It's Like a Zoo in Here
Today's Topic: Laundry. In Part 2, Patrick tells the secret behind his jeans, and Aura and Anthony workshop failed methods for closet organization.
Big Cartel for iOS
As part of the small-but-mighty team at Big Cartel, my work focused on the iOS ecosystem.
Excitedly Terrified
Sad, excited, and terrified to say that after 3 years, I’m leaving Happy Cog. In 2015, I’ll be joining Big Cartel as an iOS developer!
Papa John’s
I worked primarily as a front-end developer on this project, and was focused on building a flexible, modular system that could be implemented by the Papa John’s internal team to cover all of their needs across all of their markets. In addition, I spent a lot of time working directly with the team to improve their performance optimization workflow and increase the speed of experiences.
I Thought I Had Moths
Today's Topic: Laundry. In Part 1 of a two-part episode, the hosts discuss when and how they perform this mundane activity and share where their clothes reside once clean.
Knowledge vs. Intelligence
The difference between knowledge and intelligence is an extremely important one. Knowledge is the collection of skills and information a person has acquired through experience. Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge.
Beyond You
In client work, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our work lives beyond ourselves—our work’s future is the indicator of its success.
It Was Just A Thing
Some of the best and most useful things we build have humble beginnings. Small side projects start with a sapling of an idea—something that can be built in a weekend, but will make our work a little easier, our lives a little better.
Groupthink to the Max
We talk about gender and ethnic inequality in the workplace and society.
Awkward Cousins
As an industry, we’re historically terrible at drawing lines between things, except when it comes to our roles. The old thinking of defined roles is certainly loosening up, but we still have a long way to go.
Giving a Shit
We talk about giving a shit about people through attention to details and wonder why it's such a tough sell.
Do the Chop Chop
Today's topic: Sandwiches. Anthony discusses mixing the meats. Aura and Patrick disapprove of the cutlet.
Zero-sum Mentality
We talk about zero-sum mentality or the perceived lack of uniqueness that makes people hold off from sharing their thoughts and ideas with the world.
Javascript Design Patterns
There are some simple JavaScript design patterns that developers of any level can start using to improve their code. These aren’t process-altering changes—just minor tweaks that make code more reusable, extensible, and understandable.
Measure Twice, Cut Once
You can’t be at the top of your game while stressed and nervous about the emergency, so unless there’s an obvious, quick-to-deploy resolution, you need to give yourself some cover to work.
The Most Dangerous Word In Software Development
“Just” implies that all of the thinking behind a feature or system has been done. Even worse, it implies that all of the decisions that will have to be made in the course of development have already been discovered—and that’s never the case.
My Wheelie is Long Enough
Today's Topic: Packing for Travel. The origin story of the podcast is revealed. The hosts also discuss various packing methods, emergency socks and underwear and how to deal with dirty laundry while traveling.
No Idea What I'm Doing
We talk about how it's okay to have no idea what you're doing and the important differences between raw knowledge and the ability to acquire it.
Longform Content with Craft Matrix
There’s a constant tension between that type of longform, art-directed content and content management systems. New tools like Craft’s Matrix field give developers the control they need to achieve such beautiful layouts.
Control
We talk about unplugging, control, discipline, and fighting noise. Then we take a little detour through bad "science".