Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)

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Andy McMillan makes things that bring people together: the Build conference, the XOXO festival, and The Manual, a series of books with thoughtful essays about design. After producing three print volumes of The Manual, he’s trying to take it to the next level, and produce something openly, broadly available across many media, that’s a collaboration… Continue reading Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)

Mi Casa Es Su Benincasa with Sara Benincasa (Episode 90)

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Sara Benincasa is an author, comedian, writer, and outspoken advocate of LGBTQ youth, among many other hats she’s worn. She is an expert impressionist and parodist of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Sara is the author of the novel Great and the memoir/confessional, Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom, and her third book, the novel Believers,… Continue reading Mi Casa Es Su Benincasa with Sara Benincasa (Episode 90)

Nice and Neat with Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt (Episode 89)

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Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt are Studio Neat, a small design and software group that produces nifty products. They began with the Glif, and when I talked to them last over a year ago, they had launched their second software product and were deep in planning on a new, more complicated item: the Neat Ice… Continue reading Nice and Neat with Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt (Episode 89)

Depth Takes a Holiday with Amanda Warner and Brianna Wu (Episode 84)

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Giant Spacekat, founded by Brianna Wu and Amanda Warner, released their first game today: Revolution 60. It’s a cinematic-style, live-rendered game with rich dialog and interaction that employs strong female characters. Brianna is also a co-host of the Isometric podcast. We talk about illustration, independence, and meeting (and exceeding) expectations. Sponsors and patrons This podcast… Continue reading Depth Takes a Holiday with Amanda Warner and Brianna Wu (Episode 84)

Into the Bellwoods with Lucy Bellwood (Episode 82)

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Lucy Bellwood is a Portland cartoonist who started her working life with a crowdfunding campaign. She’s a member of Periscope Studio, a loosely affiliated working space and collective of which I’ve interviewed other members. True Believer was the outcome of her Kickstarter project, and she’s built a career from there. Sponsors and patrons This podcast… Continue reading Into the Bellwoods with Lucy Bellwood (Episode 82)

Be Kind, Fast Forward with Jamie Wilkinson (Episode 81)

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Jamie Wilkinson is the co-founder and CEO of VHX, a service that delivers movies online to the customers of filmmakers. They exist in sharp contrast to many video sites — operated by the likes of Amazon, Apple, and others — in that they only deliver films free of digital rights management, take a sliver of… Continue reading Be Kind, Fast Forward with Jamie Wilkinson (Episode 81)

It’s Like Money You Can’t Hold with Chris Higgins and Adam Cornelius (Episode 80)

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Adam Cornelius and Chris Higgins are making the film Coined, about the rise of cryptocurrency. They previously worked together on Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters. Adam is a documentary filmmaker; Chris, a journalist. They’ve just launched a Kickstarter to fund Coined, and have shot quite a bit of footage already. We talk about what… Continue reading It’s Like Money You Can’t Hold with Chris Higgins and Adam Cornelius (Episode 80)

Live in Portland: Book Reading and The Doubleclicks (Episode 75)

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Listen in as The Doubleclicks, a geeky two-sister band, perform four songs, and four authors read parts of their reported features from The Magazine: The Book at our last live book event in Portland, Oregon. The event was held at Reading Frenzy, and features John Patrick Pullen, Alison Hallett, Chris Higgins, and Elly Blue. Sponsors… Continue reading Live in Portland: Book Reading and The Doubleclicks (Episode 75)

Sailing in Brackish Waters with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (Episode 73)

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Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom are the co-executive directors of CASH Music (Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders) a non-profit organization that brings an open-source approach to music distribution and production. CASH focuses on educating around those ideas through online resources, stakeholder events, and face-to-face workshops, as well as offering a software platform. Sponsors &… Continue reading Sailing in Brackish Waters with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (Episode 73)

Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)

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Henry Smith is a games app developer, and the evil genius behind the addictive multi-player app Spaceteam. Spaceteam won oodles of awards, and it has the added benefit (or problem) of being free. Henry has an active Kickstarter to fund future development of free work over the next year. Sponsors & Patrons This podcast is… Continue reading Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)