Back To Front Show

Back To Front Show episodes:

• 12.17.2020

  Retro Tech Rabbit Warren

  It’s been way too long and to be honest, we’d almost given up any hope of recording this landmark episode of our groundbreaking podcast! It only took a global pandemic and Kieran finally finding his mic to get us back...

  
• 09.14.2018

  Kieran's Tiny House Dream

  Tap tap, is this thing on? After eight months or working out how to plug in our USB microphones, we finally figured it out and are back with 45 glorious minutes of chat!

  
• 01.13.2018

  Muppetry & other Stories

  Happy 2018! Eschewing a long-standing tradition of not actually releasing shows we are kicking off the year as we mean to go on (for now) with a brand spanking new edition!

  
• 09.15.2017

  Kieran’s Big Red Button

  It’s hard to believe it’s only been one week, no really, since our last confession. Where does the time go?

  
• 06.01.2017

  Back Stories with Oliver Lindberg

  In this episode of Back Stories, Keir chats with Oliver Lindberg— founder of the new Pixel Pioneers web conference series and all round content guru. Topics covered include how to find speakers for your conference, the role of a good...

  
• 01.20.2017

  The Future of Medium?

  Happy New Year to you all! Rather unsurprisingly we missed our end of year review but the outline was probably one of our best. Maybe we’ll do it next year!

  
• 11.17.2016

  We Don’t Need no Education

  I’ll say this — time off between episodes certainly gives us plenty to talk about. In our 45th, almost hour–long, outing behind the mics we welcome new members to “the club“, discuss Kieran’s move into the world of coffee capsule commerce,...

  
• 11.09.2016

  Back Stories with Kurt Elster

  In this episode of Back Stories, Keir chats with Kurt Elster — founder of ecommerce agency Ethercycle, host of the popular Ecommerce Hacks Weekly video series, author of Ecommerce Bootcamp, and the host of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast.

  
• 10.13.2016

  Back Stories with Craig Lockwood

  Welcome to the second episode of Back Stories — a new series of one on one interviews hosted by Keir Whitaker (one-half of the team behind The Back to Front Show).

  
• 09.30.2016

  Back Stories with Marc Thiele

  Welcome to Back Stories — a new series of one on one interviews hosted by Keir Whitaker (one-half of the team behind The Back to Front Show).

  
• 09.23.2016

  The Super Lit, Fam, Dope, En Flique Episode

  It feels like only last week that the two “K Units” got behind the Samson CO1UPRO‘s and recorded episode #43. So close in fact, that we even manage to think we are still actually recording episode #43!

  
• 05.19.2016

  Lost with Lindberg

  This week we celebrate the internet’s very own Oliver Lindberg as we get #lostwithlindberg. Given our distinct lack of direction for this episode, it seemed only right and proper that our favourite editor of the internet takes this week’s naming...

  
• 04.30.2016

  The Gavin Ballard Special

  This episode is dedicated to our favourite Australian Gavin Ballard — all round good guy, world traveller, bon viveur and last but by no means least Shopify Expert. Gavin is a long time listener (we still aren’t sure why) and...

  
• 03.19.2016

  Free Content Forever?

  In this week’s episode, we turn our gaze to the topic of ad-blockers and paid content. We discuss Vitaly from Smashing Magazine’s recent post looking at how they are funding their content strategy and discuss our own views on paying...

  
• 03.02.2016

  The Big 40!

  Three years ago we started this little adventure called The Back to Front Show. Since then we’ve somehow managed to record 39 shows. Not the best of averages but who’s counting?

  
• 02.24.2016

  Moving Away from the Code Face

  Like a phoenix from the flames, we have risen. Our year long retreat for slightly overweight tech men from the South West of England is officially over. We’ve eaten the kale, cleansed ourselves, got the glow and are now itching...

  
• 01.17.2015

  The Joys & Perils of Remote Working

  In a change to the announced billing, an impromptu early morning phone call made us think a chat about remote working might be in order. As many of us fight the January blues, and inevitable bout of illness that the new...

  
• 01.09.2015

  Around the Web

  Happy 2015! We are back for the new year with a look at four links that caught our attention over the holiday season. We also spill the beans on some of the topics we’ll be covering this year.

  
• 12.19.2014

  The 2014 BAFTAS

  It’s that time of the year when we look back on the past 12 months and dish out our (cough, cough) highly prized awards! This year in the 2014 BAFTAS we have eight categories and round off the show with...

  
• 12.11.2014

  That VAT Thing

  This week Keir tries to speak “Somerset” and no surprises for guessing the outcome of that one. Once that’s done and dusted we take a look at the rise in Markdown based writing apps, examine a new ebook service from...

  
• 12.08.2014

  Hacker not Cracker

  We are back once again (albeit a few days weeks late). Illness, travel and house moves put things on hold but we’ll be back in full force in the run up to the holiday season. This week we welcome in...

  
• 11.08.2014

  Back behind the Yeti’s

  Back from our travels we retrun behind the Yeti’s to discuss everything from the hunt for the perfect email app to the sartorial elegance of modern tech CEO’s. This episode also features a rather spledid retreat venue only four hours...

  
• 10.31.2014

  The Club Sandwich Special

  Due to logistical issues Kieran was unable to join the party today. Thankfully Marc and Ben from Neutron Creations kindly joined Keir for a chat over lunch (literally). This week we discuss the recent web.is conference in Cardiff put together...

  
• 10.24.2014

  Live with a Flat White

  This week Kieran joins us live via a pair of Apple headphones from Coffee #1. Complete with baristas creating flat whites and the chitter chatter of remote workers typing away we throw audio fidelity to the wind and freestyle over...

