In today's episode, we're going to discuss a few tips for preparing for a client meeting. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode Previous episode about client relationships Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes....
Feb 19, 2016•15 min•Ep. 197
In today's episode, I interview designer and developer David Hemphill. Mentioned in Today's Episode DavidHemphill.com @DavidHemphill Musicbed Beard.css Pushsilver BubbleCMS OOCSS Solid (Buzzfeed) "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atomic Class" Noel Gallagher Bootstrap SMACSS BEM Perl REBL Laravel Vue.js Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea at checkout to get one month of a 1GB droplet, completely free! And lastly... Please take a moment and subscri...
Feb 17, 2016•39 min•Ep. 196
In today's episode, I interview designer and developer David Hemphill. Mentioned in Today's Episode DavidHemphill.com @DavidHemphill Musicbed Beard.css Pushsilver BubbleCMS Vim Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hired now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $2,000 bonus - that's twice the normal bonus provided by Hired. Thanks again to Hired for sponsoring the ...
Feb 15, 2016•37 min•Ep. 195
In today's episode, we're talking about a fundamental skill for building client relationships: active listening. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode User stories Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes....
Feb 12, 2016•20 min•Ep. 194
In today's episode, I'll be talking with Simon St. Laurent, senior editor at O'Reilly and veteran web developer. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: "5 ways web apps and sites are the same–and different" Phonegap Actionscript Rails Model-View-Controller Backbone.js Angular.js Imageoptim Opera Mini Razr VR Fluent Conference Douglas Crockford JavaScript: The Good Parts Two-factor Authentication Spec Slack Community David Hemphill Raspberry Pi SimonStL.com @simonstl Today's episode is spon...
Feb 10, 2016•30 min•Ep. 193
In today's episode, I'll be talking with Simon St. Laurent, senior editor at O'Reilly and veteran web developer. HyperCard @simonstl (Simon on Twitter) O'Reilly React Angular Crockford's JavaScript the Good Parts ES6 Babel "ES2015" jQuery "Greenfield project" OpenGL D3.js Isomorphic Development (in Ruby) - Developer Tea interview with Ryan Stout NodeJS NWJS Nodebots Tessel Perl Unix philosophy Rubygems Composer Bower Make Rake Elixir (language) Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you ...
Feb 08, 2016•42 min•Ep. 192
In today's episode, I talk about turbulence, and a new approach to responding to difficulties you encounter. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode Separation of concerns TEDx Article about design with constraint Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here...
Feb 05, 2016•7 min•Ep. 191
In today's episode, I interview Una Kravets, developer at IBM and prolific open source advocate. Mentioned or Relevant on Today's Episode @Una Una's site/blog Una's GitHub Goals Agile Manifesto You Might Not Need JS You Might Not Need jQuery Getting Things Done ("GTD") "Estimating Sandwiches" - Developer Tea episode Spec Slack Community React JS Redux Flux Rebecca Murphey @rmurphey zsh aliases Rebecca Murphey on Developer Tea Stuff In Austin BrooklynJS Una's GitHub Today's episode is sponsored b...
Feb 03, 2016•32 min•Ep. 190
In today's episode, I interview Una Kravets, developer at IBM and prolific open source advocate. Toolsday Podcast @Una Una's site/blog BEMCSS Atomic Design Dev Tea Episode about Pattern Libraries Bluemix "Classy CSS" CSSGram Instagram CSS Blend Mode spec My article on blend modes article on Web Design Tuts Art the Web (arttheweb.com) f.lux on Desktop f.lux on iPhone iOS Preview Media Queries Level 4 (including 'light-level') Google Glass Moore's Law Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If...
Feb 01, 2016•31 min•Ep. 189
In today's episode, we will discuss the sunk cost fallacy and 3 traps that lead to the sunk cost fallacy that you should avoid. Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode Hired.com (Disclaimer: Hired is a sponsor of this show, but did not sponsor this episode.) Culture and Connecting to Our Work with Pamela Vickers Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hosting account! Thanks agai...
