On the Grid
On the Grid is a podcast featuring Matt McInerney, Andy Mangold & Dan Auer thinking out loud about design weekly.
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Episode 158: Finale
March 17th, 2016
Recorded March 17th, 2016. The last episode of On the Grid. Check out our new shows: Working File and Good Bad Show
- Working File
Our new …
Episode 157: Matt and Andy
March 10th, 2016
Recorded March 10th, 2016. How are things at school? Send your emails to mail at onthegrid.co and tweet to @gridshow.
Episode 156: Content Information Copy Architecting Strategy
March 3rd, 2016
Recorded March 3rd, 2016. This week we talked about Content Strategy and Copywriting.
Episode 155: The Pitch
February 25th, 2016
Recorded February 25th, 2016. This week we talked about... The Pitch.
Episode 154: Matching
February 18th, 2016
Episode 151: Future Box
February 17th, 2016
Recorded January 27, 2016. Andy said some pretty controversial things about logos this week... You should probably listen to find out what he said.
Episode 153 Fight The Chaos
February 11th, 2016
Episode 152: Man Replies With More Tweets
February 3rd, 2016
Recorded February 4th, 2016. This week: All the reasons Andy was wrong about logos.
"Today's 100% Men project brought to you by beer, football, …
Episode 150: Talent And Other Diseases
January 16th, 2016
- Chuck Wepner
Wepner claimed that he was the …
Episode 149: Double Back
January 13th, 2016
Episode 148: Window Shopping
January 7th, 2016
Episode 147: Feedback Wanted
December 23rd, 2015
Episode 146 - Things That Are Good
December 15th, 2015
Episode 145: Finding The Thread
December 9th, 2015
Recorded December 9th, 2015. This week we talked about designing something timeless... or at least designing something _you_ can live with forever.
Episode 144 - Comptroller Cant Say
December 1st, 2015
- Frere-Jones Type
Andy launched …
Episode 143: Time Zones
November 23rd, 2015
Recorded November 24th, 2015. This week: Design as a luxury service and what happens when you can't afford it.
Episode 142: Avatar
November 17th, 2015
Episode 141: My Jacket
November 10th, 2015
Episode 140: Drawing Realistic Apples
November 5th, 2015
Episode 139: Getting To The Bottom Of Dan
October 27th, 2015
- Fateful Findings
"I think it is a worse movie than The Room..." - Andy - Swift (band)
Episode 138: A Very Practical Show
October 22nd, 2015
Episode 137: Five Stars Or Nothing
October 7th, 2015
Episode 136 - Too Much To Ask
October 6th, 2015
Episode 135: Lingo Bingo
October 1st, 2015
Episode 134: Brought to you by...
September 24th, 2015
Episode 133: Andysplaining
September 14th, 2015
Episode 132: Exposure
September 8th, 2015
Episode 131: Emotionally Invested
September 3rd, 2015
Episode 130: Storytelling
August 29th, 2015
- Dan is at PAX
- PAX Dev
Seattle, WA. August …
Episode 129: Steve Jobs Has No Belt
August 20th, 2015
Episode 128: Because I Said So
August 13th, 2015
Episode 127 - Design/Lead
August 5th, 2015
Episode 126: Complicated And Special
July 29th, 2015
Recorded July 30th, 2015. This week we talked about simplifying complex things... Or maintaining complexity.
Episode 121: Minecraft Part 2
July 25th, 2015
- Minecraft
Just play it. - Satchell on …
Episode 125: Growth And Frivolity
July 20th, 2015
Episode 124: Everything is Systems
July 15th, 2015
Recorded July 16th, 2015. This week we talked about credit cards, governments, religions, mattresses, businesses a.k.a. systems.
