Relative Paths | Web Development and stuff like that: Recent Episodes
Mark Phoenix and Ben Hutchings
This week we talked about underrated skills, skills that are really useful but not often mentioned or which may be slightly outside the sphere of normal web development stuff. It was partially inspired by my so-so typing, I'm convinced that learning to touch type would be massively useful. So when we asked listeners to send us examples of underrated skills I was expecting to see practical skills like touch typing and that sort of thing sent in. But oh no, we were sent much more thought-provoking suggestions.
Out Toolstar this time was Prepros (https://prepros.io), a GUI preprocessor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Sometimes GUI's are themselves often underrated, so a GUI vs CLI discussion ensued.
My Jukebox this week was I'm Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem. I even managed to discover a web development reference in this track, sort of. Ben's was The Sun Rising by The Beloved, though he did have some opinions on their lead singer. We also realised that we'd forgotten to put a previous Jukebox pick on the playlist, so All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem is a bonus track this week. All three are added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl).
- Mark
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission.
It's been 9 months since our last episode (1000 apologies) so we had much important chat to catch up with. We discussed training clients not to call out of hours, Edge browser news, Hey Duggee, Perch and a whole host of other things. We also have a favour to ask!
We want to release episodes regularly, but that's tricky for us as we have to carve time out of our work schedules. We'd like to dedicate a day or two each month to record and edit episodes. We'd also like to make time to research episode topics and guests. We can do this with your support. So, if you to support us please donate via our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/relativepaths).
Our jukebox this week had a bit of a folky feel. Ben chose the Lulu Rouge remix of Riverside by Agnes Obel. I went full folk and chose Easy to Be Around by Diane Cluck. They're both added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl).
- Mark
Show links: MS EDGE Browser news - Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527550/microsoft-chromium-edge-google-history-collaboration) Hey Duggee Space Badge (https://youtu.be/oXkSfqmzG1o) The Wurzels - Remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHsBmys05Q)
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Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy.
The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission.
Tracks we discuss: 'Age of Consent' by New Order, from 'Power, Corruption and Lies' (1983). 'All my Friends' by LCD Soundsystem, from 'Sound of Silver' (2007). 'Enola Gay' by OMD, from 'Organisation' (1980). 'Aquarius' by Boards of Canada, from 'Music has a right to children' (1998). 'Sprout and the Bean' by Joanna Newsom, from 'The Milk-Eyed Mender' (2004). 'Numb' by Portishead, from 'Dummy' (1994). 'Two Months Off' by Underworld, from 'A Hundred Days Off' (2002). 'Sleep the Clock Around' by Belle and Sebastian, from 'The Boy with the Arab Strap' (1998).
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
Why would anyone want to hack my website? This was one of the questions we asked WordPress Platform Lead and Developer Advocate for 34SP.com, Tim Nash. We talked about what the risks are, who's responsibility web security should be and what we can do to build more secure sites.
Tim gave us two security focused Toolstars. Visualping (https://visualping.io) and Versionista (https://versionista.com) monitor sites for changes. They can be used to ensure your sites haven't been tampered with.
For our Jukebox picks, Tim chose Postmodern Jukebox's cover of Meghan Trainor’s 'All About That Bass'. I Chose ‘Gathers In Puddles’ by Origamibiro, who also very kindly lets us use one of his track as our 'theme tune'. Ben had no pick this week... bad Ben! They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl), or the Relative Paths Playlist(http://relativepaths.uk/pl) as appropriate.
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
Links:
Tim Nash - https://timnash.co.uk
34SP.com - https://www.34sp.com
Security Is Everyone's Responsibility - https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/09/tim-nash-security-is-everyones-responsibility/
Security Guide For Developers - https://github.com/FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers/blob/master/security-checklist.md
PHP Security Cheat Sheet -https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet
WordPress Plugin Security - https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/security/
Developing Securely For Wordpress - https://mikejolley.com/2013/08/13/keeping-your-shit-secure-whilst-developing-for-wordpress/
In this episode we talk about the Progressive Enhancement approach to web design and development with Aaron Gustafson. He talks us through some of the advantages of adopting Progressive Enhancement (PE) versus more traditional approaches. We also discuss barriers that might prevent us using PE and Aaron makes some useful recommendations.
A much more in-depth discussion of the topic is available in Aaron's book 'Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement'.
