Smashing Podcast: Recent Episodes
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An interview show from your friends at Smashing Magazine. Drew McLellan talks to design and development experts about their work on the web, as well as catching you up with the latest news and articles at Smashing Magazine. Suitable for cats.
We're talking about headless content management systems. What are they, and how do they differ from more traditional systems? Drew McLellan talks to Alvin Bryan to find out.
We're talking about The Transitional Web. What is it, and how does it describe the technologies we’re using? Drew McLellan talks to Chris Ferdinandi to find out.
We ask what is a Design Manager? What does it take and how does it relate to the role of Designer? Vitaly Friedman talks to Slava Shestopalov to find out.
We're talking about User Journey Mapping. What is it and how does it help us build better digital products? Vitaly talks to expert Stéphanie Walter to find out.
We’re talking about HTML email. Do we still have to design like we would for IE5? Vitaly talks to expert Rémi Parmentier to find out.
We ask how do you go from running a creative studio to designing NFTs? Vitaly talks to artist Yiying Lu to find out.
We ask how do you prove the value of a Design System, and how can you pitch it effectively to stakeholders? Vitaly Friedman talks to Ben Callahan to find out.
How can you affect change to UX design in large organisations stuck in their ways? Vitaly Friedman talks to Marko Dugonjić to find out.
We ask how you ship a one billion dollar idea? Vitaly Friedman talks to Paul Boag to find out.
We ask if Sass is still relevant in 2022 and if it adds any value modern CSS workflows? Vitaly Friedman talks to expert Stephanie Eckles to find out.
We ask why accessibility really matters, and why is it so important to get it right? Smashing’s Vitaly Friedman talks in depth to Sara Soueidan to find out.
We ask how one man can go from designing websites for local bands to heading up Google Fonts Knowledge. Smashing’s Vitaly Friedman talks to Elliot Jay Stocks to find out.
We’re talking about Responsible JavaScript. What does it mean for code to be responsible, and how should we approach projects differently? Drew McLellan talks to expert Jeremy Wagner to find out.
We’re asking if changes to best practises over the last year have negatively impacted the web. Is it all downhill from here? Drew McLellan talks to expert Chris Ferdinandi to find out.
We’re talking about Astro. Will this modern static site builder launch you into the stratosphere? Drew McLellan talks to developer Matthew Phillips to find out.
We’re talking about DevOps. What is it, and is it a string to add to your web development bow? Drew McLellan talks to expert Jeff Smith to find out.
We’re talking about designing for safety. What does it mean to consider vulnerable users in our designs? Drew McLellan talks to expert Eva PenzeyMoog to find out.
We’re talking about Chakra UI. What is it and how can it help with your React projects? Drew McLellan talks to expert Mike Cavaliere to find out.
We’re talking about Image Optimization. What steps should we follow for performant images in 2021? Drew McLellan talks to expert Addy Osmani to find out.
We’re talking about React performance. What factors slow our React apps down, and how can we fix it? Drew McLellan talks to expert Ivan Akulov to find out.
We’re talking about VisBug. What is it, and how is it different from the array of options already found in Chrome DevTools? Drew McLellan talks to its creator Adam Argyle to find out.
We’re starting our new season with a look the future of CSS. What new specs will be landing in browsers soon? Drew McLellan talks to expert Miriam Suzanne to find out.
In this episode, we’re talking about HTML controls. Why are they so hard to style, and how might that change in the future? Drew McLellan talks to Microsoft’s Stephanie Stimac and Melanie Richards to find out.
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Weekly Update
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- Things You Can Do With CSS Today written by Andy Bell
- How To Port Your Web App To Microsoft Teams written by Tomomi Imura & Daisy Chaussee
- Designing Better Tooltips For Mobile User Interfaces written by Eric Olive
- Improving Your Team’s Communication In The Age Of Remote Workwritten by Obed Parlapiano
Transcript
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We’re talking about Web Performance. What does the performance landscape look like in 2021? Drew McLellan talks to expert Harry Roberts to find out.
We’re talking about Machine Learning. What sort of tasks can we put it to within a web development context? Drew McLellan talks to expert Charlie Gerard to find out.
We’re taking a look back at 2020. Who did we speak to in our 25 episodes this year, and what did we learn? We listen back to some clips to find out.
Yes, it’s a Christmas clip show, to tide you over the holidays. Our audience has grown a lot this year, so this is your chance to spot interviews from the archives that you may want to catch up on.
