Podcasts about origamibiro

Part Timer is back for a 2022 OEP guest mix (thank you John)! We highly recommend checking out his Bandcamp page: https://parttimer.bandcamp.com/ 00.00 Enrico Coniglio and Matteo Uggeri - j'essaie de reduire mes medicaments 02.40 Bluhm - the mirror of my soul 06.30 Gallowglas - the gloaming 09.08 Origamibiro feat. VDU - morel 13.03 Midori Hirano - patterns 17.55 Asa Chang and Junray - hana 24.08 Panoptique Electrical - the whisper in your head 24.50 Soley - blows up 29.51 Erik Enocksson - what drove her shivering into the cold, cold sea 33.44 Gilded - erosional 37.17 Alapastel - new world healing centre

This week we talked about underrated skills, skills that are really useful but not often mentioned or which may be slightly outside the sphere of normal web development stuff. It was partially inspired by my so-so typing, I'm convinced that learning to touch type would be massively useful. So when we asked listeners to send us examples of underrated skills I was expecting to see practical skills like touch typing and that sort of thing sent in. But oh no, we were sent much more thought-provoking suggestions. Out Toolstar this time was Prepros (https://prepros.io), a GUI preprocessor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Sometimes GUI's are themselves often underrated, so a GUI vs CLI discussion ensued. My Jukebox this week was I'm Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem. I even managed to discover a web development reference in this track, sort of. Ben's was The Sun Rising by The Beloved, though he did have some opinions on their lead singer. We also realised that we'd forgotten to put a previous Jukebox pick on the playlist, so All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem is a bonus track this week. All three are added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl). - Mark For the extended version, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/relativepaths Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission.

It's been 9 months since our last episode (1000 apologies) so we had much important chat to catch up with. We discussed training clients not to call out of hours, Edge browser news, Hey Duggee, Perch and a whole host of other things. We also have a favour to ask! We want to release episodes regularly, but that's tricky for us as we have to carve time out of our work schedules. We'd like to dedicate a day or two each month to record and edit episodes. We'd also like to make time to research episode topics and guests. We can do this with your support. So, if you to support us please donate via our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/relativepaths). Our jukebox this week had a bit of a folky feel. Ben chose the Lulu Rouge remix of Riverside by Agnes Obel. I went full folk and chose Easy to Be Around by Diane Cluck. They're both added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl). - Mark Show links: MS EDGE Browser news - Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527550/microsoft-chromium-edge-google-history-collaboration) Hey Duggee Space Badge (https://youtu.be/oXkSfqmzG1o) The Wurzels - Remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHsBmys05Q) Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission.

For our latest podcast episode, we spoke to Drew McLellan, co-creator of Perch and Perch Runway CMSs. I'm an avid Perch user, I built this very site with Perch, so I was particularly grateful to talk to Drew. We talked about their history and development, where Drew sees them in relation to the host of other CMSs out there (including WordPress of course), what their future holds, and the future of web development as a whole. We also had a couple of sneaky milk chocolate Mikado Sticks during the episode, but you'd never know due to Ben's editing skills. Our Toolstar this time was Notist, which is also developed by the Perch team. Notist is a hub for speaking events, a place to share slides, to collate feedback, tweets, photos, sketchnotes and everything to create a permanent speaking portfolio It's a strong Jukebox this week. I chose the Portishead remix of the Massive Attacks track Karmacoma, that one goes on our Alt Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/altpl). Ben chose Trails of Light by Phaeleh. Drew also made an outstanding jukebox track selection, Dean Town by Vulfpeck. You might need to throw some shapes while you listen to that. Both of those are added to the Relative Paths Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/pl). – Mark Show links: Perch (https://grabaperch.com) Perch Runway (https://perchrunway.com) Perch Shop (https://shop.perchcms.com) edgeofmyseat.com (http://www.edgeofmyseat.com) Notist (https://noti.st) Drew's Blog (https://allinthehead.com/retro) Perch SEO App (https://grabachirp.com%Chirp) Perch Pattern Library (http://patterns.perchcms.com) Rebuilding the Perch UI - not your usual redesign (https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2016/05/03/rebuilding-the-perch-ui-not-your-usual-redesign) Perchology - A Perch Newsletter (https://perchology.curated.co) Perchology Links - Perch CMS add-ons by third party developers (https://github.com/clivewalker/perchology-links) Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/) by Rogue Amoeba. This software makes our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (https://www.tomwillhill.com/), used with kind permission.

This is sort-of a part 2 to our Overwhelm episode (Sorry for the nounification there, we had complaints!). This episode we talk about Gatekeeping, and Gatekeeper mentality. There's a lot of aspects but it's summed up by any sentence starting with "You're not a real developer if you...". The "Just" problem comes up too. Andy helps us work out how to counteract these issues, and encourage a more productive and supportive community. Our Toolstar (been a while!) is Andy's own Dev Pal initiative (https://devpal.io/) designed to give web types a place to ask a question and get a friendly one-to-one constructive answer. He explains it way better in the episode. For some reason I didn't have a Jukebox track ready, but thankfully Mark and Andy were well prepared. Mark chose 'Share the Fall - Full Vocal Mix' by Roni Size / Reprazent (New Forms - '97). We're adding this track to our Alt playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/altpl). Andy brought an apple for teacher when he proffered 'The Light' by The Album Leaf (Into The Blue Again - '06), which is added to the Relative Paths Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/pl). Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software makes our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission. – Ben

This episode we talk about being overwhelmed, out of our depth or burned-out. It's something most developers suffer with at some point. We try and identify what some of the causes of pressure are, have a bit of a pop at recruiters, clients and ourselves. I also reveal more than I intended about birds and Kate Bush as well as completely forgetting the word 'Euphoric" and other mistakes. Fun fun. After last episode's wandering, we're safely back to Electronica on the Jukebox. Mark picked 'Lowride' by Autechre (Incunabula - '98). I shared 'Siren Calls' by George Fitzgerald (All That Must Be - '18). Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/pl). Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission. – Ben

