Best Michael Conklin Podcasts (2024)

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Season 3 Episode #6 - How to approach a job interview 38:01

1+ y ago38:01

38:01

Ever wonder what really matters in a job interview? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/support

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Jason & Julie Take a Look Back 22:52

2y ago22:52

22:52

Today Jason and Julie catch up and reflect on their favorite moments from Season 3, including unpopular opinions, chaos engineering, make or break moments in engineers’ careers, and more. They discuss the unique features of having established engineers and newer engineers on the show and what each one brings to the table, and they talk about some o…

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Exploration and Resiliency with Mauricio Galdieri 30:42

2y ago30:42

30:42

In this episode, we cover: Mauricio talks about his background and his role at Pismo (1:14) Jason and Mauricio discuss tech and reliability with regards to financial institutions (5:59) Mauricio talks about the work he has done in Chaos Engineering with reliability (10:36) Mauricio discusses things he and his team have done to maximize success (19:…

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Developer Advocacy and Innersource with Aaron Clark 40:55

2y ago40:55

40:55

In this episode, we cover: Aaron talks about starting out as a developer and the early stages of cloud development at RBC (1:05) Aaron discusses transitioning to developer advocacy (12:25) Aaron identifies successes he had in his early days of developer advocacy (20:35) Jason asks what it looks like to assist developers in achieving completion with…

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KubeCon, Kindness, and Legos with Michael Chenetz 27:57

2y ago27:57

27:57

Today we chat with Cisco’s head of developer content, community, and events, Michael Chenetz. We discuss everything from KubeCon to kindness and Legos! Michael delves into some of the main themes he heard from creators at KubeCon, and we discuss methods for increasing adoption of new concepts in your organization. We have a conversation about atten…

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Dan Isla: Astronomical Reliability 34:59

2y ago34:59

34:59

It’s time to shoot for the stars with Dan Isla, VP of Product at itopia, to talk about everything from astronomical importance of reliability to time zones on Mars. Dan’s trajectory has been a propulsion of jobs bordering on the science fiction, with a history at NASA, modernizing cloud computing for them, and loads more. Dan discusses the finite r…

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Season 3 Episode #5 - How to really say "Thank You" to indie artists that you follow 18:58

2y ago18:58

18:58

What is really important to an indie artist??? A share on Social Media or just a PM letting them know how much you enjoy what they are doing... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/support…

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Natalie Conklin: Embracing Change 29:44

2y ago29:44

29:44

In this episode, we cover: Introduction (00:00) “Embracing Change Fearlessly” (01:45) Fearless change enabling good work (04:00) The culture change that needs to happen (06:10) How to talk to your leaders (10:45) “The Adolescent Version” of engineering (14:40) How Natalie prioritizes time, speed, and efficiency (18:42) Natalie’s keynote (26:48) Lin…

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JJ Tang: People, Process, Culture, Tools 13:59

2y ago13:59

13:59

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:57 - Rootly, an incident management platform 00:02:20 - Why build Rootly 00:06:00 - Unique aspects of Rootly 00:09:50 - How people should use Rootly Links Referenced: rootly.com/demo: https://rootly.com/demo Transcript JJ: How do you now get this massive organization to change the way that th…

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Elizabeth Lawler: Creating Maps for Code 15:56

2+ y ago15:56

15:56

In this episode, we cover: Introduction (00:00) Elizabeth, AppLand, and AppMap (1:00) Why build AppMap (03:34) Being open-source (06:40) Building community (08:50) Some tips on using AppMap (11:15) Links Referenced: VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=appland.appmap JetBrains Marketplace: https://plugins.jetbrai…

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Season 3 Episode #4 - All about trumpet Mouthpieces 17:26

2+ y ago17:26

17:26

So this one may not be very appealing to you if you are not a horn player, but well, what can I say... I am a horn player !! lol --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/support…

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Chris Martello: Day of Darkness 29:17

