# 378: Pair-enting Programming

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2021-06-24
- Length: 1h 02m
- Episode: 378
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/378

## Summary

Nitya Narasimhan, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, explains how she uses visual storytelling and sketchnoting to simplify complex technology and aid learning. She details her transition from a PhD in computer engineering and Motorola research to developer advocacy, driven by a need for remote work flexibility and community engagement. Narasimhan discusses specific projects, including using lobe.ai and Raspberry Pi to train machine learning models on her sketchnotes for accessibility, and creating an IoT curriculum for beginners.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=7) Introduction: Nitya Narasimhan and Microsoft
- [1:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=68) Lightning Round: Learning Styles and Career Path
- [3:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=182) Career Journey: Motorola, Remote Work, and Advocacy
- [8:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=492) Why Microsoft and the Value of Developer Advocacy
- [12:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=730) Visual Storytelling: Origin and Evolution of Sketchnoting
- [17:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=1028) Live vs. Offline Sketchnoting and Visual Vocabulary
- [23:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=1415) Techniques: Summarization, Analogies, and Metaphors
- [27:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=1634) Note-Taking for Self vs. Audience and Simplification
- [33:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=2011) Engagement, Speaker Feedback, and Visibility
- [37:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=2265) Visibility, Side Hustles, and the Attention Economy
- [41:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=2492) Learning How to Sketch: Communities and Inspiration
- [46:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=2786) Visual Puzzles: Surface Duo and Quantum Computing
- [49:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=2972) JulyOT: IoT Curriculum and Accessibility Projects
- [52:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=3131) Pair-enting Programming: lobe.ai and Raspberry Pi Projects
- [57:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-24-378-pair-enting-programming#t=3457) Accessing Sketchnotes and Final Thoughts

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Microsoft (company)
- Motorola (company)
- Raspberry Pi (chip)
- lobe.ai (tool)
- Surface Duo (product)
- Adafruit (company)
- TensorFlow Lite (tool)

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