Episode 123: Show Your Work
July 9th, 2015
Episode 122: Grid Boundaries
July 2nd, 2015
Episode 119: Holds Water
June 9th, 2015
- IDEO
- Society of Grownups
Where Kristy is currently working. - Detroit Water …
Episode 118: Peak Butt Holding
June 2nd, 2015
Andy on Instagram
Modern Architecture
Scourge
Maryland …
Episode 117: David Bowie And Husky Dogs
May 26th, 2015
Chimera
Roderick on the Line
Types of Literary Criticism
…
Episode 116 - The Extra Mile
May 19th, 2015
A Game for Learning Keyboard Shortcuts by …
Episode 115 - Directions
May 14th, 2015
Motel on Twitter
John Madden Diagrams
27 Club
Mike Monteiro on Starting a Studio
Startup workers …
Episode 114: Falling Flat
May 7th, 2015
Episode 113: In Poor Taste
April 30th, 2015
Episode 112: The Singularity
April 23rd, 2015
IBM Chef Watson
Watson (computer)
Deep Blue (chess computer)
Garry Kasparov
New Tech City: Here’s …
Episode 111: Creating A Disaster
April 15th, 2015
Tommy Wiseau and Why I left Creative Writing to Pursue the Law
"Thank you to On The Grid, the podcast …
Episode 110: Meandering Delusions
April 9th, 2015
Not second skin The …
Episode 109: Next Level
March 31st, 2015
Recorded April 2nd, 2015. Satchell Drakes joined us to talk about constantly striving to get better and live streaming on Twitch.
Episode 108: On The Lam
March 26th, 2015
Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame
Hindenburg disaster
How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
Kony …
Episode 104: Chaos Muppet
March 26th, 2015
Recorded February 26, 2015. This week we tried to talk about basic income, but we ended up talking about our motivation to create.
Episode 107: Qualifications
March 18th, 2015
Episode 106 - Humbled
March 12th, 2015
Episode 105: Idiot Thought Leaders
March 5th, 2015
Episode 103 - Homogeneity
February 17th, 2015
Episode 102: 1,750 Drawings
February 11th, 2015
Recorded February 11th, 2015. This week we talked about bots and creativity.
Episode 101: Unfair Advantage
February 4th, 2015
Episode 100: Growing Up
January 28th, 2015
Recorded January 29th, 2015. It's our 100th episode and it turns out that we weren't right about everything.
Two Things 2: A Curse and a Shapeshifter
Episode 99: A Recipe For
January 21st, 2015
Recorded on January 22nd, 2015. Matt and Andy talked about stoves and recipes. Oh and Dan was away so Soundboard Dan joined us as a guest.
Episode 98: Singular Vision
January 15th, 2015
Episode 97: Bouba Kiki
January 7th, 2015
Recorded January 8th, 2015. This week the topic came up AFTER the Happy Ending. We talked about beauty.
Episode 96: Cruelty Percentage
December 31st, 2014
Recorded January 1st, 2015. We discussed Facebook's Year in Review feature.
Episode 95: Working Out New Material
December 18th, 2014
Recorded December 18th, 2014. We reflected on our conversations in 2014.
30 Creative Ways to Say Happy Birthday
Episode 94: House Rules
December 11th, 2014
Recorded December 11th, 2014. This week we discussed automating your home and buying things that last. Also, wood oil.
Episode 93: Last Line Of Defense
December 3rd, 2014
Episode 92: Contributor
November 25th, 2014
Recorded November 25th, 2014. This week we discussed Contributor by Google and ways to advertise on the web.
Episode 91: Separating
November 19th, 2014
Recorded November 19th, 2014. This week we talked about using Uber and separating the art from the artist.
The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women
Episode 90: The Dolphin Variant
November 13th, 2014
Email for the Rich
Email for the Rich on TechCrunch Christian Schwartz - Luxury …
Episode 89: Radar
November 6th, 2014
The digital …
Episode 88: Hype
October 29th, 2014
Recorded October 30th, 2014. This week we talked about hype men and your chances of winning the lottery.
Episode 87 - Infinite Monkey Theorem
October 21st, 2014
Episode 86: Fusion
October 14th, 2014
Recorded October 16th, 21014.
We make a big announcement and discuss online abuse.
Episode 85: No Limit
October 7th, 2014
Recorded October 9th, 2014
This week we talked about sticking to a process and saying no. Also, Dan is looking for another designer at FitMob. You …
Episode 84: Big In Germany
October 1st, 2014
Recorded October 2nd, 2014
This week we wondered why we're talking about Ello and Adobe let us see a slide deck preview of this Keynote on Thursday.
Episode 83: Office Space
September 23rd, 2014
Recorded September 25th, 2014
This week we answered some listener mail about the spaces we work in and how we design our lives.
