A Podcast about technology, design and web trends, from the users perspective.

New Episodes
What does it take to be a good programmer and designer? / S1 Finale P1
The best part of being in the seasonal format is fluidity. Each season can focus on a specific set of topics...
Episode 12: How Technical People can do Better as Managers
It is well known that once technical employee’s have years of experience in their fields they get promoted to a management...
Episode 11: The Importance of Failure Analysis and Quality Assurance
Kash Momodu is a Failure Analysis and Quality Assurance Engineer who worked at FitBit and Square. He holds a Bachelors of...
Episode 10: From MVP to Minimum Lovable Product with Ed Ipser
Ed Ipser is the founder of IpserLab and Coactify. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has been an an...
Episode 9: Sani Momoh on Juneteenth, technology in social work and online news
In light of Juneteenth we have a special episode with Sani Momoh a social worker in the San Jose Bay Area....
Episode 8: Ryan Matthew, Working Remotely and The New Normal
Ryan Matthew is a partner and co-founding member of Neuron, a UX Design and strategy consultancy in San Francisco. He has...

Interviews With Thought Leaders
The SF Bay Area is home to Silicon Valleys Brightest Companies and where technology leaders come from world around to become part of the industry. Being located in this area gives us a unique position to bring you the listener new content from individuals and organizations uniquely positioned in this area.


About the Name Unmotive
Originally, the show was going to be called Emotive but Unmotive sounded more like the name of a show. This name was meant to conjure up the emoticons that are so popular today. Emoticons are the perfect representation of user experience, a communication method created for technology that is now on every phone. Read More on the About Page


Season Finale
For the Final Episode of Season 1 of the Unmotive show we will be doing an exposé/discussion type of episode like an NPR news segment. The finale will include extra content from some of the earlier guests and content request by you, the listeners. Make sure to post on social media or in the comments of the episode post pages so we can make it great closing episode together.

Show Hosts
Currently, Unmotive: Real Interviews and Cool Web Trends has one host who produces, records and releases each episode. It is a seasonal released show with 8 per season.

Rotimi Ajayi-Dopemu
He is a full-time web developer who has lived in the SF Bay Area for over 30 years. He has many interests, mostly vicariously through the media and internet. As a career focused individual he would like to spread his love of code and design through this show.
The Unmotive Show is a friendly journey through the world of technology. We explore the user experiences of the products and services we use today through discussions and interviews with thought leaders who give insight into today’s tech trends. The Unmotive Show takes today’s technology and breaks it down into something that is relatable to casual technology users and professionals alike. The topics will be Technology, Design and Programming with a casual, friendly perspective. Currently, only the first season is scheduled of about 8 episodes.
Featured Guests
Here are a few of our current and upcoming guests. For upcoming guests you can post replies to our social media posts and we will them into consideration when developing the discussions based on your interests in the topic.

Chris Marciano

Greg Morawietz
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