Coming into this episode I didn't really know much about service workers. I assumed there were very specific use cases for them, but Jeremy opened our eyes to the fact that they allow access to some very powerful browser features and are useful across the board. We also spoke about Jeremy's recently released A Book Apart Book 'Going Offline', I'm really enjoying it. I can't put it any better than Sarah Drasner (https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com), who said: "Jeremy Keith explains service workers with kindness, clarity, and humour in his new book, a must-read for any web developer who wants to learn this exciting new API and enable offline experiences for their applications." The first chapter is available as an A List Apart article, link below. There were some strong Jukebox Entries this time. Jeremy Chose Catastrophe And The Cure by Explosions In The Sky, from one of my very favourite albums. Ben chose The Celestial Garden by DrumTalk but apparently described a different track in the episode, he's a sleep deprived new dad so we'll have mercy on him for that. My pick was Bashed Out by This Is The Kit, a lovely bitter sweet track. Jeremy's and Ben's tracks are added to the Relative Paths Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/pl), mine goes on the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl) for tracks with lyrics. Jeremy also plays slide bouzouki for Brighton based band Salter Cane. Link to their site is below, I'd definitely recommend giving them a listen. Links: Jeremy's Site - https://adactio.com Going Offline, A Book Apart - https://abookapart.com/products/going-offline Chapter One of Going Offline - https://alistapart.com/article/going-offline Jeremy's Twitter - https://twitter.com/adactio Sara Soueidan, Offline with Service Workers - https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/going-offline Lyza Gardner, The Pragmatist’s Guide To Service Workers - https://vimeo.com/223432833 Amber Wilson - https://amberwilson.co.uk Jake Archibald - https://jakearchibald.com Salter Cane - https://saltercane.com Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro (http://www.tomwillhill.com), used with kind permission. – Mark

It's been 5 months since our last episode. In that time I've become a father (woah) and Mark has become really popular on Instagram. So it's a sort of catch-up episode, and a moan at each other about Apple, Microsoft, CPU's and Adobe and software named after disasters. Not exactly sure what ‘State of the Union’ is, Mark suggested it and I heard it on The West Wing once so sure it’s all good. Corrections: - Spectre Vulnerability: When we recorded this and discussed the Spectre and Meltdown CPU exploits, it looked like only Intel Chipsets were at risk. Within days there were identical exploits for most of major chip manufacturers. - Loscil, producer of my jukebox track DID reply to my tweet... it's pronounced like 'fossil'. There's no Toolstar this time, but we do talk about alternatives to Adobe's Creative Cloud suite, namely Hindenburg audio editor (https://hindenburg.com) and Affinity Designer (https://affinity.serif.com) My Jukebox pick is a track called 'Anthropocene' by Loscil (Monument Builders album, 2017). It's used in the Iceland surf film 'Under An Arctic Sky', a short documentary I recommend whether you're into surfing or not. Mark's tune is 'Cruise (Don't Stop)' from the 1995 Nightmares on Wax album Smokers Delight. Mark says this album was a constant feature in his car in the late 90's. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Playlist. Links: Leaving this bit to Mark... of there are any. Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. Special mention to Loopback by Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/). This software make our Jukebox snippets so easy to record into Audition, and we were kindly given a free copy. – Ben

Tracks we discuss: 'Age of Consent' by New Order, from 'Power, Corruption and Lies' (1983). 'All my Friends' by LCD Soundsystem, from 'Sound of Silver' (2007). 'Enola Gay' by OMD, from 'Organisation' (1980). 'Aquarius' by Boards of Canada, from 'Music has a right to children' (1998). 'Sprout and the Bean' by Joanna Newsom, from 'The Milk-Eyed Mender' (2004). 'Numb' by Portishead, from 'Dummy' (1994). 'Two Months Off' by Underworld, from 'A Hundred Days Off' (2002). 'Sleep the Clock Around' by Belle and Sebastian, from 'The Boy with the Arab Strap' (1998). Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

Why would anyone want to hack my website? This was one of the questions we asked WordPress Platform Lead and Developer Advocate for 34SP.com, Tim Nash. We talked about what the risks are, who's responsibility web security should be and what we can do to build more secure sites. Tim gave us two security focused Toolstars. Visualping (https://visualping.io) and Versionista (https://versionista.com) monitor sites for changes. They can be used to ensure your sites haven't been tampered with. For our Jukebox picks, Tim chose Postmodern Jukebox's cover of Meghan Trainor’s 'All About That Bass'. I Chose ‘Gathers In Puddles’ by Origamibiro, who also very kindly lets us use one of his track as our 'theme tune'. Ben had no pick this week... bad Ben! They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/altpl), or the Relative Paths Playlist(http://relativepaths.uk/pl) as appropriate. Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. Links: Tim Nash - https://timnash.co.uk 34SP.com - https://www.34sp.com Security Is Everyone's Responsibility - https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/09/tim-nash-security-is-everyones-responsibility/ Security Guide For Developers - https://github.com/FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers/blob/master/security-checklist.md PHP Security Cheat Sheet -https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet WordPress Plugin Security - https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/security/ Developing Securely For Wordpress - https://mikejolley.com/2013/08/13/keeping-your-shit-secure-whilst-developing-for-wordpress/

In this episode we talk about the Progressive Enhancement approach to web design and development with Aaron Gustafson. He talks us through some of the advantages of adopting Progressive Enhancement (PE) versus more traditional approaches. We also discuss barriers that might prevent us using PE and Aaron makes some useful recommendations. A much more in-depth discussion of the topic is available in Aaron's book 'Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement'. This week's jukebox picks are definitely going on the Relative Paths Alt Playlist! I started with 'Bambro Koyo Ganda (featuring Innov Gnawa)' by Bonobo. Mark then gave us 'Kick Jump Twist' by Sylvan Esso. Brilliant and needed an immediate second listen. Finally Aaron hit us with post-punk classic 'Teen Age Riot' by Sonic Youth, and a great story. He also urged us to check out The Chameleons following his Instagram vid of 'Script Of The Bridge' on deck. Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Ben Links: Aaron's response to Josh Korr – https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/insert-clickbait-headline-about-progressive-enhancement-here Aaron's site – https://www.aaron-gustafson.com The True Cost of Progressive Enhancement – http://blog.easy-designs.net/archives/the-true-cost-of-progressive-enhancement Aaron's book (which I'm still reading during coffee breaks!) – https://adaptivewebdesign.info

This was one of the most interesting, thoughtful and funny conversations we've had. We spoke to Chris Coyier about dogmatism (the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact) in the web industry. We talked about why it happens, what we can to do be less dogmatic ourselves and how to deal with dogmatic people and their bombastic opinions. Our Toolstar this week was CodePen Projects, zero setup, full-featured front end web development environment, right in the browser. Chris talked us through it, and it sounds pretty great. We like all the CodePen things. It was a diverse Jukebox this week. I chose 'A Tender History In Rust' by Do Say Make Think. Ben chose 'Eve' by Anchorsong, it's very Ben. And Chris chose 'The Stable Song' by Gregory Alan Isakov, and had a very cool story of meeting him IRL. They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist, or the Relative Paths Playlist as appropriate. Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Mark Links: Chris' blog post – My Increasing Wariness of Dogmatism: https://css-tricks.com/increasing-wariness-dogmatism The Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Chris' website: http://chriscoyier.net">chriscoyier.net Chris' Twitter: https://twitter.com/chriscoyier Chris' CodePen: https://codepen.io CodePen Radio: https://blog.codepen.io/radio CSS-Tricks: https://css-tricks.com Shoptalk Show Podcast: http://shoptalkshow.com Chris' book – Practical SVG: https://abookapart.com/products/practical-svg

This week we talk CSS Grid with the amazing and great Rachel Andrew, who has been leading the charge with Grid for a while now. We talked about the origin of Grid, what we'll be able to do with it and when it's going to be ready to use (sooner that we realised). We also talked about how she got started as a developer, her work with the W3C CSS Working Group, and of course Perch CMS (my favourite). Our Toolstar is a CSS Grid Layout learning resource, Grid By Example (http://gridbyexample.com/). It's a repository of tutorials, articles, videos and resources for learning grid managed by Rachel (I don't know how she gets so much stuff done). It's a Bristol sound themed Jukebox this week. My pick is 'Glory Box' by Portishead, and Ben went for 'Black Steel' a Public Enemy track covered by Tricky with vocalist Martina Topley-Bird. They'll be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/altpl). The original Relative Paths Playlist is also available for you to code along to (https://relativepaths.uk/pl). Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Mark Links Rachel's site - https://rachelandrew.co.uk/ Rachel onTwitter - https://twitter.com/rachelandrew Perch - https://grabaperch.com/ Perch on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/grabaperch/ Perch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/grabaperch?lang=en Edge of my seat - http://www.edgeofmyseat.com/ Grid By Example - http://gridbyexample.com/ CSS-Tricks Guide To Grid - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

This week we tackle the often thorny subject of SEO, with local dev and friend of the show Elliott Richmond. We intended this to be a bit of a potted guide to SEO, but we think it ended up being a far more interesting discussion. My Toolstar this week is Instafeed.js (http://instafeedjs.com), a really simple way to add Instagram images to your site. We also talked about Elliott's own Insta Grabagram WordPress plugin (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/insta-grabagram). My Jukebox pick this week is 'REM Sleep Research' by Ochre, Elliott picked 'Melt' by Leftfield, and Ben went for 'Flow' by Sun Glitters & Nadine Carina. They'll be added to the original Relative Paths Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/pl) for you to code along to. The Relative Paths Alt Playlist (https://relativepaths.uk/altpl) is also available for your non-coding needs. Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Mark

After a break at the end of 2016, we've start 2017 with a bit of a retrospective. Mark and I had a fairly busy year and we take a look at some of the things we did, didn't do, tried and failed. There's no Toolstar as such this time, but we acknowledge Trello as being generally pretty good! https://trello.com My Jukebox pick is the first 12" single I bought, Future Sound of London's 'Papua New Guinea'. Mark's pick is 'Jed's other poem' by Grandaddy, in celebration of the bands reforming! Both tracks will be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist. Links: Leaving this bit to Mark... Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Ben

This week Ben and I are joined by Front End (or is that Front-End) developer Clive Walker to talk about Perch CMS. We have a lot of positive things to say about it, it's powerful and flexible, but easy to use. We also talk about Perch's many free add-ons, including the recently added Perch Shop e-commerce platform. Just so you know, we're not being sponsored by Perch, we just really like it. It's become my CMS of choice, and I reckon it's well worth trying out. Clive also tells us about the Perchology newsletter, which contains all sorts of goodies for Perch developers, and the Horsham Co-Working project. Clive's Toolstar is Curated, an app for putting together a digest newsletter, which Clive uses to create the Perchology newsletter. My Jukebox choice this time is a solid gold classic, Teardrop by Massive Attack. Clive's pick is Big Calm, the whole album, by Morcheeba (we'll pick a track for the playlist). Ben didn't have a track this week, Bad Ben! Clive and my tracks will be added to the Relative Paths Alt Playlist. Links: Perch CMS - https://grabaperch.com Clive's site - https://www.cvwdesign.co.uk Perch Shop - https://shop.perchcms.com Perchology newsletter - https://perchology.curated.co Horsham Coworking - https://www.horshamcoworking.co.uk Curated - https://curated.co Perch Runway - https://grabaperch.com/products/runway Perch Tips & Tricks - http://perchd.io Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. – Mark

Following Apple's New Macbook Pro announcement on Oct 27th 2016, we felt the need to discuss the matter of PC's vs Mac again. Things have changed since last time (https://soundcloud.com/relativepaths/35-pc-versus-mac-versus-sandals). Jukebox: Mark's pick is 'Rustling and Pure' by Cass. Ben's choice is 'Butterflies' by Anchorsong. Both make their way onto the Relative Paths Spotify playlist: https://relativepaths.uk/pl Show links: Benjamin Button Review - https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/ Dave Goes Windows Finale - https://daverupert.com/2016/07/davegoeswindows-finale/ Dave Goes Build - https://daverupert.com/2016/06/dave-goes-build/ Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. Editing would be a whole lot more difficult without the 'Loopback' audio routing app from Rogue Amoeba. Many thanks for sponsoring us a copy! https://www.rogueamoeba.com/loopback

