Best Kerry Slack Podcasts (2024)

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277: Joy Is Activism – The Power of Ritual and Intention 46:20

2+ y ago46:20

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00:44 - Pandemic Life Politics Healthcare Society Work 13:58 - Jay, Happiness, and Fulfillment Personal Development and Self-Discovery Brené Brown Glennon Doyle Elizabeth Gilbert Nihilism Manifestation Gratitude & Daily Journaling Morning Pages EarlyWords 29:09 - Witchcraft & Magic Intention and Ritual Terry Pratchett Franz Anton Mesmer The Placebo…

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276: Caring Deeply About Humans – Diversify The Medical Community with Jenna Charlton 55:50

2+ y ago55:50

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01:09 - Jenna’s Superpower: Being Super Human: Deeply rooted in what is human in tech The User is Everything 04:30 - Keeping Focus on the User Building For Themself Bother(!!) Users Walking A Mile In Your Users Shoes - Jamey Hampton 09:09 - Interviewing Users (Testing) Preparation Identifying Bias Getting Things Wrong Gamifying/Winning (Developer D…

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275: Making Change Happen – Why Not You? with Nyota Gordon 52:55

2+ y ago52:55

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01:47 - Nyota’s Superpower: To hear and pull out people’s ideas to make them more clear, actionable, and profitable! Acknowledging The Unspoken Getting Checked 07:15 - Boundaries and Harmony 10:35 - News & Social Media Addiction Filtering Bias 18:54 - The Impact of AI 23:00 - Anyone Can Be A Freelance Journalist; How Change Happens Chelsea Cirruzzo…

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274: Managing People Versus Servers with Arpit Mohan 42:25

2+ y ago42:25

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02:03 - Arpit’s Superpower: Tenacity Tenacious D 05:03 - Managing People vs Servers Establish Consistent Language and Shared Level of Understanding Written Word Following Up User Manual (Persona Investigation) Consensus Algorithms: Single Sources of Truth & Responsibility Independent Failures: Build and Establish Trust Conway’s Law Somathesis – Col…

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273: Motorcycling Adventures with Kerri Miller 59:09

2+ y ago59:09

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02:28 - Kerri’s Superpower: Having an Iron Butt The Iron Butt Association 06:39 - On The Road Entertainment FM Radio Country Music Community/Local Radio Roadside Attractions The World Largest Ball of Twine Mystery Spot Mystery Spot Polka 15:11 - Souvenir Collection & Photography Fireweed Ice Cream Clubvan Lighthouses National Parks 25:42 - Working …

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272: People First – Self-Awareness and Being Excellent To Each Other with Ashleigh Wilson 54:52

2+ y ago54:52

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02:14 - Ashleigh’s Superpower: Ability To See “The Vision” The Queen’s Gambit 03:35 - Intentionality: “People First” Call Me Out: Intention vs Impact “This Doesn’t Make Sense” Log Emotional Fitness Surveys “Dare To Lead” Book Club 10:55 - Listen Digging in to Defensiveness / Uncomfortableness Little Things Add Up Building Connections and Relationsh…

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271: EventStorming with Paul Rayner 58:24

2+ y ago58:24

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00:58 - Paul’s Superpower: Participating in Scary Things 02:19 - EventStorming Optimized For Collaboration Visualizing Processes Working Together Sticky (Post-it) Notes 08:35 - Regulation: Avoiding Overspecifics “The Happy Path” Timeboxing Parking Lot Inside Pixar Democratization Known Unknowns 15:32 - Facilitation and Knowledge Sharing Iteration a…

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270: Trust Building and Authenticity with Justin Searls 1:03:25

2+ y ago1:03:25

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How to Trust Again – Justin Searls Why has trust become so rare in the software industry? Developers don't trust their own ability to program, teammates don't trust each other to write quality code, and organizations don't trust that people are working hard enough to deliver on time. This talk by Justin Searls is a reflection on the far-reaching co…

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269: Being Your Authentic Self – Turning Adversity Into Power with Nikema Prophet 1:07:27

