− DP 017 −

Gabe, Potatowire, and Erik talk about Coffee DRM, Breathalizers, Python, Ruby, Pythonista, Editorial, thumb typing, iOS and Android app cultures, styluses, and spider bites.

Gabe Weatherhead, Potatowire, Erik Hess

Fussy Coffee, Inc., HP Black Ink in a K-Cup Machine, DRM is always the Answer, Board of Average People, Shell Inception, Hazel Needs A Drunk Mode, Being Casual with Your White Space, Bob the Sad Hipster, Gabe's Necrotizing Spider Bite, Riding Your Tauntaun to the Doctor's Office

− DP 016 −

Gabe and Potatowire brave the Storm of the Century to talk storms, taxes, Amazon Prime, movies, and Lego.

Gabe Weatherhead, Potatowire

storms, taxes, Amazon Prime, movies, Lego

− DP 015 −

Gabe, Erik, and Potatowire discuss file storage and time travel literature. Along the way, they touch on Erik's broken DAS, Crashplan restore speeds, Gabe's new Synology, WD Blacks vs. Reds, SMART Failures, two-factor authentication, building your own NAS from first principles, thumb drives, digital hoarding, bullet-time, hyperlapse, and the utopian optimism of Paul Verhoven's RoboCop.

Erik Hess, Gabe Weatherhead, Potatowire

RAID is not a Backup, Ill-considered bursts of generosity, How long Potatowire was standing there, Beep as a Service, Frankenserver, Potato Pi, Affixing Drives to Non-Recommended Locations, The Last Solaris Server in Existence, LONGFI~1.EXE, Ironic Moustaches

− DP 014 −

Gabe, Erik, and Potatowire talk about bringing their mobile email workflow into the 21st century. Along the way, they discuss circumventing ancient work browsers with portable Firefox and Chrome, collaborative TaskPaper workflows, Erik's Sunrise, Evernote, Todoist, and CloudMagic combination, using enterprise Exchange servers with your iPhone, mobile email search, sorting email vs searching through the big bucket, FastMail on Mail.app, filtering email notifications, and how old everyone is now.

Erik Hess, Gabe Weatherhead, Potatowire

Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, Windows HiDPI support, You Can't Get to Google, Brand Envy, Edit Collisions

− DP 013 −

Gabe and Potatowire talk about home and personal improvement projects. Along the way, they touch on their basement offices, the dangers of electricity, plumbing, working with contractors, virtual assistants, outsourcing your life, oversubscribing to learning sites, and deciding to do something yourself.

Gabe Weatherhead, Potatowire

Unheated Basement Offices, Nothing Illegal, Electrician's Christmas Cards, Ill Advised Paths Towards Electrical Work, The Electrical Police, 70s Disco Bands, There's always extra water, Aspiration Overshoot, All Git Knowlege is Dangerous, The Foo Programming Language, Never Trust a Three-Wheeler

− DP 012 −

Bob, Erik, and Potatowire are joined by special guest Gabe Weatherhead to talk about Dr. Bunsen's oddments.txt post, the stress of the holiday season, vacation projects, Bob's purchases, sales, and returns of the week, Authy, USPS deliveries, Uber Trains, and other compelling topics.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Potatowire, Bob VanderClay

You are a Blue Square, Daddy has to go podcast now, One Weird Kernel Trick, How to Pronounce Lagavulin, Hop Candy, The Cherry Pi, Network Churn, An Extra Layer of Insecurity, Bob Becomes a Star Child, Crazy-Evil Boilermaker, Potatowire's Madden Bus, The FiOS of Trains, Bathing in the Flow, The Fastest Way to Inbox-Zero, Potatowire Is Rich.app, Get as-in Beer vs. Get as-in Speech, Childs at Play, Podcasting from a Stranger's House

− DP 011 −

Bob, Erik, and Potatowire talk about their compulsive buying and collecting habits. What causes those collecting tendencies, how do they deal with it, and what makes the difference between what they keep and what goes?

Erik Hess, Potatowire, Bob VanderClay

The TSA Confronts the Yeti, The Antimatter Equivalent of Profit, Cradled Gently in His Fanny Pack, The Exact Weight of Potatowire's Stuff, The Siren Song of Solving Problems, Frugality of Money vs. Frugality of Time, Immediate Gratification Age, Our Particular Brand of Crazy, Seasons of Obsession, Things You Want to Want to Use, Nerd's Runner High, The Sine Qua Non of My Weekend, Tinkering with Your Toaster

− DP 010 −

It's the day after Thanksgiving, and Bob, Potatowire and Erik get together to chat about some of their newest devices. Erik laments that his WeMo stack is stuck at Bob's house, Potatowire ponders building a fleet of solar-powered Arduino-based WeMo replacements, then Bob explains why he's buying an NVIDIA Shield instead of the Nexus 9, discusses what it's like to use a keyboard and mouse with his 13-inch Wacom Cintiq, and talks about his new Note 4 doesn't disappoint him. Potatowire moves on to explain why he finally ordered a Nexus 6, before the guys discuss the pros and cons of the Toshiba Chromebook 2 vs. the Acer C720, chroagh vs. crouton, i3 vs. other window managers. Finally, Erik talks about trying out Nozbe, Mailbox, Cloud Magic, Acompli, and concurrent inbox management solutions.

Erik Hess, Potatowire, Bob VanderClay

Holiday Decoration Practices, Herds of Bezelles Traveling to IFTTT, Android-powered Placemats, Bob's First Rule of Computing Devices, Spen Snote Shealth and other Sapps, Inverse Pyramid Schemes, Moving on from the Brown

− DP 009 −

Potatowire brings Erik along for a surprisingly coherent analysis of his personal tech setup. They discuss laptops, file servers and mobile devices. Along the way they touch on file syncing services, tech boredom driving purchases, Erik's work toolchain, Creative Cloud, Chromebooks, MailSteward, Linux, Solaris, FreeNAS, FreeBSD, BitTorrent Sync, Raspberry Pi Remote Backup Servers, Nexus 6 vs. Nexus 5 with a broken screen, Alarm Clock Pro, AMOLED vs. LED, unrealistic expectations, and whether you should pay attention to product reviews.

Erik Hess, Potatowire

Misheard Lyrics, The Jump to Vim, Our common acquisitiveness, Pix-el-ma-TOR, The 5th Zpool

− DP 008 −

Gabe triumphantly returns to Dawn Patrol as he, Potatowire, Bob, and Erik explore their favorite naming schemes. From there they ponder the viability of the .plumber domain, Bob's late-'70s throwback pop-soul band, getting stuck in traffic at the checkout lane, Bitcoin, an economics discussion that is wrong on so many levels we won't go into it here, all the great shows on Relay FM, idea guys, what people tune in for, Bob coming out of the closet, listening to books, Bob's new mic, Potatowire's Raspberry Pi project, and Potato Sack, the Eventual Potato Syncing System, currently in Potato-beta 5.

Gabe Weatherhead, Bob VanderClay, Erik Hess, Potatowire

Calling the Right Potato Schmidt, Hypothetical Slack Vim Plugins, Razer with and without an E, Web 3.0, Pokemon, North Korean Prison Camps, Ships of the Line at Trafalgar, Naming Bob's Children, The Dude Nod at the Genius Bar, Potatowire.plumber, Forking.us, Nightfinger.me, CrabMacintosh, Slow Traffic, Which Currency Skynet Uses, All the Great Shows on Relay FM, The SuperBank of the Federated States of Micronesia, Deferring Podcast Bankruptcy, What was wrong with Grandpappy Macdrifter, Lumps of Clay, Gifted vs. Ungifted, Potato-as-a-Service

− DP 007 −

Potatowire, Bob, and Erik think out loud about note-taking. Along the way, they touch on Gabe's new app TapCellar, Bob's decision to sell his iPhone 6 Plus, minimizing platform-dependent apps, plain-text workflows on mobile, Dropbox, Drafts, Editorial, things we want to use vs. the things we actually use, Evernote, Byword, Potatowire-Flavored Markdown, Google Drive, hierarchies, Calca, Trello, fancy notebooks with fancy things in them, and breaking free of tool fetishism.

