Greater Than Code
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsFor a long time, tech culture has focused too narrowly on technical skills; this has resulted in a tech community that too often puts companies and code over people. Greater Than Code is a podcast that invites the voices of people who are not heard from enough in tech: women, people of color, trans and/or queer folks, to talk about the human side of software development and technology. Greater Than Code is providing a vital platform for these conversations, and developing new ideas of what it means to be a technologist beyond just the code.
Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript.
We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)
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Episodes
086: Culture Is A Community Growing Together with Jesse Oliver Sanford
June 27, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MB01:18 – Oliver’s Superpower: The Ability to Read 01:54 – Cognitive Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science) and Emotional Cognition George Lakehoff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lakoff) Restylane Injections (https://www.restylaneusa.com/) The effects of BOTOX injections on emotional experience. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20515231) 11:24 – How People Think When They Code and the Intersection Between Mind and Body fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (...
085: BOOK CLUB! Technically Wrong with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
June 20, 2018 05:00 - 48 minutes - 42.8 MBBuy the book! Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393634639/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393634639&linkId=50c978567df28c98caf843e36cce54c1) 01:02 – Sara’s Superpower: Communication and Connecting the Dots 03:43 – The Process of Writing, Editing, and Communicating the Book 06:17 – A Summary of Technically Wrong 11:13 – The Harms and Risk of Data Shari...
084: Federation Is Bad with Aurynn Shaw
June 13, 2018 05:00 - 53 minutes - 51.4 MB01:30 – Federation and Your Internet Identity Mastodon (https://joinmastodon.org/) Stayin’ Alive in Technology: Who Are You? Coraline Ada Ehmke and Identity on the Internet (https://player.fm/series/stayin-alive-in-technology/who-are-you-coraline-ada-ehmke-and-identity-on-the-internet) 05:59 – Flaws of Federated Identity Usenet (https://www.usenet.org/en) 10:18 – Onboarding Eternal September (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September) 28:51 – All Technology is Political & Speech At All ...
083: Programming As An Identity with Tim Chevalier
June 06, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB01:10 – Tim’s Superpower: Keeping Himself From Laughing / Improv 04:19 – Tim’s Journey as a Programmer 09:12 – The Collision of Values Within the Programming Industry and The Meaning and Measurement of “Intelligence” 22:39 – Using Programming to Satisfy Emotional Needs and Form Identity 37:30 – Merit and Identity as a Zero-Sum Game 40:49 – The Struggle of Giving Up / Embracing Labels 49:34 – Collectively Creating an Emotionally Healthy Atmosphere Within the Software Industry Reflections: Cora...
082: Effective Change in Communities and Cultures with Aurynn Shaw
May 30, 2018 05:00 - 58 minutes - 55.9 MB01:44 – Contempt Culture: An Overview Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture (https://blog.aurynn.com/tagged/contempt-culture) 12:40 – Calling Others Out For Things and Distributing That Labor 17:16 – Technical Superiority (Technology is political) 21:24 – The Cultural Impact of DevOps 28:51 – Introducing Organizational Changes in DevOps 32:11 – Outcome Focus Vs Procedural Focus 35:02 – Siloing and Process: “How does this help you?” Jenny Bramble: Risk Based Testing: Creating a Language Around Risk (h...
081: Your Emotional API with John K. Sawers
May 23, 2018 05:00 - 53 minutes - 52.5 MB02:14 – John’s Superpower: Talking About Feelings in Public 04:57 – Programmers and Feelings Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2017/07/12/emotions-as-state-machines/) 09:39 – Being Educated About Your Emotions https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcSyorTUwAA5UOx.jpg image via https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcSyorTUwAA5UOx.jpg 16:12 – Feelings As Addictions, Comparing Your Experiences to Others’ Experiences, and Setting Boundaries 24:05 – Emotional API 28:53 –...
