Dot Grid

Dot Grid

Dot Grid is a podcast by and for people who love technology of any era or level of timelessness. People who love sharpening pencils and writing HTML, who take notes on an iPad or a legal pad. We explore topics that involve both analog and digital — productivity, creativity, travel, journaling and more. Join us!

1 hour 25 minutes

Episode 25: Blinded by the Lysol
Show notes and links
- Hue bulbs
- Nintendo Switch (Track when they’re back in stock here: Zoolert Tracking)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Brain.fm
- The Prophet by Harry Marks
- The Shelf Life: A podcast sitcom
- Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920
- Bottomless
- Morning Brew
- The NY Times Morning Briefing
- The NY Times Daily Coronavirus Briefing
- Andy Slavitt (Twitter and Medium)
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
- The Future of an Alternate Timeline by Annalee Newitz
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- Pluralistic
- Snap Camera
- Quibi
- Play online Codenames
- Waterminder
16 April 2020, 2:53 am
1 hour 31 minutes

Episode 24: Millennial Costanza Wallet
21 January 2020, 10:20 am
1 hour 20 minutes

Episode 23: Visceral Panic with Michael J. Metts
11 December 2019, 10:20 am
1 hour 37 minutes

Episode 22: Back on the Grid

Third time’s a charm! Will and Andy are getting serious… about games. Andy doesn’t like board games because he doesn’t want to work to have fun, but he likes playing Apples to Apples in the Inverted Method. Will’s gonna guess the velocity of the unladen European Swallow with Wingspan, and build his IBM card deck. Plus: EXTREME PLAYDATE CONTENT.
Show Notes & Links
Cat Video
Writing Is Designing: Words and the User Experience by Michael Metts and Andy Welfle
Retractable Sharpies
Skull & Co Switch case
AutoSleep
AutoWake
Sleep, Wake, and Be Healthy app bundle
Baron Fig Squire
Baron Fig FB Group
Erasable Podcast Patreon
Cribbage
Eucre
Wingspan
What is IBM’s Wild Ducks?
Wild Ducks Playing Cards
Apples to Apples
Untitled Goose Game
Crisp: Rent a Nintendo Switch
Golf Story
Moonlighter
Breath of the Wild
Celeste
Hollow Knight
Apple Arcade
Review of Assemble with Care
NeoCab
Alto’s Adventure
Alto’s Odyssey
The Playdate
The Talk Show, Episode 252

13 November 2019, 10:20 am
1 hour 13 minutes

Episode 21: #DotGridIRL

Whooooo buddy, is this one a long time coming. Will and Andy record IRL. It takes them 22 months to post it. Sounds about right.

9 November 2019, 6:34 pm
1 hour 25 minutes

Episode 20: BombCyclone.men
2017 is finally over, and Will and Andy are talking about new year resolutions for 2018. Specifically, the mechanics of them: how do you set resolutions? How do you keep track of them? How well do you keep them? That, plus lots of chatting about paperback books and “portable word processors” from the early 2000s. Plus, why is there a “.men” TLD but not a “.women”?

Show Notes
14 January 2018, 10:16 pm
1 hour 27 minutes

Episode 19: Cuz I’m the MF’in Teacher, That’s Why
Will and Andy be talking ‘bout that Apple Watch and dem Fitbits. Also, pocket watches, apparently.

Show Notes
6 November 2017, 3:50 pm
1 hour 35 minutes

Episode 18: There is a Fire in Bedroom Two
Today, after a long talk about video games and, er, internet coming-of-age stories, Will and Andy talk about “smart home” devices — wi-fi enabled lightbulbs, digital assistant dinguses, sentient refrigerators and fancy speakers. Andy confesses his home is completely dumb, but after the techno-apocalypse, he won’t be locked out of his home and car like Will.

Warning: Andy and Will forget and say (literally) triggering words that may summon your always-listening dingus to life. Proceed with that knowledge.

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6 October 2017, 1:00 am
1 hour 24 minutes

Episode 17: Podcasters Got Opinions
Will and Andy are talking about subscriptions, both analog and digital. This is especially relevant as of late, as big apps like Day One and Ulysses have decided to switch to the subscription model. What mental processes do we go through when making a decision to subscribe to something? How does the subscription model benefit the maker?

Plus, help support the show and keep the lights on: We have stickers and buttons! Head over to the Erasable Shop to check them out. And if you add both to your cart and use the promo code #SWAGSTACK, you can save $2 on your order.

Show Notes & Links
17 August 2017, 1:00 pm
1 hour 39 minutes

Episode 16: A Notebook with a Manbun
Will and Andy are back! Again! And this time, they’re making a commitment to staying back for you, the listeners. Today’s episode catches you up on what’s new in their lives, personally and professionally, and what tools and workflows they’re using that have changed. Plus: they document how Millennials are, indeed, ruining literally everything. At least according to the news.

Episode 16 Show Notes
- Ulysses for iOS | $24.99
- Ulysses for macOS | $44.99
- Ulysses for macOS Free Trial
- Copied for iOS | Free
- Copied for macOS | $7.99
- Write Note Pads
- Baron Fig
- Medium – This is Ground
- Kaomoji: Japanese Emoticons
- iA Writer
- Brett Terpstra’s Markdown Service Tools
- Titler
- Evernote shared notebook: Confab Central 2017
- Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors
- Unsplash | Beautiful Free Photography
- Asana Task Management
- Things 3 for iPhone | $9.99
- Things 3 for iPad | $19.99
- Things 3 for macOS | $49.99
- Things 3 for macOS Free Trial
- Dr. Squatch Bar Soap for Men
- Blame Millennials for the vanishing bar of soap | CBS News
13 July 2017, 2:40 am
1 hour 16 minutes

Episode 15: I Can't Believe This is Actually Happening

Will and Andy are back. They pick up right where they left off, chatting like it hasn't been almost a year or something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

28 July 2016, 1:00 pm
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