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Christian Wheel
An interview with Christian Wheel, a well-known, longtime member of the Xojo community.
Issue: 23.4 (July/August 2025)
Author: Tim Dietrich
Author Bio: Tim uses Xojo to develop custom software for businesses that are running on NetSuite.
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For this issue, I had an opportunity to interview Christian Wheel. Christian wears many hats: Tech YouTuber, Software Engineer, Syndicated Radio Host, Nightclub DJ, Graphic Designer, Boutique PC Designer, Motion graphics designer. And, of course, Xojo developer.
Your Background
Your work involves an interesting mix of music and technology. When did you first become interested in tech and software development in particular? How did you get involved in music and becoming a DJ?
Technology came first for me! My first love with technology came around the age of 4 when I taught myself BASIC programming on the Commodore 64. For a little kid, the fact that I could get a computer to do exactly what I wanted was a complete revelation. I think all of us programmers have that initial "oh wow" moment, where we realize that the only limitations in this field are our own abilities. It is also a great lesson for kids to learn the virtues of specificity. A line of code does exactly what it is told; it cannot intuit your intention, and for many of us, I think it shifts the way we think and communicate overall.
In high school, I fell in love with pop and dance music. I took on some contract programming jobs in my junior and senior years of high school, but my first "real" job immediately after graduating was at the legendary top-40 radio station KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, where I started my radio and DJing careers. I also built some software for them, becoming the 19-year-old Director of Development for their offshoot web radio company. Eventually, I came back to the broadcast side, where I developed my on-air skills and also started DJing in nightclubs all over Los Angeles. I even wrote my own software to DJ with, long before it was common for DJs to use computers (vinyl and CDs still ruled the industry). I have vivid memories of rolling a heavy rackmount PC filled with sound cards and hard drives housed in a mobile DJ case into some of the biggest Hollywood nightclubs of the day. Nobody had ever seen anything like it before, and it ended up being a bit of a spectacle, but it was a tremendous amount of fun.
Thoughts on Xojo
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