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Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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Sep 9, 2013 • 38min

65: No! Videos Private!

On this episode Ben talks with Chris Savage and Brendan Schwartz about Wistia Wistia Chris Savage's Twitter Brendan Schwartz's Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Sep 2, 2013 • 36min

64: Wistfully Into the Air

In this episode of Giant Robots Ben talks with Des Traynor about intercom, concise communication. blogging and customer outreach. Intercom Inside Intercom Blog Des Traynor's Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Aug 26, 2013 • 49min

63: Knowledge Bomb!

Ben and Chad discuss mentoring, job hunting tips and FAQ thoughtbot Code Review Guide Pair With Me Sandi Metz Rules Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Aug 19, 2013 • 32min

62: Family Business

In this of episode of Giant Robots, Ben speaks with Natalie Nagele and Ilya Sabanin about Wildbit, Beanstalk, and work flow. Wildbit Beanstalk Ilya Sabanin's Twitter Natalie Nagele's Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Aug 12, 2013 • 35min

61: Having the Craic with Paul

In this episode Paul and Ben talk about tito, funconf, and organizing conferences. Paul Campbell's Twitter Pabcas Hypertiny Tito Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Aug 5, 2013 • 34min

60: Deep Dive

In this week's episode Ben discusses effective business practices and advice for optimal page design with special guest Patrick McKenzie. Learn Prime Bingo Card Creator Paul Gram (Do Things That Don't Scale) Double your Freelancing Rate Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @patio11 on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jul 29, 2013 • 26min

59: Nowhere to Hide

In this episode, Ben Orenstein speaks with thoughtbot CTO Joe Ferris about the technical interview process at thoughtbot, and more. Flog tool complexity Flay duplication tool Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @joeferris on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jul 22, 2013 • 31min

58: A Thousand Neckbeards

This week Ben Orenstein, Pat Brisbin, and Mike Burns talk about Haskell, Linux, functional and dynamic programming, Conway's Game of Life, and much more. Real World Haskell Hackage Conways Game of LIfe Learn You A Haskell Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, @patbrisbin and @mikeburns on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jul 15, 2013 • 28min

57: Delayed Gratification

In this episode, Ben Orenstein is joined by Michael Klett, Co-founder and tech lead of Chargify. Ben and Michael discuss the evolution of Chargify and bumps along the way, underwear subscriptions, Michael’s transition from hardware to software, negativity in the Rails community, slow tests, and much more. Chargify Manpacks Bryan Helmcamp’s blog on 7 ways to refactor Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs @tenderlove’s keynote at railsconf Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @moklett on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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Jul 8, 2013 • 37min

56: Code in a Bubble Bath

]In this episode Ben Orenstein is joined by Alex MacCaw, creator of Spine, formerly of Twitter, and now a developer at Stripe. Ben and Alex talk about travel, writing, code, and couch surfing. Alex's Personal Website Alex's Blog Alex's World Travel Blog Post Alex's Github Spine Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @maccaw on twitter.Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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