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Ben talks to Sir John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower, about his new book Mind Hacking on the power of reprogramming one's thoughts to maintain new habits, and innovations to the traditional publishing model. Media Shower Mind Hacking CBT Therapy Philsophy Software is Eating the World- Marc Andreessen GitBook Sir John on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks to Mike Brittain, VP of Engineering at Etsy, on interacting with the development community, strides in diversity practices, the pros/cons of an open office, and the difficulties in transitioning from engineering to management. The Art of the Dojo Spotify's NYC Office Facebook's Vending Machines Managing Humans- Michael Lopp Mike on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks to Craig Andera, developer at Cognitect, on his latest 20% time project, how Clojure gets made, and driving immutability into a database. Cognicast Kinesis Keyboards khordr Datomic "Simplicity Matters"- Rich Hickey Mile...Mile & a Half (Documentary) "Programming with Hand Tools"- Tim Ewald Falcon 4.0 Craig on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with Pat Brisbin on his new book, and the future of Haskell at thoughtbot. Maybe Haskell announcement thoughtbot's books Learn You a Haskell for Great Good Upcase Haskell excercises Carnival haskell on heroku Yesod Maybe Haskell (50% off for our listeners!) Pat on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad officially welcomes Ben back to the podcast, discuses the employer/employee ideology that can facilitate a successful sabbatical, and reveals some exclusives on the future of thoughtbot. Turing School Ben on the Healthy Hacker podcast Pogo-stick Chair Hound Upcase Rugby explained for Chad New thoughtbot Office Bath Ruby Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with Ben Arent, product manager at Rackspace, on the pros/cons of app acquisition, as well as their favorite Sass tools. Rackspace Airbrake Go Programing Language Hybrid Cloud OnMetal Cloud Servers Open Computer Project Segment Intercom Tender Support Slate Temper Hubspot Ben on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with Paul Dowman, founder of OK GROW!, on replacing Rails with Meteor, and how martial arts has made him a better developer. OK GROW! Meteor Velocity Test Framework Wasting Less Time Replace CoffeeScript with ES6 Jeet Kune Do Paul on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with Matt Aimonetti, co-founder of Splice, on remote worker strategies, fundraising, and his vision for the future of digital musical collaboration. Splice Chromebox For Meetings #NoEstimates excercism.io Matt on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with fellow thoughtbotters Adarsh Pandit and Kyle Fiedler on the pros and cons of stories, story points, and job stories. Adarsh’s tweets on points Converting to Jobs Stories Pivotal Tracker Basecamp Lighthouse Agile Manifesto Replacing The User Story With The Job Story- Alan Klement Trello thoughtbot’s research board Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with Irene Ros, data visualization practice lead at Bocoup, about her pursuit of making data visualization function in a social context. What is Lotus Notes? Many Eyes Mant Bills Bocoup Roosters Stickers Around the World Popcorn.js AngelList OpenVis Conf Science Club for Girls BostonJS Meetup Boston Data Visualization Meetup Miso d3.Chart Irene on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots