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Jamey Hampton
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Million Dollar Relationships
Breaking Through Mental Blocks with Mentorship: Jamey Schrier's Journey
How can coaching and authentic relationships transform not only your business but also your entire life? In this episode of the Million Dollar Relationships podcast, Kevin welcomes Jamey Schrier, a physical therapist turned business coach, to explore the profound impact of coaching and meaningful relationships in his journey. Jamey shares candid insights from his personal and professional experiences, including the challenges of building his own practice and the transformations he underwent through key relationships. He emphasizes how authentic relationships and mentorship can unlock one's potential, push through mental blocks, and guide entrepreneurs to success beyond j...
2024-10-23
37 min
Sound Off on Sports Podcasts
The Hager Bowl
Episode 10 finds Jamey and Josh with a full preview of this Friday's matchup between Floyd Central and Martin County, affectionately known as "The Hager Bowl". Jaguars coach Shawn Hager returns to the Rock at Inez for a winner-take-all game against the Cardinals for the regular season district championship. On the Cardinals sideline is Shawn's son, Wes, who's an assistant coach at Martin County. Of course, Shawn Hager spent many years as head coach of old Sheldon Clark High School in Inez. Also, how will Betsy Layne respond after suffering their first loss of the season last Friday? What about...
2023-10-19
1h 23
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & Detective
Shame the Devil by Graeme Hampton
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/690247to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shame the Devil Series: #5 of Denning & Fisher Author: Graeme Hampton Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 10, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Exposing old lies can be deadly... When a young father and well-liked sports coach is stabbed to death on his front doorstep in East London, D.I. Matthew Denning and D.S. Molly Fisher are quickly thrown into an investigation with no leads to follow... And when the body of a respectable schoolteacher is discovered, the two murders mirroring each other, the c...
2023-08-10
8h 43
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-Com
The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hookup Plan Author: Farrah Rochon Narrator: Marissa Hampton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: Strong female friendships and a snappy enemies-to-lovers theme take center stage in this highly anticipated romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook. Successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley just needs to find some balance and de-stress. According to her friends Samiah and Taylor, what London really needs is a casual hookup...
2022-08-02
03 min
Greater Than Code
276: Caring Deeply About Humans – Diversify The Medical Community with Jenna Charlton
01:09 - 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....
2022-03-30
55 min
Greater Than Code
273: Motorcycling Adventures with Kerri Miller
02:28 - Kerri’s Superpower: Having an Iron Butt The Iron Butt Association 06:39 - On The Road Entertainment FM Radio Country Music Community/Local Radio Roadside Attractions The World Largest Ball of Twine Mystery Spot Mystery Spot Polka 15:11 - Souvenir Collection & Photography Fireweed Ice Cream Clubvan Lighthouses National Parks 25:42 - Working On The Road 27:37 - Rallies, Competitive Scavenger Hunts Traveling Salesman Problem 30:40 - Tracking, Tooling, Databases Penny Machine Locations Penny Costs 1.76 Cents to Make in 2020 35:36 - Community Interaction; Sampling Local Specialties Cinnamon Rolls Salem Sue, World’s Larg...
2022-03-02
59 min
Greater Than Code
264: #BlackTechTwitter and Black Tech Pipeline with Pariss Athena
00:54 - Pariss’ Superpower: Being Vocal and Transparent #BlackTechTwitter The Villian Origin Story Deadpool 08:01 - #BlackTechTwitter & Black Tech Pipeline Job Board Labor Compensation 15:56 - Being Okay with Losing Opportunities Announcing Success Criticism & Privilege The Great Resignation Generational Wealth Hustle Culture Hustle Culture: Why Is Everyone Working Too Hard? 28:57 - UX Design vs Software Engineering (What would you do if you weren’t in tech?) Thinking About Vulnerable Communities Coding For Work Foley Artist; Working Behind the Scenes Tech Supporting People’s Real Passions 35:11 - Pariss’ Passion for Acting & Being On Set Behind-t...
2021-12-22
59 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 25: Vin Diesel & the Rock's "Candy Ass" Feud
This is an EMERGENCY episode that Penelope convened after Vin Diesel recently posted on Instagram, imploring the Rock to come back to the Fast franchise for the last installment. Together, Penelope and Jamey go into some of the finer points of the famous feud between Vin and the Rock, including lots of funny quotes and a little bit of armchair psychology.Happy Thanksgiving, friends! Hope you can take a little break from your own family drama to listen in on Vin Diesel's family drama instead!
2021-11-25
22 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 24: Spy Racers: Mexico (Episodes 1-3)
Jamey and Penelope discuss the premise of the 4th season of Spy Racers, with the crew now on the run from the agency. The major topic of conversation in this episode is DEMOLITION DERBY; Jamey regales the listener with stories about what it's like at the real demolition derby and how it compares to the demolition derby of Spy Racers in S4E3.
2021-09-17
31 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 23: Spy Racers: Sahara (Episodes 7-8)
Penelope and Jamey talk about the end of Spy Racers season 3, from the animation to the dialogue to the relationships between characters and what they can teach kids. Jamey wins a bet from last episode. Penelope makes some predictions about what will happen in the next series when we go to: Mexico!
2021-08-17
27 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 22: Spy Racers: Sahara (Episodes 4-6)
Penelope and Jamey continue to sing the praises of the Spy Racers cartoon in their most recent episode. Discussion topics include super-villainy, video games, and teaching kids how to talk productively about their feelings with their friends.
2021-08-10
23 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 20: Spy Racers: Sahara (Episodes 1-3)
Penelope and Jamey get back to watching Spy Racers, because we already can't watch it as fast as they're making more seasons of it! We discuss the changes to the dynamic of the cast, what we predict for the arc of season 3, and if you've ever wanted to hear us both have an uncontrollable laughing fit on the air, then this is the episode for you!
2021-07-23
21 min
Greater Than Code
240: No Striving, No Hustling with Amelia Winger-Bearskin
02:11 - 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...
2021-06-30
1h 00
Greater Than Code
238: Contributing to Humanity and Mutual Aid – Solidarity, Not Charity
01:00 - Mae’s Superpower: Being Able to Relate to Other People and Finding Ways to Support Them 03:42 - Contributing to Humanity (Specifically American Culture) Title Track Michigan Climate Change Clean, Accessible Water Hate & Divisiveness; Understanding Racial Justice 07:01 - Somatics and The Effects of Yoga, Meditation, and Self-Awareness Flow Kripalu PubMed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Debugging Your Brain by Casey Watts 12:20 - Mutual Aid: Solidarity, Not Charity WeCamp Ruby For Good Harm Reduction Encampments “We keep us safe.” Rainbow Gatherings Burning Man Big Big Table Community Cafe 33:17 - Giving vs Accepting Help; Extend...
