This week, Andy is joined by Travis and Sam at Happy Cog Austin (http://www.happycog.com) for Episode 72. Thanks Happy Cog!

Show Notes

* 1:05 (#t=1:05) HOUSE OF CARDS!

* 3:00 (#t=3:00) Spiceworks raises another round of $57m (http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/spiceworks-57-million-funding-round/)

* 3:15 (#t=3:15) Capital Factory + Floodgate + Silverton = $150,000 (http://capitalfactory.com/capital-factory-floodgate-silverton-150000/)

* 5:40 (#t=5:40) Austin #1 most romantic city by HuffPo (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/30/americas-most-romantic-cities_n_4680950.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003)

* 6:10 (#t=6:10) Austin in top 10 list for best towns for singles (http://www.kvue.com/entertainment/Austin-makes-list-of-best-cities-for-singles-245416411.html)

* 7:00 (#t=7:00) SXSW dribbble meet-up (http://www.meetup.com/teamdribbble/events/165929772/) announced! RSVP ASAP!

Events

* Digital PM summit (http://www.dpm2013.com/): Feb 22

* FU Weekend (http://www.fuweekend.com): Feb 21–23

* Texas Bitcoin Conf (http://texasbitcoinconference.com/) Mar 5–6

Right before the show. Photo by Alison Harshbarger (https://twitter.com/silverwaredog) of Happy Cog Austin

Editing by Michael Way (https://twitter.com/heymichaelway). Music by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes & dudettes!

In 2014, we're recording every 2nd and 4th Friday. Last week was our second show but we flubbed the release of the January 17 recording so we rolled that content into last week's episode.

Andy and Travis spend episode 71 recapping the happenings in Austin from the past couple months.

News:

* Austin Startup Games (https://twitter.com/ATXStartupGames) - Heard that Spanning cleaned up. Andy was completely wrong ... Sparefoot actually won the gold. Berate him via twitter (http://twitter.com/alwaysunday).

* Developer Evangelism - Keith Casey’s experience (http://caseysoftware.com/blog/developer-evangelism-the-whole-story)

* Damon's intro to the Austin startup scene (http://www.slideshare.net/DamonClinkscales/intro-to-the-austin-startup-scene-30603601)

* Austin reaching capacity for SXSW  permits (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2014/01/30/austin-nears-capacity-for-sxsw-event-permits.html)

* Ben Brown’s Lunch Hack and LunchBot (https://medium.com/why-not/fde6099b3ad9):  http://eat.xoxco.com (http://eat.xoxco.com)

* Josh Baer says he’ll fund your consumer startup (https://medium.com/p/15118cb5152d)

* Blackboard acquired MyEdu (http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/16/education-giant-blackboard-buys-myedu-to-help-refresh-its-brand-and-reanimate-its-user-experience/)

* Pingboard secures 1.5 million (http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/15/pingboard-secures-1-5m-in-seed-funding-to-modernize-office-management/)

* Outbox closed its doors (http://blog.outboxmail.com/) -- Junk mail survives :-( -- new stealth pivot

* WP Engine got 15 million (http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/wp-engine-raises-15m-from-north-bridge-growth-equity-to-invest-in-product-development-accelerate-growth/?utm_content=bufferaa494&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) - R/GA rebranded them

* Why Scaling a Company is Harder than it Looks (http://blog.asmartbear.com/scaling-startups.html) (Jason Cohen, @asmartbear) “scale causes rare events to become regular.”

Jobs:

* Everyone is hiring. Let us know what you're looking for and we'll help connect you.

Upcoming Conferences and Events:

* Hackentine's Day (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackentines-day-austin-tickets-10326943165) - February 8

* FinishUp Weekend (http://fuweekend.com) - February 21-23

* Digital PM summit (http://www.dpm2013.com/upcoming-events/event-detail/digitalpm-workshop-austin) - February 22

We’re already prepping for SXSW -- what should we be paying attention to?  Good parties, food, other events?  Let us know (http://twitter.com/atxwebshow).

Five-star ratings on iTunes will get shout outs on the next show!

Editing by Aaron Dowd (http://aarondowd.com/). Music by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes!

In an effort to get one more show out the door before 2014, Dave and Andy recap Austin's Startup Weekend that took place November 22-24 at Tech Ranch (http://techranchaustin.com).

Show Notes

* Austin Startup Weekend (http://austin.startupweekend.org) - 13 teams presented at the end of the event.

