We’re in the early stages of a once-in-a-generation moment and virtual, augmented, and mixed “realities” present exciting new opportunities for brands to engage with their customers.In this talk recorded live at the Seattle Interactive Confer

#23 Improv, Not Screenplays: Holographic Learnings w/ Dave and Eric Rak

Oct 2nd, 2016 32m 53s

Creating mixed reality experiences for HoloLens shatters the existing paradigms designers and developers have come to understand. As early Microsoft HoloLens partners, Dave Curry and Eric Rak were invited to speak to an incoming Holographic Ac

#22 Jeff Weir, Senior Interaction Designer at frog

Jun 6th, 2016 44m 51s

Who hasn’t dreamed of ditching the grind, taking a year off, and traveling the world? Jeff Weir didn’t just dream it, he did it. Jeff and I journey through the before, during, and after of his fascinating Maker Year.You can support Say Someth

#21 Will Robots Replace Creative Professionals?

May 23rd, 2016 19m 19s

Robots and artificial intelligence are part of our daily routine. Algorithms influence everything from what we see in our feed to where we go out for dinner and drinks. We have apps that make creative decisions, like choosing the best photos f

#20 Patrick Ascolese, Engineer at Presence Labs

Apr 17th, 2016 41m 19s

The VR space is on fire and Dave and Patrick, a creative engineer who works in VR now and was part of the Kinect team back in the day, talk VR/AR/MR, the power of mobile, the Rift and the Vive, HoloLens, Amazon’s Echo, moving to Seattle, movin

#19 Eva Hoerth, Design Researcher for VR

Mar 14th, 2016 50m 16s

OMG, our first episode in 2016 and we’re kicking the year off right by covering all of the realities; virtual, augmented, and even mixed, with Eva Hoerth, design researcher for VR and community builder at the very epicenter of Seattle’s VR sce

#18 Best of 2015 Clip Show

Dec 31st, 2015 32m 6s

To round out 2015, I went back and hand-picked ten of my favorite moments from Say Something Worth Stealing’s past year, tossed them together in my editing software, and voila, I present to you this delicious holiday stew of an episode.And fo

#17 Career Advice from the CreativeMornings Seattle Community

Oct 12th, 2015 16m 4s

At October’s CreativeMornings Seattle, Dave asked a bunch of morning people what their best piece of career advice was, and got smart, thoughtful, and sometimes funny answers from Luz, Isaac, Shruti, Roya, Christopher, Jason, Marion, Jonathan,

#16 Craig Fox, Design Director at Microsoft HoloLens

Sep 28th, 2015 1h 9m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave sits down with Craig Fox, a UX design leader who knows all about designing and shipping consumer and enterprise applications. Craig and Dave cover acres of hallowed ground; studying jazz, the cla

#15 Dale Hart, ECD and Royal Stuart, Account Director at Digital Kitchen

Sep 14th, 2015 1h 14m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave welcomes not one, but two very special guests; Dale Hart and Royal Stuart (who sound nothing alike), both from Digital Kitchen. We cover a lot of ground; growing up on farms, the importance of me

#14 Marcy Sutton, Accessibility Engineer at Adobe

Aug 31st, 2015 1h 4m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave talks with the multi-talented Marcy Sutton; accessibility expert, public speaker, developer, and bear costume wearer about everything from her childhood publication dynasty to the importance of p

#13 Tom Carmony, Design Director at Black Pixel

Aug 17th, 2015 1h 15m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave and Tom Carmony meet IRL for the first time and discuss connections between; clinical psychology and a career in design, Microsoft Front Page, Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America, podcasting for Mik

#12 Jon Bell, Senior Product Designer at Twitter, Co-Founder of UX Launchpad

Jul 31st, 2015 1h 17m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave talks to Jon Bell from Twitter and UX Launchpad about everything from beards to vampire musicals, and fortunately for our listeners, we somehow manage to connect our varied tangents back to creat

#11 John J. Lee, Senior Visual Designer at Perion

Jul 19th, 2015 1h 9m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesOur second season’s premier episode is vigorous with velocity. SSWS’s first millennial guest shatters the stereotypes and doesn’t mind the label. John and Dave talk about career focus, powerpoint (you

#10 Want Did You Want To Be When You Grew Up?

Jun 14th, 2015 10m 48s

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesRecorded at the EMP during Creative Mornings Seattle, this very special (and super short) episode asks creatives what they wanted to be when they grew up and what they might be doing in ten years. Tha

#9 Nicholas Thiel, Associate Creative Director at Starbucks

May 28th, 2015 1h 12m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesGet out there. Get your nose out of that screen. Live life. Don’t be afraid of being afraid. Dave talks with Nick Thiel (@nickthiel) about those tenets and the importance of having fun at work, knowin

#8 Scott Pierce, Senior Content Strategist at POP

May 12th, 2015 1h 4m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesIs what you do who you are? Or is who you are what you do? Scott Pierce (@scottpierce on Twitter) and I explore this eternal mystery by discussing everything from Don Martin making us hear with our ey

#7 Clara Mulligan, Creative Director at Creature

Apr 23rd, 2015 1h 32m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesClara Mulligan is hands down, one of the most creative people I’ve ever had the good luck to know, and sitting down with her for an hour and a half was honestly SO MUCH FUN. Clara and I talked about a

#6 Larry Asher, Principal/CD at Worker Bees, Director at School of Visual Concepts

Apr 4th, 2015 1h 27m

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesWhat a great pleasure it was to spend time with advertising legend Larry Asher. Dave and Larry covered a lot of ground; yearbooks and art direction, Larry’s first copywriting jobs, the Princess Margue

#5 Dan Gebler, Group Manager of Experience Strategy at Adobe

Mar 20th, 2015 1h

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave and Dan talk about about what led Dan to Adobe, that funny tool called Slack, the history of East LA, the importance of swagger, an index card dropped from the beak of a bird, salmon or asparagus

#4 Erin West, VP Client Services at POP

Mar 7th, 2015 52m 23s

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesErin and Dave talk about Erin’s big pivot from the world of theatre to #AgencyLife, how being an intern means doing everything, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the very meaning of books, elementary schoo

#3 Michael Winburn, Director of Program Management at frog design

Feb 24th, 2015 1h

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave and MDUB go way back and topics include Amsterdam, Creative Mornings, Tippy the Turtle, the Natl Student Advertising Championships, Kenny Rogers, and much, much more.

#2 Jacob McMurray, Senior Curator of the EMP Museum

Feb 17th, 2015 52m 59s

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave’s guest is Jacob McMurray, Senior Curator of the EMP Museum. They talk about Jacob’s transition from archeology to curation, indie gaming, the Death Star, Danish languages, virtual reality vs. th

#001 David Conrad, Co-Founder of Design Commission

Feb 9th, 2015 51m 16s

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave sits down with David Conrad, co-founder of Design Commission and UIStencils.com, and host of Creative Mornings Seattle. They talk about David’s start in design, his love of Sketch, surrounding yo

Episode #000 with Brad Holst

Feb 2nd, 2015 36m 42s

Subscribe to, Rate and Review us on iTunesDave’s guest is Brad Holst, Design Principal at POP. Topics are early design jobs, advice for the kids, Anna Kendrick, and more. We never intended to air this episode, but for a mic check, it turned o