2021-06-09
56 min
Greater Than Code
236: Connecting Arts and Technology – The Power of Print with Marlena Compton
01:07 - Marlena’s Superpower: Bringing the Arts to Tech Coming Into Tech as a Creative 04:42 - Parallels Between Art and Computer Science/Software Engineering System Architecture Spatial Thinking & Representation Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought by Barbara Tversky Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson 09:33 - Sketchnoting and Zines The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking by Mike Rohde 14:19 - DIY Publishing and Physicality – The Power of Print The Pamphlet Wars 20:33 - Zines at Work & Zines in Professional Settings Slowing Down Our Thought Processes Usin...
2021-05-26
1h 08
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 18: Stationary and Sassy LIVE
Clarification: This is not a live episode of Stationary & Sassy, it's a regularly recorded episode of Stationary & Sassy where we cover the arena show, "Fast and Furious LIVE"We watched it so you don't have to! Listen to Penelope and Jamey break down what's so bad about the F&F arena show - and what we would have changed to make it better!
2021-05-25
19 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 17: Spy Racers: Rio (Episodes 7-8)
Penelope and Jamey finish watching the second season of the Spy Racers cartoon and reflect back on what the first two seasons were like! This episode includes discussion about plot devices, the growth and development of the characters, and what we'd like to see more of in the next two seasons (and the F9 crossover we'd love to see and/or write).
2021-05-09
27 min
Greater Than Code
232: Outside The Charmed Circle with Tamsin Davis-Langley
01:17 - Tamsin’s Superpower: Recognizing Songs Within Seconds 05:08 - Outside the Charmed Circle (Tamsin’s book about gender, sexuality, and spirituality) The Pagan Community “Necessarily Brief” 09:09 - Consent in the Mentor/Mentee Relationship (Master/Apprentice) The Universal Attribution Fallacy Access Power Dynamics Conflicts of Interest The Word “Politics” - how we negotiate power between groups of greater than one 16:57 - Using Certain Phrases (i.e. “Identity Politics,” “Cancel Culture”) and Divisiveness Obfuscation We Hate You Now: The Hardest Problem of The Aftertimes Social Contracts 23:46 - What Is A Person? Individuality & Personhood Plato & Aristotl...
2021-04-28
1h 04
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 16: Spy Racers: Rio (Episodes 4-6)
Penelope and Jamey continue to marvel about just how good Spy Racers really is. This episode includes discussion on who the main character really is, who is underrated and underutilized, and are there any other podcasts out there also covering Spy Racers. (There are!) Absolutely every important thing in life continues to revolve around car racing for some reason.
2021-04-07
20 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 15: Spy Racers: Rio (Episodes 1-3)
Penelope & Jamey are BACK! (You didn't forget about us, did you?) And they're starting to watch the second season of Netflix's Fast & Furious cartoon: SPY RACERS! Tony Toretto's crew is taking on a big mission in Brazil, and between the moments of action and danger, they're even enjoying some sightseeing in their new exciting location. We gush about how much we like this show, speculate about side characters who would make good cameos and learn lessons about how to not be a dick to your friends.
2021-03-24
22 min
Greater Than Code
217: Robots As "Social Entities" with Laura Major
02:05 - Laura’s Superpower: Problem Solving 04:07 - What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots Check out our interview with Laura’s coauthor: Greater Than Code Episode 216: Robot and Human Collaboration with Julie Shah Where is human collaboration with robots heading? 06:59 - The Human/Robot Partnership Robot Personification Positives and Negatives Robots Will Never Be Perfect Making Our World “Robot Compatible” 14:34 - Human Behavior Towards Robots; Vice-Versa HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, gets beheaded in Philadelphia Marty the grocery store robot is a glimpse into our hell-ish future The robot waiters in this Japanese c...
2021-01-13
50 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 14: Better Luck Tomorrow
In their quest to consume every piece of Fast & Furious related media, Penelope and Jamey have turned to non-canonical offerings like Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow, an indie movie from 2002 that isn't part of the FF franchise, but *is* the first cinematic appearance of Han Lue, Jamey's favorite.This episode is mainly about what an inspiration Justin Lin is. Please come on our show, Justin Lin, we have so many questions we want to ask you!Happy holidays to all our listeners! We love you!!
2020-12-24
21 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 13: Stationary & Sassy Spy Racers (Episodes 7-8)
Penelope and Jamey finish the first season of Spy Racers and can finally discuss the arc of the whole season. A lot of conversation about why billionaires are bad ensues. Also a long interlude about our ideas for what should happen in Hobbs & Shaw 2 for some reason.
2020-12-12
24 min
Greater Than Code
211: Becoming Humble and Kind with Brandon Weaver
01:16 - Brandon’s Superpower: Recognizing Others’ Superpowers and Spotting Potential Talent Convincing Others Recognizing and Talking About Failure(s) 09:23 - Brandon’s Personal Journey & Transformation Towards Humility Wanting To Be Heard Placing Identity Developing Empathy Speaking Candidly Re: Growth Talking About Negatives in Your Past 25:40 - The Importance of Community and Community Leaders The Ruby Scholar and Guide Program Michael Hartl’s Rails Tutorial The Beerware License 34:35 - Being Kind vs Being Nice Privilege 40:59 - Being Austistic and Being Visible Tales of the Autistic Developer - The Mentor Brandon’s illustrate...
2020-12-02
1h 04
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 12: Stationary & Sassy Spy Racers (Episodes 4-6)
Penelope and Jamey continue to get deeply invested in the lives of Tony Toretto and his friends. Topics discussed include: queer rep in kid's media, eating the rich and, as always, how computers do or don't work. Please Netflix let us cameo in Fast & Furious Spy Racers. How many people are running fan podcasts for this show? Us. Let us cameo please.
2020-11-25
21 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 11: Stationary & Sassy Spy Racers (Episodes 2&3)
Jamey & Penelope continue watching the first season of Spy Racers, which they now both agree is Very Good (and contains the most accurate depiction of hacking in the entire Fast & Furious franchise). Jamey can't shut up about how much they love cartoons, and there is much discussion of what you're allowed to put in shows for kids or not. We have decided that Ms. Nowhere is a trans woman for sure.