3y ago1:07:27

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00:51 - Nikema’s Superpower: Connecting To People Through Authenticity & Vulnerability Background in Dancing The Ailey School Shift to Tech Having Babies ADHD Diagnosis (Neurodivergence) Masking 28:02 - Seeing People For Their Whole Selves; Facilitating Safe Spaces Nikema’s Founder Journey Remote Work & Homeschooling Pop Schools School Can Be Damag…

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268: LGBTQA+ Inclusion 48:47

3y ago48:47

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01:56 - Episode Intro: Who is Casey Watts? Happy and Effective 02:25 - “Gay” vs “Queer” Cultural vs Sexual Black vs black Deaf vs deaf 06:11 - Pronoun Usage & Normalization Greater Than Code Episode 266: Words Carry Power – Approaching Inclusive Language with Kate Marshall Spectrum of Allyship Ambiguous “They/Them” 16:36 - Asking Questions & Sharin…

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267: Handling Consulting Businesses and Client Loads 1:02:06

3y ago1:02:06

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00:36 - Panelist Consulting Experience and Backgrounds Debugging Your Brain by Casey Watts Happy and Effective 10:00 - Marketing, Charging, and Setting Prices Patreon Chelsea’s Blog Self-Worth by Salary 28:34 - GeePawHill Twitter Thread - Impact Consulting Casey’s Spreadsheet - “Matrix-Based Prioritization For Choosing a Job” Interdependence 38:43 …

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266: Words Carry Power – Approaching Inclusive Language with Kate Marshall 58:04

3y ago58:04

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01:48 - Kate’s Superpower: Empathy Absorbing Energy Setting Healthy Energetic Boundaries Authenticity Intent vs Impact 10:46 - Words and Narratives Carry Power; Approaching Inclusive Language Taking Action After Causing Harm Get Specific, But Don’t Overthink Practice Makes Progress Normalize Sharing Pronouns No-CodeConf No-CodeSchool Gender Expresi…

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265: Computer Science Education – Forge Your Own Path with Emily Haggard 52:52

3y ago52:52

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00:54 - Emily’s Superpower: Being a Good Teacher Greater Than Code Episode 261: Celebrating Computer Science Education with Dave Bock CyberPatriot 06:24 - Online College Courses vs In-Person Learning / Emily’s Community College Path Network Engineering Virginia Tech Guaranteed Transfer Programs Loudoun Codes Emily Haggard: My Path to Virginia Tech …

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264: #BlackTechTwitter and Black Tech Pipeline with Pariss Athena 59:46

3y ago59:46

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00:54 - Pariss’ Superpower: Being Vocal and Transparent #BlackTechTwitter The Villian Origin Story Deadpool 08:01 - #BlackTechTwitter & Black Tech Pipeline Job Board Labor Compensation 15:56 - Being Okay with Losing Opportunities Announcing Success Criticism & Privilege The Great Resignation Generational Wealth Hustle Culture Hustle Culture: Why Is…

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263: Security Education, Awareness, Behavior, and Culture with Kat Sweet 46:51

3y ago46:51

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02:01 - Kat’s Superpower: Terrible Puns! Puns & ADHD; Divergent Thinking Punching Down Idioms 08:07 - Security Awareness Education & Accessibility Phishing Unconscious Bias Training That Works Psychological Safety 239: Accessibility and Sexuality with Eli Holderness Management Theory of Frederick Taylor Building a Security Culture For Oh Sh*t Momen…

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262: Faith, Science, Truth, and Vulnerability with Evan Light 1:19:25

3y ago1:19:25

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00:59 - Evans’s Superpower: Talking about topics that aren’t interesting to whomever he’s talking to at the time ADHD Diagnosing as an Adult Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale QbCheck: ADHD Self-Check Test Why seek a medical diagnosis? Almost everything that you know about “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” is probably wrong Vulnerability 12:45 -…

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261: Celebrating Computer Science Education with Dave Bock 1:14:04

