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Greater Than Code276: Caring Deeply About Humans – Diversify The Medical Community with Jenna Charlton01:09 - Jenna’s Superpower: Being Super Human: Deeply rooted in what is human in tech The User is Everything 04:30 - Keeping Focus on the User Building For Themself Bother(!!) Users Walking A Mile In Your Users Shoes - Jamey Hampton 09:09 - Interviewing Users (Testing) Preparation Identifying Bias Getting Things Wrong Gamifying/Winning (Developer Dogs & Testing Cats) Overtesting 23:15 - Working With ADHD Alerts & Alarms Medication Underdiagnosis / Misdiagnosis Presentation Medical Misogyny and Socialization Masking Finding a Good Clinician Reflections: John: Being a super human. Jacob: Forgetting how to mask....2022-03-3055 min

Greater Than Code270: Trust Building and Authenticity with Justin SearlsHow to Trust Again – Justin Searls Why has trust become so rare in the software industry? Developers don't trust their own ability to program, teammates don't trust each other to write quality code, and organizations don't trust that people are working hard enough to deliver on time. This talk by Justin Searls is a reflection on the far-reaching consequences distrust can have for individuals, teams, and organizations and an exploration of what we stand to gain by adopting a more trustful orientation towards ourselves and each other. 01:57 - Justin’s Superpower: Having Bad Luck...2022-02-091h 03

Greater Than Code256: Unbreaking the Web with Chris FerdinandiGreater Than Code Episode #170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi 02:50 - Project Gemini and Text Protocols Always Bet on JavaScript 07:05 - Overusing Analytics & Tracking Scripts Be An Advocate For Your Users / Ethical Obligations 12:18 - Innovations: Making Accessibility The Default 14:48 - Ad-Tech and Tooling Partytown Fathom Preact Alpine.js petite-vue Svelte SvelteKit Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? | Transitional Apps with Rich Harris, NYTimes Astro 32:08 - HTMX 46:30 - Frontend Development is Hard SPA’s and Transitional Apps Federated Multipage Apps Micro Frontends Phoenix LiveView Joint Ac...2021-10-271h 00

Greater Than Code255: Building Global Love Bubbles with Anne Griffin02:47 - Anne’s Superpower: Empathy & Collaboration Feeling Accepted & Creating a Sense of Safety Creating Happy Bubbles Making People Feel They Matter on Teams No Matter Status (i.e. Employees vs Contractors) No Matter Geographical Location/Timezone Equivalence in Remote Work 17:45 - Framing and Shaping Relationships + Communication Changing Company Culture Sharing Concerns with Upper Management “We are all on the same team.” Silence IS a Response Working Through Challenging Conversations 29:47 - Helping People Learn – Work Therapists: Should/Could They Exist? 38:18 - Having Support Outside of Work: Networking Find Communities First; Individuals Second Attract Your Dre...2021-10-201h 19

Greater Than Code248: Developing Team Culture with Andrew Dunkman01:27 - Andrew’s Superpower: Stern Empathy 03:30 - Setting Work Boundaries Matrix Organizations 18F Acknowledging Difficult Situations (i.e. Burnout) Health Checks Project Success Time Tracking Heart Connection / Motivation Work Distribution Greater Than Code Episode 162: Glue Work with Denise Yu 18:54 - Providing Support During a Pandemic Stretching/Growth Work Comfortable/Safety Work Social Connection 23:37 - Keeping People Happy / Avoiding Team Burnout Project Aristotle by Google Collecting Honest Data Psychological Safety & Inclusion Earned Dogmatism “The Waffle House Solution” 36:26 - Developing Team Culture “Gravity People” Honing Communication Skills Staying Ahead of Big Problems The ACE Mo...2021-09-011h 12

Greater Than Code246: Digital Democracy and Indigenous Storytelling with Rudo Kemper02:45 - Rudo’s Superpower: Being Pretty Good At Lots of Things! Learning How to Learn on the Fly Digital Democracy Earth Defenders Toolkit Ruby For Good Problem-Solving & Mastery: “Fake it until you make it!” 13:14 - Digital Democracy & Terrastories The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) Matawai People Capturing & Recording Oral History Ruby For Good Mapbox Indiginous-Requested, Indiginous-Led Taking Action When Invited Listen Before Action Co Creation Mapeo 27:39 - Defining an “Earth Defender” Earth Defenders Toolkit 30:40 - Community Collaboration/Development Best Practices Without Overstepping Boundaries Tech Literacy 35:52 - Getting Involved/Supporting This Work Digital De...2021-08-1857 min

Greater Than Code240: No Striving, No Hustling with Amelia Winger-Bearskin02:11 - Wampum.Codes MIT Co-Creation Studio Mozilla Fellowships Check out some episodes! Super-Group - Indigenous Tech, Indigenous Knowledge: Wampum.codes as a model for decolonization [Episode] Weirdness with MorningStar [Episode] Comedy in the age of Quarantine: A conversation with comedy writer and performer Joey Clift [Episode] Rock Hands with "Roo": a conversation with DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren [Episode] 08:13 - Amelia’s Superpower: Being invited to cool parties! no-funding.com 11:26 - Storytelling & Performance The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture 20:16 - “Indigenous Antecedent Technology” Decentralized Economies 24:16 - “Ethical Dependencies” Indigenous wisdom as...2021-06-301h 00

Enjoy the VueEpisode 62: Shaving Yaks with Anthony FuKey Points From This Episode: Introducing Anthoy Fu and his contributions as a member of the core Vue team. Anthony’s explanation of ‘yak shaving’ followed by stories of yak shaving experiences. Yak shaving experiences of Anthony’s and why he enjoys it more than doing actual work. Viewing yak shaving as a form of trying things out to see if they are good ideas or not. An explanation of Vueuse, and examples of some of its Vue composition utilities. How Anthony got involved with Vue and open source during his college days. What Anthony is most excited about in...2021-05-2448 min

Greater Than Code234: Civil Society and Community Relationships with Michael Garfield02:13 - Michael’s Superpower: Being Able to Creatively Digest and Reconstruct Categories Integral Theory Creative Deconstruction – Michael Schwartz Creating Truly Novel Categories – Recognizing Novelty as Novelty 09:39 - Recognizing Economic Value of Talents & Abilities Invisible Labor Ecosystem Services Biodiversity; The Diversity Bonus by Scott Page 18:49 - The Edge of Chaos; Chaos Theory “Life exists at the edge of chaos.” 23:23 - Reproducibility Crisis and Context-Dependent Insight 28:49 - What constitutes a scientific experiment? Missed Externalities Scholarly articles for Michelle Girvan "reservoir computing" Non-conformity 38:03 - The Return of Civil Society and Community Relationships; Scale Theo...2021-05-121h 01

Greater Than Code231: Deserted Island Safety and Expectations with Austin Parker01:04 - Austin’s Superpower: Pain Tolerance 02:06 - Deserted Island DevOps (Running an Online/Virtual Conference in Animal Crossing or Other Mediums) Deserted Island DevOps 2020 on YouTube Software Circus The Great Cloud Native Bakeoff Making Real-Time Audience/Human Connection Streaming Watch Parties Austin Parker: Virtual Events Suck. 24:09 - Failure; Making it Safe to Fail Technical Failure Psychological Failure Underpromise, Overdeliver 32:51 - Safety and Setting Expectations (The Problem with More is Better) OKRs Open Source Principles Reflections: John: The creativity of new ways to experience a conference. Coraline: The im...2021-04-2147 min

Greater Than Code229: Union Organization with Melissa McEwen02:21 - Melissa’s Superpower: Being Extremely Online 03:06 - Unionizing Glitch Glitch workers sign tech’s first collective bargaining agreement Misconceptions re: Unions Engineer Salary Discrepancies Middle Management, Product Management Unionization Minority Unions (i.e. Google) What is a Minority Union? [The Rise of Minority Unions: How Social Movements and Tech Giants Could Be Showing Signs of Things To Come](The Rise of Minority Unions: How Social Movements and Tech Giants Could Be Showing Signs of Things To Come) 14:58 - Melissa’s Previous Experience with Working w/ Unions Communications Workers of America (CWA) Civic Technology (What I...2021-04-0753 min

Greater Than Code226: Incarceration and Technology with Kurt Kemple01:49 - Kurt’s Superpower: Lifting Others Up: “A rising tide lifts all boats.” 07:00 - “Self-Taught” vs “Self-Guided” vs “Self-Motivated” Developers 11:32 - The Intersection of Incarceration and Technology Destigmatizing Incarcerated Folx Hiring the Formerly Incarcerated Providing Stability to Folx Coming Out of Incarceration 22:15 - Having Privilege Working in DevRel to Raise These Issues Bias and White Privilege 26:51 - Helping and Advocating For the Formerly Incarcerated 29:32 - The Interview Process as it Relates to the Formerly Incarcerated Background Checks Rolling Jobs 36:26 - Always Be Applying (ABA); Technical Interviews and Fabrication/Bendin...2021-03-171h 21

Greater Than Code223: Emotions, Achievement, Joy, and Goals with David MacIver02:15 - David’s Superpower: Being Confused Norms of Excellence The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance 11:56 - Daily Writing David’s Newsletter: Overthinking Everything Unfuck Your Habitat 15:47 - Learning to Be Better at Emotions 23:22 - Achievement and Joy as Aspirational Goals [Homeostasis vs Homeorhesis](https://wikidiff.com/homeostasis/homeorhesis#:~:text=is%20that%20homeostasis%20is%20(physiology,to%20a%20trajectory%2C%20as%20opposed) Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming by Agnes Callard Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by Jame...2021-02-2445 min

Greater Than Code219: How Are You Doing? with Mando Escamilla03:19 - Mando’s Superpower: Willingness to Talk About Anything Personal with Others 08:39 - Dealing with Life in 2020/2021 Rationality vs Non-Rationality Feeling Lost and Unmoored 18:30 - Finding Anchors Narrative and Story Emotion Song Rhyme Repetition Affiliation Ted Lasso The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 34:28 - Being Okay Being Less Productive Sea Shanty TikTok 46:47 - Practicing Gratitude For Communities You Do Have; Talking to Kids About Feelings What do you do with the mad that you feel? – Mr. Rogers Sesame Street: Dave Matthews and...2021-01-271h 07