080: Crafting A Community with Kris Howard
May 16, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB02:05 – Knitting and Computing Software Art Thou: Knit One, Compute One with Kris Howard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEn4Izv0DW8) Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/account/login) 06:17 – The Knitting Community Vs The Software Community 09:38 – Moderation and Clear Communication of Expectations 12:50 – Welcoming New People 14:45 – Muscle Memory and Workflow; Teaching Others 19:09 – Information Exchange and Spreading Knowledge knitml (https://github.com/fiddlerpianist/knitml) freesewing.org...
079: Respect As Currency with Richard Schneeman
May 09, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MB02:05 – Schneems’ Superpower: Not being grossed out by baby poop! And, debugging. 06:03 – The Skill and The Art of Troubleshooting 18:12 – Interviewing and Evaluating People 32:07 – Working in Open Source 37:17 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency 40:32 – The Role of Empathy in Open Source 50:52 – Bringing Open Source Values Into Companies 57:33 – Putting Machines in the Middle of People Reflections: Jamey: Gut feelings vs objective data. John: Dealing with unfriendly support cases and ...
078: Caring About Healthcare with Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss
May 02, 2018 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB02:01 – Superpowers: Kenzi = Consensus Building; Laurie: Confuging Apache Quickly Conversation Context (https://twitter.com/seldo/status/937772610997313536) 03:35 – Trans-Inclusive Policy at npm and Cloud City Kaiser (https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/) TriNet (https://www.trinet.com/) 12:41 – Determining Whether Insurance is Trans-Friendly “Transgender insurance benefits employer guide” Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?q=transgender+insurance+employer&oq=transgender+insurance+...
077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons
April 25, 2018 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBRubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd4PsSk_0iQ) 01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility 04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams 08:22 – What makes a great team? 13:46 – Empowering Others 19:21 – Culture Fit 21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency 24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine 33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness” 38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People 41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams 43:5...
Special Edition: Code Is Social! LIVE from RailsConf 2018
April 23, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this special episode of Greater Than Code, the panelists and guest panelists talk to an audience live from RailsConf 2018 about our relationship with our code, and the ways we have emotional ties with what we do, but also how there’s more to it than that. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patr...
076: Changing Lanes
April 18, 2018 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBThis episode touches on the topics of privilege and having tough conversations when not feeling it’s your place to have those conversations. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode). To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcript...
075: Code and Witchcraft with Coraline Ada Ehmke
April 11, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy 06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing 12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality 17:25 – Evocation (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/evocation) and Invocation (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/invocation) 20:52 – Being Deliberate: Refactoring Your Code and Refactoring Your Life 32:13 – Documentation and Naming Things 38:48 – Writing Magic and Writing Code; Thoughtforms Drood by Dan Simmons (https://www.amazon.c...
074: Be Your Own Hero with Astrid Countee
April 04, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB01:41 – Astrid’s Superpower: Being Analytical and Logical 04:33 – Social Scientists and Technology 12:47 – Professionalization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professionalization) The Code of Ethics Project: Data For Democracy (https://www.datafordemocracy.org/projects/ethics.html) 20:00 – A Day in the Life of a Social Scientist 25:39 – Social Science and Design 32:13 – Working in Numbers-based Environments Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly (https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc...
073: Driven By Need, Guided By Example with Dan North
March 28, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MB01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization 03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing? Kaizen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen) Kaikaku (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikaku) Cost Accounting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_accounting) 17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege? 33:34 – Team Alignment, Collectiveness, and Camaraderie 37:42 – Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development) vs Test-Driven Dev...
072: Story Time with Kerri Miller
March 21, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MB01:53 – Kerri’s Superpower: Looking ahead to the future. 08:33 – Community Gatekeeping and Contempt Culture Liz Baillie: The Illustrated Adventure Survival Guide for New Rustaceans @ RustConf 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce6ppwgF4SA) Slides ^^ (https://www.slideshare.net/LizBaillie/rustconf-2016-illustrated-adventure-guide-65894363) Sam Livingston-Gray: Cognitive Shortcuts: Models, Visualizations, Metaphors, and Other Lies @ RailsConf2014 (http://confreaks.tv/videos/railsconf2014-cog...
