Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and Laura Roeder, founder of Edgar, chat about anthropomorphizing your brand to build better engagement, going the extra step to care about customer success, and some tips for social media marketing best practices. This episode is brought to you by Formkeep: Form endpoints for designers and developers Edgar Edgar is my boyfriend- Sticker shown at the top of this glowing love-letter to Edgar thoughtbot Playbook Laura on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with Hiten Shah, co-founder of Crazy Egg and Kissmetrics, on the value of helping others, frameworks for a better life, being an infovore, and tips for finding a successful product niche. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Crazy Egg Kissmetrics Jeff Bezos - Regret Minimization Framework Hacks for Infovores "Be Good"- Paul Graham The Lean Startup Jack Dorsey on CEO as Editor The Startup Chat Podcast Saas Weekly Hiten on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Eric Normand, founder of LispCast and PurelyFunctional.tv, talks with Ben about the pros and cons of Haskell and Clojure, pain points of running an educational coding platform, and how the next "killer demo" in programming will present itself. They also discuss Brendan Dunn's writings, compare Haskell and Clojure, and explore the potential of ClosureScript in hackathons.

Ben talks with Steli Efti, CEO and Co-founder of Close, on maintaining energy and passion in speaking, why engineers make great sales people (and how they can be even better), and managing your emotions to be more productive and happy. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Close How to Build a Solo SaaS Sales Machine Engineers Vs Sales People The Startup Chat Steli on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad talks with C. Todd Lombardo & Trace Wax about their new book, co-authored with Richard Banfield, Design Sprint: A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products, as well as the process and benefits of design sprints. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Design Sprint: A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products Giant Robots #106 The Character Growth Card at Character Lab The IKEA Effect- Michael Norton Design Museum Boston Jobs to be Done Framework and Jobs Stories GoToMeeting Lean Startup Methodology Tentative #6 C. Todd on Twitter Trace on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Brenda talks with Sara Chipps on the desire to educate in code, her inspiration to work on hardware, and the troubles of manufacturing. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Jewelbots CSS Dev Conf Girl Develop It Mesh Networking FIRST Robotics Programs Web Summit Barbie, You Can Be Anything Campaign NodeBots Highway1 Sara on Twitter Sara on Medium Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad Pytel and Laila Winner welcome Star Simpson to discuss PLIBMTTBHGATY (Programming Languages I’ve Been Meaning To Try But Haven’t Gotten Around To Yet), fostering community through meet-ups, and the finer points of taco delivery via drone. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Makani TacoCopter CloudApp PLIBMTTBHGATY Laila on Bike Shed Brain𝑓*ⓒ# plibmttbhgaty.com MIT / BU Legal Clinic Freedom to Innovate Summit Star's Projects Star on Twitter Laila on Twitter Chad on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer on fitting both development and design in her job title, tips for public speaking, and introduces a new change to the show. Upcase: 50% Off Your First Month For Giant Robots Listeners! Girl Develop It CSS Dev Conf The Tim Ferriss Show Startups for the Rest of Us Comedy Bang Bang The Bike Shed Savage Lovecast Get to know your new sometimes-host better! Brenda on Twitter Brenda on Reboot Podcast Brenda on Tentative Podcast Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with John Norman about his process and modified approach to the delivery, payment, and tech of modern managed health care. They also touch on age bias in the programming world, living a purpose-driven life, and dealing with startup growth. Iora Health "The Hot Spotters"- Atul Gawande The Healing of America- T.R. Reid WellnessFX Agile Manifesto HIPAA Being Mortal- Atul Gawande "How to Scale a Development Team"- Adam Wiggins "The Double Diamond Model of Product Definition and Design"- Peter Merholz John on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben talks with Adam & Jerod of The Changelog Podcast to discuss their personal interviewing modalities, doing full-time media creation, and a new video project aimed to explore the actual people behind your programming heroes. The Changelog Beyond Code Keep Ruby Weird The Moth Semisonic- "Closing Time" Wistia Wistia on Giant Robots thoughtbot's Podcasts (just in case you didn't already know about our other great shows) Ping The Changelog Changelog Weekly Adam On Twitter Jerod on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots