Podcasts about modular architecture

In this episode, Frank speaks with Kristian Frøstrup Madsen, a CPQ expert with over 13 years at CPC (now part of PDSVision), about how modular thinking is reshaping CPQ for complex manufacturing industries. They cover: How CPC approaches Modular Architecture, Modular PLM, and Modular CPQ Why a product-focused background leads to better CPQ outcomes than pure IT consulting The growing need to connect PLM and CPQ Practical insights on where AI adds value to CPQ projects—and where it doesn't Partnerships with leading CPQ vendors like Tacton, Configit and Epicor Kristian also shares a personal glimpse into his life near Denmark's “Cold Hawaii,” where he surfs with his kids—and what keeps him passionate about solving complex configuration challenges. Whether you work in CPQ, PLM, or complex B2B manufacturing, this episode offers valuable perspectives on building smarter, modular configurators.

Ruben Casas discusses software migrations at scale, understanding different migration patterns, making critical decisions on whether a full rewrite is necessary, and more. This episode covers all the essentials you need to navigate your next big software transformation. Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-casas-17100383 github.com/infoxicator https://www.infoxicator.com/ https://x.com/Infoxicador https://www.youtube.com/c/RubenCasas We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com (mailto:emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com), or tweet at us at PodRocketPod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod). Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we'll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understand where your users are struggling by trying it for free at [LogRocket.com]. Try LogRocket for free today.(https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr)

Today we're continuing the conversation on modular construction w/ Rommel Sulit and Chris Krager. Buckle up for some quotable quotes and impactful ideas in this episode. A recurring theme from part 1 is present here. Could it be the case that because modular delivery must rethink basic assumptions, it may be the first area of the AEC to do what the rest of the AEC is not. At core, the role of architecture is to create the link between design intent and what is actually built. This is not easy, nor simple. It means managing multiple streams of expertise and action so that they are effectively coordinated and integrated into a finished livable space.Modular requires a high resolution understanding of why we build the way we do, what are its strengths and weaknesses, and, particularly, where are the key leverage points to unlock change. Because as they say in this episode, there's no way around the reality that when it comes to AEC practices, We have to Pivot at somewhere. Modular delivery is perhaps, at heart, a recognition of this truth.Rommel SulitFounding Principal and Chief Operations Officer at Forge Craft Architecture + Design. With 25 years of experience, Rommel founded Forge Craft with Scott Grinder to improve lives through the art and science of architecture and design. Rommel developed his architectural philosophy working on projects that span demographics, geographies and types at the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Rem Koolhaas, Page Southerland Page, Rhode Partners and BOKA Powell. Before Forge Craft, Rommel's work in Europe and across the U.S. centered on ambitious, large scale urban developments. Rommel now oversees projects across Forge Craft's six Architecture + Design Craft Studios including Commercial, Affordable Housing, Interior Architecture, Residential Use, Modular Architecture and Emergent Technologies.Chris KragerChris Krager has a BA in Business Administration from Michigan State University, and he received his March First Professional from the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. Krager formed KRDB (Krager & Associates, Design/Build), a develop/design/build company, in 2001 with the intention of creating financially accessible architecture, while focusing on sustainability in the urban environment (www.krdb.com). The firm's projects cover a broad range from single-family developments, small lot projects, mixed-use and multi-family developments, hotels, creative office, alternative senior living models, and more.KRDB's work has been recognized locally and nationally including winning the AIA Austin's prestigious “Firm Achievement Award” in its first year (2001). Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Dwell, Architectural Record, Residential Architect, and Metropolitan Home amongst others. It has been published in numerous books including “Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget” by Susanna Sirefman, “Good House/Cheap House” by Kira Oblensky, “The Perfect $100,000 House” by Karrie Jacobs, and two of Sheri Koones' “Pre-Fabulous” books. There work has also been featured on shows such as “This New House”, “Small Space, Big Style”, “Dream Builders”, “Dwell TV” and “What You Get For Your Money”.KRDB's Sol Austin project, a 40 unit model for holistic sustainable design, was one of the first net-zero capable projects in the US, and was awarded an AIA Austin Merit award, the inaugural Austin Green, “Project of the Year” and was featured on the front page of the NY Times Homes section (www.solaustin.com).KRDB introduced ma modular in 2008, their line of affordable modern modular homes and are currently working on projects in Austin, Los Angeles, Dallas and New York(www.mamodular.com). What began as a single-family endeavor, has now grown toinclude projects ranging in scale from a 4 unit small lot development, to a 135 unit, 150k sf project on 6 acres.TeamHosted by Kristof IrwinEdited by Nico MignardiProduced by M. Walker

How often do you think about modular construction? Is it an idea whose time has come? There are those who view it as the only path forward that realistically checks all the boxes - are they right? The potential is clear, modular project delivery can save time, save money, and positively impact our current and looming labor and skills crunch on the construction side of the AEC. There is no doubt that relative to the current norm, the “holy triumvirate” of owner, architect builder*, modular delivery represents a disruptive force within the AEC. Modular may be exactly the solutions we need but also one that we are not currently embracing at scale. Why is that? What are the challenges and the opportunities for modular design, construction and delivery? Join us today to unpack those questions and more. Whether you're a seasoned modular developer or just a curious newcomer and novice this podcast has something for you. Kristof is joined by Chris Krager and Rommel Sulit who, collectively have soaked up decades of experience and expertise in the modular space. One of the challenges to understanding modular design and construction is that it is dynamic and evolving. This confluence of financial, technical and material perspectives means different things at different times to different stakeholders. Along with our society and the AEC industry, modular has a path quality, it is not static, by some accounts where we are now is Gen 4 modular. To fulfill its potential modelar delivery needs to reach backward to influence the design process and also to reach forward to construction. This reality, while challenging, is long overdue and it is perhaps the most relevant and powerful benefit. It forces, or at least strongly encourages, the AEC to finally do integrated project design and delivery at scale. *Quote by Rommel in the podcastRommel SulitFounding Principal and Chief Operations Officer at Forge Craft Architecture + Design. With 25 years of experience, Rommel founded Forge Craft with Scott Grinder to improve lives through the art and science of architecture and design. Rommel developed his architectural philosophy working on projects that span demographics, geographies and types at the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Rem Koolhaas, Page Southerland Page, Rhode Partners and BOKA Powell. Before Forge Craft, Rommel's work in Europe and across the U.S. centered on ambitious, large scale urban developments. Rommel now oversees projects across Forge Craft's six Architecture + Design Craft Studios including Commercial, Affordable Housing, Interior Architecture, Residential Use, Modular Architecture and Emergent Technologies.Chris KragerChris Krager has a BA in Business Administration from Michigan State University, and hereceived his MArch First Professional from the University of Texas at Austin School ofArchitecture. Krager formed KRDB (Krager & Associates, Design/Build), a develop/design/buildcompany, in 2001 with the intention of creating financially accessible architecture, whilefocusing on sustainability in the urban environment (www.krdb.com). The firm's projectscover a broad range from single-family developments, small lot projects, mixed-use andmulti-family developments, hotels, creative office, alternative senior living models, andmore.KRDB's work has been recognized locally and nationally including winning the AIAAustin's prestigious “Firm Achievement Award” in its first year (2001). Their work hasappeared in the New York Times, Dwell, Architectural Record, Residential Architect,and Metropolitan Home amongst others. It has been published in numerous booksincluding “Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget” by Susanna Sirefman, “Good House/Cheap House” by Kira Oblensky, “The Perfect $100,000 House” by Karrie Jacobs, and two of Sheri Koones' “Pre-Fabulous” books. Their work has also been featured on shows such as “This New House”, “Small Space, Big Style”, “Dream Builders”, “Dwell TV” and “What You Get For Your Money”.KRDB's Sol Austin project, a 40 unit model for holistic sustainable design, was one ofthe first net-zero capable projects in the US, and was awarded an AIA Austin Meritaward, the inaugural Austin Green, “Project of the Year” and was featured on the frontpage of the NY Times Homes section (www.solaustin.com).KRDB introduced ma modular in 2008, their line of affordable modern modular homes and are currently working on projects in Austin, Los Angeles, Dallas and New York(www.mamodular.com). What began as a single-family endeavor, has now grown toinclude projects ranging in scale from a 4 unit small lot development, to a 135 unit, 150k sf project on 6 acres.TeamHosted by Kristof IrwinEdited by Nico MignardiProduced by M. Walker

