Cache-All Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brandon Petersen
I used Adobe Podcast Studio (beta) for this podcast episode, and gave my thoughts on the promising browser-based app!
Amusement park rides are great at storytelling, and I love it when the line itself starts the story.
How the House of Brands concept can provide individual branding for schools, while still being consistent at the district level.
Last week we saw an awesome trend with college football social media accounts that started with a viral post about the cheapest beer prices in college football.
Let's talk about the visual branding of the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers as they face off in the NHL Stanley Cup!
The Los Angeles Chargers revealed their NFL schedule for the 2024 NFL Football season with a clever Pop-Tart theme!
School communication solutions are something we don't hear too often in terms of marketing, branding, web design, and messaging. I'm here to share my early experience of Thrillshare with you!
I hate the Phillies City Connect Uniforms, but they do have some cool visual storytelling elements to them!
I'm sharing about GB Studio and why every CS and coding teacher should be using this with their students!
Tony the Tiger is the champion of our Cereal Mascot March Madness! Why is Tony the Tiger so grrrrreat?!
The final match of our cereal mascot March Madness! Who will between Capn Crunch and Tony the Tiger?!
We are down to the remaining 4 cereal mascots in our March Madness cereal mascot tournament!
Happy National Cereal Day! We are down to the Elite 8! Which cereal mascots moved on to the next round after your voting, and what are our next matchups?!
It's March Madness, and we are setting up a bracket to vote for the world's greatest cereal mascot! This week is the sweet 16!
What a day looks like for me as a communications specialist, high school teacher, and adjunct college professor.
Let's look at some of the visual branding elements from Super Bowl LVIII (Kansas City Chiefs vs San Francisco 49ers).
Collective efficacy saved Trea Turner and the Phillies, and can help your business too!
College football bowl season gave us an ultimate matchup between Pop-Tarts & Cheez-Its!
A Holiday story about how Spotify Wrapped can teach other platforms to get their customers to embrace data usage.
This week I'm taking all the 2023 college football bowl game logos and rating them into a tier list! You can fill the list out also at https://tiermaker.com/create/2023-bowl-game-logos-16457610
Taking you through my computer build I recently completed, and giving you tips on how to build your own pc!
Happy Thanksgiving! Have you ever been a Black Friday shopper? Are you a camper like Frodo and Sam, or a scavenger like Rocket Raccoon? I'll tell you the categories of Black Friday archetypes with pop culture references.
Nobody embraces the visual brand greater than college athletics. Let's look at some examples.
NFL had a special 3D-rendered telecast transforming an NFL game into Disney's Toy Story. Here's what I liked and didn't like.
Why you need a newsletter, why you might want to make newsletters with Smore, and things to consider for your newsletter! Short and sweet!
Let's give them pumpkin to talk about! This week I'll share three different ways brands run with autumn trends and their fall lineups!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and CliftonStrengths 4 leadership domains can help you put together an invincible team!
Tired of 3D animated movies all looking the same? I like this new trend we are starting to see with animated movies!
Don't be scared to use Canva as a graphic designer or content creator. We won't judge you. It's awesome.
Trying out Threads or other new social media apps? Tap into the voice and tone of your personal brand to connect with others in a new space!
Ever think Savage Garden was singing about social media content strategies? This week we will truly, madly, and deeply look at three categories of content that can keep your audience engaged year-round!
Interested in friendly neighborhood web Frameworks? Just like Spider-Man variants, each has unique powers to help easily design web pages for a variety of uses! We will look at Bootstrap, Tailwind, and Bulma in this Spider-Verse-themed episode!
Missing college football video games? So are we! Andy Butler joins this episode and we break down a few OG college football video games after playing them through the winter! Which game has the edge, Bill Walsh College Football or Sega Sports College Football's National Championship for the Sega Genesis?!
Have you ever seen Coke Zero's visual branding guide? It's awesome. Here are some things that stand out!
What if the Guardians of the Galaxy were social media apps? Since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 was released, I'm breaking down which app each of the guardians would be.
The Real Ghostbusters knew the importance of a standout handle to verify itself way before the blue checkmark was invented!
Some cool brands have been making big splashes in the movies! Tetris, Super Mario Bros., and AIR! If you enjoy this podcast, you'll enjoy these movies!
Barbie Trailer and viral photo filters are setting the internet ablaze! Let's take a look at the Barbie movie marketing strategy!
How a popular 80's cartoon taught us about our personal brands way before the concept was defined.
Hashtag spoiler alert! Ghostbusters defeated Jurassic Park's logo in the Ultimate Movie Logo March Madness. You voted correctly, and I will explain why!
Only two remain standing in the Ultimate Movie Logo March Madness! How did voting go last week, and what does our final matchup look like?!
We are down to the Final Four of our Ultimate Movie Logo March Madness! Listen to find out how the voting went last week, and who our matchups are for this week!
Ultimate Movie Logo March Madness continues! Let's find out which movie logos survived the sweet 16, and break down our elite 8 matchups!
Help me select the greatest movie logo of all time in Ultimate Movie Logo March Madness! Let the chaos begin!