Jan 29, 2016•14 min•Ep. 188
In today’s episode, I interview Rachel Nabors, front-end developer, animator, speaker, and writer. Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to http://www.hired.com/developertea now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $2,000 bonus - that's twice the normal bonus provided by Hired. Thanks again to Hired for sponsoring the show! Rachel Nabors Online: http://rachelnabors.com...
Jan 27, 2016•51 min•Ep. 187
In today’s episode, I interview Rachel Nabors, front-end developer, animator, speaker, and writer. Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to http://www.hired.com/developertea now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $2,000 bonus - that's twice the normal bonus provided by Hired. Thanks again to Hired for sponsoring the show! Rachel Nabors Online: http://rachelnabors.com...
Jan 25, 2016•37 min•Ep. 186
In today's episode, we will discuss the sunk cost fallacy and 3 traps that lead to the sunk cost fallacy that you should avoid. Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode Sunk Costs /r/learnprogramming subreddit Books Online Resources Codeschool Treehouse Little Bites of Cocoa (on Spec) learnxinyminutes.com Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hosting account! Thanks again to Lin...
Jan 22, 2016•14 min•Ep. 185
In today's episode, I discuss four tips for learning on the job. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: React Native ReactJS Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea at checkout to get one month of a 1GB droplet, completely free! And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes....
Jan 20, 2016•16 min•Ep. 184
In today's episode, we discuss the problems we may encounter when we employ one of our brain's superpowers, comparison. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: "Daily routines and controlling impulsive behaviors" - Developer Tea episode "Correlation does not imply causation" - Wikipedia Decoy Effect Anchoring (Wikipedia) Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hired now! If you get a jo...
Jan 18, 2016•17 min•Ep. 183
In today's episode of Developer Tea, I talk about features your application doesn't need (at least for now). This episode is focused mostly towards early application development, but we discuss a few things that are completely relevant to later stage applications as well. Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode IFTTT IFTTT Maker Channel Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hos...
Jan 15, 2016•19 min•Ep. 182
Today's episode talks all about gear! We're discussing the gear I use to record this show. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: Shure SM7B Redco cables Auralex Sterling VMS UA710 Twinfinity Preamp Cloudlifter CL-1 Focusrite Clarrett 8Pre Yamaha HS7 Logic Pro iMac 27" Retina "How to Mix for Podcasters?" Basic terminology of Audio Engineering Podcast Method (Dan Benjamin's fantastic show about podcasting) Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea at checkout...
Jan 13, 2016•18 min•Ep. 181
In today's episode, we discuss two cognitive biases that could kill your work, whether you are creating a startup product or working for a well established business. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: List of Cognitive Biases Semmelweis Reflex Neglect of Probability Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hired now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $4,00...
Jan 11, 2016•18 min•Ep. 180
In today's episode, I respond to a question from listener Felix about getting past the "no experience" problem. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: "Never Eat Alone" - Book Spec Slack community Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea at checkout to get one month of a 1GB droplet, completely free! And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes....
Jan 08, 2016•16 min•Ep. 179
In today's episode, I celebrate the one-year anniversary of Developer Tea! Thank you for making this year great. I look forward to many more! Mentioned in today's episode: Spec.fm DeveloperTea.com developertea@gmail.com Thank you so much for listening to Developer Tea over the last year! Be sure to check out the other shows and content on Spec.fm !...
Jan 06, 2016•9 min•Ep. 178
In today’s episode, we talk about focus, once again! Focus is a topic that can’t be covered enough. Today's episode is sponsored by Hired! Go to Hired.com/developertea to start your job path today! Mentioned on or relevant to today’s episode: Unroll.me Pushover Vim Basic Linux Shortcuts Mac OS X Shortcuts Alfred App “Why mess causes stress” - Psychology Today article Today's episode is sponsored by https://hired.com/developertea! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a...
Jan 04, 2016•20 min•Ep. 177
Happy New Year! In today's episode, I talk about resolutions. It's 2016, and you're probably making resolutions for the New Year. Listen to this episode if you want to make them stick. Mentioned in or relevant to today's episode Harvard Business Review article: "When You Give Your Team a Goal, Make It a Range" Sustainable behavior: Changing the habit by changing the context "When Willpower isn't Enough" - Freakonomics Podcast Derek Sivers - Keep Your Goals to Yourself "Rule #1 About Your Goals: ...
