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The B&B Podcast 92: Yam Benjamin

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:30:00 GMT

For the final episode of The B&B Podcast, Shawn and Ben talk about the history of the show, the Pebble smartwatch and watches in general, doing an OmniFocus workflow audit, Monoprice's new 27-inch monitor, and the iPad as a "pro" PC.

Links for this episode:

The B&B Cafe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Pebble Preview – Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

First week with the Pebble watch — Dosjon

Thoughts on Siri and Devices the Size of an iPod nano — Shawn Blanc

Starfish smartwatch saga illustrates entrepreneurial stumbling blocks | Macworld

Pebble smartwatch review | The Verge

The Cigarette of This Century - Ian Bogost - The Atlantic

BREITLING | INSTRUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALS™

The Sentry Leather | Men's Watches | Nixon Watches and Premium Accessories

Hypertext: Fantastical looks great and all, but...

My OmniFocus Setup

Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter - Apple Store (U.S.)

Monoprice - 27" IPS LED CrystalPro Monitor WQHD 2560x1440

Men's Watches | Nixon Watches and Premium Accessories

Amazon.com: Dell U2713HM-IPS-LED CVN85 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor: Computers & Accessories

Setting Up a Basic Mac Media Server — Shawn Blanc

Coding Horror: The IPS LCD Revolution

Pat Dryburgh

Yam Benjamin

The B&B Podcast 91: The Penultimate Episode

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:00:00 GMT

This week Shawn and Ben talk about responsive web design, side projects, and Netbot going free on App.net. Also, as the title suggests, this is the second-to-last episode of the B&B Podcast.

Links for this episode:

Grounded & Steadfast - Good Software Delights

New users per day by Appnetizens

benbrooks: Guys, Tapbots have a... - App.net

5by5 | The B&B Podcast #44: Before a Live Studio Audience

The OmniFocus Setup

Netbot — Tapbots

The B&B Podcast 90: The Core Power Tools

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben discuss what should be on the short list of apps which most moderately computer savvy people should be using.

Links for this episode:

Dropbox

Hazel

1Password for Mac

TextExpander

Backblaze

Alfred App

Droplr

The B&B Podcast 89: Twitter, Coffee, and Cookies

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:15:00 GMT

Back from the holidays and kicking off the first episode of 2013, Shawn and Ben talk about scaling back on Twitter followers and the problems with Americanos from Starbucks.

Links for this episode:

adam brault: I quit Twitter for a month and it completely changed my thinking about mostly everything.

A Foray Into Simplenote Alternatives — Shawn Blanc

The B&B Podcast 88: Legacy Twitter Relationships

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:00:00 GMT

For the final show of 2012, Shawn and Ben record a show in their old style of casual conversation. Topics include teething, Amazon Prime, OmniFocus, scaling back on Twitter followers, Time Magazine's top 10 gadgets of the year, and more.

Links for this episode:

Frank Chimero - Digital Jubilee

The OmniFocus Mail Drop — MacSparky

Spootnik

Perspective Icons | Icons & Coffee

Meet Young Sohn, the Man Charged with Revamping Samsung’s Technology Strategy from Silicon Valley | MIT Technology Review

App.net adds private messaging API with support for chatrooms, group texting and more - The Next Web

TIME Magazine names the iPhone 5 "Gadget of the Year"

Tech | Simple.TV | TIME.com

The B&B Podcast 87: Listener Q&A

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben answer questions submitted by you guys, the listeners. Ranging from App.net, Twitter clients, website memberships and Ben's paywall, what podcasts we listen to, and more.

Links for this episode:

ednan: @benbrooks Here goes... - App.net

ledlow: @benbrooks @shawnbla... - App.net

bradleychambers: @shawnblanc @benbroo... - App.net

Twitterrific 5 — Shawn Blanc

cyclist: @benbrooks (cont’d) ... - App.net

hcmarks: @benbrooks Q: How ha... - App.net

smileykeith: @benbrooks how’s jus... - App.net

The B&B Podcast 86: Interview with Shaun Inman

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:00:00 GMT

This week Shawn and Ben are joined by special guest and Internet Hero, Shaun Inman. Shaun is a designer and developer, the creator of Mint, Fever, The Last Rocket, and much, much more. We talk about web design, development, growing in your skill sets, learning new skills, video game jams, and launching a Kickstarter campaign.

Links for this episode:

Retro Game Crunch • Six Games in Six Months by Shaun Inman — Kickstarter

Mint: A Fresh Look at your Site

Fever° Red hot. Well read.

