Tech Douchebags

Tech Douchebags


Latest Episodes

43: The Workflow Whisperer
January 18, 2015

In this week’s meeting, Alex Guyot admits to his constant fiddling with iOS automation and URL schemes, his obsession with "every tap counts" type of peak efficiency, why it's painful for him to watch friends use their phones, and how he struggles to fi

42: The Functional Designer
January 11, 2015

In this week’s meeting, Joe Darnell shares his obsession with manipulating images in Photoshop, how he tends to live like his life is the subject of an art magazine, why his motivation in "making the world a better place" is an outright narcissistic lie

41: The Homescreen King
January 04, 2015

In this week’s meeting, Ronnie Lutes works through step two by sharing his obsession of meticulously arranging his iPhone homescreen apps, how his eyes bleed when seeing homescreens that aren't color coordinated and how he overthinks the decision betwee

40: The Reformed App Developer
December 28, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Jared Sinclair of Bloglovin' confesses how much more happy he is now working for a company after leaving independent iOS app development, the hard lessons he learned and business mistakes he made with Unread, how he bought into t

39: The Millenial Duo
December 21, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Liz Furl and Sara Stewart of 5by5's LadyBits work through step ten by sharing how their whole lives revolve around their smartphones, their obsessive-compulsive behavior in managing their schedule with calendars, getting twitchy

38: The Universal Collaborator
December 14, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Kyle Roderick of Transmission and 5by5's Internet Outrage Machine works through step four by sharing his process when collaborating with other people on projects, how he usually defaults to a system or platform with the least fri

37: The Knowledge Collector
December 07, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Matt McInerney of 5by5's On The Grid confesses his obsession with bookmarking Wikipedia entries, fawning over the useless knowledge he's accumulated, how he decides what links are worth saving in Pinboard, and what the future hol

36: The List Switcher
November 30, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Dave Caolo of 5by5's Home Work and Board Games Weekly confesses his addiction to constantly changing, tinkering with and trying out new to-do list apps, how he abuses task management systems to relieve stress, how he games most a

35: The Frequent Flyer
November 23, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Dameon Welch-Abernathy a.k.a. PhoneBoy shares his discomfort being disconnected from the world on long airline flights, dealing with airport security and the plane's crew when you're traveling with many electronic devices, and ho

34: The Picture Packrat
November 16, 2014

In this week’s meeting, Haddie Cooke of 5by5's The Frequency confesses her addiction to any platform that allows her to collect and organize images, why Pinterest is her go-to search engine, how she pays too much attention to who likes her Instagram sho