Tired of using the same web-safe fonts for your web pages? Try out Google Fonts! I'll explain how to add them to your page!
It seems I see more specific call to actions in Super Bowl commercials. Let's look at some from Super Bowl LVII!
Spotify has evolved into an engaging platform over the years. I'm breaking down features that have transformed it from a passive listening service to a social experience.
We look at an updated version of Tecmo Super Bowl and see how it did predicting 2023 NFL Playoff games!
My thoughts on the Zoom PodTrak P4 while recording this episode using the very same device!
Using the Lyra demo in Unreal Engine 5, I'm slowly building my owl 4-player local split-screen free-for-all.
VR talk! CES 2023 was last week with some interesting Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality headlines.
InDesign doesn't get the respect that other Adobe CC apps get. After spending time learning this program, here are my thoughts as a designer and creator.
With the recent release of the Across the Spider-Verse movie poster, I got to thinking about the most iconic movie posters ever.
Merry Christmas!! My favorite couch co-op and versus games to play with the whole family during the holidays!
College basketball is here, and I'm breaking down my favorite playing surface designs and also sharing how a few could be improved.
Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some small things I am thankful for as a digital designer.
Looking for ideas to add holiday cheer to your visual branding and content this season? I got you covered!
Not sure what to get that special digital designer or tech enthusiast in your life? Here are some suggestions from stocking stuffers to big gift items!
Editing and manipulating photographs digitally can be creative, fun, and practical. Photo edits can help visualize beautiful and imaginary stories or repair damaged family albums. As designers, we need to exercise good judgment to avoid unintended consequences.
MLB regular season is over (Go Phils!). Time to see how my 2022 Phillies projections went using the Bill James Moneyball formula and Microsoft Excel.
NVIDIA made news this past week as they released specifications and price points for their 4000 series graphics cards. I will share details and explain why many are upset.
Who do we complain to when our team loses? Our spouse? Our family? Our coworkers? Most of the time it ends up being the social media manager. Social Media managers in the sports industry are the real MVP!
College athletics training facilities have really gone all-in with environmental graphic design! It immerses athletes in storytelling of the team's brand in creative ways.
Selecting fonts and typefaces is almost as fun as picking out Christmas presents! Endless possibilities. Here are some tips I have for you if you are trying to add text to your digital design projects.
Graphic Design meets sports legends. The Costacos Brothers made the coolest sports posters in the '80s and '90s. Many of which are still collected and proudly displayed to this day! I share memories of Costacos Brothers posters, and talk about their awesome book, "Walls of Fame."
Ever wonder if Michael Scott was a social media app, which one he would be? Who in The Office would be TikTok? This week I talk Dunder Mifflin and Social Media!
I discuss page-building methods, hosting, and domains. It's time for your website to shine online!
Let's figure out what our website is going to look like! Sitemaps and wireframes will allow us to put the pieces of the puzzle together for an effective web layout.
Episode 50! I will talk about usability and best practices as we continue to untangle web design.
We take advice from Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat for our web page's visual brand identity.
You need a website! Gwen Stefani and No Doubt's "Spiderwebs" lyrics tell us about a person who can't connect with a brand on their website (I'm sure of it). You don't want that to happen to you! This week I explain why you need a website, and where to start.
Atari turned 50 last week! Let's talk Atari history, consoles, my top 10 Atari games, upcoming news, and more!
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge (the perfect game for dads to play with their kids) recently released. Get a slice of pizza, and let's talk TURTLE POWER!
Logos, Fonts, and Colors are a big part of the sports industry. Why can't sports franchises win with their identity designs?
Ancient Jedi Texts = Instagram for digital designers! Instagram helps train designers with digital tools and concepts they need to become strong in the force.
Jurassic World: Dominion comes out this week! The best way to tell a story is for the audience to become a part of it, and that's what happens with the movie's fun digital marketing campaign. We will also look at some dino-streaming options in case you are still hungry for prehistoric content after the movie!
Sometimes we need to eat while we work. Pressing deadlines, pulling the "all-nighter," or grinding to a convenient stopping point in an inspirational moment are no reasons to get that keyboard, mouse, or tablet dirty! My list of snacks that will keep your devices clean, and you from having to stop and wash your hands every few minutes.
Let's talk design! We look at the role of visual design in communication. I'll share tips to use images with content even if you are just getting started!
Instructional technology for golfers?! We look at the valuable data Garmin golf watches and other electronic training aids can provide to help out our golf games.
Summertime phone photography ideas. Need to unplug, disconnect, and get outside? Addicted to your devices? Here is a nice compromise!
Lino is a free service that allows you to post digital sticky notes onto a virtual bulletin board space. It's great for teachers, students, and anyone else!
A bit of Twitter news this week! Here are some of my thoughts and takes on the social media platform.
Data science, analytics, and baseball! In Computer Apps 2 we will be using the Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball formula from the movie Moneyball to put together Excel Spreadsheets as we discuss data-driven decision making.
Do you also have a talent for photography? Are you a gamer? Let's talk about virtual photography! What is in-game photography and which games do it the best?
Immediate reaction from The State of Unreal 2022 as Unreal Engine 5 is now available to the public!