This week we spoke with designer and co-host of the Deeply Graphic Design Cast Mikelle Morrison about the sometimes tricky subject of designers and developers working together. Mikelle gives lots of insight into what developers and designers can do to cooperate successfully without too much drama. We didn't have an official Toolstar this week, but Mikelle and Ben talked about how much they liked Sketch (I'm a Windows user so I sat in the corner). My track for the Relative Paths Playlist was 'Eden Liquindi 2' by the Baka Forest People of Southeast Cameroon. I really like it, but Ben might need a bit of time to make friends with it perhaps. Ben's was 'Dirge' by Death in Vegas. Classic Ben. The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl - Mark Show links: Dilbert cartoon – http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-04-03 MKM Istagram – http://instagram.com/mkmdesignco MKM Design Co – http://mkmdesignco.com DGDC Podcast – http://thedeependdesign.com/graphic-design-podcast DGDC Podcast Episode – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcasts-the-deep-end-design/id494747654 Malc's Interview (Working with Developers) – https://soundcloud.com/relativepaths/11-interview-with-malc-from-fluid2 Invision App – https://www.invisionapp.com Sketch – https://www.sketchapp.com Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. Editing would be a whole lot more difficult without the 'Loopback' audio routing app from Rogue Amoeba. Many thanks for sponsoring us a copy! https://www.rogueamoeba.com/loopback

This episode we're pleased to welcome back Mark Wilkinson, first interviewed in Episode 29. We quiz Mark about his leap from 'sole-trading freelancer' to the founder of Limited company 'Highrise Digital'. Mark W provides lots of useful information for anyone considering a similar move: financial matters, VAT, partnering up, and employees. Mark W's picked the Toolstar, and chose QuickCast, a simple to use screencasting app, providing easy recording, publishing and sharing. https://quickcast.io/ For the Relative Paths Playlist, my submission is 'Eating Hooks' (instrumental) by Moderat. It comes from the instrumental version of their 2016 Album 'III'. Mark's track is called 'Try the Bass' by Ronald Jenkees. It's nuts. NUTS. The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. Editing would be a whole lot more difficult without the 'Loopback' audio routing app from Rogue Amoeba. Many thanks for sponsoring us a copy! https://www.rogueamoeba.com/loopback - Ben

This episode we tackle HTTPS. What it is, what's changed over the years, and why you should be using it now. We also touch on HTTP/2 where relevant and talk about some ways to make the jump to HTTPS if you've not done so already. We reference info from a lot of sites, links are in the show notes on our website. Mark's Toolstar is Why No Padlock, a web service for easily and quickly identifying insecure site content that might prohibit a browser from displaying a 'secure' padlock symbol in the address bar: https://www.whynopadlock.com/check.php My track for the Relative Paths Playlist is the Dave Morley remix of 'Kinetic' by Golden Girls. Apollo Records, 1993. It's cheesy and long. Sorry... Marks's track is 'Decisions' by Taylor McFerrin feat. Emily King, from the 2014 collaborative album 'Early Riser'. This one's going on our Alt playlist. The original Jukebox is on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/pl You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at https://relativepaths.uk/altpl Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - https://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - https://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - https://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - https://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - https://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - https://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben HTTPS Usage Statistics: http://trends.builtwith.com/ssl/SSL-by-Default What Is HTTPS?: https://sayyestohttps.org/what-is-https/ HTTP vs HTTPS Speed Test: https://www.httpvshttps.com/ HTTPS' Massive Speed Advantage: https://www.troyhunt.com/i-wanna-go-fast-https-massive-speed-advantage/ Service Worker API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API Depreciating Non-Secure HTTP: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/04/30/deprecating-non-secure-http/ Getting Ready For HTTP2: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/getting-ready-for-http2/ Let's Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/ Redirect HTTP To HTTPS: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13977851/htaccess-redirect-to-https-www HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) In .htaccess: https://varvy.com/pagespeed/hsts.html Redirect and HSTS In .htaccess: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37767031/301-redirect-and-hsts-in-htaccess Risks of HSTS and Preloading: https://www.tunetheweb.com/blog/dangerous-web-security-features/ SEO Tips and Tricks for Using HTTPS on Your Website (Ignore the bit about protocol relative URLs though!!): https://moz.com/blog/seo-tips-https-ssl

We had a recording go bad a little while ago and ended up losing a potentially very good episode and wasting a guests time. So this week we talked about what happened and what to do when things go wrong. It's all fixed now though! We also talk a bit more about PC vs Mac and my second thoughts about making the switch, and limited edition Muse CD's. Our Toolstar and sponsor this week is Loopback, cable free audio routing by Rogue Amoeba. Loopback gives you the power of a high-end studio mixing board, right inside your computer! We use it to manage recording guest interview episodes with VoIP: https://rogueamoeba.com My track for the Relative Paths Alt Playlist is Protection by Massive Attack, from their 1995 album Protection. It's a classic. Ben's track is Bulk by Silo. Industrial electronic meatiness, also going on the Alt Playlist. You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl The original Jukebox is on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/pl Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Mark

This episode we are supposed to be talking about personal websites... we don't really. What we DO do (dodo! wahaha!) is go off-topic, then take an diversion from the off-topic which brings us neatly to an aside and the end of the show. Great. Please don't leave us... Toolstar: I talk about Wordpress specific hosting and plug Manchester based 34SP (https://www.34sp.com). Mark likes his new Siteground hosting and extolls some of its virtues (https://www.siteground.co.uk). We have no Jukebox, we thought it was too long. I'm so sorry *tears*. Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben

We're back after another pretty long break with an episode about the little details that make life as a webby type bearable. Toolstar: Mark introduces us to 'Input', a font system for coders from Font Beaurea(http://input.fontbureau.com/). There's also an update on the status of Sublime Text (https://www.sublimetext.com). Two new tracks for the Alternative Jukebox: My pick is 'Japanese Electronics' by Commix, from the 2007 album 'Call to Mind'. Mark's choice is 'You' from Gold Panda's 2010 album 'Lucky Shiner'. You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl The original Jukebox is on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/pl Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben

Slightly controversially this episode, Mark and I tackle the perennial subject of Mac versus PC. Since editing the episode, I now realise I probably upset Linux users and BMW drivers... Sorry y'all. For a Toolstar suggestion for Mark I plug MAMP Pro: https://www.mamp.info Mark's pic for the new Alternative Jukebox is 'Computer World' by Kraftwerk's 1981 album of the same name. I revel in being allowed Lyrics with Little Dragon's 'Ritual Union' from their 2011 album, also called 'Ritual Union'. You can find the Alt Jukebox on Spotify at http://relativepaths.uk/altpl Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben

After a long, accidental break due to illness and busy, we're back... and we don't have a theme or subject! Alas there's no ToolStar this episode, but we DO introduce a new playlist. For a while we've wanted to include certain tracks that maybe have lyrics, or aren't necessarily good to work to, and now we have a place for them: http://relativepaths.uk/altpl - 'Rusty Nails' by Moderat is my first submission. - 'Aminals' by Baths is Mark's suggestion. Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

This episode is a follow-up to Episode 16, where we talked to Ken about what he needed in a Photography website before Mark built him one. This episode is the post-mortem where Mark gets to find out what Ken thinks about the results! Perch CMS gets a lot of love (https://grabaperch.com) from both Ken and Mark. Our Toolstar is suggested by Ken: - Lenses for Hire (http://lensesforhire.co.uk). Our jukebox pics are: - Ken: 'Amature Cartographer' from the Monument Valley soundtrack. - Ben: 'Banstyle / Sappys Curry' by Underworld. - Mark: 'Touch Tone' by I am Robot and Proud. Tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl). Relevant links: - Ken's site: http://longshot.photo - Ken on Twitter & Instagram: @longshot_photo - Perch CMS: https://grabaperch.com - Monument Valley Costings: http://blog.monumentvalleygame.com/blog/2015/1/15/monument-valley-in-numbers Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

In this episode we interview Kimb Jones, co-founder of the Make Do development agency (www.makedo.in) about his work, conference speaking and some 'WOW' WordPress plugins. Some plugins we discuss: - Gravity Forms (http://www.gravityforms.com/) - Slim Jetpack (https://wordpress.org/plugins/slimjetpack/) - Disable Emojis(https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/) - Disable Comments (https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/) - Duplicate and Merge Posts (https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-and-merge-posts/) - Menu Humility (https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-humility/) - User Switching (https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/) Kimb supplies the ToolStar this episode: - 'Path Finder' by Cocoatech (http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/), a premium replacement for the often aggravating Mac OS 'Finder'. Our jukebox pics are: - 'Druggers End Lane' by Mistabishi. - 'Degrees of Light' by Taylor Mcferrin. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl). Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

To support the show and help us come back for another series in the New Year, please give £5 or whatever you can afford at www.neweconomics.org/podcast. In this week's episode, regular contributor and chief economist at the New Economics Foundation, James Meadway, returns to chat to Kirsty about last week's state visit from China and what it means for the UK economy. Weekly Economics Podcast on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weeklyeconpod James Meadway on Twitter: www.twitter.com/meadwaj Kirsty Styles on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kirstystyles1 Produced by James Shield. Programme editor for NEF: Huw Jordan. Thanks to Jessie Barnard for reading the credits this week! Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy. Find out more at: www.neweconomics.org. Music by Podington Bear (www.soundofpicture.com) and Origamibiro (www.freemusicarchive.org/music/origamibiro) used under Creative Commons Licence.

We didn't actually plan this episode... but it turned out ok. Following some recent mistakes with recording and editing, Mark and I thought we'd talk about what happens when we make mistakes on client work, and how we deal with them. My ToolStar this week is 'Spectacle App', a Mac OS application for snapping windows to pre-defined sizes with keyboard shortcuts: https://www.spectacleapp.com We have another odd Jukebox this episode: - 'Interlude III' byAlt-J (∆) is Mark's suggestion and it's only about 40 seconds long. - 'Superpositions' by Nathan Fake is my suggestion, however I hadn't chosen by the time of recording. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl). - Hope you enjoy it! Ben Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

In this episode we're joined by Ben Brignell, a Designer, to talk about the crossover between 'Design' and 'Code'. We discuss the 'Designers Should Code' ongoing debate, and talk about some practicalities of working with multi-disciplined individuals in the Web industry. Guest Ben picked this week's Toolstar: - Sketch, the design utility: http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch Jukebox recommendations this episode are: - 'Glass Jar' by Gang Gang Dance, suggested by guest Ben. - 'Awake to You' by Taylor Mcferrin from Mark. - 'Through Clouds' by Gold Panda from Ben. All three are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am). How to reach Ben Brignell and other show links: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/benbrignell - Site: http://benbrignell.com - Frisbee Fodder: http://frisbeefodder.com - A11Y Slack: http://web-a11y.herokuapp.com Subscribe and keep in touch: - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

On this week's episode we're interviewing Mark Wilkinson, a Web Developer from the UK specialising in WordPress development. Mark answers our questions on developing and maintaining Open Source plugins for distribution via the Wordpress Plugins Directory as well as proving some advice and tips for beginners. Guest Mark picked two ToolStars for us: - Gas Mask App, a simple utility for managing the hosts file on Macs: http://clockwise.ee. - Modern.ie VMs, a collection of VirtualMachine images for popular PC emulators to help developers test things in various combinations of Windows OSs and Internet Explorer versions: http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms. Strangely, only co-host Mark has a Jukebox suggestion this time: - 'Aliquot' by Poppy Ackroyd. There's also an honourable mention for the artist 'Moon Finger' on Soundcloud. 'Aliquot' is added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am). How to reach Mark Wilkinson and other show links: - Twitter: @wpmark - WP Broadbean Plugin: http://wpbroadbean.com - WordPress Coding Standards: https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards Subscribe and keep in touch: - iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it - AudioBoom - http://relativepaths.uk/ab - Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st - SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc - Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths - Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission.