3y ago1:14:04

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Catch Dave on Episode 006 of Greater Than Code! Getting Technology Into the Hands of Children with David Bock 02:10 - Dave’s Superpower: Ability to Reevaluate and Drop Ideas – Onto The Next! Star Trek: The Next Generation Impostor Syndrome 07:10 - The Acceptance of Ruby; Using Ruby as a Teaching Language Teaching Ruby Makes Approaching Computer Sci…

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260: Fixing Broken Tech Interviews with Ian Douglas 1:04:32

3y ago1:04:32

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01:01 - Ian’s Superpower: Curiosity & Life-Long Learning Discovering Computers Sharing Knowledge 06:27 - Streaming and Mentorship: Becoming “The Career Development Guy” The Turing School of Software and Design techinterview.guide twitch.tv/iandouglas736 12:01 - Tech Interviews (Are Broken) techinterview.guide Daily Email Series Tech vs Behavior Que…

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259: Continuous Iteration, Continuous Improvement – Always Evolving Over Time with Rin Oliver 43:14

3y ago43:14

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01:42 - Rin’s Superpower: Writing, Public Speaking, and Being Neurodivergent + Awesome! 02:18 - GitHub Actions Concurrent Actions CICD (Continuous Improvement, Continuous Deployment) Security Trivy Building Secure Open Source Communities From the Ground Up Camunda Community Hub community-action-maven-release 07:47 - Improving Developer Experience K…

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258: Nerd Therapy with Michael Keady 1:16:42

3y ago1:16:42

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01:53 - Michael’s Superpower: Networking and Community Building Being Driven to Fulfill Needs Mental Health First Aid Working in Proximity / Keeping In Touch MAPS at Burning Man 10:36 - Defining Mental Health Self-Invalidation & Dialectics Money buys happiness, but euphoria comes dear Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness Decolonizing Wealth Men…

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257: Putting Accessibility Into Action with Dr. Michele A. Williams 59:48

3y ago59:48

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01:03 - Not Giving Into Peer Pressure 02:31 - Reaching Outside of the Accessibility World (Demystifying Accessibility) Everyday Accessibility by Dr. Michele A. Williams Thinking About Disability Until It’s Everyone’s Normal Way of Thinking Power Structures and Erasing Innovation Recognizing Specialty Cormac Russell: Four Modes of Change: To, For, W…

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256: Unbreaking the Web with Chris Ferdinandi 1:00:44

3y ago1:00:44

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Greater Than Code Episode #170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi 02:50 - Project Gemini and Text Protocols Always Bet on JavaScript 07:05 - Overusing Analytics & Tracking Scripts Be An Advocate For Your Users / Ethical Obligations 12:18 - Innovations: Making Accessibility The Default 14:48 - Ad-Tech and Tooling Partytown Fathom…

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255: Building Global Love Bubbles with Anne Griffin 1:19:41

3y ago1:19:41

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02:47 - Anne’s Superpower: Empathy & Collaboration Feeling Accepted & Creating a Sense of Safety Creating Happy Bubbles Making People Feel They Matter on Teams No Matter Status (i.e. Employees vs Contractors) No Matter Geographical Location/Timezone Equivalence in Remote Work 17:45 - Framing and Shaping Relationships + Communication Changing Compan…

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254: Transitioning Into Tech with Danielle Thompson 51:28

3y ago51:28

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01:17 - Danielle’s Superpower: Empathy & Communication 01:56 - Going From the Hospitality Industry => Tech @CodeSchoolQA / twitch.tv/thejonanshow 04:58 - Education Technology (EdTech) Disruption = Reinvention 07:18 - Anthropology + Tech / Working With People Anticipating Needs 10:25 - Making Education Fun + Inclusive Cultural Relevance Revamping Ou…

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253: Reframing the Value of Open Source with Jen Weber 54:25

3y ago54:25

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00:47 - Jen’s Superpower: Being Optimistic Recognizing Negative Loops Intentionality & Prioritization Preventing Security Vulnerabilities 10:13 - Working On Open-Source Projects vs Commercial Software/Products Gathering Feedback (RFCs) Baby Steps = Big Impact 12:57 - Major vs Minor Releases Semantic Versioning Deprecation Warnings Advanced Notice I…