The Last Rocket + Flip’s Escape // 8-bit Games for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and the Mac

Shaun Inman // Compendium

NeuYear.net

A new model for the musician-to-listener relationship » Blog » Elliot Jay Stocks

Neu Year Calendar: Enter discount code "B&B" for a 30% discount on your big, awesome calendar.

Also, they are giving away 10 calendars. Just tweet about NeuYear.net and include their twitter username @NeuYear for your chance to win a free calendar.

The B&B Podcast 85: The Circle of Confusion

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:30:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about photography and cameras and lenses.

Links for this episode:

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH

Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7 ASPH - Review / Lens Test Report

first curtain sync vs rear curtain sync « Neil vN – tangents

Hunting for the Best Mirrorless Camera — Shawn Blanc

First Impressions of the Olympus E-PL5 — Shawn Blanc

Trey’s Lightroom Presets — The Brooks Review

The B&B Podcast 84: Tips and Tricks: Keyboard Maestro

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:00:00 GMT

In an action-packed tips and tricks episode, Ben and Shawn talk about the powerhouse app that is Keyboard Maestro. They give an overview of how Keyboard Maestro works and some of the basics for using it as well as sharing many of the custom macros they use.

Links for this episode:

AppleScript for Sending Frontmost Safari Tabs to OmniFocus — Shawn Blanc

Use AppleScript to open current Safari URL in Google Chrome | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

OopsieFocus Script — Shawn Blanc

Daring Fireball: Non-Top-Posting Reply Scripts for Apple Mail

Keyboard Maestro 5.3.2: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X

Hoban Cards - Custom Letterpress Printed Calling Cards

Hoban Cards: elegant, hand-crafted, letterpress printed calling cards.

The B&B Podcast 83: Listener Q&A

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben answer questions from the listeners, covering topics about Pinboard, budgeting, tech purchases, Apple Care, upgrades, covering Apple news, and more.

Links for this episode:

davmendels: @benbrooks a few. 1-... - App.net

bradykent: @benbrooks @shawnbla... - App.net

lu: @benbrooks Are you i... - App.net

peter: @benbrooks Why does ... - App.net

Droplr • Screen Shot 2012-11-01 at 1.14.50 PM.png

Twitter / irwindigital: @shawnblanc If you could ...

Twitter / DanRuswick: @shawnblanc What is your ...

mattgriepentrog: @shawnblanc @benbroo... - App.net

Twitter / ednanf: @shawnblanc @thebbpodcast Is ...

Doxie Mobile Scanners — Paperless For Everyone

The new Doxie One: A better way to go paperless.

The B&B Podcast 82: Interview with David Smith

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben are joined by David Smith, an indie iOS developer. We talk about some of the things David has learned in his years developing software, and we talk about his most recent app, Check the Weather, including all that went in to building it, preparing for launch, and then handling customer feedback afterwards.

Links for this episode:

Apps - David Smith

Check the Weather

Daring Fireball Linked List: Check the Weather

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The B&B Podcast 81: You Gotta Remove the Mustard

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about five different apps that have been released in the past couple weeks.

Links for this episode:

Daring Fireball Linked List: Tweetbot for Mac

Tweetbot for Mac — Tapbots

fonts.png 3,194×1,136 pixels

Excited Pixel

Check the Weather

Pinbook for Pinboard

Sweet App: Recall — Shawn Blanc

Recall: Never forget a great recommendation again

The Magazine

Social search gets bigger, and Instapaper's founder Marco Arment starts 'The Magazine' | Marketplace.org

The B&B Podcast 80: Tips and Tricks: OmniFocus

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:15:00 GMT

Ben and Shawn share their favorite tips, tricks, and workflows for OmniFocus.

Links for this episode:

OmniFocus

OopsieFocus Script — Shawn Blanc

AppleScript for Sending Frontmost Safari Tabs to OmniFocus — Shawn Blanc

The Emergent Task Planner | David Seah

Hypertext: My unencrypted sync hell … and my salvation

Shawn's OmniFocus Theme

The B&B Podcast 79: You Never Need It, Until You Need It

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about Ben's reluctance to use his iPad as a work device even though he says he wants to, our impressions of the Kickstarted Hidden Radio Bluetooth speaker, Shawn's initial impressions of the new Kindle Paperwhite, and more.

