Helvetic: A Podcast

In this episode, we talk about the value of dabbling in other creative fields besides the one that puts bacon on your table every meal. We talk about broadening your horizons to learn from creatives in other fields, and toss out some suggestions for how one might go about developing hobbies in other creative fields.

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In this episode, we interview Les Lanphere! We catch up on a little ‘making of ‘ Calvinist, talk about his new film, Spirit and Truth. We talk his reasons for making it, the gear he’s using to make it, and then wrap up with a discussion on the place of creativity in worship.

If you’re thinking you will want to watch Les’ film when it comes out, you might consider donating $25 on Kickstarter so that Les can make the movie even better.

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In this episode, we reflect back on 50 episodes of Helvetic. We also reflect back on 10 years of apps and talk about how life-altering smartphones have been. Lastly, we talk about about our goals for Helvetic and how we can start to create a thriving community where Christians can meet, work with, and share advice with other Christians in their field.

We didn’t mention many links this episode, but you should check out our community page to get connected on Facebook and Slack. Oh, and here is the Ira Glass storytelling thing.

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In this episode, we talk about learning: our patterns of learning vs. creating, and how to find good quality resources for learning.

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A wild episode appeared!

In this episode, we discuss our software state of the union, most notably David’s decreasing dependency on Adobe software. Also this episode’s artwork is a collaboration between Joe and I (David). He made the Hydra-dongle logo and I composited it onto a laptop screen and graded everything.

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We’re still getting our podcasting feet back underneath us, so in this episode we tackled a softball: WWDC 2018. We pick our favorite and biggest disappointments from each OS, then round out the discussion a little by discussing the recent mega-tech-company fad of caring about people’s time and privacy.

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In this episode, which actually was technically recorded before our last episode, we discuss how to survive a design (or other creative project) review meeting. We tell some horror stories and then discuss some tips we’ve found make them easier to get through without wanting to cry or quit your job. We even throw out some tips for how to encourage helpful feedbacks and make the meetings something you’re actually glad to be a part of—maybe.

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Don’t call it a comeback! Or actually, you can. We’re back. In this episode, we apologize for not putting out new episodes, explain what we’ve been up to, and give a state of the gear union address about what kinds of hardware we’re using to make stuff, including David’s new PC build (parts listed below).

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In this episode, we discuss Gear Acquisition Syndrome: what it is, how to know if you have it, and some practical steps to avoid it—or at least avoid letting it steal your wallet.

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In this episode, we discuss an article called This Design Generation Has Failed by Mike Monteiro. In the article, he argues that because bad User Experience can have hugely detrimental affects on users, designers should be licensed (among other things). We discuss this idea of licensed designers, as well as what we as Christians can do to make sure the products we create (whether user interfaces, movies, pieces of art, or widgets) help people instead of harming them.

Note: Due to some technical issues, the audio on this episode is a bit messed up. Sorry about that. Everything should sound pretty good in the next episode.

Lastly, you can ask a question by tweeting using #helveticaquestion

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