Inspired by reading ‘Investments Unlimited’ and other books built around the principles of storytelling, James and Josh dive into DevSecOps and the bigger picture of shifting security left in this new episode of Off Script!
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\n\n","summary":"Inspired by reading ‘Investments Unlimited’ and other books built around the principles of storytelling, James and Josh dive into DevSecOps and the bigger picture of shifting security left in this new episode of Off Script!","date_published":"2024-03-27T12:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/26851b4c-6673-428f-8dbe-8b456f5f3f4f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59883478,"duration_in_seconds":1490}]},{"id":"26a74ec6-76a1-4cc2-988a-41fb25c47318","title":"Episode 39: The beauty of side projects","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"What do fish donuts, a passion for cooking and elaborate recipes have to do with productivity? Are you getting enough of a creative outlet around your busy schedule? Josh and James discuss the importance of side projects and how the variety they add to your week benefits your work-life balance and output!\n\nIn this episode:\n\n\n00:00 Welcome\n01:00 What are our side projects?\n02:00 Coding\n03:00 Cooking\n04:00 Josh’s chef stage experience\n11:00 Service state - Flow state when coding\n12:00 Find your creative outlet\n13:00 Find the time\n16:00 Adding variety to life\n17:00 Book - One Thing\n18:00 Having side projects when being a leader\n19:00 Consistency\n\n\nReferences:\n\n\nhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-bestselling/dp/1848549253\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nhttps://stac.works\nhttps://parall.ax\n","content_html":"What do fish donuts, a passion for cooking and elaborate recipes have to do with productivity? Are you getting enough of a creative outlet around your busy schedule? Josh and James discuss the importance of side projects and how the variety they add to your week benefits your work-life balance and output!
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\n\n","summary":"What do fish donuts, a passion for cooking and elaborate recipes have to do with productivity? Are you getting enough of a creative outlet around your busy schedule? Josh and James discuss the importance of side projects and how the variety they add to your week benefits your work-life balance and output!","date_published":"2024-02-28T10:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/26a74ec6-76a1-4cc2-988a-41fb25c47318.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53428343,"duration_in_seconds":1328}]},{"id":"c0b84a53-2f4b-4deb-8739-40a1406b30bf","title":"Episode 38: AI risks","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"What are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!\n\n\n00 - ISO 42001 Regulation\n03 - What are the risks\n04 - Hallucinations\n05 - How do we critically assess the output\n06 - Human in the loop\n08 - Authorised API integrations\n13 - Prompt Injection\n14 - Sleeper agent LLM\n18 - Denial OF Service models\n22 - Exact phrasing on outputs\n25 - Rabbit.tech\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nhttps://stac.works\nhttps://parall.ax\n","content_html":"What are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!
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\n\n","summary":"What are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!\r\n","date_published":"2024-02-09T07:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/c0b84a53-2f4b-4deb-8739-40a1406b30bf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":68950803,"duration_in_seconds":1714}]},{"id":"87970514-3b1a-46f2-8f19-ca6a787ee08c","title":"Episode 37: 2023 developer round-up","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/37","content_text":"It’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.\n\nThank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!\n\n\n01 A look back at the year\n03 The year AI went mainstream\n05 Tech layoffs\n07 Open AI x Microsoft partnership\n08 M2 Apple Mac chips\n09 Google Bard\n12 Stephen Wolfram wrote \"What is ChatGPT doing.. And why does it work?\"\n13 Web IOS & Ipad\n15 ChatGPT Plus & Whisper API's\n15 Parallax hosted \"stories on the road\" \n19 React.dev\n21 Apple vs Epic Games\n22 Meta fined 1.3B\n23 EU Cookie policy\n24 Final Cut & Logic Pro on IOS\n27 Advent of code\n28 Chrome added web GPU support\n29 Native to web based apps\n30 All Day Hey 2023\n31 Fluency Bot\n32 SEC sue Coinbase & Binance\n33 NASA lost connection to Voyager 2\n34 Microsoft Type Chat\n36 Meta Launched Threads\n38 Temporary disabilities\n40 Josh joins Glean as CTO\n41 Apple launched Name Drop\n42 Air traffic control meltdown\n43 Hyperdx\n44 Webflow Conf\n46 WCAG 2.2\n47 M3 Macs\n49 re:invent\n50 Deno KV\n51 StyleX\n53 iA writer\n54 CloudFlare year in review\n55 Spotify Wrapped\n\n\nReferences:\n\n\n[https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/]([https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/)\nhttps://openai.com/blog/introducing-chatgpt-and-whisper-apis\nhttps://www.storyblok.com/ev/stories-on-the-road-uk-23\nhttps://heypresents.com/conferences/2023/schedule\nhttps://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/temporarily-abled/\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nhttps://stac.works\nhttps://parall.ax\n","content_html":"It’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.
\n\nThank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!
