Frank and Angelo discuss some of the wins and woes they come across in trying to focus on —and even define— meaningful work, in the context of Apple-based software development. Join them in the struggle.
Frank Courville and Angelo Stavrow
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Frank and Angelo discuss workshops, releasing a thing to the world, Drafts, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro. 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).
Frank and Angelo discuss a variety of things that are on their minds, including Hey Siri, activity rings, AirPods Pro, open source task management, and why books are a waste of time. 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).
Frank talks to Angelo about how big changes help shake out your priorities, creating better travel systems, and why he finally decided to get his first iPhone case after 7 years. 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).
Frank and Angelo discuss attention audits, clearing the decks, and shorthand. 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).
Frank and Angelo discuss introspection, notifications, and giving it all up to become potato farmers. 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).
We're back with season 2 of Make Before Break! In this episode, Frank and Angelo chat about how they're rebooting the show, and revisit their progress since the last episode aired over two months ago. 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).
Frank and Angelo discuss examples of what they've changed in the way they work and how it's worked out for them.
In this episode, we dive into how Angelo Gets Things Done: his workspace, his workflows, and his favourite tools.
In this episode, we dive into how Frank Gets Things Done: his workspace, his workflows, and his favourite tools.
Frank and Angelo discuss the difficulty in balancing full-time work and side projects. Full-time work is going to be a priority, but how can we keep our side projects from falling by the wayside or from taking our time and energy away from other important parts of our lives?
Frank and Angelo share their thoughts on how 2018 went… long after the year ended.
Frank and Angelo discuss working preferences, communication, the toxicity of cynicism, and gratitude as a company value. Also, yyyy-MM-dd is the one date format to rule them all. (There's a bit of background noise in this one that's kind of annoying, sorry about that.)
Frank and Angelo discuss the power of habits, feedback loops, and living life on autopilot.
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