Today, I'm joined by the talented and intelligent Travis Neilson. Travis is the creator of DevTips, an instructional YouTube channel that has generated over 1 million views and about 35,000 subscribers! Travis invited me on his show recently, and I had such a good time that I decided to invite him to Developer Tea. We talk about quite a few things related to different platforms and media types, and being a publisher on each of these media types. You can find the YouTube channel for DevTips here:...
May 22, 2015•35 min•Ep. 77
Today, I'm joined by the talented and intelligent Travis Neilson. Travis is the creator of DevTips, an instructional YouTube channel that has generated over 1 million views and about 35,000 subscribers! Travis invited me on his show recently, and I had such a good time that I decided to invite him to Developer Tea. We talk about quite a few things related to different platforms and media types, and being a publisher on each of these media types. You can find the YouTube channel for DevTips here:...
May 21, 2015•29 min•Ep. 76
In this episode, I discuss the origin of difficulty and confusion, and how we can better deal with these things on a day to day basis. It turns out, frustration and confusion are some of the most important experiences in our lives. Today's episode is sponsored by Developer Tea! Go to OneMonth.com/developertea to get 25% off now!
May 20, 2015•8 min•Ep. 74
In today's episode, I discuss three different methods that will help create long lasting, usable memory more effectively. Today's sponsor is Codeship, a hosted continuous integration platform. Get started today at Codeship.com, and use the code developertea for 20% off any plan when you choose the premium plan!
May 18, 2015•12 min•Ep. 75
In today's episode, I talk about the importance of synthesis to the process of creating novel things. I also discuss our obsession with originality and "creating from nothing." Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
May 15, 2015•8 min•Ep. 73
Today, I interview Daniel Rapp, creator of the Doppler.js library. Daniel is a computer science student in Sweden who is constantly investigating the intersection of math and creativity using code. Doppler became popular on GitHub, despite the fact that it isn't practically useful for most developers; this interested me, so I decided to reach out to Daniel. Links: Doppler.js Paper explaining the Doppler effect Twss.js That's what she said (Urban Dictionary, possibly NSFW) Canvas Advice from Dani...
May 14, 2015•17 min•Ep. 72
In today's episode, listener Summit asks about how to search for a new job while being employed, and how to keep from getting to exhausted. This episode is sponsored by Intuit. Check out the developer sandbox and API explorer at http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started building apps for millions of small business today!
May 13, 2015•14 min•Ep. 71
In today's episode, I discuss the importance of relying on obviousness when designing software and user interfaces, and when you should be utilizing surprise. Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
May 11, 2015•10 min•Ep. 70
Matt is a beginner developer who is making a shift to support his new life situation, in which he is unable to work a normal 9-to-5 job in an office. Matt sent me an email asking a few questions about this shift, and how he should begin to learn. Important Links: Make it Stick Episode about making small and fun things A curated list of remote work resources Remote: Office Not Required How GitHub Works This episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com. Head over to OneMonth.com/developertea to get starte...
May 08, 2015•18 min•Ep. 69
In this week's inspiration episode starts with a quote from Brian Eno, a highly influential musician and audio engineer, about limiting options in order to better take advantage of our efforts.
May 07, 2015•3 min•Ep. 64
Scott Belsky ( @ScottBelsky ) is the VP Products & Community at Adobe and cofounder of Behance. Scott is also a successful investor in major tech companies such as Periscope and Uber. Scott and I talk about the fundamental nature of creativity, why he created Behance, staying focused, the value of formal education, and what he wishes more people would ask him. Finally, at the end of the second part of the interview, Scott shares specific advice for developers who are wanting to work better w...
May 06, 2015•17 min•Ep. 68
Scott Belsky is the VP Products & Community at Adobe and cofounder of Behance. Scott is also a successful investor in major tech companies such as Periscope and Uber. Scott and I talk about the fundamental nature of creativity, why he created Behance, staying focused, the value of formal education, and what he wishes more people would ask him. Finally, at the end of the second part of the interview, Scott shares specific advice for developers who are wanting to work better with visionaries. ...
May 04, 2015•16 min•Ep. 67
In today's episode, we discuss the importance of standards and standards bodies for web technologies, specifically for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript specs. Links: Front-end Developer Interview Questions HTML5 Boilerplate Organization Mailing Lists for W3C Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!...