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\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"Are all leaders extroverts? Does agile development mean there is no plan or documentation? Do leaders have to be the best developer? Following on from a recent in-person talk, James and Josh discuss more common tech misconceptions in the area of leadership.","date_published":"2023-12-11T07:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/763944db-85ae-4641-beea-4676649e99b2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73047828,"duration_in_seconds":1813}]},{"id":"68986723-5785-44e0-a813-f528874156b2","title":"Episode 35: Understanding emotional states","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/35","content_text":"Any team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.\n\n\n01 SDIs\n01 Strength, Deployment, Inventory\n02 Stress states\n05 Trickle down management\n06 Myers briggs\n07 Performance, Process, People\n08 Dissecting Josh’s results\n12 Using the results within a team\n13 Strengths and weaknesses\n14 What brings out the best in you\n15 Being accountable\n16 Applying the findings \n\n\nResources:\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nhttps://stac.works\nhttps://parall.ax\n","content_html":"Any team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.
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\n\n","summary":"Any team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.","date_published":"2023-12-01T13:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/68986723-5785-44e0-a813-f528874156b2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42740533,"duration_in_seconds":1055}]},{"id":"0c2dd227-195c-4125-8eb9-2a23662193aa","title":"Episode 34: Building communities","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"What are the steps to building a thriving community? What challenges might you face along the way? In this episode, James and Josh draw on their experience of creating and building communities online and offline, sharing their insights on how to make it a success.\n\n\n04 Starting a community\n06 Building trust\n08 Give value, not a sales pitch\n10 Josh on building a conference\n12 Creating a welcoming environment\n15 Letting people know your weaknesses\n16 Trust\n17 Empathy\n18 Dealing with conflict\n20 Don’t fear conflict\n22 Lack of commitment or direction\n23 Inclusion\n24 Avoidance of accountability\n26 The enemy of accountability is ambiguity\n27 Shared ownership\n30 Rethinking views\n31 Diversity\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nhttps://www.executiveagenda.com/resources/blog/five-dysfunctions-team\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nhttps://stac.works\nhttps://parall.ax\n","content_html":"What are the steps to building a thriving community? What challenges might you face along the way? In this episode, James and Josh draw on their experience of creating and building communities online and offline, sharing their insights on how to make it a success.
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\n\n","summary":"AI ethics - a hot, divisive topic and rightly so. James and Josh are back with a brand new episode of Off Script to dig in and explore a space that is impacting our lives more and more.","date_published":"2023-09-11T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/ee39338c-0715-40e6-a8eb-b58f3ae5aeb2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80519473,"duration_in_seconds":2001}]},{"id":"cc8c0505-024a-4ad7-833f-1434dfe0dfa9","title":"Episode 32: Static site generators","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.\n\n[Recorded 13th July, 2023]\n\n\n01 Intro\n02 The Personal Website\n02 Static Site Generators\n02 ASTRO \n03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site\n04 Jekyll \n04 Webapps\n07 Full stack frameworks\n08 MPA vs SPA\n10 Islands\n15 It’s a cms without the cms\n16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript\n20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway\n22 Still require a rich runtime environment of JS deps etc\n25 Bring your own db and cache\n26 Environmental impact\n27 New SSGs\n\n\nReferences\n\n\nhttps://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/\nhttps://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/\nhttps://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.
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\n\n","summary":"What is the blockchain? How has it changed over time? Is it still killing the planet? James and Josh discuss various types of blockchain systems and how they might have some real world applications for social good.\r\n","date_published":"2023-07-21T12:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/e2b8c5c3-2f29-4c4e-8a1d-881e5d9a606b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59498556,"duration_in_seconds":1480}]},{"id":"81b49061-2e2b-4383-acdb-2d1ead6db5c1","title":"Episode 30: WWDC 2023 round-up","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/30","content_text":"James & Josh discuss the recent WWDC 2023 conference and break down some of the announcements. Dive in to the episode to hear all their thoughts on the latest developments coming out of Apple HQ and the impact it may have on us.\n\n[Recorded 9th June, 2023]\n\n\n05 - Apple Vision Pro\n09 - Product reveals\n11 - MacOS Sonoma\n12 - Paprika\n13 - Safari Profiles\n15 - ARC Browser\n18 - Widgets\n19 - Presenter Overlays\n20 - Installable Webapps\n21 - WatchOS 10 & promoting health\n23 - Apple & AI Spacial Computing\n24 - Squid Soup\n24 - Spacial audio\n25 - Apple Vision Pro\n30 - New dev tools and experiences for headset\n35 - Nest Cameras & Starling Hub\n37 - JPEG XL\n40 - The future of Apple development & products\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"James & Josh discuss the recent WWDC 2023 conference and break down some of the announcements. Dive in to the episode to hear all their thoughts on the latest developments coming out of Apple HQ and the impact it may have on us.
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\n\n","summary":"Returning podcast guest Jack Sails joins James and Josh to discuss developments in large language models! Over this episode they discuss how LLMs are being used, Open AI and its current offerings, tips on how to use them and any concerns they may have around this new technology.","date_published":"2023-05-11T11:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/0d1f5ff5-a072-449e-a157-8d614a0553cd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":100010000,"duration_in_seconds":3108}]},{"id":"7db43446-7800-4851-b654-2f411d8757db","title":"Episode 28: Tech misconceptions","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"There are a lot of misconceptions in the tech world. In this episode James and Josh shine some light and dispel some common myths!\n\n\n01 - Private browsing is private\n04 - Agile development means no planning\n06 - Adding more developers speeds up projects\n09 - Code should be optimised right form the begining\n12 - Usability testing is done once the product is ready\n14 - Adding more features makes products better\n16 - AI will replace developers\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"There are a lot of misconceptions in the tech world. In this episode James and Josh shine some light and dispel some common myths!
