The Breaking Development Podcast

By Breaking Development

What's The Breaking Development Podcast about?

An interview podcast exploring the web design and development for beyond the desktop. We'll discuss mobile, responsive design, content strategy, user experience and how to prepare for the upcoming zombie device apocalypse.

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The Breaking Development Podcast episodes:

12.18.2013
Securing mobile - don’t ask them first with Adi Sharabani with Adi Sharabani
In this podcast, Jim and Adi discuss mobile security. There is more to it than just SSL, and SSL still leaves you vulnerable. We discuss mobile security from both a web and native perspective and talk about topics like...
11.22.2013
The Godfather of Responsive Web Design - Ethan Marcotte with Ethan Marcotte
In this podcast, Jim and Ethan discuss responsive web design, offline first, workflows and tooling, the merging of native and web, and much more.
10.09.2013
Understanding How Stuff Works Together With Stephanie Rieger with Stephanie Rieger
What if we could find the way to make native and web work, so well together, that the fact that they weren’t equal didn’t matter? Stephanie and I explore the intersection of native and web along with how to integrate...
09.18.2013
So Speed Is A Feature, Right? - with Ilya Grigorik with Ilya Grigorik
In today's podcast we listen to Ilya Grigorik's July San Diego Breaking Development Conference Talk titled "Optimizing the Critical Rendering Path: hard facts and implications." This is an incredible indepth look at the fundamentals of how the web works on...
08.28.2013
Applications Are Holding Us Back with John Allsopp with John Allsopp
In todays podcast, Jim speaks with John Allsopp about the struggles of getting beyond print, the idea of installable applications, the lightweight feeling of the web and embracing the constraints of the web as a strength rather than a limitation....
08.15.2013
Personal Area Networks with Mike Elgan with Mike Elgan
In todays episode, Mike Elgan provides a great case study of his mobile life as a digital nomad, how he envisions the future to be about personal area networks of mobile devices that interconnect and interoperate along with what works...
07.31.2013
The Web Holds Itself To Higher Standards With Jeremy Keith with Jeremy Keith
In todays podcast, Jim talks to Jeremy Keith about the Open Web, IndieWebCamp, and attempts to get to the bottom of what exactly is a "web app."
07.10.2013
Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview With Jono Bacon with Jono Bacon
In todays podcast, Jim discusses the Ubuntu Touch Developer preview with Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon. We discuss the project goals as well as an overview of how to develop for Ubuntu Touch, with an emphasis on the HTML5...
06.19.2013
The Mobile Web Is Dying And Needs Your Help By Paul Irish with Paul Irish
Developing for the mobile web is a wild west of exploring technique, quickly adopting browser standards, dealing with a legacy browser and tackling brand new browsers constantly. It's already a huge challenge to do it right, but still we're not...
06.12.2013
Going Native - Difficulties in Building Web Apps with Mike Mahemoff with Mike Mahemoff
Jim discusses the difficulties in building web apps with Mike Mahemoff. We discuss some of the fundamental issues that pushed Player FM to release a native app over a web app as well as reiterate Paul Irish's point that...
06.05.2013
Offline Rules: Bleeding Edge Web Standards At The Financial Times With Andrew Betts with Andrew Betts
In the last couple of years a deluge of new web technologies have appeared, allowing for the creation of ever richer and more immersive web applications. The FT is one of the pioneers in the use of newly minted HTML5...
05.29.2013
The Ergonomics Of Software And Cross-device Design With Luke Wroblewski with Luke Wroblewski
Today Jim talks to Luke Wroblewski about cross-device design and the ergonomics of software. In today's world if your mobile strategy consists of deciding between web or native and you are still building for three categories: mobile, tablet and...
05.22.2013
One Design to Rule Them All With Luke Wroblewski with Luke Wroblewski
From smartphones to tablets to everything in between, a wider variety of computing devices than ever before are being used to get online. These devices have different screen sizes and resolutions, input methods, and even different modes of use. Most...
05.15.2013
Diving Deeper Into Cross-Screen Design With Cameron Moll with Cameron Moll
In today's podcast we take a deep dive into the topic of cross-screen design with Cameron Moll. What is mobile? What about context? Cross-screen design is about user experience, explore it with us.
05.08.2013
Pitfalls and Triumphs of the Cross-Screen Experience with Cameron Moll with Cameron Moll
Oh, the elusiveness of "One Web". And yet, increasingly users treat the web as one experience — add a product to your cart from your phone during the morning commute, and finish the transaction in the afternoon at work from...
05.01.2013
Web Tools for the Open Web with Divya Manian with Divya Manian
Divya and Jim discuss web tools for the open web, some of the tools that the Adobe Web Platform team has created, and some of the open source projects like HTML5 Please and HTML5 Boilerplate. We end with a brief...
04.17.2013
Blink and the Mobile Web is in Trouble with Paul Irish with Paul Irish
Paul and Jim discuss Google's transition from WebKit to Blink and then discuss why the mobile web is in trouble as well as what we can do to fix it.
03.27.2013
Mundane Computing with Josh Clark with Josh Clark
This week Jim talks to Josh Clark where we discuss designing for devices that don't have a rectangular slab of glass for touch interaction, un-social devices, and Internet connected refrigerators and so much more.
03.06.2013
Responsive Ads with Matthew Snyder and Timo Pietila with Matthew Snyder and Timo Pietila
