Fits + Starts Podcast
1) 30: Meritocracy ++
We like Notion (sort of), Daniel hates Basecamp, and John is prototyping board games. Then Daniel lays out his unified field theory of software engineering and pounds the table for collective bargaini...Show More
2) 29: Ominous death clock
In our season finale, we talk about time and attention. Daniel takes John to task about whether or not time exists. And then we talk about ego. We'll be back with Season 4 soon!
3) 28: Heroic feats of workaholism (with Stephen Hackett)
Relay.fm co-founder Stephen Hackett stops in to talk about the perils of finding personal identity in your work, whether or not it's important to "love" what you do, and the weird experience of having...Show More
4) 27: Discipline December pt. 2 (with Caleb Porzio)
This week we recap Discipline December. We talk discipline as a tool, the downside of letting fear motivate your work, and using experiments to diagnose your problems. Then John loses his mind over ho...Show More
5) 26: Ego depletion
We return to form with this old school episode with no guest. John is having a hard time getting things done, and Daniel has ideas for how to help. We discuss working from home, making good check list...Show More
6) 25: Discipline December (with Caleb Porzio)
Daniel is going to be disciplined for (almost) a whole month! This is a very meta episode: protestant work ethic, work habits, budgeting, food, exercise, checklists, tidying up, and more! Follow along...Show More
7) 24: Many a hustle (with Michael Johnson)
Long time friend Michael Johnson calls in for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We talk vlogging, managing multiple side hustles, unifying your life, finding identity, and living life without a calendar. Spe...Show More
8) 23: Total depravity (with Nancy French)
4-time NYT Best Selling Author Nancy French shares her thoughts on being a Conservative writer in the era of Trump. Nancy recently left the Republican party and faced harassment from the Alt-Right. We...Show More
9) 22: I call it poetry, you call it content (with Aaron Belz)
John's cousin Aaron Belz drops by to talk about how businesses use language, the difference between students and young employees, how social media can shape the way people make creative stuff online, ...Show More
10) 21: Thinking in public (with Mike Rugnetta)
Mike Rugnetta drops some knowledge about how to improve internet discourse, maintaining a productive comment section, focusing on the right stuff, why people join internet communities, and what it mea...Show More