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\n\n","summary":"Off Script is back with a special episode as hosts Josh and James reflect on another successful All Day Hey! conference in Leeds and via live stream. Running through the talks and the dynamics of the day, listen in for a breakdown of how it all went and their thoughts on the talks of the day.","date_published":"2022-06-14T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/f66d7a2d-f7dc-4ad8-a770-ea8d5d03d536.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31622864,"duration_in_seconds":2612}]},{"id":"08a2b74e-6c6c-4e02-af15-b4dc7178cd90","title":"Episode 16: SXSW recap","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"On this episode of Off Script, James runs us through his recent trip to South By South West (SXSW) and analyses what it all means with Josh. What were the main talking points? What were the new trends worth noting? Our hosts give us their thoughts on Zuckerberg's appearance & the exciting but possibly dystopic future the new tech could lead us to. \n\n\nThe programming of the event\nEmerging tech trends\nOur role as leaders\nRobin Hood app & Gamification\nOvervaluation of some tech companies\nIs this a bubble?\nCandle Media buying Youtube channels\nSilo'd Metaverse experiences\nVideo games have been doing this for years\nAI\nDeepfakes\nWAB AR/VR\nZuckerberg\nSynthetic Biology\nTech Warfare\nFlexible working & culture changes relating to equality\nDigital IDs\nHoloRide test\nAll Day Hey\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"On this episode of Off Script, James runs us through his recent trip to South By South West (SXSW) and analyses what it all means with Josh. What were the main talking points? What were the new trends worth noting? Our hosts give us their thoughts on Zuckerberg's appearance & the exciting but possibly dystopic future the new tech could lead us to.
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"On this episode of Off Script, James runs us through his recent trip to South By South West (SXSW) and analyses what it all means with Josh.","date_published":"2022-04-12T08:30:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/08a2b74e-6c6c-4e02-af15-b4dc7178cd90.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32755291,"duration_in_seconds":2707}]},{"id":"27f0d33d-5da8-43e5-b46e-75bd61d7a2ac","title":"Episode 15: Over-engineering","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"What can we learn from the success and simplicity of Wordle? How can we be more aware of when we’re likely to over-engineer a solution?\n\nHosts James & Josh discuss when to add complexity, when it’s not needed and scenarios where you’re more likely to encounter over-engineering difficulties.\n\n\nSimplicity of Wordle\nHosting & Data Responsibility\nBasecamp\nWebflow\nMicroservices\nGovernance\nSplitting Applications\nGraphQL\nShopify\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"What can we learn from the success and simplicity of Wordle? How can we be more aware of when we’re likely to over-engineer a solution?
\n\nHosts James & Josh discuss when to add complexity, when it’s not needed and scenarios where you’re more likely to encounter over-engineering difficulties.
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"What can we learn from the success and simplicity of Wordle? How can we be more aware of when we’re likely to over-engineer a solution?","date_published":"2022-03-17T10:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/27f0d33d-5da8-43e5-b46e-75bd61d7a2ac.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30695548,"duration_in_seconds":2511}]},{"id":"0e6789cd-f928-4c42-acf9-389c3fda211f","title":"Episode 14: What is the metaverse?","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"What is the metaverse and what has it got to do with Facebook? How do NFTs fit into it? Is it all 3D and gaming or is there more to it with business applications? Hosts James & Josh speak with our guest, Jack Sails and discuss where to begin with it and how to make sense of it all.\n\n\nWhat is the metaverse?\nWhat could it be?\nWhere's the transparency?\nTurning off in these digital space\nNFTs\nWhen iPhone apps were new\nCentralisation\nVR / XR / AR\nLIDAR\nHardware to support\nBusiness application\nConnected Wellbeing\nHow to get involved in the metaverse\nBuilding an open framework\nand much more.\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\nIMA HOME\n","content_html":"What is the metaverse and what has it got to do with Facebook? How do NFTs fit into it? Is it all 3D and gaming or is there more to it with business applications? Hosts James & Josh speak with our guest, Jack Sails and discuss where to begin with it and how to make sense of it all.