Note: the audio issues early in the episode only last for the first minute.
Episode 82: Dan Auer Could Be Banksy
September 16th, 2014
recorded September 18th, 2014
This week we talked about symbols... or people. Also:
Episode 81: Praiseworthy
September 10th, 2014
Recorded September 11, 2014
This week, Andy talks to us about the closing of Berg
Episode 80: Die Neue Web Typographie
September 3rd, 2014
recorded September 4th, 2014
This week we talked about subjective vs. objective design decisions and:
Episode 79: Average Confidence
August 27th, 2014
Recorded August 29th, 2014
Matt was on vacation Dan and Andy talked to Mills Baker about Confidence and:
Episode 78: Unqualified
August 20th, 2014
August 21st, 2014
Grouper eats 4ft shark in one bite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O37HI_AX9nY
Milwaukee Police Department: …
Episode 77: Contested
August 13th, 2014
August 14th, 2014
This week Andy shared an experiment with us and we discussed:
Episode 76: Say You Don't Know
August 7th, 2014
August 7th, 2014
We were joined by Gitamba Saila Ngita to talk about his work in Strategic Design and:
Dan Hill - Dark Matter & Trojan Horses
Episode 75: A Very Particular Set Of Skills
July 31st, 2014
July 31, 2014
This week we were joined by Ellen Chisa. We discussed:
Episode 74: Better Judgement
July 24th, 2014
July 24, 2014
This week we talked about criticism and judgement. Also:
Episode 73: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
July 17th, 2014
Recorded on July 17th, 2014
This week we talked about launching new identities, telling stories, and:
Episode 72: Turning The Knobs
July 3rd, 2014
recorded July 3rd, 2014
This week we talked about Facebook's emotional contagion experiment. Also:
Episode 71: Forever The Devil's Advocate
June 26th, 2014
recorded June 26th, 2014
This week Emily Haasch of Cards Against Humanity joined us for an hour to talk about place and social design. We mentioned:
Episode 70: Pinspiration
June 19th, 2014
recorded June 19th, 2014
This week we answered a listener email about inspiration. We mentioned:
Episode 69: On the Leading
June 15th, 2014
recorded June 15th, 2014
Andy couldn’t make it this week, so we were joined by Aaron Heth, who used to co-host Read Between the Leading with Matt, …
Episode 67: Playgrounds
June 5th, 2014
recorded June 5th, 2014
This week we talked about Apple's WWDC event and learning in designed systems.
Why Apple's New Font Won't Work On Your Desktop
Episode 68: The Distant Future
May 29th, 2014
recorded May 29, 2014
This week we answered a listener’s email about designing for the near future. And hopefully our discussion extends to the …
Episode 66: It's A Pouch, Not A Hammer
May 22nd, 2014
recorded May 22nd, 2014
This week we discussed finding furniture and devices that are designed to disable technology.
Episode 20: Came Through A Trash Can
May 18th, 2014
This week we talked about Christmas, open operating systems, passwords, and the best:
Mozilla aims to break iOS-Android mobile axis
Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore
Episode 11: The Good Fight
May 18th, 2014
This week on the show we talked about big life decisions, and:
Episode 65: Emoji Man Runs Away From Fire
May 18th, 2014
recorded May 18, 2014
This week we discussed haircuts, texting during an emergency and the death of Square Wallet.
Episode 64: Survey Says
May 11th, 2014
recorded on May 11th, 2014
This week we addressed your responses to the survey that we mentioned on the past few episodes. If this is the first time you're listening the show, we'd recommend listening to a few previous …
Episode 63: Lose Your Seat
May 1st, 2014
recorded on May 1st, 2014
This week we talked about possible losing our seats.
Episode 62: Clever
April 24th, 2014
recorded on April 24th, 2014
This week talked about clever design, social design, dogmas, fact checking and voting.
Episode 61: Tourism
April 17th, 2014
recorded on April 17th, 2014
This week we talked about Mobb Deep and Dan’s true calling.
Episode 60: The Device Is The Message
April 13th, 2014
recorded on April 13th, 2014
This week we talked about the growing hill that is the web and the devices that shape our message.