2+ y ago29:17

29:17

In this episode, we cover: Introduction (00:00) How Chris got into the world of chaos and teaching middle school science (02:11) The Cengage seasonal model and preparing for the (5:56) How Cengage schedules the chaos and the “day of darkness” (11:10) Scaling and migration and “the inches we need” (15:28) Communicating with different teams and the c…

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Season 3 Episode #3 - Playlists, Plugins and Artwork 24:24

2+ y ago24:24

24:24

Just some interesting discoveries by way of plugins and perhaps a correlation between artwork and why something might get noticed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/support…

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Season 3 Episode #2 - Another Try Here 23:52

2+ y ago23:52

23:52

I haven't been very good at this in 2022 so far but had a few things to say today and I hope to resume a regular cadence here on the platform. Thanks as always for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/suppo…

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Alex Solomon & Kolton Andrus: Break it to the Limit 24:06

2+ y ago24:06

24:06

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:56 - How Alex and Kolton know each other and the beginnings of their companies 00:10:10 - The change of mindset from Amazon to the smaller scale 00:17:34 - Alex and Kolton’s advice for companies that “can’t be a Netflix or Amazon” 00:22:57 - PagerDuty, Gremlin and Crossovers/Outro Transcript Kolton:…

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Carissa Morrow: Learning to be Resilient 25:55

2+ y ago25:55

25:55

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:00 - Carissa’s first job in tech and first bootcamp 00:04:30 - Early Lessons: Carissa breaks production—on a Friday! 00:08:40 - Carissa’s work at ClickBank and listening to newer hires 00:10:55 - The metrics that Carissa measures and her attitude about constantly learning 00:16:45 - Carissa’s…

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Gunnar Grosch: From User to Hero to Advocate 30:17

2+ y ago30:17

30:17

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:45 - AWS Severless Hero and Gunnar’s history using AWS 00:04:42 - Severless as reliability 00:08:10 - How they are testing the connectivity in serverless 00:12:47 - Gunnar shares a suprising result of Chaos Engineering 00:16:00 - Strategy for improving and advice on tracing 00:20:10 - What Gunnar is…

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Sam Rossoff: Data Centers Inside Data Centers 36:07

2+ y ago36:07

36:07

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:23 - Iwata is the best, rest in peace 00:06:45 - Sam sneaks some SNES emulators/Engineer prep 00:08:20 - AWS, incidents, and China 00:16:40 - Understanding the big picture and moving from project to product 00:19:18 - Sam’s time at Snacphat 00:26:40 - Sam’s work at Gremlin, and culture changes 00:34…

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Unpopular Opinions 5:46

2+ y ago5:46

5:46

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Death to VPNs 00:02:45 - “I do not like React hooks.” 00:03:50 - A Popular (?) Opinion Transcript Pat: Good thing you're putting that on our SRE focused pod. Brian: Yeah, well, they can take that to their front end developers and say, well, Brian Holt told me that hooks suck. Jason: Welcome to …

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Season 3 Episode #1 - Happy New Year 34:22

2+ y ago34:22

34:22

Happy New Year !! Just needed to catch up on a lot of end of year stuff and what is coming up in the new year ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: h…

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2021 Year in Review 17:39

2+ y ago17:39

17:39

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:30:00 - Fastly Outage 00:04:05 - Salesforce Outage 00:07:25 - Hypothesizing 00:10:00 - Julie Joins the Team! 00:14:05 - Looking Forward/Outro Transcript Jason: There’s a bunch of cruft that they’ll cut from the beginning, and plenty of stupid things to cold-open with, so. Julie: I mean, I probab…

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Mandi Walls 36:53

2+ y ago36:53

36:53

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:30 - Early Dark Days in Chaos Engineering and Reliability 00:08:27 - Anecdotes from the “Long Dark Time” 00:16:00 - The Big Changes Over the Years 00:20:50 - Mandi’s Work at PagerDuty 00:27:40 - Mandi’s Tips for Better DevOps 00:34:15 - Outro Links: PagerDuty: https://www.pagerduty.com Transc…

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Episode 38: When Opposites No Longer Attract with Michael Testa and Diane Conklin 40:20