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"What is the metaverse and what has it got to do with Facebook? How do NFTs fit into it? Is it all 3D and gaming or is there more to it with business applications? Hosts James & Josh speak with our guest, Jack Sails and discuss where to begin with it and how to make sense of it all.\r\n","date_published":"2022-01-28T16:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/0e6789cd-f928-4c42-acf9-389c3fda211f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36408857,"duration_in_seconds":3151}]},{"id":"dc3b2a7f-cab6-4755-a091-c06bf71713a3","title":"Episode 13: 2021 developer round-up","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"2021 has been an eventful year! From January's launch of the AVIF format, April's Basecamp employee speech controversy and the web hitting 30 years old plus much more. Hosts James & Josh take us on a journey through the highs and lows of the year.\n\nThanks to Cooper Press’ Frontend Focus and Ruby Weekly, invaluable resources that helped us go back in time to compile the monthly breakdown.\n\n\nGoogle Cloud Functions adds Ruby support\nGitHub makes it easier to rename branches\nGoogle migrating Puppeteer to TypeScript\nAVIF\nThe Web didn't change, you did\nEdge Kids Mode\nSonic Pi 3.3\nHomebrew 3.0\n10 Years of Open Source D3.js\nBasecamp's Employee speech controversy\nAll Day Hey! Live\n25 Years of CSS\nSublime Text 4\nPrawn library update\nTim Berners-Lee NFT\nGithub Codespaces\nChrome Removing IFRAME support\n30 Years of the web\nDecline of Firefox users\nCloudflare outages\nNetlify\nDev tooling\nLOG4J\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nGoogle Cloud Functions\nGitHub - Support for Renaming an Existing Branch\nHotwire\nMigrating Puppeteer to TypeScript\nAVIF has landed - Jake Archibald\nThe web didn't change; you did - Remy Sharp\nThe Verge - Microsoft Edge\nGitHub - Sonic PI\nHomebrew\nObservable\nWordPress Tavern\nGhost\nChromium Blog\nGitHub - Rails\nJohn Nunemaker\nThe Verge - Breaking Camp\nAll Day Hey!\nRuby on Rails\nSublime Text\nMeyerweb\nWeb Design Museum\nThe Register\nGitHub - Prawn\nCNN Style\nMicrosoft Edge Blog\nGitHub Copilot\nGitHub - Codespaces\nThe Register - Chrome\nW3C\nPC Gamer\n9to5 Mac\nThe Verge - Mozilla\nCloudflare\nMatthias Ott\nMissouri Independent\nLea Verou\nMicrosoft Edge Insider\nNetlify\nDavid Heinmeier Hansson\nWired\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"2021 has been an eventful year! From January's launch of the AVIF format, April's Basecamp employee speech controversy and the web hitting 30 years old plus much more. Hosts James & Josh take us on a journey through the highs and lows of the year.
\n\nThanks to Cooper Press’ Frontend Focus and Ruby Weekly, invaluable resources that helped us go back in time to compile the monthly breakdown.
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\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"2021 has been an eventful year! From January's coming together to launch the AVIF image format, April's Basecamp employee speech controversy and the web hitting 30 years old plus much more. Hosts James & Josh take us on a journey through the highs and lows of the year.","date_published":"2021-12-21T07:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/dc3b2a7f-cab6-4755-a091-c06bf71713a3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55818811,"duration_in_seconds":4588}]},{"id":"92f9296b-26bc-4440-bc06-0f6b172e5896","title":"Episode 12: Productivity & mental health","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team.\n\n\nBurnout\nTime boxing\nThe side effects of being unproductive\nMental health\nExercise\nSetting boundaries\nSetting time limits on software and social media useage\nThe benefits of side projects\nMental health as the world reopens\nHybrid working\nEmpowering a team\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nThe Pomodoro Technique\nThings\nAtlassian\nMotion\nWell Good\nLeeds Cookery School\nPhil Hawksworth\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team.
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\n\n","summary":"How do you avoid burnout and keep productivity high? What methods can you use to help produce an efficient flow state? How have companies addressed these issues around hybrid working? Productivity and mental health go hand in hand but how do you manage it? Hosts James & Josh explore these issues around creating a positive motivated team.","date_published":"2021-11-29T10:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/92f9296b-26bc-4440-bc06-0f6b172e5896.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23116175,"duration_in_seconds":1932}]},{"id":"ede8b99d-800d-4fbd-8a80-de9d01e7b579","title":"Episode 11: Leadership","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. How did the pandemic and working from home impact things? Hosts James & Josh explore these questions and look at ways to engage the team. \n\n\nDifferent leadership styles\nThe value of delegating\nHow to keep people invested in the project\nBoundaries when working from home\nTooling the team for the current times\nGiving autonomy\nPutting your foot down\nThe curse of analysis paralysis\nHow team structure affects leadership styles \nCreating a positive culture around leadership when starting a business\nOpen Source software leadership\nHow different management styles anchorage flow state\nConfluence\nShowing vulnerability from the leader \nEnsuring a work / life balance \n\n\nResources:\n\n\nManagement book recommendation\nVulnerability\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is. How did the pandemic and working from home impact things? Hosts James & Josh explore these questions and look at ways to engage the team.
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\n\n","summary":"What leadership style do you have? How do you foster a productive culture? When do you give people autonomy and when do you put your foot down? The decisions around how to lead a team can affect how successful a project delivery is.","date_published":"2021-11-08T12:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/ede8b99d-800d-4fbd-8a80-de9d01e7b579.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24802516,"duration_in_seconds":2006}]},{"id":"08c3fdbe-9d10-49eb-8c37-270447fd34ba","title":"Episode 10: Software estimation","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"How long will a project take to complete? How can you get this as close to reality as possible? Software estimation is an essential part of the development process and one that many people don’t know how to approach correctly. Is your team equipped with the right tools? Is there a shared understanding of the process within your team? Hosts James and Josh explore these questions and look at practical solutions to get it right.\n\n\nMapping the user experience\nDemystifying the quote process with the client\nUnderstanding your team and the time estimates they give you\nSetting expectations\nInternal communication and the quote process\nMaking tradeoff decisions\nAdapting the tools you use as a team\nReusing code\nTime management with client tweaks\nPrevious project analysis\nThe cost for updating and maintaining a project in the future\nEarly understanding of the client’s system\nBuilding trust\nKeeping devs on track via meetings\nCreating a shared understanding between front and back-end developers\nThe value of face-to-face communication\nand more.\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nPlanning Poker\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"How long will a project take to complete? How can you get this as close to reality as possible? Software estimation is an essential part of the development process and one that many people don’t know how to approach correctly. Is your team equipped with the right tools? Is there a shared understanding of the process within your team? Hosts James and Josh explore these questions and look at practical solutions to get it right.
