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On this weeks show Ben talks to David Nolen, Rails & JavaScript developer for the NY Times, about being a steward of ClojureScript, functional programming, the advantages of immutable values and Om. David Nolen ClojureScript React Kitchen Table Coders: The Immutable Stack David on Twitter iOS on Rails (Beta)

Ben and Ryan Hoover, co-creator of Product Hunt, talk revenue models, the value of blogging, diversification of skills, and tiny steps towards major change. Tradecraft: Training people to succeed in traction roles at high-growth startups Product Hunt: A daily leaderboard of the best new products Knowing When It's Time To Move On Don't Learn To Code BJ Fogg- Tiny Habits method Ryan on Twitter

This week on Giant Robots, Ben talks to Rich Thornett, Co-Founder of Dribbble, about the formation and criticisms of the company, the role of product design and remote team management. dribbble Rich on Twitter

Ben talks to George Brocklehurst & Mike Burns of thoughtbot's Stockholm office on creating and distributing gitsh, an interactive shell for Git, and why it shouldn't be a Ruby gem. Get Gitsh Stockholm Vim Haskell Stockholm Classical Code Reading Group

This week on Giant Robots, Mahmoud Abdelkader of Balanced joins Ben to talk the priorities in ones career trajectory, the role of a successful CTO, and the benefits of radically open transparency. Balanced What Does Balanced Do? Balanced Github Balanced Cookbooks Mahmoud on Twitter

This week Ben Talks with Kyle Bragger of Elepath, Inc on the nature of online community building, advertising vs subscription revenue models and the importance of continued creative output (and actually releasing it to the world). Elepath, Inc Exposure Mauerpark Karaoke Forrst Drew Wilson

This week on Giant Robots, Ben chats with Tony DiPasquale on utilizing Arduino engineering to solve 0th world problems. Arduino Home Page Original Bathroom Occupancy Proof of Concept Breakdown Full Low Power Custom Arduino Sensor Board Instructions!

In this week's episode, we're joined by Peter Reinhardt, Co-founder and CEO of Segment.io. Ben and Peter discuss the product, their tech stack, the companies big pivot to Segment.io, their growth and future plans. They also discuss leaving MIT to start a company, getting along with your co-founders, nuclear reactors, hiking, and much more. Segment.io node.js Express.js Thorium reactors Molten salt reactor Norway diving board rock, Trolltunga Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @reinpk on twitter.

This week, Ben is joined by Max Temkin, creator of Cards Against Humanity and Humans vs. Zombies. Max talks about his success with Cards Against Humanity and his feelings of impostor syndrome. He talks about some of his other projects including his first indie game, Humans vs. Zombies. Most recently Max had a multiplayer PC game published called Samurai Gunn. Max talks about the "open source" nature of his games. They discuss money, sustainability, kickstarter, and much more. Maxistentialism Cards Against Humanity Humans vs. Zombies Samurai Gunn Back to Work: Anxiety's a Goat Max's Blog Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @MaxTemkin on twitter.

On this week's episode, Ben talks with Harper Reed, former CTO of Threadless, former CTO of Obama for America, and currently CEO of Modest. Harper talks about management and his "cabal" of people that he likes to work with. He also discusses his experience on the campaign, healthcare.gov, and procurement laws. When asked about his playbook for success, Harper talks about networking strategies, the use of different languages for different problems, craziness, and much more. Harper Reed If I Knew Then Why the Government Never Gets Tech Right Harper's GitHub Harper's Blog Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @harper on twitter.

On this week's special episode, Chad Pytel turns the tables and interviews host Ben Orenstein. They discuss the process of running the podcast and Ben's roots in programming and computer science. Ben talks about his Vim mastery, how he got into public speaking, and his experiences speaking at RailsConf. This year Ben is organizing the live coding track at RailConf. Ben describes his strategies for learning programming, how he's getting into Clojure, and much more! Ben's Blog Ben's Github The Vim Learning Curve is a Myth Chad Fowler on the Giant Robots podcast How to Get Your Conference Talk Accepted How to Talk to Developers (Rails Conf 2013) 4clojure.org WellnessFX Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @cpytel on twitter.

This week's episode features Matt Knox of Twitter. Matt is a part of Twitter's university team which teaches new Twitter recruits about the company. He works as an engineer as well in order to stay current. Matt discusses his background as an engineer, and how he got into teaching. He discusses using Storm, essentially a real-time Hadoop, for Twitter. Ben and Matt talk about the importance of keeping a portfolio as a programmer and deliberate practice routines for coding, and more. Matt Knox's Github Matt Knox's Blog Storm Hadoop The Things They Carry On the Fundamentals of Programming Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @mattknox on twitter.

In this week's episode, Ben Orenstein is joined by best selling author, Seth Godin. Seth describes himself as an entrepreneur, a blogger, and an agent of change. They discuss art, frustration, and the endless pursuit of perfection as an artist. In his newest book, The Icarus Deception, Seth discusses seeking art in your work and looking beyond standards and production. They talk about the importance of finding connections with other artists and people who can provide meaningful feedback. They discuss several of Seth's blog posts which are linked below, and much more. Seth's Books How to Draw an Owl Pick Three But What if I Fail Krypton Course The Gift by Lewis Hyde The War of Art Interview with Scott Adams Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @thisissethsblog on twitter.

This week on Giant Robots, Ben Orenstein chats with Josh Pigford about time management, entrepreneurship and farming Josh Pigford's Website Josh Pigford's Twitter Tiny Farmstead Baremetrics Popsurvey Temper

This week on Giant Robots, Ben Orenstein talks with Uncle Bob Martin about functional programming, ethics, and writing. Bob Martin's Twitter Clean Coder Bob Martin's Blog

This week on Giant Robots, Ben Orenstein talks with Chris Lindland, CEO of Betabrand.com about online fashion, self-generating product and dress-pant-sweatpants. Chris Lindland's Twitte Betabrand

This week on Giant Robots, Ben Orenstein speaks with Harold Giménez, Heroku postgres leader, about postgres, data management, and beer brewing. Harold's Twitter Harold's Blog Heroku

Ben Orenstein speaks with Alex Kesler, founder and CEO of inSegment about digital marketing, GTD and productivity. inSegment inSegment's Twitter

This week Ben Orenstein interviews Catherine Bracy, Director of Community Organizing at Code for America. Catherine Bracy's Twitter Code for America

Ben Orenstein speaks with thoughtbot developer Sean Griffin about scala and ruby. Sean Griffin's Twitter Understanding Computation Tom Stuart Scala Website Martin Odersky's Free Class Programming Scala