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Episode 72: Valentine’s Vegas Vortex from 2014-02-21T16:10:03
This week, Andy is joined by Travis and Sam at Happy Cog Austin for Episode 72. Thanks Happy Cog! Show Notes 1:05 HOUSE OF CARDS! 3:00 Spiceworks raises another round of $57m 3:15 Capital Factory +...
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Episode 71: Catchupisode with Andy and Travis from 2014-02-04T20:09:36
In 2014, we’re recording every 2nd and 4th Friday. Last week was our second show but we flubbed the release of the January 17 recording so we rolled that content into last week’s episod...
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Episode 70: Startup Weekend Recap from 2013-12-18T19:20:12
In an effort to get one more show out the door before 2014, Dave and Andy recap Austin’s Startup Weekend that took place November 22-24 at Tech Ranch. Show Notes Austin Startup Weekend - 13 t...
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Episode 69: Recap of Austin Startup Week from 2013-11-08T21:08:36
This week, intern Michael Way recaps everything that went down at Austin Startup Week. He is joined by Andy, Sam, and new dad Dave! Show Notes 3:27 Latest News: ATX Startup Crawl 9:17 Startup Crawl...
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Episode 68: Austin Startup Week with Josh Baer from 2013-09-23T15:18:41
This week we have a covert chat with Josh Baer about the third annual Austin Startup Week. Listen to find out what his “God button” is and who his favorite Austin startups are. Intervie...
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Episode 67: Breakfast tacos and Hyperloop from 2013-08-15T14:39:27
We gathered the crew before the last Refresh to catch up on Austin’s latest happenings. Dave introduces a new segment, “Austin vs The World” and we fire another intern. Recorded l...
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Episode 66: Refresh Austin [Live Recording] from 2013-08-05T19:46:01
We finally got the whole team together at the Refresh Austin: Summer Party. Recorded live on July 30, 2013. Dave announces his mayorship of Curaçao, Sam’s homeland, and sings the new national...
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Episode 65: Hackathons Galore from 2013-06-18T18:37:21
Travis, Sam, and Dave catch up on presidents and hackathons that have swept through town recently. President Obama visits Capital Factory Coca-Cola: Why Austin sits atop the next wave of startup hu...
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Episode 64: with Sam Kapila from 2013-05-17T01:49:24
This week Travis sits down with Sam Kapila, teacher of Responsive Web Design and Typography at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. That’s just south of Austin for you out-of-towners....
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Episode 63: Catchupisode™ from 2013-04-26T23:01:26
Another Catchupisode™. Reigning victorious over Houston, yet again, Travis and Dave kick off this show apologizing to a few other cities and then recap some of the conferences and big events that h...
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Episode 62: The Fiber, we haz it. from 2013-04-12T18:22:37
This week Travis and Dave drink and do a live a show at the Ginger Man, Austin’s Tech Hub. Exciting news since the last episode, Kim Jong Un wants to nuke Austin and we get Google Fiber. The ...
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Episode 61: ATX, blue collar web town from 2013-03-29T16:34:59
This week we discuss the recent Pando Daily article which critiques Austin’s “intensity” and vis á vis why we’ll never be successful as a startup town. We’re also join...
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Episode 60: The 1st Annual Post-SXSW Awards from 2013-03-25T23:01:42
Back with a groggy post-SXSW episode. We spend this episode recounting the best of SXSW 2013 from our limited, but professional, perspective. TX Drought Jokes! TexasTribune.org Reservoir Tracker 1s...
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Episode 59: Post-FUWeekend/Pre-SXSW with Andy Keil from 2013-03-13T19:41:09
This week we’re joined again by Andy Keil to catch up on what got finished at the successful FinishUp Weekend. We also mentally prepare for the SXSW behemoth. People who finished: Colin Young...
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Episode 58: Meat Security with Ben Brown from 2013-03-06T01:09:28
In Control Conference Environment for Humans Ben Brown Web Dev and Product Designer Founder of XOXCO Deep Leap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kunpve8-h-U Consumating.com Make Pixel Art http://makep...
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Episode 57: Purple Margarita Challenge with Joe McCann from 2013-02-27T02:37:01
Travis sits down with Joe McCann, who is currently Mobile Architect at Bazaarvoice and on the board at The Node Firm. Austin JS Open Web SXSW What’s the start of all of these epic parties? Re...
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Episode 56: Live at the Omni Bar from 2013-02-27T02:36:22
Recorded live at the Omni Bar before Refresh Austin. We were joined by Gene Crawford and Giovanni DiFeterici of the South Carolina based Unmatched Style. There were in town to speak at Refresh Aust...
