

Systematic
Brett Terpstra
Brett Terpstra explores the idea that all work is creative work, welcoming a different guest each week.
Episodes
Mentioned books

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