This week, Mark declares that he's ready to Go Live! We chat about finding work, last-minute concerns, and other nonsense. My Toolstar this week is BrowserStack, a service that allows users to fire up other Browser/OS combinations from within their browser: http://www.browserstack.com My Jukebox addition is 'In Praise of Shadows' by CFCF. Mark's is 'Aquarius' by jukebox perennials Boards of Canada. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am). The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. If you listen regularly, please leave a review or comment wherever it is you like to listen to us. Sometimes we like to know people are listening, and what we can do to improve. We’d particularly love an iTunes review: http://relativepaths.uk/it – Ben Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths

This week Ben and I talk about customer education. What exactly do we mean by it, and how do we do it. Ben also tells a fascinating story about cables, listen out for that! Out Toolstar this week is Lynda.com, which has many courses that end users and clients could find useful: http://www.lynda.com My read of the week is 'How To Successfully Educate Your Clients On Web Development' by Aurimas Adomavicius, It's a bit long in the tooth but still relevant: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/educating-your-client-on-web-development-successfully/ Ben's Jukebox track for this week is 'i' by Aphex Twin. Mine is 'Midnight Feast' by Mr Scruff. Both tracks are added to the Relative Paths Spotify Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/pl), and while it exists, the Apple Music playlist too (http://relativepaths.uk/am) The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us, it helps us to keep the podcast going. We’d particularly love an iTunes review: http://relativepaths.uk/it – Mark Shownotes: Brian Duffy - WP Applied (http://wpapplied.com) WP Beginner (http://www.wpbeginner.com) Let me Google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+I+write+a+blog+post) Subscribe and keep in touch: iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths

After a fairly long break due to 'busy', we're back with an episode about 'Customer Care'. We talk about just how 'friendly' is appropriate when dealing with customers, and practically how might we draw a line. Our 'Toolstar' is Slack, the answer to IRC in the twenty-tens. We love it and use it: http://slack.com Mark's read of the week is 'A New Yorker walks into a San Francisco start up...' by Jennifer Daniel: https://medium.com/@jenniferdaniel/a-new-yorker-walks-into-a-san-francisco-start-up-6926651b8254 The tracks added are: – 'Pinnacles' by Four Tet. – 'We Float' by Dustin O'halloran, picked by Mark. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it

This week we're pleased to be joined by the hosts of the Net Award nominated CTRL+CLICK CAST podcast (http://ctrlclickcast.com/), Emily Lewis and Lea Alcantara. We talk about CMS's and especially whether, despite its popularity, we should look beyond WordPress to other platforms. My ToolStar this week is World Community Grid (https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/). An application which had enabled over 650 000 people and 470 organisations to donate spare computer power to help make ground breaking scientific discoveries in cancer treatment, clean energy, tropical diseases, AIDS and many other fields.. This week's Jukebox track is: 'Murmuration' by GoGo Penguin, added to the growing Relative Paths Playlist (http://relativepaths.uk/playlist). Lea and Emily didn't add a track to the playlist, but they drew our attention to the fantastic game music remixes at Overclocked Remix. Lea chose our read of the week, 'The Principles of Performance by Design' by Eric W. Mobley, which discusses the importance of prioritising site performance. Lea also mentioned '15 Years Ago in ALA: Much Ado About 5K' by Jeffrey Zeldman, well worth a read (http://alistapart.com/blog/post/fifteen-years-ago-in-ala-much-ado-about-5k). The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review. - Mark Vote for CTRL+CLICK CAST in the Net Awards best podcast of the year category (https://thenetawards.com/vote/podcast/ctrl-click-cast/)

We're super busy at the moment so this weeks episode is not really an episode... just a teaser and a Jukebox! The tracks added are: – 'The Forest' by Trentemøller. – 'Heard About You Last Night' by Mogwai, picked by Mark. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it

For this episode we're debuting a new episode format called 'My Best Job!' where we talk to a web professional about a project they particularly enjoyable, amusing or interesting. This week we couldn't find a web professional to interview, so I'll talk about one I enjoyed instead! My ToolStar is 'WP Performance Profiler' by Interconnect IT. It's a very handy WordPress plugin to tell you exactly what's happening with memory usage and DB queries on your site. (https://wpperformanceprofiler.interconnectit.com) Mark's Read of the Week is 'Just Try and Do a Good Job' (https://css-tricks.com/just-try-and-do-a-good-job)in which Chris Coyier extols the virtues of not being too dogmatic when layout out CSS. There's also a bonus linked article from Harry Roberts called 'The Specificity Graph'. Topping-up the Jukebox this week we have: – 'Switchcraft' by Chilly Gonzales, picked by Mark. – 'Nepalese Bliss' by The Irresistible Force, chosen by me. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it

In this episode Mark and I interview Jonny Allbut, the web designer and developer behind the Wonderflux Wordpress Theme Framework (http://wonderflux.com). We talk about custom themeing in WordPress, whether to use a framework or not and how they can be useful to beginners. Jonny also provides some gold for anyone thinking of starting their own framework project. The ToolStar this time is picked by Jonny: 'Espresso' editor by MacRabbit, and Jonny especially likes the CSSEdit functionality (http://macrabbit.com/espresso). Slotted neatly into the Jukebox are: – 'Everything is Alright' by Four Tet from Me. – 'Roygbiv' by Boards of Canada is Mark's choice. – 'Sapphire' by Bonobo, an amazing offering from Jonny. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it

This week we're joined by Jonathan Davis, project lead for the Shopp eCommerce plugin for Wordpress (https://shopplugin.net/). Jon shares his valuable experience, advice on the joys and pitfalls of developing a commercial plugin and tips for new eCommerce developers. We also discuss Open Source and the importance of product support. During the interview the Speaker Deck presentation that Jon refers to is: http://bit.ly/19kWIzI Our ToolStar suggestion by Jon is Kaleidoscope (http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com), a visual diff tool which makes file comparison very intuitive and easy to work with during development. Added to the Relative Paths coding playlist this week are: - 'Abiogenesis' by Carbon Based Lifeforms, picked by Jon. - 'Stretched Home' by The Album Leaf, chosen by Mark. - 'An Ending (Ascent)' by Brian Eno, selected by me. Playlist: http://relativepaths.uk/playlist The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)- http://relativepaths.uk/it

