Episode 23: All things Drupal with Four Kitchens
This week we speak with Four Kitchens, a local web design and development shop specializing in large websites built on Drupal. We talk about Drupal as a CMS, committing back to open source, and the...
View ArticleEpisode 24: The WPEngine Launch Party
The ATX Web Show was invited by GeekAustin & Company to do some man-on-the-scene coverage of the Official WPEngine Launch Party held on November 3rd. It was a high class event and a great...
View ArticleEpisode 25: Are You Watching This?!
In this episode we sit down with Mark Phillip of AreYouWatchingThis.com. Simply put: “RUWT” is a notification system to let you know when a game in the sport of your choice is getting good. It’s...
View ArticleEpisode 26: Back to School, Part 1
We’re back with another episode! Amidst extreme Texas winter weather we gather to bring you some of the local web news, as well as mini-interviews with Garann Means of Austin All-Girl Hack Nite and...
View ArticleEpisode 27: Post-SXSW Aftermath
SXSW 2011 has come and gone, ravaged our town and our livers in the process. Trent, Reagan and Dave join together to discuss highlights and lowlights of SXSW; from the poorly-scheduled panels, to the...
View ArticleEpisode 28: Two New Groups in Town
Back this week with a little mini-sode feature two brand new groups in town. First up is Mattt Thompson from Austin.RB to talk about the brand new ruby group in town. If you’ve listened to the show for...
View ArticleEpisode 29: Responsive Web Design
On today’s show we recap the fun had at the first-ever Austin Dribbble Meetup. It was a grand ol’ time. We also dig into the relatively new web trend, “Responsive Web Design”. We’ll talk about what it...
View ArticleEpisode 30: TXJS with Alex Sexton
Alex Sexton stops by to talk about the upcoming yayQuery-organized TXJS – a quality-curated JavaScript conference right in our own backyard. We also probe Alex’s mind about the top trends/things to pay...
View ArticleEpisode 31: The Gowalla Design Team
This week’s episode is sure to be a milestone for the ATX Web Show. We invade the Gowalla Headquarters and sit down with the Gowalla Design Team: Keegan Jones, Tim Van Damme, Drew Yeaton, and Adam...
View ArticleEpisode 32: The Austin Survey
The results are in! 100 people responded to the question “How much would it cost to leave Austin?” In this episode we crunch the numbers with our amateur statistician skills. Be sure to check the web...
View ArticleEpisode 33: Method & Craft
On today’s show we’re joined by none other than Phil Coffman of Method & Craft to get a behind the scenes look at the site that gets behind the scenes. #meta. We get to know Phil as he joins us for...
View ArticleEpisode 34: Tweet Library with Manton
Today we sit down with Manton Reece, creator of Tweet Library and the Tweetmarks API. We sit down to talk about his apps, developing on the Twitter API, iOS and Mac development and the big question:...
View ArticleEpisode 35: The 10K Apart
Do you have the chops to make an app in under 10K? In this episode we talk about the brand new 10K Apart: Responsive Edition being put on by MIX Online and An Event Apart. We also cover our month-long...
View ArticleEpisode 36: Forecast
We sat down with René Pinnell of Hurricane Party to talk about their new app, Forecast – an app that allows you to share where you’re going to be with future checkins on Foursquare. In addition to...
View ArticleEpisode 37: Hourschool
This week we sit down with Ruby Ku and Alex Pappas of Hourschool, a social app that helps you find and create informal classes. The company was born out of their time as the inaugural class of the...
View ArticleEpisode 38: Stocking is the New Planking
Stocking, the act of replicating a stock photo and posting it to the internet, is gathering momentum in agencies across the world. We sit down with the Dennis Van Huffel and Jamie Graham, the folks...
View ArticleEpisode 39: Pivot!
In this week’s episode we catch up with some in-house news and surprising pivots. We discuss: FitVids – a jQuery plugin for fluid width responsive video embeds, Trent’s article on “Unitasking” to GTD,...
