ExplicitWeb

Season 2 Episode 7 [direct link] - Season Finale ExplicitWeb is...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:39:00 +0100

Season 2 Episode 7 [direct link] - Season Finale

ExplicitWeb is hosted by PearSpace and endorsed by Rode Microphones.

In the last episode of the season we take a look at how the Web industry has progressed over the years, particulalrly in regards to the specialisation of services and skillsets.

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 Episode 6 [direct link] - Symphony CMS ExplicitWeb is...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:05:00 +0100

Season 2 Episode 6 [direct link] - Symphony CMS

ExplicitWeb is hosted by PearSpace and endorsed by Rode Microphones

In this episode we welcome special guest Craig Zheng, the project lead at Symphony CMS, to discuss the wicked little piece of software that is Symphony CMS. If you’re looking for a true CMS so WordPress doesn’t fit the bill, and you find Drupal too over the top and clunky, Symphony might just be the CMS for you.

Dive in to this episode with an open mind and your thinking caps on, journey through a world of XSLT, XPATH and other crazy acronyms. It’s intense, and we hope you enjoy the ride!

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 Episode 5 [direct link] - Browser Based...

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:57:00 +0100

Season 2 Episode 5 [direct link] - Browser Based Winning

ExplicitWeb is hosted by PearSpace, endorsed by Rode Microphones, and this episode was brought to you by VirtualHostX - easiest way to setup MAMP and Apache virtual hosts on your Mac.

In this episode, Rob gets a new job, John talks about being accosted by WordPress fans in Spain and most importantly, we welcome a very special guest in the form of the god-like Martin Beeby. Martin is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft and came along to talk about the future of browsers, he’s otherwise known as The Beebs - follow him on twitter, he is so worth it!.

This episode focuses on the past/present/future of browsers and web standards, trends in new standards adoption, changes in browser update mechanisms and other important issues surrounding the future of the web.

Martin Beeby is awesome
Rob is now a Technical Evangelist for Mozilla
Rob has a book. Buy it on Amazon - because it is SERIOUSLY awesome… Hannah says so.
MOO Rounded Corners
Martin Cotton, Microsoft & the W3C
Geolocation in IE9
Microsoft IE HTML5 labs
HTML 5 forms (example) (spec)
Firefox release cycle change

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 Episode 4 [direct link] - Open Web...

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:18:00 +0000

Season 2 Episode 4 [direct link] - Open Web technologies

ExplicitWeb is hosted by PearSpace, endorsed by Rode Microphones, and this episode was brought to you by VirtualHostX - easiest way to setup MAMP and Apache virtual hosts on your Mac. See below for details of our VirtualHostX giveaway.

In this episode, Rob presents us with the open web technologies dilemma. Is it still possible to protect our work when using open technologies, and should we be able to? Do the benefits of open technologies outweigh the downsides? Can we legitimately sell open technology services and is it possible to be profitable?

Also this week we have another VirtualHostX giveaway, along with some cheeky discount codes for Moo and BioThemes.

Here’s some links to stuff we mentioned in the show:

Moo API (Note: Moo Promocode valid til 21st march)
BioThemes
Internet Explorer 6 Countdown
Kill IE6 WordPress plugin

VirtualHostX Giveaway.

We have 1 more license for VirtualHostX to giveaway. For a chance to win, make sure you’re following @ExplicitWeb on twitter and send us a tweet with the message outlined in this episode.

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 Episode 3 [direct link] - Sensible Social...

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:55:00 +0000

Season 2 Episode 3 [direct link] - Sensible Social Networking

In this episode, Hannah Wolfe talks about Social Networking. We discuss the issue of privacy and responsibility when publishing content online, the current obsession with documenting everything and how it can get you into trouble. We share our experiences of the best and worst of customer services on twitter and finally talk about data mining, twitter sentiment analysis and the future of the information age.

Here’s some links to stuff we mentioned in the show:

VirtualHostX Giveaway.

We have 2 licenses for VirtualHostX to giveaway. For a chance to win, make sure you’re following @explicitweb on twitter and send us a tweet telling us that you love us and that you want a VirtualHostX license.

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

We had a great time at the Net Awards on Thursday, it was...

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:00:21 +0000

We had a great time at the Net Awards on Thursday, it was awesome to have the whole team in the same place at the same time. Aren’t we a beautiful bunch?

Season 2 Episode 2 [direct link] - Chris Spooner, Jack Osborne,...

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Season 2 Episode 2 [direct link] - Chris Spooner, Jack Osborne, and Gavin Strange

ExplicitWeb is brought you by our lovely host, PearSpace.

In this week’s episode, John O’Nolan takes the reigns and steps things up a level with 3 amazing guests. First up in Chris Spooner of SpoonGraphics fame, giving us a modest insight into his meteoric rise within the Web industry. Following Chris, we talk to Jack Osborne from HTML5 Doctor about how he got involved in the site and his thought on the state of HTML5. Last but not least, we have Gavin Strange from JamFactory and Aardman Digital (yes, the same people that invented Wallace and Gromit!). Gavin infects the ExplicitWeb team with his humour and tells us about how awesome it is to work at Aardman, as well as sharing some great pieces of advice learnt from his successful career in design.

