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Announcing the Launch of the Tuts+ Podcast

Sep 22nd in News by Sean Hodge

Psdtuts+ and the Tuts+ Network are excited to present the first episode of the Tuts+ Podcast! We will be producing one episode each month for Tuts+ readers and tackling a different topic each time.

In this first episode we are going to talk about the web design workflow from start to finish. This includes gathering information from the client to get a better idea of what they want visually, what steps you take in preparing mockups, how you share mockups with clients, what you do to get clients to sign off on design, testing of the final coded design, and other major steps of the web design workflow.

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Author: Sean Hodge

Hi All! I recently moved to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida. I'm the editor of Psdtuts+ and Vectortuts+. Also, visit my blog AiBURN where I feature some of my creative work and ideas. Or follow me on Twitter: @seanHodge.

Our very first!

This is our first podcast, so we are still learning the ropes. Please leave your feedback in the comments section on how we can improve future episodes. Also, make sure to tell us what you'd like to hear next time.

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  • Introductions

    In the News

    "The Four Week Challenge," from: A List Apart, by: Ryan Carson

    • "The reason is that when you work less, it gives you more time to experience life and think; you can use the extra time to not only spend with people you love, take up hobbies, or invest in causes you believe in, but also to have ideas. Some of our best ideas have come while driving, gardening, reading, or painting on the weekend."
    • "Making lists .... Put the time-sensitive stuff at the top and be realistic. Choose three time-intensive things to do and five quick things to do. Make sure you finish all of them before you leave in the evening."

    "Quality-Price-Ratio in Web Design (Pricing Design Work)," from Smashing Magazine

    • "Hourly rates are unfair to both the designer and the client. Well then, I can hear you asking, if not hourly, how are you supposed to figure out how to charge?"
    • "The first step in coming to a fair and reasonable valuation of your services is to take a look at your cost of doing business. Cost of business is simply everything that it takes for you to operate."

    "Goals: Ready Aim Fire" from Go Media Zine

    • "If you don’t have a goal and just throw the dart, well, you may hit the wall, you may hit the floor, or you may hit your friend."
    • "Write it down! Jot it down on a piece of paper and put it in your wallet. Or better yet, have it printed on a ten foot banner and hang it over your bed."

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    wyeko September 22nd

    greeeaaaat!!!!

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    Dan Wiersema September 22nd

    I have a feeling this is going to be really cool! Downloading…

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    Jad Graphics September 22nd

    Oh man, oh man! Can’t wait til I finish downloading this. Thanks so much Collis and the rest of the gang!

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    Andrei Medina September 22nd

    Nice one. I’ve been waiting for this and am downloading this first episode.

    Could you do a podcast on how to do a podcast and put it on itunes? If it doesn’t somehow destroy the time/space continuum.

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      Sean Hodge September 22nd

      @Andrei – good suggestion. We’ll likely need to do this a few more months though before we could recommend good podcasting solutions and best practices. Once we have some more experience though, this could be a good episode.

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    shane sponagle September 22nd

    this is great news, congratulations again :) iTunes is downloading now!!!

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    Andrew September 22nd

    Can’t wait to listen to this! Curious: will the Tuts+ site managers / editors appear as guests? Will the topics cover the same content the Tuts+ Network does?

    You couldn’t have picked a better topic for the first episode; I’ll be sure to leave feedback after listening!

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      Sean Hodge September 22nd

      @Andrew – yah we’ll work to grow this so that it covers content relevant to the entire Tuts+ network.

      At first we were thinking of doing a Psdtuts+ podcast, but then rethought how it would grow best in the future. And it makes sense to do something that covers topics that can cross different Tuts+ sites. Right now Danny is hosting and I’m sitting in is as the guest editor (sidekick) for now.

      The idea is to get other editors involved in the future as well. I think it would be cool to have different editors as guests or co-hosts in future episodes in my place, as well as various professionals in as guests as well.

      We’ll likely stick to graphic design, illustration, or web design topics for the first few casts, but the idea is to grow this in the future to cover topics across the Tuts+ network.

      Thanks.

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    Alex September 22nd

    At last…. Great!

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    Amatatomba September 22nd

    This is awesome. I love podcasts, but there are so few that really appeal to me. Definitely downloading this.

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    Bookie September 22nd

    This is amazing, I have just recently finished the Freelance podcasts and loved it and i can only expect this to be just as good, downloading now. Love tuts plus so this is like a early Christmas gift

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    Hawktime September 22nd

    I think it would be awesome to have a tutorial videos for plus members only that they can put on their zune or ipod now that would be hot

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    B. Moore September 22nd

    awesome! this will be a great addition to my library of podcasts!

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    B. Moore September 22nd

    You need to CHANGE who ever is hosting this file. the speeds are crap. it took 24min to download the dam thing at 22kb/sec RIDICULOUS! and NO its not my isp.

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    Sudheendra September 23rd

    It would be very much satisfy if we can download without taking long time. Anyways the Information is very valuable and good. Keep going…

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    ThaClown September 23rd

    Fantastic! What will you guys think of next!?!?

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      Danny Outlaw September 24th

      hotd ogs on a stick!

      wait…..

      I think thats been done?

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    RUGRLN September 23rd

    Wicked stuff but 95 minutes is very long…might bore people of in the end…it’s better to have short frequent episodes like some of the other web / design podcasts offer maybe in video?

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      Benjamin Reid September 23rd

      Something along the lines of that interview with Collis and Cyan, that was great!

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      Danny Outlaw September 24th

      Yeah, we aimed for 1 hour, but the “news” section started more conversation than I had planned for. The next one should be shorter.

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    Fredrik September 23rd

    Thanks for a good podcast! Love it!

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    g3niuz September 23rd

    yea…

    just another greeeat feature..
    looks really intresting ;D

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    Chris September 23rd

    Incredible! Finally, a podcast worth listening to!

    A question though; will you be implementing video podcasts as well as audio, such as for demonstrations on how to do things and follow up with critiques on the technique/methodology?

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    Stoian Kirov September 23rd

    We’re waiting for a TV show! :)

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    McH September 23rd

    Awesome, I would love to see tutorials via VideoPodcast!

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    Cormac.McCann September 23rd

    Downlaoding….excited? just a wee bit

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    J Henderson September 24th

    Nice podcast…. as a student that’s interested in Web Design freelance this helps on so many levels!! Although I am curious are you guys thinking about doing a vodcast instead of podcasts!!! I think using screen capture using screenr and podcasts will give a personal touch allowing us to ask questions during your vodcasts live like on UStream, just a suggestion loved the podcast great information! I use axure for wireframes and prototypes it’s free for students with a 3.0 GPA

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      Danny Outlaw September 24th

      I think that might be in the mix. We recorded this podcast in TinyChat, Live. But, unfortunately, TinyChat has a way to go. I think we my do “holiday specials” on U-Stream or something.

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    Kayla September 24th

    Just subscribed to the podcast! Haven’t listened to it yet, but I have a good feeling about it. :) I like the theme of the first audio, hearing other’s thoughts on the workflow process has always interested me.

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    Web 2.0 September 24th

    Wow… you guys rock the internet :)

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    Harene September 24th

    This is great.

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    Eric September 24th

    I’m excited about this! Just curious though, what are you using to generate the iTunes XML?

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    Muralmom September 25th

    Wow! After years of leaving the industry to have babies, this is getting me back to speed! Thanks!!!

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    Ben Stanley September 25th

    This is awesome… I downloaded last night and am listening to it now!

    I think it would be awesome if you did some video podcasts with tutorials so they are portable and easy to download!

    If you guys did that i would download every episode!!!

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    karalamaca September 26th

    nice tuts.
    Thanks man

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    Kamallraj September 27th

    Add Your Podcast to the Zune Marketplace ! PLEASE!!!

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