
Systematic
Brett Terpstra explores the idea that all work is creative work, welcoming a different guest each week.
Latest episodes

Feb 4, 2021 • 60min
251: Coding Talk with Jesse Grosjean
This week’s guest is Jesse Grosjean, an independent developer known for WriteRoom, TaskPaper and a love of plain text. He joins Brett to talk coding, coffee, and board games.

Jan 28, 2021 • 1h 6min
250: Crossovertired with Christina Warren
This week’s guest is Christina Warren, senior cloud advocate at Microsoft. She’s also my co-host on Overtired, so consider this a rare crossover episode.

Jan 21, 2021 • 1h
249: Fully Functional with Jesse Atkinson
This week’s guest is Jesse Atkinson, a software engineer at Credit Karma. He joins Brett to discuss modern web development, keyboards, movies, and the rabbit holes of new hardware.

Dec 31, 2020 • 53min
248: Organizing ADHD with Nikki Kinzer
This week’s guest is Nikki Kinzer, ADHD coach and co-host of Taking Control: The ADHD podcast. She joins Brett to talk about ADHD coaching, the transition from organization professional to ADHD coach, and the joys of online grocery…

Dec 24, 2020 • 1h 1min
247: Attention, Memory, and Anxiety with Howard Buddin
This week’s guest is Howard Buddin, a neuropsychologist and four-time guest on Systematic. He joins Brett to talk offer his perspectives on psychological health in and out of quarantine.

Dec 17, 2020 • 55min
246: Sane Is a Relative Term with Ashley Esqueda
This week’s guest is Ashley Esqueda, senior producer at CNET and woman about the internet. She joins Brett to talk about producing video at home, gaming, and some media picks worth talking about.

Dec 10, 2020 • 1h
245: Give Me That Panic Attack with Pete Wright
This week’s guest is Pete Wright, podcaster, producer, and photographer. You may know him as the co-host of Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast. He joins us to talk about podcasting, movies, music, COVID-19 and a dizzying array of topics that…

Nov 5, 2020 • 59min
244: Fidget Knitting with Kelly Guimont
This week’s guest is Kelly Guimont operations manager at Technolutionary in Washington DC, as well as doing the Daily Observations podcast at The Mac Observer, The Incomparable with Don Melton, and The Aftershow with Mike Rose. She joins…

Oct 22, 2020 • 1h 2min
243: People Who Build Things with Jay Miller
This week’s guest is Jay Miller, a podcaster, developer, and, as of recently, a developer advocate for Elastic. We chat about what a developer advocate does, adventures in productivity, and the joy of building things that help people who…

Oct 15, 2020 • 1h
242: People Will Save Us with Alex Cox
Alex Cox, Senior AV Producer at Cards Against Humanity and prolific podcaster, joins Brett to talk about gender, bipolar disorder, and the wonders of virtual reality.