ExplicitWeb Design & Development

In the last episode of the season we take a look at how the Web industry has progressed over the years, particulalrly in regards to the specialisation of services and skillsets.

In this episode we welcome special guest Craig Zheng, the project lead at Symphony CMS, to discuss the wicked little piece of software that is Symphony CMS.

In this episode, Rob gets a new job, John talks about being accosted by WordPress fans in Spain and most importantly, we welcome a very special guest in the form of the god-like Martin Beeby. Martin is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft and came along to talk about the future of browsers.

In this episode, Rob presents us with the open Web technologies dilemma. Is it still possible to protect our work when using open technologies, and should we be able to? Do the benefits of open technologies outweigh the downsides? Can we legitimately sell open technology services and is it possible to be profitable?

In this episode, Hannah Wolfe talks about social networking. We discuss the issue of privacy and responsibility when publishing content online, the current obsession with documenting everything and how it can get you into trouble. We share our experiences of the best and worst of customer services on twitter and finally talk about data mining, twitter sentiment analysis and the future of the information age.

In this week's episode, John O'Nolan takes the reigns and steps things up a level with 3 amazing guests. First up in Chris Spooner of SpoonGraphics fame, giving us a modest insight into his meteoric rise within the Web industry. Following Chris, we talk to Jack Osborne off of HTML5 Doctor about how he got involved in the site and his thought on the state of HTML5. Last but not least, we have Gavin Strange from JamFactory and Aardman Digital (yes, the same people that invented Wallace and Gromit!). Gavin infects the ExplicitWeb team with his humour and tells us about how awesome it is to work at Aardman, as well as sharing some great pieces of advice learnt from his successful career in design.

In this week's episode, Rob Hawkes presents "Staying ahead of the game" focusing on the following questions: What things are you most excited about for the next year or so? How do you make sure your skills don’t become obsolete? How do you know what's worth learning and what's not worth your time? How do you keep track of the new things happening in the industry?

This week Hannah, John O'Nolan & Rob Hawkes talk about what they've been up to, and more importantly what's coming in Season 2 of ExplicitWeb.

On this week's show Hannah introduces Google Analytics, Rob talks about the use of Twitter as a content distribution network, and John creates the big debate: Should we still be supporting IE6?

On this week's show we have an extra segment presented by our magical mystical internet guest: Rick Nunn. Rick takes us through content vs design and why he thinks most people are doing it wrong. Hannah introduces microformats and discusses the relevance of valid vs semantic markup, John divulges his ultimate tips for productivity (and a new way of life) and finally Rob discusses how he thinks the iPad is about to change web development.

On this week's show John reviews his visit to the Future of Web Design Conference (FOWD), Hannah tries to identify and solve the problems in client relationships using psychology theory, and Rob gets physical with the interweb in his topic on Arduino.

This week's show is a WordPress special. We invite Andrew Nacin, from the WordPress core development team, to be our first ever guest on the show. We grill Nacin on how he got involved with WordPress, ask him what's up and coming in WordPress 3.0 and get some top tips on how to get involved in developing for WordPress.

On this week's show Hannah introduces content management systems, John talks about DIBI and the web design conference experience, and Rob discusses ways and means of making time for those fun projects and ideas that never seem to find the light of day.

On this week's show Rob discusses the pros and cons of Web design degrees, Hannah hashes out top tips for securing an agency job, and John goes solo with the realities of the home office.

On this week's show John gives us a basic introduction to HTML5 and how to use it, Rob goes into detail about the HTML5 Canvas element, and Hannah tackles the web's hottest topic: will HTML5 kill Flash?