Making Blocks

Shane and TJ refuse to give into the negativity and unending discussion about COVID-19 and talk about the only two things that actually matter: puppies and video games.

Episode 26: She Just Wants to Play Minecraft

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss N95 face masks, TJ's faulty mouse, Shane playing Minecraft with his 4 year old, and more!

Episode 25: Giving Up Privacy for Meat

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss their lives in quarantine (sigh), puppies, Dark Sky being bought by Apple, meat in a post-COVID world and more.

Episode 24: #HashtagTheCowboy

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss their changing habits now that we're working remotely (because quarantine), the National Cowboy Museum's Head of Security running their Twitter, country music, NASCAR and more!

Episode 23: An Aluminum Online Experience

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane talk about coronavirus (we're tired of the self-quarantine, but we're doing it anyway) the new iPads we wish we could program on, and WWDC moving to an online experience.

Episode 22: We're Getting Pancakes After, Right?

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000

TJ, Shane, and Austin have a recording in person! We talked about our in-person podcasting setup, Alexa devices, HomeKit, and more! And yes, we did get pancakes after.

Special Guest: Austin McDowell.

Episode 21: The Worst Haggler in the World

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss Shane's loss of internet, companies tracking you online (it's creepy), preparing for baby, and Shane's acquisition of cowherd.com!

Episode 20: Gluing the Beak to the Eagle

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:00:00 +0000

Shane, TJ, and Scott discuss TJ's stolen AirPods case, their home theater setups, the Magic Keyboard, iMovie, and more!

Special Guest: Scott Jann.

Episode 19: Going Off the Rails

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss Coronavirus, Google Stadia, the Ruby programming language, picking a marketable development stack, and more.

Episode 18: The Appreciation Episode

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss how we can anticipate questions from our users, appreciation of the Mac and iPhone, and applying the KonMari method to our digital lives.

Episode 17: We'll Force Everyone To Be Friends

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane are joined by author and conference producer, John Wilker! We discuss his introduction to the Mac ecosystem, the origins of 360iDev, his book series Space Rogues, and where he's headed next.

Special Guest: John Wilker.

Episode 16: After Dark

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:00:00 +0000

TJ, Shane, and Scott kept the momentum going and ended up recording another episode after we finished Episode 15! We discuss Drafts, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, and domain names.

Special Guest: Scott Jann.

Episode 15: Proverbial Horse Betting

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane are joined by a good friend of the show, Scott Jann! We discuss marble simulations, internet connections, parenting, Bitcoin mining, and more.

Special Guest: Scott Jann.

Episode 14: "RIP Little Caesar's App"

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss their AppleCare, their first downloaded apps, and gigabit ethernet.

Episode 13: Everything is New

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ return after a month to discuss their many life changes, new hardware, and fun things at CES.

Episode 12: The Pre-Thanksgiving Episode

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane recorded an episode a few days before Thanksgiving that we wanted to share. We hope you enjoy it!

Episode 11: A Bunch of Tiny Walled Gardens

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:30:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss the wonderful world of Mac applications and cycle of "free and open" to "closed walled gardens".

Episode 10: Maclunkey!

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ have a special guest on the show and then discuss office setups, the new 16" MacBook Pro, and Disney+.

Episode 9: I Want My URLs!

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss disappearing URLs in Google, Firefox, and the history of web browsers.

Episode 8: The Years of the Linux Desktop

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss AirPods and their memories of the Linux desktop.

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Episode 7: A Trip to the Other Side

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss Star Wars and Shane's experience with the Surface Go.

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Episode 6: Privacy vs. Convenience

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss privacy vs. convenience and ownership in the digital world.

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Episode 5: What Is A Computer?

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Shane and TJ discuss the concept of a computer vs. a personal computer. We also discussed the PlayStation 5 announcement and our history with screensavers.

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Episode 4: Foldable Phones Are The Future... Really?

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss Apple Watch, games, the new Surface devices, and rugged wallets.

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Episode 3: No Longer Thrill Seekers

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:00:00 +0000

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Episode 2: The Uber For Ice Cream

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:00:00 +0000

TJ and Shane discuss the new iPhones, the new Call of Duty games, managing your online data, and remote work. Also, the Uber for ice cream.

Episode 1: Daddy, Where's Your Apple Watch?

TJ Barber & Shane Cowherd — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:15:00 +0000

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