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Dan Benjamin is the founder of 5by5. He’s a broadcaster, screencaster, writer, software developer, designer, and entrepreneur. Dan co-founded Cork’d, built the CMS behind sites like A List Apart and Capgemini, was the CTO for several tech startups, and has been publishing Hivelogic since 2000.

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Dan’s Shows

5by5 at the Movies

5by5 at the Movies

With Dan Benjamin

5by5’s hosts and guests review their favorite movies.

5by5 Specials

5by5 Specials

With Dan Benjamin

5by5 special events.

After Dark

After Dark

With Dan Benjamin

This is what happens after Dan and his co-hosts hit “STOP” and their official shows are over.

Back to Work

Back to Work

With Dan Benjamin & Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.

Briefly Awesome

Briefly Awesome

With Christina Warren & Dan Benjamin

A weekly rundown of what’s cool, new, and interesting in the world of web, mobile, social media, and entertainment.

Build and Analyze

Build and Analyze

With Dan Benjamin & Marco Arment

A weekly news and discussion show about the world of iPhone, iPad, iOS, and mobile web development.

Hypercritical

Hypercritical

With Dan Benjamin & John Siracusa

A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses.

Tack Sharp

Tack Sharp

With Dan Benjamin & Duncan Davidson

Tack Sharp is a podcast about the art and science of photography, equipment, gear, and techniques, with topics and discussions geared toward both professional and hobbyist photographers.

The Big Web Show

The Big Web Show

With Dan Benjamin & Jeffrey Zeldman

The Big Web Show features special guests and topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more.

The Conversation

The Conversation

With Dan Benjamin

A talk show featuring discussions with special guests, the latest tech and development news, and your calls.

The Critical Path

The Critical Path

With Dan Benjamin & Horace Dediu

Critical Path is a talk show contemplating the causality of success and failure in mobile computing.

The Daily Edition

The Daily Edition

With Dan Benjamin & Jen Simmons

The Daily Edition with Dan Benjamin is a daily show bringing you a little bit of everything, like news, talk, and discussion.

The Dev Show

The Dev Show

With Dan Benjamin & Jason Seifer

The Dev Show brings you news and discussion about the latest topics in the software development community, focused on Ruby, PHP, Java, JavaScript, and more.

The Ihnatko Almanac

The Ihnatko Almanac

With Andy Ihnatko & Dan Benjamin

The Ihnatko Almanac is a weekly discussion that mostly focuses on the Clickable Arts: the movies, music, books, comics, articles, and other bits of entertainment and news that Andy and Dan have been reaching through a mouse click recently.

The Mixdown

The Mixdown

With Anthony Stauffer & Dan Benjamin

The Mixdown is a talk show about audio/video recording and broadcasting, featuring discussion about gear, tips, tricks, and advice.

The Pipeline

The Pipeline

With Dan Benjamin

The Pipeline is an interview show, featuring in-depth conversations with innovators, designers, geeks, newsmakers, entrepreneurs, and people who create amazing things.

The Talk Show

The Talk Show

With Dan Benjamin & John Gruber

The Talk Show features discussion about technology, Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, movies, directors, and the Web.

Dan’s Guest Appearances

The Web Ahead #13: Education with Dan Benjamin

January 12, 2012 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 23 minutes

Dan Benjamin joins Jen Simmons to talk about how to keep up with the changing technologies of the web. Where do we learn?

Special guest: Dan Benjamin


The Incomparable #61: Number Ones

October 15, 2011 at 10:00am • 60 minutes

Our Comic Book Club tackles the topic of #1 issues, especially those in DC’s recent relaunch. We recommend some books and talk about some of our favorite Number Ones. Also we touch on a few of the controversial #1 DC issues and question whether DC is really trying to reach a new audience or just pander to the old one.

Special guests: Dan Benjamin, Faith Korpi, and Lisa Schmeiser


Mac Power Users #26: Workflows with Dan Benjamin

May 16, 2010 at 9:27pm • 1 hour 26 minutes

This is our second show in the “Workflows” series. Our guest is programmer, writer, and podcaster Dan Benjamin. Links of Interest: Dan’s Sites Hivelogic 5by5.tv Dan’s Twitter Applications NetNewsWire Google Reader Readability Instapaper Apple Logic TextMate Missing Drawer TextMate Plug-in BBEdit Markdown Notational Velocity Xcode Pages Wirecast Logic Studio Logic Express SoundStudio Palm Pre drPodder.

Special guest: Dan Benjamin