Bob VanderClay, Erik Hess, Potatowire

Atrophied Driving Skills, Previously-Discussed Decaffeination Plans, Single-beer Tracking Systems, Bang Hash Sharp Pound Octothorpes, Cal-CAW!, Soothing Neckbeard Concerns, Hardboard Chipboard

− DP 006 −

With Gabe and Potatowire out, Bob and Erik trudge on by themselves. They talk about decaffeinating, fitness trackers, RSI, ergonomic mice and keyboards, learning to type, alternate input methods, VR, helmet mounted sights, modular smartphones, smartwatch battery life, devices that improve over time, discarding (not-so-old) devices, and what Erik's doing with his first-gen iPhone.

Bob VanderClay, Erik Hess

UP Coffee, Digital Bangles, Carpal Tunnel, Evoluent Mice, Ergodox, Digital Matrixy Oven Mitts, Leap Motion, Dreams of Minority Report, Google Cardboard, Photo Spheres, AA-11 Archer, Project Ara, Lego Phones, The Ultimate Digital Homer, Smartphone FLIRs, Personal Tricorders, Moto 360, Naturespace

− TD 080 −

Dr. Drang returns to explore his background in computing from the late 1970s to today. Along the way we discover what happens when you mess up a punchcard, what Linux was like in the early days, why he uses a Mac today, and his perspectives on the near future of computing.

interview

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Dr. Drang

computing, punchcards, apple, unix

− DP 005 −

Gabe is nowhere to be found, but Bob, Erik and Potatowire charge ahead anyway. Together they discuss why there wasn't an episode last week, Bob's new fanny pack, the Toshiba Chromebook 2, Chrome OS, touchscreens, platforms, commuting, and Heretics.

Bob VanderClay, Erik Hess, Potatowire

The Lost Episode, The Great Pandemic of 2014, Maximum Overdrive, Creepy Box Trucks, Supplemental Mirrors, Digital Gauntlets, Tactical Lumbar Storage, Lumberjacks, Members Only Jackets, Multiphone bricks, Crouton, Fingerpainting, Swimming Upstream, Ugly If I Want, Franken-Kindle

− DP 004 −

With Bob out on his honeymoon and Erik calling in from the front seat of his car in a hotel parking lot, the guys look at the state of desktop and streaming audio services, and talk a bit about wireless service provider lock-in.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Potatowire

Trucker Podcasting, Chevy Whatever, Elon Musk, Submarine Cars, Bose QC 20i, Olfactory Noise Cancellation, Waffle Irons, Podstalking, Quadcopter Acquisition Strategies, Giant Metal Scorpions, iTunes, Pandora, Beats, Google Play Music All Access, Hipsters

− DP 003 −

It's Bob's wedding day, but he and Erik are still up for talking about phones and quadcopters at 5 AM from the lovely Double Eagle Lodge in June Lake, California.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay, Potatowire

Weddings, Yeti Hands, Cleverness, Perpetual Motion, Quadcopters, Privacy

− DP 002 −

Stuck in a hotel room in San Diego, Erik tries to find a working microphone and cell connection. Eventually he joins Dawn Patrol for their second episode, which largely focuses on Gabe's shiny new iPhone 6 Plus and its implications for the future of humanity.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay, Potatowire

Microphone Helmets, Idea Guys, King Fire, Potato Hacks, Handfeel, Mobile Macrotelephony, iPhone 6 Plus, Android, Nexus 5, Drafts, Editorial, Potato Fingers

− DP 001 −

In this inaugural episode of Dawn Patrol, Gabe, Erik, Bob, and Potatowire gather early on a Saturday morning to catch up on a wide range of unrelated and uninteresting topics.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay, Potatowire

Drang Bobbleheads, Roderick on the Line, Heretics, The Can, Peerage, Apple Watch, Fanbois, Lock in