867: In a global organization, an enterprise architecture that links technology to its everyday users enables IT to better identify and deliver value-added opportunities. In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High interviews Jonathan Webster, the senior managing director and chief operating officer of CPP Investments. Jon discusses his career journey, his experience at Boston Consulting Group and Lloyds Banking Group, and the transition from the CIO role into the COO role. Jon talks about the strategic importance of technology and data in driving investment strategies, the shift towards a product-based technology delivery model, the implementation of a modular architecture, and the potential of generative AI to revolutionize workflows. Jon emphasizes the significance of being software-defined for security, integrating user-centric design, and the necessity of fostering a culture of curiosity, dissatisfaction with the status quo, and thorough understanding within his team. Finally, Jon reflects on the kets to his career success and looks ahead at the trends in generative AI and other technologies.

867: In a global organization, an enterprise architecture that links technology to its everyday users enables IT to better identify and deliver value-added opportunities. In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High interviews Jonathan Webster, the senior managing director and chief operating officer of CPP Investments. Jon discusses his career journey, his experience at Boston Consulting Group and Lloyds Banking Group, and the transition from the CIO role into the COO role. Jon talks about the strategic importance of technology and data in driving investment strategies, the shift towards a product-based technology delivery model, the implementation of a modular architecture, and the potential of generative AI to revolutionize workflows. Jon emphasizes the significance of being software-defined for security, integrating user-centric design, and the necessity of fostering a culture of curiosity, dissatisfaction with the status quo, and thorough understanding within his team. Finally, Jon reflects on the kets to his career success and looks ahead at the trends in generative AI and other technologies.

Iniziare un nuovo progetto a microservizi non sempre è la scelta corretta in quanto non è detto che ce ne sia effettivamente il bisogno.Un monolite potrebbe vincolarci in scelte future.Ecco che la modular architecture può aiutarci.https://martinfowler.com/articles/linking-modular-arch.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_programminghttps://files.gotocon.com/uploads/slides/conference_12/515/original/gotoberlin2018-modular-monoliths.pdfhttps://awesome-architecture.com/modular-monolith/

798: Shubham Mehrish, Global Vice President at Mars, discusses how he is developing a digital, technology, and associate strategy based on a modular architecture approach that is focused on microservices, API-driven, Cloud-native, and Headless. Discover how Shubham builds an ecosystem of talent internally and externally, applies data and AI to differentiate the business, and embraces design thinking and collaboration across the firm all with the aim of developing a digital customer experience to enhance the traditional tactile experience. Shubham also talks more broadly about how he pushes his team to learn from experiences regardless of their success and approach challenges with what notes as a comp[any-wide collective confidence. This translates more specifically to how his team is experimenting with generative AI and the other technology trends that are on his radar. Finally, Shubham describes the mental models he has applied in his role and recommends a few critical readings that he has found helpful in his career. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Build by Tony Fadell

798: Shubham Mehrish, Global Vice President at Mars, discusses how he is developing a digital, technology, and associate strategy based on a modular architecture approach that is focused on microservices, API-driven, Cloud-native, and Headless. Discover how Shubham builds an ecosystem of talent internally and externally, applies data and AI to differentiate the business, and embraces design thinking and collaboration across the firm all with the aim of developing a digital customer experience to enhance the traditional tactile experience. Shubham also talks more broadly about how he pushes his team to learn from experiences regardless of their success and approach challenges with what notes as a comp[any-wide collective confidence. This translates more specifically to how his team is experimenting with generative AI and the other technology trends that are on his radar. Finally, Shubham describes the mental models he has applied in his role and recommends a few critical readings that he has found helpful in his career. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Build by Tony Fadell

