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The ToolBar

By Brian Dusablon and Judy Katz UnreinTechnology
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  • #27 – When the Prison Guards Are Out Sick

    Brian and Judy talk with the fabulous Jane Bozarth about showing your work, mountain climbing, positive deviance, and your questions.

    Be sure to register for Jane’s June 11 ASTD Webinar, Show Your Work!

    The drinks

    Brian drank Shiner Kosmos 

    Judy drank Lady Grey tea because she couldn’t buy Mens Room

    Jane drank Grimbergen Dubbel

    The links
    • The other (and let’s face it, somewhat lesser) outlets where Jane’s writing appeared in May:
      • Are You a Positive Deviant? (Training Magazine)
      • Nuts and Bolts: We Need New Words (Learning Solutions Magazine)
      • Show Your Work (T&D)
      • Serious Comic – Character Development and Serious Comic – Character Development II by Kevin Thorn
      • Sarah Wessling video
      • Visual Exploration Behind Signal vs. Noise (also see just about everything else in their Design catgory)
      • Narrating Our Work (column with Jane’s friend and the cookies)
      • Positive Deviant
      • 1 hr 24 min
      • #26 – Learning Objectives are Cute

        Brian and Judy have a super-fun conversation with guest Koreen Olbrish about immersive learning design, technology, and business, her upcoming book, and motivation.

        We promise, the robot voice gets better after about 10 minutes, and we’re working on the audio quality in general.

        The drinks

        Brian drank Chimay Grande Réserve

        Judy drank Urban Farmhouse Ale from The Commons Brewery

        Koreen drank Once Upon a Vine Sauvignon Blanc

        The links
        • eLearnChat with Reuben Tozman
        • ARIS open-source platform for mobile games
        • Unity game engine
        • Venuegen
        • The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
        • A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Ralph Koster
        • 1 hr 29 min
        • #25 – Westbound and Down

          Brian and Judy catch up and talk about the tool-related stuff they’re doing at TechKnowledge 2013, which focuses on productivity tools. And we talk about other things we’re looking forward to in 2013.

          The drinks

          Brian drank Port Wine Porter from a homebrew buddy, the Brew Consultant.

          Judy drank Proletariat Red from Lompoc Brewing

          The links
          • Judy’s appearance on eLearnChat
          • Writing Assignments
          • Sketchnotes
          • Judy’s sessions at TechKnowledge
          • Brian’s sessions at TechKnowledge
          • CloudHQ
          • TK Chats
          • Spanning Backup
          • The 2013 Learning Resolutions WrapUp on the Open Sesame Blog
          • Radio Genius!
          • 46 min
          • #24 – You Can’t Beer Everybody

            Brian and Judy have a great conversation with Chad Udell about lots of mobile learning (mlearning) stuff (naturally), stuff that isn’t mlearning but people think is, home brewing, Letterpress strategy, and (as usual), we talk about other podcast guests behind their backs.

            The drinks

            Brian drank Yule Shoot Your Eye Out from Karbach

            Judy drank Rudolph Imperial Red* from Three Creeks

            Chad drank Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout from Sam Adams

            * Rudolph is indeed an imperial, so props to Chad on calling that. Judy neglected to mention that she liked it quite a lot by the end of the show.

            The links
            • Learning Everywhere by Chad Udell
            • Beer Wars (the movie)
            • Apps from Float Learning
            • Omniture
            • Flurry
            • TestFlight
            • HockeyApp
            • ASTD’s Mobile Learning Certificate preconference for TechKnowledge
            • Learning on Demand by Reuben Tozman
            • 1 hr 19 min
            • #23 – The Great DevLearn Wrap-Up

              Brian and Judy do the great DevLearn wrap-up, and also talk about Brian’s series on accessibility and usability on the ASTD Learning Technologies blog, and team collaboration iOS apps. And we look ahead a bit to TechKnowledge 2013 and some very cool stuff that’s coming soon on Emergent Radio.

              The drinks

              Brian drank Phil’s Existential Alt from Full Sail Brewery

              Judy drank Hitachino Nest White Ale from Kiuchi Brewery

              The links
              • From the Trenches: Building eLearning in the Real World – Trina Rimmer and Brian’s DevLearn Preconference program
              • Learning Ninjas
              • DevLearn Junto
              • Tools for Creating HTML5-Friendly Multimedia – Judy’s DevLearn presentation
              • Ignite! at DevLearn
              • Designing an Effective Business Model for Your Training Organization – Matt Cross and Judy’s DevLearn presentation on Business Model Generation
              • Accessibility in Learning by Brian
              • Design for All by Brian
              • Team App Recommendations for DevLearn (and A Followup)
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              • #22 – Because I’m a [Robot] Unicorn

                Brian, Judy, and Megan Bowe talk about the Tin Can API and related issues: personal data lockers, data sharing, analytics, learning from the marketing department, our upcoming DevLearn presentations (no longer upcoming), and designing for the unknown. And, out of frustration with Skype, we talk VOIP tools. And Megan issues a challenge.