2020-11-14
16 min
Greater Than Code
208: Who Tells Your Story? with Janeen Uzzell
01:42 - 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...
2020-11-11
57 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 10: Stationary & Sassy Spy Racers (Episode 1)
Now that we have watched ALL the available Fast & Furious movies, Penelope and Jamey were going through withdrawals. Luckily, our friend Kerri Miller suggested SPY RACERS, the Netflix original Fast & Furious spinoff cartoon. There are various feelings about it among the hosts. Jamey talks a lot about how much they love kids programming. There is much discussion about how scary CGI Vin Diesel is.
2020-10-30
19 min
Greater Than Code
206: Conscious Teaching and Learning with Brian Hogan
02:11 - 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...
2020-10-28
59 min
Stationary & Sassy
Bonus Episode 2: Los Bandoleros (w/ friends!)
Penelope and Jamey are back, and this time they brought friends!Special guests: Julien Fitzpatrick, Kerri Miller & Rein HenrichsFor the first time, we invited several of our friends onto the show to discuss our feelings about the Fast & Furious franchise, how much better it would be with supernaturals, and how we could make it gayer. We also watch the short film Los Bandoleros, the only piece of media in the franchise that is neither fast nor furious, making it... stationary and sassy.Los Bandoleros is only a 20 minute short film, so we...
2020-10-20
43 min
Greater Than Code
200: "Bad Code" with Damien Burke
02:58 - Damien’s Superpower: Being able to hold contradictory beliefs at the same time. Working in VERY Local Government (for the City of Los Angeles) 07:05 - What is “Bad Code”? Episode 188: Going Off the Rails with Damien Burke (Damien’s Previous GTC Episode) Objectivity vs Subjectivity: Why does code lie on that spectrum? Metrics to Measure Beautiful Code: Does it make the world a better place? Is it clear? 16:38 - What should you do with “Bad Code”? Nothing? (I know it’s bad but it’s okay!) Do it later? (If you can put it off and make...
2020-09-16
1h 03
Greater Than Code
199: Toxicity in Tech with Amy Newell
04:31 - Amy’s Superpower: Search Algorithms and Finding Things Finding Things in Code Visual vs Spacial Awareness 08:39 - Toxic Masculinity and Hierarchies in Engineering Roles I’m not in security but whenever I hear people taking about who is more technical all I see is folks jockeying for status.(not blaming, that’s the culture we have made in software generally). But from outside whatever y’all mean when you say technical is completely opaque. “Soft Skills” vs “Technical” 14:22 - Measuring Skill Advancement The Individual Contributor (IC) vs Manager Track Management vs Mentorship 21:02 - Congressive vs...
2020-09-09
55 min
Greater Than Code
198: Learning From Failure with Ravs Kaur
02:30 - 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...
2020-09-02
1h 05
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 9: Stationary & Sassy Presents: Hampton & Phippen
In our latest, bittersweet installment, Jamey and Penelope talk about the most recent F&F movie that's currently available, Hobbs & Shaw. In a surprising turn of events, they take this opportunity while discussing the *least* serious F&F movie and use it to speculate in depth about the timeline of the universe and what they expect/hope to see in future movies. Executives at Universal Studios if you're reading this, hire us to write Hobbs & Shaw 2, or at least our untitled future Samantha Hobbs action movie.
2020-08-17
31 min
Stationary & Sassy
Bonus Episode 1: Greater Than Code Origins
This ten minute bonus episode is the origin story of how Stationary & Sassy came to exist:Jamey is a panelist on a tech podcast called Greater Than Code, which Penelope was once a guest on. This bonus mini-episode (which also features other GTC panelists Rein Henrichs and Coraline Ehmke) was made out of outtakes from Penelope's GTC episode. This joke was pervasive enough for long enough in the GTC community that it ended up spawning this legitimate spinoff podcast! And now that Jamey is now legitimately a Fast & Furious superfan, it's funny to reminisce back on a...
2020-08-03
10 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 8: The St8 of the Sassy
In our latest installment, which wins the prize for best episode title, Jamey and Penelope discuss the most recent addition to the mainline franchise, the F8 of the Furious. Jamey's love affair with the entire Shaw family continues in earnest. There is more movie hacking to make fun of. Everyone in these movies are weirdly good with kids apparently. It's bittersweet that we've reached the end of the mainline series, but don't worry, there are a few more episodes in the works!
2020-07-20
28 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 7: Sassy 7
In the latest installment, Jamey and Penelope gush over their favorite film in the F&F franchise yet, Furious 7. Discussion points include: Tokyo Drift's place in the timeline, whether cars are meant to go on the ground or in mid-air, the emotional ending, and the changes that were made after the tragic death of Paul Walker during filming. Jamey unknowingly takes the first steps on the road towards a love affair with the entire Shaw family.
2020-07-13
29 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 6: Stationary & Sassy 6
In our latest installment, for the first time ,Jamey and Penelope disagree on whether FF6 was good or not! We discuss how extra all the characters are, the fact that there's a tank, and what the FBI Isn't Like. Jamey also provides an update on their quest to find illegal street racing in Buffalo, NY.
2020-06-21
25 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 5: Stationary Five
The saga continues with the first installment of the 5-6-7 trilogy, where our hosts Penelope and Jamey discuss FAST FIVE, where the franchise starts to cease to be about illegal street racing and starts to be about regular BIG ACTION and CRIME. We talk about the dynamics of having the whole crew together, the role of THE ROCK and how physics DEFINITELY don't work when you have a safe trailing from the back of your sports car. Also, for the first time ever, Jamey teaches Penelope something about the Fast & Furious franchise. (And I'm the one who writes...
2020-06-12
26 min
Greater Than Code
185: Adaptive Capacity and Mutual Aid with Michelle Glauser
02:27 - Michelle’s Superpower: Resilience Graceful Extensibility 04:59 - Techtonica The Board Breaking Barriers Into Tech Income Sharing Agreements Job Placement Success Setting Cohorts Up For Success Becoming an Educator Socioeconomic Factors Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams 25:35 - Adaptive Capacity and Mutual Aid Saying vs Showing You/They Care / Investment / Helping Others Sponsorship Hiring Unemployment Survival Mode 46:51 - Techtonica Success Stories Reflections: Rein: What’s going to happen after the pandemic? How will things be different? Michelle: The world has an opportunity to change. Jamey: The thin...
2020-06-03
58 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 4: Stationary & Sassy
In this episode, Penelope rues the day she agreed to do a podcast that forced her to rewatch the fourth installment of the F&F franchise. Jamey is just excited about Nos Energy Drink product placement. We discuss what aspects of the movie were frustrating, what we would have done differently, and where the series is headed starting with Fast 5. ACAB.
