In this episode, recorded on 7 Nov 2012, Aubrey and Justin open with a discussion of Windows 8 and its new interactivity model. They expand to talk about skinning as an abstraction to allow remote configuration of an app's user interface. There's also a lengthy discussion touching on the parallels between product engineering and song writing, choreography, and other creative processes; and the persistent need to practice your craft.

Aubrey and Justin dig into API integration challenges, highlighting user experience pitfalls when leveraging 3rd party services. There's a strong focus on accounts created in 3rd party systems by your service on behalf of your users, and a deep analysis of potential solutions for standardizing this form of authentication.

In this final episode of the three part series, Aubrey and Justin discuss the details of presentation and how to best frame the wider discussion into a 30min talk, including slide design, content, timing, and choreography. Only a few days after this recording was made, they gave the talk at BarCamp Tampa 2012 with slides that were only finalized less than 24hrs before the talk. The talk itself was not recorded.

In this second episode of the three-part series, Aubrey and Justin continue to converge on a solid foundation for a 30min talk on the topic of app development and the challenges faced when integrating APIs.

In this first episode of a three-part series, Aubrey and Justin discuss the intersection of developers, users, and APIs, as part of the app development process, including some key challenges faced by designers and some solutions for overcoming these problems.