This week's jukebox picks are definitely going on the Relative Paths Alt Playlist! I started with 'Bambro Koyo Ganda (featuring Innov Gnawa)' by Bonobo. Mark then gave us 'Kick Jump Twist' by Sylvan Esso. Brilliant and needed an immediate second listen. Finally Aaron hit us with post-punk classic 'Teen Age Riot' by Sonic Youth, and a great story. He also urged us to check out The Chameleons following his Instagram vid of 'Script Of The Bridge' on deck.
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
– Ben
Links:
Aaron's response to Josh Korr – https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/insert-clickbait-headline-about-progressive-enhancement-here
Aaron's site – https://www.aaron-gustafson.com
The True Cost of Progressive Enhancement – http://blog.easy-designs.net/archives/the-true-cost-of-progressive-enhancement
Aaron's book (which I'm still reading during coffee breaks!) – https://adaptivewebdesign.info
This was one of the most interesting, thoughtful and funny conversations we've had. We spoke to Chris Coyier about dogmatism (the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact) in the web industry. We talked about why it happens, what we can to do be less dogmatic ourselves and how to deal with dogmatic people and their bombastic opinions.
Our Toolstar this week was CodePen Projects, zero setup, full-featured front end web development environment, right in the browser. Chris talked us through it, and it sounds pretty great. We like all the CodePen things.
It was a diverse Jukebox this week. I chose 'A Tender History In Rust' by Do Say Make Think. Ben chose 'Eve' by Anchorsong, it's very Ben. And Chris chose 'The Stable Song' by Gregory Alan Isakov, and had a very cool story of meeting him IRL. They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist, or the Relative Paths Playlist as appropriate.
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
– Mark
Links: Chris' blog post – My Increasing Wariness of Dogmatism: https://css-tricks.com/increasing-wariness-dogmatism
The Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Chris' website: http://chriscoyier.net">chriscoyier.net
Chris' Twitter: https://twitter.com/chriscoyier
Chris' CodePen: https://codepen.io
CodePen Radio: https://blog.codepen.io/radio
CSS-Tricks: https://css-tricks.com
Shoptalk Show Podcast: http://shoptalkshow.com
Chris' book – Practical SVG: https://abookapart.com/products/practical-svg
This week we talk CSS Grid with the amazing and great Rachel Andrew, who has been leading the charge with Grid for a while now. We talked about the origin of Grid, what we'll be able to do with it and when it's going to be ready to use (sooner that we realised). We also talked about how she got started as a developer, her work with the W3C CSS Working Group, and of course Perch CMS (my favourite).
Our Toolstar is a CSS Grid Layout learning resource, Grid By Example (http://gridbyexample.com/). It's a repository of tutorials, articles, videos and resources for learning grid managed by Rachel (I don't know how she gets so much stuff done).
It's a Bristol sound themed Jukebox this week. My pick is 'Glory Box' by Portishead, and Ben went for 'Black Steel' a Public Enemy track covered by Tricky with vocalist Martina Topley-Bird. They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/altpl). The original Relative Paths Playlist is also available for you to code along to (https://relativepaths.uk/pl).
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
– Mark
Links
Rachel's site - https://rachelandrew.co.uk/
Rachel onTwitter - https://twitter.com/rachelandrew
Perch - https://grabaperch.com/
Perch on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/grabaperch/
Perch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/grabaperch?lang=en
Edge of my seat - http://www.edgeofmyseat.com/
Grid By Example - http://gridbyexample.com/
CSS-Tricks Guide To Grid - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/
Shownotes coming soon!
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
After a break at the end of 2016, we've start 2017 with a bit of a retrospective. Mark and I had a fairly busy year and we take a look at some of the things we did, didn't do, tried and failed.
There's no Toolstar as such this time, but we acknowledge Trello as being generally pretty good! https://trello.com
My Jukebox pick is the first 12" single I bought, Future Sound of London's 'Papua New Guinea'. Mark's pick is 'Jed's other poem' by Grandaddy, in celebration of the bands reforming! Both tracks will be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist.
Links: Leaving this bit to Mark...
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
– Ben
This week Ben and I are joined by Front End (or is that Front-End) developer Clive Walker to talk about Perch CMS. We have a lot of positive things to say about it, it's powerful and flexible, but easy to use. We also talk about Perch's many free add-ons, including the recently added Perch Shop e-commerce platform. Just so you know, we're not being sponsored by perch, we just really like it. It's become my CMS of choice, and I reckon it's well worth trying out. Clive also tells us about the Perchology newsletter, which contains all sorts of goodies for Perch developers, and the Horsham Co-Working project.
