Tim Mitra
- Podcaster, Artist, iDeveloper, Writer, and Editor, Freelance
- Producer and Co-Host, Spockcast - a Star Trek Strange New Worlds & Lower Decks podcast
- Producer and Co-Host, More Than Just Code podcast - iOS, visionOS and Swift development, news and advice
Toronto
As seen in:
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS, visionOS and Swift development, news and advice,
Spockcast - a Star Trek Strange New Worlds & Lower Decks podcast,
Medium
Covers:
iOS, macOS development, Apple technologies, mobile development, mobile apps, Information Technology, Sci fi movies and TV shows, and podcaster.
I strive to create honest and knowledgeable solutions that empower people to embrace change. podcaster, iOS Eng, artist, tech writer, feminist 🇨🇦
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing about macOS for a graphics professionals magazine
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Makes information available to the masses
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Veronica Mars
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To educate, empower and allow others to embrace change.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Briefly
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Xcode, WordPress, Pages
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Tim Cook, John Gruber, Jim Dalrymple
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to educate others
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Photographer, illustrator
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
How to keep learning after 50 and other ways to hack your brain.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Start writing it down!
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Imagine a number that scares the heck out of you. Ask for double that number.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I will owe you a beer.
What's your favorite drink?
Guinness
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the couch watching movies
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Hacking With Swift and Raywenderlich.com
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That Apple is a walled garden
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.