Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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Jan 19, 2015 • 28min

130: Counting all the F-Words (Joanne Cheng)

Chad & developer Joanne Cheng break down thoughtbot's statistical year in review! Data by Design (Giant Robots ep 112) thoughtbot 2014 Report Feltron Reports "The Weight of Rain"- Jonathan Corum csvkit Build Phase Joanne on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jan 13, 2015 • 36min

129: The Engineering of Payments (Ian Logan)

Chad talks with Ian Logan, an Engineering Manager at Airbnb, on the challenges, ideology, implementation, and future of their payments system. Airbnb Combinatorics Open Air: Payments on a Global Scale 13 Secret Rock Stars of Silicon Valley Airbnb Disaster Response trebuchet Ian on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jan 5, 2015 • 48min

128: To Attract and Retain (Dan Croak)

Chad talks with thoughtbot CMO Dan Croak about our content marketing strategy, managing the flow of new media, and the origin of our growth team. Bourbon Paperclip thoughtbot Playbook How To Scale a Development Team- Adam Wiggins Semantic Linefeeds- Brandon Rhodes Coelevate Hound North Star Metric Words to Avoid Dan on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Dec 22, 2014 • 40min

127: Merging Worlds (Meng To)

Jeff Smith talks to Meng To, author of Design + Code about the blurring line between developers and designers, learning tools to better communicate, and the difficulties of planing a world-wide workshop tour. Design + Code Framer Sketch Meng's Design Blog Sketch + Swift Workshops Meng on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Dec 15, 2014 • 47min

126: Log In to Your Space (Zach Dunn)

Chad talks to Zach Dunn, CPO of Robin, about the future of smart spaces, working with family, and when to shift your company's scope. Robin One Mighty Roar either 2013 Boston 25 Under 25 Robin: The Boy Wonder Bathroom Ocupancy Proof of Concept Zach on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Dec 8, 2014 • 44min

125: Rebooting (Adarsh Pandit)

Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired our newest show. Reboot "The Pickaxe" Agile Development with Rails Learn to Program apprentice.io Adarsh on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Nov 24, 2014 • 33min

124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)

Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code. Corgibytes Scott on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Nov 18, 2014 • 25min

123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)

Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat. Service Oriented Architecture at Square Solving the Rubik's Cube in 20 Seconds Trailmix Turing School Spanulate Podcast You Should Take a Codecation Codcation on reddit Healthy Hacker Podcast trailmix repo Chris on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Nov 10, 2014 • 50min

122: Ruby, the Weird Way (Britt Ballard, Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee)

Britt Ballard leads this roundtable discussion on home-growing your own conference and their experiences, from theme and logo selection to scheduling guests and venues, turning Keep Ruby Weird from a dream into a reality. Keep Ruby Weird Jeremiah The Innocent FormKeep Scheduling, made simple Badges O.Henry Pun-Off Chauffeuring Ruby Rody Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Nov 3, 2014 • 33min

121: Prolificness (Allison House)

Guest-Ben Chad Pytel talks with Allison House about maintaining personal growth while freelancing, and her approach to harnessing your capacity to learn. allison.house Origins Tiny Habits- BJ Fogg "Summer Noon"- Tweedy Design Tips Signup House on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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