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Episode 55: FUWeekend with Andy Keil from 2013-02-12T21:36:32
This week we’re joined by Andy Keil talking about Finish Up Weekend, a weekend devoted executing and finishing up that side project. We also recap the completely sold out HTML5.tx Conference ...
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Episode 54: Happy Cogging with Greg Storey from 2013-02-05T15:00:14
Excited to have Greg Story, President of Happy Cog, on the show. Happy Cog is one of the world’s premier web design firms and they have established an outfit here in Austin, Texas. We chat wi...
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Episode 53: We’re Back (25th Edition) from 2013-01-26T23:37:36
We’re back for the 25th time! Another unintended hiatus has sparked the need to do another show where we discuss the past 2 months as well as various upcoming events and conferences around to...
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Episode 52: #HOTBBQDRAMA from 2012-11-03T01:33:20
On Today’s show we get into the heart of the Austin BBQ Scene which in-part is mostly responsible for fueling the Austin economy. We also discuss the first 7 startups that pitched on state a...
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Episode 51: Whale Management from 2012-10-29T19:56:59
Travis and Dave talk about a myriad of topics ranging from the Zynga mass-firing, covering a handful of startups from the Capital Factory Demo Day 2012 that got a mention in Venture Beat, to a quic...
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Episode 50: Joshua Baer on Startup Week&Capital Factory from 2012-10-05T18:04
We sat down with Austin tech titan Joshua Baer to talk about: ATX Startup Week, Demo Day 2012, We Are Austin Tech, Other Inbox, and the startup and social hub that is Capital Factory. On this mile...
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Episode 49: Mijingo feat. Ryan Irelan from 2012-10-01T20:09
We’re joined by Ryan Irelan, developer at Happy Cog and founder of Mijingo, the web’s best resource for designers or developers looking to learn something new. We talk about the recent ...
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Episode 48: The Taecho Group from 2012-09-21T21:14:59
We sat down to better-know the talented Central Texas web design agency, the Taecho Group. After their work one the Circuit of the Americas (Austin F1) site, these experts in eCommerce and responsi...
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Episode 47: Wizards, Cap Metro, To-Do Apps from 2012-09-17T14:00:15
Travis and Dave get together to talk about everything from breaking a curses using a local wizard to Cap Metro transit politics to our hatred of To-Do list apps. Web related, we discuss: the upcomi...
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Episode 46: An Event Apart Recap with Elyse Holladay from 2012-07-30T19:31:24
We sat down with Austin designer Elyse Holladay to get a short recap of An Event Apart, the world’s premier web conference, that recently rolled through town.
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Episode 45: Calendar Conflicts! from 2012-07-16T16:56:22
This week Dave, Travis, and new co-pilot Ryan Joy sit down to talk about local news and events. We announce the new ATX Directory now live on the website and discuss the trials and tribulations of ...
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Episode 44: Ruby lightning! from 2012-06-29T00:11:47
Travis and Dave sit down to catch up on this past weeks’ events, most notably the lightning talks held at Austin on Rails.
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Episode 43: S03E02 from 2012-06-21T18:00:55
Once again, Travis and Dave meet at the Ginger Man to discuss recent happenings around town from TX.JS, a first class Javascript conference that happens right on our very own doorstep. The rest of ...
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Episode 42: The Reboot from 2012-06-15T21:06:28
Live from The Ginger Man, the tech hub of Austin, Dave and new co-host Travis Swicegood (from Episode 28) reboot the brand new ATX Web Show. We catch up on all the action that’s happened in ...
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Episode 41: Brooklyn Beta from 2011-11-14T17:05:13
Happy to be celebrating 2 YEARS of the ATX Web Show! On this anniversary episode, we hear from Zach Meyer of Four Kitchens about Drupal Camp Austin 2011 and spend some time talking about a recent c...
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Episode 40: HTML5& Friends from 2011-10-05T14:59:36
On this week’s episode I sat down with Christopher Schmitt and Kyle Simpson, co-authors of the new HTML5 Cookbook from O’Reilly Publishing. We spend time digging into the book and expl...
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Episode 39: Pivot! from 2011-09-28T18:31:47
In this week’s episode we catch up with some in-house news and surprising pivots. We discuss: FitVids – a jQuery plugin for fluid width responsive video embeds, Trent’s article on...
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Episode 38: Stocking is the New Planking from 2011-09-21T17:04:11
Stocking, the act of replicating a stock photo and posting it to the internet, is gathering momentum in agencies across the world. We sit down with the Dennis Van Huffel and Jamie Graham, the folks...
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Episode 37: Hourschool from 2011-08-31T14:56:57
This week we sit down with Ruby Ku and Alex Pappas of Hourschool, a social app that helps you find and create informal classes. The company was born out of their time as the inaugural class of the ...
