We’re back after a month and half break with a massive pack of mobile news! We discuss a recent Adobe acquisition, the Kindle Fire, new advances in HTML5 that promise to make mobile development better, and how shopping on the iPad means you’re

Episode 17: Simple Diagrams

Sep 16th, 2011 1h 11m

We’re joined this week by Daniel McQuillen, a Air/Flex developer here in Fort Collins who built the Air application called Simple Diagrams http://www.simplediagrams.com/, it’s a tool used by many people including UX designers, education-types,

Episode 16: One Less Thing

Aug 31st, 2011 57m 38s

Now that HP’s WebOS is going away, we all have one less thing to worry about!! (for better or worse) We discussed that, among a bunch of other things, with John Wolters (@jochenwolters) who stopped by for another AWESOME guest appearance before

Episode 15: iPhone-less

Aug 12th, 2011 1h 4m

Another fun episode of the web design world’s most lovable podcast! We return for our crystal anniversary episode (look it up, nerds) to talk about UX research on the iPad, some important mobile news, the Iconathon, more thoughts in the “native

Episode 14: Google Plus +

Jul 27th, 2011 1h 5m

We brought back Nick Armstrong (@IMNickArmstrong) for another awesome episode! Nick’s our resident social media expert, so we asked him to come give everyone the low-down on Google’s new social network: Google Plus! Nick had a lot of great info

Episode 13: The one where we talk a lot

Jul 19th, 2011 1h 27m

John Wolters (@jochenwolters) is back for round 2 – or 4 (whichever) either way, he’s awesome! We decided to shorten the podcast just a bit and skip the “feature” section, only to wind up with the longest podcast to date!! But never fear, dear

Episode 12: Don’t mention the war!

Jul 12th, 2011 1h 16m

John Wolters (@jochenwolters) once again flies all the way from Germany JUST to grace us with his presence. Do we have good friends or WHAT? While he was here, he had great stuff to say about usability, iPhone web app prototyping, a new web ima

Episode 11: I Love Kale!

Jun 2nd, 2011 1h 8m

Special guest Sarah Jane Griesemer (@savvysarahjane) joins us to chat about her love of kale (as in, the vegetable) and has a ton of great stuff to say about building communities, dealing with negative comments on your blog, and kale! We also d

Episode 10: Undercover UX Design

May 20th, 2011 1h 20m

Not only did we get to sit down for a 30 minute interview with the ineffable Cennydd Bowles (UX Designer Extraordinaire) but we have some great discussion on the “cloud” (is it the same as the internet, or not?), some interesting mobile news, w

Episode 9: Real Web Fonts

May 6th, 2011 1h 3m

Getting good fonts on your website is easy for just about anyone – FINALLY! Ron gives a great explanation of the different ways to approach having more than “web safe fonts” on your site, and gives a review of a few of the more popular font ser

Episode 8: Working In Your Strata

Apr 23rd, 2011 1h 1m

In this episode we wonder about IE10, what’s really the top mobile OS, and have an interview with Kevin Hoffman (@kevinmhoffman), one of the Experience Directors for Happy Cog. He gives us some insights into one of the country’s best known web

Episode 7: All Mobile All the Time

Apr 8th, 2011 1h 15m

We’re BACK!! After a brief hiatus, we’re back with a great mobile-centric episode of the podcast. Featuring a great interview with Josh Clark (@globalmoxie), author of “Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps” that Steve recorded at the IA Summi

Episode 6: Creative Renegades

Dec 8th, 2010 1h 9m

Special guest Nick Armstrong (@imnickarmstrong) joins us to talk about everything from Skittles porn to wallets. Oh, and some web design stuff as well. Enjoy!! - Steve & Ron Episode 6 Show Notes Special Guest: Nick Armstrong News: sixrevisions

Episode 5: Responsive Web Design

Oct 27th, 2010 1h 4m

On this episode we learn about World Usability Day, why the new Blackberry OS matters to you, and Ron drones on and on (his words!) about Responsive Web Design. Nick Armstrong also gives us a great overview of Feedburner in his Social Media Min

Episode 4: HTML5 Madness!

Oct 11th, 2010 1h 15m

On this episode we talk to the fabulous Jeremy Keith, author of HTML5 For Web Designers. Awesome book, awesome guy, awesome interview. We also have 2 additional guests: John Wolters (Usability Expert & Technical Communicator) from Aachen, Germa

Episode 3: ZELDMAN!

Sep 20th, 2010 1h 6m

We discuss life with nothing but an iPad, Dark Patterns of UX design and have an AWESOME interview with Jeffrey Zeldman! Episode 3 Show Notes: News: Ron’s MacBook Pro crashed last week… Two-day turnaround from a Genius Bar appointment Two hours

Episode 2: It Just Smells Funny

Sep 3rd, 2010 56m 58s

On this episode we discuss whether “The Web Is Dead” or if it just “smells funny”, we learn about Disqus.com, how to feed your inner OCD, and more! We also had an AWESOME special guest – John (Jochen) Wolters, all the way from Aachen, Germany.

Episode 1: the beginning

Aug 20th, 2010

We’re excited to announce the launch of our VERY first episode of Einstein and Sock Monkey. We’d love any comments you have – good or bad. ENJOY! Steve & Ron Episode 1 Show Notes: News: Google Wave was cancelled. Primarily due to low user adopt

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