− TD 079 −

This week, we take a detailed look at why Gabe switched to and continues to use FastMail. We introduce the webapps, basic searching and filtering, and discuss some of the service's lesser-known but still compelling features.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

email, FastMail

− TD 078 −

Gabe and Erik are joined by friend-of-the-show and new audio producer Bob VanderClay to discuss pens, paper, notebooks and why we can't seem to transition to an all-digital workflow no matter how many notebooks we throw in the wood chipper.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay

pens, pencils, paper, notebooks

− TD 077 −

Potatowire finally leaves the crib, joining Gabe and Erik to discuss command-line text editing with vim. We learn how he started, why he uses a forty-year old text editor, and some cool things you can do when your hands never have to leave the keyboard.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Potatowire

command-line, text editing, vim, tmux

− TD 076 −

Intrigued by Gabe's frequent mentions of his Network Closet, Erik asks some tough questions. Why put the closet in the basement? Why all the extra ventilation? What happens when you run out of red printer ink? The answers may disturb and frighten you.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

networking, closets

− TD 075 −

Fed up with their Apple TV, Gabe and Erik talk about Plex and the Roku Media Player. They cover what Plex is, how it works, and the advantages and disadvantages of pairing Plex with the Roku.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

plex, roku

− TD 074 −

Bob VanderClay returns to discuss the ultimate topic for Technical Difficulties: Home Automation. We touch on several popular tools, including Hue, SmartThings, WeMo, and Nest.

interview

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay

home automation, sonos, hue, wemo

− TD 073 −

We're thrilled to welcome Helene Wecker to the show this week. Helene recently published her debut novel The Golem and the Jinni. On the show, Helene discusses how she got started as an author, her approach to writing, and some of the tools she uses to bring her stories from concept to reality.

interview

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Helene Wecker

writing

− TD 072 −

Have you ever had to reset a password? Have you ever forgotten the new password after you reset it? Gabe and Erik share their password struggles and talk about how they're trying to solve them, mostly with the help of 1Password.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

reading

− TD 071 −

How do you read these days? Gabe and Erik talk about the devices and apps they use for casual and serious reading.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

reading

− TD 070 −

The topic for this week is the new collaboration service Slack – what is it, what can you do with it, and why is it useful?

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

slack, chat, communications, teams

− TD 069 −

Gabe takes time from his high-volume blogging schedule to join Erik for a chat about writing tools and workflows. Along the way, they touch on the apps and devices they use to write for the web, work, and themselves.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

writing, workflows, ios, mac

− TD 068 −

Microphones and headphones are the topic of the day, as Gabe and Erik talk about the ones they like and the ones they don't really like, but own anyway. Along the way, they try out a bunch of different microphones, so listen in and decide for yourself.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

microphones, headphones

− TD 067 −

David Sparks joins Gabe and Erik to talk about why he switched from writing paper books to writing iBooks. Along the way they touch on ideas, tools, inspiration, collaboration, and Star Wars.

interview

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, David Sparks

iBooks, eBooks, ePub, PDF, writing, editing, dictation

− TD 066 −

Gabe and Erik take a look at a number of different online sync and storage options for moving your files to the cloud.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

files, cloud, storage, sftp, sync, dropbox

− TD 065 −

Clipboards and Pasteboards are the topic of the week, as Gabe breaks down the tools and utilities he uses to get through the day on his Mac.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

clipboard, keyboard maestro, textexpander

− TD 064 −

This week's topic is navigation apps. From Gabe and Erik's earliest dedicated GPS devices to today's location-enabled everything, they break down the good and the not-so-good in today's market.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

gps, navigation, car mounts, flying

− TD 063 −

This week's topic is responsive web design, both what it is, and how it's done. Erik steers clear of the controversies surrounding the issue and talks about what it actually takes to make your site work on a wide range of screen sizes.

discussion

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

web, design, responsive, adaptive, sass, compass

Struggling with unreliable power at home and on the road, Gabe and Erik talk about how they make sure their gadgets stay running.