Jan 01, 2016•16 min•Ep. 176
In today's episode, I continue my interview with Marcelo Somers and John Gully. Mentioned on today's episode Pattern Pack Marcelo on Twitter, @marcelosomers John on Twitter, @johngully styleguides.io Team Models for Scaling a Design System Finding Platform Balance in a Design System Semantic Versioning (semver) Pattern Pack on NPM Micah Godbolt describes Visual Regression Testing Micah's Visual Regression Testing Workshop (overview) Thank you for listening to Developer Tea today, and this year. ...
Dec 30, 2015•35 min•Ep. 173
In today's episode, I interview Marcelo Somers and John Gully. Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode Pattern Pack Marcelo on Twitter, @marcelosomers @johngully Slalom Consulting CSS Dev Conf 2015 Agile Fight the Zombie Pattern Library (Marcelo's talk at CSS Dev Conf) Bootstrap Brad Frost's Atomic Design Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com ! One Month is the first ever online school specifically for tech entrepreneurs. Enroll now at onemonth.com/developertea for 25% off your first mon...
Dec 28, 2015•35 min•Ep. 172
Happy Holidays! Today, I simply want to thank you, and challenge you to start thinking about the upcoming year, and reflect on the past year. Developer Tea happens because of you , so thank you! Mentioned on today's episode Spec Slack developertea@gmail.com Developer Tea on iTunes
Dec 25, 2015•6 min•Ep. 174
In today's episode, we talk about when documentation can be a bad thing. Relevant to today's episode: Stackoverflow post where someone disagrees with me about private method documentation Stackoverflow post where someone agrees with me about private method documentation (for Java) Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus is https://hired.com/developert...
Dec 23, 2015•11 min•Ep. 170
In today's episode, I finish the interview with Christopher Schmitt, author of the CSS Cookbook and part owner of Environments for Humans. Click here to listen to part one of the interview. Mentioned in today's episode: JavaScript Summit 2016 Call for Speakers History of The Queen Mary boat CodePen CodePen Meetups CSS Dev Conf Wrap-up on Shoptalk Show Elite Balloon Design Ari Styles on Twitter (@ari4nne) AIGA Austin WordPress Meetup Spec Slack Community Sara Soueidan on Twitter (@SaraSoueidan) G...
Dec 21, 2015•39 min•Ep. 175
In today's episode, I talk with Christopher Schmitt, author of CSS Cookbook and part owner of Environments for Humans. Mentioned in today's episode: Chris's personal site Environments for Humans AOL Keywords (Urban Dictionary) Creating Killer Websites (book) Designing Web Graphics (book) Chris's podcast, Non-Breaking Space Websafe Colors Cufon sIFR CSS Cookbook (book) CSS Dev Conf 2015 Flexbox Guide (CSS-tricks) Latest Selector Draft (CSSWG) Responsive Images Community Group Responsively Retrofi...
Dec 18, 2015•41 min•Ep. 171
In today’s episode, we discuss when opinions can be helpful, and when they can be harmful. Mentioned in today's episode When opinions are a good thing: When the evidence for a given topic is inaccessible or doesn't exist When the person with the opinion has significant experiential knowledge When the subject of the work is primarily representative of a person's opinion or expression When are opinions a bad thing? When an opinion is positioned as an objective truth. When the opinion of an individ...
Dec 16, 2015•15 min•Ep. 168
In today's episode, I continue my interview with Jessica Ivins. Jessica is a User Experience educator at Center Centre. Mentioned on today's episode Jessica Ivins Online: @JessicaIvins jessicaivins.net http://centercentre.com/about/jessica-ivins Center Centre Never Eat Alone (book) MySpeed (video speed tool) Media Consumption Diet (Developer Tea episode) Sponsors of Spec Whiteboard The User Experience Team of One (book) And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click ...
Dec 14, 2015•27 min•Ep. 169
