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Narwhals

by Drew Wilson & Keiran Flanigan

A podcast about business, tech, movies, family, fun, space and other such cool stuff. Join us, Drew Wilson and Keiran Flanigan, as we share our experiences on being people that live on earth. We also chat with rad people on each show.

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Episodes

  1. 034: Swifts And Objective Seas

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Erik Bye talking corporate work, app development and making things in the real world. Adam Savage - Mythbusters Kombucha KidCam Bulk Delete Ellie's Games Math Duel Geography Duel React.js Swift Microsoft Surface Studio

  2. 033: Freelance to Product

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Damian Makki talking about app development, frameworks and taking a business from freelance work to product development. Damian Makki - Portfolio Sammich Shop Masterclass Firerift.com Vue.js SquareSpace

  3. 032: The Hat Episode

    Drew & Keiran are back for Episode 32, talking hats, golf hats and the Nintendo Switch. If the first few minutes is anything to go by, this could be promising. Nintendo Switch The Legend Of Zelda Nintendo Wii Sega Dreamcast Sony PlayStation 4 Microsoft Xbox One Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing

  4. 031: Basketball with Skateboards

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Gabe Willis of STRGHT talking basketball, NBA, skateboards and running a small business. STRGHT STRGHT on Instagram Valio Con Instagram blog featuring STRGHT

  5. 030: Lab Grown Meat

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Ashok Kamal who interviews them about what is means to be a Narwhal, whilst discussing recycling, health, poaching and the future of lab grown meat. Ashok Kamal Tech Coast Angels Color - Genomics IOD - Internet Of DNA BackBlaze - Backup Amazon - Cloud Drive Dodo OmniData

  6. 029: Buying Your Job

    Drew & Keiran are back again with episode 29, this week joined by Matt Goldman - CEO of Churn Buster talking about taking over a pre-existing product, family life whilst working and the transformation of San Diego. Matt Goldman - @sdmattg Churn Buster Hook Feed Shape Rocketship Podcast Crew...

  7. 028: Surfing and Donuts

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Charlie Waite design experience director at GoPro, formerly Focus Lab talking about groceries, surfing and his work with GoPro designing software inside a hardware company. Charlie Waite GoPro Focus Lab GoPro Apps

  8. 027: Travel Is The Future

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Dan Martell a serial technology entrepreneur talking about freelancing, starting a company and balancing family life whilst traveling. Dan Martell Clarity.fm The E-Myth Silicon Valley

  9. 026: San Diego Pioneering

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Brittany Meiling a startup reporter at the San Diego Business Journal talking about law, journalism and eternal life. Brittany Meiling San Diego Business Journal Comic-Con Industry Downtown Works Seed San Diego Startup Week Shape

  10. 025: All The Widgets

    Drew & Keiran are back again joined by Nathan Firth of New Rocket talking widgets, xhtml, illegal brewing and activities to replace sleep. Nathan Firth New Rocket Service Now CSS Zen Garden Dynamic HTML script.aculo.us jQuery MooTools Booze Brothers Brewing Company Nintendo - Switch Cave Week

  11. 024: I Need Some Michael Jackson

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Michael Jackson - really! Discussing programming, Twitter and React JS. Michael Jackson - @mjackson React Training Aeliox Valio Con React (Javascript Library) Webpack cabel.name: FancyZoom Path Luxe Twitter Lets Hum Slack Shape

  12. 023: Vision & Film

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Garrett Marks - filmmaker, talking movies, film production, work/life balance and staying true to vision. Garrett Marks Plasso Firerift Firerift Commercial Colin Trevorrow

  13. 022: San Diego Tech Scene

    Drew & Keiran are joined by Brandon Christopher talking startups, meet ups and cultivating a tech scene. Brandon Christopher - Twitter Boomr Bird Rock Coffee Roasters Shape Startup Grind Startup Week EvoNexus CONNECT Tacos+Tech TapHunter

  14. 021: My API's Gonna Crush Yours

    Drew & Keiran are joined by multidisciplinary designer Jed Bridges talking remote working, family life and foot golf. Jed Bridges Aspiration Plasso Arrival (2016) Rogue One (2016) Abstract Wake Invision GoSquared Valio Con

  15. 020: Scientific Lab With Test Tubes

    Drew & Keiran return after a long break, live from their fancy new studio at Plasso HQ. Shape - Monthly gathering of makers in Carlsbad, California. Watch Narwhals on YouTube Cursive Labs 3D Rain Map - MeteoEarth Cave Week Plasso Open Broadcaster Software Amazon Bought Twitch Arrival The Last…

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  16. 019: Back In The Saddle

    After 8 months off the air, Drew and Keiran are back talking about all the latest: Drew's adventures traveling the US for most all of 2015 and Keiran's new body.

  17. 018: Who AppleWatches the Watchmen?