Clive's Toolstar is Curated, an app for putting together a digest newsletter, which Clive uses to create the Perchology newsletter.
My Jukebox choice this time is a solid gold classic, Teardrop by Massive Attack. Clive's pick is Big Calm, the whole album, by Morcheeba (we'll pick a track for the playlist). Ben didn't have a track this week, Bad Ben! Clive and my tracks will be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist.
Links: Perch CMS - https://grabaperch.com Clive's site - https://www.cvwdesign.co.uk Perch Shop - https://shop.perchcms.com Perchology newsletter - https://perchology.curated.co Horsham Coworking - https://www.horshamcoworking.co.uk Curated - https://curated.co Perch Runway - https://grabaperch.com/products/runway Perch Tips & Tricks - http://perchd.io
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
– Mark
Following Apple's "New macbook" announcement on Oct 27th 2016, we felt the need to discuss the matter of PC's vs Mac again. Things have changed since last time (https://soundcloud.com/relativepaths/35-pc-versus-mac-versus-sandals). Full show notes coming soon.
Jukebox: Mark's pick is 'Rustling and Pure' by Cass. Ben's choice is 'Butterflies' by Anchorsong. Both make their way onto the Relative Paths Spotify playlist: https://relativepaths.uk/pl
Show links: Benjamin Button Review - https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/ Dave Goes Windows Finale - https://daverupert.com/2016/07/davegoeswindows-finale/ Dave Goes Build - https://daverupert.com/2016/06/dave-goes-build/
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
Editing would be a whole lot more difficult without the 'Loopback' audio routing app from Rogue Amoeba. Many thanks for sponsoring us a copy! https://www.rogueamoeba.com/loopback
This week we spoke with designer and co-host of the Deeply Graphic Design Cast Mikelle Morisson about the sometimes tricky subject of designers and developers working together. Mikelle gives lots of insight into what developers and designers can do to cooperate successfully without too much drama.
We didn't have an official Toolstar this week, but Mikelle and Ben talked about how much they liked Sketch (I'm a Windows user so I sat in the corner).
My track for the Relative Paths Playlist was 'Eden Liquindi 2' by the Baka Forest People of Southeast Cameroon. I really like it, but Ben might need a bit of time to make friends with it perhaps.
Ben's was 'Dirge' by Death in Vegas. Classic Ben.
The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl
- Mark
Show links:
Dilbert cartoon – http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-04-03 MKM Istagram – http://instagram.com/mkmdesignco MKM Design Co – http://mkmdesignco.com DGDC Podcast – http://thedeependdesign.com/graphic-design-podcast DGDC Podcast Episode – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcasts-the-deep-end-design/id494747654 Malc's Interview (Working with Developers) – https://soundcloud.com/relativepaths/11-interview-with-malc-from-fluid2 Invision App – https://www.invisionapp.com Sketch – https://www.sketchapp.com
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
Editing would be a whole lot more difficult without the 'Loopback' audio routing app from Rogue Amoeba. Many thanks for sponsoring us a copy! https://www.rogueamoeba.com/loopback
This episode we're pleased to welcome back Mark Wilkinson, first interviewed in Episode 29. We quiz Mark about his leap from 'sole-trading freelancer' to the founder of Limited company 'Highrise Digital'. Mark W provides lots of useful information for anyone considering a similar move: financial matters, VAT, partnering up, and employees.
Mark W's picked the Toolstar, and chose QuickCast, a simple to use screencasting app, providing easy recording, publishing and sharing. https://quickcast.io/
For the Relative Paths Playlist, my submission is 'Eating Hooks (instrumental) by Moderat. It comes from the instrumental version of their 2016 Album 'III'.
Mark's track is called 'Try the Bass' by Ronald Jenkees. It's nuts. NUTS.
The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
This episode we tackle HTTPS. What it is, what's changed over the years, and why you should be using it now. We also touch on HTTP/2 where relevant and talk about some ways to make the jump to HTTPS if you've not done so already.
Marks's Toolstar is Why No Padlock, a web service for easily and quickly identifying insecure site content that might prohibit a browser from displaying a 'secure' padlock symbol in the address bar: https://www.whynopadlock.com/check.php
My track for the Relative Paths Playlist is the Dave Morley remix of 'Kinetic' by Golden Girls. Apollo Records, 1993. It's cheesy and long. Sorry...
