Does Not Compute

11: Focused Down Learning

Episode Summary

In episode 11 of Does Not Compute, Sean and Paul talk about remote development setups via DigitalOcean and Coda, Javascript Closures and Promises, and how to be productive while learning new things.

Episode Notes

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Things Mentioned

• Code by Panic
• Vagrant
• Mosh
• Twitch
• Twitch Programming
• Closures Are Not Magic think!
• How Do Promises Work?
• Dark Corners Of Unicode

Friend of the show Bill Columbia asks

"How to balance always learning new things, but still getting stuff done?" - Bill Columbia

• A good CTO would make this easier on you and lay some of the groundwork for learning & implementing new things
• Use your most productive/efficient hours of day to learn new things
• Write down some concrete goals before jumping into the water
• Read the actual docs, not just blog posts others have written
• learn the smallest possible thing that will be immediately useful to you

Other pretty awesome Spec.fm shows that you should check out

• Developer Tea - A podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break.
• Design Details - A show about the people who design our favorite products.
• Immutable -
  A short, weekly show about design and development hosted by Sam Soffes & Bryn Jackson.
• Vicarious - Everyday escapism from three designers' point of view.