Jamison Dance joins Brandon and Stanley to talk about how to make music with your browser, hosting JS Jabber, and the direction of the JavaScript community.

We discuss the Javascript Audio API, how to avoid the trap of always chasing the new technologies, and Jamison shares some tips about how to improve your tech talks.

Show Links:

We're back! Today on the Frontside, we're going to be talking about what we've learned about software consulting over the past year.

The subjects we're discussing include:

And of course, so much more. Tune in to one of the final episodes of the Frontside podcast... of 2014.

Show Links:

Guest hosted by Ember Release Team member Stanley Stuart, this episode is a Canadian edition with Ember contributors mixonic (Matthew Beale) and mmun (Martin Muñoz). They talk about what’s up with Handlebars, HTMLbars, Metal Views, the differences between them, and why you won’t see script tags in Ember markup anymore.

Sara Mei joins us this week to discuss passion and whether it's a job requirement that you "love programming". She’s a Chief Consultant at DevMynd, a co-founder of RailsBridge, and an all-around rad human. Today we talk about whether it’s okay to get your motivation from things other than your sheer passion for programming, such as societal impact or what you can do with your code.

Michael Coté joins in a (sort-of) Drunk and Retired reunion to talk about Gartner's Hype Cycle, how it affects developers, and how they can actually benefit from understanding it. Coté is an Industry Analyst for 451 Research who helps his clients understand what’s going on in the tech world, what to buy, where to invest and where to start. We also talk reprogramming your brain for empathy, and about the trough of disillusionment in new technology.