View ArticleEpisode 40: HTML5 & Friends
On this week’s episode I sat down with Christopher Schmitt and Kyle Simpson, co-authors of the new HTML5 Cookbook from O’Reilly Publishing. We spend time digging into the book and exploring some of...
View ArticleEpisode 41: Brooklyn Beta
Happy to be celebrating 2 YEARS of the ATX Web Show! On this anniversary episode, we hear from Zach Meyer of Four Kitchens about Drupal Camp Austin 2011 and spend some time talking about a recent...
View ArticleEpisode 42: The Reboot
Live from The Ginger Man, the tech hub of Austin, Dave and new co-host Travis Swicegood (from Episode 28) reboot the brand new ATX Web Show. We catch up on all the action that’s happened in the 6...
View ArticleEpisode 43: S03E02
Once again, Travis and Dave meet at the Ginger Man to discuss recent happenings around town from TX.JS, a first class Javascript conference that happens right on our very own doorstep. The rest of the...
View ArticleEpisode 44: Ruby lightning!
Travis and Dave sit down to catch up on this past weeks’ events, most notably the lightning talks held at Austin on Rails.
View ArticleEpisode 45: Calendar Conflicts!
This week Dave, Travis, and new co-pilot Ryan Joy sit down to talk about local news and events. We announce the new ATX Directory now live on the website and discuss the trials and tribulations of...
View ArticleEpisode 46: An Event Apart Recap with Elyse Holladay
We sat down with Austin designer Elyse Holladay to get a short recap of An Event Apart, the world’s premier web conference, that recently rolled through town.
View ArticleEpisode 47: Wizards, Cap Metro, To-Do Apps
Travis and Dave get together to talk about everything from breaking a curses using a local wizard to Cap Metro transit politics to our hatred of To-Do list apps. Web related, we discuss: the upcoming...
View ArticleEpisode 48: The Taecho Group
We sat down to better-know the talented Central Texas web design agency, the Taecho Group. After their work one the Circuit of the Americas (Austin F1) site, these experts in eCommerce and responsive...
View ArticleEpisode 49: Mijingo feat. Ryan Irelan
We’re joined by Ryan Irelan, developer at Happy Cog and founder of Mijingo, the web’s best resource for designers or developers looking to learn something new. We talk about the recent Drupal Day...
View ArticleEpisode 50: Joshua Baer on Startup Week & Capital Factory
We sat down with Austin tech titan Joshua Baer to talk about: ATX Startup Week, Demo Day 2012, We Are Austin Tech, Other Inbox, and the startup and social hub that is Capital Factory. On this...
View ArticleEpisode 51: Whale Management
Travis and Dave talk about a myriad of topics ranging from the Zynga mass-firing, covering a handful of startups from the Capital Factory Demo Day 2012 that got a mention in Venture Beat, to a quick...
View ArticleEpisode 52: #HOTBBQDRAMA
On Today’s show we get into the heart of the Austin BBQ Scene which in-part is mostly responsible for fueling the Austin economy. We also discuss the first 7 startups that pitched on state at Capital...
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Episode 53: We’re Back (25th Edition)
We’re back for the 25th time! Another unintended hiatus has sparked the need to do another show where we discuss the past 2 months as well as various upcoming events and conferences around town....
View ArticleEpisode 54: Happy Cogging with Greg Storey
Excited to have Greg Story, President of Happy Cog, on the show. Happy Cog is one of the world’s premier web design firms and they have established an outfit here in Austin, Texas. We chat with Greg...
View ArticleEpisode 55: FUWeekend with Andy Keil
This week we’re joined by Andy Keil talking about Finish Up Weekend, a weekend devoted executing and finishing up that side project. We also recap the completely sold out HTML5.tx Conference held here...
View ArticleEpisode 56: Live at the Omni Bar
Recorded live at the Omni Bar before Refresh Austin. We were joined by Gene Crawford and Giovanni DiFeterici of the South Carolina based Unmatched Style. There were in town to speak at Refresh Austin...