Greater Than Code208: Who Tells Your Story? with Janeen Uzzell01:42 - Janeen’s Superpower: Storytelling The Importance of Who Tells Your Story Accountability Generalizations Are Harmful Responsibility 07:56 - The Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety Team Thriving Movement 11:04 - Empowering Communities To Tell Their Stories Citations Edit-a-thons 19:53 - Creating a Wikipedia Page 22:07 - Approaching and Engaging Youth 27:10 - Staying Connected As An Organization Cultivating Great Leadership Mentorship/Sponsorship Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem by Paula Williams Madison Paula’s Instagram Dr. Imani's Instagram (Paula's Daughter) 34:56 - Remote Working and Fostering/Maintaining Community 39:11 - Encouraging and Infl...2020-11-1157 min

Greater Than Code206: Conscious Teaching and Learning with Brian Hogan02:11 - Brian’s Superpower: Being Able to Teach People Stuff Guiding Learners Towards Outcomes and Success Connecting with Students on a Deeper Level Active Learning 13:15 - Building Relationships Adults vs Kids Tapping Into Individual Motivation 18:34 - Learning Useful, Real-World Material Exercises For Programmers Systems Thinking Speech by Dr. Russell Ackoff Working Backwards: Identify Outcomes/Goals => Write/Build Content/Material Docs Are (can be) Wrong! 31:39 - Constructive and Interactive Learning Learning Happens Through Feedback and Practice The Shannon Communication Model Experiencing Joint Activity 37:12 - Conversation Theory 43:27 - Teaching Vs Mentoring...2020-10-2859 min

Greater Than Code204: Creating Community Spaces in The Age of COVID with Nicole Archambault02:04 - Nicole’s Superpower: Empathy and Community Building “The After-Hours Vibe” Zoom Parties (DM Nicole on Twitter for an invite!) Discord Servers freeCodeCamp 15:06 - Overcoming Isolation and Forming Connections in the Age of COVID-19 Masking Vulnerability and Transparency 20:42 - Creating a Techincal Community Human Resource Machine #CodersTeach Twitter Chats 25:54 - Radiating Love and Compassion and Learning How-To Human Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha Making Meaningful Connections Authenticity and Embracing Yourself Independently Epigenetics 39:45 - Educational Tech Entrepreneurship (EdTech) Non-Verbal Learning Disorders Test-Driven Learning Programmatic Problem-Solving Front...2020-10-141h 12

Greater Than Code203: Algorithmic Auditing and Accountability with Matthew Zhou01:54 - Matt’s Superpower: Letting Things Go Easily Nonattachment and Immigration 08:35 - Matt’s Journey From Anthropology to Tech The Intersection of Technology and Social Science 13:42 - Algorithmic Auditing and Accountability Internal vs External Audits Identifying Affected Parties Waze Hijacked L.A. in the Name of Convenience. Can Anyone Put the Genie Back in the Bottle? Participation in Machine Learning People as Constituents – Not Resources 29:38 - Data Surveillance: Gathering Enough Data vs Gathering Too Much Data (and particularly the effect on Black and Brown people) Data & Society – Ruha Benjamin presents Race After Technolo...2020-10-071h 02

Greater Than Code201: Real Rebels Pay Their Taxes with Nils Norman Haukås02:58 - Nils’ Superpower: Storytelling Practicing Presentation Company/Employer-Sponsored Skill Training (such as storytelling/public speaking) Taking Courses Unrelated to Your Own Skillset 09:39 - Deleting Code Tension Around Deleting or Refactoring Others’ Code Etiquette Around ^ Sharing Codebases 20:17 - Is it ethical to invest time in learning and using technologies from companies that pay little or no taxes? Real Rebels Pay Their Taxes Value of Everything | Mariana Mazzucato The economics of open source by C J Silverio | JSConf EU 2019 The Entropic Package Manager 29:14 - What Can We Do About the Centralization of Power in Large Corp...2020-09-231h 04

Greater Than Code198: Learning From Failure with Ravs Kaur02:30 - Rav’s Superpower: Learning to Learn Success and Failure Creating Environments Where It’s Safe to Fail Exploring Ideas and Collecting Datapoints Celebrating Feedback Cycles and Experiments 07:12 - Failing Fast – Getting Early Feedback Along the Way Getting Over the “Being Polished” Hump Learning for Self-Fulfilment 17:02 - Empathy as a Life Skill Simulation Empathy is Necessary to Learn Through Failure 26:40 - Uplevel: Empowering Engineers to do Their Best Work 31:49 - Productivity and Judgement Value The Effect the Pandemic Has Had ^ Capturing Interruptions and Mitigating Responses The “is work happening?” panic and fear and t...2020-09-021h 05

Greater Than Code197: Tips For New Developers with Dan Moore02:13 - Dan’s Superpower: Ability to Keep Calm “We need to solve this problem.” Dealing with Frustration Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 07:11 - Maximizing Your Potential as a New Developer and Making a Good Impression Overindex Asking Questions 054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo Try New Things, but Enjoy Your Work 17:55 - What Makes a Senior Engineer? When is a senior engineer not a senior engineer? Impact Making Mistakes Pragmaticism vs Perfectionism The Efficiency Throne as Tradeoff Recognition Prime Decision-Making 42:51 - Solving Big Problems vs Small Problems Getting People to Care Group...2020-08-261h 06