In this electrifying episode of InvestAnswers, the co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, Raoul offers unmatched insights into cryptocurrency and digital finance. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking innovations in digital assets, discuss the potential implications of decentralized finance, and ponder the future of money itself. Please subscribe and follow James from InvestAnswers on his YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@InvestAnswers CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 01:48 How do you view AI? 04:28 Bots Taking over Trading? 07:30 Impact of AI on Jobs? 10:05 Imagine you are 28 years old and you inherit $1M. What are you going to buy? You're not going to buy gold or stocks. How do you see all that playing out? 15:46 Black Rock's Larry Fink and his new attitude towards BTC as a Democratizing Force 21:07 Timing of Blackrock: random or planned based on Halving 26:26 A lot of people are afraid Blackrock is going to come in and manipulate the market. Thoughts? 29:50 Wen Ethereum Flipping Bitcoin? 32:15 Could ETH replace the bond market? 37:10 Monolithic or Modular Architecture ie SOL vs ETH? Does it matter? 38:58 Solana vs ETH and transfer value 44:27 What advice would you give people around their blind faith/marriage to an asset? 47:00 Emotions and Trading 48:40 Raoul Pal's NFA Advice 49:58 CBDCs, Money Printing, Government Control 56:00 How explosive do you expect the bull market to be? Raoul Pal Predictions! 1:01:40 Democratizing & Decentralizing Information 1:03:13 Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Predictions 1:04:21 Can the SEC kill Crypto? 1:05:42 Are there buying opportunities this summer? 01:07:58 Where is the best place to live in the next 5-10 years if you want to escape the Western CBDC World? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this electrifying episode of InvestAnswers, the co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, Raoul offers unmatched insights into cryptocurrency and digital finance. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking innovations in digital assets, discuss the potential implications of decentralized finance, and ponder the future of money itself. Please subscribe and follow James from InvestAnswers on his YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@InvestAnswers CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 01:48 How do you view AI? 04:28 Bots Taking over Trading? 07:30 Impact of AI on Jobs? 10:05 Imagine you are 28 years old and you inherit $1M. What are you going to buy? You're not going to buy gold or stocks. How do you see all that playing out? 15:46 Black Rock's Larry Fink and his new attitude towards BTC as a Democratizing Force 21:07 Timing of Blackrock: random or planned based on Halving 26:26 A lot of people are afraid Blackrock is going to come in and manipulate the market. Thoughts? 29:50 Wen Ethereum Flipping Bitcoin? 32:15 Could ETH replace the bond market? 37:10 Monolithic or Modular Architecture ie SOL vs ETH? Does it matter? 38:58 Solana vs ETH and transfer value 44:27 What advice would you give people around their blind faith/marriage to an asset? 47:00 Emotions and Trading 48:40 Raoul Pal's NFA Advice 49:58 CBDCs, Money Printing, Government Control 56:00 How explosive do you expect the bull market to be? Raoul Pal Predictions! 1:01:40 Democratizing & Decentralizing Information 1:03:13 Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Predictions 1:04:21 Can the SEC kill Crypto? 1:05:42 Are there buying opportunities this summer? 01:07:58 Where is the best place to live in the next 5-10 years if you want to escape the Western CBDC World? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode of the #citizencosmos podcast features Marko Baricevic Co-founder of Binary Builders, focused on providing a range of services to the interchain such as contributing to the Cosmos SDK Binary builders also is developing Numia an interface that makes stored data from a veriety of Cosmos SDK chains accessible to users, as well as The interchain Builders Program, which provides mentorship, structured support and guidance for teams who build in the Interchain, using at least one component of the Cosmos Stack We spoke to Marko (https://twitter.com/mark0baricevic) about Binary Builders (https://binary.builders/) and: - The birth of IBC - The vision of Jae - Solving governance in a decentralized way - Modular architecture - How and why modularity in software is lost. - Sovereign Rollups - Semantics - Perseverance as the key to achieving your goal - Creating the best possible user experience - Predicting the future/Predicting future trends - Being a Tech Maxi instead - The role of validators in an ecosystem - Learning from each other across different ecosystems - The challenges of getting started as a validator - Changing the paradigm for teams in the workplace - Interchain semantics - ZK technology and the future - What drives different people - How to achieve happiness If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: - Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) - Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) - Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/BCRyifWJq6E) - Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/manuscripts/) - Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) - Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) - Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) - Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Marko Baricevic.

The trio are joined by developer and educator, Mohammad Azam to discuss some of the big announcements from WWDC23. Topics include Swift Macros, SwiftData, app architecture patterns, server-side swift, and more! There are ton of great links in the show notes this episode, so be sure to check them out! When you are done, follow some of the links to Azam's courses and content. We have found his work to be very helpful in our own developer journeys and maybe you will, too! ## Topics Discussed: - Welcome Azam! - Azam's WWDC23 Highlights - Swift Macros - SwiftData - VisionOS - visonOS/Vision Pro - Swift Macros / Observable - SwiftData & App Architecture - Building Large-Scale Apps with SwiftUI: A Guide to Modular Architecture - https://azamsharp.com/2023/02/28/building-large-scale-apps-swiftui.html - Backyard Birds Sample Code (WWDC23) - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/backyard-birds-sample - Food Truck Sample Code (WWDC22) - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/food_truck_building_a_swiftui_multiplatform_app - Data Essentials in SwiftUI (WWDC20) - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10040/ - Server-Side Swift - Use Xcode for server-side development (WWDC22) - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/110360/ - Vapor - https://vapor.codes/ - Express - https://expressjs.com/ - Machine Learning / CreateML - Azam's CreateML Workshop Preview - Tabular Data - What's a tomato? - ChatGPT - Azam's Content / Production Tips & Tricks - Twitter: https://twitter.com/azamsharp - Web: https://azamsharp.com/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKvDySsrOVgUgRLhWHeyHJA - Udemy Courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/mohammad-azam-2/ - Bonus: Azam's Developer Advice Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.

Sam Bhagwat is the co-founder of Gatsby, a popular framework for creating content experiences. He is also the author of Modular: The Web's New Architecture. If you're not sure how the terms "headless," "decoupled," or "composable" might affect your content work in the future, the book can help you understand these concepts and the technical ecosystems that enable them. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/sam-bhagwat/

Customers can use Kayzen's bidder, algorithms, ad server, and UI modules separately as discrete products or together as a package. For more information about our expert, Eric Seufret: https://www.marketecture.tv/authors/eric-seufertThe full version of this episode is available at https://www.marketecture.tv/programs/kayzen-tim-koschella-puneet-gupta .Visit Marketecture.tv to join our community and get access to full-length in-depth interviews. Marketecture is a new way to get smart about technology. Our team of real industry practitioners helps you understand the complex world of technology and make better vendor decisions through in-depth interviews with CEOs and product leaders at dozens of platforms. We are launching with extensive coverage of the marketing and advertising verticals with plans to expand into many other technology sectors.Copyright (C) 2022 Marketecture Media, Inc.

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Last month just before the lockdown I was fortunate enough to catch up with René van Zwijndrecht who is BIM Lead at Berkeley ModularWe have a frank and open chat about moving away from mainstream architecture into a career focused on BIM and digital construction. Currently as BIM lead, Rene discussed how making the difficult decision to change to a parallel “digital universe” is proving to be a even bigger opportunity to make change.Passionate about changing this from the top down and the grassroots level up, we discuss the adventures within the Modular Factory at Berkeley as well as how to stay motivated during the pandemic.You can contact Rene for discussions on BIM, Modular Architecture and anything else on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renevanzwijndrecht/ 

Let's admit it - sometimes CSS can be difficult. Seasoned veterans of web development even struggle with CSS. It's this magical thing that makes our applications look and work with beauty. But, it can also be a challenge, especially as our applications and teams grow and evolve. Most Angular developers spend their day writing TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, or potentially use a preprocessor for CSS such as SCSS or LESS. This episode of The Angular Show focuses on the latter.The panelists are joined by Nicole Oliver, a senior software engineer at Narwhal, who teaches about styling applications in Angular as she shares her experience working with large organizations to reign in the beast that is CSS.The group dives into topics such as block-element-modifier (BEM), Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS), Object-oriented CSS (OOCSS), and utility-first methodologies. They also chat about using SCSS variables, CSS custom variables, and other approaches for consistent styling of Angular applications.Nicole Oliver @nixalloverJennifer Wadella @likeOMGitsFEDAYBrian Love @brian_loveAaron Frost@aaronfrostShow Notes:Material.iohttps://material.io/design/material-studies/fortnightly.html#product-architecture

Does an ideal content workflow exist? Listen to Jack McDade, creator of Statamic, talk about CMS content workflows both from a client and developer perspective. We chat about user experience expectations and verifying assumptions through user research. We discuss what makes a CMS easier to use, and how poor workflows can make users abandon a perfectly good system. Tune in to also hear how far Statamic has come since we last talked to Jack, plus what lies in its future! < Download MP3 >      < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Wilderborn Ecommerce in Statamic with Jason Varga Jaggy Gauran Assets documentation Assets focal crop Workshop add-on Statamic for Large-Scale Sites Block Element Modifier (BEM) Scalable and MOdular Architecture for CSS Modular CSS with Jonathan Snook Data-Driven Design with Matthew Oliphant Never Split the Difference Mr. Fuji Sushi Klask Leave us a review on iTunes Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By

This show I speak with Aaron Holm. He’s the CEO of Blokable. The company manufactures “high-performance modular building assemblies that are easily customizable, with technology and energy efficiency built in.” You might think that a 30-minute interview talking about modular homes might be kind of snoozy. But not so. Aaron’s a cool guy, he’s thoughtful, he’s got some great ideas for his company, he’s got some insight on how cities might grow…and he’s a musician. What intrigued me about Blokable’s technology is that it’s perfect for building small communities – including single-family housing, instant offices, pop-up retail space, and multi-unit smart communities.

The first episode of 2013 find Chris and Ed talking about the tragedy of Aaron Swartzs' suicide, both in the context of governmental power and mental illness. We also talk about Ed’s favorite (and only tolerable) Apple-related podcast ending. Finally, Ed rambles about SASS, a superset of CSS3 that makes writing CSS less painful. We have a new sponsor! EasyBib is looking for junior and senior PHP devs to work on their awesome academic web app. Check out the job description and email stuff to till+php@imagineeasy.com. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 29MB, 1:02:33) Links and Notes Lincoln Park Chicago Appl store Linkin Park’s Mysterious Cyberstalker Aaron Swartz How to Get a Job Like Mine. “I followed these rules. And here I am today, with a dozen projects on my plate and my stress level through the roof once again.” Jacob Applebaum (IOError) Centre for Addiction and Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness Hypercritical podcast Mike Wilner SASS SMACSS – Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

