Systematic

Brett Terpstra
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May 20, 2014 • 1h 7min

97: Phillip Broughton – Sub-zero radioactive bartending

NOTE: This episode contains at least one swear word and may not be suitable for sensitive listeners. Show links Funranium Labs Polyphasic sleep – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: Shuttr PICK: Fortune and Glory PICK: Atomic-Robo PICK: ReKoMe PICK: Carmageddon PICK: Assistant.io Funranium Labs (funranium) on Twitter
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May 13, 2014 • 1h 12min

96: Economic Audiophilia with Matthew Ward

Matthew Ward, contributor to Macworld and TechHive, writes audio equipment reviews for a living. That, and working in Computational Biology… don’t worry, he didn’t spend too long trying to teach Brett what that meant — it’s more about whiskey and headphones. Show links
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May 6, 2014 • 1h 6min

95: Robert McGinley Myers – Tech Anxiety

Robert McGinley Myers joins Brett to discuss working in public radio, creative writing, blogging, and coping with email and tech anxiety. Show links Anxious Machine The best password manager (and why you need one) – The Sweet Setup The best iPhone email app for power users – The Sweet Setup Literature and Latte – Scrivener Writing Software Couch Music Player on the App Store on iTunes PICK: Cadence BPM Tapper beaTunes ~ iTunes BPM Detection Cadence iPhone App PICK: Minitube for YouTube devil worship pop music – YouTube Play+: A YouTube viewing and discovery app for Mac OS X PICK: Ecoute – The standalone music player Mac App Store – VOX PICK: MistoBox Brew Guides PICK: Industrial Strength Sticky-Back Hook Loop Fastener Strips Origami Workstation for iPad by Incase Wireless Backlit Keyboard for Mac, iPad, iPhone + Apple TV – Logitech PICK: Contexts — Window Switcher Rob Mcginley Myers (robmcmyers) on Twitter
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Apr 29, 2014 • 1h 7min

94: Work Overload With David Chartier

From primal color preferences to the advent and decline of rollerblading, David Chartier (tech writer, AgileBits Herald) talks with Brett about the things that really matter. Show links David Chartier – Content Strategist, Writer, Tech Distiller Finer Things in Tech FeedPress — Feed analytics done right. PICK: Dispatch – Action-Based Email Reinvented Software – Feeder for Mac PICK: Bonsai Slice PICK: Chicago’s Pop Culture Event – C2E2 PICK: Fluid – Turn Your Favorite Web Apps into Real Mac Apps PICK: DOOP Urban Inline Skates 2014 PICK: Cakebrew David Chartier on Twitter David Chartier on App.net
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Apr 22, 2014 • 1h 5min

93: Appropriating Tech with Alex Enkerli

Alex Enkerli, an ethnologist living in Montreal, joins Brett to discuss ethnography, appropriating tech and user innovation driving technological progress. Show links Alexandre Enkerli – Informal Ethnographer Disparate – A bilingual blog on disparate subjects / Un blogue disparate bilingue. Michael Schrage on Innovation Noam Chomsky – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Mouthful of Air – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PICK: ThumbJam on the App Store on iTunes Bebot – Robot Synth on the App Store on iTunes PICK: Moviedo – Todo Lists for Movies PICK: Tenqa REMXD Wireless Bluetooth Headphones PICK: GoSkyWatch Planetarium PICK: Le Trou Du Diable PICK: Forecast.io Alexandre Enkerli (enkerli) on Twitter InformalEthnographer (iethnographer) on Twitter
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Apr 15, 2014 • 1h 23min

92: Fascinating Details with Ryan Irelan

Ryan Irelan is the owner of Mijingo and the primary creator behind its stream of popular tech tutorial videos. He’s also the Vice President of Technology at Happy Cog. He joins Brett and talks about both of those things, up until Brett derails the conversation with a Bruce Springsteen question. Show links Ryan Irelan Web design, web development, mobile content strategy by Happy Cog Ben Jerry’s Mijingo – Learn Web Design, Web Development with Video Training and Screencasts MindMeister Bruce Lee : Like Water – YouTube I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Chromatics – YouTube Because the Night – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thunder Road (song) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Steve Goodman Train PICK: FiLMiC Pro Wistia – Video Hosting for Business Glif iPhone tripod mount — Studio Neat H4n Handy Recorder PICK: Ghostlab PICK: The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money Carl Richards (behaviorgap) on Twitter PICK: Fantastical 2 for iPad – Calendar and Reminders on the App Store on iTunes Fantastical 2 for iPad, review and giveaway – BrettTerpstra.com Superchunk – I Hate Music PICK: Jason Isbell – Southeastern JASON ISBELL – FLYING OVER WATER LYRICS PICK: Chameleon SSD Optimizer Ryan Irelan (ryanirelan) on Twitter Ryan Irelan (ryanirelan) on App.net
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Apr 9, 2014 • 1h 10min

91: Ad Hilaritatem with Brother Gabriel Mosher

Brother Gabriel Mosher comes by to talk about technology in the life of a Dominican Friar. Show links The Eighth Way Dominican Order – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Home – Western Dominican Province PICK: Tonx PICK: VideoMix PICK: Harry’s – Quality Men’s Shaving Products. Fair Prices. Simple. PICK: Datalove – Stats Tracker PICK: St. George Spirits PICK: EZOPower 2 in 1 Apple Certified 8-Pin Lightning Connector + Micro-USB Br Gabriel Mosher OP (lukei4655) on Twitter Br. Gabriel Mosher, O.P. (lukei4655) on App.net
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Apr 3, 2014 • 1h 3min

90: Zachary Kain on design, writing and ADHD

Zachary Kain joins Brett to discuss UX design, writing and surviving ADHD without medication. Show links Drafting Code – Zachary Kain. Diving the deep waters of the web and the mysteries of code: a dev blog. Typetalk PICK: Asepsis is a system utility for prevention of .DS_Store files PICK: RoomScan Pro on the App Store on iTunes PICK: LICEcap PICK: Macaw: The Code-Savvy Web Design Tool PICK: The A-Team PICK: The Black Blood of the Earth Zachary Kain (zakkain) on Twitter
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Mar 25, 2014 • 46min

89: Colin Devroe on developing in the open

Colin Devroe of Plain talks about developing in the open versus siloed creation. Rounded out by kayaking, watercolors and the Top 3 Picks. Show links Plain – Deliberately Simple. Barley: The inline editor for everyone. Change the web. Unmark – The to do app for bookmarks. Barley vs. Unmark — What Have We Learned? PICK: How I use lists on Twitter Mac App Store – Tweetbot for Twitter Tweetbot 3 for Twitter (iPhone iPod touch) on the App Store on iTunes PICK: Super Stickman Golf 2 on the App Store on iTunes PICK: Shawn Blanc – The Mental Office doing – BrettTerpstra.com PICK: Auralex TTPRO Tubetak Pro Liquid Adhesive PICK: Slack: Be less busy PICK: Cards Against Humanity Colin Devroe (cdevroe) on Twitter Colin Devroe (cdevroe) on App.net Editorially The Watercolor Gallery Colin Goes Kayaking Bits about being or feeling finished
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Mar 18, 2014 • 1h 16min

88: David Macdonald hacks music and fitness

David Macdonald, contemporary classical composer and music business teacher, on creativity, composing and losing weight through life hacking. Show links David MacDonald, composer – I make things. This Page Left Intentionally Useless SoundNotion.tv MyFitnessPal.com Calorie Counter Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal on the App Store on iTunes PICK: Gumroad Memberful — Membership software. Simplified. Leanpub: Publish Early, Publish Often Patreon: About PICK: Bee PICK: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century PICK: Placeit @placeitapp PICK: Randolph Aviator sunglasses TOMS Eyewear PICK: Unmark – The to do app for bookmarks. davemacdo’s stream on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds David MacDonald (davemacdo) on Twitter

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