Greater Than Code194: I Don’t Need You To Like Me, I Need You To Hate Racism with Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn02:28 - Courtney’s Superpower: Speaking on the Topic of Racism “You can’t prioritize your discomfort over living your own values.” – Courtney White Liberals Are Dangerous: the “I’m liberal...I’m not that bad” narrative Action & Engaging in Antiracist Practices Over Lipservice Antiracism is a Lifelong Learning Process Not Seeing Race is Problematic – Disproportive Representation 13:16 - Adopting Attitudes Towards Antiracism Understanding White Supremacy If It’s Not Antiracist, It’s Racist 16:24 - 1000 Cut Journey "1000 Cut Journey" Launches at Tribeca Film Festival Culture, Narratives, and Stories are Powerful Tools Feedback & Reactions 25:59 - Empathy is Insufficien...2020-08-051h 13

Greater Than Code192: Bringing Our Whole Selves with Siobhán Cronin02:36 - Siobhán’s Superpower: Catalyzing Personal and Community Change 04:19 - Managing Change During COVID-19 Experiencing Joy While Grieving Bringing Your Whole Self to Work (a boundary being stretched like never before) Working From Home: Ranges of Experiences and Comfort-Levels 13:51 - Pros and Cons of Bringing Your Whole/Full Self to Work Building Affinity & Care Interfacing with Capitalism Painpoints as Learning Opportunities Having Boundaries Building Inclusive Communities and Workspaces Extending Grace and Care 34:08 - People Have to Do Work on Themselves “You’re not categorically a good person.” – Siobhán Check Yourse...2020-07-2250 min

Greater Than Code190: Social Media, Privacy, and Security with Joe LeBlanc01:32 - Joe’s Superpower: Hospitality Greater Than Code 054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo 06:20 - Social Media: It's time for us to stop acting like we are getting access to social media for free. When you add up your household's cable/Internet/phone bills, you're paying bare minimum $100/mo. This money isn't going to Facebook and Twitter, but it is the entry fee for bringing these platforms into your home, where they subsequently track everything you do, everyone you know, build a facial recognition database with the photos you post, and determine your sexual orientation before you ev...2020-07-0841 min

Greater Than Code187: Seeing The World with Bryan Liles01:50 - Bryan’s Superpower: The ability to see the world as it is 06:52 - Conference Circuits / Virtual Conferencing KubeCon Keynote: CNCF Project Updates - Bryan Liles, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Co-Chair Beyond Kubernetes - Interview with Bryan Liles (KubeCon 2019, Barcelona) Re-imagining Continuous {Integration | Delivery | Deployment | Whatever} - Bryan Liles (DeliveryConf Seattle Talk) Engagement: In-Person vs Virtual Conferences Aren’t Inclusive (as they stand) 17:44 - Working Remotely During Quarantine Productivity Depression Find a Piece of Life That Makes You Happy 23:48 - The Premise of Being Greater Than Code We Are Not Our Code 26...2020-06-1747 min

Greater Than Code184: The Python Software Foundation and the Future of Conferencing with Naomi Ceder & Ewa Jodlawska01:39 - Ewa’s Superpower: Organization PyCon 02:01 - Naomi’s Superpower: Empathy for the Marginalized 02:51 - The Python Software Foundation (PSF) PyCon Online PyPI 05:26 - Regional and Local Meetings: Building a Healthy Community 06:52 - “Everybody Pays” and the PSF Budget Financial Aid 11:16 - How the Pandemic is Effecting the PSF Financially Moving to Virtual Conferencing EuroPython 2020 Online 13:20 - Intellectual Property Holding in Trust for Community Preserving Goodness PyLadies Brand Integrity 16:36 - The Development of a Code of Conduct Enforcement Ratio of Enforcers to Attendees 23:08 - Naomi...2020-05-271h 01

Greater Than Code183: How We Learn with Vaidehi Joshi01:47 - Vaidehi’s Superpower: Learning new things and teaching them to other people Teaching Things Helps YOU Learn Deciding on Things to Learn 05:01 - Approaching Learning Reading Relating Things to Things Already Known Ask Yourself, “Why do I need to know this?” Tricks for Reading Papers Read the Abstract & Conclusion Pick Fights with the Paper Using Tutorials Accountability & Motivation Learning with Others Unraveled Hermeneutic Circle 20:15 - Having Aha! Moments & Epiphanies: Brain Percolation Russell Ackoff Absolution Resolution Solution Dissolution Paradoxes 32:02 - Technologists Are Good Storytellers 39:03 - Improving Over Time and Doing Your Best 2020-05-201h 12

Greater Than Code182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.) Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence Lie to Me Detecting Microexpressions 10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies Game Theory Out of the Crisis Mitbestimmung Codetermination and Alienation Complexity Theory 18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts Emergent and Deliberate Strategy 27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more? Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions Project Maven 37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next...2020-05-1350 min

Greater Than Code180: Open Source Freedom and Technical Purity with Tobie Langel02:34 - Tobie’s Superpower: Bridging tribes. Avoiding Labels 04:13 - Being a Co-Conspirator of Ethical Open Source Contributing to the Greater Good Finding Deeper Meaning in Open Source, Software, and Tech Privilege, Moral Obligation, and Responsibility Edmund Berkeley The Priority of Constituencies Technical Purity 12:41 - Open Source: Prioritizing Implementers Over End-Users Richard Stallman, “Four Freedoms” Everything is Software, Everywhere – Impact 17:19 - Developer Attachment to Technical Purity Privacy & Security & Safety (Spying on your spouse on Facebook example) Flavors of Safety (Zoom breaches and trust) Physical Safety and Mental Safety Freedom From Self-Censorship Surveillance and Tracking...2020-04-2950 min