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Episode 36: Forecast from 2011-08-16T22:03:26
We sat down with René Pinnell of Hurricane Party to talk about their new app, Forecast – an app that allows you to share where you’re going to be with future checkins on Foursquare. In ...
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Episode 35: The 10K Apart from 2011-08-08T14:00:05
Do you have the chops to make an app in under 10K? In this episode we talk about the brand new 10K Apart: Responsive Edition being put on by MIX Online and An Event Apart. We also cover our month-l...
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Episode 34: Tweet Library with Manton from 2011-07-06T02:00:35
Today we sit down with Manton Reece, creator of Tweet Library and the Tweetmarks API. We sit down to talk about his apps, developing on the Twitter API, iOS and Mac development and the big question...
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Episode 33: Method& Craft from 2011-06-28T14:32:58
On today’s show we’re joined by none other than Phil Coffman of Method & Craft to get a behind the scenes look at the site that gets behind the scenes. #meta. We get to know Phil a...
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Episode 32: The Austin Survey from 2011-06-21T14:53:56
The results are in! 100 people responded to the question “How much would it cost to leave Austin?” In this episode we crunch the numbers with our amateur statistician skills. Be sure to...
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Episode 31: The Gowalla Design Team from 2011-06-06T15:16:28
This week’s episode is sure to be a milestone for the ATX Web Show. We invade the Gowalla Headquarters and sit down with the Gowalla Design Team: Keegan Jones, Tim Van Damme, Drew Yeaton, and...
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Episode 30: TXJS with Alex Sexton from 2011-05-31T18:00:55
Alex Sexton stops by to talk about the upcoming yayQuery-organized TXJS – a quality-curated JavaScript conference right in our own backyard. We also probe Alex’s mind about the top tren...
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Episode 29: Responsive Web Design from 2011-05-13T14:00:12
On today’s show we recap the fun had at the first-ever Austin Dribbble Meetup. It was a grand ol’ time. We also dig into the relatively new web trend, “Responsive Web Design”...
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Episode 28: Two New Groups in Town from 2011-04-21T17:19:28
Back this week with a little mini-sode feature two brand new groups in town. First up is Mattt Thompson from Austin.RB to talk about the brand new ruby group in town. If you’ve listened to th...
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Episode 27: Post-SXSW Aftermath from 2011-04-11T18:19:44
SXSW 2011 has come and gone, ravaged our town and our livers in the process. Trent, Reagan and Dave join together to discuss highlights and lowlights of SXSW; from the poorly-scheduled panels, to t...
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Episode 26: Back to School, Part 1 from 2011-02-14T15:47:15
We're back with another episode! Amidst extreme Texas winter weather we gather to bring you some of the local web news, as well as mini-interviews with Garann Means Listen
Episode 25: Are You Watching This?! from 2010-11-24T15:00:36
In this episode we sit down with Mark Phillip of AreYouWatchingThis.com. Simply put: “RUWT” is a notification system to let you know when a game in the sport of your choice is getting g...
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Episode 24: The WPEngine Launch Party from 2010-11-16T15:00:28
The ATX Web Show was invited by GeekAustin & Company to do some man-on-the-scene coverage of the Official WPEngine Launch Party held on November 3rd. It was a high class event and a great opp...
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Episode 23: All things Drupal with Four Kitchens from 2010-11-08T21:15:50
This week we speak with Four Kitchens, a local web design and development shop specializing in large websites built on Drupal. We talk about Drupal as a CMS, committing back to open source, and the...
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Episode 22: WordPress Austin with Pat Ramsey from 2010-10-26T14:00:46
On this episode of the ATX Web Show, Reagan and Dave catch up on some announcements, some events, and our football team. We also sit down with Pat Ramsey to hear about WordPress Austin, the growing...
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Episode 21: Unintentional Hiatus from 2010-10-15T21:07:41
Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife! We're back after about a month of unexpected inactivity. We're climbing in your windows and catching you people up on what's happened over last month or so including...
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Episode 20: The 20th Episode from 2010-09-06T15:00:14
On this week's episode we talk about Gowalla Highlights, the new Apple products, and listen to some messages from 409-BEEF-CAR.
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Episode 19: Featured on TechCrunch with @paravelinc from 2010-08-17T16:09:34
This week is a bit of a Potpourri episode and we're joined once again by Trent and Reagan from Paravel! We discuss a wide variety of topics including but not limited to: The Many Faces Of... The G...
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Episode 18: Big Data with @infochimps from 2010-08-09T19:18:15
This week we feature the Infochimps who are one of the largest and most agile data suppliers in the world but located right here in Austin, TX. I sat down with Dhruv Bansal, Flip Kromer, and Jospeh...