Here’s some links to stuff we mentioned in the show:

Pretty W3C HTML5 specification
Rawkets (Rob’s HTML5 canvas and WebSockets game)
WebDevConf (Where John gave his talk on personal branding)
Personal Branding (John’s post on his talk)

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk
Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 Episode 1 [direct link] - Staying ahead of the...

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:09:00 +0100

Season 2 Episode 1 [direct link] - Staying ahead of the game

ExplicitWeb is now brought you by PearSpace.

In this week’s episode, Rob Hawkes presents “Staying ahead of the game” focusing on the following questions:

What things are you most excited about for the next year or so?
How do you make sure your skills don’t become obsolete?
How do you know what’s worth learning and what’s not worth your time?
How do you keep track of the new things happening in the industry?

Here’s some links to stuff we mentioned in the show:

Foundation HTML5 Canvas - Robs awesome amazing book that everyone is going to buy without even thinking about it
CSS Mastery - John’s favourite web design book
The 3rd Police man - Lost is John’s fault
Rawkets - Testing WebSockets & canvas
Future proofing your passion - a nice article covering this episode’s topic
Phosr - John’s new project for photographers
IE9 is the IE6 of CSS3 - Article about IE9’s rendering issues
paper.li - Read Twitter as a daily newspaper

ExplicitWeb is co-hosted by:

Rob @robhawkes http://rawkes.com
John @johnonolan http://john.onolan.org/
Hannah @erisds http://erisds.co.uk

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Season 2 - Episode 0 [direct link] - Introducing the New Season...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:42:00 +0100

Season 2 - Episode 0 [direct link] - Introducing the New Season of ExplicitWeb

This week Hannah, John O’Nolan & Rob Hawkes talk about what they’ve been up to, and more importantly what’s coming in Season 2 of ExplicitWeb.

Some important news:

We’re pleased to announce that ExplicitWeb is now brought you by PearSpace.

We’ve been nominated for podcast of the year! Please vote for us at The Net Awards

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Episode 8 - Google Analytics, Twitter Content & The IE6...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:43:00 +0100

Episode 8 - Google Analytics, Twitter Content & The IE6 Debate [direct link]

On this week’s show Hannah introduces Google Analytics, Rob talks about the use of Twitter as a content distribution network and John creates the big debate: Should we still be supporting IE6?

Part 1 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
Google Analytics - More than just statistics

Part 2 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
Twitter: A Content Distribution Nightmare

Part 3 - Presented by John @johnonolan
IE6: The Big Debate

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to tune in again in 2 weeks. Our next episode is due to be released 26th July.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Quick Poll: Which episode is your favourite so far?

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:40:31 +0100

Episode 7 - Content vs. Design, Microformats, Working in Bursts,...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Episode 7 - Content vs. Design, Microformats, Working in Bursts, and the iPad [direct link]

On this week’s show we have an extra segment presented by our magical mystical internet guest: Rick Nunn. Rick takes us through content vs design and why he thinks most people are doing it wrong. Elsewhere, Hannah introduces microformats and discusses the relevance of valid vs semantic markup, John divulges his ultimate tips for productivity (and a new way of life) and finally Rob discusses how he thinks the iPad is about to change web development.

Part 1 - Presented by Rick Nunn @ricknunn
Content vs Design - Stop fucking it up.

Rick Nunn

Part 2 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
Microformats, Markup and Meaning

Microformats

Part 3 - Presented by John @johnonolan
Working in Bursts - Ultimate productivity 90 minutes at a time.

Part 4 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
What the iPad means for Web Development.

Sports Illustrated Magazine - HTML5

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to tune in again in 2 weeks. Our next episode is due to be released 28th June.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Episode 6 - Future of Web Design, Psycho-babble for the Soul,...

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:12:00 +0100

Episode 6 - Future of Web Design, Psycho-babble for the Soul, and Arduino [direct link]

On this week’s show John reviews his visit to the Future of Web Design Conference (FOWD), Hannah tries to identify and solve the problems in client relationships using psychology theory and Rob gets physical with the interweb in his topic on Arduino.

Part 1 - Presented by John @johnonolan
Future of Web Design: A review

Future of Web Design

Part 2 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
Psycho-babble for the soul: understanding the service provider - client relationship

Part 3 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
Arduino: Making the Web Physical

For those who prefer to go it alone, here’s the Arduino shopping list:

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to tune in again in 2 weeks. Our next episode is due to be released 15th June.

For information on topics and releases follow us on Twitter, plus we’d love to hear your feedback!

An Open Letter To Our Audience

Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

When it comes to podcasting, we’re not professionals. Just like Smashing Magazine doesn’t have the editorial prestige of the Sunday Times, we are not aspiring to be professional talk-radio hosts. We aren’t getting paid for this, we don’t have any advertisers (yet), and we can’t afford expensive equipment. We’re doing this entirely because we enjoy it and we think other people might enjoy it too.