* Potlucky (https://getpotlucky.com/)

* Phone Sting

* LiveHits (www.livehits.com) - 2nd runner up

* At The Door (http://www.atthedoor.co/) - 2nd place - video demo (http://vimeo.com/80346321)

* APIEngine (http://apiengine.co/) - winner

* IBM to hire 1,000 designers by 2018 (http://www.statesman.com/news/business/ibm-debuts-major-new-austin-design-studio/nbjwd/).

Want help connecting with Austin's vibrant community? Tweet at us (http://twitter.com/atxwebshow) and tell us a bit about yourself.

Austin Startup Weekend logo by Ryan Weaver (http://ryantheweave.com/) of Sputnik Creative (http://sputnikcreative.com/).

Editing by Aaron Dowd (http://aarondowd.com/). Music by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes!

This week, intern Michael Way recaps everything that went down at Austin Startup Week. He is joined by Andy, Sam, and new dad Dave!

Show Notes

* 3:27 (#t=3:27) Latest News: ATX Startup Crawl

* 9:17 (#t=9:17) Startup Crawl App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/startup-crawl/id566309218?mt=8)

* 10:41 (#t=10:41) Some pictures from ATX Startup Crawl by Adam McCombs (http://www.flickr.com/photos/95724828@N03/sets/72157636414920726/)

* 11:38 (#t=11:38) Mass Relevance (http://www.massrelevance.com/) gets access to Facebooks API

* 11:50 (#t=11:50) Element Creative and SpaceCraft to Merge (http://elementcreative.com/about/news/element-and-spacecraft-to-merge)

* 11:50 (#t=11:50) Spacecraft (http://gospacecraft.com/)

* 12:06 (#t=12:06) Dell goes private (http://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-wont-have-michael-dell-to-kick-around-anymore/)

* 12:18 (#t=12:18) Hurt & Harbuck (http://www.hurtharbach.com/) have disbanded

* 18:00 (#t=18:00) WP Engine (http://wpengine.com/)

* 20:13 (#t=20:13) Austin Startup Weekend (http://austin.startupweekend.org/) November 22-24 at Tech Ranch

* 21:07 (#t=21:07) Boxer Inc (http://www.getboxer.com/) raises a bunch of money

* 22:38 (#t=“22:38) 7 Promising Austin Startups from capital Factory’s Demo Day (http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/7-promising-austin-startups-from-capital-factorys-demo-day/)

* 22:38 (#t=“22:38) Mr. Dad App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mr.-dad-on-pregnancy/id597625678?mt=8)

* 25:06 (#t=25:06) Capital Factory is expanding their investing (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2013/10/capital-factory-expands-investing-plan.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_austin+(Austin+Business+Journal)

* 27:00 (#t=27:00) Austin Chamber of commerce started a "Startup "A" List" (http://www.austinchamber.com/blog/2013/10/15/nominations-for-austins-a-list-of-the-hottest-startups-now-open/)

* 30:22 (#t=30:22) Austin VS The World

* 30:45 (#t=30:45) Dave files a bug report on Github about the Government Shutdown (https://github.com/WhiteHouse/fortyfour/issues/3), sparks awesomeness.

* 34:54 (#t=34:54) Dave’s post So I trolled The White House (http://daverupert.com/2013/10/trolling-the-whitehouse/)

* 39:22 (#t=39:22) Send us your job openings, Austin (http://www.twitter.com/atxwebshow)

* 40:05 (#t=40:05) Co-funder of Reddit is coming to austin (http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2013/10/internet-pundit-ohanian-to-speak-at-ut.html?page=all)

* 40:24 (#t=40:24) Maker's Square Career Day (http://makersquarecareerday.eventbrite.com/) on November 7th

* 41:15 (#t=41:15) Refresh San Marcos Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/Refresh-San-Marcos/), November 5th at 7pm

* 41:26 (#t=41:26) Taecho Group (http://www.taechogroup.com)

* 41:38 (#t=41:38) Texas State Communication Design Program (http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/Art/)

* 41:46 (#t=41:46) Texas State STAR Park (http://www.txstate.edu/ocir/STAR-Park.html)

* 42:53 (#t=42:53) SXSW announces 2014 interactive lineup (http://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2013/interactive-programming-announcement)

* 43:30 (#t=43:30) Godaddy bought Media Temple (http://css-tricks.com/thoughts-godaddy-buying-mediatemple/), Brad Smith buys Virb back from Godaddy (http://blog.virb.com/post/64122176288/big-news-from-virb)

* 44:30 (#t=44:30) Where do you get your Austin news? Let us know (http://www.twitter.com/atxwebshow)

Editing by Aaron Dowd (http://aarondowd.com/). Music by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes!