                The drinks

                Brian drank Chimay Grand Reserve

                Judy drank Flemish Kiss from The Commons Brewery

                Megan drank The Fear Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Flying Dog Brewery

                The links
                • Watershed
                • Rustici’s Tin Can Statement Generator
                • Learning on Demand by Reuben Tozman
                • The Tweet That Wrecked the Show
                • Ovoo
                • Megan’s blog, User Sciences
                • Up to All of Us
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                • #21 – We Got Your Buzz Words Right Here

                  Judy talked and drank with Kris Rockwell and Reuben Tozman, and it was pretty much like this (thanks, Kris).

                  We talked about the parallel evolution of humans and technology, innovations in learning, HTML5, Tin Can, mlearning, gaming, gamification, and some of the new cliches of the learning world, including The Matrix and Captain Sully.

                  It was a conversation that could have gone on for hours (and particularly if we hadn’t kept getting interrupted by kid stuff), so we plan to record again soon with these guys.

                  The drinks

                  Judy drank Little Sumpin’ Wild from Lagunitas

                  Reuben drank Woodford Bourbon

                  Kris drank Johnny Walker Blue

                  The links
                  • Learning on Demand by Reuben Tozman
                  • The Rise and Fall of eLearning by Reuben Tozman and Kris Rockwell
                  • Reuben’s blog posts on ASTD.org
                  • The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
                  • Rand McNally Launches “Play the Election” Digital Learning Game for Students – Kris’s company gets mentioned in the New York Times
                  • Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
                  • Peacemaker by Impact Games
                  • Games for Change
                  • A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Ralph Koster
                  • Something else we like about learning how to play a game through playing it – Two Universes by Michael Lopp
                  • Smithsonian presentation on mobile in museums
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                  • #20 — It’s My Everything

                    Brian and Judy caught up with — just  each other! — to chat about combining development tools, HTML5, podcasts, iPhones, conferences, and just stuff.

                    The drinks

                    Brian drank Newcastle Brown Ale.

                    Judy drank Rogue Dead Guy.

                    The links
                    • The ToolBar t-shirts — for sale through October 11!
                    • Brian’s DevLearn Pre-Con with Trina Rimmer
                    • DevLearn Junto
                    • Judy’s team’s DevLearn session with Joe Campbell and Chris Rosso
                    • Judy’s DevLearn session with Matt Cross
                    • DevLearn Ignite! Stage
                    • Hype by Tumult
                    • impress.js
                    • U.S. Coast Guard Workshop presentation archives
                    • Buy Us a Beer
                    • The Best Beer in the World episode on 99% Invisible (thanks to Steve Flowers for the recommendation)
                    • This is where a link to Judy’s HTML5 for eLearning report for the eLearning Guild will go.
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                    • #19 1/2 – Instructional Design Thinking

                      Connie Malamed and Judy delved much more into design thinking and applying it to that voo-doo that we do…with sprinkles of Tin Can, knowing when you’re done, and egos.

                      We even talked about tools a bit — for wireframing, prototyping, and user testing.

                      By the way, if you’re enjoying these more design-related episodes, be sure to check out Emergent Radio’s newest podcast: Designing Opinion.

                      The drinks

                      Judy drank water. (Back off… she’s on antibiotics.)

                      Connie drank Sweet Wild Berry Zinger Ice Herbal Tea from Celestial Seasonings.

                      The links
                      • Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton
                      • Balsamiq Mockups
                      • Wireframes Magazine
                      • Resonate by Nancy Duarte
                      • Wireframing Tool Showdown! on UX Magazine (forgot to mention this but it’s a good one)
                      • Don’t Make me Think by Steve Krug
                      • Screenflow
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                      • #19 – Design Outing

                        In our nineteenth episode, we were thrilled to have Connie Malamed, The eLearning Coach, join us for a conversation that could have easily lasted another couple of hours. We covered more about being a consultant, design thinking and design processes, and some of our favorite podcasts.

                        We’ve both been big fans of Connie’s for a long time… check out her blog, book, and iPhone app!

                        The drinks:

                        Brian drank a buddy’s homemade barley wine.

                        Judy drank Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA.

                        Connie drank water.

                        The links:
                        • We got into some good discussion leading up to the show and decided to “out” it. Here it is.
                        • If Instructional Designers Ran the World on Connie’s blog
                        • 5 Proven Strategies To Improve Creativity on Connie’s blog
                        • Graphic Design Thinking by Ellen Lupton
                        • The IDEO grocery cart redesign video
                        • Is Design Thinking Missing From ADDIE? on Connie’s blog
                        • Let’s Make Mistakes
                        • Accidental Creative
                        • Design Matters
                        • The d.school Bootcamp (good summary of design thinking)
                        • Design Thinking for Educators
                        • Prototyping by Todd Zaki Warfel
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