May 01, 2015•8 min•Ep. 63
In this episode, long-time listener Devin asks about how to grasp things that go over his head. You're not alone, Devin! In this episode, I give you (and others just like you) encouragement in the midst of your confusion, as well as some more practical advice for learning something new. Today's sponsor is OneMonth.com - go to OneMonth.com/developertea and enroll today to get 25% off your first month!
Apr 30, 2015•11 min•Ep. 62
In today's episode, I talk with Hampton Catlin about fast Sass compilation with libsass, and then we discuss his latest project, Wordset, and why we need a truly open source dictionary. Links for the whole interview: @hcatlin (tell him thanks for being on @developertea!) @DeveloperTea Ancient City Ruby Hampton's Survey (Askr) http://haml.info/ Heroku officially supports Puma Chris Coyier (on preferring Sass) @chriseppstein @nex3, Natalie Weizenbaum Rarebit http://wordset.org http://github.com/wo...
Apr 29, 2015•27 min•Ep. 66
@hcatlin (tell him thanks for being on @developertea!) @DeveloperTea Ancient City Ruby Hampton's Survey (Askr) http://haml.info/ Heroku officially supports Puma Chris Coyier (on preferring Sass) @chriseppstein @nex3, Natalie Weizenbaum Rarebit http://wordset.org http://github.com/wordset...
Apr 27, 2015•27 min•Ep. 65
In today's inspiration episode, I discuss the importance of removing barriers between you and your most important work, and why that is such an important thing to do. I then discuss 3 practical steps you can try that have helped me get to my focus state, and get more meaningful work done every day. Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit...
Apr 24, 2015•12 min•Ep. 59
Pamela Vickers and I sat down at Ancient City Ruby to talk about culture, conferences, and ping pong. And it was awesome. @pwnela RailsGirls Atlanta PERMA MINSWAN Ruby Dramas (Avoiding) Ruby Drama Hampton's Ruby Survey...
Apr 23, 2015•14 min•Ep. 60
Pamela Vickers and I sat down at Ancient City Ruby to talk about culture, conferences, and ping pong. And it was awesome. @pwnela RailsGirls Atlanta PERMA MINSWAN Ruby Dramas (Avoiding) Ruby Drama Hampton's Ruby Survey...
Apr 22, 2015•11 min•Ep. 58
In today's episode, Clyde asks about learning to code while on the road. If you've ever tried to focus in a new environment, or if you are learning to code while changing locations, this episode is for you! Today's episode is sponsored by Intuit. Check out http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started developing for millions of businesses, for free, today!
Apr 20, 2015•13 min•Ep. 61
Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show! Links: Reactive all the Things, Ben's talk at ng-conf...
Apr 17, 2015•40 min•Ep. 56
Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show! Links: Reactive all the Things, Ben's talk at ng-conf...
Apr 15, 2015•22 min•Ep. 54
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. But how can we get a better grasp on time? In this episode, I share a simple tip that exploits our brain's natural tendency to take shortcuts to help you better experience time and avoid the feeling of "time flying by" faster than you'd like. Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com - go to http://onemonth.com/developertea to get 25% off your first month!
Apr 14, 2015•9 min•Ep. 57
In this episode, we talk about "best practices" and advice, and what you should do with those things in your day to day life. Today's episode sponsored by Intuit! Head over to http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started!
Apr 13, 2015•9 min•Ep. 55
I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea ! Links: Humane Development erniemiller.org @erniemiller Agile is dead. (Long live agility....
Apr 10, 2015•20 min•Ep. 53
This episode is all about estimation, and how important it is to focus on estimating small things, and understand the implications of scale on your estimations. This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean, cloud SSD hosting that you can deploy in just 55 seconds. Use the code "DeveloperTea" to get $10 off today at http://digitalocean.com - plans start at just $5/month!
Apr 09, 2015•9 min•Ep. 52
I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea ! Links: Humane Development erniemiller.org @erniemiller Agile is dead. (Long live agility....
Apr 08, 2015•18 min•Ep. 51
In today's episode, I'm ecstatic to announce 500k unique listens! That's half of a million, if you didn't already pick up on that. I'm looking forward to the 1 million mark with all of you! I also discuss a few tips for starting from ground zero. Thank you for your support! If you'd like to give back to Developer Tea, head over to http://developertea.com/donate - every donation is a huge help to making this show a reality 4 days a week!
Apr 06, 2015•8 min•Ep. 50
Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Sc...
Apr 03, 2015•35 min•Ep. 48
Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Sc...
Apr 02, 2015•31 min•Ep. 47