Panel Brian Turley (twitter blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 02:11 - CSS Gripes Sass Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS) CSS3 16:32 - Preprocessors/Compilers LESS Sass Stylus Compass Chris Eppstein 20:34 - Basic Features of CSS Preprocessors nib mix-ins 23:02 - Usefulness 27:15 - Mathematics w/ Variables Susy 28:54 - Animation Using CSS animations 31:12 - Nesting 35:40 - Build Processes grunt.js 42:20 - Distinction Prefixing 47:35 - Tightly Coupled Picks Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Joe) X-Wing Miniatures Game (Joe) Dave Crowe (Merrick) Utah Software Craftsmanship Group (AJ) Effective JavaScript by David Herman (AJ) SD Card (Chuck) New Media Expo (Chuck) Consumer Electronics Show (Chuck) iOS Development Podcast (Chuck) Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann (Brian) IFTTT (Brian) Book Club Effective JavaScript by David Herman Transcript MERRICK:  You have more technical problems than any other nerd I know. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.] [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 42 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. MERRICK:  He’s out to a phone call, terrible timing. CHUCK:  We also have Merrick Christensen. MERRICK:  That’s me. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  Yo! Yo! Yo! Coming at you live from the snow sphere of Provo, Utah. CHUCK:  And we have a guest, that’s Brian Turley. BRIAN:  That’s right. I’m a designer friend of AJ’s. CHUCK:  We’re talking about CSS today so we brought in a designer to set us all straight. And I’m Charles Max Wood from devchat.tv. And like I said, we’re talking about CSS today. One of the things I think that’s interesting about CSS is that it converges with JavaScript. Well, there are a couple of things but one is systems like LESS, that kind of compile, they give you some sane options for dealing with some of the dumb stuff that CSS doesn’t include. Then the other one is, I’ve also wound up fighting designers for selectors in the HTML. And so, I thought we could talk through that a little bit as well. BRIAN:  Hey, Chuck? CHUCK:  Yes? BRIAN:  I think those are two like really good points but I think there’s even more areas we can discuss in terms of how JavaScript and CSS are coupled. Like computed styles from JavaScript and also all the CSS methods from JavaScript. And the fact that your JavaScript sometimes doesn’t work, your UI doesn’t work unless the CSS is set up. I think the two tend to be a lot more coupled than people like to think. CHUCK:  I agree. That’s fair. So, which avenue or which aspect do you want to tackle first? Should we talk about just CSS and where it kind of doesn’t give us what we want? BRIAN:  I would love to complain about CSS. I got some bitterness in that sphere. CHUCK:  I know some people consider it programming but it doesn’t have any of the things that classic programming has like variables and functions or methods or anything like that. And I think that’s where a lot of us get frustrated is that we’re used to being able to reuse things, we’re used to being able to set things up that will define the behavior that we want. And in CSS, you really don’t have that. It’s really just simple markup. JOE:  So, do we consider the CSS languages, like Sass and LESS and all those to be part of CSS because then we talk about actually having those things. CHUCK:  Yes. I don’t know if you can call them CSS.

Panel Brian Turley (twitter blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 02:11 - CSS Gripes Sass Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS) CSS3 16:32 - Preprocessors/Compilers LESS Sass Stylus Compass Chris Eppstein 20:34 - Basic Features of CSS Preprocessors nib mix-ins 23:02 - Usefulness 27:15 - Mathematics w/ Variables Susy 28:54 - Animation Using CSS animations 31:12 - Nesting 35:40 - Build Processes grunt.js 42:20 - Distinction Prefixing 47:35 - Tightly Coupled Picks Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Joe) X-Wing Miniatures Game (Joe) Dave Crowe (Merrick) Utah Software Craftsmanship Group (AJ) Effective JavaScript by David Herman (AJ) SD Card (Chuck) New Media Expo (Chuck) Consumer Electronics Show (Chuck) iOS Development Podcast (Chuck) Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann (Brian) IFTTT (Brian) Book Club Effective JavaScript by David Herman Transcript MERRICK:  You have more technical problems than any other nerd I know. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.] [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 42 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. MERRICK:  He’s out to a phone call, terrible timing. CHUCK:  We also have Merrick Christensen. MERRICK:  That’s me. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  Yo! Yo! Yo! Coming at you live from the snow sphere of Provo, Utah. CHUCK:  And we have a guest, that’s Brian Turley. BRIAN:  That’s right. I’m a designer friend of AJ’s. CHUCK:  We’re talking about CSS today so we brought in a designer to set us all straight. And I’m Charles Max Wood from devchat.tv. And like I said, we’re talking about CSS today. One of the things I think that’s interesting about CSS is that it converges with JavaScript. Well, there are a couple of things but one is systems like LESS, that kind of compile, they give you some sane options for dealing with some of the dumb stuff that CSS doesn’t include. Then the other one is, I’ve also wound up fighting designers for selectors in the HTML. And so, I thought we could talk through that a little bit as well. BRIAN:  Hey, Chuck? CHUCK:  Yes? BRIAN:  I think those are two like really good points but I think there’s even more areas we can discuss in terms of how JavaScript and CSS are coupled. Like computed styles from JavaScript and also all the CSS methods from JavaScript. And the fact that your JavaScript sometimes doesn’t work, your UI doesn’t work unless the CSS is set up. I think the two tend to be a lot more coupled than people like to think. CHUCK:  I agree. That’s fair. So, which avenue or which aspect do you want to tackle first? Should we talk about just CSS and where it kind of doesn’t give us what we want? BRIAN:  I would love to complain about CSS. I got some bitterness in that sphere. CHUCK:  I know some people consider it programming but it doesn’t have any of the things that classic programming has like variables and functions or methods or anything like that. And I think that’s where a lot of us get frustrated is that we’re used to being able to reuse things, we’re used to being able to set things up that will define the behavior that we want. And in CSS, you really don’t have that. It’s really just simple markup. JOE:  So, do we consider the CSS languages, like Sass and LESS and all those to be part of CSS because then we talk about actually having those things. CHUCK:  Yes. I don’t know if you can call them CSS.

