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076: With Tim Sabat and Alex Vazquez

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This week we were joined by Tim Sabat and Alex Vazquez. Like Chris, Tim and Alex worked at Wufoo, then SurveyMonkey after the acquisition. Now all three of them are the founders of CodePen. We talk about (roughly in order):

News’n’Links’n’Drama

  • 13:02 Expression Engine Drama – “Competition Ethics & Add-ons”
  • 17:40 Firefox 23: Disable Javascript button is GONE.
  • 26:10 Google Reader is dead.
  • 27:38 H&FJ Fonts now available as web fonts

    • Q & A

    • 30:25 What are your thoughts on mod_pagespeed?
    • 36:20 Where would you start a major front-end design project for a new software-as-a-service website?
    • 47:24 Is it worth the time and money to go to college to study web development?
    • 52:42 Have you guys had any experience deploying projects with Capistrano?
    • 58:20 Is there a easy way to work locally yet have the clients still be able to view the website?

      • Sponsors

      • 45:50 BlendConf – September 5 – 7, 2013 – Charlotte, NC – 3 tracks / 40 talks – 20% off with the discount code “shoptalk” at Blendconf.com
      • 29:12 Environments for Humans CSS Summit – Val and Dave and lots of other great designers are speaking at it, use discount code “SHOPTALK” for 20% off at CSSsummit.com

        • Show Links

        • Tim’s Website

        • Tim on Twitter

        • Alex’s Website

        • Alex on Twitter

        • New Relic

        • Dave’s “Excuse Generator”

        • Brad Frost’s Pattern Lab

        • Guard

        • Local Tunnel

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