This week Keir tries to speak “Somerset” and no surprises for guessing the outcome of that one. Once that’s done and dusted we take a look at the rise in Markdown based writing apps, examine a new ebook service from Liberio, try and fail to work out the implications of the new EU VAT place of supply rule for digital services and finally round it out with a chat about at a new comms tool.

• Typed
• Whiskey
• Liberio — “eBooks to go” (Liberio is sadly no longer active — for more options check out this article)
• Cat Noone interview on Smashing Magazine
• Sendowl and the VAT question
• Rachel Andrew on the VAT rules
• Wire

Like a phoenix from the flames, we have risen. Our year long retreat for slightly overweight tech men from the South West of England is officially over. We’ve eaten the kale, cleansed ourselves, got the glow and are now itching to get back behind the mics. It’s out with the Yeti’s and in with a spanking new steed for Kieran and a less than great “Madonna” mic for Keir.

In this week’s episode, we discuss where on earth we’ve been for the last 13 months, chat about how we’ve moved away from the code face and share experiences of a life away from daily development.

Finally, we announce the winner of the longest competition in Back to Front Show history!

It’s good to be back.

In this week’s episode, we turn our gaze to the topic of ad-blockers and paid content. We discuss Vitaly from Smashing Magazine’s recent post looking at how they are funding their content strategy and discuss our own views on paying for digital content.

As always we book end the show with some “bants” including heartfelt thanks to some of our favourite supporters and a nod to a Cornish brewing companies new site.

• Keir’s controversial “Grilled Cheese” post
• The Grilled Cheese Hipster Revival
• Vitaly’s article on Ad-Blockers
• Verdant Brewing Co

This episode is dedicated to our favourite Australian Gavin Ballard — all round good guy, world traveller, bon viveur and last but by no means least Shopify Expert. Gavin is a long time listener (we still aren’t sure why) and friend of the show. If we had a pin badge and sticker “care package” he’d be the first recipient!

Topics covered in this mega-length show include the weather in the South West, Skype video, our favourite NYC diners, the use of technology in the bathroom, career paths for developers, and more.

• Gavin Ballard
• Skype Etiquette
• RIP The Market Diner
• Modern stock photography
• The Vazoo Video Keir Forgot
• Being A Developer After 40</ul>

If you would like a show dedicated to you please let us know via the comment link below and we’ll undoubtedly make it happen.

In this episode of Back Stories, Keir chats with Oliver Lindberg— founder of the new Pixel Pioneers web conference series and all round content guru. Topics covered include how to find speakers for your conference, the role of a good editor, how to improve your writing skills, and how to pitch to an editor.

Oliver Online

• Oliver’s personal web site
• Oliver on Twitter
• Pixel Pioneers — Oliver’s conference series
• The Lindberg Interviews — Oliver’s interviews

The district administration in Saurashtra is jittery fearing import of coronavirus cases into the district with the permission for intrastate travel granted by the state government. Jamnagar, which had only one Covid case till now reported five new cases in the past one week.

The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to give additional financial compensation to health and paramedical staff of AMC and private designated Covid-19 hospitals who contact coronavirus infection on duty.

With as many as 390 more people testing coronavirus positive since previous night, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Gujarat reached 7,403 on Friday, a health official said.

The Gujarat high court rebuked the erstwhile royal family of the princely state of Bhavnagar for its "dishonest intention" to claim a land parcel in an unauthorized manner from the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation.

On March 24, when the lockdown was imposed, the total biomedical Covid waste incinerated in Ahmedabad that day was 82kg. The waste was mainly from the initial admissions at SVP Hospital,

In an incident that raises serious questions about Covid-19 care centres run by the city civic body, a 27-year-old coronavirus positive man died in his bed after suffering seizure at room 808-Block G3, at Samras Covid-19 care centre in Navrangpura. Only asymptomatic patients are isolated here so that they can be monitored and sent to hospital if they develop symptoms, or discharged when they turn negative.

In what could be a major breakthrough for N95 masks production in India, two Rajkot-based engineering firms have developed the machine indigenously to make this medically crucial masks. Most companies making N95 masks have been procuring the manufacturing machines from China, Japan and South Korea.

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