Snowball's Chance in Baltimore
Where is the edge of ownership for regional brands? Can a city have a brand? Who owns the trademark? And why do people in Baltimore refer to flavored crushed ice as a snowball instead of a snow cone?
6 Sep 20131h
Local Commerce FTW
In this meandering episode, we promise to distract and confuse you with so many topics, you won't be able to follow them. Just kidding... Well, sorta. But seriously, we mostly talk about supporting lo...
30 Aug 20131h
Jailbreak Free-For-All
In this special episode, we welcome Kyle Matthews (@kylematthews) and Ben Stark (@zodttd) to the studio to talk about jailbreaking and share their perspective. They each operate as distributors for Cy...
16 Aug 201359min
Web Services and Pair Programming
We're all over the map on this one, but it's worth your time. The key here is building good code. Make amazing web services with the serviceable library, a Rails gem that allows you to publish amazing...
9 Aug 20131h
Anatomy of a Cocktail Party
In this highly academic episode, we dive into the dynamics of a conversation. We investigate the lifecycle of a conversation, the roles people play within a conversation, and how group dynamics and so...
2 Aug 20131h
Effective Web Service Caching
In this mostly technical episode, we discuss strategies for integrating caching strategy into your web service. Various methods of caching are considered, from fine to coarse granularity. Rails develo...
26 Jul 201359min
Humility by Example
This frivolous episode discusses a number of aspects of applied humility, whether through personal and/or professional failure or through the all-eclipsing brilliance of others who raise the bar in st...
19 Jul 201359min
Social Information Architecture
In this deep dive technology discussion, we explore the ways we interact with information. This goes beyond the visual presentation of structured information. Users must understand the context of thei...
12 Jul 20131h