Marks's track is 'Decisions' by Taylor McFerrin feat. Emily King, from the 2014 collaborative album 'Early Riser'. This one's going on our Alt playlist.
The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
We had a recording go bad a little while ago and ended up losing a potentially very good episode and wasting a guests time. So this week we talked about what happened and what to do when things go wrong. It's all fixed now though! We also talk a bit more about PC vs Mac and my second thoughts about making the switch, and limited edition Muse CD's.
Our Toolstar and sponsor this week is Loopback, cable free audio routing by Rogue Amoeba. Loopback gives you the power of a high-end studio mixing board, right inside your computer! We use it to manage recording guest interview episodes with VoIP: https://rogueamoeba.com
My track for the Relative Paths Alt Playlist is Protection by Massive Attack, from their 1995 album Protection. It's a classic.
Ben's track is Bulk by Silo. Industrial electrionic meatyness, also going on the Alt Playlist.
You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl The original Jukebox is on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/pl
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Mark
This episode we are supposed to be talking about personal websites... we don't really. What we DO do (dodo! wahaha!) is go off-topic, then take an diversion from the off-topic which brings us neatly to an aside and the end of the show. Great. Please don't leave us...
Toolstar: I talk about Wordpress specific hosting and plug Manchester based 34SP (https://www.34sp.com)
We have no Jukebox, we thought it was too long. I'm so sorry tears.
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
We're back after another pretty long break with an episode about the little details that make life as a webby type bearable.
Toolstar: Mark introduces us to 'Input', a font system for coders from Font Beaurea(http://input.fontbeaurea.com). There's also an update on the status of Sublime Text, Mark's editor of choice (https://www.sublimetext.com).
Two new tracks for the Alternative Jukebox: My pick is 'Japanese Electronics' by Commix, from the 2007 album 'Call to Mind'. Mark's choce is 'You' from Gold Panda's 2010 album 'Lucky Shiner'. You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl The original Jukebox is on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/pl
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
Slightly controversially this episode, Mark and I tackle the perennial subject of Mac versus PC. Since editing the episode, I now realise I probably upset Linux users and BMW drivers... Sorry y'all.
For a Toolstar suggestion for Mark I plug MAMP Pro: https://www.mamp.info
Mark's pic for the new Alternative Jukebox is 'Computer World' by Kraftwerk's 1981 album of the same name. I revel in being allowed Lyrics with Little Dragon's 'Ritual Union' from their 2011 album, also called 'Ritual Union'. You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
After a long, accidental break due to illness and busy, we're back... and we don't have a theme or subject!
Alas there's no ToolStar this episode, but we DO introduce a new playlist. For a while we've wanted to include certain tracks that maybe have lyrics, or aren't necessarily good to work to, and now we have a place for them: http://relativepaths.uk/altpl
- 'Rusty Nails' by Moderat is my first submission.
- 'Aminals' by Baths is Mark's suggestion.
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
This episode is a follow-up to Episode 16, where we talked to Ken about what he needed in a Photography website before Mark built him one. This episode is the post-mortem where Mark gets to find out what Ken thinks about the results!
Perch CMS gets a lot of love (https://grabaperch.com) from both Ken and Mark.
Our Toolstar is suggested by Ken: - Lenses for Hire (http://lensesforhire.co.uk).
Our jukebox pics are: - Ken: 'Amature Cartographer' from the Monument Valley soundtrack. - Ben: 'Banstyle / Sappys Curry' by Underworld. - Mark: 'Touch Tone' by I am Robot and Proud. Tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl).
Relevant links: - Ken's site: http://longshot.photo - Ken on Twitter & Instagram: @longshot_photo - Perch CMS: https://grabaperch.com
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
In this episode we interview Kimb Jones, co-founder of the Make Do development agency (www.makedo.in).
More details coming!
Some suggested plugins (48:00): Gravity Forms (http://www.gravityforms.com/) Slim Jetpack (https://wordpress.org/plugins/slimjetpack/) Niche Plugins (50:30): Disable Emojis(https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/) Disable Comments (https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/) Duplicate and Merge Posts (https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-and-merge-posts/) Menu Humility (https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-humility/) User Switching (https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/)
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
We didn't actually plan this episode... but it turned out ok. Following some recent mistakes with recording and editing, Mark and I thought we'd talk about what happens when we make mistakes on client work, and how we deal with them.
