Bitpicking

Bitpicking

By Greg & Mark & LauraTechnology
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Bitpicking episodes

  • 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!

    40 min
  • 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. :)

    46 min
  • 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!

    48 min
  • What 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

      49 min
    • 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
      34 min
    • 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

      44 min

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