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252: Designing For Safety with Eva PenzeyMoog 1:00:45

3y ago1:00:45

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TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic Violence, Abuse, Interpersonal Safety 01:26 - Eva’s Superpower: ADHD and Hyperfocus Workplace Accommodation At-Will Employment 08:19 - Design for Safety Tech Used For Interpersonal Harm Might vs When Eva Penzey Moog | Designing Against Domestic Violence Weaponizing Technology 12:45 - What Engineers Need to Know Control/Sha…

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251: Diplomatic Accessibility Advocacy with Todd Libby 46:41

3y ago46:41

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01:09 - Todd’s Superpower: Advocacy For Accessibility Getting Started Designing With Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman The A11Y Project W3C 06:18 - Joining The W3C The W3C Community Page 07:44 - Getting People/Companies/Stakeholders to Care/Prioritize About Accessibility Making A Strong Case For Accessibility by Todd Libby Diplomatic Advocacy You Do…

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250: Employee Resource Groups with Adrian Gillem 49:30

3y ago49:30

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01:19 - Adrian’s Superpower: Humor Making People Feel Comfortable Through Humor Self-Deprecating Humor & Authenticity 04:57 - Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): What are they? Employees Share Effective, Measurable, Impactful Insights Connecting New Hires with People Who Look Like Them Making Employee Experiences Better 09:20 - How ERGs Operate “Build…

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249: #TechIsHiring + eSports and Software Engineering with Chad Stewart 54:46

3y ago54:46

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01:19 - Chad’s Superpower: Making People Laugh Using Comedy to Deal with Problems 03:46 - #TechIsHiring Bot: @TechIsHiring Amplifying Others Using Networks For Good Being a Bridge/Connector Actively Working to Benefit Others (Possibly Professionally?!?) Diversify Tech @DiversifyTechCo Veni Kunche Greater Than Code Episode #212: Diversify Tech with …

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248: Developing Team Culture with Andrew Dunkman 1:12:59

3y ago1:12:59

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01:27 - Andrew’s Superpower: Stern Empathy 03:30 - Setting Work Boundaries Matrix Organizations 18F Acknowledging Difficult Situations (i.e. Burnout) Health Checks Project Success Time Tracking Heart Connection / Motivation Work Distribution Greater Than Code Episode 162: Glue Work with Denise Yu 18:54 - Providing Support During a Pandemic Stretchi…

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247: Approaching Learning and Content Creation with Sy Brand 54:23

3y ago54:23

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02:01 - Sy’s Superpower: Making Complex Topics Digestible Sy on YouTube: "Computer Science Explained with my Cats" 06:28 - Approaching Learning to Code: Do Something That Motivates You Greater Than Code Episode 246: Digital Democracy and Indigenous Storytelling with Rudo Kemper Ruby For Good Terrastories 11:25 - Computers Can Hurt Our Bodies! Logit…

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246: Digital Democracy and Indigenous Storytelling with Rudo Kemper 57:03

3y ago57:03

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02:45 - Rudo’s Superpower: Being Pretty Good At Lots of Things! Learning How to Learn on the Fly Digital Democracy Earth Defenders Toolkit Ruby For Good Problem-Solving & Mastery: “Fake it until you make it!” 13:14 - Digital Democracy & Terrastories The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) Matawai People Capturing & Recording Oral History Ruby For Good M…

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245: Hacking Reality with Rony Abovitz 1:20:18

3y ago1:20:18

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03:03 - Rony’s Superpower: Being a Space Cadet: Free-Willing Imagination, Insight, and Intuition 06:54 - Becoming Interested in Technology Science + Art Star Wars Solar Power 10:30 - Unstructured Play and Maintaining a Sense of Wonder and Free-Spiritedness Geoffrey West on Scaling, Open-Ended Growth, and Accelerating Crisis/Innovation Cycles: Trans…

