HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss what they need to do better, specifically what questions you should be asking yourself in a self assessment such as - Am I on track? - What are my strengths? - What are our biggest priorities right now? - etc. By asking these questions of yourself and your team, you'll be able to see where you need to improve and create a plan that will help you reach those improvement goals. These goals can be personal ones, so something like - I need to be calmer when an issue happens at work - or something more professional like - I need to learn a new technology before that next project starts. Slowly but surely as you continually self reflect and work on yourself, you'll become a better employee and a better person (based on your own personal goals of course). You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss last week's poll results, and then take a look at a recent survey conducted by Sitejet. The survey focused on a variety of areas in a web designers job from what troubles them most in their jobs, to how long they think a website should take to make. As an added bonus this week, Matt is looking to take his 2020 UX to the next level by removing the need to charge his smartphone via a cable - going for a completely wireless charging solution in the car and at home. Here's the Sitejet survey for those of you that are interested: https://www.sitejet.io/en/article/web-design-statistics-2020 You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the customer experience from the start of their project, through completion, and everything that may come after that. When a customer asks you for your help with something it's important that their experience is as comfortable as possible, ensuring that everything you'll be doing is clear and concise, the customer is kept up-to-date (within reason), and that the customer is only contacted when absolutely necessary. With so many other development agencies out there, you need to stand out - your customer experience may be that one key factor that brings more customers to you and not your competitors. Then in the weekly Web News we discuss working too hard. Often times new developers (junior developers) are required, or encourages, to work a lot of overtime - sometimes 60-80 hours per week - with little to no extra compensation on top of their salaries. Is this fair? Should anyone (even newbies) be working this hard, or this much? What about work-life balance? You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

This week Matt and Mike discuss the delicate art of managing multiple projects. We all know that websites, web apps, and other web-related goodies take a long time to make, and often times we have to wait for customers to provide information, or for artists to finish up graphics. Naturally these delays can open up some time in your schedule to work on something else, but rarely do these time frames line up so nicely. As a result, many web agencies and full stack devs alike find themselves juggling multiple projects, on totally different technologies, using completely different languages. After many years of contending with this, Matt and Mike have come up with a list of their own list of advice that should help you navigate this busy and often stress-filled situation. Then in the weekly Web News, we discuss open concept offices. Are they as nice as they appear to be? Or are they just a useless fad with no function?  You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss something that plagues any work environment - procrastination. We all procrastinate from time to time, but for some of us it's a real damper on our productivity. Luckily there are a bunch of methods you can try to help reduce, or nearly eliminate your procrastination. On top of all that, the guy's cover time management - another productivity tool that can make your hours spent working way more productive than they'd usually be. Then in the Web News we discuss mobile device innovations (like the upcoming Microsoft Duo) and how developers deal with different device form factors that might not have a large market share.  You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss best practices to follow when implementing responsive design including the differences between "true responsivity" and websites that separate into completely different mobile and desktop sites, as well as different input methods like using a mouse versus using touch interfaces. Then in the Web News we discuss the current status of the Hackintosh and whether Mike should try making one on his main computer.   You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the difficulties of web development from things like responsivity on virtually limitless screen sizes, browser compatibility, and different stacks. Then in our weekly Web News, what ever happened to the PWA (Progressive Web App)?  You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord  

In this episode Matt and Mike discuss both passive income, and multiple revenue streams for small businesses. Since Digital Dynasty Design (Matt & Mike's web agency) is currently undergoing a bit of an overhaul to it's business model we thought it was the perfect time to present these important business topics covering things like passive income vs active income, diversification of revenue sources, choosing what to expand into, and more. Coming in hot off a new decade, it's the perfect time to take a look at your revenue streams to see if you can make your business more profitable moving forward. Show Notes: https://htmlallthethings.com/Podcast/5e1f776f6a070d0011eb6599 You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In the first episode of 2020, Matt and Mike discuss the differences between templates and custom websites. Digging into whether you should be using templates to quickly spin up websites for customers, or engineering custom websites from scratch. This all of course depends on your skill level, how busy your schedule is, and what your customer's needs are. After all that we jump into our Web News, which focuses on types of CMS and how to determine which one to use. There are basically two types (at a high level) of CMS - one with a full page builder where users can customize a lot of what's on their website - the other with a more guided experience that has users filling in forms that will automatically generate web pages as needed. You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord

In this holiday special episode Matt and Mike discuss 2019 in review. We cover a lot of what's happened in 2019 including our social media, Discord server, podcast download numbers, Patreon, and more. Then it's off to the New Year with our 2020 goals, plans, and ideas for the podcast, website, and more. Following all this we have our Web News which discusses Matt and Mike's personal goals looking to 2020. You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram RSS | Patreon | Spotify Medium | YouTube | GitHub  Reddit | Discord