My ToolStar this week is 'Spectacle App', a Mac OS application for snapping windows to pre-defined sizes with keyboard shortcuts: https://www.spectacleapp.com
We have another odd Jukebox this episode: - 'Interlude III' byAlt-J (∆) is Mark's suggestion and it's only about 40 seconds long. - 'Superpositions' by Nathan Fake is my suggestion, however I hadn't chosen by the time of recording. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl).
- Hope you enjoy it! Ben
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
In this episode we're joined by Ben Brignell, a Designer, to talk about the crossover between 'Design' and 'Code'. We discuss the 'Designers Should Code' ongoing debate, and talk about some practicalities of working with multi-disciplined individuals in the Web industry.
Guest Ben picked this week's Toolstar: - Sketch, the design utility: http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch
Jukebox recommendations this episode are: - 'Glass Jar' by Gang Gang Dance, suggested by guest Ben. - 'Awake to You' by Taylor Mcferrin from Mark. - 'Through Clouds' by Gold Panda from Ben. All three are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am).
How to reach Ben Brignell and other show links: - Twitter: @benbrignell - Site: http://benbrignell.com - Frisbee Fodder: http://frisbeefodder.com - A11Y Slack: http://web-a11y.herokuapp.com
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
On this week's episode we're interviewing Mark Wilkinson, a Web Developer from the UK specialising in WordPress development. Mark answers our questions on developing and maintaining Open Source plugins for distribution via the Wordpress Plugins Directory as well as proving some advice and tips for beginners.
Guest Mark picked two ToolStars for us: - Gas Mask App, a simple utility for managing the hosts file on Macs: http://clockwise.ee. - Modern.ie VMs, a collection of VirtualMachine images for popular PC emulators to help developers test things in various combinations of Windows OSs and Internet Explorer versions: http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms.
Strangely, only co-host Mark has a Jukebox suggestion this time: - 'Aliquot' by Poppy Ackroyd. There's also an honourable mention for the artist 'Moon Finger' on Soundcloud. 'Aliquot' is added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am).
How to reach Mark Wilkinson and other show links: - Twitter: @wpmark - WP Broadbean Plugin: http://wpbroadbean.com - WordPress Coding Standards: https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards
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The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
This week, Mark declares that he's ready to Go Live! We chat about finding work, last-minute concerns, and other nonsense.
My Toolstar this week is BrowserStack, a service that allows users to fire up other Browser/OS combinations from within their browser: http://www.browserstack.com
My Jukebox addition is 'In Praise of Shadows' by CFCF. Mark's is 'Aquarius' by jukebox perennials Boards of Canada. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am).
The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
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– Ben
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This week Ben and I talk about customer education. What exactly do we mean by it, and how do we do it. Ben also tells a fascinating story about cables, listen out for that!
Out Toolstar this week is Lynda.com, which has many courses that end users and clients could find useful: http://www.lynda.com
My read of the week is 'How To Successfully Educate Your Clients On Web Development' by Aurimas Adomavicius, It's a bit long in the tooth but still relevant: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/educating-your-client-on-web-development-successfully/
Ben's Jukebox track for this week is 'i' by Aphex Twin. Mine is 'Midnight Feast' by Mr Scruff. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am)
The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us, it helps us to keep the podcast going. We’d particularly love an iTunes review: http://relativepaths.uk/it
– Mark
Shownotes: Brian Duffy - WP Applied (http://wpapplied.com) WP Beginner (http://www.wpbeginner.com) Let me Google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+I+write+a+blog+post)
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After a fairly long break due to 'busy', we're back with an episode about 'Customer Care'. We talk about just how 'friendly' is appropriate when dealing with customers, and practically how might we draw a line.
Our 'Toolstar' is Slack, the answer to IRC in the twenty-tens. We love it and use it: http://slack.com
Mark's read of the week is 'A New Yorker walks into a San Francisco start up...' by Jennifer Daniel: https://medium.com/@jenniferdaniel/a-new-yorker-walks-into-a-san-francisco-start-up-6926651b8254
The tracks added are: – 'Pinnacles' by Four Tet. – 'We Float' by Dustin O'halloran, picked by Mark. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist
The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.
- Ben
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If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it