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244: Making Peace and Creating Trust with Brianna McGowen 56:22

3+ y ago56:22

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01:52 - Brianna’s Superpower: Intense Empathy and Feeling Deeply Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower 06:28 - Practicing Acceptance vs Resignation Making Peace Without Giving Up Problems/Tasks vs People Providing Alternate Narratives Delicious Democracy: Making Things a Pleasurable Experience for All 12:04 - Delicious Democracy: A Creative Advocacy…

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243: Equitable Design: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know with Jennifer Strickland 57:53

3+ y ago57:53

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02:51 - Jennifer’s Superpower: Kindness & Empathy Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) 07:37 - Equitable Design and Inclusive Design Section 508 Compliance Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) HmntyCentrd Creative Reaction Lab 15:43 - Biases and Prejudices Self-Awareness Daniel Kahneman's System 1 & System 2 Thinking Jennifer Stri…

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242: Considering The Social Side of Tech with Trond Hjorteland 48:25

3+ y ago48:25

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01:20 - The Superpower of Sociotechnical System (STS) Design: Considering the Social AND the Technical. The social side matters. Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity by Michael C. Jackson Open Systems Mechanical Animate Social Ecological On Purposeful Systems: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as …

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241: Data Science Science with Adam Ross Nelson 1:02:06

3+ y ago1:02:06

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01:25 - Teaching, Learning, and Education 06:16 - Becoming a Data Scientist Opportunities to Create New Knowledge Data Science Science 19:36 - Solving Bias in Data Science Weapons of Math Destruction 23:36 - Recommendations for Aspiring Data Scientists Hire a Career Coach Creating and Maintaining a Portfolio * Make a Rosetta Stone Make a Cheat Shee…

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240: No Striving, No Hustling with Amelia Winger-Bearskin 1:00:51

3+ y ago1:00:51

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02:11 - Wampum.Codes MIT Co-Creation Studio Mozilla Fellowships Check out some episodes! Super-Group - Indigenous Tech, Indigenous Knowledge: Wampum.codes as a model for decolonization [Episode] Weirdness with MorningStar [Episode] Comedy in the age of Quarantine: A conversation with comedy writer and performer Joey Clift [Episode] Rock Hands with …

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239: Accessibility and Sexuality with Eli Holderness 45:38

3+ y ago45:38

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01:35 - Eli’s Superpower: Germinating Seeds & Gardening 03:03 - Accessibility in Tech Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Remote Work 09:16 - Having Conversations with Leadership/Management Trust & Honesty Communication Shame & Guilt; Managing Expectations 18:26 - Team Culture and Support Setting Good Examples Reducing Stigma Removing Onus 20:09 - Human…

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238: Contributing to Humanity and Mutual Aid – Solidarity, Not Charity 56:36

3+ y ago56:36

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01:00 - Mae’s Superpower: Being Able to Relate to Other People and Finding Ways to Support Them 03:42 - Contributing to Humanity (Specifically American Culture) Title Track Michigan Climate Change Clean, Accessible Water Hate & Divisiveness; Understanding Racial Justice 07:01 - Somatics and The Effects of Yoga, Meditation, and Self-Awareness Flow K…

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237: Empathy is Critical with Andrea Goulet 55:10

3+ y ago55:10

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01:13 - Andrea’s Superpower: Distilling Complexity Approaching Copywriting in a Programmatic Way Word-land vs Abstract-land 09:00 - “Technical” vs “Non-Technical” This or That Thinking 16:20 - Empathy is Critical Communication Artifacts Audience/User Impact Programmer Aptitude Test (PAT) 33:00 - Reforming Hiring Practices and Systems Core Values Ex…

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236: Connecting Arts and Technology – The Power of Print with Marlena Compton 1:08:41

3+ y ago1:08:41

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01:07 - Marlena’s Superpower: Bringing the Arts to Tech Coming Into Tech as a Creative 04:42 - Parallels Between Art and Computer Science/Software Engineering System Architecture Spatial Thinking & Representation Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought by Barbara Tversky Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson 09:33 - Sketchnoting an…

