Unfinished Business
Episodes
Rush and the tragically hip
21 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Designer and author of A Pocket Guide to CSS Animations Val Head joins me this week to talk about practical uses for CSS animations, how small publish...
100% satisfaction guaranteed
14 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, illustrator Josh Cleland joins me to talk about how far we can go using a movie or TV character’s likeness, the differences between an il...
You could be Snake Plissken
06 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s show, Alex’s friend Brad Frost, who having survived his trip to Brighton, returns to talk to Andrew about designing ‘in the open’...
Pocahontas got syphilis
30 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, designer and co-host of ‘ that other podcast’ Liz Elcoate joins Andrew to talk about the difficulties of working alone f...
Kangaroo with an AK-47
22 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Dan Cederholm joins Andrew Clarke this week to talk about making money by making things, how making great schwag makes a great impressio...
Take regular dumps
15 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Designer, icon artist , author and possibly Doctor Who’s next companion Jon Hicks joins host Andrew Clarke this week. They discuss differences in th...
Mad as a box of ferrets
08 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of your favourite soap ‘apera,’ Anna and Andy go off on a tangent (no really) about the winner of their ‘Daft Proposal Of ...
It's not Narnia, you can get there by train
01 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Back from his holidays, all tanned and gorgeous (obviously,) Andy rejoins Anna to talk about Laura Kalbag’s ‘Good Designers, Good Clients’ artic...
400 Likes and someone will win an elephant
25 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Parmenter co-hosts the show in place of Andrew. This week's topic is money related – Sarah and Anna talk about fair pricing, taking payment be...
We have five listeners
18 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna is joined by guest co-host and rockstar, Marcus Lillington, and they talk about estimations, project scheduling and spinning plates. Marcus share...
Almost as controversial as putting the milk in first
11 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Roberts steps in as guest co-host while Andy's on holiday. Anna asks him about his sudden decision to leave his full-time job, the events that l...
Spongebob bloody squarepants
04 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the final chapter of the contract episode trilogy, Anna asks Andy about writing a contract for working with agencies, they discuss which browsers a...
I went to Norwich once and it was closed
29 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 29 and part two in a series about contracts and the Contract Killer. Anna and Andy talk about how a good contract sets the tone and lay...
You can’t keep a pistol in a Kinder egg
21 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, yes finally , Anna and Andy get around to the first of two, maybe three, episodes about contacts. They talk about the ‘ Contract Killer,’...
Moccasins? Is that a type of seashell?
14 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Anna and Andy discuss Motorhead and motorcycles and how Andy’s too much of a ‘wendy’ to lift one. Really. They talk ab...
What kind of chickens are endangered?
08 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, lycra wearing, tightrope walker* Anna Debenham and moustache twiddling strong man Andy Clarke ask “who would win in a figh...
James McKechnie and the 30lb frozen turkey
30 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the 25th anniversary episode of Unfinished Business, Anna and Andrew talk about working in a supermarket (a while ago, obviously) and how And...
Go to Brighton in body armour
23 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Anna’s away, Andy talks to (Alex’s friend) Brad Frost about iOS7, dropping pretzels and chocolate Hobnobs. (Spoiler: Brad had no idea what t...
It’s the way he tells ’em
16 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Unfinished Business, Anna and Andy talk about Andy being robbed in Geneva and the implications, both personal and business...
I don’t need it bloody moussed
09 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re an ‘everyday’ web designer or developer — instead of one who’s perhaps made of plastic or maybe carved out of soap — we think yo...
They were making a noise that only dogs can hear
02 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy talk about their worst business mistakes and disasters, what went wrong on the worst client projects and what they learned from them. An...
Like Brighton, she’s peerless. What? Oh.
27 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Anna and Andy talk about secrecy, about what they can say about the business they do and what they can’t They talk about n...
Would you like a little more Star Trek with your lens flare
19 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Anna’s away in Amsterdam, Andy talks with designer Laura Kalbag about Star Trek Into Darkness, how they name wifi networks and whether locatio...
It would’ve been better if they'd heckled
12 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Andy tells bad Dad jokes and Anna doesn’t laugh. They answer listeners’ questions about charging expenses and project as...
Beautiful and talented and makes you sick
06 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy talk about biscuits and business software. Anna explains how she uses FreeAgent to keep track of her finances and berates Andy for not t...
You can't put a grown man on a sheep
28 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy exchange notes on their workplace setups and some of the tools they use, from hardware to software, and Andy gets distracted by Mutton B...
This show’s all about the noises
21 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Andy’s back from two weeks in Japan and he and Anna talk about his trip Tokyo and Hiroshima. Andy explains why he thinks everyone should ...
I just speak Yorkshire
14 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While waiting for Andy's return, Anna chats with her "big brother", the righteous Ryan Taylor. They discuss working from home, apprenticeshi...
This is the year of Ashley Baxter
05 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Andy is in Japan, Anna is joined by the amazing Ashley Baxter, who took over her dad's insurance business at 18. They talk about starting out yo...
How heavy is a wet sheep?
31 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Anna is en vacance en France, Andrew’s joined by guest co-host, designer Laura Kalbag to talk about mentoring students and how to give them, a...
You don’t go to France and order a tortoise
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Following his visit to the University of Ulster in Belfast this week, Anna and Andrew talk about how hard it is to keep up with new technologies and t...
You’ll want to strangle Scrappy Doo
17 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy talk about Anna's new limited company, why she needed to set up a company and how she went about doing it. Andy moans about not understa...
You can’t press without pressing
11 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy talk about the benefits Stuff and Nonsense gained when they ditched daily rates and fixed project pricing and switched to estimating, wo...
We don't work from home, we live at work
04 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Andy and Anna discuss their experience of working from home (or living at work), and some of the techniques that help them block out distra...
Guaranteed 100% horse meat free
25 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy follow up last week’s episode with listener questions about the professional (and unprofessional) ways to handle business disputes. Th...
Not the kind of guy who would wear a boiler suit
18 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Andy talk about how to get work and how they both found their first clients. Anna gets annoyed about revenge sites and Andy tells, for the fi...
Abomination on legs
11 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and special guest co-host Rachel Andrew, — web developer and Director of edgeofmyseat.com, the company that makes Perch CMS. They answer listen...
Total jerk loser
04 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andy and Anna talk about their experiences when they have lost out on business and not got a dream job, doing a bad pitch (Andy has done plenty of tho...
Deposits, debts and dogs
28 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, getting paid. Andy and Anna talk about deposits and down-payments, getting paid regularly and what you can do if the unthinkable happ...
Because you're worth it
21 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the often taboo subject of how to decide what to charge for what you do. Getting the balance between too cheap and too pricey can be ...
Monkey Business
11 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Clarke and Anna Debenham discuss about why a show about business is important and why one needn’t be boring. They talk about this week’s CES ...