2020-05-29
25 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 3: The Stationary and the Sassy: Tokyo Drift
Jamey and Penelope continue their discussion about how Cars Probably Don't Work with the third installment of the Fast & Furious series! Jamey gets nostalgic about his time living in Tokyo. A spinoff movie about the Japanese fishermen is proposed. Lil' Bow Wow is in this one.
2020-05-23
24 min
Greater Than Code
183: How We Learn with Vaidehi Joshi
01:47 - 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
2020-05-20
1h 12
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 2: 2 Stationary 2 Sassy
Jamey & Penelope continue their quarantine watch party with the second installment in the franchise! Listen as they discuss the finer points of demolition derby, video games, ramp jumping and, as always, how Cars Work. Jamey discovers than Vin Diesel is not in this one.
2020-05-15
32 min
Stationary & Sassy
Episode 1: The Stationary and the Sassy
In this brand new show, co-hosts Penelope Phippen (long time fan!) and Jamey Hampton (first time watcher!) intend to watch each of the movies in the Fast & Furious franchise, one per week, and discuss what makes them great! (Or not so great, as the case may be, as Penelope has already warned me about her feelings on Fast & Furious 4.)
2020-05-08
26 min
Greater Than Code
179: Conference Magic with PJ Hagerty
02:43 - PJ’s Superpower: Convincing people that karaoke is a good idea. PJ’s Karaoke History Why Karaoke is Awesome 07:13 - The DevRel World (DevRel = Developer Relations) Jim Weirich 13:42 - Online vs In-Person/Live Conferences Body Language and Delivery Hallway Track: Is not a literal 'track.' It's all the interactions, conversations, talk follow-up, etc. that happen at a conference outside of the formal schedule. Hallway tracks are when people interact socially about the issues being discussed at the event. For instance, between talks or over lunch. Most hallway track conversations are open and casu...
2020-04-22
1h 13
Greater Than Code
Special Edition: COVID-19
Content warnings for discussion of pandemic and sickness, American politics, and mental health issues. In this special episode of Greater Than Code, several of our panelists have a candid conversation about the current COVID-19 situation, how it has been affecting them personally, and how they believe it will affect the tech industry as a whole. Discussion topics include how it feels both to be working and unemployed during the pandemic, productivity while quarantined, the effect on WFH and conference culture, the current political climate, and human resiliency in the face of the unknown. Links Mentioned:
2020-04-09
53 min
Greater Than Code
177: Source Docs and People with Chris Stead
00:56 - Chris’ Superpower: Not Knowing In Public Asking Questions 02:53 - Source Documents and Their Relation To People Grace Hopper Maintaining Code to Give People Context (Writing Code For People) Critical Complexity Indu Alagarsamy 06:44 - Encouraging Others To Write Code For People Modeling Behavior Event Storming ECO Mapping (Ego, Command, Outcome) Creating Culture Arlo Belshee: Naming is a Process 12:39 - Naming Things in Code / Narratives in Software and Business 18:53 - Asking the Right Questions Google-Fu Mobbing Interviews 22:38 - Interviewing for the Benefit of the Interviewee The Problem with Being Tr...
2020-04-08
55 min
Greater Than Code
169: Career Elbows
01:49 - Rein Talks About His Recent Career Transition From Being a Consultant to a Full-Time Employee 03:52 - Jamey Talks About the Decision to Leave Their Job Making The Decision To Leave Your Comfort Zone 05:34 - Pros and Cons of Staying for Job Stability and Comfort Learned Helplessness Being a Part of a System Don’t Be The Smartest Person in The Room Shared Space 13:20 - Resilience and Regulatory Mechanisms Dr. Richard Cook - REdeploy 2019 Talk 15:59 - Interviews Watching Interviewers’ Reactions to Challenging Their Questions Gerald Weinberg - Secrets of Consulting Most...
2020-02-12
1h 01
Greater Than Code
168: Appolition with Dr. Kortney Ziegler
01:06 - 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...
2020-02-05
1h 01
Greater Than Code
167: Clarity of Thought with Ted M. Young
01:20 - Ted’s Superpower: Translating things for people to understand better. 02:49 - Coding on a Live Stream Curiosity is Useful and Dangerous Comparing Coding to Puzzles 07:13 - Research is a Drug Finding Answers is Gratifying Current Reading Infects Daily Thought Anders Ericsson 10:45 - Connecting the Academic Idea of Expertise to Everyday Context Worked Examples Memory Limits Gaining a Solid Foundation for Training Purposes The Path of Decision-making 16:50 - Code Reviews Learning About Decisions Made Along the Way Pair Programming and Mob Programming Externalizing Your Thinking Curse of Knowledge 19:41 - Re...
2020-01-29
1h 01
Greater Than Code
Fast & Furious with Penelope Phippen
Please enjoy this mini-episode of Greater Than Code featuring guest Penelope Phippen as we begin to pivot to our new podcast theme, the Fast & Furious. * ( * Just kidding, we are still a tech podcast.) But we do hope you enjoy this set of outtakes where we grill Penelope on her Fast & Furious knowledge and speculate about the future of the franchise.) This is the kind of content we normally release exclusively to our Patreon subscribers, but we didn't want to hoard such joy, so it's a gift to all of you. But if you...
2020-01-15
10 min
Greater Than Code
158: Exploring Company Values with Ariel Caplan
01:22 - 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...
2019-11-27
1h 02
Greater Than Code
147: Organizing Organizations with Jennifer Tu
00:52 - 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
2019-09-11
52 min
Greater Than Code
145: Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations with Brandy Foster
01:17 - Brandy’s Superpower: Adaptability 02:22 - Codes of Ethics Facial Recognition Technology Fear Detection Software / Emotion Recognition AI "emotion recognition" can't be trusted. Royal Oak police stop Black man for 'looking suspiciously' at white woman The Fear Response to African Americans: A Summary of an fMRI Study on Amygdala Activation and Race 11:09 - The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Solving These Problems Unintended Consequences The diversity and inclusion revolution: Eight powerful truths The Truth About Diverse Teams 24:18 - Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations The Spoken Value System Vs The Lived Va...
2019-08-28
1h 03
Greater Than Code
138: Job Satisfaction
02:13 - 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...