Panel Brian Turley (twitter blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 02:11 - CSS Gripes Sass Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS) CSS3 16:32 - Preprocessors/Compilers LESS Sass Stylus Compass Chris Eppstein 20:34 - Basic Features of CSS Preprocessors nib mix-ins 23:02 - Usefulness 27:15 - Mathematics w/ Variables Susy 28:54 - Animation Using CSS animations 31:12 - Nesting 35:40 - Build Processes grunt.js 42:20 - Distinction Prefixing 47:35 - Tightly Coupled Picks Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Joe) X-Wing Miniatures Game (Joe) Dave Crowe (Merrick) Utah Software Craftsmanship Group (AJ) Effective JavaScript by David Herman (AJ) SD Card (Chuck) New Media Expo (Chuck) Consumer Electronics Show (Chuck) iOS Development Podcast (Chuck) Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann (Brian) IFTTT (Brian) Book Club Effective JavaScript by David Herman Transcript MERRICK:  You have more technical problems than any other nerd I know. [Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.] [This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 42 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames. MERRICK:  He’s out to a phone call, terrible timing. CHUCK:  We also have Merrick Christensen. MERRICK:  That’s me. CHUCK:  AJ O’Neal. AJ:  Yo! Yo! Yo! Coming at you live from the snow sphere of Provo, Utah. CHUCK:  And we have a guest, that’s Brian Turley. BRIAN:  That’s right. I’m a designer friend of AJ’s. CHUCK:  We’re talking about CSS today so we brought in a designer to set us all straight. And I’m Charles Max Wood from devchat.tv. And like I said, we’re talking about CSS today. One of the things I think that’s interesting about CSS is that it converges with JavaScript. Well, there are a couple of things but one is systems like LESS, that kind of compile, they give you some sane options for dealing with some of the dumb stuff that CSS doesn’t include. Then the other one is, I’ve also wound up fighting designers for selectors in the HTML. And so, I thought we could talk through that a little bit as well. BRIAN:  Hey, Chuck? CHUCK:  Yes? BRIAN:  I think those are two like really good points but I think there’s even more areas we can discuss in terms of how JavaScript and CSS are coupled. Like computed styles from JavaScript and also all the CSS methods from JavaScript. And the fact that your JavaScript sometimes doesn’t work, your UI doesn’t work unless the CSS is set up. I think the two tend to be a lot more coupled than people like to think. CHUCK:  I agree. That’s fair. So, which avenue or which aspect do you want to tackle first? Should we talk about just CSS and where it kind of doesn’t give us what we want? BRIAN:  I would love to complain about CSS. I got some bitterness in that sphere. CHUCK:  I know some people consider it programming but it doesn’t have any of the things that classic programming has like variables and functions or methods or anything like that. And I think that’s where a lot of us get frustrated is that we’re used to being able to reuse things, we’re used to being able to set things up that will define the behavior that we want. And in CSS, you really don’t have that. It’s really just simple markup. JOE:  So, do we consider the CSS languages, like Sass and LESS and all those to be part of CSS because then we talk about actually having those things. CHUCK:  Yes. I don’t know if you can call them CSS.