This week Mark and I talk about how we go about starting a web development projects, from a setup, workflow and coding point of view. We chat about tools, preferred modules and frameworks, some best practices and a few gripes. Our Toolstar Trello (http://trello.com) is making it's second appearance in as many weeks. We've been using it since episode 20 and love it so we wanted to talk about it. Mark's Jukebox offering is 'Scottish Widows' by Remember Remember, an orchestral piano-driven track on Mogwai's Rock Action Records label. I'm adding 'Moon Fever (Lawrence Ambient Mix)' by German electronic musician Superpitcher. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

Stress! Mark and I talk about work-related stress and dealing with it. I'm no 'poster boy' for stress management but thankfully Mark has some ideas. This week's ToolStar from Mark is Unroll.Me (https://unroll.me/), a service that bundles your email subscriptions into one manageable daily digest. Mark's Read of the Week is 'Work Smarter: How to reduce your hours and yet get more done' by Paul Boag. Some wise words starting with: "Working long hours is not a badge of honour" (https://boagworld.com/working-in-web/work-smarter/) For this week's stress-free Jukebox offerings I have 'We Have A Map of the Piano' by Icelandic band Múm. Mark's is 'They Came in Peace' by Tranquility Bass. Ahh... relax. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week Ben and I talk about the times we forget things we thought we already knew, or technologies move on while we're looking the other way, so we have to revisit basic skills. We chat a bit about CSS layout, Git, HTML and other stuff too. My toolstar this week is http://builtwith.com. A tool for discovering, as the name suggests, what websites have been with built with. My read of the week is "Just" by Brad Frost. Well worth a read if you ever help someone out with a coding problem. the-pastry-box-project.net/brad-frost/2014-january-28 My addition to the playlist this time is 'Rails' by Bing and Ruth. http://open.spotify.com/track/2QyUGfztUBe2BdMMRsriW3 Bens is 'Break Well' by Mount Kimbie. http://open.spotify.com/track/2t0XPiQhdqLSoEHlZ2tMqG The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

As it's the start of a new year, Mark and I take a look at how 2014 went, what we learned and achieved, and what we plan to do in 2015 from a web development and freelancing point of view. Mark's ToolStar is http://caniuse.com, a website that shows which CSS, SVG and other sorts of elements can be used in which versions of popular browsers and platforms. Mark also shares a 'Read of the Week': Laura Kalbags's article on 'Breaking Stuff' at http://alistapart.com/column/breaking-stuff. My Jukebox pick this time is 'Swords' from Leftfield's album 'Rhythm and Stealth'. Mark's own suggestion out of leftfield is 'Life on Mars?' by Brazilian dude Seu Jorge. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

It's another interview episode, and this time it takes the form of a Live Client Meeting for one of Mark's first web dev projects. We chat to Ken Long from Longshot Photo about what he needs from a website, and some of the challenges Mark will face. Mark's Toolstar this week is http://paletton.com, something designery to do with colours and wotnot. Mark's read is very on-topic: 'http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/12/30/designing-with-your-clients' by Paul Boag... yes that guy. In the Dukebox... or should I say JUKEbox this week we have: 'Loud Pipes' by Ratatat from Mark. '' by Moby from me. 'Oh Yea?' by Propellerheads from Ken. The music we use for various intro bits, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week Ben and I talk about time management. We talk about how we've managed time in the past, and the virtues of the Pomodoro system. This week my Tool Star is Niice (http://niice.co) a search engine with taste. Ben's 'Read of the Week' is Atlassian's collection of Git tutorials (https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials). For the dukebox my pick is 'Hand on the Scantron' by Mux Mool, a new find from Spotify Radio. Ben's tune is 'Cry' from Howie B's 'Music for Babies' album. Our intro, stings and outro are parts of ‘Vitreous Detachment’, the use of which is kindly permitted by permitted Origamibiro. - Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

After an accidental ‘break’ last week, this time Mark and I chat about different types of Web Hosting. We cover support levels and also ask whether it’s a good idea for a web developer or designer to offer or provide hosting to clients. My ‘Toolstar’ this week is Atom, the free and very customisable code editor from GitHub. Mark’s Reads of the Week are a couple of articles by Charlotte Spencer. Firstly ‘I’m gonna be a developer’ on her blog and secondly ‘Life Is Too Short Not To Experement’ at &you. My Dukebox pick is ‘Cascade‘ from the 1994 ‘The Future Sound of London’ album, Lifeforms. Mark’s choice is a listener-suggested track called ‘Subway – Nujabes Tribute’ by Twigg & Stone. The music used for our intro, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with very kind permission. – Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week Mark and I talk about Design for Developers. How much we need to be involved in the design process and whether we even should be! My Toolstar choice is 'Suzy', a SASS un-framework thingamabob. Mark's read of the week is the website 'One Page Love' as inspiration for his Project X. In the Dukebox this week Mark submits 'The Aquarium' from Saint-Saëns' 'The Carnival of The Animals'. My choice is 'Channel 1 Suite' from The Cinematic Orchestra. The music used for our intro, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

Mark's embarking on Project X so we have a chat about what he's planning, where things could be tweaked, and get into some discussion on 'hamburger' menus, avoiding jQuery use if possible and Lazy Loading elements on infinite scrolling sites. Mark’s read of the week is a lifehacker article called Productivity 101: A Primer to The Pomodoro Technique. My read is Migrating Your Team to Sass by Charlie Owen. For the playlist I submit ‘Home of the Whale‘ by Massive Attack, a B-side from 1992. Mark suggests ‘Rise‘ by Nightmares on Wax from the 1995 album ‘Smokers Delight’. The music used for our intro, stings and outro is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