On that basis, we do things our way. Every so often we say things like “fuck” and “shit” and “donkeyrapist” not because we think swearing is cool and trendy, as one endearing listener asked, but because we aren’t trying to be anything we’re not. We’re talking to you through a podcast in the same way we would talk to you if you were right here having a beer with us, or a glass of wine – if that’s more your thing.

Occasionally, you will hear doors squeak, phones ring, dogs bark, and our respective others hammering away at the insides of the cupboards that we’ve locked them in. Occasionally, we may disolve into fits of laughter when Hannah’s chair squeaks like a dying dog. Occasionally we may add random stuff to the end of the podcast for no real reason.

We think these things set us apart from the rest because they let you get to know who we are and, hopefully, laugh along with us.

Thanks for being so awesome :)

Episode 5 - WordPress 3.0 Special with Core Developer Andrew...

Tue, 18 May 2010 03:06:00 +0100

Episode 5 - WordPress 3.0 Special with Core Developer Andrew Nacin [direct link]

This week’s show is a WordPress special. We invite Andrew Nacin, from the WordPress core development team, to be our first ever guest on the show. We grill Nacin on how he got involved with WordPress, ask him what’s up and coming in WordPress 3.0 and get some top tips on how to get involved in developing for WordPress.

The format this week is slightly different as the interview lasts the full 30 minutes. Let us know what you think, and here’s some links to help you get started with Wordpress.

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to tune in again in 2 weeks. Our next episode is due to be released 31st May.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback! You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

Episode 4 [direct link] On this week’s show Hannah...

Tue, 04 May 2010 23:38:00 +0100

Episode 4 [direct link]

On this week’s show Hannah introduces content management systems, John talks about DIBI and the web design conference experience and Rob discusses ways and means of making time for those fun projects & ideas that never seem to find the light of day.

Part 1 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
Content Management Systems - How to fill your web development toolbox.

Part 2 - Presented by John @johnonolan
Everything You Need to Know About Web Design Conferences

Part 3 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
Making time for those crazy ideas

Thanks for listening, don’t forget to tune in again in 2 weeks. Our next episode is due to be recorded 17th May.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback!

A brief delay

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:04:00 +0100

Hi Folks,

Our apologies, but due to some unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances (think four weddings, a funeral, & a web design conference) we’ve had to delay recording Episode 4 until Monday 3rd May.

We realise this is less than ideal, but hope our listeners appreciate that the personal nature of our podcast is what makes it special.

Thanks for your patience,

ExplictWeb a.k.a Rob, Hannah & John

Episode 3 [direct link] On this week’s show Rob discusses...

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:17:00 +0100

Episode 3 [direct link]

On this week’s show Rob discusses the pros and cons of web-related higher education, Hannah hashes out top tips for getting the top jobs inspired by a comment in .Net mag, and John goes solo with his highs and lows of the home office.

Part 1 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
Web design degrees: worthwhile, or worthless?

Interactive Media Production course at Bournemouth University

Part 2 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
Are portfolio’s enough? Top tips for securing an agency job

Inspired by “Where/how to get started?” Page 106 .NET Magazine Issue 201 May 2010
How the Personal Touch Can Get You Hired

The tips

Aim High
Be confident & sell yourself
Know your stuff & be sure to show it

Part 3 - Presented by John @johnonolan
Going it Alone: The Realities of The Home Office

Tim Ferriss Talks Office Chairs
Photo of my Home Office
RSI Guard - Repetitive Strain Injury prevention software
vtravelled blog - Shameless plug

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, we’d love to hear your feedback!

Episode 2 - HTML5 Special [direct link] On this week’s...

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:06:00 +0000

Episode 2 - HTML5 Special [direct link]

On this week’s show John introduces the basics of HTML5, Rob describes how to get animating with HTML5 Canvas and Hannah debates whether or not Flash has a future.

Part 1 - Presented by John @johnonolan
An introduction to HTML 5 and how to start using it.

HTML5 Rocks My Socks Off - Great overview of new tags
Coding An HTML5 Layout From Scratch - Smashing Mag
HTML5 Doctor - Detailed site on how to code with HTML5 tags
How To Make All Browsers Render HTML5 Correctly - NetTuts

Part 2 - Presented by Rob @robhawkes
HTML5 Canvas - the future of graphics on the internet.

Part 3 - Presented by Hannah @erisds
HTML5 vs Flash - Fight!

Browser support for HTML5 video - Wikipedia
HTML5 vs Flash - CPU Benchmarking
HTML 5 video and canvas ambilight
HTML5 vs Flash - Remy Sharp’s Blog
Sublime HTML5 Video Player
HTML5 vs Flash by Jeremy Allaire

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and leave us a comment here, we’d love to hear your feedback!

You can now subscribe to the podcast via iTunes

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:00 +0000

You can now subscribe to the podcast via iTunes