Erik Hess, Gabe Weatherhead

Power Management, Power Strips, Surge Protectors

Bradley Chambers drops by to help Gabe and Erik understand how to make WiFi work in the home. Along the way they talk about the way wireless signals propagate and interfere, how to select the best hardware, and how to configure your router's software to ensure a secure and reliable wireless network.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bradley Chambers

WiFi, Networking

− TD 060 −

Gabe and Erik talk about all the fun ways to video conference with your family over the holidays.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

Family, Video, Skype, FaceTime

− TD 059 −

Gabe and Erik take a look at what it takes to get a new iOS device up and running for a non-technical user. Along the way they talk about system settings, built in, and third party applications.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

ios, gifts, tech support, family

− TD 058 −

Gabe and Erik explore their document scanning systems, from hardware, to software, to mobile workflows.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

scanners, evernote, ios, mac, devonthink, pdf, ocr

− TD 057 −

Gabe and Erik are joined by Merlin Mann to talk about starting over, what you really should be doing with your life, verbing, inventors, and emotional petshops.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Merlin Mann

growth, discomfort, progress, stress, fleet week

− TD 056 −

Erik and Gabe go toe-to-toe over the Sonos Wireless sound system. Erik thinks it's expensive but worth it. Gabe thinks it's expensive and worthless. Who wins? You judge.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

sonos, home audio, airplay

− TD 055 −

Gabe and Erik take a hard look at what it takes to wire your house for ethernet, from the why, to the how, to the how much.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

ethernet, home improvement, networking, wiring

− TD 054 −

Gabe and Erik return from hiatus, like an angry caterpillar emerging from a cocoon... with wings and stuff.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

meta

− TD 053 −

Gabe and Erik pick Justin Lancy's brain on all sorts of travel-related topics, from finding good deals and picking good travel spots, to choosing the right things to pack.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Justin Lancy

travel, credit cards, luggage, technology

− TD 052 −

With Erik on vacation, Gabe chats with Rob Trew and Brett Terpstra about writing code. They talk about how they got started, why they code, and their favorite tools. Be sure to listen in after the closing music for a special post-show continuation of the discussion.

Gabe Weatherhead, Brett Terpstra, Rob Trew

code, AppleScript

− TD 051 −

Gabe and Erik chat with David Lanham about creating compelling icons, beautiful worlds and engaging interfaces. They touch on depth without drop shadows, animation, and the future of iOS and OS X interaction design. Then they wrap up with a discussion about styluses, and David's advice for beginning designers.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, David Lanham

icons, illustration, interaction design

− TD 050 −

Erik and Gabe take a quiet moment to reflect on how bad they are at managing lists and reminders.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

productivity, lists, calendars, reminders

− TD 049 −

Paul Mayne joins Gabe and Erik to discuss how he uses a daily journal and why he created Day One. They then talk a bit about how people use Day One, the role of journaling in the modern world, and where Day One is headed in the future. Then they go off topic to ponder whether the concept of "saving" a file is dead, and if not whether we can move beyond the anachronistic floppy disk icon.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Paul Mayne

journaling, Day One

− TD 048 −

Gabe and Erik throw caution to the wind and discuss the wide world of iOS text editors. They touch on the tools they use and the things they look for in text editing apps on iOS. Then they go through some of the bigger names in the field before picking their favorites.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

text editors, iOS, productivity, keyboards

− TD 047 −

Jack Hirsch joins Gabe and Erik to talk about the role of product manager. Along the way they look at his startup experience, how he became a product manager, soliciting user feedback, how to balance that feedback with engineering realities, the importance of communication, and what large companies owe their customers.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Jack Hirsch

product management, evernote, djibouti

− TD 046 −

Shawn Blanc joins Gabe and Erik to discuss his new book and the importance of delight in design. What makes an interface delightful? How does delight affect the design process? Then they go offtopic to explore ways to make time for great work in a busy life.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Shawn Blanc

design, details, ui, productivity

− TD 045 −

Gabe and Erik are joined by Jason Snell, Editorial Director of Macworld and host of The Incomparable, to look at the evolution of writing and publishing in the internet age. Is there still a place for periodical writing when news comes and goes by the minute? How have publications handled the transition from print to digital media? How has it changed the roles of the editor and writer? Then they go offtopic to talk about their favorite sci-fi interfaces, why some work and some don't, and how they've influenced today's devices for better and worse.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Jason Snell