2+ y ago40:20

40:20

Think you know all about people who have a heterosexual marriage and then come out as queer? Maybe not... Michael Testa has literally written the book about this. And he lived it...and his story and experience might just surprise you. This happens more than you might think. Life isn't the same for all queer people and where you live might have a bi…

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#82 Getting Started 36:08

2+ y ago36:08

36:08

Getting started with your first music release? This is a look at the last 3 years I have been releasing music and some of what I have experienced. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrec…

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Episode 37: Using Constant & Continuous Optimization To Building Your Business Framework 10:21

2+ y ago10:21

10:21

How often do you talk about, think about or meet about Optimizing Your Business? What's working? What would you like to see working better? What should you stop doing? Optimizing your business is fun...and profitable! It's one of the constant and consistent things in your business. Join Diane for this week's Queer Profits Podcast™. And discover how…

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Itiel Shwartz 15:12

2+ y ago15:12

15:12

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:05:00 - Itiel’s Background in Engineering 00:08:25 - Improving Kubernetes Troubleshooting 00:11:45 - Improving Team Collaboration 00:14:00 - Outro Links: Komodor: https://komodor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Komodor_com Transcript Jason: Welcome back to another episode of Build Things On Pu…

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#81 Reality Bites 35:36

2+ y ago35:36

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Just one of those weeks for me it would seem... Let's kick off the weekend right! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

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Episode 36: The 3 Ways To Leverage Your Business For Optimal Success with Diane Conklin 16:52

2+ y ago16:52

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Leverage... ...getting more done in the same amount of time and with the same amount of effort. In this episode of QPP, Diane talks about 3 easy ways to leverage. And some subsets of each way. And, if you listen to the end of this episode, Diane also reveals a key to scaling your business that's critical...and related to leverage too! Check out the…

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Tomas Fedor 31:28

2+ y ago31:28

31:28

In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:45 - Adopting the Cloud 00:08:15 - POC Process 00:12:40 - Infrastructure Team Building 00:17:45 - “Disaster Roleplay”/Communicating to the Non-Technical Side 00:20:20 - Leadership 00:22:45 - Tomas’ Horror Story/Dashboard Organziation 00:29:20 - Outro Links: Productboard: https://www.productbo…

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#80 Successfully Unsuccessful 35:36

2+ y ago35:36

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Had a bit of a long weekend with things that transpired and some updates from last week. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spoti…

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#79 Average is Okay 35:36

2+ y ago35:36

35:36

I'm coming to realize that being average is not only okay but often the only reality. Let's chat shall we??? Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: http…

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Gustavo Franco 37:17

2+ y ago37:17

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In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:03:20 - VMWare Tanzu 00:07:50 - Gustavo’s Career in Security 00:12:00 - Early Days in Chaos Engineering 00:16:30 - Catzilla 00:19:45 - Expanding on SRE 00:26:40 - Learning from Customer Trends 00:29:30 - Chaos Engineering at VMWare 00:36:00 - Outro Links: Tanzu VMware: https://tanzu.vmware.com G…

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#78 Do The Work 35:36

2+ y ago35:36

35:36

Sometimes you have to just do the work... let's talk this one out ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofib…

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Episode 35: How To Implement & Get More Completed Every Single Day 17:19

2+ y ago17:19

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Implementation...the key to completing things. How do you Get Stuff Done Fast? Focus is one of the keys and Diane gives you several other ways in today's episode of QPP. Productivity and Profits usually go hand-in-hand! Discover how you can get more done, faster with some of Diane's tips.By Diane Conklin

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#77 Duality of Reality 36:44

2+ y ago36:44

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The theory of dualism or metaphysical dualism contends that the true picture of reality has two parts – physical bodies and non-physical minds. It's separate from the reductionist view that everything in the universe is made up of atoms and energy, and nothing else. Let's talk bout this ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up t…

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#76 A Sense of Purpose 36:54

2+ y ago36:54

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A sense of purpose is integral to the human experience and mine is missing or at least really messed up. Let's chat about it ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport …

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#75 Dynamic Perspective 30:23