071: Brein Power with Rein Henrichs
March 14, 2018 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB02:41 – Rein’s Superpower: Perceiving and Being Aware of Connections Between Things and People 03:49 – Power Dynamics in Companies 05:41 – Inherent Value and Self-Esteem; Recovering From Failure Virginia Satir: Communication and Congruence (http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2vsatir.html) 11:35 – Modeling Behavior and Controlling Outcomes as a Person in a Position of Power The Virginia Satir Model of Family Therapy (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0831400781/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=...
070: Trusting The Universe with Kale Kaposhilin
March 07, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MB02:10 – Kale’s Origin Story 05:10 – Connecting Through Story and Voice The Law of Raspberry Jam (http://jimhighsmith.com/the-law-of-raspberry-jam-reflecting-on-agile-progress/) 08:17 – Communicating Through Text vs Communicating Through Speech Daniel Quinn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Quinn) Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553375407/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0553375407&linkId=fa6024b1c5c310297...
069: Identity Is An Arrow with Avdi Grimm
February 28, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBGreater Than Code Episode 002: Neutralizing Impostor Syndrome with Avdi Grimm 01:52 – Avdi’s Superpower: The Power of Inspiration, RubyConf India (https://www.rubyconfindia.org/), and International Conferences vs Domestic 04:28 – The Pursuit of a Fixed Life: Achieving or Avoiding Stasis Blog Post: I was trying to end my life (http://journal.avdi.org/2017/12/31/i-was-trying-to-end-my-life/) 08:40 – Living in the Future and Having Goals 16:36 – Hitting Career Stasis vs Identity Stasis 25:23 – B...
068: Skills of Resilience with Gerry Valentine
February 21, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MB01:28 – Gerry’s Superpower: Building Resilience 02:51 – What is Resilience? 08:59 – Creating an Atmosphere of Psychological Safety 11:04 – Having Tough Conversations: Resilience on the Societal Level 18:41 – Moving Other People Forward and Leading Others as a Senior Dev 27:07 – Code Chitakwas 33:10 – Devaluing the Notion of Intellect Reflections: Gerry: What is “smart”, really and how are we smart enough to make the room of smart people bigger? Coraline: Thinking of myself as a leader in my c...
067: Tech in Transition with Ashanti-Mutinta
February 14, 2018 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MB01:09 – Ashanti’s Superpower: People say they’re funny on Twitter! 02:37 – Having Dialogue and Engaging with Others on Twitter 07:42 – Finding Safe Online Community Networks via Social Media Platforms 16:13 – Making Platforms Safer 18:06 – Perspectives on Blocking https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/listentoyourself.png 25:05 – Perspectives on Real Name Policies 29:59 – Gender Identity Education 36:57 – Transitioning in While Working in Tech Reflections: Rein: Listening and learning about trans expe...
066: Growing a Culture with Allison Kopf
February 07, 2018 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB01:15 – Allison’s Superpower: Making Unplanned and Hectic Situations Work Out The Stockdale Paradox (https://www.ndoherty.com/stockdale-paradox/) 06:43 – Getting Into Agriculture 08:54 – Building a Company Culture 13:19 – Transmitting Culture and Core Values When Hiring New People 20:02 – Disagreeing Respectfully and Maintaining Strong Opinions 25:19 – Clear Boundaries Between Work and Home Life 32:34 – What Tech Look Looks Like in the Context of a Working Farm 40:27 – Writing Code for Non-Te...
065: Radical Design with Marian Petre and André van der Hoek
January 31, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBSoftware Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (The MIT Press) by Marian Petre and André van der Hoek (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262035189/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262035189&linkId=df177ad25f96058d8857b79d30b6cf2e) 01:39 – Marian’s Superpower: Picking Brains Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=U...
064: Stories, Bias and AI with Aditya Mukerjee
January 24, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MB00:58 – Aditya’s Superpower: Parking Karma 03:18 – Algorithmic Decision Making in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 09:06 – Recognizing the Effects of Bias The Bias Blind Spot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot) The Babadook (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/) 18:07 – Health and Technology: How can technology have a meaningful impact on care delivery? 23:54 – Why are people frightened of automation? 33:33 – Storytelling in Software and Engineering Reflections: Sam: ...