\n\nResources:
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"How long will a project take to complete? How can you get this as close to reality as possible? Software estimation is an essential part of the development process and one that many people don’t know how to approach correctly. Is your team equipped with the right tools? Is there a shared understanding of the process within your team? Hosts James and Josh explore these questions and look at practical solutions to get it right.","date_published":"2021-10-20T16:30:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/08c3fdbe-9d10-49eb-8c37-270447fd34ba.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23929870,"duration_in_seconds":1932}]},{"id":"4a32d44c-fe83-4755-952b-66a93660ceed","title":"Episode 09: Application performance","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/09","content_text":"What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on the following and much more:\n\n\nBaselining where you are and establishing your starting point\nMonitoring and improving performance\nSpeeding up your app speeds up dev time\nChrome dev tools\nGame-changing services\nImage optimisation\nReducing friction\nUnlearning best practices\nTesting\nWorker related scripts\nLazy loading\nPreloading\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nChrome DevTools\nweb.dev\nCloudflare\nFastly\nNew Relic\nAppSignal\nBlackfire\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on the following and much more:
\n\nResources:
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\n\n","summary":"What would your first steps be when working on application performance? What tools can you use to help you through this process? What are the challenges when you overly optimise your application? Our hosts James and Josh dive into these questions and outline their thoughts on this and much more.","date_published":"2021-10-08T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/4a32d44c-fe83-4755-952b-66a93660ceed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26922359,"duration_in_seconds":2181}]},{"id":"1fb18277-ba46-434d-ae3d-ef9f0e7825c0","title":"Episode 08: Web application security","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/08","content_text":"Today, Off Script hosts Josh and James discuss all things web application security. It’s something that is getting more and more important to get right. More cyber attacks. More ransomware attacks. They address good application hygiene and the common pitfalls they are seeing people fall for. Big data breaches can lead to losing customer trust so it’s so important to makes sure you’re running a tight ship with security. \n\nBasic security maintenance is essential but what can companies and individuals be doing to make sure their web applications are secure during a time of high value bug bounties being offered to people for finding vulnerabilities?\n\n\nBug bounties. The positives, negatives and relevancy to different sized agencies\nThe use of bots to find MongoDB vulnerabilities\nEncrypted vaults\nThe Slack issue\nHow hard is it to put secure processes in place from the start?\nCanary and environment variables\nIf you’re a security researcher, what do you do with responsible disclosure?\nThe fine line between helping the hackers and helping the community\nWhat makes a good, secure app?\nPackage managers\nModern libraries making it obvious when you are doing a bad thing\nOpen pull requests\nGet your house in order with OWASP\nFrameworks and the early standards they set with password management and security hygiene\nImportance of rotating keys\nHuman interfaces and the floors surrounding them\nWhat can we learn from Twelve-Factor?\nGithub Workspaces and recreatable environments\nThe issues of convenience\nMacs vs dev accessibility and Windows catching up\nGithub and Atom\nGood, automated test suites\nHow to have a good view on what makes a good security test\nFalling into the trap of feeling productive\nSitting down with the team to discuss testing value and priorities\nThe creativity of SQL injection\nReinventing the wheel\nDangers of writing an encryption tool and importance of getting an external security company\n\n\nResources:\n\n\nGitHub Security Bug Bounty\nsnyk\nYarn\nThe Open Web Application Security Project\n12 Factor\nHyper\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"Today, Off Script hosts Josh and James discuss all things web application security. It’s something that is getting more and more important to get right. More cyber attacks. More ransomware attacks. They address good application hygiene and the common pitfalls they are seeing people fall for. Big data breaches can lead to losing customer trust so it’s so important to makes sure you’re running a tight ship with security.
\n\nBasic security maintenance is essential but what can companies and individuals be doing to make sure their web applications are secure during a time of high value bug bounties being offered to people for finding vulnerabilities?