Links for this episode:

HIDDEN — Welcome

5by5 | The B&B Podcast #76: Pop Open LaunchBar

Soundfreaq Store

auris: Bluetooth® for your Dock by Touchkraft LLC — Kickstarter

The B&B Podcast 78: Listener Q&A

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:30:00 GMT

Ben and Shawn answer all sorts of techy and nerdy questions from the listeners.

Links for this episode:

hard graft / Flat Pack / Heritage

The Coffees of Guatemala

Tom Bihn - a set on Flickr

Smart Alec Review: Part III — The Brooks Review

Smart Alec - Bags for Apple iPad - TOM BIHN

Smart Alec Review: Part II — The Brooks Review

Backpacks and Messenger Bags — The Brooks Review

The Best Diaper Bag — The Brooks Review

PDFpenPro: Mac PDF Editor - Create PDF Forms, PDF Table of Contents

Responsive rhythm.

Responsive Measure: A jQuery plugin for responsive typography

The B&B Podcast 77: Interview with Ryan Cash

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:15:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben are joined by Ryan Cash, former marketing director at Marketcircle and founder of Snowman, makers of the iPhone reminders app, Checkmark. We talked with Ryan about his transition and motivation to go from working for a medium-sized company to starting his own indie iOS dev shop, the challenges of building and shipping an iPhone app, and more.

Links for this episode:

Indy Grab by Ryan Cash

Checkmark – Fast and easy location & time-based reminders for iPhone

Marketcircle | Business Apps for Mac, iPhone, & iPad.

Review: Checkmark for iPhone — Shawn Blanc

Ryan Cash

The B&B Podcast 76: Pop Open LaunchBar

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:45:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben share tips and tricks about one of their most-used applications on the Mac: LaunchBar.

Links for this episode:

From NEXTSTEP to Now: An Interview with LaunchBar's Norbert Heger - O'Reilly Media

LaunchBar 5

Screen Shot 2012-09-13 at 11.16.02 AM.png

Jumpcut: Minimalist Clipboard Buffering for OS X

Hypertext: Create a simple timer using LaunchBar and AppleScript

After Dark 231: After B&B #76

Dan Benjamin — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:45:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about iPhone 5 and switching from AT&T to Verizon in the After Dark for B&B episode 76.

The B&B Podcast 75: B&B 2.0

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben announce a new format and schedule to the show. And this week they talk about the just-announced Kindles and follow-up on last week's discussion of App.net.

Links for this episode:

Kindle 'paperwhite' e-reader announced, $119 Wi-Fi and $179 3G models ship October 1st | The Verge

Amazon debuts 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD | The Verge

Amazon's new 7-inch Kindle Fire: twice the RAM, faster processor, longer battery life, $159 | The Verge

Live from Amazon's Kindle event at 1:30PM EDT / 6:30PM BST - The Verge

benbrooks on App.net

shawnblanc on App.net

Coding Horror: The IPS LCD Revolution

The B&B Podcast 74: The Worst, Worst, Worst Case Scenario

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:45:00 GMT

After a 2-week hiatus, Ben and Shawn are back to talk about touchscreen desktop computers, Twitter, App.net, and Glassboard, and the kitchen sink.

Links for this episode:

Sony - VAIO Tap 20, the new Family Touch PC : : News : Sony Europe Press Centre

Twitter / DentedMeat: Perhaps the @5by5 podcast gig ...

maxvoltar - Dreaming of an Apple Tablet

Glassboard: The Anti-Facebook

This is the new Amazon Kindle Fire | The Verge

benbrooks on App.net

shawnblanc on App.net

The B&B Podcast 73: Faded Avocado

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about fax machines, open source software, the future of the digital landscape and how that affects the apps we use today, and the right and wrong ways to publish a link list-type blog.

Links for this episode:

The Linkblog Cancer - Behind Companies

Don’t blame the link blog – Marco.org

Telling a Story With Each Link | TightWind

BBC News - Japan and the fax: A love affair

Design Tip: Never Use Black by Ian Storm Taylor

Xerox PARC, Apple, and the Creation of the Mouse : The New Yorker

John Gruber: A Mix of the Technical, the Artful, the Thoughtful, and the Absurd

TextMate Blog » TextMate 2 at GitHub

The B&B Podcast 72: I Clicked That Ketchup Article

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about the new Digg, Cultured Code's Cloud Sync, the balance of shipping half-finished products early versus taking longer to ship products that are finished, why not being on Facebook may mean you're a suspicious citizen, and how real-life priorities intersect with "GTD".