063: The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity with Rehema Wachira
January 17, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB01:22 – Rehema’s Superpower: Empathy 02:53 – Rehema’s “Untypical” Origin Story 07:20 – Enjoying Coding Because of the Complexity Behind It 11:21 – Creating a “Culture of Saving” 14:52 – “Diversity of Thought” and Seeing the World Through Others’ Eyes 22:20 – Being Creators and Makers Indie Hackers (https://www.indiehackers.com/) 30:28 – How Technology Empowers People 38:27 – The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity 47:01 – Freedom of Creative Expression Reflections: Astrid: Having to un...
062: The Beauty of Art and Technology with Jamey Hampton
January 10, 2018 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB01:22 – Jamey’s Superpower: “The Fharlanghn Sense” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fharlanghn) 02:40 – Working in Agriculture 04:03 – Theories on Automation 05:56 – Pivoting Into Computer Science and Software Development 10:35 – Feeling Like You Need to Know Everything Stella Report from the SNAFUcatchers Workshop on Coping With Complexity (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7kFkt5WxLeDTml5cTFsWXFCb1U/view) 15:47 – ‘Zines and Being a ‘Zine Librarian 27:50 – The Beauty of Art and Technology and ...
061: Destruction-Focused Development with Safia Abdalla
January 03, 2018 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB00:53 – Safia’s Superpower: Sight 03:04 – Learning Languages — Both Human and Programming The Sapir Whorf Hypothesis (http://www.blutner.de/color/Sapir-Whorf.pdf) 07:56 – Being Empathetic in an International Perspective and Building Universal and Approachable Tech 11:19 – What does success look like for minorities in the Silicon Valley monoculture?; Being Tokenized Admiral Grace Hopper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper) 21:59 – Accepting Speaking Engagements Because of Who You Are (...
060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck
December 27, 2017 05:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MB01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0465018475&linkId=6b695b9a8370a14771836fb3671d11e5) 04:01 – Metaphors in Software Development 07:32 – Writing Tests and Keeping a Journal @jessitron (https:...
059: Science All The Things! with Pamela Gay
December 20, 2017 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MB01:13 – Pamela Podcasting, Since…well, FOREVER! Astronomy Cast (http://www.astronomycast.com/) 365 Days of Astronomy (https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/) Adam Curry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry) 02:19 – Pamela’s Superpower: Solving Random Problems with Software 05:19 – Becoming a “Reluctant Coder” i.e. Coding Out of Necessity 10:58 – Battlestar Galactica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica) => Greek Mythology => Space => Astrophysics 14:52 – Doing What...
058: Kindness and Patience with Tara Scherner de la Fuente
December 13, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB00:16 – Welcome to Episode 111010 of the Greater Than Code Podcast! 02:09 – Tara’s Superpower and Origin Story: Patience 04:56 – Conflating Patience with Kindness 07:39 – Is writing code making us less thoughtful? AKA Patience in the Workplace The Economic Value of Rapid Response Time (The Doherty Threshold) (https://jlelliotton.blogspot.com/p/the-economic-value-of-rapid-response.html) 16:22 – Warning Signs that a Company’s Culture is Not a Good One; Also, is it the company or is it individua...
057: Everything is UI with Christina Morillo
December 06, 2017 05:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB01:08 – Christina’s Background and Superpower: Multitasking and Automation See Also: GTC 056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair 04:42 – Automation Processes: Discovery and Reconnaissance, and When Human Judgement and Input is Necessary 10:03 – Multitasking Timescales and Context Switching 16:39 – Decision-making Functions 23:28 – Being Kind to Your Busy Self and Choosing What NOT To Do We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union (htt...
056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
November 22, 2017 05:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160832253X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=160832253X&linkId=f57a3d32a89bacda9cd41b76756a0de2) 09:28 – Strategies for Implementation 12:18 – Reclaiming Your Time and Cheap is Always Expensive Work the System (Online) (https://www.workthes...