Greater Than Code178: Data Science and Sponsorship with Emily RobinsonManning Publications has been kind enough to give our listeners a discount code. They're giving listeners of the show a permanent 40% discount, which is good for all products in all formats for everyone. Again, this is a PERMANENT discount code for all Greater Than Code listeners. Use the code PODGREAT20 every time you shop Manning. 02:30 - Emily’s Superpower: Finding all the dogs to pet. 05:05 - Emily’s Data Science Journey Organization Behavior Qualitative / Quantitative Research: Women in STEM Fields 08:21 - The Idea of Passion Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing Gatekeeping 10...2020-04-1559 min

Greater Than Code175: Developing for the Long Term with Eric A. Meyer00:57 - Eric’s Superpower: The Ability To Explain Things In A Way That Makes Sense To Most People 02:37 - Legacy Capability Of The Web Web Technologies Are Long Term Frameworks Lynx Y2K 11:30 - Creating Long Term Within Frameworks Static Can Be Good 15:50 - Ethical Dimensions RAINN Information Accessible As Widely As Possible Long Term vs. Short Term Code 20:50 - Longevity Of The Web 23:11 - Edge Cases - Stress Cases Evan Hensleigh @futuraprime Design For Real Life 25:44 - Make Everything Accessible To The Most People Diverse Te...2020-03-251h 06

Technology Leadership Podcast ReviewMaking The World’s Best PencilChris Ferdinandi on Greater Than Code, Ben Orenstein on Maintainable, Susan Rice on Coaching For Leaders, Courtland Allen on Software Engineering Unlocked, and Matt Stratton on Hired Thought. I’d love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. And, if you haven’t done it already, don’t forget to hit the subscribe button, and if you like the show, please tell a friend or co-worker who might be interested. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I foun...2020-03-1618 min

Greater Than Code173: The Ethical Open Source Movement02:22 - Coraline Talks About Her Work With The Open Source Movement Seth Vargo: @sethvargo The Open Source License - The Hippocratic License Bruce Perens 08:14 - Who Wrote The Open Source License The Libertarian Platform Balancing Our Individual Freedoms With Societal Good 10:26 - The Open Source Initiative 11:25 - Licensing And The Evolution Of Open Source Realizing The Impact Of Open Source On Human Society The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn Procrastination Assimilation Revolution 18:43 - Litigation Thoughts Promoting Arbitration Over Litigation Advantages Of Adopting The License Putting The Power In...2020-03-1146 min

Greater Than Code172: Limitations of Human Knowledge with Miko Matsumura02:12 - Miko’s Superpower: Not Knowing Things. 03:30 - Coming To Your Senses Breaking Out Of Thinking Detecting - Venture Capitalism Pattern Making And Pattern Matching 06:45 - Understand The Limits Of What You Can Know And What You Do Know Knowing People Knowing Industries Most Humans Don’t Know A Lot Of Things Impermanence 11:45 - Human Decision Making Is An Embodied Process The Gut Feeling Enteric Nervous System Sympathetic And Parasympathetic Nervous Systems Central Nervous System The Heart Feelings Feelings Are Emotions 18:30 - Interviews As Coachable And Teachable Moments The Gig Econ...2020-03-041h 05

Greater Than Code171: Web Accessibility with Chris DeMars01:14 - Chris’s Superpower: His Ability to Sleep. 01:50 - Why Chris Wants To Talk About Web Accessibility Top 3 Priorities When Building on the Web Accessibility Performance Security 02:45 - Whose Responsibility Is It To Build An Accessible Web? Anyone Building On The Web Dominos’ Lawsuit WCAG 07:38 - How To Inform And Get Colleagues On Board With Accessibility Understanding The Clientele Have Numbers To Back It Up 11:45 - Image Descriptions Alt Attributes Twitter Adds Alt Text For .gifs 16:34 - Companies Deal With Accessibility Lawsuits 19:07 - Where To Start Making Chan...2020-02-2642 min

Greater Than Code170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi00:53 - Chris’s Superpower: Derailing conversations and having a knack for taking complex tasks and breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts that people find easy to understand. 01:44 - The Pitch for Vanilla JavaScript 03:06 - Peoples’ Biggest Challenge as a Developer Having Trouble Keeping Up Adding Processes and Tools Make it More Difficult to Get Started “The Right Way To Do It” 05:50 - The Problem With The Way We Do Things Today Front-End Development Back-End Developers Move to Front-End 08:30 - Modern Web Development The Use of Frameworks Package Managers “The Cascade is...2020-02-191h 09

Greater Than Code168: Appolition with Dr. Kortney Ziegler01:06 - Kortney’s Superpower: Being a visionary. Seeing things that aren’t necessarily there. 01:50 - How Appolition Came to Be Grassroots Company Crowdfunding Money for Incarcerated Black Mothers Tweeted About Using the Change Round Up Model Educating Those in Tech About What Bail Is Gaining Trust 07:20 - Kortney’s Professional Background Building Things in Technological Space PhD in 2011 - difficulty finding substantial employment Filmmaker, Scholar Encountered a lot of discrimination in professional career Became Entrepreneur in 2012/2013 Attended Filmmakers Hackathon Launched Trans*H4CK Appolition 13:10 - Appolition Specifics Bail is Predatory Educate Yourself About...2020-02-051h 01