This week we have a covert (http://capitalfactory.com/work/common-areas/)chat with Josh Baer (https://twitter.com/joshuabaer) about the third annual Austin Startup Week (http://atxstartupweek.com/). Listen to find out what his "God button" is and who his favorite Austin startups are.

Interview Notes

* Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (http://www.slideshare.net/joshuabaer) slides form the 9/16/13 event

* Austin Startup Week Calendar (http://www.atxstartupweek.com/schedule.html)

* Austin Startup Week Crawl 2013 (http://atxstartupcrawl.eventbrite.com/) (Must RSVP)

* TechStars (http://www.techstars.com/) is now in Austin

* Nuve (http://nuve.us/) anti-theft start-up

Startup News

* DreamIt Ventures (http://www.dreamitventures.com/dreamit_classes/winter_austin_13/) (Austin applications due soon)

Austin vs The World

* British Airways to fly directly to Austin (http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/austin-to-get-london-non-stop-service-from-british-airways.html/) in 2014

Job Openings

* Dropbox is opening an office and hiring for a lot of positions (https://www.dropbox.com/austin).

Upcoming Meetups

* Girl Develop It Austin's Diving Deeper into HTML5 and CSS3 (http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Austin/events/139294782/)

Upcoming Conferences

* An Event Apart: Austin (http://aneventapart.com/event/austin-2013) - September 30 - October 2

Editing by Aaron Dowd (http://aarondowd.com/). Music by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes!

We gathered the crew before the last Refresh to catch up on Austin's latest happenings. Dave introduces a new segment, "Austin vs The World" and we fire another intern. Recorded live on August 13, 2013.

Shout out to our audio surgeon, Aaron Dowd for turning this one around quickly and saving us so much time. Check out his new podcast with Sean McCabe (https://seanwes.com/podcast/) and drop him a line if you could use his skills AaronDowd.com (http://aarondowd.com/)

Startup News

* Infochimps acquired by IT powerhouse CSC (http://blog.infochimps.com/2013/08/06/infochimps-a-csc-company-big-data-made-better/)

* TechStars kicked off in Austin with their first cohort. First event set for Monday, August 19. RSVP (http://helloaustin.splashthat.com/)

* Austin Startup Week (http://atxstartupweek.com/) is coming up October 7-11. New site by Taecho Group (http://taechogroup.com/).

*  Supermechanical launches Range, a smart thermometer that plugs into your iPhone for precise monitoring (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/range-smart-thermometer-smarter-cook).

Austin vs The World

* Mike Fielden from Houston defends Houston (https://twitter.com/mike_fielden/status/364815135480619008), provides no evidence #trolololol.

* Welch Avenue, a podcast about the startup scene in Des Moines, IA, builds a welcome page inspired by the Web Show (http://www.welchavenue.com/welcome).

* Breakfast tacos, we have them. Favorites: Michael (http://www.yelp.com/biz/juan-in-a-million-austin), Dave (http://www.yelp.com/biz/dans-hamburgers-austin-2), Travis (http://www.yelp.com/biz/wholly-cow-austin). What are yours?

* According to Entrepreneur (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227807), Elon Musk's new Hyperloop may be built in Texas first due to less regulation and cheaper costs.

Job Openings

* Director of Finance (http://www.texastribune.org/jobs/director-of-finance/) at the Texas Tribune.

* Product Manager/SCRUM Master (http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/17989/digital-project-manager-and-scrum-master)at Four Kitchens.

* Dropbox is opening an office and hiring for a lot of positions (https://www.dropbox.com/austin).

Upcoming Meetups

* MakerSquare Career Day at Capital Factory (http://makersquare.eventbrite.com/) - August 16 @ 5:30pm

* Creative Mornings w/ Michael McDaniel (http://creativemorningsaustin.tumblr.com/) - August 20 @ 9am

Upcoming Conferences

* Digital Biz Summit (http://environmentsforhumans.com/2013/digital-biz-summit/#.UgznwWRgbk0)- August 20

* jQuery Conference: Austin (http://events.jquery.org/2013/austin/) - September 10 - 11

* An Event Apart: Austin (http://aneventapart.com/event/austin-2013) - September 30 - October 2

Music provided by Goodfield (http://www.goodfieldband.com/). Thanks dudes!