055: Change Ourselves a Little, Many Times with Keith Bennett
November 15, 2017 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB00:16 – Welcome to “Metamours United For Frequent Dialogue” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Keith’s Background and Superpower 10:03 – Conflict Resolution Open Spaces session on Conflict Resolution this summer at DevOpsDays D.C. (and the precursor to this conversation) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jug4qxduj15u84i/Conflict%20Resolution%20Open%20Space%20Session%20from%20DevOpsDays%20DC%202017.mp3?dl=0) Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most (https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...
054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
November 08, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB01:19 – Nadia’s Superpower 02:01 – Code Hospitality and Being a Good Host Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ GORUCO 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUuAp6c1ylM) Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_pump) 10:22 – People and Habits and Having Expertise in a Particular Realm 17:00 – Asking Questions/Waiting for Explanation Rather Than Passing Judgement 22:16 – Codebases Are Constantly Changing: Use the README to Give Context Code H...
053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide
November 01, 2017 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition 02:50 – Reflective Listening 05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide (https://rcstyleguide.com/) 11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions 15:10 – Who is the target audience for this book? 17:45 – The Evolution of Writing the Book 19:39 – People-first Language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People-first_language) Kronda Adair: Five Stages of Unlearning Racism (https://kronda.com/five-stages-of-unlearning-racism/) 23:40 – What if you get it wrong? @...
052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
October 25, 2017 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace (https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf) 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21...
051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi
October 18, 2017 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MB00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:09 – Soo’s Background at NASA and Superpower 06:01 – Wanting Attending Conferences and Speaking and then When Speaking at Conferences Goes Wrong Soo Choi: Changing Diversity Constructs: My Journey as a Woman in DevOps @ DevOpsDays D.C. 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDZIMKJwUg&t=7s) 16:10 – Creating Safe Spaces: ...
050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
October 11, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Crabmeat” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:02 – Steve’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpowers! Skrillex (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrillex) 06:00 – Contributing to Open Source why the lucky stiff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff) Hackety Hack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackety_Hack) Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (https://poignant.guide/) 11:07 – Succession Planning The Meme Hustler (https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustle...
049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
October 04, 2017 05:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBGuest Starring: Reyn Aubrey: @ReynAubrey | PocketChange | [email protected] 00:16 – Welcome to “For Good or For Awesome?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:18 – Reyn Aubrey’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpower! 06:04 – Culture of a Company and Tolerance Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591842336/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591842336&linkId=d86ed2c7e657e11ade...
048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers
September 27, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MB00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:04 – Background and Superpower 03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twitter 04:41 – “Staying in Your Lane” 11:12 – To Engage, or Not to Engage? 16:10 – Mixing Social Justice and a Tech Career 20:49 – Having Conversations Re: Diversity and Inclusion 23:16 – Making Workplaces Inclusive and Changing the Culture 35:56 – Educating Others — But Not on Demand 38:28 – What is ...
047: Communicating Across Boundaries with Declan Whelan
September 20, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB00:16 – Welcome to “I Rolled a Natural 20 For My Agility Check” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:31 – Background and Superpower; Empathy 09:08 – Cross-Cultural Communication Dynamics Women in Agile (https://www.agilealliance.org/events/women-in-agile-2018/) 15:48 – Biases, Understanding Dynamics, and Facilitating as an Ally @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/902935755533807616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E902935755533807616&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grea...
046: Specialization vs Collaboration with Aria Stewart
September 13, 2017 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB00:16 – Welcome to “The World is Upside Down. Can DevOps save us?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:07 – Background and Superpowers 09:22 – Diagnostic Troubleshooting: “Expert Intuition Effect” 14:23 – Understanding Entire Systems vs Specializing in One Area 17:15 – Isolation Leading to Contempt 28:42 – The DevOps Movement and Culture Change 34:45 – Contempt Towards Processes Janelle Klein: A Programmer’s Guide to Humans @ SeleniumConf UK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a5gUS649t0) Reflect...