This week Jim talks to Matthew Snyder and Timo Pietila, of Responsive Ads, to discuss the issues and complexity of responsive ads today.
02.20.2013
EnquireJS with Nick Williams with Nick Williams
This week Jim talks to Nick Williams, the developer behind Enquire.js, about Enquire.js, .NET programming, server side UA detection and mobile performance.
02.13.2013
Touchscreens Are Holding Us Back With Jonathan Stark with Jonathan Stark
This week Jim talks to Jonathan Stark about the direction of mobile, the handedness study, screen-less mobile computers, and device independent content.
02.06.2013
Preprocessor Hipsters with David Kaneda with David Kaneda
This week we talk to David Kaneda about CSS Preprocessors, Node, Sencha Touch and the Delicious redesign.
01.31.2013
Responsive Web Design and Diamonds with Brad Frost with Brad Frost
This week we talk to Brad Frost about Responsive Web Design, project management, being an independent consultant and diamonds!
01.22.2013
Adaptive Web Design with Aaron Gustafson with Aaron Gustafson
This week Jim talks to Aaron Gustafson about adaptive web design, the Chattanooga tech scene, and Web Standards Sherpa.
01.16.2013
Native Apps are not the Future with Scott Jenson with Scott Jenson
This week we talk to Scott Jenson about the future of mobile, Internet of Things, connected devices, Internet connected toasters and infrastructure policy.
01.09.2013
Engadget Responsive Redesign with Brett Terpstra
This week we talk to Brett Terpstra about the Engadget Responsive Redesign, mobile ecosystems and more.
12.19.2012
Responsive Images with Mat Marquis
This week I talk to Mat Marquis about responsive images, the main and picture element, jQuery Mobile and the Burrito Bomber.
12.12.2012
Micro Mobile Interactions with Luke Wroblewski
This week we talk to Luke Wroblewski about Polar, Micro mobile interactions, Beer and much more.
12.06.2012
Content Everywhere with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
This week, we talk to Sara Wachter-Boettcher about what is content everywhere. We talk about the process of creating content, the problems around content, and how to work through these problems.
11.20.2012
Turkeys and Viewports with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec
Jeff and Tim discuss the iPad Mini and the challenges it poses for the readability of web sites. We talk about the Mini's screen size, fragmentation, gravy and pie.
11.15.2012
Web Performance with Steve Souders
This week, Steve Souders comes on the show to talk about web performance. We talk about the the state of performance in general, how to create a performance culture at your company and the importance of thinking big.
11.08.2012
The Web as a First-Class Platform with Brian LeRoux
This week, Brian LeRoux comes on the show to talk about PhoneGap and the state of web apps. We talk device API's, technology deprecation, the need for better tools and the importance of having a beer fridge in your office.
10.31.2012
Developing for Game Consoles with Anna Debenham
This week, Anna Debenham comes on the show to talk about game console browsers. We talk about console browser support, web education and gesture based interfaces.
10.25.2012
Sass with Sam Richard
This week, Sam Richard joins us on the show to talk about Sass and Compass. We talk about the value of CSS preprocessors, using Sass to simplify tricky responsive design issues, CSS bloat, and designing in the browser.
10.18.2012
Content Strategy for Mobile with Karen McGrane
This week Karen McGrane joins us to talk about content strategy for mobile. We talk about creating resuable content, the problem with WYSIWYG's, what voice means for content and the similarities between CMS design and vomit.
10.10.2012
Breaking Development 2012 Dallas: Day Two Recap with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec
This week, Jeff and Tim continue to recap Breaking Development 2012 in Dallas. We look at some of the topics discussed on day 2 including server side detection, designing in photoshop vs. designing in the browser, browser parties and Tim's...
10.04.2012
Breaking Development 2012 Dallas: Day One Recap with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec
This week, Jeff and Tim provide a quick recap of some of the discussion that took place on the first day of Breaking Development 2012 in Dallas. We discuss the future of mobile, separate sites vs responsive sites and dissecting...
09.13.2012
Mobile Accessibility with Henny Swan
This week, Henny Swan joins us to talk about mobile accessibility. We talk about why accessibility matters, the current state of accessibility on mobile devices and what steps to take to ensure you're site or application is accessible by as...
09.06.2012
The Best Interface is No Interface with Golden Krishna
This week, Jeff talks to Golden Krishna about his belief that the best interface is no interface. We talk about the necessity of UI's and how modern technologies allow us to design interfaces that aren't interfaces at all.
08.28.2012
Mobile Performance with Guy Podjarny
This week, Guy Podjarny joins us to talk about mobile performance. We discuss the unique performance constraints of mobile networks, the tools available to gauge the performance of your site, carrier transcoding and the state of performance for responsive sites.
08.22.2012
Implementing Responsive Design with Tim Kadlec
This week, we flip the table as Jeff Bruss puts Tim on the hot seat to talk about responsive design. We talk about Google's stance on responsive design, retina displays, the importance of proper planning for a responsive project and...
08.15.2012
Mobile Web in Higher Ed with Erik Runyon and Dave Olsen
This week Dave Olsen and Erik Runyon join us to discuss how their respective universities (West Virginia and Notre Dame) are approaching the mobile web through a combination of server-side detection and responsive design. We talk about how they built...

