The ATX Web Show!

Travis sits down with Joe McCann, who is currently Mobile Architect at Bazaarvoice (http://www.bazaarvoice.com/) and on the board at The Node Firm (http://nodefirm.com/). * Austin JS (http://austinjavascript.com/) * Open Web SXSW (http://openwebsxsw.com/) * What's the start of all of these epic parties? * Reconstvct.com (http://Reconstvct.com) * StayIdle.com (http://StayIdle.com) * Purple Margarita Challenge? * Baby A's (http://www.babyacapulco.com/)

Recorded live at the Omni Bar before Refresh Austin. We were joined by Gene Crawford and Giovanni DiFeterici of the South Carolina based Unmatched Style. There were in town to speak at Refresh Austin and scope out the local scene.  We were also joined by Keith Casey of Twilio who is a key player in the Austin meetup scene. * Unmatched Style (http://unmatchedstyle.com/) * Period Three (http://period-three.com/) * Artifact Conference (http://artifactconf.com/) * Keith Casey * http://caseysoftware.com/ (http://caseysoftware.com/) * @CaseySoftware (https://twitter.com/CaseySoftware) * Meetups * Austin Python (http://www.meetup.com/austinpython/) * Austin PHP * Austin JavaScript * Conferences * Product Camp Austin (http://productcampaustin.org/) * Hackathons * hacks/hackers hackathon * FU Weekend (http://fuweekend.com/) * Civic Hackday * SXSW * Open Web Party (http://openwebsxsw.com/) * ATX Dribbble Party (http://dribbble.com/site/meetups)

This week we're joined by Andy Keil talking about Finish Up Weekend, a weekend devoted executing and finishing up that side project. We also recap the completely sold out HTML5.tx Conference held here in Austin, TX. Handsome (http://handsome.is/) HTML5.tx (http://html5tx.com) Backbone is awesome! Socket.io Lots of offline Lots of HTML5 goodies New APIs on Sunday with @pamelafox (https://twitter.com/pamelafox) Finish Up Weekend Feb 22-24, 2013 http://fuweekend.com/ (http://fuweekend.com/) @fuweekend (https://twitter.com/fuweekend) Josh Long @joshlong (https://twitter.com/joshlong) Execute Book (http://executebook.com/) Contact andy@handsome.is (mailto:andy@handsome.is) @alwaysunday (https://twitter.com/alwaysunday)

Excited to have Greg Story, President of Happy Cog, on the show. Happy Cog is one of the world's premier web design firms and they have established an outfit here in Austin, Texas. We chat with Greg about the history of Airbag, Happy Cog, and what were the eventual factors that lead to the big move to Austin. * Happy Cog * Airbag Industries (http://www.airbagindustries.com/) * A List Apart (http://alistapart.com) * An Event Apart (http://aneventapart.com) * Hiring a Front End Developer (http://news.happycog.com/hiring-front-end-developer) * Follow Greg Storey on Twitter @BrilliantCrank (https://twitter.com/brilliantcrank) * @ATXDribbble (https://twitter.com/atxdribbble) (Meetup)

We're back for the 25th time! Another unintended hiatus has sparked the need to do another show where we discuss the past 2 months as well as various upcoming events and conferences around town. Startup news! Mass Relevance finally got downtown! Black Locus sold! Union Metrics ?? Firefox OS Mozilla team was in town Awesome looking stuff New phones announced today (no pricing) :-( Meetup News Refresh is doing two meetups a month Capitol Factory is awesome, harder to socialize Monthly #beersummit to socialize only https://twitter.com/kimloop/status/293864490246758400 Rails Girls ATX pyLadies New Learning Python meetup Shit is crowded Conferences HTML5.tx in in two weekends Tickets still available Stupid cheap It’s in Austin! Data Day Texas http://datadaytexas.com/ (http://datadaytexas.com/) Tickets are cheaper until Feb 5th SXSW is on the horizon... Parties already starting to RSVP

On Today's show we get into the heart of the Austin BBQ Scene which in-part is mostly responsible for fueling the Austin economy.  We also discuss the first 7 startups that pitched on state at Capital Factory Demo Day 2012.

Travis and Dave talk about a myriad of topics ranging from the Zynga mass-firing, covering a handful of startups from the Capital Factory Demo Day 2012 that got a mention in Venture Beat, to a quick Week-in-Tech conversation.

We sat down with Austin tech titan Joshua Baer to talk about: ATX Startup Week, Demo Day 2012,  We Are Austin Tech, Other Inbox, and the startup and social hub that is Capital Factory. On this milestone 50th episode we couldn't ask for a better guest. Josh does an amazing job keeping our web community vibrant. * Joshua Baer (http://joshuabaer.info) (@joshuabaer (http://twitter.com/joshuabaer)) * ATX Startup Week (http://atxstartupweek.com) * Capital Factory (http://capitalfactory.com) * DreamIt Ventures (http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/13/dreamit-ventures-austin-startups-to-land-at-the-capital-factory-exclusive/) * Other Inbox (http://otherinbox.com) * Unsubscriber for iPhone (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unsubscriber/id560207616?mt=8) * We Are Austin Tech (http://weareaustintech.com) Music provided by Good field (http://goodfieldband.com/)

We're joined by Ryan Irelan, developer at Happy Cog and founder of Mijingo, the web's best resource for designers or developers looking to learn something new. We talk about the recent Drupal Day Austin CMS Shootout as well as a Freaky Friday Text Editor Experiment (Coda vs. Sublime Text 2) between Ryan and Dave.

We sat down to better-know the talented Central Texas web design agency, the Taecho Group. After their work one the Circuit of the Americas (Austin F1) site, these experts in eCommerce and responsive web design are currently in the process of growing their small agency.

Travis and Dave get together to talk about everything from breaking a curses using a local wizard to Cap Metro transit politics to our hatred of To-Do list apps. Web related, we discuss: the upcoming ATX Startup Week, Responsive Web Design, Sass vs. LESS, the recent relaunch of Hour School, recent meetup news and events.

We sat down with Austin designer Elyse Holladay to get a short recap of An Event Apart (http://aneventapart.com/2012/austin/), the world's premier web conference, that recently rolled through town.

This week Dave, Travis, and new co-pilot Ryan Joy sit down to talk about local news and events. We announce the new ATX Directory now live on the website and discuss the trials and tribulations of meetup event planning.

Travis and Dave sit down to catch up on this past weeks' events, most notably the lightning talks held at Austin on Rails.

Once again, Travis and Dave meet at the Ginger Man to discuss recent happenings around town from TX.JS, a first class Javascript conference that happens right on our very own doorstep. The rest of the show is dedicated to fact-checking, mental health, and local microbreweries.