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.
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...
A Strategic Look at Apple Day with Carolina Milanesi
For this Apple Day episode, I interviewed friend of the show and former guest, Carolina Milanesi. Carolina is an industry analyst at Creative Strategies and regular columnist…
Software Spelunking with Guilherme Rambo
Guilherme Rambo is a software spelunker and writer for 9to5Mac and an iOS developer in Brazil. He joined me for a special Apple Event predictions episode to chat about…
Cate Huston International Spy
Cate Huston is a technical team lead at Automattic and an international speaker. In this early-morning recording, we chatted about the strange fad of “reinventing” food poorly, why she…
A Design Career, but Like Kanye with Jason Yuan
Jason Yuan is a design intern at Apple. We discussed his journey from theatre school to working in Cupertino, difficulties of breaking into the tech world, design celebrity culture…
Internalized Twitter Voice with Owen Williams
The founder of Charged, Owen Williams, joined me this week to discuss his experience building a newsletter business, emerging internet business models…
Starting a Non-Profit from Scratch with Jean MacDonald
Jean MacDonald is the founder of App Camp for Girls, a community manager at Micro.blog, and was an early employee at Smile Software, the company behind gems…
Bootstrapping a High-Growth Startup with Christy Laurence
Christy Laurence is the CEO of Plann. She and I chatted about bootstrapping a high-growth startup, building a software business as a non-technical founder, and organically building…
Tech in the South with Blair Reeves
Blair Reeves and I had a fascinating conversation about the major differences between the tech scenes in Silicon Valley and the Southeastern parts of the US, as well as…
Software has Misplaced its Personality with Louie Mantia
Louie Mantia is the founder of Parakeet and a former designer for Apple and the prestigious Iconfactory. He and I chatted about iconography, his wonderful obsession with Memoji…
Apple's 4-Pronged Media Strategy with Eric Young
Eric Young works in research and strategy for NBCUniversal. His understanding of the media landscape along with his strongly-held Apple views made for a great conversation about Apple’s media strategy…
#VoiceFirst with Cassidy Williams
Cassidy Williams is the Head of Developer Voice Programs working on Alexa for Amazon. We talked about voice-first user experience, designing voice-first with a screen, building…
The Intersection of Design, Technology and Culture with May-Li Khoe
May-Li Khoe is the VP of Design at Khan Academy and long-time Apple designer who worked on software for the first iPhone and early stage human interface design research for…
Techno Villainy with Kelly Guimont
Kelly Guimont and I discuss iOS apps on the Mac, Breaking up iTunes, Siri Shortcuts, building tools that can be used for evil and more…