    Back due to popular demand, Drew sings the praises of the Southern US while Keiran quietly hums the praises of the AppleWatch. Apple Watch

  18. 017: Life with a Capital L

    Drew and Keiran marvel in the toddler-wooing abilities of Bob Marley, discuss Drew's filmic aspirations, and disagree about eternal life. Boudin Michael Caine on Acting in Film Sandwich Video Elon Musk Wants Internet on Mars

  19. 016: Nintendo Hard

    Drew and Keiran call out Google, Nintendo, NBC, TLC, Texas, the Civil War, and anyone else who gets in their way apparently. Brian Williams slowjams the news Google Plaso VS Plasso TLC Final Album Kickstarter North vs. South Cats in the sky, hawk? No Time For Caution Resampled (Interstellar…

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  20. 015: A Very Particular Set of Skills

    Drew's Nationwide Tour 2015™ is officially underway as he and Keiran look back at ValioCon 2014, discuss tips for working with design-blind developers, and only slightly ruin the ending to There Will Be Blood (spoiler: there was blood). Sedona, AZ Take It Easy, The Eagles Elon Musk Donates $10M…

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  21. 014: Augmented Realities and Inglourious Basterds

    Drew and Keiran take a look at the latest announcements from Microsoft – before the conversation shifts to movies, naturally. Ray Wenderlich iOS tutorials objc.io NSHipster The Swift Programming Language Digital Ocean Sublime Text Sinatra Microsoft HoloLens Oculus Rift Project Morpheus Surface…

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  22. 013: Mirrors, Wizards, and Tesseracts

    Drew and Keiran talk about photographing the night sky, traveling through said night sky, and the quiet beauty and utter loneliness of going to the movies by yourself. Keiran's day-job-quitting attempt at motion design Canon EOS M Manual for iPhone Reuk BulkDelete Harry Potter (sp?) Interstellar...

  23. 012: Welcome to 2015

    Drew and Kerian talk about whats going on at the beginning of this new year: 2015. (First time using my new mic, its more sensitive than my last one. So audio will be better next time - no explosions!) Apogee MiC Drew's old work from 2000 - 'Emergency' - 'Undone'

  24. 011: Ch-ch-ch-changes

    Drew and Kerian talk about some work and life changes coming up among other things. Cursive Labs Spoutable BumbleCast Pictos Redux Apogee MiC Serial New theme song! - Fireside Camp by Drew (its actually a few months old mmm-kay)

  25. 010: You Don't Know Jack

    Ashley Baxter joins us to talk about creating an insurance company and all things named Jack. Ashley Baxter Insurance By Jack Girl With A Camera Working Out - Podcast You Don't Know Jack - Game Merida - From Brave

  26. 009: Building Products as a Life

    Ben Howdle joins us to talk about his experience building products and apps, and leaving his full-time job to pursue that dream. Ben Howdle Referrral iHi iHi for iOS Permeate Permeate for iOS ProductHunt Plasso Ubiq

  27. 008: New iPhones, New Restaurants

    We talk about all the new shiny things from Apple this past week – we compare notes on the iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus, share thoughts on the WATCH, and expound a bit on the far-reaching possibilities of Pay. And speaking of launching new shiny things, we talk about Drew's new restaurant that…

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  28. 007: Forests full of Exposure

    Kyle Bragger joins us to talk about building products and companies including Exposure, Forrst and more. Kyle Bragger Exposure Elepath Keezy Forrst - Now called Tavern Thinglist

  29. 006: Football and Fitness

    Andrew Verboncouer joins us to talk about his story as a professional Football player and working on and building for the web. Andrew Verboncouer Andrew's Highlight Video Design Combine - Coming to Valio Con 2015 AttackTracker Humanscale Float Desk

  30. 005: Legal Biz and Star Gazing

    We naturally transition from talking about legal business practices to genetic manipulation and interstellar space travel. We'll recount some of our experiences and lessons learned in setting up sole-proprietorships and LLCs, before taking the red pill and venturing into the fascinating world of...

  31. 004: Apps, Business, Numbers and Dollars

    We talk money, numbers and the realities of trying to make a living making software. We share our past successes and failures and attempt to bring more transparency and insight into what its like building software for a living. We cover: Pictos Hlvticons Glyphish Quixly Lumo Screeny P.J. Onori -...

  32. 003: WordPress as a Business

    In this episode we welcome fellow Narwhal Jason Schuller on the show to discuss his story – from being a new parent, to his experience working for a large company, to his decision to work for himself building on WordPress: Jason Schuller WordPress E-Junkie Press75 WooThemes Flippa Cinematico...

  33. 002: How We Build Apps

    In this episode we detail how we go about building apps, from idea to launch. We talk specifically about what we use to build IOS apps and also backend web services. Here are some of the points we cover: Swift Becoming an Apple Developer Sketch Cocoapods Bower ReactiveCocoa TestFlight HockeyApp...

  34. 001: Welcome to Narwhals

    Get to know your hosts Drew and Keiran as we kickoff with the first ever Narwhals episode. In this episode we talk about: Working from home Mixing family with business Keiran's projects found at aeliox.com Reissued INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY DODGER Heed Drew's projects found at drewwilson.com Valio…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast about business, tech, movies, family, fun, space and other such cool stuff. Join us, Drew Wilson and Keiran Flanigan, as we share our experiences on being people that live on earth. We also chat with rad people on each show.

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A podcast about business, tech, movies, family, fun, space and other such cool stuff. Join us, Drew Wilson and Keiran Flanigan, as we share our experiences on being people that live on earth. We also chat with rad people on each show.

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