\n\nResources:
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"Off Script hosts Josh and James discuss all things web application security. It’s something that is getting more and more important to get right. More cyber attacks. More ransomware attacks. They address good application hygiene and the common pitfalls they are seeing people fall for. ","date_published":"2021-09-22T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/1fb18277-ba46-434d-ae3d-ef9f0e7825c0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69669453,"duration_in_seconds":2871}]},{"id":"a1cf76f5-4fe0-43cc-8c10-7bf7e732501d","title":"Episode 07: Career progression","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/07","content_text":"We’re happy to welcome James Hall to Off Script as a new co-host alongside Josh Nesbitt in our new podcast format! The topic today is ‘Career progression’.\n\nJosh and James have known each other for many years and have a lot of professional experience in tech at the top level between them, ranging from agency work through to consulting. Josh runs Leeds-based software consultancy Stac whilst James runs Parallax - a digital agency specialising in websites, apps and much more. This gives our co-hosts different perspectives on the tech topics they’ll be getting into in the coming episodes and gives the listener a balanced take on today’s top topics in tech.\n\nIf you enjoy this episode, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next one! In today’s episode, Josh and James explore:\n\n\nHow do you define a career path?\nThe changes you experience as a developer as you progress up the career ladder within an agency and as a consultant.\nKnowing where to invest your time as a junior in tech to ensure suitable progression for yourself.\nWhat opportunities and challenges does remote working create for employees and employers?\nWhat can employers do to retain employees and create a rewarding career path for their staff?\nHow often should companies speak to employees about progression and what frameworks are effective for this?\nZoom fatigue and remote working.\nWhat does the future look like for offices with a mixture of remote working and people wishing to spend their time around people in person?\n\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:\n\n\nStac\nParallax\n","content_html":"We’re happy to welcome James Hall to Off Script as a new co-host alongside Josh Nesbitt in our new podcast format! The topic today is ‘Career progression’.
\n\nJosh and James have known each other for many years and have a lot of professional experience in tech at the top level between them, ranging from agency work through to consulting. Josh runs Leeds-based software consultancy Stac whilst James runs Parallax - a digital agency specialising in websites, apps and much more. This gives our co-hosts different perspectives on the tech topics they’ll be getting into in the coming episodes and gives the listener a balanced take on today’s top topics in tech.
\n\nIf you enjoy this episode, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next one! In today’s episode, Josh and James explore:
\n\nFind out more about Stac and Parallax:
\n\n","summary":"We’re happy to welcome James Hall to Off Script as a new co-host alongside Josh Nesbitt in our new podcast format! The topic today is ‘Career progression’.","date_published":"2021-07-28T18:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/a1cf76f5-4fe0-43cc-8c10-7bf7e732501d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":65243961,"duration_in_seconds":2687}]},{"id":"d4d6bb7b-3c82-4910-97ed-9750957d226f","title":"Episode 06: Why the cyber security industry needs to hire more anthropologists","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/06","content_text":"Why does the cyber security industry need to hire more anthropologists? Because the criminals already are.\n\nBy 2025 it is estimated $10.5 trillion will be lost to cyber criminals. Hacking humans is a very lucrative business.\n\nSocial engineering is one of the easiest and most effective ways to access a secure system. Cyber criminals know this, and they are increasingly leaning on the research and techniques of the social science disciplines to leverage the human element into letting them into our lives, our businesses and our bank accounts. Yet, while the security industry is always striving to be ‘one step ahead’ of the criminals in terms of technical capabilities, it often neglects the need to consider the very social nature of hacking.\n\nAs more of our lives are now online, how can security practitioners increase security awareness and build up our resilience to unite against malicious actors looking to leverage our weakest, but what could be our strongest, defences in cyber-warfare - our people?\n\nThis discussion puts people and social science at the centre of the solution. Utilising anthropological theories and methodologies - such as reciprocity, participant observation and tribalism - Lianne will demonstrate why cyber security teams need to hire beyond technical expertise and look towards the social sciences for the next advancements in cyber fortification to respond to this ever-increasing threat.\n\nTo face this threat, we need to readdress the fact that technology does not exist without human interaction. Cyber security practitioners must cater for a wide breadth of expertise, capabilities, experiences, cultural norms, along with all equalities and disparities that frame these individuals. This task is not one for the computer scientist alone and it highlights the urgency to address this problem from an anthropological perspective.","content_html":"Why does the cyber security industry need to hire more anthropologists? Because the criminals already are.
\n\nBy 2025 it is estimated $10.5 trillion will be lost to cyber criminals. Hacking humans is a very lucrative business.
\n\nSocial engineering is one of the easiest and most effective ways to access a secure system. Cyber criminals know this, and they are increasingly leaning on the research and techniques of the social science disciplines to leverage the human element into letting them into our lives, our businesses and our bank accounts. Yet, while the security industry is always striving to be ‘one step ahead’ of the criminals in terms of technical capabilities, it often neglects the need to consider the very social nature of hacking.
\n\nAs more of our lives are now online, how can security practitioners increase security awareness and build up our resilience to unite against malicious actors looking to leverage our weakest, but what could be our strongest, defences in cyber-warfare - our people?
\n\nThis discussion puts people and social science at the centre of the solution. Utilising anthropological theories and methodologies - such as reciprocity, participant observation and tribalism - Lianne will demonstrate why cyber security teams need to hire beyond technical expertise and look towards the social sciences for the next advancements in cyber fortification to respond to this ever-increasing threat.
\n\nTo face this threat, we need to readdress the fact that technology does not exist without human interaction. Cyber security practitioners must cater for a wide breadth of expertise, capabilities, experiences, cultural norms, along with all equalities and disparities that frame these individuals. This task is not one for the computer scientist alone and it highlights the urgency to address this problem from an anthropological perspective.
","summary":"Why does the cyber security industry need to hire more anthropologists? Because the criminals already are.","date_published":"2021-03-26T12:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/d4d6bb7b-3c82-4910-97ed-9750957d226f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77952340,"duration_in_seconds":3215}]},{"id":"935673fd-cb8f-4e62-bdcb-b2b48b4d3fde","title":"Episode 05: Empathy at work","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/05","content_text":"We welcomed Sharon Steed to Hey! Live as our guest in November for a special, free live-streamed lecture. Sharon and Hey! Founder, Josh Nesbitt explored \"Empathy at work\".\n\nTransformational culture starts with empathy. But how do you make that happen? How do you create a culture that everyone feels heard in? Respected? Where each individual knows them and their ideas are valuable to not only their coworkers, but the company at large?\n\nThese are the ideas Communilogue’s founder and principal Sharon Steed examines in her ebook \"Empathy at work\". Communilogue is also an empathy consultancy, so we can't wait for Sharon's insight into this fascinating topic at our live-streamed event.\n\nSharon speaks at companies and conferences globally on empathy at work. Her story is unique in that she got her start speaking and consulting in a non-traditional way.\n\nSharon is a life-long stutterer, and she uses her speech impediment to teach what empathy is and how to use it as a foundation for positive and effective communication. Stuttering has informed her view of communication as a result of years of being both terrified to speak but also fascinated with the the intricacies of conversation. She has spoken about empathy and communication, vulnerability and her experiences as a stutterer at conferences and companies globally.\n\n\"Empathy at work\" is a topic Sharon has fantastic insight into. She has written an ebook about it facilitates a training course of the same name. ","content_html":"We welcomed Sharon Steed to Hey! Live as our guest in November for a special, free live-streamed lecture. Sharon and Hey! Founder, Josh Nesbitt explored "Empathy at work".
\n\nTransformational culture starts with empathy. But how do you make that happen? How do you create a culture that everyone feels heard in? Respected? Where each individual knows them and their ideas are valuable to not only their coworkers, but the company at large?
\n\nThese are the ideas Communilogue’s founder and principal Sharon Steed examines in her ebook "Empathy at work". Communilogue is also an empathy consultancy, so we can't wait for Sharon's insight into this fascinating topic at our live-streamed event.
\n\nSharon speaks at companies and conferences globally on empathy at work. Her story is unique in that she got her start speaking and consulting in a non-traditional way.
\n\nSharon is a life-long stutterer, and she uses her speech impediment to teach what empathy is and how to use it as a foundation for positive and effective communication. Stuttering has informed her view of communication as a result of years of being both terrified to speak but also fascinated with the the intricacies of conversation. She has spoken about empathy and communication, vulnerability and her experiences as a stutterer at conferences and companies globally.
\n\n"Empathy at work" is a topic Sharon has fantastic insight into. She has written an ebook about it facilitates a training course of the same name.
","summary":"Transformational culture starts with empathy. But how do you make that happen? How do you create a culture that everyone feels heard in? Respected? Where each individual knows them and their ideas are valuable to not only their coworkers, but the company at large? We discuss these topics and more with Sharon Steed.","date_published":"2020-11-16T17:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/935673fd-cb8f-4e62-bdcb-b2b48b4d3fde.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":100170283,"duration_in_seconds":3529}]},{"id":"8f5e1f10-9496-4309-b602-0fd7d8ea0adf","title":"Episode 04: It's never too late to get into technology","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/04","content_text":"We're happy to welcome Lu Liu, software engineer from Fintech industry to Off Script by Hey! Radio.\n\nThis is a story with practical lessons about how it's never too late to get into technology. Lu shares her journey into tech, how she got into the industry and how she overcame the difficulty and obstacles she encountered at the beginning of her career. She extracts key advice and takeaways she's learned that will be useful for people who are trying to change their career path into tech or students who want to pursue a career in tech. \n\nThere are lessons in Lu's talk that also benefit anyone with more experience in the industry who wants to reconnect with what that journey feels like if say, you manage a team with people who are. It's easy to lose sight of what the beginning feels like so there is something in this for all levels of industry experience.","content_html":"We're happy to welcome Lu Liu, software engineer from Fintech industry to Off Script by Hey! Radio.
\n\nThis is a story with practical lessons about how it's never too late to get into technology. Lu shares her journey into tech, how she got into the industry and how she overcame the difficulty and obstacles she encountered at the beginning of her career. She extracts key advice and takeaways she's learned that will be useful for people who are trying to change their career path into tech or students who want to pursue a career in tech.
\n\nThere are lessons in Lu's talk that also benefit anyone with more experience in the industry who wants to reconnect with what that journey feels like if say, you manage a team with people who are. It's easy to lose sight of what the beginning feels like so there is something in this for all levels of industry experience.
