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  • #38 Rogue Commits

    We’re talking about the latest feature to hit GitHub as well as some new CMSs, and of course the new Star Wars teaser trailer:

    • GitHub commit squashing. You can now combine commits when merging pull requests on, read all about it
    • Simpla has just started it’s open beta, I have my reservations though which I discuss with Ben. You can try it out for yourself for free at simpla.io
    • A quick(ish) mention of GitLab Pages, which is similar to GitHub Pages but appears to have some more technical features for static site generator fans
    • Finally, the Rogue One “a Star Wars Story” teaser trailer has just gone live and we chat about how it looks from these early snippets. check out the video on YouTube
      • 38 min
    • Episode #37

      In our latest episode we’re talking about NPM, PSVR and hopefully less acronyms:

      • NPM Chaos: npmjs.com fell into chaos, but for only 10 minutes, we explain discuss what happened
      • PSVR: Sony unveils the retail price for their VR peripherals that work in conjunction with the PlayStation 4
      • Expanding on our PlayStation discussion, we explore the idea of a rumoured PlayStation 4.5 on the horizon
      • Finally we end the show with something that might mean the end of that age old question “What platform are you buying X on?”, here’s our source material
        • 40 min
      • Episode #36

        It’s time for episode #36. Ben’s bringing home the bacon today, both in terms of topics and tech!

        • After our last episode, Ben got inspired and decided to create a Google Chrome extension to save GitHub repos
        • We talk about the recently launched game The Division, and how it might have been hyped up a little too much. Checkout the latest trailer
        • And finally talks, more specifically lightening talks. Ben encourages me to get into them, after he really enjoyed his talk at Bristol JS. I’m thinking about lightening talks for Jekyll Conf & Bristol Web Perf
          • 31 min
        • Episode #35

          Howdy from Episode 35! This a short but sweet episode. Mentioning news from MailChimp & GitHub, and something new from a thing called Canvas:

          • Hi/shout out to Robb Lewis, from Ruminate Podcast
          • Mandrill pulled the rug from under us. Well, not until April
          • GitHub has now switched their icon system to SVG, read more about their process
          • Canvas: An amazing web app for writing markdown, try it out for yourself
            • 28 min
          • Episode #34

            In episode 34 we’re looking at CSS variables and some of the features of GitHub, both new and non-existent:

            • CSS variables: They’re here, but are they safe? Check out this example in FireFox 31+ & Chrome 49+
            • GitHub: Why is it so hard to find that repo I stared? Check out this chrome extension
            • Jekyll: We really like it, especially now version 3 is on GitHub. However, it’s not perfect
              • 34 min
            • Episode #33

              In this episode we discuss:

              • Our new site, Currentstat.us
                • Vue.js (sorry I couldn’t find the episode, or we didn’t do it!)
                • Our Jekyll episode
                • Macaw joining Invision
                  • Macaw.co
                  • InVision announcement
                  • A smaller iPhone?
                    • The rumoured “iPhone 6c”
                      • 37 min
                    • Episode #32

                      We’re back from the holidays. Pretty chunky episode this one:

                      • GreenSock: Dave exaplins why GreenSock, or GSAP, is so awesome for web animations and how easy it is to pick up
                      • Oculus Rift: We chat about their recently announced pre-order and some of the competition they might be up against this year. Mainly PlayStation VR
                      • Star Wars: The Force Awakens: We’ve both seen it, now it’s time to chat about. There is a spoiler warning but we don’t go into great detail
                        • 48 min
                      • Episode #31

                        A new location for episode 31, coming to you from Ben’s war bunker.

                        Here’s a round up of our discussion:

                        • News! Some pretty cool bits of info to kick things off from Ben
                        • Job stories: From being hassled by recruiters, to being offended by the recruitment process
                        • Schema: The intricacies of adding rich data to HTML elements and some of the pitfalls we’ve encountered
                          • 32 min
                        • Episode #30

                          Episode 30 is out! This time we’re going into detail on what The Grid actually is and a round up of Paris Games Week.

                          Show notes:

                          • The Grid, their main website
                            • The Grid preview on The Next Web
                            • Their GitHub bot and full directory of GitHub Pages sites
                            • The Grid October Update
                            • Paris Games Show, full round up on GameSpot
                              • No Man’s Sky latest trailer
                              • Matterfall latest trailer
                              • Uncharted 4: Multiplayer trailer
                              • WiLD Gameplay trailer
                              • Detroit: Become Human announcement trailer
                              • Gran Turismo Sport announcement trailer
                              • RIGS: Mechanized Combat League trailer
                                • 52 min
                              • Episode #29

                                Time for a new episode!:

                                • GTA Freemode, checkout the official trailer
                                • Yeoman
                                • GitHub.com interface, here’s the documentation on editing code on Github.com
                                  • 32 min

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                                Bit Podcast is an ongoing series about games, design & development from the mouths of @DavidDarnes, @BenjaminReid and @JimboDoPhoto.