The Frontside Podcast

The Frontside Podcast

By Charles Lowell & the Frontside TeamBusinessTechnology
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The Frontside Podcast episodes

  • 036: Composable UI with Trek Glowacki
    This week we have Trek Glowacki (@trek) back to talk about the challenges of choosing frameworks, building reusable components, and why “thought leader driven development” (TLDD) might actually be the right way to go.
    1 hr 6 min
  • 035: How We Hire

    Brandon and Charles discuss their unique and slightly unusual approach to hiring, why they focus on what success means for their candidates, the hidden value of mentoring, the vision that led them to start The Frontside, exit interviews, and more.

    Links:

    • Austin Bouldering Project
    • Trek Glowacki
    • Stanley Stuart
      • 42 min
    • 035: How We Hire
      Brandon and Charles discuss their slightly unusual approach to hiring, why they focus on creating success for their candidates, the hidden value of mentoring, the vision that led them to start The Frontside, the value of exit interviews, and more.
      42 min
    • 034: What We Learned in 2015

      Brandon and Charles discuss what they learned in 2015. Highlights and topics include:

      • The benefits of planning your day in advance
      • Benjamin Franklin vs. Stephen Covey
      • Leading by example
      • Learning how to define balance for yourself
      • Why "Do something that terrifies you” is better advice than "Follow your passion”
      • How to choose people to work with
      • and more

        • Show Links:

        • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
        • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
          • 43 min
        • 033: Immutability

          This week, Charles, Lydia and Alex go on a deep dive into immutability and the importance of literate programming.

          Links:

          • Impagination.js
          • Ember-Impagination
          • Interactive demo of Ember-Impagination
          • Om
          • Omniscient JS
            • 49 min
          • 032: Working Remotely with Allison McMillan

            Allison McMillan (from General Assembly) joins us this week to talk about working remotely.

            She shares great tips for finding your first remote development job, how to be a more effective remote employee, how to overcome the fear of asking questions, why working remotely might not be right for everyone, and more.

            Show Links:

            • Allison McMillan
            • Contact Allison for remote work consulting
            • General Assembly
            • Portlandia: Working from home
            • Zapier Conspiracy Santa
            • Slack
            • Screenhero
              • 45 min
            • 032: Working Remotely with Allison McMillan
              Allison McMillan (from General Assembly) joins us this week to talk about working remotely.
              She shares great tips for finding your first remote development job, how to be a more effective remote employee, how to overcome the fear of asking questions, why working remotely might not be right for everyone, and more.
              45 min

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            It's like hanging out at our software studio in Austin, Texas with Charles Lowell and the Frontside Team. We talk to smart people about how to make the world of software better for the people who make…