  
• 10.16.2014

  So Entitled?

  As we reach the ripe old age of 30 we sit back and chat about a topic we often come back to over an artisinal flat white – why do people think everything on the web “should” be free? We...

  
• 10.10.2014

  Around The Web

  This week it’s our links show in which we ask the question “does having a beard make you a better dev” as well as discuss a very meta podcast and a new team collaboration tool. You may notice a slight...

  
• 10.02.2014

  Domains

  Behind every great idea lies a great domain, or is it the other way round? This week we discuss the domains we keep renewing in the hope of one day using, the original ideas behind them and whether or not...

  
• 09.25.2014

  Around The Web

  After discussing Kieran’s classic 90’s Peugeot 306 Turbo Diesel we turn our focus back to six cuts from our web travels. This week featuring the finest in USB protection and 15 of the best productivity hacks money can’t buy.

  
• 09.18.2014

  Conferences

  In this episode we discuss all things relating to web conferences from the different style of events, costs and benefits, the long tail value of meeting like minded people and what you can expect if you are attending your first...

  
• 09.11.2014

  Around The Web

  In the first of our bi-weekly links shows we chat about the latest news on the Editorially team, have some friendly banter about startup culture and Kieran delves into the world of devices.

  
• 09.04.2014

  Transitioning

  Just when you thought you could delete us from your podcatcher we are back and with a distinct lack of excuses for our absence. This week we discuss our new weekly formats and chat extensively about “transitioning”.

  
• 05.28.2014

  Excuses, what Excuses

  No it’s not a mirage, this really is #023 of our occasional podcast. We must do better! Excuses are in abundance after which we discuss a whole raft of topics – some even web related!

  
• 03.08.2014

  Getty goes Free

  Six links and just under one hour of chat, what are we playing at? Variety is the name of the game this week. We discuss Kieran’s new event, Getty Images big news, magazine web sites, Netflix, coding standards, text editors...

  
• 02.20.2014

  Happy New Year

  Like the proverbial phoenix, we have risen! Kieran is back and we finally wish each other a happy new year. This episode we try and get to the bottom of why we weren’t nominated for a Net Award, this as...

  
• 12.19.2013

  The One with Marc

  In our first episode of 2014 I am joined by new guest co-host Marc Roberts of Neutron Creations. After a lengthy chat about his rather special coat we moved onto more web related links and finished up with a discussion...

  
• 12.05.2013

  Annual Awards Special

  It’s the end of year Back to Front Show awards special. An opinonated, and occasionally tongue in cheek, look back over the last year in which we celebrate the events, the trends, the people, the apps, the podcasts, the magazines...

  
• 11.12.2013

  How to Work Remotely

  We are back after a what can only be termed a travel enforced sabbatical. This week we chat about two new books focusing on remote working, Kieran regales us with more eco-living tales and we discuss why our industry seems...

  
• 10.03.2013

  Frost on Speaking

  This weeks episode is kindly supported by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free trial and a massive 10% off, go to squarespace.com and use...

  
• 09.25.2013

  Mixed Bag

  Episode #016 sees us discussing the recent Generate Conference in London, Shopify’s amazing Build a Business annual contest, faces for apps, Happy Cog giving us insights into their workflow and a couple of revisits including Editorially and Draft.

  
• 09.12.2013

  Proving your App

  Episode #015 is brought to you in partnership with Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free trial and a massive 20% off (valid for September...

  
• 09.07.2013

  Back to School

  Kieran goes back to school this week and in between setting assignments for his new cohort we manage to discuss Keir’s recent trip to Brighton for the rather good Reasons to be Creative event, a tool for getting your clients...

  
• 08.29.2013

  Six Choice Cuts

  Episode #013 is brought to you in association with Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com and use...

  
• 08.22.2013

  Back to the Code Face

  Episode #012 goes back to the code face with a good chat about some new online services, the hard topic of what to call yourself and an in-depth discussion about the often contentious idea of charging for software and online...

  
• 08.07.2013

  How Not to Run a Competition

  In the 11th instalment of our artisanal hand-crafted high-fidelity podcast we prove that despite being able to bring up a LAMP stack in under 12 minutes we are utterly incapable of running a competition. Listen in and find out who...

  
• 07.25.2013

  The Problem of Overfunding on KickStarter

  As the web appears to have gone on holiday we present a mixed bag of goodness on Episode 010. We lament the loss of one of our zero’s, Kieran brings forth the news and the funny and we engage in...

  
• 06.22.2013

  New Flickr, New Digg!

  We are back behind the Yeti’s to discuss Keir’s trip to Beyond Tellerrand, the new Flickr subscription model, Digg Reader, Prism and our recent Mac email client woes. We round out the show with quite possibly the best use of...

  
• 05.13.2013

  Celebrities on KickStarter

  This weeks show is kindly supported by Insites: ConfShop — A unique one day event for web workers focused on openness, sharing and learning taking place in London on Friday July 5th. Tickets are limited to 100 and are available...

  
• 04.14.2013

  Online Collaboration

  But for pesky technical gremlins, this would certainly be our best episode yet. Apologies in advance for the background noise. Pre-recording testing was good, however it appears that an intermittent issue with a USB connector has caused us a few...

  
• 03.22.2013

  All Things Startup

  Skype wasn’t kind to us this week so sincere apologies for the sound quality. We are instigating new audio fiedlity procedure moving forward! This week we discuss Teux Deux moving to a payment model, the demise of Google Reader, startup...

  
• 03.08.2013

  Remote No More!

  Thanks again to Handheld Conference for supporting this week’s episode. It’s a conference focusing on “big ideas for small devices” taking place in Cardiff, UK on November 27th – 28th. Grab your ticket today.