Art Geek Zoo Polytechnicast
By Rob Stenzinger
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Podcast Description
Art journal podcast by Rob Stenzinger, sharing thoughts on his various creative projects and adventures ranging from creating comics, videogames, to interactive design.
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Polytechnicast - Juggling Part 2, De facto Hiatuses | In this mostly "art journal" style episode of the Polytechnicast I reflect on how I’ve been applying something I learned via juggling to my creative projects. I also share how that relates to which projects are getting my time and attention. Links | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Juggling Metaphor and Actual Juggling | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share a few observations about why juggling interests me and a basic overview of how to juggle a three ball cascade. Links Mentioned and Related Juggling for the Complete Klutz (affiliate link) Charlie Dancey&rsquo | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Comic UI with guest Krishna Sadasivam | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I have special guest, cartoonist and art instructor, Krishna Sadasivam of PCWeenies.com. I’ve always found Krishna’s continuous refinement of the PC Weenies comic user interface very informative. Krishna | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Interactive Empathy | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share some thoughts on using empathy as a way to guide design choices in interactive projects. Links Mentioned and Related Links Original blog post - Interactive Empathy Collage Empathy on Wikipedia Mail Chimp Foll | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - A One-Off Solution | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share an overiew of the technical details of my move from Google App Engine to Squarespace. It’s a bit about RSS, XML, why text formats rock and how web browsers are a fantastic place to build a little one-us | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Moving Away from Google App Engine | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share an overview of why I moved my comic to Google App Engine and how things evolved to considering moving away from that platform. I’m leaning toward moving to S3 or GitHub, using a static generated blog st | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Hunting for and Interviewing with Clients | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share thoughts on seeking a job doing what I love, serving a community I care about, using tools and methods I believe in, to engage in a fair and sustainable trade. Along the way I share observations on the p | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Preparing and Topic Potpourri | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I have “preparing” on the mind. Working on a few projects simultaneously I find myself in the cycle of preparing, making, and finding useful connections between my projects quite often. In addition to "pr | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Service of a Game | In this episode of the Polytechnicast, I delve into some behind the scenes planning and development I do to support Guitar Fretter. Recently I received an email from an Android user who is rather good at the game. On her Android device once she gets past | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Jumping into Clojure with Special Guest Craig Andera | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined by special guest Craig Andera for a totally unscripted tutorial session on programming Clojure. Clojure happens to be Craig’s programming language of choice. Clojure is a very different coding | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Making Comics in Adobe Illustrator w/guest Javen Ackerman | (#comics, #adobe illustrator, #art process, #making comics) In this audio+video episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined by special guest Javen Ackerman, creator of the comics The Winchcombe and Q Burger! In recent years, Javen has made Adobe Illus | 12/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Keep Moving | In this episode of the Polytechnicast is more art-journal than art-thesis. I share how I’m feeling good-yet-still-recovering from 30 classes in 30 days, some reflections on 30 Classes, and other November-timed art challenges. Links Mentioned 30 cla | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Jonathan Rector on Exploring Manga Studio | In this episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined by comic artist Jonathan Rector. We chat about his recent delving into Manga Studio, how he used it for his 24 Hour Comic, what it’s like when you’re coming from an Adobe Photoshop backgr | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Manga Studio First Impressions | In this episode I reflect on my first few weeks of using of Manga Studio. Adobe Photoshop Manga Studio Bizarro Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies Jonathan Rector Bryon Wilkins Web Comic Alliance - Getting Started With Manga Studio Rob’s 10 Finished Pa | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - High Adventure Crossover with Kevin Cross | In this episode I’m joined by illustrator, musician, and teaching artist Kevin Cross. We discuss various aspects of making art for the all ages market. We ponder what styles and stories tend to reach all ages markets and which presents multiple cha | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Expanding My Workshop Repertoire | In this episode, I share my work in progress plans on adding 6 more art/code/comics/UI workshops (in a fairly short timeframe) to my 3 workshop repertoire. Links Mentioned Lean Into Art and 30 Classes in 30 Days Storytelling to Make Your Comic’s UI | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Building on a Hunch | In this episode I reflect on how I started out making an experiment in HTML, CSS, JS, and jQuery just out of curiosity. I was wondering if it would feel fun to have a gallery style User Interface for browsing the art posted at 30 Characters. Also: How mu | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Lean Into Art Announcement and Behind the Scenes | In this episode I share the news of that “secret project” I’ve been working on most all of 2011. It’s Lean Into Art! I also share a bit about the tech we’re using to launch this virtual center of learning visual and interact | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Code Sketching for Artists and Programmers | In this episode I discuss how I believe code isn’t just for people with a computer-science background and that no matter your background it can be helpful to draft your code by sketching it out. Links Mentioned and Useful Resources Rob’s rand | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytechnicast - Building the Making Videogames from Comics Presentation | Polytechnicast_-_Building_the_Making_Videogames_from_Comics_Presentation.mp3 Listen on Posterous In this episode I share some thoughts that went into making the presentation Making Videogames from Comics (as presented at the Nordeast Comics Summit on Aug | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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