Taking Responsive Web Design Beyond the Visual, with Chris Ward

In this episode of the Versioning Show, David and Tim are joined by Chris Ward, a technical writer, blogger and web developer. They discuss a wider interpretation of responsive web design that includes user context, push notifications, future devices and accessiblity. They also discuss mobile first and progressive enhancement, tech journalism, the art of documentation, working with Drupal, PHP (and whether it will ever be cool again), and using Wikipedia to learn how to perform an appendectomy. Show Notes: - Chris Ward on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisChinch - Chris' Gregarious Mammal site: https://www.gregariousmammal.com - Jump Start Responsive Web Design, 2nd Edition: https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/books/jump-start-responsive-web-design-2nd-edition - Hampton Catlin interview: https://www.sitepoint.com/versioning-show-episode-18-with-hampton-catlin/ - View a transcript of this episode here: https://www.sitepoint.com/taking-responsive-web-design-beyond-the-visual#transcript ...

Animating with CSS, JavaScript and SVG, and Avoiding Burnout, with Sarah Drasner

In this episode, Tim and David are joined by Sarah Drasner, a teacher, author, consultant and staff writer at CSS-Tricks. They discuss animating with CSS, JavaScript and SVG, the advantages of animating with SVG over static graphics, SVG 2 and mesh gradients, staving off burnout, public speaking and writing, understanding better through teaching, paid vs community work, teaching in the Greek islands, and drawing snakes and lizards and dead things for encyclopedias. Show Notes: - Thanks to our sponsor, HelloSign: hellosign.com/api - Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sarah_Edo - SVG Animation: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920045335.do - Sarah on CodePen: https://codepen.io/sdras/ - Web Animations Workshop: https://webanimationworkshops.com - Sarah's website: https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com - GreenSock: https://greensock.com - mo.js: http://mojs.io - Web Animations API: https://www.sitepoint.com/bringing-pages-to-life-web-animations-api/ - D3.js: https://d3js.org - React-Moti...

WordPress Development, Freelancing, and Taking Time Off, with Lara Schenck

In this episode of the Versioning Show, David and Tim are joined by Lara Schenck, a freelance web consultant and educator. They discuss making a living as a freelancer, productivity and the art of procrastinating, networking and answering emails, self teaching and gaining experience, using metaphors to explain things, understanding what clients really need, taking time off, saving money, and progressively enhancing babies. Show Notes: - Full show notes and transcript: https://www.sitepoint.com/wordpress-development-freelancing-taking-time-off-lara-schenck - Lara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/laras126 - Lara's "not Laura" website: http://notlaura.com - Simple: https://www.simple.com - Pastry Box Project: https://www.the-pastry-box-project.net - Lara's Tackle Box course: http://tacklebox.teachable.com - Paul Jarvis' Creative Class course for freelancers: https://creativeclass.io - Automattic Lounge: https://automattic.com/lounge - Advanced Custom Fields: https://www.advancedcustomfi...

CSS Animation, Prototyping Tools, and Sources of Inspiration, with Donovan Hutchinson

In this episode of the Versioning Show, Tim and David are joined by Donovan Hutchinson, a developer, teacher and proprietor of CSSanimation.rocks. They discuss how teaching and speaking can help you learn, solving user problems, CSS animations and accessibility, bridging the design and development worlds, prototyping tools, browser compatibility, sources of inspiration, making whooshing sounds, and designing UIs for cats. Show Notes - Donovan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonovanH - https://cssanimation.rocks - CSS Animation Rocks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSSanimation - Animating with CSS: https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/courses/animating-with-css-2941 - Framer: https://framer.com - Principle: http://principleformac.com - The 12 basic principles of animation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation - Designing for crisis: https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2016/01/25/designing-for-crisis-design-for-real-life/ - View a transcript of this episode here...