

Developer Tea
Jonathan Cutrell
Developer Tea exists to help driven developers connect to their ultimate purpose and excel at their work so that they can positively impact the people they influence.
With over 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com
With over 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com
Episodes
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Jan 6, 2016 • 9min
Celebrating One Year of Developer Tea
In today's episode, I celebrate the one-year anniversary of Developer Tea! Thank you for making this year great. I look forward to many more!
Mentioned in today's episode:
Spec.fm
DeveloperTea.com
developertea@gmail.com
Thank you so much for listening to Developer Tea over the last year! Be sure to check out the other shows and content on Spec.fm!

Jan 4, 2016 • 20min
Three Tips For Practicing Focus
In today’s episode, we talk about focus, once again! Focus is a topic that can’t be covered enough.
Today's episode is sponsored by Hired! Go to Hired.com/developertea to start your job path today!
Mentioned on or relevant to today’s episode:
Unroll.me
Pushover
Vim
Basic Linux Shortcuts
Mac OS X Shortcuts
Alfred App
“Why mess causes stress” - Psychology Today article
Today's episode is sponsored by https://hired.com/developertea! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus (from $2,000 to $4,000) is https://hired.com/developertea.
And lastly…
Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.

Jan 1, 2016 • 16min
Making Your Resolutions Stick
Happy New Year! In today's episode, I talk about resolutions. It's 2016, and you're probably making resolutions for the New Year. Listen to this episode if you want to make them stick.
Mentioned in or relevant to today's episode
Harvard Business Review article: "When You Give Your Team a Goal, Make It a Range"
Sustainable behavior: Changing the habit by changing the context
"When Willpower isn't Enough" - Freakonomics Podcast
Derek Sivers - Keep Your Goals to Yourself
"Rule #1 About Your Goals: Do Not Talk About Your Goals"
Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com! Go to onemonth.com/developertea to get 25% your first month today!

Dec 30, 2015 • 35min
Part Two: Interview with Marcelo Somers & John Gully
In today's episode, I continue my interview with Marcelo Somers and John Gully.
Mentioned on today's episode
Pattern Pack
Marcelo on Twitter, @marcelosomers
John on Twitter, @johngully
styleguides.io
Team Models for Scaling a Design System
Finding Platform Balance in a Design System
Semantic Versioning (semver)
Pattern Pack on NPM
Micah Godbolt describes Visual Regression Testing
Micah's Visual Regression Testing Workshop (overview)
Thank you for listening to Developer Tea today, and this year. I look forward to doing this podcast with you in 2016!

Dec 28, 2015 • 35min
Part One: Interview with Marcelo Somers (@marcelosomers) & John Gully (@johngully)
In today's episode, I interview Marcelo Somers and John Gully.
Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode
Pattern Pack
Marcelo on Twitter, @marcelosomers
@johngully
Slalom Consulting
CSS Dev Conf 2015
Agile
Fight the Zombie Pattern Library (Marcelo's talk at CSS Dev Conf)
Bootstrap
Brad Frost's Atomic Design
Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com! One Month is the first ever online school specifically for tech entrepreneurs. Enroll now at onemonth.com/developertea for 25% off your first month.

Dec 25, 2015 • 6min
Bonus Episode: Season's Greetings
Happy Holidays! Today, I simply want to thank you, and challenge you to start thinking about the upcoming year, and reflect on the past year.
Developer Tea happens because of you, so thank you!
Mentioned on today's episode
Spec Slack
developertea@gmail.com
Developer Tea on iTunes

Dec 23, 2015 • 11min
When Documentation Is A Bad Thing
In today's episode, we talk about when documentation can be a bad thing.
Relevant to today's episode:
Stackoverflow post where someone disagrees with me about private method documentation
Stackoverflow post where someone agrees with me about private method documentation (for Java)
Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus is https://hired.com/developertea.
And lastly...
Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.

Dec 21, 2015 • 39min
Part Two: Interview with Christopher Schmitt (@teleject)
In today's episode, I finish the interview with Christopher Schmitt, author of the CSS Cookbook and part owner of Environments for Humans. Click here to listen to part one of the interview.
Mentioned in today's episode:
JavaScript Summit 2016 Call for Speakers
History of The Queen Mary boat
CodePen
CodePen Meetups
CSS Dev Conf Wrap-up on Shoptalk Show
Elite Balloon Design
Ari Styles on Twitter (@ari4nne)
AIGA
Austin WordPress Meetup
Spec Slack Community
Sara Soueidan on Twitter (@SaraSoueidan)
Greensock Animation Library
Using CSS Flexbox (MDN)
GruntJS
GulpJS
Command Line for Web Design (Tutorials on WebDesignTuts)
Developer Tea episode about branding yourself as a developer, (Interview with John Sonmez)
Non-Breaking Space Podcast
Today's episode doesn't have a specific sponsor. Instead, head over to spec.fm and check out the other shows on the network!
And lastly...
Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.

Dec 18, 2015 • 41min
Part One: Interview With Christopher Schmitt (@teleject)
In today's episode, I talk with Christopher Schmitt, author of CSS Cookbook and part owner of Environments for Humans.
Mentioned in today's episode:
Chris's personal site
Environments for Humans
AOL Keywords (Urban Dictionary)
Creating Killer Websites (book)
Designing Web Graphics (book)
Chris's podcast, Non-Breaking Space
Websafe Colors
Cufon
sIFR
CSS Cookbook (book)
CSS Dev Conf 2015
Flexbox Guide (CSS-tricks)
Latest Selector Draft (CSSWG)
Responsive Images Community Group
Responsively Retrofitting Kickstarter
Getting the Most Out of Conferences (Developer Tea Episode)
CSS Tricks
Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean!
Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code DEVELOPER TEA at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit!

Dec 16, 2015 • 15min
Opinions: Ally or Enemy
In today’s episode, we discuss when opinions can be helpful, and when they can be harmful.
Mentioned in today's episode
When opinions are a good thing:
When the evidence for a given topic is inaccessible or doesn't exist
When the person with the opinion has significant experiential knowledge
When the subject of the work is primarily representative of a person's opinion or expression
When are opinions a bad thing?
When an opinion is positioned as an objective truth.
When the opinion of an individual devalues any other individual's perspective without objective reasoning
When opinion is used as a substitute for research.
Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com! One Month is the first ever online school specifically for tech entrepreneurs. Enroll now at onemonth.com/developertea for 25% off your first month.


