All Episodes

Hypercritical #10: Like Giving a Machine Gun to a Baby

March 18, 2011 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 25 minutes

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin are briefly amused by iPhone 5 rumors, then dive head first into a ruthless analysis of Apple's online services, past and present. The sad conclusion: Apple sucks at what Google is good at, and vice versa.

Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.


Boom, Outta Here #10: Casting a wider net

March 18, 2011 at 1:00pm • 36 minutes

Dan and Brandon sing the praises of college basketball's larger NCAA Tournament schedule and its selection committee, despite the tournament's overall decline in talent. They also highlight the immediate economic impact of labor problems with the NFL and Charlie Sheen's Brian Wilson routine.

Hosted by Brandon Rosage & Dan Benton.


The Daily Edition #36: It Deserves To Be Real

March 18, 2011 at 11:00am • 45 minutes

Andy McMillian joins Dan to talk about his Kickstarter project and the satisfaction of releasing a product.

Hosted by Jen Simmons & Dan Benjamin with special guest Andy McMillan.


The Big Web Show #42: Treesaver

March 17, 2011 at 3:00pm • 54 minutes • Computer Video

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Filipe Fortes and Scott Kellum, the creators of Treesaver to talk a little about working on closed platforms at Microsoft, how working on a dynamic open publishing platform based on web technologies is a little like building a train while you’re riding it, weighing hand-crafted layouts and algorithmic layouts, and combating template explosion.

Hosted by Jeffrey Zeldman.


After Dark #7: After The Big Web Show 042

March 17, 2011 at 2:00pm • 14 minutes

Jeffrey Zeldman, Dan Benjamin, and guests after The Big Web Show Episode 42.

Hosted by Dan Benjamin.


Content Talks #1: Intelligent Content

March 17, 2011 at 10:00am • 35 minutes

Kristina talks “intelligent content” with Ann Rockley, author of the seminal Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy, the founder and President of The Rockley Group, and founder of the Intelligent Content Conference.

Hosted by Kristina Halvorson.


After Dark #6: After The Talk Show 34

March 16, 2011 at 4:00pm • 3 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin, after The Talk Show Episode 34.

Hosted by Dan Benjamin.


The Talk Show #34: A Very Puffy Shirt

March 16, 2011 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 31 minutes

John and Dan discuss SXSW, Netflix, the future of television and media subscriptions, Twitter's smackdown on new clients and the use of their API, and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."

Hosted by John Gruber & Dan Benjamin.


Build and Analyze #16: Considerations

March 16, 2011 at 2:00pm • 1 hour 21 minutes

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the Twitter Quick Bar fiasco, decision-making for the Instapaper 3.0 release, and differentiation from competitors.

Hosted by Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin.


Back to Work #8: Little Velvet Hands

March 15, 2011 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 13 minutes

This week, Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin eighty-six their restaurant jobs—emptying grease traps, handling logs of meat, and sharing what they learned by bringing mostly bad food to America's table. Dan burns velvet hands, Merlin's Mom gives the guy with the coupon a kung fu, and old people want a monkey dish of sauce before they boost all your Sweet'N Low.

Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.