We finally got the whole team together at the Refresh Austin: Summer Party (http://www.refreshaustin.org/). Recorded live on July 30, 2013.

* Dave announces his mayorship of Curaçao, Sam's homeland, and sings the new national anthem.

* The Gowalla exodus from Facebook to Dropbox

* Torchy's secret menu (http://kutnews.org/post/torchys-secret-taco-menu-revealed)

* Texas Tribune covers Wendy Davis' HB1 Filibuster (http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/2013-abortion-filibuster/) and compiles images (http://www.texastribune.org/capitol-instagram-viewer/)

* Louis Black calls out Texas with a great big "F*ck you!" (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-17-2013/back-in-black---new-york-vs--texas)

* Upcoming Events:

* An Event Apart (http://aneventapart.com/event/austin-2013) | September 30 - October 2 | register here (https://store.aneventapart.com/register/2013/austin)

* jQuery Conference: Austin (http://events.jquery.org/2013/austin/) | September 10-11 | register here (http://events.jquery.org/2013/austin/#buy-tickets)

* Girl Develop It: Austin (http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Austin/)

* MakerSquare (http://themakersquare.com) is Austin's answer to The Starter League and General Assembly. We chat a bit about the program and the team behind it.

* @beaktor (http://twitter.com/beaktor) is the guy to know for dim sum in Austin.

* Austin in the News

* What is the best damn city (http://bestdamncity.com)?

* Austin ranks as the No. 1 place to launch your business, according to a new ranking by GoodApril, a San Francisco-based tax-planning startup (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227436)

* Austin families spend on average $878 a month putting costs higher than places like San Francisco, Nashville, Seattle and Portland (http://www.kvue.com/news/Austin-named-most-expensive-cities-for-families-213927161.html)

* We're back on twitter! @ATXwebshow (http://twitter.com/atxwebshow)

Travis, Sam, and Dave catch up on presidents and hackathons that have swept through town recently.

* President Obama visits Capital Factory

* Coca-Cola: Why Austin sits atop the next wave of startup hubs (http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/why-austin-sits-atop-the-next-wave-of-us-startup-hubs)

* Hackathons

* TechCrunch Meetup (http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/01/austin-turns-out-for-a-hot-night-of-fun-drinking-and-pitching/)

* Angel Hack ATX (http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2013/06/03/peerlearn-wins-angelhack-in-austin/)

* ATX Hackathon for Change (http://hackforchange.org/atx-hackathon-change-2013)

* Keep Austin Fed (https://www.facebook.com/KeepAustinFed)

* Hackathon wiki (http://atxhackforchange.wikispaces.com/Welcome+to+the+ATX+Hackathon+for+Change+2013)

* ATX Web Show T-Shirts available from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/atx-web-show)

* Drupal Camp + Web Leadership next week (http://webleadershipday.com/)

* Photo courtesy of @owiber (https://twitter.com/owiber/)

This week Travis sits down with Sam Kapila, teacher of Responsive Web Design and Typography at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. That's just south of Austin for you out-of-towners. They talk about the modern web, new Adobe software, and a bunch more.

Show Notes

* Texas State University

* Texas State Communication Design Program (http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/Art/academics/undergrad/ugrad-comdes.html)

* Adobe

* Creative Cloud (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.edu.html)

* About Sam Kapila

* samkapila.com (http://www.samkapila.com/)

* Follow @samkap on Twitter (https://twitter.com/samkap)

Another Catchupisode™. Reigning victorious over Houston, yet again, Travis and Dave kick off this show apologizing to a few other cities and then recap some of the conferences and big events that have rolled through town recently with a heavy focus on journalism.

* Travis apologizes to Boston

* Houston Web Show == Not a thing

* TXJS (http://texasjavascript.com) Recap

* Creative Mornings ATX (http://creativemorningsaustin.tumblr.com) Recap

* Austin Kleon's Talk (https://vimeo.com/creativemorningsatx)

* ISOJ

* Trei Burndrett (Vox @clockwerks (https://twitter.com/clockwerks))

* Michael Donohoe (qz.com @donohoe (https://twitter.com/donohoe))

* Miranda Mulligan (Knight Lab/Boston Globe @jmm (https://twitter.com/jmm))

* May Meetups

* Artifact Conference http://artifactconf.com/ (http://artifactconf.com/)

Future Shows:

- 4/30: Live recording at the Gingerman