178 JSJ Tech Education and The Business of Running Front End Masters with Marc Grabanski

JavaScript Jabber

Episode | Podcast

Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:00:00 +0000

<div class="trix-content"> <div>03:01 - Marc Grabanski Introduction</div><ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/1Marc">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/1Marc">GitHub</a> </li> <li><a href="http://marcgrabanski.com/about/">Blog</a></li> </ul><div>03:35 - <a href="https://jqueryui.com/datepicker/">The jQuery UI Datepicker</a> </div><div>04:29 - <a href="https://frontendmasters.com/">Frontend Masters</a> </div><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/frontendmasters">@FrontendMasters</a></li></ul><div>07:26 - The Live Streaming Phenomenon</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.twitch.tv/">Twitch.tv</a></li></ul><div>09:17 - Scalability</div><div>11:25 - Value, Feedback Cycle</div><div>14:43 - Structuring Courses and Workshops</div><div>16:09 - Online vs In-Person</div><ul><li>Prerequisites</li></ul><div>18:11 - Booking Workshops</div><div>19:02 - Scaling (Cont’d)</div><div>20:00 - Online Education (eLearning) in General </div><ul> <li><a href="https://egghead.io/">egghead.io</a></li> <li><a href="https://codecombat.com/">CodeCombat</a></li> <li><a href="http://nodeschool.io/">NodeSchool</a></li> </ul><div>21:40 - The Business Model</div><ul><li>Licensing</li></ul><div>24:12 - Hot Sellers</div><ul><li><a href="https://frontendmasters.com/courses/advanced-javascript/">Kyle Simpson: Advanced JavaScript</a></li></ul><div>25:28 - Technical Setup</div><ul> <li><a href="http://livestream.com">Livestream</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.firebase.com/">Firebase</a></li> </ul><div>27:27 - Selecting Topics</div><div>29:41 - Future Topics / Topics in Production</div><div>30:38 - Individual / Company Attendees</div><ul><li><a href="https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/">frontendmasters.com/workshops</a></li></ul><div>31:45 - Upcoming Plans for Frontend Masters</div><div>32:32 - Advice For Starting Something Like Frontend Masters</div><div>34:23 - Keeping Content Up-to-date</div><div>36:14 - eLearning Experiments</div><ul> <li> <a href="http://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/">Untrusted</a> </li> <li><a href="http://exercism.io/">exercism.io</a></li> <li><a href="http://nodeschool.io/">NodeSchool</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Smarter-Way-Learn-JavaScript-technology-ebook/dp/B00H1W9I6C">A Better Way to Learn JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="https://mytechhigh.com/">My Tech High</a></li> </ul><div>39:30 - Giveaways</div><ul><li> <a href="mailto:marc@frontendmasters.com">marc@frontendmasters.com</a> </li></ul><div>40:07 - Getting Started with Programming</div><div>43:03 - Marketing</div><div>45:20 - Teacher Compensation</div><div>Picks</div><div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uRC3hmKQnM">Jessica Kerr: Functional Principles In React @ React Rally 2015</a> (Jamison)<br /> <a href="https://github.com/jergason/thought-haver">thought-haver</a> (Jamison)<br /> <a href="https://frontendmasters.com/courses/angular-app-dev/">[Frontend Masters] Angular Application Development</a> (Aimee)<br /> <a href="https://frontendmasters.com/courses/javascript-the-good-parts/">[Frontend Masters] JavaScript the Good Parts</a> (Aimee)<br /> <a href="http://www.larabar.com/">LÄRABAR</a> (Aimee)<br /> Taking time off (Chuck)<br /> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/?ref_=nv_sr_1">The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</a> (Joe)<br /> <a href="http://store.sphero.com/products/bb-8-by-sphero">BB-8 by Sphero</a> (Joe)<br /> <a href="http://www.ng-conf.org">ng-conf</a> (Joe)<br /> <a href="http://fourhourworkweek.com/podcast/">The Tim Ferriss Show</a> (Marc)<br /> <a href="https://codecombat.com/">CodeCombat</a> (Marc)<br /> <a href="http://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/">Untrusted</a> (Marc)</div><div>Special Guest: Marc Grabanski.</div> </div> Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy