Colours and Code

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make occasional use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Summary In episode 16, we continue our discussion from last week and follow up discussion about hosting, charging for hosting and plans for the future of Colours and Code. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Media Temple Dedicated Virtual Hosting Cloudflare Design Is a Job – $8.99 Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make occasional use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Summary In episode 15, Blaine and Chris talk about Chris’ impending move to a more powerful, reliable web host – something like Linode or another comparable VPS. We use a walk through written up by an employee at Auttomatic, the company behind WordPress, to frame our discussion. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Dreamhost Linode Faster WordPress Config Tutorial We Talked Through Varial Hosting Why Linode StampScripts Tutorial Buddypress WordPress Multisite Linode Backups Dropbox WordPress DB Backup Plugin Postmark Transmit ExpanDrive Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there. Also be sure to visit the Trello board to contribute topic ideas and vote up the topics you want covered on future episodes.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make occasional use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN3 to get 30% off your first 3 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 14, we’re talking about mockups for web projects. The goal being to help clients visualize how it will actually work – getting past the roadblocks and getting their mind thinking about actual functionality without getting distracted by fonts, colours and code. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Adobe Illustrator Twitter Bootstrap Balsamiq Mockup App Dreamweaver Keynote – Apple Keynote Kung Fu Keynotopia Keynote-UX Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there. Also be sure to visit the Trello board to contribute topic ideas and vote up the topics you want covered on future episodes.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Summary In episode 13, we’re talking about the new iPad and what it means for web designers and client work. We also talk about Chris’ new use of OmniFocus for managing to dos and what not to dos. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Compare iPhones iPad 3 Discussion OmniFocus for Mac OmniFocus for iPhone OmniFocus for iPad Macspark OmniFocus Screencasts by David Sparks Mac Power Users Minigroup Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there. Also be sure to visit the Trello board to contribute topic ideas and vote up the topics you want covered on future episodes.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN3 to get 30% off your first 3 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 12, Chris and Blaine are chatting about how to best to support Internet Explorer in your projects for 2012. It all boils down to using HTML5Boilerplate and related plugins and services. We talk a bit about using LESS, working in WordPress and try and figure out how many Paul Irishs there are out there. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned HTML5 Boilerplate Interview with Paul Irish Normalize Initializer Modernizer HTML5 Shiv Optimizing the asynchronous Google Analytics snippet Using LESS With CSS SSKTN Roots HTML5Please CSS3Please Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN3 to get 30% off your first 3 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 11, Chris and Blaine talk about the upcoming iPad 3 announcement from Apple and what that might mean for web developers and designers. Time for some retina display iMacs and Displays from Apple? Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Macrumorsc.om iPad 3 media invite xScope Responsive web design alistapart.com The Verge Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas. Or visit the forum to ask questions and chat with other listeners. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN2 to get 15% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 10, Chris and Blaine talk about their favourite iPhone and iPad apps. Buy one from a link below and support SSKTN in the process. Also try out recordmp3.org and send your question or comment to contact@ssktn.com. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Tweetbot for iPhone ($3.99) Tweetbot for iPad ($3.99) Degrees ($1.99) Weathermob (Free) Calvetica ($2.99) Path (Free) Remote – Apple (Free) Blog post on chrisenns.com about Apple TV and Airport Express 1Password for iPhone 1Password for iPad 1Password Pro (Both iPhone and iPad) ($14.99) 1Password for Mac ($49.99) Instacast for iPhone ($1.99) Instacast HD for iPad ($4.99) Instapaper ($4.99) NHL GameCenter 2011-2012 (free) NHL GameCenter 2011-2012 Premium ($9.99) Balllin ($0.99) Play by Play Dribbble App for Mac ($4.99) TripleTown (Free) recordmp3.org Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN2 to get 15% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 9, Chris and Blaine continue their discussion from episode 8 on the tools (aka software) they use to get their work done and a bit of the workflow they use covering email workflow, project management, design and version control. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Minigroup Project Management Basecamp Wunderlist SSKTN Trello Google Apps Free Sparrow for Mac ($9.99) Github Podcast ep 7 Freshbooks Invoicing SEOMoz search engine optimization tool Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor – Adobe Systems Incorporated Acorn – The Image Editor for Humans – Flying Meat xScope ($19.99 30% off launch special) Expression Engine podcast in depth WordPress vs Expression Engine Linode VPS Hosting LAMP Install on Linode Dreamhost Shared Hosting Media Temple Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas – visit and contribute to the show! Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN2 to get 15% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 8, Blaine and Chris talk about the tools (aka software) they use to get their work done and a bit of the workflow they use. This will end up being a multipart series so be sure to tune in for the next episode to hear more. Visit ssktn.com for links and show notes to find all the software they mention in the episode. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned When We Build by Wilson Miner from BuildConf Textmate BBEdit Sublime Text 2 TextExpander for Mac – SmileOnMyMac, LLC TextExpander for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Alfred Launch Bar Gas Mask Quicksilver MAMP PHPMyadmin GIT/GITHUB episode of Colours & Code Versions Dropbox Pictos and Pictos Server Typekit 1Password for Mac, 1Password for iPhone, 1Password for iPad or if you want it for both iPhone and iPad and want to save a couple bucks, get 1Password Pro which is a universal version with support for both iPhone and iPad Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary In episode 7, Blaine and Chris talk all about Git and Github. Blaine gives examples of how he uses Git with client and non-client work and Chris asks lots of questions because he’s always confused each time he tries to use Git. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Git Guide by Roger Dudler Git Made Simple More on Making Git Easy help.github.com Blaine’s auto-deploy script on Git 5by5.tv’s Showbot code on Git Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas – visit and contribute to the show! Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 6 we are talking all about LESS – the dynamic stylesheet language. Blaine is using it. Chris isn’t. Blaine tells Chris all about the benefits of using it in 34 minutes or less. Get it? Less? Show Notes & URLs Mentioned

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas – visit and contribute to the show! Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 5 we started off by talking about how we both don’t like setting New Year’s Resolutions – and then end up spending the episode going over some New Year’s Resolutions as proposed by Mike Monteiro. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Designers by Mike Monteiro Chris’ follow up blog post Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. We make frequent use of a Trello board for topics and ideas – visit and contribute to the show! Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 4 we talked about client expectations in regards to timelines, mockups, overselling yourself, and how it’s important to define roles. We also chatted about Internet Explorer support and again setting the expectation for what your proposed design solution will support and what it won’t. We wrapped up 2011 with a riveting discussion of taxes – income taxes! Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Andy Clarke’s killer contract Adobe Browserlab Modernizr and How to use modernizr HTML5 Boilerplate VirtualBox, Parallels, VMWare Fusion Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 3 Blaine and Chris gave a bit of an update on their respective businesses – Blaine talking about his web design and development and Chris spoke about SSKTN. The bulk of the episode was about contracts in web design and how they are, in Blaine’s words, among the most important things he’s done in his freelance career. We talked about bringing up the idea of a contract early in the conversation with a prospective client, including your own variation on the Van Halen brown M&M’s rider, and in general getting over the idea that a contract is a bad thing. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Lost & Lemon episode 6 – The Inside Story Behind SSKTN Interview with Shawn Blanc Snopes.com on Van Halen’s M&M’s The Smoking Gun on Van Halen’s rider Muledesign.com Getting Comfortable with Contracts

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 2 Blaine and Chris debate native app versus the mobile web app – which should a business, pizza shop or podcasting website choose? We discuss the idea of using a mobile app to determine whether there’s enough interest and what devices your potential users are on and reasons why you might go native versus mobile web – as well as hybrid options. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Trello discussion board Facebook for iPhone / Facebook for iPad @RWD Responsive Web Design on Twitter PhoneGap Squarespace for iPhone / Squarespace for iPad Post on SSKTN blog from Squarespace iPhone app Instapaper for iPhone or iPad Backbone.js Jquery Mobile Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.

Colours & Code will explore the business as well as the tech side of the web from the perspective of a freelancer developer. Blaine is a web developer & designer who freelances with various clients and agencies in Saskatoon. He brings experience working full time at agencies as well as individual client work and has an opinion on things that you probably won’t agree with. Episode Sponsor Visit squarespace.com/ssktn and use coupon code SSKTN11 to get 20% off your first 6 months. Get an awesome website and support SSKTN at the same time. Everyone wins! Thanks squarespace.com! Summary For episode 1 of the latest show added to SSKTN, we cover some of what we’ll be talking about in future episodes as well as the method we’ll be determining topics for the show – mainly through the use of a public board on Trello. Also, Blaine covers how he uses Trello for his client work and managing to do lists. Show Notes & URLs Mentioned Joel on Software SSKTN Trello board Fog Creek Software Trello.com Feedback This show can be made even better if we have your feedback! Agree or disagree with something we said – we’d love to hear it! Leave a comment down below, reply on Twitter or jump over to Facebook and join us there.