Pipeline Classic

Dan Cederholm joins Dan Benjamin to discuss design, business development, public speaking, the blog gap, working outside the tech scene, distractions, blogs vs. twitter, designing in code, dribbble, Cork'd, and book writing. Original Air Date: December 15, 2010

Andy Baio joins Dan Benjamin to discuss joining Expert Labs, Kickstarter, the inspiration for Upcoming.org, working for Yahoo!, the Star Wars Kid, copyrights, and more. Original Air Date: November 18, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with Jesse Thorn, host of The Sound of Young America, about his beginnings, inspiration, creativity, interviewing, the evolution of talk radio, and more. Original Air Date: October 29, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with Damian Hess, better known as MC Frontalot, a hip hop musician and the founder of the Nerdcore hip-hop. They discuss Front's creative process, transitioning from a day-job making websites to a full-time musician, touring, geek culture, rap artists' thoughts on Nerdcore, and more. Original Air Date: September 10, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with Tina Roth Eisenberg, creator of swissmiss, founder of Creative Mornings and TeuxDeux. They discuss design, creativity, inspiration, honesty, celebrity, the evolution of ideas into a websites and web applications, and more. Original Air Date: August 23, 2010

Dan Benjamin interviews Gary Vaynerchuk. They discuss Gary's inspiration and drive, his new book, how his life and business have changed, and where he's headed. Original Air Date: June 17, 2010

Dan Benjamin interviews "Jeffrey Veen":http://veen.com, author and speaker, founder of "Typekit":http://typekit.com. They discuss the web, being acquired by Google, working at Adaptive Path, Wired, WebMonkey and HotWired, launching a successful startup, working with local and virtual teams, and where we're headed as a web community. Original Air Date: May 13, 2010

Matthew Haughey is a programmer, web designer, and blogger. He is the founder of MetaFilter, the PVRblog, and Fuelly, and is the publisher of the long-running weblog A Whole Lotta Nothing. Original Air Date: March 9, 2010

Dan Benjamin interviews Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 Signals, the company behind Basecamp, Campfire, Highrise, Backpack, and the author of a new book, REWORK. Original Air Date: February 16, 2010

Dan Benjamin interviews Jeffrey Zeldman, designer, founder of ALA. They discuss the evolution of the internet, the web, web standards, Happy Cog, A List Apart, An Event Apart, and something new: A Book Apart. Original Air Date: February 1, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and co-founder of Tumblr about inspiration, development, design, creativity, making the transition to independence, and more. Original Air Date: October 8, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with Adam Lisagor about leaving a life of editing TV commercials and creating visual effects to become a pitchman for a new generation, lending his unique approach and personality to innovative tech companies to help them spread their word about their products. We discuss going independent, creativity, authenticity, creativity, and more. Original Air Date: July 26, 2010

Dan Benjamin talks with John Siracusa about writing, development, technology, the changing audience for gaming, and the future of content creation for the web. Original Air Date: August 18, 2010

Dan Benjamin interviews Andy Ihnatko, noted author, columnist at The Chicago Sun Times and Macworld, a regular on Mac Break Weekly, frequent speaker, Apple guru, and geek extraordinaire. They discuss the craft of writing, being on television, finding a path, embracing your inner geek, his inspiration and writing-role-models, authenticity, Apple, and more. Original Air Date: April 27, 2010

Merlin Mann is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster. He's the creator of 43 Folders, the co-host of You Look Nice Today, a regular guest on MacBreak Weekly, and the author of an upcoming book entitled Inbox Zero. We discuss figuring out and focusing on your values, a new perspective on productivity, ignoring the lizard brain, doing what you like, rejecting novelty, serving the right audience, Picaso, cognition, action, self-discovery, mindfulness, buddhism, and the new book. You can find out more about Merlin on his website, via his weblog, Kung Fu Grippe, and by following him on Twitter. Original Air Date: March 16, 2010

Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of the indie game Minecraft, talks with Dan Benjamin about inspiration, creativity, and the future of gaming. Original airdate: 10 November 2010.