

Systematic
Brett Terpstra
Brett Terpstra explores the idea that all work is creative work, welcoming a different guest each week.
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Sep 20, 2018 • 40min
231: Visible Bridges with Ted Nelson
Ted Nelson is a philosopher, free range intellectual, and an American pioneer of information technology. He joins Brett to discuss his project Xanadu, the world wide web, and what he hopes his legacy will be.
Show notes
Ted Nelson
Ted Nelson (Wikipedia)
TheTedNelson on YouTube
Hypertext
ZOG
NoteCards
Xanadu Basics
PDP-1
Bravo
ZigZag Visible Database
Ted’s Computer One-Liners
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Sep 6, 2018 • 1h 11min
230: Verso or Recto with Kelly Guimont
Kelly Guimont is, among other things, an App Camp for Girls Founding Volunteer. She joins Brett to talk about getting girls into tech early, plus her own early start in IT. Doctor Who, Kelly’s everyday carry, and all the nerd stuff you love.
Show notes
@verso
App Camp for Girls
Jean Macdonald
App Camp Quiz Compendium 2017
Top 3 picks
Kelly:
The 13th Doctor Who Custom Design Mini Figure
Vincent and the Doctor
Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Multi Pen Body Components
Kuru Toga Roulette mechanical pencil
Leatherman Style PS
Gerber Shard
Brett:
Colorado Tripod Company Mini Ball Head Mount
The Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
acegoo Dimmable Reading Light
Also… CMD-D: Down-Home Scripting Boot Camp
Learn AppleScript fast. Join Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson for three days of intense education, hands-on exercises and mealtime discussion, all in a small class setting. Visit cmddconf.com and use the coupon code Systematic for $200 off.
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Aug 23, 2018 • 1h 3min
229: Always Going with Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry is a professional audio engineer, as well as a blogger and podcaster. He joins Brett to talk about life in news production, going iPad only (and back), and an era of online fame and misfortune.
Show notes
@iamjeffperry
@viticci
MacStories – Working on the iPad
Merlin Mann
@alexcox
Roboism
Tablet Habit
A Slab of Glass
Top 3 picks
Jeff:
Nekteck 4-Port 72W USB Wall Charger with Type-C
Castro Podcasts
SiteGround
Brett:
Jost* from Indestructible Type
Workona
Fellow Prismo
Also… CMD-D: Down-Home Scripting Boot Camp
Learn AppleScript fast. Join Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson for three days of intense education, hands-on exercises and mealtime discussion, all in a small class setting. Visit cmddconf.com and use the coupon code Systematic for $200 off.
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Aug 16, 2018 • 53min
228: After Radio Shack with Amanda Daniels
Amanda Daniels — a podcaster, a personal banker, and director of The Tech Homies — joins Brett to talk about going from having little interest in tech to working at Radio Shack to starting a non-profit to bring tech to the residents of Pontiac, Michigan.
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Show notes
@TheTechHomie
@techhomieslab
facebook/thetechhomies
Pontiac Tribe Podcast
The easiest way to start a podcast
Coming Soon – The Tech Homie
Pontiac Tribe on Facebook
Young Entrepreneur Squad
Top 3 picks
Amanda:
Coworking spaces
Trello
MeisterTask
Janelle Monae
Django Jane
Do my Thing
Hidden Figures
Brett:
Magicplan
Capo touch
Lee Moses
Also… CMD-D: Down-Home Scripting Boot Camp
Learn AppleScript fast. Join Sal Soghoian and Ray Robertson for three days of intense education, hands-on exercises and mealtime discussion, all in a small class setting. Visit cmddconf.com and use the coupon code Systematic for $200 off.
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Aug 2, 2018 • 1h 39min
227: Automating Everything with Rosemary Orchard
Rosemary Orchard is a web developer and automation expert who co-hosts a new podcast called Automators along with David Sparks. She joins Brett to talk about being a woman in tech and how she got started in automation and coding.
Show notes
@rosemaryorchard
Automation Orchard
micro.blog/rosemaryorchard
rosemaryorchard.com
Sal Soghoian
Automators
Macstock Digital Pass
Top 3 picks
Rosemary:
Scriptable (Simon Støvring)
Grammarly
iPad Pro
Smart Keyboard
Apple Pencil
moko hard shell
Civilization
Brett:
WriteMapper
Synology
Captain Plugins
Blackbird on ukelele
Ukelele Anthem – Amanda Palmer
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Jul 26, 2018 • 1h 25min
226: Taking Control with Jeff Porten
Jeff Porten is an IT consultant and author, most recently of Take Control of Your Productivity. He joins Brett to talk about ADHD, Pugwash USA, and (obviously) productivity.