Links for this episode:

Posts for iPad on the iTunes App Store

9rules

Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now

So Apparently, We’ve Been Using Ketchup Cups All Wrong | Foodbeast

Nexus Q launch delayed indefinitely, no longer available for pre-order | Ars Technica

Facebook Abstainers could be labeled Suspicious

Vivek Haldar : Productivity porn

Things Cloud Public Beta | Things Blog | Cultured Code

State of Sync, Part 1 | Things Blog | Cultured Code

The B&B Podcast 71: Edges of the Fiberhood

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about the Kansas City rollout of Google Fiber, the just-announced Google Fiber TV, internet speeds and privacy policies, Mountain Lion, the Mac App Store, Notification Center, Sparrow's acquisition and email clients in general, and speculations about the future of Apple TV and how that could relate to either Siri and or the theoretical iPad Mini.

Links for this episode:

Google Fiber — Shawn Blanc

Google Fiber

Mac App Store - FiveLive

Google Fiber

Droplr • Screen Shot 2012-07-26 at 1.31.09 PM.png

Komodo Media » Blog Archive » Hud Growl Theme

The Mac App Store’s future of irrelevance – Marco.org

Twitter / huwmartin: @shawnblanc @BenjaminBrook ...

Twitter / drbarnard: Rather convenient that App ...

Twitter / huwmartin: @shawnblanc @BenjaminBrook ...

.Mail is coming to your dock and we would love to have you on board.

.Mail | Tobias van Schneider

Apple Claims Google Warned Samsung Against Copying iPhone, iPad - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

The B&B Podcast 70: Really Great Frisbee Thrower

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about the Nexus 7, Android, the tablet market, the UK ruling for Apple to place ads saying Samsung didn't copy them, and how to grill a steak.

Links for this episode:

The Beerbelly- Stealth Beverage System

The Problem with iBooks Author — 512 Pixels

technochocolate: ibooks author distribution

Evening Edition | The perfect commute-sized way to catch up on the day’s news

NextDraft: The Day's Most Fascinating News by Dave Pell

How to Grill Steakhouse Steaks

After Dark 197: After B&B 70

Dan Benjamin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Talking about BBQing.

The B&B Podcast 69: How Dead Was It?

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about iPad keyboards, selling your gadgets to Amazon, paywalls, memberships, advertising, conflicts of interest, credibility in blogging, and Ben's new business model for The Brooks Review.

Links for this episode:

Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control

The New TBR Business Model — The Brooks Review

Analog Senses » On the new business model of The Brooks Review

Studio Neat — Welcome

dbuntinx

Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad - Logitech

Become a Subscribing Member — Shawn Blanc

Origami Workstation for iPad and Wireless Keyboard by Incase

Amazon.com - Sell Your Stuff

Studio Neat — Get 20% off with code "b&b"

Bartender — an organizer for your Mac's Menu Bar

The B&B Podcast 68: My Socks Would be Buttery

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about popcorn, writing reviews of beta apps, using Checkmark and how it works alongside other reminder apps on the iPhone, and Belkin's new WeMo device.

Links for this episode:

A VC: My New Nexus 7"

Review: Checkmark for iPhone — Shawn Blanc

Checkmark

nRF8002 Bluetooth Low Energy from Nordic Semiconductor — The Brooks Review

Belkin : Wemo

The B&B Podcast 67: Sweaty & Uncomposed

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Ben is joined by special guest John Moltz this week as they discuss the Google announcements, and how those compare with Microsoft's foray into the tablet space. They also discuss computing setups and the lives of Windows users.

Links for this episode:

Nexus 7 - The new Android tablet from Google

It's a Sphere! The Inside Story of Nexus Q, Google's Music Hardware Gamble | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Touchtype: A Case for iPad and Apple Wireless Keyboard by Salman Sajid — Kickstarter

Touchtype | Case for iPad + Apple Wireless Keyboard

8 Reasons Why Mimi Would Sell Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Dump Steve Ballmer - Money Morning

Nokia Hits 16-Year Low; Should Microsoft Snap It Up? - Forbes

John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site

The B&B Podcast 66: Typing on My Microwave

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Shawn and Ben talk about Tweetbot, Ben's new Retina MacBook Pro, building your own desk, Thunderbolt drives, the just-announced Belkin WeMo, and the Microsoft Surface.

Links for this episode:

The B&B Podcast 65: Lucky Charms Turbo Boost

Ben Brooks & Shawn Blanc — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In this episode Shawn and Ben discuss the crazy method they are taking to live stream the show, the new retina MacBook Pro, Ben's ridiculous computer buying, iOS 6, whiskey, and how we use RSS.

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