Website 101 Podcast

• Github stars and forks
• Packagist
• What is a boilerplate
• Save time by pre-configuring settings for all projects
• Wireframe components
• What to include in a boilerplate
• What to exclude from a boilerplate
• Disadvantages to a boilerplate
• ReadMe file and documentation
• Feature requests for your boilerplate
• Personal conventions

• Kevin's origin story
• How important is doing work that you enjoy doing?
• Routine work vs cool projects
• Luck is when preparation meets opportunity - Roman philosopher Seneca
• Imposter syndrome
• Don't beat yourself up, go for a walk, talk to a colleague
• The industry changes so rapidly its impossible to keep up
• We're all partial stack developers
• There's always somebody better than you. The person you should compare yourself to is yourself.
• Burnout
• Ideas to get over burnout
   
• The ancestor to every action is a thought - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Feast or Famine
• Money management
• The juggernaut of fear, guilt
• Schedule time for yourself (self care)
• Set boundaries and limits
• Inspiration

[00:00] Intro

[00:40] Introduction of guests

[01:31] Kevin's origin story

[02:23] Kevin's work as a freelancer

[06:22] Importance of enjoying the work one does

[13:06] Imposter syndrome and how to deal with it

[22:17] Burnout and tactics to deal with it

[30:28] Feast or Famine cycle and its impact on motivation

• How Mitchell helped Sean start his freelancer journey
• Mitchell's encouragement to people to start freelancing
• You'll never be ready to start a business. Better to start it then later in life wonder What if?
• Customer service
• Soft skills
• Most important thing to do when you realize you don't have enough work
• Self care
• Hire expert help for sales and marketing - delegate work
• Abundance mindset vs scarcity mindset
• Focus on current tech stack vs pick up something new
• Vertical markets / ideal clients
• Hedghog Concept - Jim Collins
• How to find and vet help for marketing
• Social media

• Email from Natalie
• What is a project management tool
• Required features
• Centralized communication
• UI
• Dependencies
• Cost
• Email notifications - batches, individually
• Agile
• Browser extension

• When to say to no to a brand new client.
• Talk about budget early.
• Client requirements are unclear.
• Include expiry for proposals.
• Overbooked
• Ethics & Morals
• Reputation and rumors.
• Advice when working with a developer.
• Keep it positive.
• Give better options.
• How to say no.
• Mental health.

• How Jessica got into social media
• Tips to get started for small business owners
• Social media and content marketing
• Understand the nuances of the different social networks
• Which social network is the most important?
• How to manage the time requirements
• How to measure success - analytics
• Vanity Metrics
• Own your digital footprint
• Email list is critical
• Difficult to trust a company that is only on social - no website
• Red flags about social media
• Misconceptions about social
• Software to manage social & mailing lists
• AI In social and marketing
• Amanda makes a prediction about AI content
• Replying on social - flame wars

• Ben's origin story
• What is a plugin?
• CMS acquisition of plugins in order to add to core functionality
• When to use a plugin or build it myself?
• How do you come up with an idea for a plugin?
• Commercial vs Free plugins
• Supporting plugins
• No code vs bring your own code and technical knowledge
• Support tickets/issues
  • GitHub issues
  • Email (good for sensitive information)
  • Ticketing systems
• Feature requests and pull requests
  
• How to decide the cost of commercial plugins
• Breaking changes in the CMS
• Plugins that work with other plugins
• Website security and plugin evaluation
• Advice for developers new to plugin development
• USE an IDE

• Artificial Intelligence and phishing scams
• Chat GPT
• Government TikTok Bans
• Bill C11 - Canadian content requirements
  • Potential negative consequences to how YouTube's algorithm shows Canadian content.
• Pentagon Leak on Discord
• GDPR and cookie consent
  • Bill C-27
• Surveillance capitalism
• Elon Musk & Twitter
• Social Media
• Canadian Telecoms, mergers, and consumer protection
• Website account deletion

We start off by defining what Typography is. Then the various types of fonts including serif and sans-serif fonts and when to choose which to choose.

• I (uppercase I), l (lowercase l), 1, a, g test
• The difference between legibility and readability
• Comic Sans and Helvetica fonts
• Avatar and Papyrus
• Heading, body fonts, and fonts that can be used everywhere
• Oliver Judges Sean's website headings
• Tips on how to choose fonts for a website
• Web font marketplaces
• 5 common web typography mistakes and how to avoid them
• Leading and line height
• line length
• Oliver gives a review of the Website 101 Podcast website typography.

• Business location for tax purposes can be different from the location you are working from.
• Working locations - hotel, coffee shops, beach, restaurant...
• Dealing with time zone differences
• Pros/Cons of working overseas
• Language issues
• Healthcare and accommodations
• Long term living abroad
• Tips to live abroad and work