For this – the first of our interview episodes – we talk to Malcolm Coombes, Creative Director at Fluid2, a Digital Creative Agency based in the South West of England. Malc gives some good advice to Freelancers working with Creative Agencies, positioning oneself in the 'industry', and up-selling to clients. We made some technical mistakes in the on-site recording of this episode so the interview starts part-way through, and the voice quality is pretty ropey! Sorry... won't do it again ;) This week's Dukebox is triple-barrelled! Malc chose a live c1970 acoustic version of 'Hear My Train a Comin' by Hendrix. My choice was Nick Drake's 'Three Hours' from 1969. Mark kept it more recent with 'Near Light' by Ólafur Arnalds. The intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with their very kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week Ben and I talk about how best to manage deployment from a local development environment to a live server, particularly for WordPress sites, though the ideas should work with any site or CMS. We discuss how to manage deployment with Git, synchronising WordPress databases, whether using the command line is simpler in many cases and much more besides. Ben’s read of the week is Roald Dahl’s Going Solo (slightly off topic), and mine is Sass For WordPress Developers by James Steinbach. Ben's dukebox track this week is Belfast by Orbital, from their 1991 Green Album. Mine is The Madd Wikkid’s New Orleans style cover of Daft Punk’s Around the World. Honourable mention to Jason Forrest’s War Photographer, which isn’t available on Spotify, but which does have one of my very favourite video’s. The intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with their very kind permission. - Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week Ben and I record a special episode for Geek Mental Help Week. We talk a bit about its origins and what's happening throughout the week, but we mostly talk about our own experiences with depression and how we handled it. We also suggest some ways you can help yourself if you're suffering from depression and how you can help a sufferer. We're not medical professionals, but we hope that our experiences might be useful. If you'd like to get involved go and take a look at: http://geekmentalhelp.com For our regular dukebox slot Ben has chosen 'Cotton Wool (Fila Brazillia mix)' by Lamb. My choice is 'Happiness' by Jonsi & Alex. The intro and outro music we use is 'Vitreous Detachment' by Origamibiro, used with their very kind permission. – Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

Mark asks ‘Why wordpress?’ and we chat about why we tend to work with it, its capabilities and a few of our favourite plugins. I mention Jekyll though I know very little about it, and Mark talks a bit about Perch. Mark’s read of the week is ‘Women in computing: the 60s pioneers who lit up the world of coding’ from the Guardian last week. For music we talk about soundtracks, my choice is ‘Outlands’ from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk. Mark’s soundtrack track is ‘Alone in Kyoto’ by Air from Lost in Translation. The intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’ by Origamibiro, used with their very kind permission. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week we set out to talk about how and why one might want to get into the web industry and responding to change. But due to recent events and the soul searching by many in ‘the industry’ we soon get sidetracked into talking about victimisation on the web and the general state of things. We also preview Geek Mental Health Week, we’ll be putting out an episode covering mental health issues for it during the week of October 27th. My musical suggestion this week is Skylines by The Album Leaf from their self-released 2012 EP Forward/Return. Ben waxes on about Underworld and the 20 year anniversary re-issue of their 1994 album dubnobasswithmyheadman. Honourable mention to Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse. The intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’, used with very kind permission from Origamibiro. - Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

Mark has his first paying job! He and I talk about how to approach it, specs, briefs and pricing. Mark’s read of the week is ‘Best of Sublime Text 3: Features, Plugins, and Settings.’ by Chris Sevilleja. My ToolStar is velocity.js by Julian Shapiro. My jukebox tip is BOP‘s ‘Tears of a Lonely Metaphysician’ from his 2009 album ‘Clear Your Mind’. Mark’s musical recommend is ‘Friend of the Night’ by ‘Mogwai’ from their like-named 2006 album. Our intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’, used with very kind permission from Origamibiro. - Ben Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

This week we talk about our web development set up and the tools we like to use (links below). My read of the week is ‘Git: The Safety Net for Your Projects’ by Tobias Gunther, and Ben’s is ‘CSS-only custom-styled selects’ by Todd Parker. My musical recommends are ‘Time’ and ‘Dream Is Collapsing’ by Hanz Zimmer. Ben’s is CFCF’s 2012 album ‘Exercises’. The intro and outro music we use is ‘Vitreous Detachment’, used with very kind permission from Origamibiro. - Mark Subscribe and keep in touch iTunes - http://relativepaths.uk/it Stitcher - http://relativepaths.uk/st SoundCloud - http://relativepaths.uk/sc Twitter - http://twitter.com/relativepaths Facebook - http://facebook.com/relativepaths If you like the show, please leave a review or comment wherever you like to listen to us. We'd particularly love an iTunes review :)

Ben and Mark discuss how and when to say “I don’t know” to clients. Ben talks about being honest with the client. This week’s suggested read is ‘Digging into WordPress’ by Chris Coyier & Jeff Starr. Mark’s musical suggestion is ‘Campfire Headphase’ from Boards of Canada (2005); Ben drags out another oldie with Photek‘s 1997 album ‘Modus Operandi’. The intro and outro music is ‘Vitreous Detachment’, used with very kind permission from Origamibiro

Mark, a newcomer to the web industry, and Ben, a hard bitten web veteran, work out why they want to do a podcast and what it might be about. Mark’s suggested read this week is ‘Learning Web Design’ by Jennifer Robbins, and Ben’s is a series of articles called ‘Understanding SVG Coordinate Systems & Transformations’ by Sara Soueidan. Music wise we plug Autechre’s ancient album ‘Inconabula‘ and Spiro’s ‘Kaleidophonica‘ album from early 2013. The intro music ‘Vitreous Detachment’ is used with kind permission from Origamibiro.

The Incident Report, Episode 5, Hospital Part 3, Showdown at Topdog. In the final installment of our hospital saga, Stephen Linsley, from his hospital bed and heavily medicated, tells the whole story of the car, the gun, Topdog and the police. The music you hear in the introduction is Zombie Wok by The Karovas Milkshake. The song appears on Conspiracy A-Go-Go, a compilation of JFK assassination songs from the internet radio station Turn Me On Dead Man. The episode closes with Ballerina Platform Shoes by Origamibiro. Illustration by Gordon Henderson.