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A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
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Oct 28, 2014 • 54min
120: Open Your World For Commentary (Tom Lehman)
Ben talks with Tom Lehman, creator of Genius, about the power of honesty in corporate culture, and navigating the mores of discussing salary.
Genius
The Genius ISMs
Dunning–Kruger effect
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice- Patrick McKenzie
Tom on Twitter
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Oct 20, 2014 • 28min
119: Create Value or Create Technology? (Pete Hunt)
Ben talks with Pete Hunt, formerly of Facebook & Instagram, on React and what makes this unique JavaScript library tick, as well as shifting from a technical to a business focused mindset.
React
Fielding Dissertation
Simple Made Easy- Rich Hickey
Pete on Twitter
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Oct 13, 2014 • 38min
118: Scare Yourself (Dan Martell)
Ben talks with Dan Martell, CEO and founder of Clarity, about self-actualization in business, how life is affected by those around which one surrounds themselves and the value of staying outside one's comfort zone.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Ira Glass on closing "the gap" between what you want to do and what you can do
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Entrepreneurial Needs- Dan Martell
The E-Myth Revisited
The 4-Hour Chef- Tim Ferriss
Portage Program
Friendventory
Headspace App
Clarity
Dan on Twitter
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Sep 22, 2014 • 27min
117: Designing Quality (Will Sulinski)
Ben talks with Will Sulinski, founder of Pistol Lake, on translating lessons learned from the tech sector into success in the fashion industry.
Pistol Lake
Let My People Go Surfing
Chris Lindland Episode
Will on Twitter
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Sep 15, 2014 • 32min
116: A Model Jellyfish (Carl Smith)
Ben talks with nGen Works founder Carl Smith about alternatives to a "flat" structure, remote management & community building.
nGen Works
BizCraft Podcast
Technically Simple Podcast
Drive by Daniel Pink
DPM Radio
The Bureau of Digital Affairs
QCat
Carl on Twitter
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Sep 8, 2014 • 37min
115: There's a Spectrum Involved Here (Brandon Bloom)
Ben talks with Brandon Bloom about finding the right tool for the job, there being too many objects in OO Programing and the importance for a full spectrum of options, regardless of the choice.
Hour of Code Campaign
Om
Mathematica
Unsound and Incomplete
Trivial Cycles in Object Oriented Programming
Brandon on Twitter
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Sep 1, 2014 • 25min
114: Offer Value First (Ryan Delk)
Ben talks with Gumroad grower Ryan Delk about standing out from your peers by adding value before you ask for value.
Gumroad
Chris Sacca on Foundation: "Create Value Before You Ask For Value Back" Section Around 14:50
Ryan on Twitter
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Aug 25, 2014 • 33min
113: Minimum Path to Awesome (Rob Walling)
Ben and Rob Walling, founder of Drip and HitTail, discuss engaging your audience, the path to building new habits and the need to create.
Drip
HitTail
MicroConf
The Biggest Gamble of Your Career
Tiny Habits
Startups For The Rest Of Us Podcast
Rob on Twitter
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Aug 18, 2014 • 27min
112: Data By Design (Joanne Cheng)
Ben talks to developer Joanne Cheng about lessons learned from the conference circuit, as well as the subject of her latest conf talk, Data-Driven-Documents within JavaScript, and trends in dashboard design.
D3
Interactive Data Visualization for the Web
Edward Tufte
Why Most Dashboards Fail- Stephen Few
FlowingData
Overtone
Let's Talk About Dials
Joanne on Twitter
AirConf
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Aug 11, 2014 • 42min
111: Thinking Outside the Loop (Chris Granger)
Ben talks with Chris Granger, creator of Light Table, about building a better IDE and envisioning a world where all programming happens inside a database and anyone can do it.
Light Table
Toward a Better Programming
Aurora StrangeLoop 2013 Demo
Exploring Data-Centric, Declarative Programming for the Cloud
Chris on Twitter
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