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Ernie Miller and Human Development, Part One (at Ancient City Ruby)

I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea!

Published: 4/8/2015
Length: ~18m
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Inspiration Episode #6: 4 Tips for Starting from Ground Zero, and Celebrating 500k listens!

In today's episode, I'm ecstatic to announce 500k unique listens! That's half of a million, if you didn't already pick up on that. I'm looking forward to the 1 million mark with all of you! I also discuss a few tips for starting from ground zero. Thank you for your support! If you'd like to give back to Developer Tea, head over to http://developertea.com/donate - every donation is a huge help to making this show a reality 4 days a week!

Published: 4/6/2015
Length: ~8m
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Scoutfiles, Hardware Hacking, and Chickens

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 4/3/2015
Length: ~35m
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Third-party JavaScript Distribution at BazaarVoice

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 4/2/2015
Length: ~31m
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Special News Episode: Spartan, ES8, and Apple Watch Retro

In today's episode, I share some (insider) news with you that I think you'll find to be exciting.

Published: 4/1/2015
Length: ~11m
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31: Listener Question from Jessica - "What exactly is a full-stack developer anyway?"

In today's episode, listener Jessica asks what a full stack developer is.

Published: 3/30/2015
Length: ~12m
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30: Dan Denney, Part Two: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email and Dan's experience with Front End Design Conference. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com.

Published: 3/27/2015
Length: ~13m
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Inspiration Episode #5: Software Is Not a Printing Press

In today's inspiration episode, I talk about the non-permanence of our work, and how that empowers us to make faster decisions.

Published: 3/26/2015
Length: ~5m
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30: Dan Denney, Part One: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate. Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com

Published: 3/25/2015
Length: ~24m
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29: Listener Questions - Eric Asks How to Keep Up with Dev News, and When (and Why) Should I Get a Masters Degree

In this episode, I answer listener Eric's questions about how to keep up with the news, and when to get a masters degree. Further resources/links can be found at DeveloperTea.com!

Published: 3/23/2015
Length: ~19m
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part Two - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! (Show notes can be found at https://DeveloperTea.com)

Published: 3/20/2015
Length: ~38m
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part One - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! (Show notes can be found at https://DeveloperTea.com)

Published: 3/18/2015
Length: ~28m
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Inspiration Episode #4: Learning Like Children through Play

Children learn at an incredible rate. They also play significantly more than the average adult. Many studies have shown the importance of play for children in the learning process - so the question is, why don't we practice "play" as adults? "Episode 4: Learning about Learning": http://developertea.com/episodes/6530 Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 3/17/2015
Length: ~8m
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27: Ensuring Professionalism - Rules I Practice

In this episode, I discuss some of my personal rules for maintaining a reputation of professionalism. Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 3/16/2015
Length: ~15m
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26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part Two

Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.

Published: 3/13/2015
Length: ~11m
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Inspiration Episode #3: The Day the Beatles Were Rejected

Unless you're extraordinarily lucky, you'll be rejected multiple times in your life. Whether in your personal or professional life, rejection is a normal part of life, even for the best of the best (like the Beatles). In this episode, I encourage you to move past your rejection.

Published: 3/12/2015
Length: ~6m
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26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part One

Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.

Published: 3/11/2015
Length: ~12m
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25: "What Should I Build?" - 5 Tips for Better Idea Generation

In this episode, I answer a question I've received from many listeners: How do I come up with an idea for something to build? This question is somewhat complex, but we'll cover 5 basic tips for idea generation.

Published: 3/9/2015
Length: ~15m
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24: Scott Jehl on Responsible Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement, Part Two

Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design.

Published: 3/6/2015
Length: ~22m
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Inspiration Episode #2: Coding for Humans

Today, I talk about coding for humans in this special Inspiration episode. Remember, computers are only what you tell them to be!

Published: 3/5/2015
Length: ~4m
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