In this week’s Programming By Stealth, Bart starts by actually giving me credit for leading him to rethink his strategy on the use of const and let. He was nudged along in the strategy by the most awesome Jill. Then Bart goes on to reveal even more of the joy that is JavaScript ES6. He […]
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Chit Chat Across the Pond is a weekly interview show on the topic of technology, or sometimes just with someone really interesting.
CCATP #513 – Tom Merritt on Net Neutrality
Tom Merritt, host of Daily Tech News Show, joins us to explain the implications of the different rulings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding Internet traffic in the United States. He’ll attempt to clarify the difference between the 2002 ruling where broadband was declared an information service provider and the 2015 ruling where it […]
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CCATP #512 – Kaylee on Tech in Japan
This week our guest is Kaylee of the Zettai Geek Dayo podcast. You con find the podcast at platypuspodcasts.com and you can find Kaylee on Twitter at @kayleedayo. mp3 download Importance of IR Blasters for IoT in Japan Allison’s definition of IR Blaster televisions.reviewed.com/… IRKit getirkit.com/… Japanese Web Design – compare: http://www.yahoo.com vs. http://www.yahoo.co.jp iPhone […]
Continue readingCCATP #511 – Bart Busschots on PBS 44 – ES6 Arguments & Objects
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us new ways to deal with arguments and objects in JavaScript ES6. We learn how to set default argument values for functions in a way that is self-documenting. He explains how variadic (aka Rest) arguments allow you to shove all of the arguments of a […]
Continue readingCCATP #510 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions
This week our guest is Dr. Maryanne Garry, a professor from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Garry is a scientific researcher into memory, memory distortions, false memories, the myth of repression and its overlap with the law. This is her third appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond, and has pretty much […]
Continue readingCCATP #509 – Bart Busschots on PBS 43 – Introducing JavaScript ES6
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart spends most of the time talking through his solution to the previous challenge, where we added start and stop buttons to our Game of Life. In his solution, he actually modifies the prototype to accommodate the ability to add these buttons. He explains his process and his […]
Continue readingCCATP #508 – Allison Sheridan Tells Her Woman’s Story
I’ve been impressed by the women who have stepped forward and told their stories about what life is like for us. I don’t have any salacious tale to tell but rather a thousand paper cuts type of story. I thought about doing a monologue but I was terribly anxious about talking through this, so I […]
Continue readingCCATP #507 – Bart Busschots on PBS 42 – Playing the Game of Life
In Programming By Stealth, installment 42 of X with Bart Busschots, it’s finally time to tie all the bits and pieces we’ve learned together and create our first web app. Armed with our HTML, CSS, jQuery and JavaScript knowledge, and our Cellular Automata Prototype, Bart walks us through how to bring the Game of Life…to […]
Continue readingCCATP #506 – Mark Fawcett on In-Home Apple Tech Support
I met Mark Fawcett at Macstock Expo in Chicago last year and we hit it off immediately. Mark does in-home tech support for Apple products, and he’s full of great stories of the fun he has doing this job. After 20 years as a TV and video producer, he finds his new job more fulfilling […]
Continue readingCCATP #505 – Bart Busschots on PBS 41 – Form Events
In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart ties up the last of the loose ends related to web forms. He teaches us about form events, which are critical to making our web forms not only accessible to screen readers but to allow our users to tab around to the different fields and interact with […]
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