Systematic

This week’s guest is Tyler Hall, a prolific Mac and iOS Developer, and father of two. He joins Brett to discuss developing apps that scratch your own itch, and making a profit doing it.

This week’s guest is Jared Rodriguez. He’s an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, teaching in the department of gender and race studies. He joins Brett to discuss distance learning, racism, and some lighter-hearted top picks.

Patrice Brend’amour is a content creator and developer. The last time we talked in 2014, Patrice was living as a man, and this episode focuses on her transition to living as a proudly transgender woman.

Rabbi Eric Linder returns to discuss things musical, technical, and rabbinical. But not in that order.

Greg Pierce, indie software developer and creator of Drafts for iOS and Mac, joins Brett to talk about software development, finding a sustainable pricing model, and some TV, film, and literary favorites.

This week’s guest is Sarah Johnson, mental health director at the YMCA in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She joins Brett to talk about working the crises that are amplified by the current public health situation.

Mike Schramm is a Senior Research Manager at Interpret in Los Angeles, working on providing qualitative research for the video game industry. He returns to Systematic to talk with Brett about his history with writing and gaming and how the two have intersected in meaningful ways.

Today’s guest, and the first guest in what I’ll call season 2 of Systematic, is Merlin Mann. He’s a prolific podcaster and man about the internet, and a repeat — one might say regular — guest on Systematic. Merlin joins me to inaugurate season two of Systematic. From mediocre home automation tools to the latest in Teppanyaki videos, it’s two ADHD podcasters catching up after a couple of years. NosillaCast Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC) Bunch MailMate TaskPaper Drafts Editorial Eufy Phillips Hue Motion Sensors GuardianVPN You Look Nice Today California King Top 3 Picks Descript Hit Parade slate hit parade red red wine Japanese Chefs cooking Teppanyaki How to ADHD Answers With Joe-Joe Scott Technology Connections Bando Manndo the Bearded Dragon @bandomanndo Thanks! You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network Check out more episodes and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I’m @ttscoff on Twitter, and you can follow Systematic at @systmcast. Transcript Brett: [00:00:00] so this is my first show in, how long has it been? This one was, November 8th, 2018. Yeah. So, so this is you are my first guest and I picked you because you are the easiest interview in the world. Merlin: [00:00:19] It's really hard to get me to talk. Brett: [00:00:21] Yeah, right. Like with no planning or forethought, conversations with you just happen and Merlin: [00:00:29] enjoy our visits. So very much as you know, I am a huge fan of your work and I'm honored to be your first guest in, you know, Years. I, you know, as I'm revealing myself as somebody who has not noticed the absence of your show, and it's just because in the same way that I forget why I muted somebody on Twitter, I also sometimes forget why I kept the podcast, but turned off new episodes. So the lack of episodes to me can be, could be written down to the fact that I just can't [00:01:00] remember why I turned it off. At on. I just didn't notice. Brett: [00:01:03] I had quietly just decided to take a hiatus. At first it was going to be a couple months, and then it was going to be six months. Then it was going to be a year. And then I stopped worrying about it and just decided if it comes back and then some turns of events and all of a sudden, I just found myself excited about it. Again, I built a whole new website where we're network free Merlin: [00:01:27] that's so awesome. Well, I have this thing that, I mean, I'm not certainly not the first person in middle age to realize this, but something I have learned to accept and leverage is that. Every time. Well, for example, every time I'm leaving the house , I either have the feeling that I have everything that I need or they don't have everything I need that I've done everything I need to do, or I haven't done it. Yeah. Everything I need to do. And if I have even the slightest feeling that there's something I've forgotten [00:02:00] and I don't know what it is. If I take a minute, it always turns out to be something that I have indeed. Forgotten. And so while I'm trying to become less of a who quote unquote trust there, gut, I believe in that in your case, I think when your brain tells you, your brain is trying to tell you yeah. Something it's time for a break. This is not fun.  if you're not looking forward to a thing that you do, this is very privileged, but I believe it. If you're not leaning forward to the thing that you're doing, it's worth interrogating that. Like what, why is that? And if you don't know why. You know, why push a rope? A brakes are good. Brett: [00:02:39] Do you know Alison Sheridan? Merlin: [00:02:42] I feel like I Brett: [00:02:42] pod feat, the most know Zillow  podcast.  She's been doing that podcast for  15 years and has never missed a week.  That kind of blows me away. Merlin: [00:02:55] E so wait, that's 2005. Brett: [00:02:59] Math.

Bill Carroll is a scuba diving instructor and marketing guy. Emily Hafele is a salon owner and part time model. They’ve come together and are pursuing a photo project and exploring visual storytelling.

Alex Fischer is a bookkeeper and financial consultant with Open Bookkeeping, and community organizer with The Root Social Justice Center. They join Brett to talk about anti-capitalist accounting, queer issues, activism, and (mostly Brett’s fault) cats.