Episode 22: ffconf 2022 round-up

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11/21/22 • 36 min

In this episode, Josh and James explore Josh’s recent trip to ffconf 2022 in Brighton. They discuss the talks, all the highlights and takeaways raised during the conference.

2 - ffconf hacked gameboy game in gift pack
5 - Talk: Florence Okoye - Designing as we want, to create the experiences that we need
6 - Design justice framework
9 - Talk: Heydon Pickering - Capitalism, The Web, And You
11 - The Gig Economy, Slavery, Uber & Exploitation
13 - Talk: Lex Lofthouse - Design for Developers
14 - Bootstrap
16 - Talk: Sophie Koonin - This Talk is Under Construction: a love letter to the personal website
17 - Back to blogs
18 - “The Modern web is not for creators, it’s for consumers”
19 - “Building a website is a radical act in this day and age”
20 - Talk: Lily Madar - Programming with Yarn
23 - Talk: Natalia Waniczek - Working towards a greener world from behind the keyboard
24 - Green engineering principles
25 - Music streaming greenhouse gas emissions
26 - Optimising for region hosting
27 - Talk: Sareh Heidari - Digital exclusion in healthcare & how to change it
28 - The digital device bank
29 - Plain english consortium
30 - Silktide breaks down reading age
31 - Internet Access as a human right
32 - Talk: Ruth John - Day Disco
33 - Using audio web apis to create fun things
33 - Digital TR 909 to program in browser
34 - Web Midi

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In this episode, Josh and James explore Josh’s recent trip to ffconf 2022 in Brighton. They discuss the talks, all the highlights and takeaways raised during the conference.

2 - ffconf hacked gameboy game in gift pack
5 - Talk: Florence Okoye - Designing as we want, to create the experiences that we need
6 - Design justice framework
9 - Talk: Heydon Pickering - Capitalism, The Web, And You
11 - The Gig Economy, Slavery, Uber & Exploitation
13 - Talk: Lex Lofthouse - Design for Developers
14 - Bootstrap
16 - Talk: Sophie Koonin - This Talk is Under Construction: a love letter to the personal website
17 - Back to blogs
18 - “The Modern web is not for creators, it’s for consumers”
19 - “Building a website is a radical act in this day and age”
20 - Talk: Lily Madar - Programming with Yarn
23 - Talk: Natalia Waniczek - Working towards a greener world from behind the keyboard
24 - Green engineering principles
25 - Music streaming greenhouse gas emissions
26 - Optimising for region hosting
27 - Talk: Sareh Heidari - Digital exclusion in healthcare & how to change it
28 - The digital device bank
29 - Plain english consortium
30 - Silktide breaks down reading age
31 - Internet Access as a human right
32 - Talk: Ruth John - Day Disco
33 - Using audio web apis to create fun things
33 - Digital TR 909 to program in browser
34 - Web Midi

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Episode 21: Modern API design

What is and isn’t an API? How has the technology changed over time? What are new considerations that have arisen? Hosts James & Josh discuss a variety of APIs and the benefits and faults that help refine the APIs of today.

00 - What is an API?
03 - S.O.A.P
05 - Restful API
06 - RSS & JSON
07 - Public API’s
10 - Documentation driven development
13 - React API & GitHub
16 - Graph QL
19 - Twilio
20 - Stripe Payment
23 - Paypal
24 - Web hooks
27 - Pusher
30 - Modern API Considerations
31 - Cloud Front/ API Gateway
34 - Documentation - What is design without documentation
37 - Facebook & Open Graph
40 - PAW MAC API
44 - 3D Secure

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What is GPT-3 and how does the future look? How will AI affect work? What ethical dilemmas must we consider? James & Josh talk about all things GPT-3 and the recent surge in the use of AI from business applications to experimental art.