.

Some other people and places mentioned: