Riff & Refine

What are we doing here? What are our goals? Isn't this just another podcast? Join Will and Josh as they figure it out together and with you.

Introducing the Riff & Refine podcast.

The shape of a podcast, er... show is really coming together. But this is still the rough draft. So what has been going on last week and what's coming up in the lives of Will and Josh? Let's figure it out together.

Introducing the Riff & Refine SHOW.

The show is just getting started. Welcome to the Riff & Refine show. This week, Josh and Will take a look at some links, talk about some topics, and how design can be just as clear as it is fun. Will also shares a sneak peek at his Laracon talk. 👀

Join us for the latest episode of the Riff & Refine show, where Will and Josh discuss topics ranging from nostalgia versus excellence in 1997 computer games, the importance of quantity versus quality in creative work, and then a couple sidequests through the fields of music and dealing with imposter syndrome. This show is PACKED with some of that quality quantity.

Live every Friday at 11:30AM PST/2:30PM EST

00:00 Happy Friday When This Show is Live Every Week
00:34 This Week
03:16 AI is Still Winning
04:11 Life Always Finds a Way
09:05 Nostalgia vs. Excellence
20:01 Creating Impactful Content
32:09 B-Roll
36:52 Gotta Have a Good Base
38:19 Consistency Wins
39:46 Imposter Syndrome
40:00 Quick Scorpion Story
43:01 Music is Crazy
49:48 Is it Quality or Quantity?
59:52 Making Friends as Adults at Conferences
01:04:40 Next Week
01:10:18 See Ya

This episode, Josh and Will are joined by John O'Nolan, the founder and creator of Ghost. Ghost is the independent technology for modern publishing. He's been building it for the last 10 years and shows no signs of stopping. So what can his constant riffing and refining teach us all? John also shared some fantastic tips about working with AI to build things FAST.

What can you do that no one else can? And just what does that look like from a practical sense? Josh and Will are back chatting about that magical intersection where frequency, skills, passion, and time collide.

Josh and Will are joined by none other than THE Rob Hope. The gang chats about Rob's transition from freelancing to launching his course 'Show Them', what the artist or creator's intent is for projects, products, and more. And then Rob shares the success of his 100 landing page tips campaign and how audience feedback led to his ebook. They also discuss balancing passion projects with essential work and the value of unscalable efforts. Rob also hints at an exciting upcoming announcement.

Josh and Will discuss their recent experiences at Laracon, including Will's first big-stage talk and the dynamics of attending tech conferences. They touch on topics such as the challenges of handling negative feedback, balancing personal projects with public opinion, and the unique aspects of Laravel community events. Additionally, they share funny anecdotes from the conference and outline their upcoming plans, including vacation and new tech projects.