Shows
We Are Not SavedThe 10 Books I Finished in November Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by: Robert Wright Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by: Matthew Desmond Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough by: Michael Easter Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by: Robert Pirsig Finite and Infinite Games by: James Carse Fever Pitch by: Nick Hornby Sun and Steel by: Yukio Mishima Coraline by: Neil Gaiman The Gods Never Left Us by: Erich von Däniken Mer...
2023-12-1049 min
Facing Fears and Shifting Gears: Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Making Positive ChangesEp 15: "Facing Fear and Shifting Gears" Zen Habit #10: Enjoy The Ride!"Sometimes it's better to travel than arrive"-Robert M. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"Life doesn't always take you where you think you want to go. Enjoy the ride anyway! Sometimes we get lost or make a mistake, but as painter Bob Ross would say, you can turn a mistake into a "happy mistake" if you choose to.********************************"Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive!My name is Leslie Reyes, and I'm the author of the IndieBRAG...
2023-11-0618 min
The Story Show”Familiar Strangers”While language and cultural barriers can make connecting with strangers challenging, sharing food often helps bring us together. Angie, Shane, and Jeremy chat about the power of shared meals before introducing world traveler Ross Pirsig's story about globe trotting and sharing food with new friends. Ross's story was recorded at the January 2020 Pass the Plate Story Show,
2021-12-1921 min
:focus state - a show about tech and creativity.50 Books Challenge pt 3. Keeping pace with busy pace, talking iPads and e-ink readersThis episode I'm at 21 books in 13 days, but work life gets busy. We talk the challenges and what the second half of this challenge looks like. We also talk the platforms I'm reading on, mostly the Kindle app on iPad and talking Mark's new e-ink reader tablet.
The first 25 books being read:
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
How to Be Interesting (in 10 Simple steps) by...
2019-04-0420 minThe Story ShowThe Man in Auschwitz - Ross PirsigThe story of Auschwitz survivor Kazimierz Piechowski and Ross Pirsig's quest to meet him.
2018-04-0810 min
Software Process and Measurement CastSPaMCAST 442 - Capability Teams, Software and Social Systems, Software QualityThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 442 features our essay on capability teams. The use of teams to deliver business value is at the core of most business models. Capability teams are a tool to unlock the value delivery engine of teams. Gene Hughson brings his Form Follows Function Blog to the cast this week to discuss his recent blog entry titled, Systems of Social Systems and the Software Systems They Create. We live in a complex world and just focusing on social systems or software systems misses the point! Our third column is from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries. The...
2017-05-1439 min