Frank and Angelo discuss the daily diary of small steps, Angelo's return to Swift, the value of guidance when learning complex things, and Frank's new Stream Deck.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If y

Episode 20: Digital Hoarders, Unite!

Jan 31st, 2020 32m 19s

Frank and Angelo discuss the weird ways that software creates breadcrumbs of your life, and the idea of digital hoarding.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you l

Episode 19: Do The Evernotion

Jan 27th, 2020 48m 33s

Frank and Angelo discuss backpacks, pulling stuff out of OmniFocus, and returning to Evernote, Notion, and good ol' textfiles.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if

Episode 18: Goooooaaaaal(s)

Dec 30th, 2019 39m 58s

Following up on last episode's discussion of annual retrospectives, Frank and Angelo think about setting SMART goals for 2020.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if

Episode 17: Retrospecting, Annually

Dec 11th, 2019 40m 49s

Frank and Angelo discuss annual retrospectives — why they're valuable, how they prepare, and what their process is.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a

Episode 16: An Escape Key for the Masses

Dec 7th, 2019 42m 47s

Frank and Angelo discuss workshops, releasing a thing to the world, Drafts, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on i

Episode 15: Books Are A Waste Of Time

Nov 6th, 2019 54m 5s

Frank and Angelo discuss a variety of things that are on their minds, including Hey Siri, activity rings, AirPods Pro, open source task management, and why books are a waste of time.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing me

Episode 14: Released to Production

Oct 24th, 2019 40m 19s

Frank talks to Angelo about how big changes help shake out your priorities, creating better travel systems, and why he finally decided to get his first iPhone case after 7 years.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meanin

Episode 13: Tabula Rasa

Sep 12th, 2019 48m 32s

Frank and Angelo discuss attention audits, clearing the decks, and shorthand.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so

Episode 12: Potato Farmers

Aug 28th, 2019 52m 2s

Frank and Angelo discuss introspection, notifications, and giving it all up to become potato farmers.Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTun

Episode 11: Only the Sith deal in absolutes

Jul 24th, 2019 38m 25s

We're back with season 2 of Make Before Break! In this episode, Frank and Angelo chat about how they're rebooting the show, and revisit their progress since the last episode aired over two months ago.Make Before Break is a podcast about the st

Concrete Change Examples

Apr 22nd, 2019 48m 58s

Frank and Angelo discuss examples of what they've changed in the way they work and how it's worked out for them.

How Angelo Works

Apr 14th, 2019 44m 2s

In this episode, we dive into how Angelo Gets Things Done: his workspace, his workflows, and his favourite tools.

How Frank Works

Apr 8th, 2019 45m 25s

In this episode, we dive into how Frank Gets Things Done: his workspace, his workflows, and his favourite tools.

Alfred Dot App

Apr 1st, 2019 46m 26s

Frank and Angelo wax poetic about their love for Alfred.

Balancing Full-Time Work And Side Projects

Mar 25th, 2019 41m 6s

Frank and Angelo discuss the difficulty in balancing full-time work and side projects. Full-time work is going to be a priority, but how can we keep our side projects from falling by the wayside or from taking our time and energy away from othe

Annual planning

Mar 18th, 2019 43m 7s

Frank and Angelo discuss how they plan for a new year.

A Belated 2018 Annual Retrospective

Mar 11th, 2019 50m 19s

Frank and Angelo share their thoughts on how 2018 went… long after the year ended.

Work Is Like A Dance

Mar 4th, 2019 1h 4m

Frank and Angelo discuss working preferences, communication, the toxicity of cynicism, and gratitude as a company value. Also, yyyy-MM-dd is the one date format to rule them all.(There's a bit of background noise in this one that's kind of ann

Habits

Feb 25th, 2019 56m 44s

Frank and Angelo discuss the power of habits, feedback loops, and living life on autopilot.

Removing Friction

Feb 18th, 2019 59m 31s

DescriptionFor the inaugural episode, Frank and Angelo discuss friction — how it affects us, how we try to minimize it, and when it can be a good thing.LinksWhat's blocking your creative output? - Annie Mueller (https://anniemueller.com/what

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