11: Focused Down Learning

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Things Mentioned

• Code by Panic
• Vagrant
• Mosh
• Twitch
• Twitch Programming
• Closures Are Not Magic think!
• How Do Promises Work?
• Dark Corners Of Unicode

Friend of the show Bill Columbia asks

"How to balance always learning new things, but still getting stuff done?" - Bill Columbia

• A good CTO would make this easier on you and lay some of the groundwork for learning & implementing new things
• Use your most productive/efficient hours of day to learn new things
• Write down some concrete goals before jumping into the water
• Read the actual docs, not just blog posts others have written
• learn the smallest possible thing that will be immediately useful to you

Other pretty awesome Spec.fm shows that you should check out

• Developer Tea - A podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break.
• Design Details - A show about the people who design our favorite products.
• Immutable - A short, weekly show about design and development hosted by Sam Soffes & Bryn Jackson.
• Vicarious - Everyday escapism from three designers' point of view.