Special Edition: Innovation Amidst a Disaster with Jeff Reichman
September 06, 2017 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBThis episode stars, Jeff Reichman, who talks about how the Houston tech community came together to help people through Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath, the technology opportunities in disaster response, the harvey-api that they developed, and how tech devs need to be side-by-side with relief efforts, while responding to tech needs right away. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and...
045: Sexual Assault and Project Callisto with Lynn Cyrin
September 06, 2017 05:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBContent/Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault. 00:16 – Welcome to “Fullstack Activism” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:22 – Lynn’s Background Story and Superpowers FIRST LEGO League (http://www.firstlegoleague.org/) 11:34 – Project Callisto (https://www.projectcallisto.org/): Reporting Sexual Assault and Dealing with The System 17:57 – Institutional Betrayal and Keeping Information Private 20:49 – The Chain of Command: How Project Callisto Works 22:17 – Reticence When it Co...
044: Lazy Perfectionism and Performative Diversity and Inclusion with Shanise Barona
August 23, 2017 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBCome to Catskills Conf (https://catskillsconf.com/) and meet Mandy & Jamey! Stay for the experience. Shanise Barona: @shanisebarona | shanisebarona.com 00:16 – Welcome to “Plant Parenthood!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:19 – Shanise’s Background Story and Superpower Girl Develop It (https://www.girldevelopit.com/) 03:08 – “Lazy Perfectionism”, “The Explosion of Dissonance”, and “The Moment of Click” The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by...
043: The Accessibility of Board Games with Mischa Lewis-Norelle and James Edward Gray
August 16, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBJames Edward Gray: @JEG2 "Purchase" links are affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! 00:16 – Welcome to “Paneldome!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:58 – Backgrounds and Superpowers Hilary Stohs-Krause: We’ve Always Been Here: Women Changemakers in Tech @ RailsConf 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ojRN4CT7I) 04:44 – Examples of Accessibility Challenges in Board Games 07:00 – Games and Challenges Escape: The Curse of the ...
042: @CallbackWomen and Organizing Conferences for Diversity and Inclusion with Carina C. Zona
August 09, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.9 MB00:16 – Welcome to “Life, The Universe, and Podcasts!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:13 – Carina’s Background and Superpower 02:58 – @CallbackWomen and The Naming Struggle to Make Sure Marginalized and Non-Binary People Know They Are Included Ashe Dryden: Increasing Diversity at Your Conference (https://www.ashedryden.com/blog/increasing-diversity-at-your-conference) 12:13 – Sending Signals and/or Indicators That Encourage People to Apply to Speak At Your Conference I hate to say this, b...
041: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mind Manipulation with Casey Watts!
August 02, 2017 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBcaseywatts.com/mindmanipulation (https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTW1b3aErmPfUWmyj9_bARHW-Cl-7b6q7acmIdWOg5KhGhErYd5NDyZioXFqamTRMMdPlORCD4WOGu9/pub) A Neurobiologist’s Guide to Mind Manipulation [slides] (https://www.slideshare.net/CaseyWatts/neurobiologists-guide-to-mind-manipulation-010) 00:16 – Welcome to “CBT: Chunky Bacon Tacos and Psychological Safety” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:18 – Empathy Development 03:25 – Training for Customer Support Greater Than Code Episode...
040: F*ck It And Be Nice
July 26, 2017 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBExtra super disclaimer: This episode contains a lot curse words. 00:16 – Welcome to “The Upcoming Release of the iPhone 4!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:36 – The Tweetstorm that Started it All (https://twitter.com/jennschiffer/status/859473189902135296) 04:29 – Our Communication Skills and Curbing the Snobbery “It’s just not good business to be a jerk.” - @jennschiffer — Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) July 15, 2017 Greater Than Code Episode Episode 039: The B-Side of Software Dev...
Episode 039: The B-Side of Software Development with Scott Hanselman
July 11, 2017 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB00:16 – Welcome to “Hanselminutes! (https://hanselminutes.com/)” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 00:57 – Origin Story and Superpowers; Struggling and Prevailing “The struggle is part of the journey.” – Scott Hanselman 13:51 – Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, and Instilling Those Values on Kids 19:11 – There is Value in Suffering Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812979680/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-...