Word-Break Show
Word-Break Show
Word-Break Show
The Word-Break Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jon Bellah and Trevan Hetzel about all things front-end design & development.
Episode 13 with Derick Bailey
We’re back! This time with Derick Bailey to talk about all sorts of JavaScript goodness. Derick is an entrepreneur, problem solver, software developer, screencaster, writer, blogger, speaker and technology leader in central Texas (north of Austin). He runs WatchMeCode.net where he throws down the JavaScript gauntlets to get you up to speed. He has been a professional software developer since the late 90’s, and has been writing code since the late 80’s. Show Links Derick’s website WatchMeCode.net Derick’s email courses Derick’s RabbitMQ ebook SignalLeaf (Perviously Derick’s podcast audio hosting platform) Trevan’s new WP stack: Timber, Twig.js, Backbone Airbnb’s article on isomorphic JavaScript WP REST API WP REST API merge proposal Trevan’s blog redesign repo Paper app Do ES6 Arrow Functions Really Solve “this” In JavaScript? Babel Radium Watch Star Wars in Terminal: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl A Google Analytics Dashboard for Front-End Developers
Oct 8, 2015
59 min
Episode 12
Jon and Trevan catch up and talk about the cool things they’ve been developing and technology they’ve been using lately. Show Links The new faster Flywheel home page Web Accessibility Checklist CSS Testing with Phantom WordCamp Minneapolis Google Tag Manager
Apr 17, 2015
Episode 11 with Joel Glovier
Joel Glovier joins Trevan and Jon this week to talk about his experiences at GitHub, side projects and front-end. Joel is a designer and front-end developer at GitHub. He also makes t-shirts for developers at devtees.com, and contributes to open source projects like Jekyll and HospitalRun. He’s got 3 kids and hails from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania where he works remotely. In his little spare time he enjoys DJing, snowboarding, and making trouble. Show Links Joel’s website @jglovier GitHub Dev Tees (use code wordbreakshow for 10% off) HospitalRun GitHub’s way of deploying: HUBOT! Lanyrd.com/calls Rebecca Murphey – Writing Conference Proposals speaking.io
Feb 19, 2015
1 hr 1 min
Episode 10 where we answer Reddit questions
Jon and Trevan answer questions from Reddit! Show Links Reddit thread WAI-ARIA roles Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Tenon.io Solve this pen! Make it work in IE10 and we’ll give you a shoutout or something David Walsh’s CSS Flip Animation article Front-end Job Interview Questions Why Brad Frost is not a JavaScript developer Storyland Studios site Witness Gotham site Airbnb’s Isomorphic JavaScript article Oakley’s Moto site Imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery
Feb 5, 2015
1 hr 1 min
Episode 09 with Rachel Baker
With us this week, we have Rachel Baker. Rachel is a web developer living in Chicago, IL. She is a WordPress core contributor and project lead on the WPI API project. Rachel is currently a Senior Web Engineer at 10up, where she creates and grows amazing web experiences with WordPress. Show Links Rachel’s Blog WP API Firebase
Jan 28, 2015
56 min
Episode 08 with Ben Frain
With us this week, we have Ben Frain. Ben is a Senior Front-end Developer at bet365.com, an occasional freelancer, and author of both Responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3 and Sass and Compass for Designers; Ben hails from Cheshire, England. Show Links Ben’s Blog Ben on Twitter CSSTriggers Enduring CSS: writing style sheets for rapidly changing, long-lived projects CSS performance revisited: selectors, bloat and expensive styles Be a better front-end developer: the way of pragmatic coding Meteor JS Penthouse – Critical CSS Generator
Jan 22, 2015
54 min
Episode 07 on the Word-Break Redesign
A lot of WordPress talk this week! Jon and Trevan chat about the Word-Break redesign, building WordPress themes, using the JSON REST API with front-end frameworks on WordPress, personal style guides and more. Show Links J.D. Reeves Jon’s new Origin starter theme Seriously Simple Podcasting Shop Talk Show Special: One on One with a Hacker Flywheel WP REST API project WP API plugin
Jan 14, 2015
56 min
Episode 06 on Front-End Performance
This week, Jon and Trevan sit down to talk all about front-end web performance. Show Links Pingdom PageSpeed Insights How to Make a Performance Budget The Performance Golden Rule Different CSS Techniques and Their Performance Grunt Critical CSS
Jan 7, 2015
53 min
Episode 05 with Ryan Sullivan and Rob Neu
With us this week, we have Ryan Sullivan and Rob Neu to talk all about WordPress (and WordPress business). Together they run WP Site Care (of which Ryan is the Founder), Flagship WP (where they’re both Co-Founders), and they also organize the new developer-centric WordPress conference, LoopConf. Show Links WP Site Care Flagship LoopConf Hybrid Core Compass Starter Theme Leveling Up on WordPress Accessibility Do You Really Want to Start a WordPress Support Company?
Dec 10, 2014
59 min
Episode 04 with Mina Markham
With us this week, we have Mina Markham. She is a front-end developer at Parago, where she helps build applications for corporate clients and their consumers. She is one of the chapter leaders for Girl Develop It DFW and she travels all over the country talking Sass and kicking ass. You can find her blog at mina.is. Show Links Mina’s Blog Girl Develop It DFW SMACSS Snap SVG Bootstrap Bourbon Susy
Dec 3, 2014
42 min