Episode 8: Bridgefusion

This week, Josef and Danny find themselves on a bridge. And not a metaphorical bridge. There, they discuss travel by plane and by train, the technological hurdles one encounters when traveling overseas, and the launch of Danny’s new podcast network, Nerva Beacon.

Show Notes

  1. Danny and Josef find themselves on a bridge
  2. Nerva Beacon
  3. Podfusion on Nerva Beacon
  4. Lights Out
  5. Doctor Who: CVE

Episode 7: It’ll Be 2014 in a Few Days

This week, Danny and Josef speculate about future trends in technology, Apple and Google, skeuomorphism and UI design, game consoles, and the upcoming PS4 announcement. Plus, Danny got consoles. Plural.

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Shownotes

  1. Fox guy
  2. PlayStay 4
  3. Why men marry
  4. Apple’s 2013 To-Do List
  5. Odd Mountain Lion Crashing Bug Brings Down Nearly Any App
  6. PlayStation 4 Rumors Spread Following Sony Tease
  7. Timothy Lottes: Orbis and Durango – archived from Blogspot
  8. Google doesn’t copy Apple, nope these don’t look the same at all
  9. Google Now

Episode 6: The Magic Smoke

This week, with no prior preparation, Danny and Josef find themselves discussing the draw of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), the pros and cons of a home server, and this week’s news of the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm.

Shownotes:

  1. Star Trek Online
  2. Minecraft
  3. Josef’s fried motherboard
  4. Wikipedia — ‘MOSFET’
  5. The Guardian — ‘Disney to buy Star Wars production company Lucasfilm for $4bn’

Episode 5: Hurricane Chester

Josef and Danny cover the week’s Apple event, and the surprising amount of new hardware unveiled there. How will the Retina Display make it to the rest of the Mac line, and just how cool are these new iMacs? And of course, what do they make of the long-fabled iPad mini?

Shownotes:

  1. Chester
  2. Apple — iPad Mini
  3. Apple — iMac
  4. Apple — New iTunes
  5. Wikipedia — ‘Fusion Drive’

Episode 4: It’s Who You Know

This week, Josef and Danny are joined by special guest Chris Adams to talk about the deep dark world of social media. From Facebook to Twitter to what’s next, they cover the role these services fill, why people look to them, and why it’s not a bad idea to step away from time to time.

Shownotes:

  1. Facebook
  2. Twitter
  3. Twitter Developer Rules of the Road
  4. App.net
  5. App.net Developer Incentive Program

Episode 3: Plastic and Rust

Josef and Danny follow up on their iPhone discussion from last week, using it as a lens to discuss some of the good and bad about Apple in general, then take an in-depth look at what goes into their music. From hardware to software, they take a stab at their creative process, and the things that work for them.

Shownotes:

  1. Sleep Cycle alarm clock app
  2. Hypercritical #88: Nobody Leaves Email
  3. LTE weirdness – Danny Stewart
  4. Nord Lead 3
  5. Roland TR-505
  6. Ensoniq SQ-80
  7. Roland Juno-6
  8. Yamaha DX21
  9. Korg microKORG XL
  10. SQ-8L VST soft synth

Episode 2: Organising Your Socks

Josef and Danny take another hour out of their empty schedules to talk about iTunes, the importance of the customer experience, washing machines, intentionality, and how to get stuff done. Don’t betray your system by making things more complicated than they need to be.

Shownotes:

  1. Podfusion on iTunes
  2. The blemish on Danny’s replacement iPhone 5
  3. OmniFocus for Mac, iPhone, and iPad
  4. 43 Folders
  5. Back to Work

Episode 1: Muppet War Reenactment

Danny and Josef finally kick off their long-fabled podcast. This week, along with special guest Ian, they discuss what they hope to bring to the table, ruminate on podcasting in general, and tackle the Doctor Who episode “The Angels Take Manhattan”.

Shownotes:

  1. Wikipedia: The Angels Take Manhattan
  2. TARDIS Wikia: The Angels Take Manhattan
  3. Wikipedia: The Statue of Liberty
  4. Wikipedia: Upper New York Bay