","summary":"What's it like to get into tech from scratch? Can you do it at any stage of your career? What are the main lessons people who have made this transition have taken from their journey? Find out in this episode of Off Script.","date_published":"2020-10-23T11:30:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/8f5e1f10-9496-4309-b602-0fd7d8ea0adf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39934987,"duration_in_seconds":985}]},{"id":"a07c3985-38c8-4e00-9ad2-72b16031bbce","title":"Episode 03: Using the web for social good","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/03","content_text":"In this discussion with Laura and Hey! founder Josh Nesbitt, we’ll cover technologies that improve our everyday lives as well as powering online movements, and how those same technologies can be used against us. Over the past few years, Laura has invested her time fighting for the regulation of surveillance capitalism, while building alternatives in her work for the Small Technology Foundation. In today’s world, activism increasingly relies on technology, making now a more important time than ever to discuss how technology can be used quickly and safely to spread facts and support action.\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.","content_html":"In this discussion with Laura and Hey! founder Josh Nesbitt, we’ll cover technologies that improve our everyday lives as well as powering online movements, and how those same technologies can be used against us. Over the past few years, Laura has invested her time fighting for the regulation of surveillance capitalism, while building alternatives in her work for the Small Technology Foundation. In today’s world, activism increasingly relies on technology, making now a more important time than ever to discuss how technology can be used quickly and safely to spread facts and support action.
\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.
","summary":"How can we use the web for social good? \r\nWhat tools and techniques already exist, and how can we retain our rights while we use them? \r\n","date_published":"2020-07-09T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/a07c3985-38c8-4e00-9ad2-72b16031bbce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90970791,"duration_in_seconds":3768}]},{"id":"172cafe9-d17d-439c-a410-09aef7edb08d","title":"Episode 02: Running a conference","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/02","content_text":"In this episode of Off Script, All Day Hey! co-founders Josh Nesbitt and Harry Roberts break down what it takes to run a conference and how it came to be. We discuss:\n\n\nHow All Day Hey! Came into existence and why we do it\nThe responsibility of hosting people and bringing them into the city\nThis year’s ADH lineup and how we curate it\nReflecting on an event\n\n\nReferences:\n\n\nChris Kershaw’s Lightening Talk from All Day Hey! 2018\nalldayhey.com\n\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.","content_html":"In this episode of Off Script, All Day Hey! co-founders Josh Nesbitt and Harry Roberts break down what it takes to run a conference and how it came to be. We discuss:
\n\nReferences:
\n\n\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.
","summary":"In this episode of Off Script, All Day Hey! co-founders Josh Nesbitt and Harry Roberts break down what it takes to run a conference and how it came to be.","date_published":"2020-03-17T11:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/172cafe9-d17d-439c-a410-09aef7edb08d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40985290,"duration_in_seconds":2112}]},{"id":"52525c6c-e10e-4eed-9dc0-6db2f927ec20","title":"Episode 01: Wasn't the web better 10 years ago?","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/01","content_text":"I'm excited to welcome James Hall to the first episode of Off Script as we explore a favourite topic of mine, \"Wasn't the web better 10 years ago?\". James is a good friend who I've known for many years. We've have had plenty of conversations about the state of web technology as we've progressed through our careers and during this episode James gives a good insight into how web technologies have changed over the years. In this episode we discuss:\n\n\nHistorical traits of the web\nWhat has changed with the web compared to 10 years ago?\nThe evolution of web frameworks\nHow JavaScript tooling has has become more complicated\nThe problems solved by package managers\n\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.","content_html":"I'm excited to welcome James Hall to the first episode of Off Script as we explore a favourite topic of mine, "Wasn't the web better 10 years ago?". James is a good friend who I've known for many years. We've have had plenty of conversations about the state of web technology as we've progressed through our careers and during this episode James gives a good insight into how web technologies have changed over the years. In this episode we discuss:
\n\nDo you have any thoughts on the topics covered or your own experiences? Join the conversation and let us know with a review or via our social media channels. Subscribe for future episodes.
","summary":"In the pilot episode of Off Script, we sit down with James Hall to discuss \"wasn't the web better 10 years ago?\". We'll cover topics such as the JavaScript ecosystem becoming more complicated, the evolution of web technologies, and why it's probably a good idea to write tests.","date_published":"2019-12-09T09:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/52525c6c-e10e-4eed-9dc0-6db2f927ec20.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39651453,"duration_in_seconds":3246}]},{"id":"b0fd4c96-e3c2-467b-b017-4e263be58f3a","title":"Episode 00: Trailer","url":"https://off-script.fireside.fm/00","content_text":"The theme for Off Script is to challenge ideas and opinions within the tech community. We dig into important topics with special guests, talking frankly in an unscripted setting.\n\nOff Script is hosted by Josh Nesbitt. Josh runs a software consultancy called Stac based in Leeds and is the founder of micro-conference and conference Hey! and All Day Hey! respectively.\n\nSubscribe for future episodes.","content_html":"The theme for Off Script is to challenge ideas and opinions within the tech community. We dig into important topics with special guests, talking frankly in an unscripted setting.
\n\nOff Script is hosted by Josh Nesbitt. Josh runs a software consultancy called Stac based in Leeds and is the founder of micro-conference and conference Hey! and All Day Hey! respectively.
\n\nSubscribe for future episodes.
","summary":"A introduction to Off Script. A podcast for the tech community.","date_published":"2019-12-09T08:00:00.000+00:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/31ae211d-eae2-4914-bbc4-99ad1da36937/b0fd4c96-e3c2-467b-b017-4e263be58f3a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":2570618,"duration_in_seconds":161}]}]}