What's The Breaking Development Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Breaking Development Podcast episodes:

Securing mobile - don’t ask them first with Adi Sharabani with Adi Sharabani

The Godfather of Responsive Web Design - Ethan Marcotte with Ethan Marcotte

Understanding How Stuff Works Together With Stephanie Rieger with Stephanie Rieger

So Speed Is A Feature, Right? - with Ilya Grigorik with Ilya Grigorik

Applications Are Holding Us Back with John Allsopp with John Allsopp

Personal Area Networks with Mike Elgan with Mike Elgan

The Web Holds Itself To Higher Standards With Jeremy Keith with Jeremy Keith

Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview With Jono Bacon with Jono Bacon

The Mobile Web Is Dying And Needs Your Help By Paul Irish with Paul Irish

Going Native - Difficulties in Building Web Apps with Mike Mahemoff with Mike Mahemoff

Offline Rules: Bleeding Edge Web Standards At The Financial Times With Andrew Betts with Andrew Betts

The Ergonomics Of Software And Cross-device Design With Luke Wroblewski with Luke Wroblewski

One Design to Rule Them All With Luke Wroblewski with Luke Wroblewski

Diving Deeper Into Cross-Screen Design With Cameron Moll with Cameron Moll

Pitfalls and Triumphs of the Cross-Screen Experience with Cameron Moll with Cameron Moll

Web Tools for the Open Web with Divya Manian with Divya Manian

Blink and the Mobile Web is in Trouble with Paul Irish with Paul Irish

Mundane Computing with Josh Clark with Josh Clark

Responsive Ads with Matthew Snyder and Timo Pietila with Matthew Snyder and Timo Pietila

EnquireJS with Nick Williams with Nick Williams

Touchscreens Are Holding Us Back With Jonathan Stark with Jonathan Stark

Preprocessor Hipsters with David Kaneda with David Kaneda

Responsive Web Design and Diamonds with Brad Frost with Brad Frost

Adaptive Web Design with Aaron Gustafson with Aaron Gustafson

Native Apps are not the Future with Scott Jenson with Scott Jenson

Engadget Responsive Redesign with Brett Terpstra

Responsive Images with Mat Marquis

Micro Mobile Interactions with Luke Wroblewski

Content Everywhere with Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Turkeys and Viewports with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec

Web Performance with Steve Souders

The Web as a First-Class Platform with Brian LeRoux

Developing for Game Consoles with Anna Debenham

Sass with Sam Richard

Content Strategy for Mobile with Karen McGrane

Breaking Development 2012 Dallas: Day Two Recap with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec

Breaking Development 2012 Dallas: Day One Recap with Jeff Bruss and Tim Kadlec

Mobile Accessibility with Henny Swan

The Best Interface is No Interface with Golden Krishna

Mobile Performance with Guy Podjarny

Implementing Responsive Design with Tim Kadlec

Mobile Web in Higher Ed with Erik Runyon and Dave Olsen