2019-07-10
1h 03
Greater Than Code
129: Bringing The Fun with Lori Olson
Use the coupon code GREATER20OFF to get 20% off on any WNDX School course in May! 01:23 - Lori’s Superpower: Mapping 03:56 - “Positive Mania” and Getting Into Game Programming Dragon Ruby Game Toolkit Galaga 07:42 - Fun, Learning New Stuff, and Abandoning Old Stuff The WNDX Group Inc 12:42 - Cultural Differences Between Programming Language Communities 23:18 - Thoughts on Platformification Kubernetes 27:44 - Maintenance; The Evolution of Home Automation X10 Home Automation 32:13 - Mentoring Novices and Beginners Cana...
2019-05-08
57 min
Greater Than Code
124: Navigating Neurodiversity with Helen Needham
01:45 - Helen’s Superpower: Taking Abstract Information Seeing Things Others Don’t See 05:26 - Decoding People: Asking Contextual Questions and Listening For Motivation 11:52 - The Intersection of Empathy and Neurodiversity 15:14 - Being Deliberate as a Survival/Coping Skill 16:41 - Being Different, Understanding Yourself, and Discovering Your Unique Capabilities 23:22 - Interfacing with the Neurodivergent Community and Actively and Openly Talking About Neurodiversity 30:55 - Paying Attention to EQ: Emotional Intelligence 37:01 - Becoming Self-Aware Helen Needham: My guide to working with me (an autistic adult) 41...
2019-04-03
52 min
Greater Than Code
119: Cultural Brokerage with Bianca Escalante
01:55 - Bianca’s Superpower: Being a Cultural Broker 06:36 - Code-Switching and Identity As An Asset Keynote: Who and What We're Leaving Behind by Bianca Escalante @ RubyConf 2018 Open Source for ...Bad? by Bianca Escalante @ Codeland 2018 12:55 - Normalizing Conversations, Speaking About Race Openly, and the Concept of Distance Travelled 21:17 - Reconciling Failure, Repressing Feelings, and The Importance of Human Connection 34:02 - D&I: Who is responsible? Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Shine Theory Reflections: ...
2019-02-27
1h 06
Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars
Jamey Hampton of BodyVox
Take a trip into dance-making, with Artistic Directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland at BodyVox. They've invited a group of creatives, none of whom have ever worked in dance before. “What will happen when artists and innovators working at the peak of their profession immerse themselves in a craft they’ve never considered?” The Pearl Dive Project melds creative worlds in a collaboration of movement and ideas, the likes of which have never been seen. Don't forget that BodyVox has partner restaurants that offer discounts for a fantastic date night!
2019-02-20
31 min
Greater Than Code
118: A Piece of Luck with Jessica Kerr
01:50 - 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...
2019-02-20
1h 05
Greater Than Code
115: Tension Between Opposites with Sam Joseph
01:30 – Sam’s Superpower: Persistence AgileVentures Blog 08:07 – Mindfulness and Relaxation; Nonviolent Communication Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Shambhala 17:23 – Collaborative Communication and Learning 26:17 – The Tension Between Code/Architectural Beauty and Delivering Working Solutions That Meet End-Users Needs The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman 38:49 – Being “Used to Things” and Getting Things Done via Incremental Changes Technology Strategy: Leaky Boats and Rocket Ships Reflections: John: 1) Thinking about relaxation as something you do as opposed to things you do...
2019-01-30
59 min
Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars
Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland Artistic Directors of Body Vox
BodyVox shines in creating a unique brand of dance theater. Meet Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland Artistic Directors of Body Vox and don't miss The Cutting Room January 24th through February 2nd. A sophisticated and delightful film and movement mashup that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
2018-12-19
23 min
Greater Than Code
110: Human Incident Response with Courtney Eckhardt
RubyConf 2018 - Retrospectives for Humans by Courtney Eckhardt 01:16 – Courtney’s Superpower: Explaining things. 06:50 – Incident Response: How we talk to people how are are affected by incidents Other Great Incident Response GTC Episodes! 088: The Safety 2 Dance with Steven Shorrock 096: Resilience Engineering with John Allspaw 13:52 – Disabilities in the Workplace and Professional Spaces 20:25 – The Tension Between Accessibility and Security 23:20 – Developing Coping Skills in Response to a Troubled Childhood / Combatting the Feeling of Being Othered 29:16 – Incident Retrospectives and Defensiveness as a Natural Instinct to Feedback 35:29 – Showing Vulnerability "In order...
2018-12-19
1h 00
Tech Done Right
Episode 51: Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton
Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com/workshops or email us at workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Jamey Hampton: Senior Software Dev at Agrilyst and panelist on Greater Than Code. Blogs at jamey-alea.com. Summary On this episode, we're talking about becoming a senior engineer. When you first become a senior engineer, you suddenly have new job responsibilities that aren't coding and they aren't management. It's not clear how to balance your time or evaluate...
2018-12-12
39 min
Tech Done Right
Episode 51: Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton
Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, visit http://tablexi.com/workshops or email us at workshops@tablexi.com. Guest Jamey Hampton: Senior Software Dev at Agrilyst and panelist on Greater Than Code. Blogs at jameybash.com. Summary On this episode, we're talking about becoming a senior engineer. When you first become a senior engineer, you suddenly have new job responsibilities that aren't coding and they aren't management. It's not clear how to balance...
2018-12-12
39 min
Greater Than Code
106: Taking Up Space with Laurie Barth
01:20 – Laurie’s Superpower: Being a Timesuck Impostor Syndrome 08:44 – Interviewing and Hiring Developers Effectively 12:24 – Creating False Negatives: Turning Down Candidates Prematurely 18:11 – Interviewing: Working With Existing Codebases and Asking Questions About Values RailsConf 2018: The Code-Free Developer Interview by Pete Holiday 22:59 – How ^ Advice Pertains to Different Sized Companies 25:54 – Getting the Entire Team Involved in Hiring Processes: People First, Technology Second 29:05 – YOU CAN USE GOOGLE!!! (It’s Not Cheating!) 33:55 – Coding: Smartness vs Patience; Coming From Non-Coding Backgrounds (and why it’s a good thing!) Set Design: Putting...
2018-11-21
58 min
Greater Than Code
103: The Org You Were Born Into with Marcus Blankenship
01:12 – Marcus’ Superpower: Helping Engineers Become Good Bosses 02:30 – Bosses Who Don’t Wanna Boss: Ending Up in Management The Peter Principle 10:37 – Are there people who just aren’t cut out for management or leadership? 14:20 – Applying Rationality to Organizations 20:23 – Alignment Not Agreement 24:52 – Is there a safe way to try and fail at management? Trying on Hats Ruby For Good 31:16 – What does “BOSS” mean? Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 36:03 – The Up/Down of the Hierarchy Metaphors We Live By Humble Inqu...
2018-10-31
1h 07
Greater Than Code
101: A Difficult Conversation with Sonia Gupta
02:02 – Sonia’s Superpower: Talking about white supremacy and dealing with the fallout. 05:27 – Feeling Rightness and Motivation to Stand Up for Your Beliefs 10:15 – Seeing Your Advocacy and Efforts Make a Difference 12:17 – When People Disagree 16:26 – Ingroup vs Outgroup Empathy 21:17 – Intersectionality White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 26:07 – Navigating Situations with Empathy 28:25 – Staying In Your Own Lane While Advocating For and Amplifying Others 35:39 – Educating Yourself About Race So You Want to Talk About Race Other Resources from...
2018-10-17
53 min
Greater Than Code
100: The Business of Documentation with Jaime Slutzky
01:12 – Jaime’s Superpower: Taking complex ideas and figuring out the fastest way from here to there. (i.e.: logistics!) Zapier 05:41 – Tech as a Roadblock 19:44 – Handing Off Responsibilities to Business Owners Process Street The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Bullet Journals 18:09 – Identifying Ideal Clients and Attitudes Towards Technology 24:40 – Documentation 36:53 – What do clients need to know about technology? Reflections: John: Documentation is important. Jamey: Getting tech recommendations from people you trust, pick one, and do it. Don’t be p...
2018-10-10
43 min
Greater Than Code
099: The Knowledge You Possess with Stephanie Morillo
02:40 – Stephanie’s Superpower: Intellectual Curiosity 13:06 – On Being a Content PM, Technical Writer, and Ruby Together Core Team Member @azureadvocates Ruby Together 19:44 – Validating Open Source Software Contribution Write the Docs Slack Community 24:27 – Filtering Feedback 28:14 – The Importance of Content Strategy Greater Than Code Episode 088: The Safety 2 Dance with Steven Shorrock 43:24 – Don’t Minimize Yourself! (Psst: You’re awesome!) One of the best (and worst) things about working in tech is how easy it is to get excited by something and wanting to learn it—right...
2018-10-03
1h 01
Greater Than Code
098: Designing For Inclusion with Jenny Shen
01:51 – Jenny’s Superpower: Not Giving a F*ck and Sticking Up For Others The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 05:00 – Living a Remote Lifestyle and Cross-Cultural Communication 08:34 – Design and UX For International Users / Research for Local Users 18:08 – Designing to Include All People: Is it possible? 27:07 – Paid Mentorship Sunk Cost Fallacy 34:32 – Offering Mentorship Scholarships 37:15 – Privilege and Open Source Ruby Together 40:22 – Advice for People Looking to Freelance and Work Remotely Reflections:
2018-09-20
51 min
Greater Than Code
095: Cleaning House with Heidi Waterhouse
01:20 – Heidi’s Superpower: Being Able to Remember Where Other People Set Things Down 03:53 – Where will software be in three years? Greater Than Code Episode 084: Federation Is Bad with Aurynn Shaw 08:28 – Resilience in People and Software Bob Marshall / @flowchainsensei 12:00 – Developer Relations Heidi’s Lady Conference Speaker Blog Posts 19:24 – Measuring Success in Developer Relations 23:43 – Fostering Relationships 29:13 – Life Hacks for ADD and Claiming Personal Space 41:37 – Housekeeping and Code Review; Clean Fights The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Reflections:
2018-08-29
1h 02
Greater Than Code
090: The Journey with Chelsea Troy
02:03 – 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...
2018-07-25
58 min
Greater Than Code
088: The Safety 2 Dance with Steven Shorrock
01:46 – Steven’s Superpower: Being a Super-Recognizer and Empathy Steven Shorrock on the myth of human error (Courtney Nash & O’Reilly Radar) 04:21 – Steven’s Occupational History, Background, and Mission: System Performance and Human Wellbeing 08:19 – Critical Incident Stress Management 10:40 – Social Capital, Bonds Within Groups, and Connectors Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Appreciative Inquiry ABCD: Gifts, Skills, Passions 29:37 – Cognitive Empathy vs Emotional Empathy, and Creating Serendipity 36:33 – Safety-I and Safety-II 55:11 – Work-As-Imagined & Work-As-Done; Work-As-Prescribed, Work-As-Disclosed Reflections: John: ABCD and thinking about ways to incorporate...
2018-07-11
1h 03
Greater Than Code
086: Culture Is A Community Growing Together with Jesse Oliver Sanford
01:18 – Oliver’s Superpower: The Ability to Read 01:54 – Cognitive Science and Emotional Cognition George Lakehoff Restylane Injections The effects of BOTOX injections on emotional experience. 11:24 – How People Think When They Code and the Intersection Between Mind and Body fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Brodmann Area 15:38 – The Importance of Cultural Capital 14:42 – Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: All About Flow & Positive Psychology Flow Genome Project The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler Stealing F...
2018-06-27
1h 09
Greater Than Code
085: BOOK CLUB! Technically Wrong with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Buy the book! Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech 01:02 – Sara’s Superpower: Communication and Connecting the Dots 03:43 – The Process of Writing, Editing, and Communicating the Book 06:17 – A Summary of Technically Wrong 11:13 – The Harms and Risk of Data Sharing on Social Media 14:42 – Bias and Algorithms Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble 23:50 – Machine Learning and Image Recognition 28:48 – Ethics Training and Responsibility RubyConf 2017: Finding Responsibility by Caleb Thompson 35:45 – Paternalizm / Parochialism Reflections...
2018-06-20
48 min
Greater Than Code
079: Respect As Currency with Richard Schneeman
02:05 – Schneems’ Superpower: Not being grossed out by baby poop! And, debugging. 06:03 – The Skill and The Art of Troubleshooting 18:12 – Interviewing and Evaluating People 32:07 – Working in Open Source 37:17 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency 40:32 – The Role of Empathy in Open Source 50:52 – Bringing Open Source Values Into Companies 57:33 – Putting Machines in the Middle of People Reflections: Jamey: Gut feelings vs objective data. John: Dealing with unfriendly support cases and still having empathy. Rein: Being able to stay centered when things pull you off balan...
