UNCO Interview Archive
UNCO is a retired interview podcast hosted by Timothy Buck. He conducted 49 interviews with tech leaders from companies including Google, Amazon, Apple, Etsy, MailChimp, Khan Academy, BuzzFeed, Vox, NBC, The Verge, iMore, 9to5Mac, Automattic, Creative Strategies, and more.
The Green with Benjamin Mayo
Benjamin Mayo, writer for 9to5Mac, sat down with me and chatted about Apple’s “iPhone” keynote, their services strategy, Apple Watch Series 5, and of course the new iPhones.
One More Thing with Guilherme Rambo
Guilherme Rambo from 9to5Mac joined me again as part The Future of Apple series. We nerded out about what we expect Apple to announce next week—iPhones, watches, and one (or two) more thing(s).
A Fascinating Future with Brian Roemmele
Brian Roemmele, a speaker, writer, and inventor who has been working on voice technology since the 80’s. He and I had a longer than usual and fascinating conversation about the history of voice first, human-machine…
Almost a Character with Adva Levin
Adva Levin, founder of Pretzel Labs and Alexa Champion, sat down with me to discuss her dive into the voice first world, characters in voice first applications, making skills for children, monetization and more.
Trust Wars with Vlad Savov
Vlad from The Verge and I spoke about the strategic, economic, cultural and legal environments we find ourselves in and how they impact voice first technology.
Designing for Everyone with Cathy Pearl
Cathy Pearl, Google’s Head of Conversation Design Outreach, joins me to chat about how voice assistants can help with accessibility, multimodal devices, designing for Voice First…
The Future of Voice First Trailer
This is a 4-part interview series with Cathy Pearl, Head of Conversation Design Outreach at Google, Vlad Savov, co-founding editor of The Verge, Adva Levin, the founder of Pretzel Labs, and Brian Roemmele…
Is This a Joke? with Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones, founder of Weatherline and Flighty, joined me again this year to break down Apple's announcements at WWDC.
The Tinfoil Hat Stage with Guilherme Rambo
Guilherme Rambo, the prolific software spelunker and writer for 9to5Mac, was my guest this week. This is the first in a new ongoing series of interviews about Apple…
Podcasting vs Video with Carolina Milanesi
In episode 3 of The Future of Podcasts, Carolina Milanesi and I chatted about her history with podcasting, its unique relationship building aspects, how podcasting competes with video, attention spans, and more.
Everything Changes with Zach Kahn
In episode 2 of The Future of Podcasts, Zach Kahn and I spoke about how he landed in podcast marketing at Vox, our common joy in discovering new shows, falling down the McElroy hole, changes in podcast advertising, and where podcasting is going.
A Relationship of Trust with Stephen Hackett
In episode 1 of The Future of Podcasts, I sat down with Stephen Hackett to talk about his history with podcasting, the founding of Relay.fm, building a relationship of trust with listeners, and the future he’d like to see.
The Future of Podcasts Trailer
The Future of Podcasts is a 3-part mini series featuring Stephen Hackett, Zach Kahn and Carolina Milanesi.
Did You Mean Computer or Computer? with Peter Cao
In the final episode of UNCO Season One, Peter Cao, writer for 9to5Mac, returns to chat about his transition to the iPad-only lifestyle, Apple Music moving to the Echo, Tumblr…
Not in My Lifetime with Cap Watkins
Cap Watkins, the former VP of Design at Buzzfeed and the founder of Practical Works, spoke with me about the future of work, learning to be a good manager, the story behind Practical Works, ethics (or the lack of them) in tech, tech leaders taking responsibility for collateral damage, and more.
Context-Aware Personalized Fluid Interfaces with Ryan McLeod
Ryan McLeod is the creator of the brilliant, infuriating, Apple Design Award winning puzzle game, Blackbox. I chat with Ryan about his move to Amsterdam, the ideas behind Blackbox…
How We Use the Apple Watch with Mom of 5 Larie Buck
Larie is pregnant and the mother of 5 children. She joined me to talk about the Apple Watch, and how it has surprisingly become an important part of her daily life as a mom…
Really Dope Bicycles with Matthew Cassinelli
Up-and-coming tech YouTuber, writer and podcaster Matthew Cassinelli was an early member at Workflow, the Apple-acquired company behind Shortcuts in iOS 12. Matthew offered his unique perspective on Shortcuts...