Bitpicking

By Greg & Mark & Laura

Musings and banter on software and product development.... more

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November 26, 2019 Playing, Ranting and Tinkering.
We have a meandering chat about what’s on our tech minds this week — Laura tells us about a play workshop 🧸, Mark rants about front-end development 😡, while Greg describes what he does to relax 🛠. Enjoy!
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40min
November 12, 2019 Showing our true (team) colours
Laura asks what makes a good team, then we answer everything but.
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56min
October 29, 2019 Don't step on my bootstrap shoes
We discuss the recent Design Twitter thread about whether designers should code, and coders should design.
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40min
October 15, 2019 I Know What You Did Last Summer
We're back!
To kick off Season 2 we ease back in with a chat about what's happened while we've been away, from electric cars and conferences to job interviews and social media. Oh, plus a little surprise we think you'll love ...
Got something you want to talk to us about? Get in touch via Twitter to @bitpicking! Don't bother with Mastodon though - we don't check it. :)
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46min
June 11, 2019 They made me do it, your honour!
In the Season Finale, we tackle responsibility in software development by making wildly irresponsible claims about things we know little about. Enjoy!
We'll be back in the autumn, until then if you have any feedback for us, please find us @bitpicking on Twitter!
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48min
May 14, 2019 Rage Against The Machine (Learning)
In Episode 19, Greg and Mark brave the subject of Machine Learning and AI, and conclude that they're really not qualified....
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52min
April 30, 2019What the UX with Laura Yarrow
This week we talk to Laura Yarrow - UX Consultant at Experience UX. Like all UX conversations we start by clarifying what it really is, before discussing how to start in UX and what you can do if you don't have a big budget, before settling on a mini-rant about dark patterns.
Oh, and Laura had it right all along, of course.
REFERENCES:
Paper Prototype example: https://twitter.com/laura_yarrow/status/1114446460513390592
UX Professional Association: https://uxpa.org
Interesting UX People:
Kim Goodwin - https://twitter.com/kimgoodwin

Dana Chisnell - https://twitter.com/danachis

Jared Spool - https://twitter.com/jmspool
Good Web Form design: https://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp
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49min
April 16, 2019 Crossing the lower case j's
This week we discuss how much process is reasonable to avoid chaos and ensure team principles are satisfied, without it getting in the way of progress. Do we need rules or can we be trusted to do the Right Thing™️? Is agile now just a process? Do fancy 'no process' models really work?
Find out by filling in the listener engagement form in triplicate, posting to us with a stamped addressed envelope, waiting for the code in our reply and using that in the episode unlock form to get the first half, then get the second half by posting a review on Twitter using the code word FREETHOUGHT. Or, just hit the play button.
Things mentioned in the episode:
Maverick! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_(book)
Valve employee handbook. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/Valve_NewEmployeeHandbook.pdf
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34min
April 02, 2019 Minimum Viable Podcast
Greg and Mark chew the fat on what constitutes a Minimum Viable Product.
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36min
March 19, 2019 Call in the FEDs! with Matt Northam
We welcome Matt Northam, a self confessed ‘FED’ (front end developer) from Bournemouth digital agency Redweb, and discuss such things as how to start in web design, using the Wu-Tang Clan to improve team working, and his favourite HTML tags.
Matt's 3d hoverboard - https://twitter.com/mattnortham/status/758629899640967168
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44min

FAQs about Bitpicking:

How many episodes does Bitpicking have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.