2+ y ago30:23

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This is an interesting topic that I have brought up in previous episodes that I will attempt to explain in greater detail today. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSuppor…

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Episode 34: Using Your Marketing Action Plan to Attract New Prospects And Turn Them Into Clients 14:24

2+ y ago14:24

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Do you have a plan or do you just throw mud on the wall and see what sticks? That's messy, leaves a lot of clean up work to do and isn't really profitable in the long run. Using a MAP (Marketing Action Plan) will ensure your increased success in everything you do. Not a big complicated Business Plan... YOUR Marketing Action Plan (MAP)! It's like a …

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Leonardo Murillo 34:36

2+ y ago34:36

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In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:03:30 - An Engineering Anecdote 00:08:10 - Lessons Learned from Putting Out Fires 00:11:00 - Building “Guardrails” 00:18:10 - Pushing the Chaos Envelope 00:23:35 - OpenGitOps Project 00:30:37 - Where to Find Leo/Costa Rica CNCF Links: Weaveworks: https://www.weave.works GitOps Working Group: htt…

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#74 Never Give Up on Yourself 32:46

2+ y ago32:46

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I mean this to the degree that I think you shouldn't waste your time on things that are a waste of your time. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: htt…

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#73 Not What I Used To Be 40:08

2+ y ago40:08

40:08

Man is this one true... I am not what I used to be that is for sure !! Let's get into that and of course a whole bunch of others related and unrelated things today ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

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#72 Independent Mediocrity 44:07

3y ago44:07

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So this is a good one, I was talking to my daughter this morning and this is what I realized, I am striving to be independently mediocre... lol! Check this one out... Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

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#71 Take Me As I Am 31:27

3y ago31:27

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This one goes off on a bit of a rant as you know I am not an overly happy person these days, I try to bring it back but not sure I was at all successful on this one. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

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#70 Mind Uploading 30:42

3y ago30:42

30:42

More on the transfer of consciousness and my thoughts on society at large these days... Yikes :) Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lofibabyrecords/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcaste…

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Episode 33: Strategically Engineer Your Growth - Introduction 13:01

3y ago13:01

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Join Diane as she takes a deep dive into how to use strategy to grow your business. Too many business owners just throw mud on the wall instead of having a plan and working the plan. A plan based on where you're going, your goals and what you want! This isn't about cookie-cutter solutions. It's about your business framework... your strategy... solu…

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Maxim Fateev and Samar Abbas 21:14

3y ago21:14

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In this episode, we cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:25 - Cadence to Temporal 00:09:15 - Breaking down the Technology 00:15:35 - Three Tips for Using Temporal 00:19:21 - Outro Links: Temporal: https://temporal.io Transcript Jason: And just so I’m sure to pronounce your names right, it’s Maxim Fateev? Maxim: Yeah, that’s good enough. That’s my r…

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#69 Making Progress 33:52

3y ago33:52

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Ever feel like you are stuck in the mud? Ya me too, most of the time anyway !! I have made some progress here and I'll share those learned lessons with you in this episode. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibabyrecords --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif…

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#68 Level Up 43:16

3y ago43:16

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I won't be using the Shure MV88 going forward, that was a bit of a bust, so I'm back to the Shure SM7B. Let's get into some disuccions about consciousness transference, the use and perception of time and how we may not all be unique snowflakes. Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.e…

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#67 The Ride Home 21:48

3y ago21:48

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Trying out the Shure MV88 mic on my iPhone to see if I can actually do an episode while driving home... verdict... NOPE! It's a decent mic but WAY to sensitive for what I am trying to accomplish here so it's going back. Apologies for the poor quality on this one, but sometimes you have to try and fail to realize a limitation. Feel free to take a lo…

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#66 You Have to do the Work 33:22

3y ago33:22

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Let's talk a little about what you actually have to do if you expect any kind of result. I set people up for success through setting expectations and accountability and lead them through the process by being there and doing the work ! Feel free to take a look at all the "other" things I am up to and also to directly support me :) linktr.ee/lofibaby…

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