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#27 – When the Prison Guards Are Out Sick

Judy Katz — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:37:23 +0000

Brian and Judy talk with the fabulous Jane Bozarth about showing your work, mountain climbing, positive deviance, and your questions.

Be sure to register for Jane’s June 11 ASTD Webinar, Show Your Work!

The drinks

Brian drank Shiner Kosmos

Judy drank Lady Grey tea because she couldn’t buy Mens Room

Jane drank Grimbergen Dubbel

The links

The other (and let’s face it, somewhat lesser) outlets where Jane’s writing appeared in May:
- Are You a Positive Deviant? (Training Magazine)
- Nuts and Bolts: We Need New Words (Learning Solutions Magazine)
- Show Your Work (T&D)
Serious Comic – Character Development and Serious Comic – Character Development II by Kevin Thorn
Sarah Wessling video
Visual Exploration Behind Signal vs. Noise (also see just about everything else in their Design catgory)
Narrating Our Work (column with Jane’s friend and the cookies)
Positive Deviant

#26 – Learning Objectives are Cute

Judy Katz — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:54:16 +0000

Brian and Judy have a super-fun conversation with guest Koreen Olbrish about immersive learning design, technology, and business, her upcoming book, and motivation.

We promise, the robot voice gets better after about 10 minutes, and we’re working on the audio quality in general.

The drinks

Brian drank Chimay Grande Réserve

Judy drank Urban Farmhouse Ale from The Commons Brewery

Koreen drank Once Upon a Vine Sauvignon Blanc

The links

eLearnChat with Reuben Tozman
ARIS open-source platform for mobile games
Unity game engine
Venuegen
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Ralph Koster

#25 – Westbound and Down

Judy Katz — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:35:30 +0000

Brian and Judy catch up and talk about the tool-related stuff they’re doing at TechKnowledge 2013, which focuses on productivity tools. And we talk about other things we’re looking forward to in 2013.

The drinks

Brian drank Port Wine Porter from a homebrew buddy, the Brew Consultant.

Judy drank Proletariat Red from Lompoc Brewing

#24 – You Can’t Beer Everybody

Judy Katz — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:40:51 +0000

Brian and Judy have a great conversation with Chad Udell about lots of mobile learning (mlearning) stuff (naturally), stuff that isn’t mlearning but people think is, home brewing, Letterpress strategy, and (as usual), we talk about other podcast guests behind their backs.

The drinks

Brian drank Yule Shoot Your Eye Out from Karbach

Judy drank Rudolph Imperial Red* from Three Creeks

Chad drank Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout from Sam Adams

* Rudolph is indeed an imperial, so props to Chad on calling that. Judy neglected to mention that she liked it quite a lot by the end of the show.

The links

Learning Everywhere by Chad Udell
Beer Wars (the movie)
Apps from Float Learning
Omniture
Flurry
TestFlight
HockeyApp
ASTD’s Mobile Learning Certificate preconference for TechKnowledge
Learning on Demand by Reuben Tozman

#23 – The Great DevLearn Wrap-Up

Judy Katz — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:33:29 +0000

Brian and Judy do the great DevLearn wrap-up, and also talk about Brian’s series on accessibility and usability on the ASTD Learning Technologies blog, and team collaboration iOS apps. And we look ahead a bit to TechKnowledge 2013 and some very cool stuff that’s coming soon on Emergent Radio.

The drinks

Brian drank Phil’s Existential Alt from Full Sail Brewery

Judy drank Hitachino Nest White Ale from Kiuchi Brewery

The links

From the Trenches: Building eLearning in the Real World – Trina Rimmer and Brian’s DevLearn Preconference program
Learning Ninjas
DevLearn Junto
Tools for Creating HTML5-Friendly Multimedia – Judy’s DevLearn presentation
Ignite! at DevLearn
Designing an Effective Business Model for Your Training Organization – Matt Cross and Judy’s DevLearn presentation on Business Model Generation
Accessibility in Learning by Brian
Design for All by Brian
Team App Recommendations for DevLearn (and A Followup)

#22 – Because I’m a [Robot] Unicorn

Judy Katz — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:20:40 +0000

Brian, Judy, and Megan Bowe talk about the Tin Can API and related issues: personal data lockers, data sharing, analytics, learning from the marketing department, our upcoming DevLearn presentations (no longer upcoming), and designing for the unknown. And, out of frustration with Skype, we talk VOIP tools. And Megan issues a challenge.