periodicals, editing, digital media, publishing, writing

− TD 044 −

Gabe and Erik are joined by Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient to talk about email. With dozens of competing messaging services, why do we still use email? How should we organize it? In the era of social networking, what are people's cultural expectations around how email is used? What barriers does email present to good communication, and how do we overcome those barriers to make email useful? This week's session of Generational Offtopic looks Eddie's work with TEDx.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Eddie Smith

email, productivity, TEDx

− TD 043 −

This week Gabe and Erik talk about things that make them anxious, the difference between anxiety and fear, and ways they assess and manage risk so they can be functioning members of society. Then they veer off topic to examine the possibility that iOS 7's new look might siphon development resources away from new and improved app features. Finally, they throw all caution to the wind to talk about Erik's brief dip in the foreign waters of Android.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

anxiety, fear, risk, iOS, Android

− TD 042 −

This week Gabe and Erik wrap up their series on data management with Jim Neumann of DEVONtechnologies. They discuss tag vs. hierarchy filing methods, the DEVONthink AI, sync, security, capture and scripting. Then they venture off topic to explore mobile battery life and try to figure out when we have "enough".

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Jim Neumann

DEVONthink, organization, productivity

− TD 041 −

To celebrate the demise of Google Reader, Erik and Gabe talk to Alex Kessinger of Rumproarious. They discuss the RSS apocalypse, current Google Reader alternatives, ways to manage high volume feeds, and the future of the RSS landscape. Alex is a developer at App.net, so they also touch on a few notable apps that build on its growing social platform. This week also features the debut of a new section: Offtopic. The first offtopic... er, topic... is whether online privacy can still exist on the post-Snowden internet.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Alex Kessinger

RSS, App.net, Privacy

− TD 040 −

It's all come crashing down in Erik's work life, so Gabe helps Erik rethink his system for Getting Things Done. Along the way, they share their different perspectives and talk about how they handle multiple family members and multiple areas of responsibility. Finally, Gabe and Erik dig into a few major apps, hierarchy, tags, start dates and all sorts of other fiddly productivity topics that are a whole lot more interesting than actual work.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

GTD, productivity, OmniFocus, Reminders, Evernote

− TD 039 −

This week Brett Kelly from Nerdgap.com is back to talk about his process for writing a technical book. Brett created the Evernote Essentials guide in 3 months and he talks about what he learned from the process as well as what he’s continuing to learn as an independent publisher.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Brett Kelly

evernote, ebooks, publishing

− TD 038 −

> Gabe and Erik chat with Maciej Cegłowski, creator of Pinboard, about travel, deciding to create your own business, and helping others build their own, $37 at a time.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Maciej Ceglowski

pinboard, funding, business, capital

− TD 037 −

This week Erik and Gabe continue their research into data capture and recall. Seth Brown from DrBunsen.org joins them to lend a hand with managing the file system. They discuss file organization and the value of a good naming system.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Seth Brown

files, capture, recall, photos

− TD 036 −

This week Emily Lakdawalla, planetary evangelist for The Planetary Society, joins Gabe and Erik to discuss planetary science, education and exploration.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Emily Lakdawalla

science, space, exploration

− TD 035 −

This week Bradley Chambers joins Erik and Gabe to talk about information capture and recall with Evernote.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bradley Chambers

evernote, capture, recall

− TD 034 −

Greg Pierce of Agiletortoise joins Erik and Gabe to talk about building workflows and developing for sophisticated users.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Greg Pierce

workflows, development, ios, careers

− TD 033 −

This week Erik turns the tables on Gabe. First they chat about Gabe's wonky SSD, Launch Agents, the Genius Bar, various backup services, and troubleshooting techniques. This leads to an exploration of childhood dreams, chemistry sets, growing up geeky, blowing things up, setting yourself on fire, learning what is and isn't deadly, the fear of looking stupid, and what happens when you achieve your goals and find you're no longer happy.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

experimentation, chemistry, goals

− TD 032 −

This week Gabe and Erik geek out about blogging platforms with Bob VanderClay. They discuss Blogging-as-a-Service (BaaS) vs. self-hosted blogging, then explore the advantages and disadvantages of static, dynamic, and hybrid blogging engines. Along the way, they touch upon a number of related topics including templating languages, commenting, writing tools, hosting providers, and backups.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Bob VanderClay

