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Episode 15: Design Within Reach

In this episode we have Michael Critz (@mike_critz), Emmy-award winning motion graphics designer and user experience designer. We talk about Cat memes, Facebook, Apple UX oddities, and user experiences that go beyond the screen and keyboard.

Episode 14: Cavalier Oblique

This week we’ve got Tim Cain, the father of the popular game Fallout, and lover of chocolate. We talk about storytelling, D&D, Fallout, classic arcade games, and how hard it is to preserve our digital heritage.

Episode 13: The Edit Doctor is In!

Our guest is Mike J. Nichols, aka The Edit Doctor, aka The Phantom Editor. We talk about TV, film, what it took to edit The Phantom Menace into something watchable, and why we can’t have nice things.

Episode 12: Ready! Steady! GoPro!

In this episode we talk about the 5DmkIII, the C300, Sony’s FS100, and our beloved GoPro, and how inexpensive hardware impacts budding filmmakers and veterans alike. We also pay homage to American Graffiti.

Episode 11: Snowmonkey

In this episode of RI4E, Maggie hacks some space, Christopher falls from grace with the Kimpon Hotel chain, we question Apple’s commitment to the Mac platform, surmise the probability your data getting pwned, and decide Google is scummy.

Episode 10: Borderlands of Kanen

Part two of our conversation with Kanen Flowers. In this episode, we talk about what it is that makes a good podcast, that Heartbeat City by The Cars synchs up with Defender, other video games, and wanting to stab people in the cinema.

Episode 9: Land of Kanen

This week’s special guest is Kanen Flowers, independent film maker and creator of That Post Show, and Scruffy Thinking. In this episode we talk about making a feature-length film, hardware, phone phreaking, hackers, money, and blow — but no hookers.

Episode 8: iBooks 2 Brace for Impact

In this episode we talk about the new iBooks 2 platform and the potential impact it has for the US school system, and elsewhere. We cover iBooks Author, the .ibooks textbook format, and the new courseware attached to iTunes U.

Episode 7: It’s A Trapcode!

In this episode, we have our first Guests! Aharon Rabinowitz and Seth Worley join us via Skype to talk about visual effects and post production in independent film. You’ll also learn the secret of THE MURDER HOUSE.

Episode 6: Unconventional Conventionalists

In this episode we talk about CES in a very big way. We cover new advances in TVs, cameras, computers, and THE NEW MAKERBOT! Also, we talk about product specs, why they matter, and why that’s part of the bigger picture of user experience design.

Math is hard.

Episode 5: Unsanitary Bag of Hurt

In this episode we talk about 3D in the cinema, and why sometimes IMAX isn’t.

Episode 4: The HIG Boson

In this episode we talk about what makes a good App. We we talk at excruciating length about the Apple HIG, and Apps that suck less.

Episode 3: Why is the Fat Guy Named Porkins?

In this episode we talk about Star Wars, and how George Lucas even today, continues to change cinema. We had some audio problems while recording this episode that were not discovered until after the show finished recording. Please excuse the audio quality. The problem has been corrected, and we’ll be back next week with our usual higher quality audio.

Episode 2: Liquid Television

In our second episode, your fearless hosts gasbag about TV shows we like, home theatre PCs, and different ways of getting content to your television.

Episode 1: Rounding Error

In this episode, we whinge about how Apple is leaving the high-end pro market. We talk about Mac Pros, education-as-enterprise, and giant 3D printed jumping spiders.



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