Frank Chimero - Designing in the Borderlands
Episode 59: Chiseling Away
April 3rd, 2014
recorded on April 3rd, 2014
Matt is back from vacation to follow up on Episode 36 about new design tools and then the open web vs. protecting your …
Episode 58: Rift
March 27th, 2014
recorded on March 27th, 2014
Matt was on vacation this week, so Andrew Simone joined Andy and Dan to talk about Oculus Rift.
Episode 57: Wearing Out
March 20th, 2014
recorded on March 20th, 2014
This week we talked about wearables and manifestos.
Episode 56: Bound 2
March 13th, 2014
recorded on March 13th, 2014
This week we talked about deadlines and the time needed for good design.
Episode 55: Little Boxes
March 6th, 2014
This week we talk about patterns in web design and how to prevent our work from getting stagnate.
Episode 53: Checkboxing
February 20th, 2014
This week Dan returns and we talk about software customization.
Episode 52: Team Teamwork
February 13th, 2014
This week Dan couldn’t join us but Andy and I talk about teamwork.
Episode 51: They Took Our Jobs
February 6th, 2014
This week we answered an email about comparing your work to young designers and self doubt. (Also we talked about Flappy Bird before it was taken down)
Episode 50: Macklemore Is Candy Crush
January 30th, 2014
This week we talked about the Facebook Paper announcement, the grand vision, and real world universal appeal.
Episode 49: Robodesigners
January 23rd, 2014
This week we talked about Squarespace Logo, the future according to the movie Her, and the breakup of H&FJ.
Episode 48: Talk Is Cheap
January 9th, 2014
This week we talked the problem with TED, DRM in HTML, and the future of the open web.
Episode 46: 2013 In Design
December 28th, 2013
It’s our annual year in review show. We summarized 2013 in design and talked about the 3 topics that topped our lists.
Episode 47: Fuck It Lets Do It
December 19th, 2013
This week we were joined by Mitch Goldstein. Mitch has taught at RISD, MICA, VCU, and Rhode Island College. He currently teaches at RIT. You may also …
Episode 45: Player Piano
December 14th, 2013
This week we talked about class divides and how it’s addressed in the design community.
Episode 44: Utopia
December 5th, 2013
This week we talked about the all of those things designed to save world and how they’re taking over.
Episode 43: In Flux
November 24th, 2013
This week we were inspired to discuss two presentations from the 2013 Build Conference:
Episode 42: Cult Of Authenticity
November 14th, 2013
Dan couldn’t join us this week, so Andy and I discussed:
Episode 18: Textual Orientation
November 7th, 2013
This week we focused on format and presentation:
Episode 41: Fort Knocks
November 7th, 2013
This week we talked about the feeling of security. Here are the links:
Episode 40: Making The Team
October 31st, 2013
This episode we talked about work, life, teams, management, design, life, going it alone, work, and design. Anyways:
Episode 39: The Teachings Of Mangold
September 11th, 2013
After an unintended hiatus, we are back discussing Andy’s new experiences teaching design and molding young minds.
Episode 6: Skeuomorphonostalgism
August 25th, 2013
This week we talk about looking back, fearing the future, comedy’s similarity to design, and paving your own way.
Episode 38: The Dark Side
July 28th, 2013
We talk deception, compromise, and the most important thing in the world.
Episode 37: IveOS 7
June 24th, 2013
Apple introduces iOS 7. We tried not to post a knee-jerk reaction show, so we’re finally talking about it.
This episode of On the Grid is sponsored by Weapons of …
Episode 36: Tools Of The Trade
June 10th, 2013
Inspired by a conversation at bar… we discuss the tools we use to design.
Adobe CC makes us rethink our tools
Quartz Composer & Typecast exist
Episode 35: They Do Exist
May 27th, 2013
After some traveling and a long delay, we discuss… unicorns.
Episode 34: Australian For Money
April 28th, 2013
This episode we were joined by Tristan Cooke of Humans in Design to discuss the Trojan Horses, Dark Matter, and Money.
Dan Hill: Dark Matter, Trojan Horses lecture
Episode 33: Salvation
April 7th, 2013
This episode we were joined by Mark Johnson of Wedgies to discuss the save icon. Also:
Episode 32: Name Calling
March 24th, 2013
This week we discussed speed, naming and naming.
Episode 31: Steal The Show
March 14th, 2013
This week we welcome guest Carolyn Williams to discuss the Veronica Mars Kickstarter and then move on to stealing.
Episode 30: Make It Worse
March 3rd, 2013
We rarely talk about things that are beautiful. Let’s discuss.
The design of Penguin Popular Classics
Episode 29: College Rules
February 20th, 2013
This week we dedicate the show to the debate:
Is Formal Design Education Necessary for Practicing Designers?
Additional Mentions:
Episode 28: Canned Brand
February 4th, 2013
This week we talked about the pre-made brand Hessian.tv and Andy’s newfound interest in the Super Bowl Champion Ravens…
Episode 27: Identity Crisis
January 20th, 2013
This week we discussed two new identities, gender roles in design, and the state of graphic design criticism.
Episode 26: Certified
January 13th, 2013
This week we discussed certification, templates, automation, and Matt’s proposed standard for serving logos.
Episode 25: Dwelling
January 5th, 2013
Happy New Year from Matt, Dan and Andy plus:
Episode 24: 2012 In Design
December 29th, 2012
It’s our year end special. We discussed the events and issues that effected and shaped design this past year. We focused on three: The evolving …
Episode 23: Most Of The Internet Is Dead
December 19th, 2012
This week: Death and Taxes… and Symbols
Charles K. Bliss and Blissymbols
Episode 22: UC What I Did There
December 11th, 2012
We spent most of the show talking about the new University Of California logo and reactions:
Episode 21: Fine Dining
November 29th, 2012
This week we rush to get everything done before Christmas, dine in the app store, and take note of our rosy red design lenses.
Episode 19: Not So Fast
November 14th, 2012
This week we talked about some personal projects and feedback:
Episode 17: Heeeeres Jony
October 31st, 2012
Happy Halloween! This week we survived Hurricane Sandy and had a chat about the big three: Forstall is out and Jony Ive takes over at Apple, Windows 8 is here, and Google makes changes to Gmail.
Episode 16: Hitting Nails With Rocks
October 24th, 2012
After a week off, we talked about Matt’s trip to Orlando and…
Episode 15: Game Plan
October 9th, 2012
This week we spend the entire episode talking about authenticity in digital design.
Episode 14: Flatline
October 3rd, 2012
This week we spend the entire episode talking about authenticity in digital design.
Episode 13: For Whom The Maps Troll
September 25th, 2012
On this episode we talk about vaporware, web typography, and maps:
Adobe/Typekit announces Adobe Edge Webfonts
Episode 12: Brand New Kung Fu
September 18th, 2012
On this episode we talk about tricking designers into redesigning your logo for free and:
Episode 9: Waiting Online
September 12th, 2012
This week we talk about filtering your world, waiting in line and online, and the transition from physical to digital…. and back to physical.
Episode 8: Limited
September 12th, 2012
This week we talk about Andy’s new watch, the problem with magazines, limitations, and Minecraft.
Magazines have a bundling problem
Episode 7: Squaring Up
August 29th, 2012
This week we talk about a redesign proposal for Wikipedia, Beck’s sheet music album, making rates public, and Square’s deal with Starbucks.
Special 1: App Dot Net
August 28th, 2012
On this special epsiode, we talk to Whitney Erin Boesel, about her article Race, Class, App.net: The Beginning of ‘White Flight’ from Facebook & …
Episode 5: Build Destroy Build
August 14th, 2012
This week we discussed file systems, putting your ideas into the world, simplicity vs. complexity, and destroying your work for the sake of greatness.
Episode 4: Free Doughnuts
August 11th, 2012
We’re going to be releasing a few episodes very quickly in order to catch up to real time. We had been recording a few weeks in advance, but we’re looking to be more timely, so our backlog is being released right now. …
Episode 3: Designing Economies
August 7th, 2012
This week we discussed corporate transparency, local retail and economic models.
Links Mentioned this Episode:
Episode 2: A Public Outcry
July 31st, 2012
This week we discussed public reactions to design, critique in the modern day, and endless amounts of creative content on the internet.
Links …
Episode 1: Replacing Your Eyes
July 24th, 2012
We’re posting our pilot episode of On the Grid! We’ve been recording the show for a few weeks now, we’ve done tests that will probably never see the light of day, and we’re finally ready to launch episode one.
We plan …
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