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080 - A History of Computing with Dr. Drang

Internet Archive Dr. Drang returns to explore his background in computing from the late 1970s to today. Along the way we discover what happens when you mess up a punchcard, what Linux was like in the...

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001 - Being the IT Help Center

Flickr Commons In this inaugural episode Gabe talks with David Sparks about how to help new and inexperienced computer users. They discuss how to provide the right help, teaching best practices and...

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002 - Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario

Flickr Commons In this episode Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient talks with Gabe about planning our digital records for the worst case scenario. Eddie is an extremely smart guy and has some terrific...

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003 - Do it for the Kids

Flickr Commons Nate Boateng sits down to talk about raising kids in an always-on world of technology. They talk about setting rules, monitoring activity and the general challenges of being a parent....

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004 - The Zymurgist's Dilemma

Flickr Commons Ken Weingold talks with Gabe about beer apps and the joys of tracking good beer. They discuss the shortage of good beer apps and what is actually worth trying. Show Notes Not Miller Time...

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005 - The Future of Books

Flickr Commons Yuvi Zalkow, Michael Schechter and Gabe spend 90 minutes talking about the past, present and future of books and reading. Show Notes Michael Schechter BetterMess.com Yuvi Zalkow A...

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006 - From Employee to Self Employed

Flickr Commons Shawn Blanc talks about how he went from working full time as a marketing director to being a full time self-employed blogger. He discusses where ShawnBlanc.net started and how he got to...

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007 - NaNoWriMo and the Writing Process

Flickr Commons Aaron Mahnke and I discuss his writing experience. We go in depth on the writing process and National Novel Writing Month with sweeping discussion of Tolkein and Vonnegut. This Episode...

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008 - Photos and Photography with Rob Agcaoili

Flickr Commons Rob Agcaoili of Gridwriter.com talks about his photography workflow. We start at backups and end at photo editing. Show Notes CameraSync iPhone Backup Extractor BackBlaze Crashplan...

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009 - Research Materials and Tools with Walton Jones

Flickr Commons Gabe talks with Walton Jones, professor of Behavioral Neurobiology at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and writer at the Drosophiliac This episode is sponsored...

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010 - Going Back to School with Julia Richert

Flickr Commons Julia Richert and Gabe talk at length about the life changing event of going back to school and continuing education. They discuss the consequences on the family and some of the...

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011 - Planning, Outlining, and Mapping with Brett Terpstra

Flickr Commons In this episode Brett Terpstra talks about outlining, planning and context maps. Gabe and Brett examine their workflows and goals as well as a bevy of applications. Show Notes...

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012 - The Home Office, Motivation and Poop Jokes

Flickr Commons Gabe has a highly scatological discussion with Brett Kelly about the home office, self motivation and working remotely. This episode also holds the distinction of being the first...

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013 - Modern Musical Merry Men

Flickr Commons A group discussion with Federico Viticci (MacStories), Myke Hurley (70Decibels), TJ Luoma (TUAW) and Gabe (Macdrifter) about the current state of accessing and exploring music. We talk...

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014 - Everything Sucks for Somebody at Some Point

Flickr Commons Gabe talks with Stephen Hackett of 512Pixels.net about empathy and charity. The show is an awkward mix of irreverent and introspective discussion of the role of charities, picking...

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015 - Curiosity and Analytical Thinking with Dr. Drang

Flickr Commons In this episode, we're turtles all the way down. Gabe talks with Dr. Drang about analytical thinking, curiosity, "real" engineers, and Mac scripting Show Notes And now it’s all this Ben...

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016 - ScreenCasts and Demos with Don McAllister

Flickr Commons Gabe talks with Don McAllister from ScreenCastsOnline about the process of instructing and presenting to a wide audience over the internet. Show Notes ScreenCastsOnline MacCast...

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017 - Task Management with Rob Agcaoili and Eddie Smith

Flickr Commons This week is the first part in a three part series on realistic task management. Gabe is joined by Eddie Smith of Practically Efficient and Rob Agcaoili of Gridwriter to discuss GTD...

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018 - Digital Publishing with Adam Engst

Flickr Commons Gabe is joined by Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books to talk about digital publishing, eBooks and the intersection of writing and editing. Show Notes TidBITS Take Control...

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019 - Tasks, Contexts, and Projects with Jeff Hunsberger

Flickr Commons In this episode Jeff Hunsberger of TechnologyNotes.net talks with Gabe about contexts and projects in task management. This is episode two in a three part series about task management....

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