2018-05-09
1h 11
Greater Than Code
073: Driven By Need, Guided By Example with Dan North
01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization 03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing? Kaizen Kaikaku Cost Accounting 17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege? 33:34 – Team Alignment, Collectiveness, and Camaraderie 37:42 – Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) vs Test-Driven Development (TDD) Write the executable specifications to guide development. Then, delete most of them to optimize for documentation. Don’t pretend that the code is tested; that’s quite different. from @tastapod on @greaterthancode — Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) March 14, 2018 58:00 – Customer Empathy Growing Object-Oriented So...
2018-03-28
1h 11
Greater Than Code
072: Story Time with Kerri Miller
01:53 – Kerri’s Superpower: Looking ahead to the future. 08:33 – Community Gatekeeping and Contempt Culture Liz Baillie: The Illustrated Adventure Survival Guide for New Rustaceans @ RustConf 2016 Slides ^ Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies @ RailsConf2014 Slides ^ 16:03 – The Contextual Framing of Storytelling Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Ada Developers Academy Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby 31:50 – Retaining Information and Explaining Things to Others 44:05 – Technical Jargon: Tactical and Strategic 47:39 – Storytelling is Everywhere Talk Like TED: The 9...
2018-03-21
1h 14
Greater Than Code
070: Trusting The Universe with Kale Kaposhilin
02:10 – Kale’s Origin Story 05:10 – Connecting Through Story and Voice The Law of Raspberry Jam 08:17 – Communicating Through Text vs Communicating Through Speech Daniel Quinn Ishmael by Daniel Quinn 12:43 – Kale’s Superpower: Facilitating the Voices of Other People Hudson Valley Tech Meetup Catskills Conf 17:28 – Running Unconventional Events and Conferences; Trust and Taking Risks 25:10 – Creating Opportunities and Accepting Offerings 27:49 – Encouraging Diverse Attendance and Making People Feel Welcome Virtue Signalling 38:45 – Interpreting Intentions, Actions, and Reactions; Centering Yourself and Being Vulnerable...
2018-03-07
54 min
Greater Than Code
068: Skills of Resilience with Gerry Valentine
01:28 – Gerry’s Superpower: Building Resilience 02:51 – What is Resilience? 08:59 – Creating an Atmosphere of Psychological Safety 11:04 – Having Tough Conversations: Resilience on the Societal Level 18:41 – Moving Other People Forward and Leading Others as a Senior Dev 27:07 – Code Chitakwas 33:10 – Devaluing the Notion of Intellect Reflections: Gerry: What is “smart”, really and how are we smart enough to make the room of smart people bigger? Coraline: Thinking of myself as a leader in my company and think about it can use the influence that I have to make sure that we...
2018-02-21
45 min
Greater Than Code
067: Tech in Transition with Ashanti-Mutinta
01:09 – Ashanti’s Superpower: People say they’re funny on Twitter! 02:37 – Having Dialogue and Engaging with Others on Twitter 07:42 – Finding Safe Online Community Networks via Social Media Platforms 16:13 – Making Platforms Safer 18:06 – Perspectives on Blocking https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/listen_to_yourself.png 25:05 – Perspectives on Real Name Policies 29:59 – Gender Identity Education 36:57 – Transitioning in While Working in Tech Reflections: Rein: Listening and learning about trans experiences. Coraline: Taking care of how we are presenting ourselves to the world. Jamey: The act of...
2018-02-14
50 min
Greater Than Code
066: Growing a Culture with Allison Kopf
01:15 – Allison’s Superpower: Making Unplanned and Hectic Situations Work Out The Stockdale Paradox 06:43 – Getting Into Agriculture 08:54 – Building a Company Culture 13:19 – Transmitting Culture and Core Values When Hiring New People 20:02 – Disagreeing Respectfully and Maintaining Strong Opinions 25:19 – Clear Boundaries Between Work and Home Life 32:34 – What Tech Look Looks Like in the Context of a Working Farm 40:27 – Writing Code for Non-Technical People Reflections: Coraline: Practicing empathy for the user when writing software. Jamey: Consciously make space for people who don’t speak as loudly as...
2018-02-07
51 min
Greater Than Code
065: Radical Design with Marian Petre and André van der Hoek
Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (The MIT Press) by Marian Petre and André van der Hoek 01:39 – Marian’s Superpower: Picking Brains Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter 03:28 – André’s Superpower: Identifying Patterns 04:23 – Design Thinking Within Companies and The Error by Proxy Phenomenon 09:19 – The Notion that Design Has Gone Away 12:18 – Radical vs Normal Design: What drives the need for radical design? When does normal design stop being effective? 19:55 – The Democratization of Software Development 24:45 – Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Exp...
2018-01-31
1h 03
Greater Than Code
064: Stories, Bias and AI with Aditya Mukerjee
00:58 – Aditya’s Superpower: Parking Karma 03:18 – Algorithmic Decision Making in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 09:06 – Recognizing the Effects of Bias The Bias Blind Spot The Babadook 18:07 – Health and Technology: How can technology have a meaningful impact on care delivery? 23:54 – Why are people frightened of automation? 33:33 – Storytelling in Software and Engineering Reflections: Sam: Be a little bit more aware of how stories are told. Aditya: Thinking of yourself as an editor for the story. Jamey: The difference between can we build this...
2018-01-24
54 min
Greater Than Code
062: The Beauty of Art and Technology with Jamey Hampton
01:22 – Jamey’s Superpower: “The Fharlanghn Sense” 02:40 – Working in Agriculture 04:03 – Theories on Automation 05:56 – Pivoting Into Computer Science and Software Development 10:35 – Feeling Like You Need to Know Everything Stella Report from the SNAFUcatchers Workshop on Coping With Complexity 15:47 – ‘Zines and Being a ‘Zine Librarian 27:50 – The Beauty of Art and Technology and Forming Emotional Connections to Things Floppy Music DUO – Imperial March 35:26 – The Death Star => Ethics in Technology and Taking Responsibility/Being Accountable for your Code Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsite ...
2018-01-10
58 min
Greater Than Code
062: The Beauty of Art and Technology with Jamey Hampton
01:22 – Jamey’s Superpower: “The Fharlanghn Sense” 02:40 – Working in Agriculture 04:03 – Theories on Automation 05:56 – Pivoting Into Computer Science and Software Development 10:35 – Feeling Like You Need to Know Everything Stella Report from the SNAFUcatchers Workshop on Coping With Complexity 15:47 – ‘Zines and Being a ‘Zine Librarian 27:50 – The Beauty of Art and Technology and Forming Emotional Connections to Things Floppy Music DUO – Imperial March 35:26 – The Death Star => Ethics in Technology and Taking Responsibility/Being Accountable for your Code Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsite ...