Greater Than Code166: From Software Engineer to Management with Phil Wheeler01:10 - Phil’s Superpower: Putting Himself in Others’ Shoes. 02:03/09:14 From Software Engineer to Management Empathy Through The Career Shift The Learning Curve Making a Conscious Choice To Switch Gaining Leadership Skills Making Your Own Opportunities 03:34 - How Phil Came Into The Greater Than Code Community Found Through Twitter Codemania 05:54 - Commonalities Between Issues Between USA and NZ Inclusion, Equality in Technology 07:05 - Life Science Software Experience Cloud Based, LT Awareness of Accessibility 16:45 - To Get Into Management or Not It’s Not For Everyone Impostor Syndrome 18:55 - The Pa...2020-01-221h 02

Greater Than Code164: Psychological Balance with Dr. Mireille Reece01:14 - Mireille’s Superpower: Being just herself. The sense of respect around the individuality of every person. 02:30 - Being Different From Others is a Good Thing Nature vs. Nurture Epigenetics 05:59 - Our Brains and Empathy Mirror Neurons Dr. Dan Siegel The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/Frequency Illusion 11:15 - The Brain vs. The Mind Extended Cognition Sensation and Perception Survival Rules - Virginia Satir 19:22 - Three Brains in One 21:51 - HPA Axis Dr. John Briere 23:06 - Overcoming Unconscious Impulses Fight or Flight Collateral Data Brené Brown Grounding 26:56 - Aff...2020-01-081h 24

Greater Than Code162: Glue Work with Denise Yu00:58 - Denise’s Superpower: She is a classically trained musician and is good at transcribing music in her head. 03:30 - Glue Work Tanya Reilly Doing Tasks That Are Adjacent to Coding Scheduling Making Sure Meetings Have Agendas Who Tends to do Glue Work Emotional Labor 13:07 - What Denise Has Done to Improve the Glue Work Situation Having the Terminology Helps A Lot 17:31 - How to Address Changing the Structure of Glue Work Thinking Globally and Acting Locally Burnout Writing More Feedback Than Managers Expect Writing Feedback About Glue Work Virginia Satir 31:40...2019-12-251h 01

Greater Than Code161: Making Space with Bärí A. Williams01:48 - Bärí’s Superpower: Being a Black Woman 05:20/22:50 - Admitting and Knowing What You Don’t Know Intersectionality and Culture 10:00 - Born and Raised in Oakland Gentrification What is the Deficit of the City Being Connected to Your Roots 19:30 - Unintended Consequences Building Algorithms That Fact Check You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know Facts Are Not Facts Anymore Tutorial to Boy Scouts About Getting Stopped by Police Keeping the Kids Alive 33:15 - Where is the Light (In the Technology) Technology is the Mirror of the People Creating I...2019-12-181h 27

Greater Than Code160: Thermodynamics of the Twitterverse01:50 - Getting Sucked into Twitter Vortexes 03:06 - Dynamics of Human Emotion Willem Larsen Episode Prometheus Rising 05:36 - Creating Safe Spaces for Emotionally Charged Conversations 07:57 - Radical Inclusion Shared Conversation About Humanity 09:49 - Overidentification/Over Attachment to Tribalism Race and Ethnicity are Socially Constructed (yes!) 12:15 - Digital Activism Retweeting What We Agree With, Not What We Disagree With (How it’s Taken) Encouraging Good Faith Disagreements 15:22 - Tribal Dynamics 16:45 - People From Oppressed Groups Have the Right to Rage Being an Advocate Making Space 24:30...2019-12-1142 min

Greater Than CodeThe Universal Declaration of Human RightsOn this day in Paris in 1948, the United Nations issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that sets out the fundamental rights and privileges of all people and all nations. In honor of the anniversary of this document, the panelists of Greater Than Code have come together to share their reading of the document with all of you.Support Greater Than Code 2019-12-1012 min

Greater Than Code159: Bias in AI with Lauren Maffeo02:26 - Lauren’s Superpower: Remembering Useful Yet Sentimental Facts About People 03:57 - Lauren’s Professional Background 07:35 - Bias in the Downsides of AI Automation vs. Augmentation Meredith Broussard 11:15 - Media and AI/How the Media Affects People’s Perception of AI 14:32 - Concerns of Small and Midsize Businesses Pertaining to AI 18:37 - How to Mitigate Bias in AI 22:23 - Ethics in AI Loomis v. Wisconsin 25:39 - Defining Bias in AI Georgetown University Law Center Unconscious Bias Harvard Implicit Bias Test 32:04 - Fairness vs. Accura...2019-12-0459 min

Greater Than Code158: Exploring Company Values with Ariel Caplan01:22 - Ariel’s Superpower: Extreme Irritability How to Address What is Irritating You 07:30 - Accessibility Needs - Learning What Irritates Others Disability Simulation in the Workplace Hot-Keys vs. Mouse Use 16:05 - Rabbinical School Learning to Ask Complex Questions Edge Cases 20:30 - Developing Company/Corporate Values Purpose of Company Values Revisiting the Values When to Remove a Value Wording of Values Aspirational Values The Right Time to Put Values into Writing Reflections: John: Using the process of establishing and/or revising values as a way of pulling in the experience of...2019-11-271h 02

Greater Than Code157: Reinventing Education with Willem Larsen01:12 - Willem’s Superpower: Meta 02:20 - Accelerated Community Learning Self-Sustaining Communities 12:45 - Reimagining the Education System Unschooling Open-Space Systems of Privilege Jordan Fink @buildsoil 24:20 - Stages of Human Life Age Segregation in School Storytelling of Culture 41:10 - The Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium 57:01 - Listening to What the Community Needs The Fall of Civilizations Podcast Reflections: Jacob: Local communities can surely agree on and find really innovative ways they can provide for each other. Arty: The magic can only happen with the ex...2019-11-201h 16