We’re talking about GraphQL. What is it, and how does solve some common API problems? Drew McLellan talks to expert Eve Porcello to find out.
We’re talking about Product Design. What does it mean to be a product owner, and how can you learn the skills required? Drew McLellan talks to expert Chris Murphy to find out.
We’re asking what it looks like to dogfood the Jamstack at Netlify. Can you deploy an entire app to a CDN? Drew McLellan talks to Netlify Staff Engineer Leslie Cohn-Wein to find out.
We’re talking about Eleventy. What is it and how does it fit into your Jamstack workflow? Drew McLellan talks to Renaissance man David Darnes to find out.
We’re talking about TypeScript. What is it, and how can it help us write better JavaScript? Drew McLellan talks to expert Stefan Baumgartner to find out.
We’re talking all about VueJS. What’s new in the 3.0 release, and how hard will it be to migrate? Drew McLellan talks to core team member Natalia Tepluhina to find out.
We’re talking about Next.js. What is it, and where might it fit into our web development workflow? Drew McLellan talks to co-creator Guillermo Rauch to find out.
We're talking about Serverless architectures. What does that mean, and how does it differ from how we might build sites currently? Drew McLellan talks to Chris Coyier to find out.
We’re asking if modern best practises are bad for the web? Are modern frameworks taking us down the wrong path? Drew McLellan speaks to Lean Web expert Chris Ferdinani to find out.
We're talking about Gatsby. What is it and how does it fit into your web development stack? Drew McLellan talks to expert Marcy Sutton to find out.
We're talking about CUBE CSS. What is it, and how does it differ from approaches such as BEM, SMACSS, and OOCSS? Drew McLellan talks to its creator, Andy Bell, to find out.
We’re talking about learning React. What's the React like to work with, and how can experienced developers get started? Drew McLellan chats to Mina Markham to find out.
We’re taking a look at what's new in Drupal 9. What are the major upcoming changes to this nearly 20-year-old open source project? Drew McLellan talks to Drupal core committer Angie Byron to find out.
We’re talking about shaping our physical spaces when working from home. What can you do to take a step up from working at your kitchen table? We talk to workspace geek Ben Frain to find out.
We're talking about building apps on a tight timeline. How can you quickly turn around a project to respond to an emerging situation like COVID-19? Drew McLellan talks to Phil Smith to find out.
We’re talking about running online workshops. How can a traditional event adapt when participants can't attend in person? Drew McLellan talks to Rachel Andrew to find out.
We’re talking about online privacy. What should web developers be doing to make sure the privacy of our users is maintained? Drew McLellan talks to an expert on the subject, Laura Kalbag, to find out.
We're talking about the user experience around converting site visitors into customers. Can our selling techniques leave customers feeling cheated? And how can that be avoided? Drew McLellan talks to conversion optimisation specialist Paul Boag to find out.
We're talking about an interesting open source tool called Sourcebit. How can it help our content workflow with JAMstack sites? Drew McLellan speaks to developer Eduardo Bouças to find out.
We're talking about Ethical Design. What does it mean for a design to be ethical, and how do we make improvements in our own projects? Drew McLellan speaks to Trine Falbe and Martin Michael Frederiksen to find out.
We're taking a look at UI Frameworks. How can the custom needs of a highly usable application be met with a set of-off-the shelf tools? We speak to UX Designer Stéphanie Walter to find out.
We're taking a look at the brand new version of Microsoft Edge and its Chromium based rendering engine. What does that change mean for web developers, and how does the death of Microsoft's own rendering engine impact the web? Drew McLellan talks to Microsoft's Aaron Gustafson and Stephanie Stimac to find out.
We're taking a look at the UK Government's design system. How are design systems used within government? Is it any different to how we might work in the commercial sector? Drew McLellan talks to design systems advocate Amy Hupe.
We're talking about micro-frontends. What is a micro-frontend and what how is that different from the sort of approach we might be taking at the moment? Drew McLellan finds out from micro-frontend pioneer, Luca Mezzalira.
In this episode we're talking about variable fonts. What are they, how do they differ from regular fonts, and how can they help in the design and performance of our websites? Drew McLellan talks to a font of knowledge on the matter, Jason Pamental.
In this episode we're talking about Inclusive Components. What does it mean to be inclusive, or a component? And what has that got to do with accessibility? We talk to author Hayden Pickering to find out.