Pixel Recess

The Finale of Season One of Pixel Recess has come! (I just made that up) And I'm ending the season on an animated gif note. Today I am honored to welcome the Godfather Lord King Master of The Responsive Web Design Entanglement, Mr. Ethan Marcotte. Ethan is also known as the Communication General of Animated Gifs and an enthusiast of 80s robot movies. When Ethan isn't developing new ways to speak only through humorous media files, he can be seen writing fictional graphic design novels about time traveling cats and making PDF websites about water beds while wearing a comfy pair of yoga pants. Today's show is not sponsored by Doc Brown or Cars.

Today we welcome my old and dear friend, multi-linguist and pig-hunter Jim Jim Renaud. Jim is a former beard-growing competitor who also happens to be a ginger. Jim has worked for the likes of design boutique Happy Cog, a small startup called Facebook and currently makes noises in the kitchen at Asana. He believes that all internet connections should be frozen in 1996 AOL dial-up speeds. When Jim isn't avoiding a decent internet connection he can be seen sporadically using Twitter to post Instagram photos and throwing his poop at people. In his spare evenings Jim spends time at home developing a new game show concept called "Soup Or Man". Today's show is not sponsored by Sound or the Internet.

On today's show we have the great and powerful Chris Coyier. You will inevitably know of Chris for his work as an illusionist at CSS Tricks and the Head Wizard at CodePen Wizarding Guild. Chris is also a master dubstep vocal stylist and Twizzler connoisseur. When Chris isn't magicianing you can find him in the streets of Milwaukee busking on his banjo in a glass shed for tourists or writing fan-fiction about the joys of clawfoot tubs. In his spare time Chris assembles staff's made from empty Blatz cans. Chris is not French and not related to Dave "Full House" Coulier. Today's show is not sponsored Pee Wee Herman and Bathtubs.

Hello friends. Sometimes an episode is purely a time for me to talk to my friends. Today I'm talking to me friend Kory Westerhold, you might recognize Kory's melodramatic photo work on Instagram or his stunt work as a shoe holder on Apple's "silhouette" ads. Kory recently escape from New York, where he left behind skeuomorphism for the sunny shores of northern-ism California, where he may have been infected with flat design. He also works for Apple where he draws pencils to avoid having to go to the bathroom. Today's show is not sponsored Apple or Pencils.

On this special, limited edition episode, my son Luke Armstrong. When Luke isn't playing with his cars or making sound effects of explosions or jet engines or making farts noises. When Luke isn't busy jumping off the couch, you can find him sneaking food he shouldn't be eating before dinner into the basement or making goofy faces to make everyone laugh.   Luke can count to 15 (but not necessarily in order) hasn't yet learned how to write and doesn't know how to design or name a font.   Today's show is not sponsored by farts or bread.

Hold onto your hat as we take a wild ride through, or on, or maybe beside, the warped mind of Rogie King. You might Rogie as the Dribbble King, his whorish attempts to get the attention of Disney with his illustrations or his javascript surgery at Neonmob. You might know Rogie as Jorgie Leepounce Komododragon Panthermantis, though you'd be insane because that's not his name. When Rogie isn't writing letters to Twitter, he might be seen in his outhouse creating menus for his hamburger palace, capturing Clydesdales so they can power the internet in Montana, or bartering bodily favors for Dribbble likes. Today's episode is not sponsored by Mud Bowls or the Swiss.

I'm on vacation in Florida right now. Melting. But my devotion to you, my listeners remains steadfast and I bring to you my interview with ex-Twitter laborer, Josh Brewer. Josh's previous role at Twitter was as Principal Designer, Fail Whale tormenter and Lame Name Comer-Upper-With Thing for all Twitter mascots. Now that Josh is jobless and perhaps homeless, you can find him shuffling around downtown San Francisco critiquing hotel signs and looking at traffic. When Josh isn't sleeping in late and making artisan beer from bird feathers, he can be found making Family Trees made from empty wine bottles and attempting to break out the Fail Whale from his prison in bowels of the sewers of San Francisco. Today's episode is not sponsored by Adele or whales.

Hello friends of the internet. After a much needed vacation I bring you today's episode, slightly delayed, with Garrett Murray. You might know Garrett as the founder of Karbon — a iOS development and design company and maker of apps such as Ego. You might also know Garrett for his movie's, such as Forever's Not Long which was turned into a Hollywood, star-studded affair with his best friend Steve Carell. When Garrett isn't acting or making app things, he can be found in bandages from his plastic surgery, in Japan making commercials or writing amusing notes to Adobe for their crash reports. Today's episode is not sponsored by anything flat or hair dye.

It's another Monday and I'm here to make it better than the average something and stuff. On today's show we have podcaster, designer and internationally renowned skinny dipper, Tim Smith. Tim's show The East Wing, where he very seriously interviews designers and developers seriously, with serious questions. You can hear his show on the internet, whenever you want because it's on the internet. When Tim isn't riding a tricycle and exploring the hallways and various wings of his enormous house, he can be found designing hot dog restaurant websites. Today's episode is not sponsored by Hot Dogs or Skinny Dipping Polar Bears.