Greater Than Code155: Ethical Open Source with Don Goodman-Wilson01:10 - Don’s Superpower: He is a generalist. He has lots of skills he can bring together in one place. 02:25 - Ethics and Open Source Open Source is Broken OSI How Can we Make Sure Our Code isn’t Weaponized 08:34 - Consequentialism vs Contractualism OSI FAQ Free Software Foundation 18:15 - The Paradox of Tolerance/Paradox of Openness 19:15 - Is Licensing the Right Mechanism for Bringing Ethics into Open Source 23:40 - Enforceability of Open Source Licenses 28:40 - Compensation as an Ethical Consideration 34:30 - Quantifying the Value the...2019-11-0655 min

Greater Than Code154: Filtering Your Brain with Ambreen Hasan01:12 - Ambreen’s Non-Technical Superpower: She is Very Good at Zoning People Out Learning necessary information from conversations 03:20 - Ambreen’s Technical Superpower: Any Challenge She is Given She Will Try to Just Do It Comfort with Uncertainty 06:03 - Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset It’s OK to Not Know Everything Using Resources to Your Advantage 08:40 - Ambreen’s Hobbies Outside of Software 10:10 - Thinking About Things in a Molecular Way Taking Chunks at a Time When Learning Something New Breaking Down Big Concepts into Small Things You Can Learn Being Co...2019-10-3044 min

Greater Than Code153: Your Favorite Philosopher Is You with Mannah Kallon01:16 - Mannah’s Superpower: He is Comfortable in His Own Skin Being Yourself 02:17 - Assessing Identity and Evaluating Sense of Self in New Culture What a Philosopher is 03:42 - Quoting Beyoncé and Using the B Word Who Takes Offense? Is Everyone Given the Same Consideration? 06:25 - Moments of Self Doubt When Someone Doesn’t Believe You Simone de Beauvoir Addressing Terms of Identity with Conversation Botham Jean, Forgiveness, and Role Reversal 09:14 - Empathy Who is Your Favorite Philosopher Having the Ability to Consider and Alternative Viewpoint 11:22 - Retaliation is a Thi...2019-10-2340 min

Greater Than Code152: Embracing Mathematics with Philip Wadler02:35 - Philip’s Superpower: Being Not Afraid of Mathematics 04:07 - Programming Language Foundations in Agda Propositions as Types Isomorphism Software Foundations by Benjamin C. Pierce The Coq Proof Assistant 15:32 - Using a Proof Assistant 22:57 - Human Creativity + Insight QuickCheck CompCert 30:02 - Specifications Use of Formal Methods at Amazon Web Services The Evolution of Testing Methodology at AWS: From Status Quo to Formal Methods with TLA+ How Amazon web services uses formal methods ...2019-10-1649 min

Greater Than Code150: Cultural Transformation with Brian Lonsdorf01:34 - Brian’s Superpower: Communicating and Listening 02:36 - The Role of Empathy in Teaching/Communicating Process Empathy Empathetic Report 04:11 - Learning and Teaching Functional Programming Lawful Composition Thinking Functionally with Haskell Compositional Thinking Category Theory 11:13 - Compositional Programming in JavaScript 16:02 - Problems That Can Be Solved by Learning Functional Programming Livable Code by Sarah Mei Scalable program architectures 25:03 - Category Theory Categories for the Working Mathematician Reading Papers Finding Applications for Concepts 32:41 - Machine Learning and AI Generative AI...2019-10-021h 05

Greater Than Code149: Creating Effective Culture with Jesse James01:49 - Jesse’s Superpower: Empathy by Learning to be Empathetic Taking a Step Back Mental Triggers Neurodiversity and Empathy 07:51 - Culture What is culture? Culture Fit Creating/Building/Forcing Culture Culture as a Descriptor Affecting Culture Culture as an Ongoing Process Agile Methodologies for Culture Culture Facilitators Improving Heuristics Meta Heuristics Cultures Evolve Rapidly Alienation Survival Rules Problematic Performance Reviews Derision of Management Manager Contribution Reflections: Jacob: Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block: Community isn’t defined ahead of time. They define themselves. Rein: The more important aspect of any...2019-09-251h 11

Greater Than Code148: Floober and Cognitive Outsourcing with Jacob Stoebel00:43 - Jacob’s Superpower: Being Obsessive Re: Specificity; Allergic to Ambiguity on Teams 02:09 - Talking About Neurodiversity in Workspaces Self-diagnosis “Masking” Jacob’s Background and Intro to Software Development 13:49 - Driving Desire to Learn About Things 22:04 - Automating Boring Work Personal Automation Cognitive Outsourcing 34:41 - “Floober Feature” 36:07 - Passing On Strategies and Data Organization CodeStream 47:37 - Storycrafting and Succession Planning Reflections: Jessica: Consult a human when you don’t know, but often from the context of what directory you’re in and what branch...2019-09-1858 min

