The Cocktail Napkin Videos
By 5by5
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Podcast Description
Some of the greatest ideas begin as scribbles on the back of a cocktail napkin. On this periodical of uncurbed ideas, a wide variety of guests discuss creativity, ideas and inspiration. Hosted by Jeremy Fuksa.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 70: The Circle Is Complete - Video | This series finale brings the interview journey full circle. Jeremy checks in with Adam Lisagor to see how his initial statements of how "lazy" he is have held up, as well as tearing down ideas to build them back up. Recorded live with video. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 69: Indefensible Ideas - Video | Jeremy sits down in Austin's Driskill Hotel with Ross Floate to discuss merciless treatment of ideas that solve no problems. Recorded live with video. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 68: Look Who's Hawking Sugar Frosted Crack! - Video | Take a peek into the beginnings of Jeremy's creative impulses during a discussion with Dave Colin, one of Jeremy's first creative collaborators. Recorded live with video. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 67: 30 Rooms for Whipple to Squeeze This - Video | Jeremy speaks to advertising icon Luke Sullivan via phone about infinite resignation and slow boiling. Recorded live with video. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 66: Luckyshirt's Perfect Internet Score - Video | A conversation with Darrin Ross about throwing lots of creative ideas at the wall seems to resonate very well in the twilight of this show's existence. Best show yet. Recorded live with video. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 65: My Canadian Boyfriend - Video | Twitter jokes aren't all just fun and games. There's a craft to them and, in Jason Sweeney's case, a deeper source of joy and healing. Recorded live with video. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 64: Geeking in the Rain - Video | The rain at SXSW isn't stopping people from finding interesting things that inspire them. Everyone except for the guy at the end. Recorded live with video. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 63: The Lamest Nerd in Austin - Video | A bad travel day makes the plans for a dazzling opening SXSW episode fall flat. Recorded live with video. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 62: Austin Bound - Video | It's Open Topic week yet again. Jeremy lays out his plan for possible self-destruction in Austin, TX. Recorded live with video. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 61: Bridges Don't Build Themselves - Video | Two Kansas City boys, thrust into Internet renown in part by nods from John Gruber, sit down for coffee and discuss taking big leaps. Recorded live with video. | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 60: In the Halls of the Golden Crown - Video | Good friend and creative colleague Pat Piper stops by the studio for beer, discussion about packaging, movies and keeping big ideas free of window dressing. Recorded live with video. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 58: Smells Like Toast - Video | In the first official "Open Topic Tuesday," Jeremy comes clean on being creatively burned out and verbally works through how to fix it. Also, a new programming schedule is revealed. Recorded live with video. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 57: Revealing Swedish Secrets - Video | A recurring theme for this show is that everything great starts somewhere small. Timmy Fisher and a group of friends built motion graphics studio MK12 from humble beginnings in an apartment above a bar. Recorded live with video. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 56: Opening the Kimono - Video | I've received a number of questions over the past few weeks regarding different aspects of this show's production. I thought I'd take you through the process of how the show gets produced. Recorded live with video. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 55: Bikram Creativity - Video | Retreating from the world to do the hard parts of creative work is one way to get the right focus. Toni McLellan wants to help you mentally sweat out those ideas in an inspiring, encouraging environment. Recorded live with video. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 54: Conversing with the Hexagons - Video | We've all picked up random hobbies when faced with absolutely nothing to do. But how many of those time passers turn into a true outlet for expression? Bruce Seeds discusses how the control and precision from a life of architecture/CAD translates into the geometric beauty of quilted textile art. Recorded live with video. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 53: Copying Garfield on the Kitchen Floor - Video | To close out 2011, writer and artist Austin Kleon discusses the myriad of ways he works to end the messy divorce between words and pictures. Recorded live with video. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 52: Revenge of the Dinosaur Luddite - Video | Jeremy and Ad Contrarian Bob Hoffman discuss that just because technology allows one to do so many things, it's not always the best idea to do them. Especially in marketing. Does your idea really need to be social? Recorded live with video. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 51: The Nerd Looks Back at 50 - Video | Jeremy and his wife Robin look back at the last 50 episodes and discuss where the show has been and where it may go in 2012. Recorded live with video. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 50: Flummoxed - Video | A discussion about quirky kids meets a quirky host with a quirky Skype setup. Recorded live with video. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 49: A Love Affair With Failure - Video | The smart creative person knows that a trophy case full of failures is as important as the successes those failures ultimately produce. Some creative people, like Yuvi Zalkow, have a true affection for failure and wear it like a badge of honor. Recorded live with video. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 48: Mental Jewelry - Video | Improv is more than just a comedy form. Good improvisation skills translate into a variety of business skills that help you make better things, and Scott Connerly explains the fundamentals of freeing your mind. Recorded live with video. | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 47: Creative Aversion Therapy - Video | The Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University published a study on human response to creativity. Apparently even though we value creativity and innovation, truly novel and innovative ideas turn our stomach. My friend Jacob Edenfield and I discuss how knowledge work can be aversion therapy against this. Recorded live with video. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 46: Let's Consume Everything - Video | A well-rounded mind is a hungry mind, and San Francisco journalist Anna Rascouët-Paz tells Jeremy about all the ways she expands her world via unfettered curiosity. Recorded live with video. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 45: Henry Ford Was A Tinkerer - Video | Ford Motor Company was built by a tinkerer and inventor. In an age when branded social media still errs on the cautious side, Scott Monty takes the attitude of his corporate ancestor to guide communications that surprise and delight. Recorded live with video. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 44: Post-Apocalyptic Hyperviolence - Video | Brian Winkeler, co-creator of the comic "Bastard Road," visits with Jeremy about comics, characters, dreaming up "they must have been high" kinds of ideas and Kick Buttowski. Recorded live with video. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 43: Baggage For Your Imagery - Video | Jeremy spends some time with photographer Alistair Tutton about the changing face of the photography business, renovating silent movie theaters, the beauty of Best Buy 0% financing and letting someone else determine your best work that represents you. Recorded live with video. | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 42: Broadcast On Your Own Terms - Video | How can someone make the best podcast they can, no matter the size of the production? Jeremy gives some thoughts during the opening keynote at PodCamp Pittsburgh 6. Recorded live with video. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 41: Keep the Maker Mind Moving - Video | While he's on the road this week, why not listen to some of Jeremy's thoughts while on the road _last_ week. In this episode, Jeremy begins thinking about the maker mind vs. the manager mind and how the two can work in harmony in the same office. Recorded live with video. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 40: Ditching The Pith Helmet - Video | Jeremy and Jason Permenter talk about being "too creative" with science. So much so, Jason moved from the world of volcanology to web design. And, for Jason, it's going well. Recorded live with video. | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 39: Dear Abby for the Social Age? - Video | Jeremy talks with video producer Michelle Vargas about giving good advice to 15 year-olds, putting good stuff into the world to get good stuff back, mentorship and setting up a video playhouse for the purpose of acting in the moment. Recorded live with video. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 38: The Kickstarter Napkin? - Video | Emails are slowly starting to trickle in with thoughts and questions about the show, and I thought I'd take this episode to answer a couple of the more pressing questions. Recorded live with video. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 37: Surfing The Flow - Video | Geoff Barnes discusses radical shifts in career focus from painting instructor to user experience strategist and the fine art of letting go just enough to keep from being a control freak in the things you make with others. We eventually wander into the waters of ADD conversation and we just surf the flow from there. Recorded live with video. | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 36: The Beer Epiphany - Video | If you're like me, you've thought about how great it would be to make your own beer. Hopefully you're not like me in buying a brewing kit from a home furnishing store. Mike Reinhardt, Jr. and Nate Watson are not like me. They brew bold and unique craft beers under the name Wilderness Brewing. Recorded live with video. | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 35: Pecha Kucha - Video | Pecha Kucha is a Japanese term that translates to “chit-chat” in English. It's also an activity that combines PowerPoint and performance art into a fast-paced, six minute and forty second look into a person's passion. Recorded live with video. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 34: Who Are You, Anyway? - Video | Iterative refinement is the key to making something truly great and versatile. In this episode, Jeremy wants to know a little something about you, the viewer, that might make this show better. Recorded live with video. | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 33: Bucking the Peter Principle - Video | Come hear Collen Wainwright's tales of dancing bears around cereal, commercial acting, content strategy, Battledecks and the awesome feeling one gets when seeing someone's "lights go on." Recorded live with video. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 32: Famous Last Words - Video | Kansas City filmmaker Brian Boye has been thinking about an idea that's very near to his heart for years. And now, with the help of Kickstarter, he is working toward making his documentary, "Famous Last Words" a reality. Recorded live with video. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 31: The Being of Non-Being - Video | I discussed the philosophies of design strategy, user experience and -- well -- *philosophy* with Erika Hall, the Director of Strategy at Mule Design in San Francisco. The lesson learned? Don't try to talk deeply about philosophy when you didn't pay that much attention in your philosophy classes, kids. Recorded live with video. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 30: ADHD + Creativity - Video | After wondering for over a decade, I was finally diagnosed with adult ADHD. In this episode, I wonder how this disorder correlates overall to the creative mind and how it can be harnessed to make great things. Recorded live with video. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 29: How The Sausage Is Made - Video | Sometimes working from the solitude of home beats collaboration. But what about people who rarely, if ever, work in the same room as their colleagues? Greg Storey of Happy Cog West explains how they approach being in so many locations as well as educating the business world on how digital media can best serve them. Recorded live with video. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 28: American Drink - Video | In this episode, Albert McMurry talks about the idea behind American Drink while sharing a couple of drinking-related stories. Also, why not everybody likes folks who need to Always Be Linking and Albert's, um -- *interesting* -- performance at 2010's SXSW Battle Decks. Recorded live with video. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 27: Responsive Web Design - Video | Ethan Marcotte and I talk about responsive design, the future of CSS frameworks that might support this notion, speaking at An Event Apart and what it's like for him to strike back on his own after a successful tenure at Happy Cog. Recorded live with video. | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 26: Ad Guys Don't Get It - Video | Chris Riebschlager and I sit outside to discuss our ridiculous desire for Twitter stars, not being 100% comfortable in an "ad guy's" skin and the Zen detachment of Twitter. It's way less important than it sounds. Recorded live with video. | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 25: My Twitter Portfolio - Video | Quinn Katherman, one of 18 funny women that HuffPo thinks you should follow, got her first copywriting job based on her portfolio of tweets. Yes, you read that right. Recorded live with video. | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 24: No F's for Advertising - Video | Even though I'm in advertising, I don't much care for the industry's navel gazing tendencies. Some of us ad folk just want to make cool things that people appreciate and find useful. Increasingly, that’s what brands want over the traditional messaging channels. Recorded live with video. | 8/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 23: Journalism as Conversation - Video | Doreen Marchionni explains Journalism As Conversation, a fascinating blend of traditional journalism with the collaborative voice of citizen journalism. Recorded live with video. | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 22: Cooking, Consideration and Caring - Video | Greg Turner of Kitchen Sojourn discusses caring about the end product, whether it's a photo, a novel or a simple meal for your family. Recorded live with video. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 21: Creative Modality - Video | Merlin Mann and I cover a lot of territory, from creative failure to creative modality and how being in the wrong mode at the wrong time might bring on that failure. Recorded live with video. | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 20: The Brown Note - Video | Adam Lisagor talks with me before he became the famous auteur that Dan idolizes. In this episode we talk about creative failure and being incredibly lazy. Recorded live with video. | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 19: Making People Smarter - Video | I spoke to Merlin Mann on the phone. After a great conversation, he ended it with an interesting question: "How do we make people smarter?" I have a couple of ideas. Recorded live with video. | 5/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 17: SXSW 2010 Recap - Video | Most people will focus on the technologies and innovations showcased at South by Southwest Interactive. I decided to focus on how creative people can better convey their interactive ideas in an environment where the time and attention to process those ideas is ridiculously scarce. Recorded live with video. | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoThe Cocktail Napkin 16: Poisonous Advice - Video | Creative Directors that are more interested in money or fame than creating good work are apt to give poisonous advice. In this episode, I shed the last pounds of mental baggage left by some of those people. Recorded live with video. | 1/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 53 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Old people?
Started out smart but when his bias toward older folks came out, it negated his whole argument that he was trying to be open minded. As a 61 y/o creative scientist, these 2 have a lot to learn. Way full of themselves. And yes us old folks "get" the Internet and were writing code before you were born.
Why is this on 5by5???
He had a Kickstarter project funded, but the quality of his shows is spotty. I usually end up deleting the new episode after 10 minutes of watching (I do give them a shot).
His interviewing technique is amateur and bland, and he brings the mundane out of potentially exciting guests. I'm sure his broadcasting repertoire will mature with time and improve, however, I cannot recommend this show to anyone in its present state. To be clear, his video editing skills are not the problem. They are the only entertaining elements of his show, and he is quite skillful. It's more of a content issue.
Also, there is a quality of his personality which is not charming, and borderline annoying. He often comes off as an extremely poor man's Merlin Mann. He should really develop his own voice instead of trying to emulate his Internet hero's.
2 stars, only out of respect for his passion. I really wanted to like his show, but it is just not happening. I have no idea why @danbenjamin let this on the 5by5 lineup.
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