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235: RailsConf Scholars: 2021 Remote Edition 42:18

3+ y ago42:18

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The RailsConf Scholarship Program 03:12 - Tram’s Superpower: Getting 8 Hours of Sleep Per Night! 04:08 - Leah’s Superpower: Being a Companion to Long-Distance Runners 04:55 - Stefanni’s Superpower: Doing Things She’s Terrified of Doing 05:34 - Being Afraid and Grappling with Self-Doubt Asking Questions and Being Vulnerable Call-Out Bad Behavior 12:…

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234: Civil Society and Community Relationships with Michael Garfield 1:01:10

3+ y ago1:01:10

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02:13 - Michael’s Superpower: Being Able to Creatively Digest and Reconstruct Categories Integral Theory Creative Deconstruction – Michael Schwartz Creating Truly Novel Categories – Recognizing Novelty as Novelty 09:39 - Recognizing Economic Value of Talents & Abilities Invisible Labor Ecosystem Services Biodiversity; The Diversity Bonus by Scott P…

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233: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter with Jess Szmajda 47:24

3+ y ago47:24

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01:22 - Jess’s Superpower: Playing ANY Instrument Music & Technology Cultural Expoloration 06:03 - Language Community Ethos (MINASWAN) Human-Centered Design The Joy of Programming Meetup Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 13:24 - Inclusive Language: Language Matters Valheim 17:19 - Active Listening and Expressing Point-of-View, and Using Loudness Vocally For V…

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232: Outside The Charmed Circle with Tamsin Davis-Langley 1:04:05

3+ y ago1:04:05

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01:17 - Tamsin’s Superpower: Recognizing Songs Within Seconds 05:08 - Outside the Charmed Circle (Tamsin’s book about gender, sexuality, and spirituality) The Pagan Community “Necessarily Brief” 09:09 - Consent in the Mentor/Mentee Relationship (Master/Apprentice) The Universal Attribution Fallacy Access Power Dynamics Conflicts of Interest The Wor…

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231: Deserted Island Safety and Expectations with Austin Parker 47:38

3+ y ago47:38

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01:04 - Austin’s Superpower: Pain Tolerance 02:06 - Deserted Island DevOps (Running an Online/Virtual Conference in Animal Crossing or Other Mediums) Deserted Island DevOps 2020 on YouTube Software Circus The Great Cloud Native Bakeoff Making Real-Time Audience/Human Connection Streaming Watch Parties Austin Parker: Virtual Events Suck. 24:09 - Fai…

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230: Using Tech + Policy For Good with Corey Ponder 1:10:04

3+ y ago1:10:04

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01:55 - Corey’s Superpower: Empathy Finding Voice: You Are Not a Statistic What does it mean to support Black lives? Authentic Self Having Conversations Around Allyship Owning Vulnerability 09:06 - Having People Hear Your Stories “How are you doing?” “Me Too” Movement – learned something about self and blind spots in the process and the feedback wa…

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229: Union Organization with Melissa McEwen 53:30

3+ y ago53:30

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02:21 - Melissa’s Superpower: Being Extremely Online 03:06 - Unionizing Glitch Glitch workers sign tech’s first collective bargaining agreement Misconceptions re: Unions Engineer Salary Discrepancies Middle Management, Product Management Unionization Minority Unions (i.e. Google) What is a Minority Union? [The Rise of Minority Unions: How Social Mo…

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228: Career Snarkiness – Words Hold Weight with Corey Quinn 1:08:50

3+ y ago1:08:50

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02:21 - Corey’s Superpower: Reading 3,400 WPM Increasing Reading Speed 05:35 - Keeping Up w/ AWS Last Week in AWS AWS Morning Brief Screaming in the Cloud 08:45 - Delivering Corey Quinn – Personal Evolution Speaking Truth to Power (Kindly, but Snarkily) Privilege Sonia Gupta and Corey Quinn - Embarrassingly Large Numbers: Salary Negotiation for Hum…

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