Greater Than Code147: Organizing Organizations with Jennifer Tu00:52 - Jennifer’s Superpower: Seeing Inefficiencies in Processes 02:56 - Coaching Clients to Reorganize Their Organizations Due to Growth Jean Hsu: Re-structuring a growing team Communicating Change and Values Encouraging Thoughtfulness Asking Questions + Questions as a Form of Communication Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer Jennifer’s Podcast: Storytime with Managers 25:24 - Deleting Old Code; Being Emotional Over Code 30:34 - Avoiding Non-Consensual Teaching and Assumptions 40:50 - Learning Sucks Fixed Vs Growth Mindset 2019-09-1152 min

Greater Than Code138: Job Satisfaction02:13 - What is Job Satisfaction? 03:25 - Predictors of Job Satisfaction Mission Alignment Psychological Safety 14:02 - Evaluating Job Satisfaction: Questions to Ask During Interviews What should I know that I didn’t ask? In six months, how will you know if hiring me was the right choice? 18:02 - Maintaining Positive Company Culture Hire to Forge Signals Meeting Potential Co-Workers 25:14 - Managers: What should you do if you know your team is unhappy? 27:42 - Positive Interactions with Coworkers + Feeling Needed / Relevant + Making Progress Everything Is Broken, and It's OK...2019-07-101h 03

The Frontside PodcastTeam Collaboration with Jacob StoebelJacob joins the panelists to talk about team collaboration based on his RubyConf 2017 talk, Code Reviews: Honesty, Kindness, Inspiration: Pick Three. Jacob Stoebel is a software developer living in Berea, KY. He spends his days writing web applications in Ruby, JavaScript, and Python, working with data, and leveling up as a software engineer. He works and studies at Berea College. You can find out more about Jacob at jstoebel.com. Please join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect guest, please get in touch with us at contact...2019-03-1444 min

Greater Than Code118: A Piece of Luck with Jessica Kerr01:50 - Jess’s Superpower: Being a Property of a Situation Karl Popper 04:25 - The Interpretation of Luck and the Psychology of Scarcity 08:17 - Physics; Physics and Software 12:06 - Conference Speaking 15:53 - Undervaluing Code 22:13 - Defining ‘Done’ in Software Development We don’t want to define “done.” In an ongoing system, a symmathesy, there is no “done” except death.Instead, define “better.” Then you can know you accomplished something.— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) February 6, 2019 Email is like laundry. There is no such thing as "done."My job is no...2019-02-201h 05

Greater Than Code090: The Journey with Chelsea Troy02:03 – Chelsea’s Superpower: Pushing through and enduring discomfort to accomplish things 06:24 – The Act of Writing and Reflection: Journaling as a Tool for Learning; Commit Tracing Coxswain 14:27 – Getting and Dealing with Feedback 17:44 – Measuring Participation in Meetings Why are there always technical problems in remote meetings? Why do remote meetings suck so much? (caucus checklist) How do we make remote meetings not suck? (follow-up post) 23:51 – Implementing Structure in Meetings Valerie Aurora: Meeting Skills 31:58 – Cultivating Questions Kindly Without Assumption or Judgement No Feigning...2018-07-2558 min

Ruby RoguesRR 355: Code Reviews with Jacob StoebelPanel: Charles Max WoodDave KimuraEric BerryDavid Richards Special Guests: Jacob StoebelIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel discusses code reviews with Jacob Stoebel. Jacob is a Rails and JavaScript developer and works for ePublishing where he does mostly front-end programming. He talks about how he believes that code reviews can be both honest and nice, and that they should inspire the programmer to want to go back and make his/her code better, not tear him/her down. He also gives fours steps to the response process for giving positive and helpful code reviews.In particular, we dive pretty d...2018-03-271h 11

Greater Than Code054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo01:19 – Nadia’s Superpower 02:01 – Code Hospitality and Being a Good Host Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ GORUCO 2016 Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump” 10:22 – People and Habits and Having Expertise in a Particular Realm 17:00 – Asking Questions/Waiting for Explanation Rather Than Passing Judgement 22:16 – Codebases Are Constantly Changing: Use the README to Give Context Code Hospitality Guide App 27:27 – Making Diagrams Whilst Coding/Pairing Rapoport’s Rule 32:27 – Thinking About the “Why” 36:44 – Giving and Receiving Feedback in a Nonviolent Way 39:09 – Host Respo...2017-11-0857 min

Greater Than CodeEpisode 022: You Are An Asset00:16 – Welcome to “Mob Programming” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:39 – Origin Stories From All! Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Workweek 12:37 – Work/Life Balance and Ideal Work Environments Stockholm Syndrome 16:50 – Technical Interviews 20:41 – Computer Science Degrees: Are they worth it? 27:42 – Compulsions to Know: Contempt Culture Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture The Zens of Python and Ruby 34:12 – Gatekeeping in Tech 37:11 – Technical Interviews (Cont’d) Pair Programming This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to j...2017-03-0756 min

Greater Than CodeEpisode 006: Getting Technology Into the Hands of Children with David Bock00:17 – Welcome to “PC Principal Shit!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 00:35 – David Bock Introduction and “Smoked Pork” Discussion 04:56 – Teaching Kids Computer Science Concepts Watch D.O.G.S. Code.org Hour of Code Blockly Karel the Robot TEALS: Computer Science in Every High School 12:50 – Being Scientifically Literate Neil deGrasse Tyson YouTube Video 14:13 – Gender and Peer Pressure Dynamics On @greaterthancode with @bokmann. He had a student who realized "Oh! Computers aren't smart! They're just dumb, really really fast...2016-11-0358 min