Our very special Monday guest is Ryan Essmaker, the mind behind The Great Disconnect, sorry, The Great Connect Four, sorry, The Great Discontent, a blog about depressed and unhappy creative people. Ryan also works at Crush + Lovely, where he probably makes wine. When Ryan isn't canoeing around the streets of lower Manhattan dressed as a viking, he can be found in a top secret location creating S's and searching for his next fix of bourbon. Today's episode is not sponsored by The Mild Inconvenience (because it doesn't exist ... yet).

On Today's special live edition of the show I welcome fellow Cincinnatian Chris Glass. When Chris isn't busy making various goods from fire and wine, you might find his beard performing magic or attempting to find the perfectly fitting bathrobe. In his spare time Chris is a high security designineer for The President and the gatekeeper to Aaron Draplin. Chris is tall, carries a camera so that he doesn't have to talk to you, and enjoys farming. Today's episode is not sponsored by seasons or billboards. A special thanks to Aaron Dowd for helping with the audio (albeit, I provided him terrible quality audio)

If you've ever wondered how weird and crazy this show could get, then you'll love today's episode with Austin treasure hunter Dave Rupert. Dave is best known for having the first successful animatronic beard transplant and for creating nearly lifelike portraits purely from CSS code.   When Dave isn't practicing foreign accents, he can be found writing code while wearing gloves at Paravel in Austin BBQ TX and hosting his own talkshow about things and other things and maybe bacon. Today's episode is not sponsored by the film "Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Present Coming Back To The Future In America".

On today's very special Friday edition we have the man of the sea Jay Fanelli. You might know Jay for his work making gold encrusted t-shirts with United Pixel Workers, making design things at Full Stop Intercreative Things and doing voice-over work for trampolines and broccoli.   When Jay isn't weaving and sowing, he spends his time in the City of Pitts collecting drumsticks and donating used clothing to people in countries that need used clothing while following his true passion in life, the open sea and studying to be a sea captain. Today's episodes is not sponsored by T-shirts or Flat Design.

There's no need to introduce our guest today because I don't feel like it. Regardless, he's Gergory Storey, a beardless Eskimo who came to America on the back of a whale looking for gold in California but became best known for wearing Jeffery Zeldman's blue beanie on the first Thursday and third Monday of every other month. Greg is also known for eating steak, wearing snowshoes, building igloo's, collecting iPads, avoiding the wrath of Jesus and being the only officially sanctioned AARP MENSA member under the age of 75. Did I mention he's from Alaska? He's from Alaska aka The Australia Of The North. Today's episodes is not sponsored by MENSA, the AARP or diabetes.

Today's guest is Kyle Steed, best known for his work with the photo iPhone application program Over where he makes hand-drawn typewriters. Kyle is also known for his illustrations of cereal and pizza. Kyle is a tall man with a hat who enjoys juggling on his unicycle and watching Tom Cruise films. Today's episodes is not sponsored by Frito's or John Deere.

Josh Long is best known for the fictional story about his time as an executioner (of ideas) and his ability to teleport &mdash allowing him do tackel an inhuman number of side projects. In his spare time Josh creates bonsai trees, spends hours marveling at the majesty of horses, is a master treehouse architecture or something and also mentors future hobos. As a southern gentleman Josh is required to say "y'all" at least 15 times a day and lives under a weeping willow. Today's episodes is not sponsored by chitlins or grits.

On today's show thing I welcome the lady Krystyn Heide, better known as Nicki Clyne's best friend or as SquareGirl™ on Twitter. Krystyn is a Designer at SquareSpace, just recently ended a long term affair with Papyrus. In her free time she designs websites for spas and lesbian coffeehouses. While Krystyn might only (approximately) 2,300 followers on Twitter, she does follow just 136 people therefore making her more important. She found all of my questions stupid. Today's episode is not sponsored by SquareSpace.

Today's Pixel Recess has guest Yaron Schoen also known as Ron Stone. Ron is best known for creating Twitter and killing people with design while serving in the Israeli Army. Yaron currently works at home, naked, while wearing just a yarmulke. He also probably makes an app and website and eats McDonald's while watching reruns of Murder She Wrote.

Noah Stokes, perhaps better known by his birth name Mother Futon, is the founder and partner at Bold, where he creates "vintage" websites made out of balsa wood or something. Sadly Noah had no involvement in LOST, but does live in California (almost near Hollywood) and has long hair like a woman.

Adam Clark is the host of the podcast The Gently Mad and is also a designeper at Bottlerocket Creative. I was once on his podcast, and I was amazing. Adam is a thoughtful and analytical man, with the quiet rage of a seagull. He also has a beard and the mouth of a sailor.