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Episode 17: Indie Apps with @coffeeshopped from 2010-07-26T17:54:02
We're back with another vacation minisode. This time it's with local Indie Web/iPhone App developer, Chadwick Wood who runs Coffeeshopped, a small one man de...
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Episode 16: CSS with @teleject and @zomigi from 2010-07-19T22:58:37
Today we've got a mini-episode, or "minisode" if you will, with Christopher Schmitt (@teleject) and Zoe Gillenwater (@zomigi) who are both authors of books on CSS. Christopher is helping host Listen
Episode 15: ch@tter with @adonoho from 2010-07-12T18:07:51
In this episode I'm rejoined by the guys from Paravel and we attempt to settle epic disputes with good old fashioned Page Speed Grudge Maches! Which is better, S...
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Episode 14: Cafe Bedouins with @Damon from 2010-07-05T18:58:18
This week I joined a special Cafe Bedouins event at Cospace and sat down with Damon Clinkscales. Damon has played a huge role i...
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Episode 13: Beers with Joe McCann from 2010-06-14T15:00:42
This week we caught up with Joe McCann over a few beers at Frank to talk about a wide array of things including his work with Listen
Episode 12: We Rebranded! from 2010-06-04T21:17:24
We're back with a brand new episode and a brand new brand! Feast your eyes on our new logo! This handiwork was done by none-other than co-host Reagan Ray. Speaki...
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Episode 11: Webucation with Glenda Sims from 2010-05-07T21:33:59
On this week’s show I sat down with Glenda Sims to talk about Web Education, or “webucation” as I call it. Right here in Austin we have some of the people who are literally writin...
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Episode 10:“We Told You So”with @Getify from 2010-04-23T14:15:54
We made it to Episode 10! Kyle Simpson, @getify, joins the show again to herald a very important message “We told you so!”. You may recall back in Episode 4 Kyle joined us to talk about...
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Episode 9: Environments for Humans from 2010-04-16T16:32:55
This week we're joined by local author Christopher Schmitt who has written more than a handful of books on CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and more. Christopher is now involved with a company called E...
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Episode 8: Cheap Tweet&Tweet Reach from 2010-04-09T03:45:41
Exciting show this week! I caught up with Hayes and Jennifer Davis of Appozite, creators of Cheap Tweet and Tweet Reach. They have a suite of amazing products that if you’re not using now, yo...
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Episode 7: SXSW Recap from 2010-03-26T22:43:46
We’re back after an extended hiatus. You know the drill… pre-SXSW then post-SXSW… ugh… But here we are with another 40 minutes of quality banter. This show is dedicated to t...
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Episode 6: Is Google Evil Yet? from 2010-02-15T19:03:02
Google is creating products that are very similar to products. Steamrolling the competition. We're obviously big fans of Google products but if you take a step back, its something to think about ...
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Episode 5: jQuery, yayQuery, and @SlexAxton! from 2010-01-29T17:10:41
A brand new jQuery is upon us and luckily we have one of the hosts of the popular yayQuery podcast in our midst. Alex Sexton joins the show to talk with us about the Future Webby Award Winning yayQ...
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Episode 4: Google’s“Make the Web Faster”with @getify from 2010-01-22T22:11:42
This is an exciting episode that will no doubt enhance your life. Joining me on the show today is Kyle Simpson AKA @getify. He’s local Austin talent and he’s passionate about Web Perfor...
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Episode 3: The Year 2010&Alex Jones from 2010-01-07T19:49:33
After an unintended hiatus, we’re back! In this episode we’re talking about The Year 2010 and all the treasures it promises. We start the year talking “don’t miss” ite...
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002: Mice, Critique, and RefreshAustin from 2009-11-14T03:53:20
Finally! This week’s episode is robust and crammed pack with heart wrenching inspiration! We start off talking about Trent’s New Mouse. His blog has tips and tricks to put the magic int...
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001 Bonus Content: Jeff Foxworthy from 2009-11-01T20:51:52
In this, our first Post-Episode “Bonus Content”, Michael Rice (@mwilliamrice), who helps write for Austin Town Hall has graciously lent us his Jeff Foxworthy impression for a spectacula...
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001: Zombies& CNN from 2009-10-30T22:38:19
It’s the first official episode of The ATX Web Show! And we’ve got a little bit of a Halloween Theme (because its the day before). In this episode I’m joined by Trent Walton and w...
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000: Testing out iChat from 2009-10-29T22:48:17
Here’s a sneak peek at all the crazy antics that you can expect from the ATX Web Show! [insert slide whistle sound effect here]. Trent and I tested out iChat’s record feature today and...
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