

REWORK
37signals
A podcast by 37signals about the better way to work and run your business. The REWORK podcast features the co-founders of 37signals (the makers of Basecamp and HEY), Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson sharing their unique perspective on business and entrepreneurship along with host Kimberly Rhodes.
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Sep 10, 2019 • 18min
Farewell, Happy Camper
Basecamp.com - 00:19Adam Stoddard on Twitter - 00:29"Connecting the dots: How we put a smile on the Basecamp logo" (Signal v. Noise, October 2015) - 1:22You can see the 37signals logo in the upper right corner of this website - 3:4837signals changed its name to Basecamp in 2014 - 4:20 Jonathan Van Ness - 5:23Garmin's BaseCamp - 6:51The original 37signals manifesto - 8:40Pentagram - 11:35UnderConsideration's review of the new logo - 14:40

Sep 5, 2019 • 11min
BONUS - The Google Ads Shakedown
Jason's tweet - 00:18"Six Hours of Phone Calls," our episode about hiring an SEO consultant - 00:44Adam Stoddard, Basecamp's marketing designer - 2:17CNBC's story on Jason's tweet - 3:35CNN story on Burger King's mobile app promotion that trolled McDonald's - 10:18

Sep 3, 2019 • 28min
The Cult of Overwork
Ty Fujimura on Twitter - 00:52Ty's Medium essay, "The Cult of Overwork (And How to Avoid It)" - 00:54Cantilever website - 1:10Cal Newport's website - 8:47"The Cult of Overwork," James Surowiecki's New Yorker piece - 22:56Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - 25:54 (Wailin would like to say that she describes the circus trick incorrectly: The rider actually mounts a moving horse before diving off the platform. Wailin would also like to say that she corrected herself on mic but Shaun cut that part.)

Aug 27, 2019 • 38min
BONUS - 37signals Podcast - Q&A with Jason and David
We're taking off the month of August! During our hiatus, we'll be playing some vintage episodes of the 37signals Podcast, a show that Basecamp ran from 2009-2011 (and then forgot all about until Wailin came across the show during an unrelated Google search). In this episode, Basecamp (then 37signals) co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson answer questions from Signal v. Noise readers about the company's affiliate program, staying motivated, playing the stock market, and more.We'll be back with new episodes of Rework next week!

Aug 20, 2019 • 19min
BONUS - 37signals Podcast - Making People Pay
We're taking off the month of August! During our hiatus, we'll be playing some vintage episodes of the 37signals Podcast, a show that Basecamp ran from 2009-2011 (and then forgot all about until Wailin came across the show during an unrelated Google search). In this episode, Basecamp (then 37signals) co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about when to give something away and when to charge.

Aug 13, 2019 • 25min
BONUS - 37signals Podcast - Valuation Tales
We're taking off the month of August! During our hiatus, we'll be playing some vintage episodes of the 37signals Podcast, a show that Basecamp ran from 2009-2011 (and then forgot all about until Wailin came across the show during an unrelated Google search). In this episode, Basecamp (then 37signals) co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson discuss a satirical press release they wrote to skewer overblown tech company valuations. That leads to a broader discussion about investment, exits, and serial entrepreneurship.

Aug 6, 2019 • 28min
No Half Measures
Our previous two episodes, Shape Up and Shape Up Roundtable - 00:37Welcome Industries website | Twitter | Instagram - 1:16Pam's bio at Northwestern University - 1:31Brandon Williams' website - 3:31Umbra - 3:39Brandon's original idea for Float | Umbra product page - 3:54Kickstarter for the cork bag - 5:23Kickstarter for the photo frame - 5:56Kickstarter for the measuring cups - 6:52Most funded Kickstarter campaigns - 7:31Yanko Design's Instagram - 13:01International Home + Housewares Show - 13:53Janler Corporation - 14:41The cups are made of a plastic called Tritan - 18:58Crazing is cracking on the surface of an object - 19:07MoMA Design Store - 22:35Welcome Industries page to purchase the cups - 23:48Drink those claws - 27:19Wailin's explanation of "Hot Girl Summer" is mortifyingly inaccurate, so read this explainer instead - 27:28

Jul 30, 2019 • 29min
Shape Up Roundtable
The podcast discusses applying Shape Up principles in real life, focusing on project slices for progress, Basecamp versatility, navigating project challenges, and balancing creativity and constraints in shaping projects.

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Jul 23, 2019 • 29min
Shape Up with Ryan Singer
Books by Basecamp - 00:13Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters - 00:17Ryan on Twitter - 00:19Breadboard on Wikipedia and in Shape Up - 6:30Forrest M. Mims III on Wikipedia - 7:00"Planning is Guessing," our episode featuring Jason Fried on six-week cycles (his segment starts at 10:03). See also his Signal v. Noise post, "What six weeks of work looks like" - 13:20"Bets, not Backlogs," a chapter in Shape Up - 16:17The section on appetite in Shape Up - 17:13The section on the circuit breaker in Shape Up - 19:16

Jul 16, 2019 • 32min
Hire When It Hurts
Big Integer, our episode about the outage - 3:56DHH's posts on subsequent outages - 3:59"Basecamp is hiring a Head of Marketing" (Signal v. Noise) - 6:15archive of past talks by Basecampers - 6:29Books by Basecamp - 6:30Six Hours of Phone Calls, our episode about looking for an SEO consultant to help with Basecamp's Google ranking - 6:46Basecamp Support - 8:28"Basecamp is hiring Customer Support Representatives" (SvN) - 8:38"We're hiring a Director of Operations" (SvN) - 9:19"Basecamp is hiring a Senior Programmer" (SvN) - 11:12Workable - 14:38Hiring Is Not Hazing, our episode about code reviews and other aspects of tech interviews - 20:00Know Your Team, our episode about the company formerly known as the product Know Your Company - 29:25"Why work doesn't happen at work," Jason Fried's 2010 TEDxMidwest talk - 31:27