The drinks

Brian drank Chimay Grand Reserve

Judy drank Flemish Kiss from The Commons Brewery

Megan drank The Fear Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Flying Dog Brewery

The links

#21 – We Got Your Buzz Words Right Here

Judy Katz — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:57:53 +0000

Judy talked and drank with Kris Rockwell and Reuben Tozman, and it was pretty much like this (thanks, Kris).

We talked about the parallel evolution of humans and technology, innovations in learning, HTML5, Tin Can, mlearning, gaming, gamification, and some of the new cliches of the learning world, including The Matrix and Captain Sully.

It was a conversation that could have gone on for hours (and particularly if we hadn’t kept getting interrupted by kid stuff), so we plan to record again soon with these guys.

The drinks

Judy drank Little Sumpin’ Wild from Lagunitas

Reuben drank Woodford Bourbon

Kris drank Johnny Walker Blue

The links

Learning on Demand by Reuben Tozman
The Rise and Fall of eLearning by Reuben Tozman and Kris Rockwell
Reuben’s blog posts on ASTD.org
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
Rand McNally Launches “Play the Election” Digital Learning Game for Students – Kris’s company gets mentioned in the New York Times
Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
Peacemaker by Impact Games
Games for Change
A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Ralph Koster
Something else we like about learning how to play a game through playing it – Two Universes by Michael Lopp
Smithsonian presentation on mobile in museums

#20 — It’s My Everything

Judy Katz — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:36:02 +0000

Brian and Judy caught up with — just each other! — to chat about combining development tools, HTML5, podcasts, iPhones, conferences, and just stuff.

The drinks

Brian drank Newcastle Brown Ale.
Judy drank Rogue Dead Guy.

The links

The ToolBar t-shirts — for sale through October 11!
Brian’s DevLearn Pre-Con with Trina Rimmer
DevLearn Junto
Judy’s team’s DevLearn session with Joe Campbell and Chris Rosso
Judy’s DevLearn session with Matt Cross
DevLearn Ignite! Stage
Hype by Tumult
impress.js
U.S. Coast Guard Workshop presentation archives
Buy Us a Beer
The Best Beer in the World episode on 99% Invisible (thanks to Steve Flowers for the recommendation)
This is where a link to Judy’s HTML5 for eLearning report for the eLearning Guild will go.

#19 1/2 – Instructional Design Thinking

Judy Katz — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:03:41 +0000

Connie Malamed and Judy delved much more into design thinking and applying it to that voo-doo that we do…with sprinkles of Tin Can, knowing when you’re done, and egos.

We even talked about tools a bit — for wireframing, prototyping, and user testing.

By the way, if you’re enjoying these more design-related episodes, be sure to check out Emergent Radio’s newest podcast: Designing Opinion.

The drinks

Judy drank water. (Back off… she’s on antibiotics.)

Connie drank Sweet Wild Berry Zinger Ice Herbal Tea from Celestial Seasonings.

The links

Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton
Balsamiq Mockups
Wireframes Magazine
Resonate by Nancy Duarte
Wireframing Tool Showdown! on UX Magazine (forgot to mention this but it’s a good one)
Don’t Make me Think by Steve Krug
Screenflow

#19 – Design Outing

Judy Katz — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:49:43 +0000

In our nineteenth episode, we were thrilled to have Connie Malamed, The eLearning Coach, join us for a conversation that could have easily lasted another couple of hours. We covered more about being a consultant, design thinking and design processes, and some of our favorite podcasts.

We’ve both been big fans of Connie’s for a long time… check out her blog, book, and iPhone app!

The drinks:

Brian drank a buddy’s homemade barley wine.

Judy drank Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA.

Connie drank water.

The links:

We got into some good discussion leading up to the show and decided to “out” it. Here it is.
If Instructional Designers Ran the World on Connie’s blog
5 Proven Strategies To Improve Creativity on Connie’s blog
Graphic Design Thinking by Ellen Lupton
The IDEO grocery cart redesign video
Is Design Thinking Missing From ADDIE? on Connie’s blog
Let’s Make Mistakes
Accidental Creative
Design Matters
The d.school Bootcamp (good summary of design thinking)
Design Thinking for Educators
Prototyping by Todd Zaki Warfel