The MechCast
The MechCast
The Mechanism
Web standards, design, business and code talk coming to you straight from the creative bunker of The Mechanism in NYC.
Episode 15 - How Do You Recover From A Bad Product Release?
Episode 15 - Welcome back to The MechCast! In this month’s episode, we will be discussing the best ways to mitigate the aftermath of a bad product release. We hope you enjoy the discussion and find some useful takeaways!
Oct 24, 2014
23 min
Episode 13 - How Do You Define Productive?
Episode 13 - After a long deadline-mandated hiatus The MechCast returns with a promised discussion on productivity. We begin by introducing new members of our growing team and then get into a passionate discussion on how we each define being productive and in turn productivity. We then talk about the tools and inspirations of our productivity.
Apr 29, 2014
50 min
Episode 11 - I'm Analog, I'm Digital
Episode 11 - In this edition of The Mechcast, Dave Fletcher, Founder and Executive Director of The Mechanism, speaks about a brief encounter with a colleague that initiated some thoughts about what makes some creative agencies different from others.
Jul 21, 2012
5 min
Episode 10 - Podcasting is a Job
Episode 10 - In this edition of The Mechcast, featuring Dave, Antonio, Ben, Chaz and surprise guest Michael, we discuss Mike Monteiro's Design Is A Job, the book we read as part of The Reading Mechanism, our new book club introduced not too long ago here. A lively conversation that touches on money, clients, expectations and real world vs book world situations. We conclude the podcast with a section we call Burst The Bubble, where we share things that we enjoy for you to discover.
Jun 7, 2012
39 min
Episode 9 - The New York Web Standards Meetup: Typography for the Web
Episode 9 - Christy Gurga (The Mechanism) presents different perspectives on formatting type online and demonstrates methods one can use right away. While only basic CSS knowledge is required, Christy covers advanced techniques that are applicable for front-end developers of any level. Learn how to establish the CSS foundation for your type using relative font sizes and ems, implement text replacement practices for specially formatted headers and polish your typography with extra detail!
Apr 22, 2009
47 min
Episode 8 - The one about Suprema Pizza and Morris Dancing
Episode 8 - Dave, Josh and Jeff debate the best pizza in New York (Dave and Jeff recommend New York's Pizza Suprema at (212) 594-8939), the joy of Morris Dancing, running the New York Web Standards Meetup Group, new projects, tastyapps.com, Jeffrey's love of his new Flappy and other nonsense.
Jun 28, 2007
22 min
Episode 7 - The one about Celebrity Racism
Dave, Josh, Jeff and Tony chatter about recent projects, 30 Days 'til I'm Famous and celebrity racism. theMechanism also talks about bad design, using cute characters in design, celeb designers and more about Anna Nicole Smith.
Apr 4, 2007
20 min
Episode 6 - The one about Jeff's first Month at The Mechanism
Dave, Josh, Jeff and Tony drone on endlessly about Jeffrey's first month, Anna Nicole Smith, the UK Space Program, NASA, adult diapers and the Grammys. theMechanism also tells The Police where to find us for their necessary new web design in our first podcast of 2007.
Mar 7, 2007
18 min
Episode 5 - The one about Bill's whereabouts
Dave and Josh chat about design, the future of publishing online, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Democrats and the recent Britany and K-Fed split. Bill C. English's absence is also explained in theMechanism's pre-holiday spectacular.
Nov 21, 2006
29 min
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