blogging, hosting, programming

− TD 031 −

This week Federico Vittci joins Erik and Gabe to talk about his fight with cancer and running a business while doing it. Federico is a great friend and this was a rewarding conversation.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Federico Viticci

cancer, ipad, careers

− TD 030 −

This week Gabe and Erik are joined by Neha Tiwari. They discuss the origins of video on the web, the differences between traditional and online production and advertising, and the future of visual entertainment in a mobile, on-demand era.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Neha Tiwari

video

− TD 029 −

This week Myke Hurley joins Gabe and Erik to talk about building two parallel careers and preparing for the future.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Myke Hurley

podcasting, careers

− TD 028 −

This week Gabe is joined by Jonathan Poritsky and the new Generational co-host Erik Hess. Together they discuss using Fountain to write screenplays with plain-text markup and explore the foundations of CriticMarkup.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess, Jonathan Poritsky

markup, fountain, screenplays, cinema, film

− TD 027 −

Aaron Hillegass talks with Gabe about teaching experts. Aaron has taught many of the best iOS and Mac programmers in the world and has a lot to say about the process of teaching and learning. You also get to hear Gabe sound dumb as usual. What's not to love?

Gabe Weatherhead, Aaron Hillegass

teaching, programming, learning

− TD 026 −

This week Tom Borowski talks with Gabe about starting a business online and selling a physical product. Tom makes the Grooveboard and he’s gone through the a lot of work to make something he loves. Now he’s selling it.

Gabe Weatherhead, Tom Borowski

products, sales

− TD 025 −

This week Erik Hess educates Gabe about what design is, how he went from jet pilot to designer and how everything is a product of the design process.

Gabe Weatherhead, Erik Hess

design, airplanes, careers

− TD 024 −

This episode has an all-star cast of plain text nerds, Brett Terpstra, Dr. Drang and David Sparks. The discussion starts with text editors on Mac and iOS and wraps up with a discussion about the future of text editors and file formats.

Gabe Weatherhead, Brett Terpstra, Dr. Drang, David Sparks

text, editors, formats

− TD 023 −

This week Gabe is joined by Jason Permenter, former Volcanologist and current Designer at Mule Design. They discuss crossing the chasm from science to an entirely new career in the real world. They talk about fear, anxiety, hard work and how to come out happy on other side of a life changing decision.

Gabe Weatherhead, Jason Permenter

volcanoes, design, science, careers

− TD 022 −

This is the final show in a three part series about managing tasks. In this episode Gabe talks with Jeff Hunsberger of Technology Notes and Rob Agcaoili of Gridwriter.com about the inbox, task notes and the review. They also talk about A LOT of apps.

Gabe Weatherhead, Jeff Hunsberger, Rob Agcaoili

inbox, notes, review

− TD 021 −

This week Gabe is joined by Merlin Mann to talk about raising a kid. They talk about the fears, mistakes, and joys of raising a child and screwing them up in their own special way. The discussion ranges from death to religion to Miyazaki films.

Gabe Weatherhead, Merlin Mann

parenting, comics

− TD 020 −

Matt Might and Seth Brown talk with Gabe about R.S.I., ergonomics and preventative measures. Lots of talk about keyboards, key layouts and making some hard choices.

Gabe Weatherhead, Matt Might, Seth Brown

gtd, contexts, tasks, projects

− TD 019 −

In this episode Jeff Hunsberger of TechnologyNotes.net talks with Gabe about contexts and projects in task management. This is episode two in a three part series about task management.

Gabe Weatherhead, Jeff Hunsberger

gtd, contexts, tasks, projects

− TD 018 −

Gabe is joined by Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books to talk about digital publishing, eBooks and the intersection of writing and editing.

Gabe Weatherhead, Adam Engst

publishing, writing, editing, ebooks

− TD 017 −

This week is the first part in a three part series on realistic task management. Gabe is joined by Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient and Rob Agcaoili of Gridwriter to discuss GTD concepts and applying them to task and project management. This first installment covers the basics of defining tasks and projects.

