Make Before Break

Episode 21: The One About Stream Decks

Frank and Angelo discuss the daily diary of small steps, Angelo's return to Swift, the value of guidance when learning complex things, and Frank's new Stream Deck. Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so if you'd like to help offset our production costs, you can buy us a coffee [https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0YUFA]. Visit us on the web [https://www.makebeforebreak.com], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/MakeBeforeBreak], or send us an email [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/contact]. Links: * Per Rewrite Diary | Angelo Stavrow [https://angelostavrow.com/tags/per-rewrite-diary/] * A Daily Diary of Small Steps | Angelo Stavrow [https://angelostavrow.com/post/daily-diary-small-steps/] * Stream Deck | elgato.com [https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/stream-deck] * OmniFocus Video Tutorials, Articles & Webinars - Learn OmniFocus [https://learnomnifocus.com/] * MacSparky Field Guides [https://learn.macsparky.com/courses] * wizard zines [https://wizardzines.com/] * XVimProject/XVim: Xcode plugin for Vim keybindings [https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim] * The Someday/Maybe List is a Lie | Angelo Stavrow [https://angelostavrow.com/post/someday-maybe-is-a-lie/] * The Hacking with Swift store [https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store] * Missing Manuals [https://www.oreilly.com/missingmanuals/] * PaintCode - Turn your drawings into Objective-C or Swift drawing code [https://www.paintcodeapp.com/]

Episode 20: Digital Hoarders, Unite!

Frank and Angelo discuss the weird ways that software creates breadcrumbs of your life, and the idea of digital hoarding. Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so if you'd like to help offset our production costs, you can buy us a coffee [https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0YUFA]. Visit us on the web [https://www.makebeforebreak.com], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/MakeBeforeBreak], or send us an email [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/contact]. Links: * Stream Deck | elgato.com [https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/stream-deck] * Deliveries: a package tracker for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac [https://deliveries.app/] * Your iPhone Knows Exactly Where You've Been And This Is How To See It [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/your-iphone-knows-exactly-where-youve-been-and-this-is-how-t] * Day One - Your Journal for Life. App for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. [https://dayoneapp.com/] * Slogger - BrettTerpstra.com [https://brettterpstra.com/projects/slogger/] * 5by5 | Back to Work #457: A Buddhist Gift [https://5by5.tv/b2w/457] * Dropped Bits - Per [https://droppedbits.com/apps/per/] * The PARA Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information | Praxis [https://praxis.fortelabs.co/the-p-a-r-a-method-a-universal-system-for-organizing-digital-information-75a9da8bfb37/] * Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software [https://www.noodlesoft.com/] * FreshBooks | Invoice and Accounting Software for Small Businesses [https://www.freshbooks.com/] * Drafts | Where Text Starts [https://getdrafts.com/] * Alfred - Productivity App for macOS [https://www.alfredapp.com/] * Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac [https://bear.app/] * Ulysses [https://ulysses.app/]

Episode 19: Do The Evernotion

Frank and Angelo discuss backpacks, pulling stuff out of OmniFocus, and returning to Evernote, Notion, and good ol' textfiles. Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so if you'd like to help offset our production costs, you can buy us a coffee [https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0YUFA]. Visit us on the web [https://www.makebeforebreak.com], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/MakeBeforeBreak], or send us an email [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/contact]. Links: * Everyday Backpack 20L & 30L V1 | Peak Design Official Site [https://www.peakdesign.com/collections/last-call/products/everyday-backpack-v1?variant=9783969284140] * Anti-theft Backpack | Venturesafe® 25L GII in Black by Pacsafe [https://pacsafe.com/collections/color-Black/products/venturesafe-25l-gii-anti-theft-travel-pack] * Cortex #88: Cortex Airport - Relay FM [https://www.relay.fm/cortex/88] * The PARA Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information | Praxis [https://praxis.fortelabs.co/the-p-a-r-a-method-a-universal-system-for-organizing-digital-information-75a9da8bfb37/] * Evernote [https://evernote.com/] * Notion [https://www.notion.so] * The Most Powerful Productivity App I Use - Notion - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9S5I3pWz94] * TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac [https://www.taskpaper.com/] * Mind map - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map] * TOKYO - try! Swift Conference [https://www.tryswift.co/events/2020/tokyo/en/] * Mind Map & Brainstorm Ideas - MindNode [https://mindnode.com/] * How I Mind Map - BrettTerpstra.com [https://brettterpstra.com/2014/09/18/how-i-mind-map/]

Episode 18: Goooooaaaaal(s)

Following up on last episode's discussion of annual retrospectives, Frank and Angelo think about setting SMART goals for 2020. Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so if you'd like to help offset our production costs, you can buy us a coffee [https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0YUFA]. Visit us on the web [https://www.makebeforebreak.com], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/MakeBeforeBreak], or send us an email [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/contact]. Links: * Make Before Break Episode 17: Retrospecting, Annually [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/17] * Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear [https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits] * Five-Whybot on Glitch [https://five-whybot.glitch.me/] * Your output depends on your input - Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2019/12/19/your-output-depends-on-your-input/]

Episode 17: Retrospecting, Annually

Frank and Angelo discuss annual retrospectives — why they're valuable, how they prepare, and what their process is. Make Before Break is a podcast about the struggle in doing meaningful work. If you enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you left a review on iTunes. We don't do ads, so if you'd like to help offset our production costs, you can buy us a coffee [https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0YUFA]. Visit us on the web [https://www.makebeforebreak.com], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/MakeBeforeBreak], or send us an email [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/contact]. Links: * Make Before Break: A Belated 2018 Annual Retrospective [https://www.makebeforebreak.com/s01e04] * Choice 3: Schedule the Big Rocks [https://www.franklincovey.com/the-5-choices/choice-3.html] * Core Intuition [http://coreint.org/] * Loneliness Cited as Public Health Threat | Psychology Today [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-and-gratitude/201708/loneliness-cited-public-health-threat] * Year in Pixels [https://yearinpixels.glitch.me/]