ChrisLAS Cast

I explain the recent revelation that lead me to restarting Unfilter. I get into how I'm trying to balance work, family, and new projects.

The long shot that has me driving to Denver next week, my extreme backup plans if LinuxFest Northwest is canceled, and update on my podcast consulting experiment. Plus my tweaks to make macOS more like Desktop Linux.

A critical eye is the difference between those who grow and improve and those who are stagnant. If you want to make the best stuff, you first have to be willing to admit your work sucks. It can be a hard thing to hear, and a hard thing to accept. My approach to reviewing my work, and my team's. It's the details that matter, in what you make, and how you communicate.

The recent lessons that taught me that ultimately, my past self is an idiot. Special guest Jason Spisak returns to the Cast to chat about my recent struggles with podcaster's writers' block, finding motivation, and why Jason avoids all social media. As well as being in business for your self vs. working for a company.

I chat with Brent on how the "write notes all day" challenge is going so far. Plus, he gives me some tips on building rituals. And maybe how I get a little too strategic with my caffeine.

Jason Spisak joins me on the Cast and every topic is fair game, and I get schooled along the way. Plus a passionate discussion about why goals are a guaranteed recipe for failure, but how systems can lead to success. Building off-grid homes, why RVs are just as bad as multi-function printers, and advice for treating people like humans in our worst

The community is so focused on iPhone and the Mac that we've missed an exploding new area of computing. The market has made the case, and I attempt to make mine. Plus a bit about this here half-cast, and my creative process.

I go couch surfing with my buddy Alex from Self-Hosted. Plus, our tricks for focusing, our pets, and our favorite Pacific Northwest Road Trips.

Even the most diehard Mac fans acknowledge major short comings with macOS Catalina. I lay out the case why we are seeing the Mac's Windows Vista moment right now.