2018-01-10
58 min
Greater Than Code
060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck
01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander 04:01 – Metaphors in Software Development 07:32 – Writing Tests and Keeping a Journal @jessitron The unit/integration distinction confuses me. I test at the level of, “Here’s a thought I need to capture.” @KentBeck on @greaterthancode 10:58 – Complexity Partitioning One Bite At A Time: Partitioning Complexity Kent’s musings on the topic of unit versus integration testing after the sh...
2017-12-27
43 min
Greater Than Code
059: Science All The Things! with Pamela Gay
01:13 – Pamela Podcasting, Since…well, FOREVER! Astronomy Cast 365 Days of Astronomy Adam Curry 02:19 – Pamela’s Superpower: Solving Random Problems with Software 05:19 – Becoming a “Reluctant Coder” i.e. Coding Out of Necessity 10:58 – Battlestar Galactica => Greek Mythology => Space => Astrophysics 14:52 – Doing What You Have To Do vs Doing What You Love To Do 20:27 – The Goal of Podcasting and Target Audience 23:57 – Understanding and Knowing Everything: Good? Bad? 26:03 – Outsourcing Work as a Personal Loss and The Internet’s Graveyard of Abandoned Projects 32:06 – Open Sourcing Work Yourself for t...
2017-12-20
59 min
Greater Than Code
054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
01:19 – 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 Respon...
2017-11-08
57 min
Greater Than Code
053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide
01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition 02:50 – Reflective Listening 05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide 11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions 15:10 – Who is the target audience for this book? 17:45 – The Evolution of Writing the Book 19:39 – People-first Language Kronda Adair: Five Stages of Unlearning Racism 23:40 – What if you get it wrong? @kronda Try to do good. Fuck it up. Apologize Try not to make the same mistake again. That’s the job. Google Image Result for https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Character-Building-Four-Part-Apology-1397830518/original-1018935-1.jpgnull 29:4...
2017-11-01
51 min
Greater Than Code
052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21:50 – Engineering Vs Management 29:09 – Data Science 32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege 36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Inc...
2017-10-25
58 min
Greater Than Code
050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Crabmeat” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:02 – Steve’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpowers! Skrillex 06:00 – Contributing to Open Source why the lucky stiff Hackety Hack Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby 11:07 – Succession Planning The Meme Hustler 20:12 – Organizing Groups of People in a Non-Authoritarian Way Mikhail Bakunin: What is Authority? The RFC Process in Rust Syndicalism 36:23 – Avoiding Using Language with Political Connotation Want to help keep us a weekly show, buy and ship you swa...
2017-10-11
1h 03
Greater Than Code
049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
Guest Starring: Reyn Aubrey: @ReynAubrey | PocketChange | reyn@pocketchange.social 00:16 – Welcome to “For Good or For Awesome?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:18 – Reyn Aubrey’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpower! 06:04 – Culture of a Company and Tolerance Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin 08:12 – Becoming an Entrepreneur at 19-years-old and PocketChange 10:40 – Charity Evaluation Criteria; “Wicked Problems” pocketchange.social/charities 14:33 – Habitizing Donation 16:22 – Analyzing and Collecting Charity Data GuideStar Charity Navigator CharityWatch 19:02 – How PocketChange is Structured 20:34 – The...
2017-10-04
56 min
Greater Than Code
048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:04 – Background and Superpower 03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twitter 04:41 – “Staying in Your Lane” 11:12 – To Engage, or Not to Engage? 16:10 – Mixing Social Justice and a Tech Career 20:49 – Having Conversations Re: Diversity and Inclusion 23:16 – Making Workplaces Inclusive and Changing the Culture 35:56 – Educating Others — But Not on Demand 38:28 – What is the right way to be an ally? Reading Spaces 43:59 – Starting/Organizing Working Groups 45:34 – Advocating for D&I as Le...
2017-09-27
57 min
Greater Than Code
045: Sexual Assault and Project Callisto with Lynn Cyrin
Content/Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault. 00:16 – Welcome to “Fullstack Activism” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:22 – Lynn’s Background Story and Superpowers FIRST LEGO League 11:34 – Project Callisto: Reporting Sexual Assault and Dealing with The System 17:57 – Institutional Betrayal and Keeping Information Private 20:49 – The Chain of Command: How Project Callisto Works 22:17 – Reticence When it Comes to Talking About Sexual Assault 26:04 – “Staying in Your Lane” 27:56 – Matching Reports 29:33 – The Technology Behind the App 34:14 – Evaluating Features 38:16 – Contributing to Project Callisto Fund Club Donat...
2017-09-06
53 min
Greater Than Code
044: Lazy Perfectionism and Performative Diversity and Inclusion with Shanise Barona
Come to Catskills Conf and meet Mandy & Jamey! Stay for the experience. Shanise Barona: @shanisebarona | shanisebarona.com 00:16 – Welcome to “Plant Parenthood!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:19 – Shanise’s Background Story and Superpower Girl Develop It 03:08 – “Lazy Perfectionism”, “The Explosion of Dissonance”, and “The Moment of Click” The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero 12:49 – Improving Self-Directed Learning 100 Days of Code 15:35 – Having Tunnel Vision Past the Poin...
2017-08-23
49 min
Greater Than Code
042: @CallbackWomen and Organizing Conferences for Diversity and Inclusion with Carina C. Zona
00:16 – Welcome to “Life, The Universe, and Podcasts!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:13 – Carina’s Background and Superpower 02:58 – @CallbackWomen and The Naming Struggle to Make Sure Marginalized and Non-Binary People Know They Are Included Ashe Dryden: Increasing Diversity at Your Conference 12:13 – Sending Signals and/or Indicators That Encourage People to Apply to Speak At Your Conference I hate to say this, but conferences need to relocate out of the U.S. My country is making business travel to U.S. untenable for so many ppl. https://t.co/bMOfbe6VDP— Carina C. Zona...
2017-08-09
1h 11
Greater Than Code
040: F*ck It And Be Nice
Extra super disclaimer: This episode contains a lot curse words. 00:16 – Welcome to “The Upcoming Release of the iPhone 4!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:36 – The Tweetstorm that Started it All 04:29 – Our Communication Skills and Curbing the Snobbery “It’s just not good business to be a jerk.” - @jennschiffer— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) July 15, 2017 Greater Than Code Episode Episode 039: The B-Side of Software Development with Scott Hanselman 11:33 – Arguing on the Internet Want to help make us a weekly show, buy and ship you swag, and bring us to conferences ne...
2017-07-26
50 min