Show notes
@jeffporten
The Vast Jeff Wing Conspiracy
10% discount on Take Control of Your Productivity: www.takecontrolbooks.com/systematic
Pugwash
Student Pugwash USA
Create a link to any email message in Apple Mail (Mac)
Topics:
Top 3 picks
The Now Habit
Spark
OmniOutliner + Outliner + OPML
TotalSpaces 2
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Jul 13, 2018 • 1h 16min
225: A System of Violence with Mary Jo Klinker
Mary Jo Klinker — activist, agitator, associate professor and director of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Winona State University in Minnesota — returns to talk about abolition as a concept and a modern movement.
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Show notes
#MenWritingWomen
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Michelle Alexander
KRS-One
Golden Gulag
Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Movement for Black Lives
Stonewall Riots
Sylvia Rivera
Marsha Johnson
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries
Top 3 picks
Mary Jo:
Heart Berries: A Memoir
Deer Woman: An Anthology
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
Waterproof Phone Case
Brett:
Venus in Fur
Comixology
Ask For Mercy
Henchgirl
Black Panther: World of Wakanda
Emotional awareness
Also… Macstock 2018!
Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass.
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Jul 5, 2018 • 19min
224: Perfect 6 with Carley Knight
Carley Knight, a painter and artisan jewelry maker, joins Brett for a Perfect Six episode and three each of their favorite things this week.
Show notes
carleyknightart
100 day project
instagram/cknight_jewelry
Carley Knight – The Curious Artist
@iglified
Top 3 Picks
Carley:
Online Courses
Udemy
CreativeLive
Podcasts
Relay.fm
The Curious Artist
Overcast
Airpods
Value Village
Brett:
eForwish 304 Stainless Steel Kitchen Rail with 7 Hooks Hangers Wall Mounted 15"
Retrobatch
Affinity Designer/Affinity Photo
Nuclear Jellyfish
Also… Macstock 2018!
Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass.
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Jun 21, 2018 • 1h 27min
223: Not Wrong Just Different with Rebecca Fleetwood Hession
Rebecca Fleetwood Hession is a consultant, coach, writer and speaker. She joins Brett to talk about raising a child with ADHD and the extraordinary measures she took to help ensure success in public schools and beyond. And goat yoga. Obviously.
Show notes
Fleetwood Hession Consulting
@rebeccahession
Not wrong, just different:ADHD as innovators
Parenting your ADD child
Join Parenting Your ADD/ADHD Child
Emerson
Montessori
Seth Godin
Gary Vaynerchuk
Brené Brown
Don Wettrick
Top 3 picks
Rebecca:
Cy Wakeman
No Ego
Reality Based Leadership
SXSW 2018 Keynote l No Ego:Ditch Drama & Drive Big Results l Cy Wakeman
Cy Wakeman Defines "BMW Driving"
Simon Cynek
Start With Why
Goat Yoga
Brett:
i.VALUX Flush mount Qi charger
Somatics
Kombucha
Also… Macstock 2018!
Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass.
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Jun 14, 2018 • 44min
222: The Everyday Pressures of Space Travel with Jacklyn Duff
Jacklyn Duff is an aerospace engineer who currently runs a YouTube channel called SciJoy. She joins Brett to talk about her time at NASA, rovers, robotics, and the science experiments she’s sharing now.
Show notes
SciJoy YouTube channel
@thescijoy
SciJoy on Instagram
scijoy.community
Garmin VIRB
The Story of Building a High Altitude Balloon for the Total Solar Eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse from 40,000 feet in 360 Degrees
Top 3 picks
Jacklyn:
Overcooked
TickBot
Colin Stetson
"Among The Sef" & "In Mirrors"
Brett:
You Suck (Christopher Moore)
Bella + Canvas Tank Tops
Flic Hub
Also… Macstock 2018!
Join Brett and a bunch of your favorite podcasters and bloggers at Macstock 2018, July 21st and 22nd. Visit macstockconferenceandexpo.com and use the coupon code IndieNerd to get $70 off a weekend pass.
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