Gabe Weatherhead, Rob Agcaoili, Eddie Smith

gtd, project management

− TD 016 −

Gabe talks with Don McAllister from ScreenCastsOnline about the process of instructing and presenting to a wide audience over the internet.

Gabe Weatherhead, Don McAllister

screencasts, demos

− TD 015 −

In this episode, we're turtles all the way down. Gabe talks with Dr. Drang about analytical thinking, curiosity, "real" engineers, and Mac scripting

Gabe Weatherhead, Dr. Drang

analytical thinking, curiosity, engineers, scripting

− TD 014 −

Gabe talks with Stephen Hackett of 512Pixels.net about empathy and charity. The show is an awkward mix of irreverent and introspective discussion of the role of charities, picking trustworthy charities and raising empathetic kids.

Gabe Weatherhead, Stephen Hackett

empathy, charity, parenting

− TD 013 −

A group discussion with Federico Viticci (MacStories), Myke Hurley (70Decibels), TJ Luoma (TUAW) and Gabe (Macdrifter) about the current state of accessing and exploring music. We talk about streaming music and compare the available options with iTunes.

Gabe Weatherhead, Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, TJ Luoma

music

− TD 012 −

Gabe has a highly scatological discussion with Brett Kelly about the home office, self motivation and working remotely. This episode also holds the distinction of being the first profanity bleeped in the series. All around, this was great fun.

Gabe Weatherhead, Brett Kelly

home office, motivation, remote work

− TD 011 −

In this episode Brett Terpstra talks about outlining, planning and context maps. Gabe and Brett examine their workflows and goals as well as a bevy of applications.

Gabe Weatherhead, Brett Terpstra

planning, outlining, context maps

− TD 010 −

Julia Richert and Gabe talk at length about the life changing event of going back to school and continuing education. They discuss the consequences on the family and some of the decisions and planning to make it work out right.

Gabe Weatherhead, Julia Richert

continuing education, family

− TD 009 −

Gabe talks with Walton Jones, professor of Behavioral Neurobiology at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and writer at the Drosophiliac

Gabe Weatherhead, Walton Jones

research

− TD 008 −

Rob Agcaoili of Gridwriter.com talks about his photography workflow. We start at backups and end at photo editing.

Gabe Weatherhead, Rob Agcaoili

photography

− TD 007 −

Aaron Mahnke and I discuss his writing experience. We go in depth on the writing process and National Novel Writing Month with sweeping discussion of Tolkein and Vonnegut.

Gabe Weatherhead, Aaron Mahnke

writing

− TD 006 −

Shawn Blanc talks about how he went from working full time as a marketing director to being a full time self-employed blogger. He discusses where ShawnBlanc.net started and how he got to where he is now.

Gabe Weatherhead, Shawn Blanc

blogging, employment

− TD 005 −

Yuvi Zalkow, Michael Schechter and Gabe spend 90 minutes talking about the past, present and future of books and reading.

Gabe Weatherhead, Yuvi Zalkow, Michael Schechter

books, reading

− TD 004 −

Ken Weingold talks with Gabe about beer apps and the joys of tracking good beer. They discuss the shortage of good beer apps and what is actually worth trying.

Gabe Weatherhead, Ken Weingold

beer

− TD 003 −

Nate Boateng sits down to talk about raising kids in an always-on world of technology. They talk about setting rules, monitoring activity and the general challenges of being a parent.

Gabe Weatherhead, Nate Boateng

children, parenting, technology

− TD 002 −

In this episode Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient talks with Gabe about planning our digital records for the worst case scenario. Eddie is an extremely smart guy and has some terrific advice. It's usually expensive to get advice this good.

Gabe Weatherhead, Eddie Smith

dropbox, backups, security, passwords, credit

− TD 001 −

In this inaugural episode Gabe talks with David Sparks about how to help new and inexperienced computer users. They discuss how to provide the right help, teaching best practices and getting a new user up and running. They also talk about David's approach to writing a guide aimed at all levels of experience.

Gabe Weatherhead, David Sparks

support, family, education