In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob reflect a bit about an event that Jerzy co-organizes called Kids Read Comics. KRC took place this past weekend and while Jerzy was busy hosting and coordinating, Rob was a guest, tabled and provided a few workshops at the event. Lots to groove and reflect upon!
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob have mutual excitement for mobile tablets to produce artwork. We also talk about how Jerzy discovers that convenience can lead to sleep drawing.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss how it felt re-releasing hundreds of comics from Art Geek Zoo. That discussion led to wondering: "When do you get to feel good about stuff you're making?" and "Why do our early creative learning vehicles seem unimportant?".
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss the moment when a potential client asks for a service you've not set out to do initially: "Do you teach comics at birthday parties?" and explore business development questions that emerge from that sort of client request.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss recent projects like Rob's ComicasterJS and how some side projects have a very slow cadence where they feel like a mellow, patient yet determined whittling, and some trade-offs for different modes of working on side projects.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss keeping quiet on client projects, then we explore things we think about while being a mentor and advocate.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss what we do when it strikes others as some form of exclusive magic, while intended as a compliment it can throw us (mostly Rob) off our advocacy footing.
Also: f-bombs as a topic (still a clean podcast).
* [Comics Literacy](http://comicsaregreat.com)
* [Code Literacy](http://www.edutopia.org/blog/code-literacy-21st-century-requirement-douglas-rushkoff)
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss ways we observe success as a group and own failure individually. Then we do some additional reflection on getting recognized for what you prefer to be recognized.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob begin by discussing what's fun about making this show to then explore different things that contribute to expectations of "life on a schedule".
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss their creative weeks and experiencing "disappearing into the work".
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss feeling torn between different creative interests and projects. Then - consider how we manage or approach the fun/painful silly/serious situation: no matter how good the project, there's always another that calls out.
Later in the conversation Jerzy helps Rob be less generally confused with NPR.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy asks Rob about his recent ebook and how he knew when it was done and ready to publish. We discuss our approaches to knowing when we've expressed or made a thing that fits what we've set out to do -- and how that process can involve a lot of exploring and discovery.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss what's turning out to be a very busy January, some behind the scenes on the podcast, and we explore how comics related podcasts could be worth celebrating in how they contribute comics overall.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob discuss different intents with both the sharing self promotion and critiquing of sharing social posts and presences of ourselves and fellow artists. We explore the dynamic of "Dear Person X - don't do Y - signed all of us".
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob have two celebration themed conversations and other catching-up sorts of chat. We discuss all about how Rob impishly revealed Jerzy's birthday and the kinds of attention that followed. We then explore a bit about Rob's recent trip to the West coast, then we share a list of ideas we've used to make and share gifts over the holidays.
It's a special double episode for the holidays!
Extra Lean 26 - Impish Birthday AND Holiday Gift Making - Art Challenge Style
In this episode of Extra Lean, Jerzy and Rob interview one another about approaches to journal podcasting and social network sharing in general.
Extra Lean 25 - Journaling for Thanks, Expanding, or Building
In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy ask one another - why try odd and perhaps scary things like improv and how do they apply to visual storytelling?
Also: Roboforce is BACK!
Extra Lean 24 - I think it had to do with learning and stuff
In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy discuss Rob's recent trip to the UI18 conference. It involves unicorns, pirates, and Rob getting comfortable with his need for validation.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy explore making big decisions based on one data point and "I dunno, dude" types of advice. We also discuss a talk Jerzy recently saw all about data visualization and presenting it in a human way.
In this episode of Extra Lean, Rob and Jerzy explore genuine reactions and how they relate to melodic death metal, blue cheese, NASA, and human drama. Also: it feels good to be in environments where you don't have to protect yourself all the time.