The latest episode of TWiD has a great interview with Leah and Mike of Pownce. If you’re interested in scaling and how a high-traffic, high-profile site run on Django, do check it out. Visit site »
I’ve recently had the pleasure of hanging out with Eric a few times, and I’ve gotta say: he one cool dude. Super nice, super chill, and super smart. Here, he talks with Kevin Fricovsky about several things Django, including his awesome work in Django testing and debugging and his new day job at World Online in Lawrence (for the sake of disclosure, Eric was not at World Online when I was). Good stuff. Visit site »
This Week in Django, which truly is one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to in any genre, has a new website. If you’re not already listening, you should be. Michael Trier, Brian Rosner, and Kevin Frivcovsky do a really, really great job. Honestly, it’s about the only Django resource I pay attention to. Being as design is my main focus, I don’t subscribe to many Django/Python blogs, I don’t really use the IRC channel, and I never read the Google Groups — and yet, I always feel like I know what’s going on with Django. That’s thanks in large part to TWiD.
Congrats on the new site, guys. It looks great. Visit site »
A new podcast featuring Dion Almaer, John Ressig, and Alex Russell. I don’t listen to a lot of web development podcasts (I tend to listen to more design-oriented stuff), but with that lineup, this is probably a must-listen. Visit site »
Kevin had me on for one of his patented “callcasts” yesterday, and has posted the result today. We talked about Django, Blue Flavor, new-fangled CSS properties, the great experimental web design of the late ‘90s, and more. It’s a short, laid-back conversation about a lot of different things, and it was definitely fun to do. Check it out! Visit site »
On this week’s podcast, Michael Trier and Brian Rosner talk a bit about my recent blog post, Top ten things that suck about Django, revisited. Their guests for the week are the developers of the popular Django e-commerce solution Satchmo, so they participate in the discussion, as well. I was happy to find that they considered the post a healthy discussion and found some value in it. The guys talk about several things mentioned in the post, including django.contrib.search, bulk delete in the admin interface, and the Python/Django install process. It's a great listen, and not just for the part about my post. In general, if you're not already listening to This Week in Django, you should be. These guys are doing a really, really great job. Visit site »
Randal Schwartz of the TWiT networks’ FLOSS podcast interviewed Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss for the show’s latest episode. It’s a great interview, which covers everything from Django’s history to how it compares to Rails and other Python frameworks, to what Jacob hates about PHP and Java, to and general overview of what Django is and how it works. Really good stuff. If you’re curious about Django, definitely check it out. Visit site »
Kevin from howiworkdaily.com had my good friend and design hero Nathan Borror on the line for a 30 minute podcast. They two discuss Django, Basic Apps, playgroundblues.com, the iPhone, and more. It’s a really good listen.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll take the opportunity to say it again: Nathan Borror is absolutely the most underrated web professional on the Internet. He’s quite possibly the most talented person I’ve ever worked with. His attention to detail and breadth of knowledge across all aspects of web work is surpassed only by his sympathy for the user. I know just about every amazing designer in this industry, and Nathan would still be the first person I’d call if I were hiring.
And, he’s a great fucking guy, too.
(Nathan, you owe me dinner, or something.) Visit site »
You Look Nice Today is an audio-based Journal of Emotional Hygiene, staffed by lonelysandwich, scottsimpson, and hotdogsladies.
In other words, its a podcast by some of the funniest dudes on Twitter. Check it out. Visit site »
Podcasts from this past week’s SXSW panels are starting to show up on the Southby website. The now infamous Zuckerberg keynote is there. Also of interest to me are the EE 2.0 sneak peek and Achieving Geekgasam, which included my new friend Ariel. Visit site »
Wow, this is a really beautiful site by Oxton and Hicks. If you’re going to do a liquid layout, this is how it’s done. I haven’t listened to the podcast, but I’m confident it’s quite good, given what I know about John and Jon. Congrats, guys. Visit site »
Audio and slides are now available for the talks at this year’s @media Europe. Lots of good speakers on the bill — check ‘em out. Visit site »
Audio just became available of the SXSW panel Veloso, Veerle, Kelsey and I put together. This panel got very mixed reviews, so listen at your own risk. :) Visit site »
I was anxious for this podcast to become available for two reasons: first, I heard it was a great panel. Second, it’s the panel that I was told someone left mine for. I was told they got on the mic and made a fuss about how our panel sucked, so she went there instead.
I haven’t actually had time to listen to the entire thing yet, but I did scrub for that bit, and found it at about the 47:30 mark. Turns out, I was grossly misinformed. The woman did note that she left our panel, but the fact that she had been in our panel was actually relevant to her question. And while it does sound like she may not have been a big fan of our panel, she certainly didn’t make a scene about how it sucked and whatnot. Coudal did make a joke about how it was “awesome” that she left someone else’s panel for his — a joke which I probably would have made myself, so I have no qualms with that! Overall, I was happy to hear that it wasn’t as bad as I’d been told.
I’m excited to listen to the whole thing. What I have heard sounds very interesting, and having heard Coudal speak before, I can say that he’s terrific. Visit site »
The podcast is now available for one of my favorite sessions at this year’s SXSWi. Follow along with the slides as you listen.
I made a couple of comments at the end of the session, and was surprised to find out, when I listened to it back, that I’m actually not completely appalled by the sound of my voice.
I now dread hearing the podcast of my own panel that much less. Visit site »