What is financial planning? This week Abraham Martinez, financial advisor and chief operating officer at Brio Financial, visits the show to explain his role as a financial advisor and some of the tools and strategies he uses to help clients rea

22: Ruby to Elixir

Jul 20th, 2019 38m 3s

Functions, processes, supervisors, pipelines, pattern matching, oh my! These are just a few of the cool things that you can play with in Elixir. This week I share my experience with Elixir so far and how it compares to Ruby.

21: More money please

Jul 13th, 2019 38m 12s

So you just nailed the interview and you're looking at a job offer. What's next? This week we talk about some tools and strategies to make that job offer even better.

20: Laptop in the cloud

Jul 9th, 2019 22m 43s

We put our music “in the cloud”, we put our documents “in the cloud”, we putour code “in the cloud”, but why don’t we put our development environment inthe cloud?

19: Photography exposed

Dec 8th, 2014 35m 43s

This week we learn enough about photography to pick up any camera in the world and bend it to our will.

18: Distributed teams

Nov 24th, 2014 32m 35s

This week I share what’s great and not so great about working on a distributed team and the tricks I use to make the experience even better.

17: Grandmaster of memory

Nov 17th, 2014 47m 4s

This week Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory and CEO of memrise.com, shares his thoughts on memory training, imagination, perception, and the future of learning.

16: Perfect pull request

Nov 10th, 2014 35m 10s

This week I share how to get project maintainers and co-workers excited about the code you write by building the perfect pull request.

15: Walkabout

Nov 3rd, 2014 34m 47s

This week Ben Orenstein stops in Portland, Oregon during his 3 month “walkabout” to teach me how to sing a barbershop tag and to share his thoughts on podcasting, conference talks, code review, and a few uncomfortable situations.

14: Never forget a name

Oct 27th, 2014 25m 14s

This week I share a simple, but powerful, technique I learned from USA memory champion Ron White for quickly memorizing any person’s name.

13: Speaking at conferences

Oct 20th, 2014 34m 52s

This week I talk about talking. I share the reasons I love speaking at conferences, why I think you’ll like it too, and how to make your conference talk more exciting and memorable than the rest.

12: Perfect cup of coffee

Oct 13th, 2014 40m 52s

This week Matt Perger, a competitive barista and World Brewers Cup champion, comes on the show to talk about coffee culture, bean roasting, competitive brewing, and how to make the perfect cup of coffee at home.

11: Growing as a programmer

Oct 6th, 2014 52m 20s

This week we get a voicemail from Ben in New York and I share the strategies and resources I’ve used to grow as a professional programmer.

10: Codecation

Sep 29th, 2014 31m 13s

This week I talk about taking an adventure with a stranger on the internet, what we learned, what we built, why we did it a second time, and why you might want to try it as well.

9: Forging elite fitness

Sep 22nd, 2014 53m 4s

This week Jeff Duncan, owner and trainer at CrossFit Pearl District, comes on the show to talk about CrossFit, how he started his gym, and why the program is different than any other fitness regimen you’ve tried.

8: Rubik's Cube Champion

Sep 15th, 2014 33m 58s

This week Feliks Zemdegs, the World Rubik’s Cube Champion, comes on the show to talk about the Rubik’s Cube, the method he uses to solve it, how he trains for a competition, and where we can go to get started with the cube today.

7: Repetitive strain injury

Sep 8th, 2014 33m 43s

This week we get a voicemail from Jonathan in Portland and learn all about RSI, some common myths, who’s at risk, how to prevent it, and why exercise plays an important role in staying pain free.

6: An unforgettable story

Sep 1st, 2014 25m 24s

This week we learn the exact same technique that memory athletes have mastered to memorize hundreds of random words, thousands of random numbers, and stacks of shuffled playing cards.

5: Open source checklist

Aug 25th, 2014 30m 14s

This week I share all the things I think about before releasing (or using) an open source project.

4: Existential crisis

Aug 18th, 2014 49m 23s

This week we get another voicemail and my brother Nick comes on the show to talk about deterministic multi-core processing, the CFP process for academic papers, how he transitioned from computer scientist to mountain guide, and everything you n

3: Forty-three quintillion

Aug 11th, 2014 27m 18s

This week I get my first voicemail, explain why I do (and don’t) use a standing desk, and I brush up on my math skills to show why solving the Rubik’s Cube will never be boring.

2: Pineapple in your pocket

Aug 4th, 2014 21m 25s

This week I talk about something I’m super excited about: Memory. By the end of this episode, you will be able to quickly memorize a list of 10 things and understand how to take your memory even further.