View ArticleEpisode 57: Purple Margarita Challenge with Joe McCann
Travis sits down with Joe McCann, who is currently Mobile Architect at Bazaarvoice and on the board at The Node Firm. Austin JS Open Web SXSW What’s the start of all of these epic parties?...
View ArticleEpisode 58: Meat Security with Ben Brown
In Control Conference Environment for Humans Ben Brown Web Dev and Product Designer Founder of XOXCO Deep Leap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kunpve8-h-U Consumating.com Make Pixel Art...
View ArticleEpisode 59: Post-FUWeekend/Pre-SXSW with Andy Keil
This week we’re joined again by Andy Keil to catch up on what got finished at the successful FinishUp Weekend. We also mentally prepare for the SXSW behemoth. People who finished: Colin Young...
View ArticleEpisode 60: The 1st Annual Post-SXSW Awards
Back with a groggy post-SXSW episode. We spend this episode recounting the best of SXSW 2013 from our limited, but professional, perspective. TX Drought Jokes! TexasTribune.org Reservoir Tracker 1st...
View ArticleEpisode 61: ATX, blue collar web town
This week we discuss the recent Pando Daily article which critiques Austin’s “intensity” and vis á vis why we’ll never be successful as a startup town. We’re also joined by former webshow intern...
View ArticleEpisode 62: The Fiber, we haz it.
This week Travis and Dave drink and do a live a show at the Ginger Man, Austin’s Tech Hub. Exciting news since the last episode, Kim Jong Un wants to nuke Austin and we get Google Fiber. The News: Kim...
View ArticleEpisode 63: Catchupisode™
Another Catchupisode™. Reigning victorious over Houston, yet again, Travis and Dave kick off this show apologizing to a few other cities and then recap some of the conferences and big events that have...
View ArticleEpisode 64: with Sam Kapila
This week Travis sits down with Sam Kapila, teacher of Responsive Web Design and Typography at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. That’s just south of Austin for you out-of-towners. They talk...
View ArticleEpisode 65: Hackathons Galore
Travis, Sam, and Dave catch up on presidents and hackathons that have swept through town recently. President Obama visits Capital Factory Coca-Cola: Why Austin sits atop the next wave of startup hubs...
View ArticleEpisode 66: Refresh Austin [Live Recording]
We finally got the whole team together at the Refresh Austin: Summer Party. Recorded live on July 30, 2013. Dave announces his mayorship of Curaçao, Sam’s homeland, and sings the new national anthem....
View ArticleEpisode 67: Breakfast tacos and Hyperloop
We gathered the crew before the last Refresh to catch up on Austin’s latest happenings. Dave introduces a new segment, “Austin vs The World” and we fire another intern. Recorded live on August 13,...
View ArticleEpisode 68: Austin Startup Week with Josh Baer
This week we have a covert chat with Josh Baer about the third annual Austin Startup Week. Listen to find out what his “God button” is and who his favorite Austin startups are. Interview Notes Intro to...
View ArticleEpisode 69: Recap of Austin Startup Week
This week, intern Michael Way recaps everything that went down at Austin Startup Week. He is joined by Andy, Sam, and new dad Dave! Show Notes 3:27 Latest News: ATX Startup Crawl 9:17 Startup Crawl App...
View ArticleEpisode 70: Startup Weekend Recap
In an effort to get one more show out the door before 2014, Dave and Andy recap Austin’s Startup Weekend that took place November 22-24 at Tech Ranch. Show Notes Austin Startup Weekend - 13 teams...
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Episode 71: Catchupisode with Andy and Travis
In 2014, we’re recording every 2nd and 4th Friday. Last week was our second show but we flubbed the release of the January 17 recording so we rolled that content into last week’s episode. Andy and...
View ArticleEpisode 72: Valentine’s Vegas Vortex
This week, Andy is joined by Travis and Sam at Happy Cog Austin for Episode 72. Thanks Happy Cog! Show Notes 1:05 HOUSE OF CARDS! 3:00 Spiceworks raises another round of $57m 3:15 Capital Factory +...
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