Mixtapes aren't convenient to make. Materials aren't easy to obtain. They take a lot of time, but it is a fun process to share with those who have never made one. I share the experience of teaching my daughter how to make mixtapes.
We break down the new Nintendo gamepad patent recently discovered, and I share my favorite 5 controllers of all time!
We take a look at Apple's announcements from their March event, plus I let Apple know what they need to do to switch me over to a Mac.
NFL combine is just like social media strategies?! I will explain how vanity metrics help make actionable metrics for NFL draft prospects and social media strategies!
We will soon see awesome gadgets and a sweet car in theaters with "The Batman!" I thought it would be fun to list some of my favorite tech-inspired movie props!
A look at "Once Upon an Algorithm" by Martin Erwig to discuss how stories, songs, and pop culture references help teach computer science and coding concepts.
Raspberry Pi Computers are great for making, coding, learning, and computing! This week we talk about these remarkable, inexpensive, tiny computers!
Big day for Bengals & Rams, and a big day for brands! Super Bowl LVI is this Sunday, so I am breaking down my all-time favorite Super Bowl commercials!
Ready Player One. The book, the movie, and real-life! No spoilers in case you haven't read the book or seen the movie, because you may want to after this episode!
Let's talk Tecmo Super Bowl to kick off NFL Championship Weekend! My favorite sports game!
Have you tried NVIDIA Canvas? You can create photo-realistic art scenes using AI! I share my experience and impressions from this unique, free software.
I got an R2-D2 Tamagotchi in my Christmas stocking this year. My early impressions, plus what they need to make next!
We all know John Madden as the coach and the broadcaster. I'm going to share my thoughts on John Madden the teacher whose innovations will continue to teach people about the game of football for years to come.
The ghost of Christmas gifts past takes us down memory lane to see popular technology Christmas gifts over the years. Merry Christmas to you, and safe travels if you are on the road!
Today's games have some pretty immersive storytelling in them (Marvel's Guardians of the galaxy was just voted "Best Narrative" in a game for 2021. This wasn't always the case with video games. We compare storytelling in games from the '80s and '90s when the technology limited how developers could include story elements in the games themselves.
A spoiler-free synopsis and review for 8-Bit Christmas (the movie AND the book). One of the most-wanted technology gifts of all time, the NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM! 8-Bit Christmas is a story about a group of friends and their quest to get a Nintendo for Christmas.
Growing up we were warned that video games might rot our brains. What if I told you they were teaching us lessons like parables or fables? Let's open our hearts and hear life lessons that can be drawn from some of my childhood favorite games.
Happy Thanksgiving! We love technology, but here's my idea of some things for us to do so we can distance ourselves from distractions on this wonderful holiday (some are still tech-related). Safe travels to all who are on the road, and I hope you all have a great day!
Libraries are hubs for the community that promote literacy, learning, growth, and now.... making! Amazing person and natural podcaster Sky Seery (Library Director at the North Platte Public Library) shares her thoughts on pumpkin spice lattes and all the great things you can do at our public library including the new creation station!
Do you want a unique glimpse of Viking and Anglo-Saxon clashes from the 9th century? Now you can with Assassin's Creed Valhalla Discovery Tour: Viking Age. Play the part of characters from different cultures to learn more about their points of view, find historical artifacts, share their beliefs, walk through the architecture, listen to the music, and even learn how historians and designers made the game. It is an intriguing, interactive, learning experience to consider for sure. I also share my top educational games from my childhood.
Last week was Adobe MAX! I had the privilege of participating and came away very inspired and excited to share some of my thoughts!
My good friend Josh Bruck joins us and shares his hobby of geocaching! GPS and GIS skills provide many employment opportunities in any career field! Want to get started learning about GIS? Geocaching can give you an introduction to GIS while getting some fresh air and having fun with the whole family!
This week is part 3 of 3 in my series "The Stigma of a Gamer". I share my experience where I made meaningful life-long friendships through online gaming.
This is part one of a three-part series. This episode covers the current view people have about gamers, why you shouldn't be ashamed to be a gamer, and why I think the stereotype will continue to improve.
Level up students with gamification in your teaching. We look at ways to incorporate achievement badges and an XP system to help give your instructional design some gaming elements.
I saw Free Guy a few weeks ago! My thoughts on the movie and how it relates to Westworld. How we act toward NPC's explored in 3 of my favorite game series (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Red Dead Redemption, and Marvel's Spiderman).
Whether it's a practical use or for the hobbyist, 3D Printing brings out the inventor in all of us! My experience with 3D printing.
From NPHS Bulldogs, to Army Black Knights, to Philadelphia Eagles.... Football coaches are data scientists. We discuss Moneyball, analytics in football, and a company called Hudl that provides data science tools to help athletes and coaches. This week is about technology and sports!
Do you like Technology?! I love all forms of technology, and am excited to talk about it! Welcome to the Cache-All Podcast! This is an introduction to my podcast, who I am, and what we will be trying to do with this platform!
This week we are talking about some good old retro arcade gaming! We will talk about the classic arcade experience, TMNT, and NBA Jam. We also talk about the company Arcade1Up and how they allow you to bring the arcade experience to your home!