Design vs Dev
Latest Episodes
Why you should move your CMS to a Static Site Generator.
Today’s topic: Drew is joined by Ajay Karwal to discuss moving and maintaining a site from a content management system to a static site generator. About our guest host: Ajay Karwal is a UI/front-end developer from Wokingham, UK.
The link between design and writing for good UX
Today’s Topic: Drew is joined by Dave Doran to discuss how writing and design can work together to form good UX. Dave Doran is a Senior Business Strategy Manager at OneUpWeb. He’s a reformed poet-turned marketer,
Side Projects: WrenchMode
Today’s Topic: Drew and Micah discuss side projects again, this time focusing on WrenchMode, a small rails / Heroku maintenance web application aimed at helping the developer community. They discuss why they decided on this particular project and their...
Professional Legitimacy
Today’s Topic: Drew and John discuss Professional Legitimacy in their respective fields of design and development. Software development has more of a real world impact today than ever before. From clowd infrastructures to self driving cars,
Photography Equipment and Tips
Today’s Topic: Drew is joined again by professional photographer Matt Graves to discuss why we as designers and developers should take more time to think about and value custom photography in our web products.
Valuing Photography
Today’s Topic: Drew is joined by professional photographer Matt Graves to discuss why we as designers and developers should take more time to think about and value custom photography in our web products. Matt Graves is colorado based freelance photogr...
The State of Writing on the Web
Today’s Topic: John and Drew talk about the state of writing on the web and how it’s changing communication. Some random things that come up in the conversation: New intro music by Jonn Standing desks and matching shelves Paranormal teen fiction Garth ...
Static Site Generators
Today’s Topic: Static site generators. What are they, why they’re great, and when to use them. Overview WordPress and other CMSs can be a sledgehammer and a lot of times your project just needs a regular ol’ hammer.
AdBlockers
Today’s Topic: AdBlockers. In the wake of Wired blocking blockers, let’s discuss if this is a good move for the industry as a whole. Overview Using AdBlockers doesn’t kill a site, publishers can still focus on native advertising, sponsored posts,
Elixir and Phoenix
Today’s Topic: The Elixir programming language, and the Phoenix web framework. Overview The cutting edge of web technology is constantly moving forward. It’s impossible to stay up to date on everything, and it can be overwhelming. Today,