What non-fiction have you been reading? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Andrew: Chaos Monkeys

Justin: Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Bryce: Freedom from Anxious Thoughts and Feelings

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Listener Nick has a question: how do you set long-term goals? Breaking down big ideas and concepts into smaller, doable actions. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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How do you gauge how you should present yourself for different audiences? Code-switching, basically? The pressures of being “on.” Corporate versus casual environments. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Justin: Quiz Show

Brian: Ted Lasso

Bryce: Freedom From Anxious Thoughts and Feelings from Scott Symington

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Bad jobs! Everyone’s got stories, but what can we learn from them as employees and employers? Lynyrd Skynyrd corners, cougar feeding, and Keebler elves. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Ripley’s Game

Justin: Guardians of the Galaxy

Brian: Free Guy

Bryce: The Silence of the Lambs

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With a new wave of COVID and a new report on global warming, how do you cut through the noise and engage with critial thinking? How does clickbait overshadow real, nuanced public conversation? Then, how do you set up your day? Voice assistants: frustrating! Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

Brian: The Stormlight series from Brandon Sanderson

Bryce: Things on iOS and macOS

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When viral content finally snags a sale, but loses the sale on the follow-through. How do you prepare for success? When building your product leads to product blindness. When are you ready to tell people about your thing? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: ScreenFlow

Justin: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Brian: Demeo

Bryce: iOS Widget Stack

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Brian talks about his experience leaving Dell in 199[8?] and going full-time as a magician plus a new experience of letting go for Brian. How can you let go? Bryce is supervising remote editors and is feeling a little unsure about how to…supervise! Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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Bryce and Justin talk with Andrew about Great Night, the reboot of Night Attack. What went into the visual and structural decisions? How do you break a 7+ year old podcast and re-build it bigger and better? Plus, some sleep suggestions. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Bryce: Is ‘Futurama’ The Next Great Sleep Hack?

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Numbers for World’s Greatest Con! Brian and Justin share real numbers, day-one or not! What advice would they share for people making a project similar to World’s Greatest Con? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: GitHub Copilot

Justin: Toast of London

Brian: The Dark Tower book series from Stephen King

Bryce: I Think You Should Leave

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We’ve got a comment from a listener following-up on Andrew’s…CO2 meter?! A scientifically accurate discussion on oxygen-carbon dioxide air mixtures. What’s a poison and what does it mean to get poisoned? Brian and Justin’s World Greatest Con podcast is now on Patreon, but they have conflict over skittish advertising money despite the successful launch. Websites for podcasts: what should they have and what is their value? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Defunctland on YouTube

Brian: Defunctland on YouTube

Bryce: Great Night podcast

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The finale of World’s Greatest Con season one is out now. How is it faring two weeks in? Brian’s dealing with a type of fragility and Justin is wrestling with his “greatest success ever.” Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Replit

Justin: Fireside.fm

Brian: Brian: World’s Greatest Con podcast

Bryce: Great Night coming to NightAttack on Twitch this week

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Picks:

Andrew: New iPad Pro

Brian: Rick & Morty

Bryce: Hannibal

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Bryce seeks guidance on what his next steps with LFG Marbles should be. Brian and Justin are launching their new scripted podcast, “World’s Greatest Con.” How did they figure out what voice they wanted and how was it changing their working relationship? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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Long-time listener Joe Diamond is in Austin and talks with the fellas how their advice to virtualize his show and how they can help now. Doing magic over a Zoom call. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Justin: Murder Among the Mormons

Brian: yolo420.com/newsecret

Bryce: AirPods

Joe: The Adventures of Shelock Holmes

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Andrew’s been scouring the behind-the-scenes features for The Hobbit. How do you make content that is engaging your audience and leaning into material that works. Brian wants to impart knowledge about creativity to his teenage daughter. How do you help someone fight the inevitable feeling of failure? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Justin: The Handmaid’s Tale and

Bryce: Jupiter’s Legacy (half-pick) and

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Bryce is back from time off! What did he do and what are some tips on doing a long staycation and self-learning JavaScript? Andrew read a Reddit thread that makes us question: what is the value of publishers? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: AirTags

Justin: Seeing the Austin, TX bats

Brian: Hacking the Unconscious from Rory Sutherland

Bryce: The Complete JavaScript Course 2021

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