Those Optimize Guys (Podcast)

Download Podcast Introductions Sergio and Jarrod Doug Cooper - Executive Director of City Gates Initiative. How do you handle your faith? Is religion more than a moral compass? How do you NOT take your faith into the workplace? Approaching your work as your calling. Self Orientation vs. Trust. The origin of work. Your obligation to perform at work. Bifurcation of self (your work self vs. your home self). This generation is completely different than past generations. We haven’t had anything bad happen these days. Thriving or surviving? Do we want to be part of a big story? Links The City Gates Initiative Contact usCheck out our new Google Plus PageWe would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download Podcast How much emotion should you invest in business? Pre game show Are you a Sony or a Microsoft gamer? Do your kids sabotage your game playing? Nintendo needs to release Super Mario RPG on Nintendo 3DS Why old guys rock at designing video games We need to revamp how we use email. We have overrun its usefulness. We need to repurpose IRC. Things to think about Have you picked a team yet? What would make you join a different team? Are you a fanboy or a hater? Is it uncomfortable to be cross platform? is free/OSS always the best fit for your business? Some business we spoke about Mailbox App - Quick and easy way to tear through your pile of email (iOS) Omnifocus - Task and GTD management (OSX)

Download Podcast How much emotion should you invest in business? Pre game show Angelina Jolie in the Maleficent movie What do you think of Megan Fox? Things to think about Do you have customers who you would gladly get rid of? Do your customers cost you money? Do you feel upset when one of your friends goes to a competitor. The bad experiences are much more infrequent than the good experiences. Should you bring religion into a business? Some business we spoke about The Olde Stone House Bed and Breakfast

Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Catholic schools are down with halloween Halloween Hell Houses! Fear of Change Ideas and technology move really fast Technology is getting cheap fast People cling to technology and old ideas Software is in beta state for long periods of time Facebook changes kill our society What trips us up? iOS7 freaked everyone out Do the buzzkills in life squash your goals? Horror Movie Countdown How are hipsters cool when they are doing what we did as kids? What happens when the public at large discovers your 'Thing'? We choose our favorite horror movies, but exclude 'The Exorcist', 'The Amityville Horror', and 'Halloween' Links Hell House Documentary The Demonologist - The Scariest book we've ever read.Check out our new Google Plus PageWe would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download Podcast Pre-show jabber We discuss taking up new hobbies and habits Storing and retrieving information We both use some sort of 'Getting Things Done' Stop the 'glancing' approach to your to do items Jarrod has all push notifications turned off How often do you check your email? Do you use folders and sub folders to organize your digital information? How do you manage your task lists? Links Getting Things Done Evernote Moleskine and Evernote Pocket - Save your links of interest, and read them later. Art Bell is back!Check out our new Google Plus PageWe would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Proper soccer field cell phone etiquette FIFA 2014 and the new PS4 Tools we have used to do things privately Tor network - Anonymizes web browsing. Child porn trafficker are should be shot. Social engineering - talking your way into a system PGP - Email and text encrytion. Bit Message - A private channel over which to send messages! Bit Coin - A private channel over which to make payments over. How to create a new private society in a new place - bit message and bit coin! DropBox - secure online storage. Tresorit - More secure storage. Copy - More secure storage. What would YOU do if you had something secret to do? Can you be civilly disobedient on private networks? Is Snail Mail still private How to organize an uprising LinksCheck out our new Google Plus PageWe would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download PodcastPre show jabber - What happened to all the nuns? - Catholic school hippiesShould we be concerned with wiretapping? How does this affect us in our daily lives? How did the Snowden event trigger this event? How suspect are your searches? How much data is collected? Can this data be reassembled? Should we change our lives to combat this? What expectation of privacy should you have? Does surveillance make you feel safer?LinksNo links this week, fellas!We would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Sergio gets a Prius and Dorks it OUT! Jarrod joins the Jedi Knights of Columbus Sergio explains Ham Radio What non dork girls should expect from dork guys. We discuss flight 666, the Iron Maiden documentary. Evil music is losing its edge. Getting paid what you're worthThis week, we talk about how to correctly charge your clients. Don't fret the learning curve. It's hard, but you'll get it. Learning to understand what money means. Learning how to present a big bill. How to set list prices vs. multiplier prices. Should you haggle? Keeping a poker face when presenting a bill. How do you figure out what a fair price is? The basics of choosing entrepreneurship. how important is security for you? LinksNo links this week, fellas!We would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.

Download Podcast Document and Password managementThis week, we talk about how we keep our data in check. Do you use an iPad to take notes? Do you use paper? OCR = Optical Character Recognition How do you manage your email? How often do you use email? We don't use labels on Gmail! We ride commando! We haven't yet found a use for Google Docs Are you down with NSA? Hard Drives die. Backup your stuff. Links DocScanner - Scans your documents and uploads them to Evernote Mailbox - Quickly blow through all of your email. Google Voice - Voicemail and transcription. Org Mode - Hardcore note taking system. Evernote Food - Carry your recipes everywhere! BackBlaze - Backup all of your hard drives (even your external ones!) Last Pass - Securely store you passwords in the cloud. Password Maker - Keep your password securely. In your head!We would love to hear from you at our facebook page with your thoughts.