#caseystalking

My Emoji/GIF partners in crime, [Faith](http://twitter.com/faitherina) and [Jason](http://twitter.com/jseifer), invited me back onto [their excellent podcast](http://www.irltalk.com/) to discuss the finale of [How I Met Your Mother](http://www.cbs.com/shows/how_i_met_your_mother/), and whether or not vinyl is superior to CDs. I always have a blast chatting with those two; you'll probably enjoy [the episode](http://www.irltalk.com/episodes/episode-21-its-fine-if-its-ten-years-later) as well, as long as you've already seen the HIMYM finale!

My good friend [Myke](http://twitter.com/imyke) asked me to join him on his astoundingly good interview show, [CMD+Space](http://5by5.tv/cmdspace)[^1]. Since I had been on the show [once before](http://5by5.tv/cmdspace/61), Myke took a different approach this time, and we had more of a conversation than an interview. As with my [forthcoming talk](http://tumblr.caseyliss.com/post/72685157823) at [CocoaConf DC](http://cocoaconf.com/dc-2014/home), this episode may come across as one humongous [humblebrag](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag). Hopefully, it will be seen as what it's intended–two guys opening up about where they are in their careers, and how they got there. [^1]: Which should be properly spelled as "⌘+Space".

I was lucky enough to be asked to be on [Debug](http://www.imore.com/debug), which is a great podcast with a who's who of guests. Perhaps now, as [Guy](http://www.kickbear.com/) pointed out during the show, we'll finally answer the age-old question [Who the hell is Casey?](https://soundcloud.com/la-king/accidentially-podcasted). Regardless, I spent a lot of time getting really nerdy about C# and .NET with Guy and [Rene](http://twitter.com/reneritchie). Hopefully it's enjoyable to everyone, but it should be *very* enjoyable for developers.

I talked about comics. Yes, I'm confused, as well. My buddy [Moises](http://arthousecowboy.com) asked [David Sparks](http://www.macsparky.com/) me and to join him and [John Gholson](http://guttersandpanels.com) on their comic book podcast, [Giant Size](http://www.esn.fm/giant-size/). The point of the show was to expand David's horizons, and try to convince me that there are some books worth checking out. If you're thinking of sticking your toe into the comic book waters, you'll surely enjoy this.

I was asked to guest with [Andrew J. Clark](http://twitter.com/andrewjclark) and [James Croft](http://twitter.com/jamescroft) (acting as the sick [Zac Cichy](http://twitter.com/zcichy)'s stand in) on [The Menu Bar](http://themenubar.net). I had a blast, and while the conversation is pretty disjoint, but I'm really happy with the result.

[David Sparks](http://twitter.com/macsparky) asked me to provide my home screen for [his site](http://macsparky.com/). You can check it out [here](http://macsparky.com/blog/2014/2/home-screen-casey-liss)!

I've been very generously asked to speak at CocoaConf DC this year. The conference takes place near Dulles Airport, on 28 and 29 March (that's a Friday & Saturday). I'm going to be doing the [opening keynote](http://cocoaconf.com/dc-2014/schedule), which will either inflate my ego beyond hope, or convince me never to speak publicly again. Want to find out which it will be? [Register now](http://cocoaconf.com/dc-2014/register) so you can see for yourself in person!

My buddy Moises had myself, Matt Alexander of Vlcnr fame, and Kevin Purdy of In Beta on Screen Time. We had a long and rambling discussion about, well, just about everything. Mostly about how I have bad taste.