To celebrate episode 100, Wes and Scott are talking about Syntax - their most popular episodes, stats, Q&A, and a bunch of cool stuff about what it’s been like making this show for 100 episodes.
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Show Notes 1:45 - Celebrating 100 episodes
04:18 - Our first episode
Syntax001 - React Tools
06:23 - Our first sponsor
Delicious Brains
09:37 - Most popular episodes
10 - Syntax074 - 11 Habits of Highly Effective Developers
09 - Syntax039 - Is jQuery Dead?
08 - Syntax046 - What’s New in Javascript
07 - Syntax048 - VS Code Round Two
06 - Syntax050 - Progressive Web Apps
05 - Syntax018 - All About CSS Grid
04 - Syntax051 - Our Workflows: Design, Development, Git, Deployment
03 - Syntax066 - The React Episode
02 - Syntax043 - 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer
01 - Syntax044 - How to Learn New Things Quickly
21:35 - Top countries
Just passed 3 million downloads
10 - Poland - 38,731 downloads
09 - Brazil - 40,475 downloads
08 - Netherlands - 47,601 downloads
07 - India - 50,724 downloads
06 - Sweden - 55,378 downloads
05 - Australia - 80,654 downloads
04 - Germany - 109,842 downloads
03 - Canada - 138,250 downloads
02 - United Kingdom - 231,835 downloads
01 - United States - 1,220,519 downloads
27:34 - Top players
AppleCoreMedia
Overcast
Chrome
Pocket Casts
iTunes
30:35 - Lessons learned about sponsors
Pays the bills - editing, hosting, etc…
Podcast Royale - Podcast production
Libsyn - Podcast hosting
They want hard numbers
Conversions are hard to track
It’s really cool companies and users that enjoy the product hook up
How do we get them?
35:10 - Favorite episodes
Wes - Syntax043 - 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer
Scott - Syntax044 - How to Learn New Things Quickly
38:49 - Q&A
Q: What’s your favorite soundboard sound?
Q: What’s your recording process like? Do you each record your streams locally then edit them together or are there any “hax” you guys have cooked up as developers? A: Pay someone who is good at editing
We both have good recording gear
We record separate files and send them our production team, Podcast Royale, for editing
We do show notes in Dropbox Paper, which are also edited by Podcast Royale
Q: Does Scott practice his segues, or do they just come to him on the fly? A: On the fly 😎
Q: Although I am all for peace, why did you choose “peace” as your outro statement? A: It was a random note from Wes in the first episode and we stuck with it
Q: how did you meet each other and decided to start the podcast? A: We both released a course around the same time with the same name - we started talking and the rest is history
Syntax007 - Scott Tolinski Origin Story
Syntax008 - Wes Bos Origin Story
51:20 - Most asked questions
What episode was it that you ______ ?
Can my boss come on the show and talk about bitcoin?
Can you sick pick my thing?
Can you do an episode on VueJS?
Can you do an episode on Angular?
NO EP TODAY?
54:20 - Random thoughts
Neat to have community - lots of experts
Twitter is great
Sales of our own products Transformed Level Up Tuts
Doing fitness, hobbies, and life as a developer is fun
Learned a lot from researching shows and from community feedback
Different voices can give different breakthroughs
57:10 - Future of Syntax
No. 1 goal is to always be a fun, helpful show
Not going to become a promotional tour stop
Maybe more interviews
Easy to listen to and and understand
Links Netlify
Podcast Royale
Libsyn
Dropbox Paper
Studio 3T
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: MongoDB Compass
Scott: Notion
Shameless Plugs Scott - Level Up Pro
Wes - All courses
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