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The Nintendo Entertainment Podcast is here! The trio will have much to discuss between the weekly news and the upcoming Splatfest! First, the trio discusses their gaming exploits! Todd laments not being able to play much and throws some SERIOUS JUDGING on the "Choose Your Legends" winners for this year! Will, meanwhile, has continued on with Marvel Rivals while also going back to play some relaxing games like Flower! As for Scott, he was playing Starlight Legacy, and is one of the only main people talking about it online! Oh, and he got a new Trails game! Then, in the news, the Nintendo Switch had some financial details drop, while the Switch 2 reaffirmed its next presentation! Also, the Pokemon TCG Pocket game responded to its huge trading controversy, Disney apparently almost bought Nintendo in 2016, fans are debating putting Jonesy from Fortnite in Smash Bros, and more! Finally, in the main event, the guys re-debate the imminent chocolate Splatfest! Will they change their picks? Will WILL gloat because he thinks victory is assured??? Listen and find out! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast!

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Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is WILL CARSOLA! Will Will is the co-creator of Mr. Pickles and Momma Named Me Sheriff as well as the Creative Director at Liquid Death. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with WILL about GETTING HIS START IN SKETCH COMEDY, ANIMATING WITH A MOUSE, PITCHING MR. PICKLES and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! WILL! ► https://www.willcarsola.com/ ► https://x.com/willcarsola ► https://www.instagram.com/willcarsola ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 0:44 Art school and first jobs 46:22 Liquid death 1:07:41 Questions 1:34:20 Creative block

It's another Will Squared edition! They dip into some celebrity talk and try to figure out who was the Justin Bieber of Will's generation? The Oregon Ducks head into the Big 10 Title Game this weekend with all the momentum, and everything to lose. Will & Will break down what the ducks need to punch their ticket with a bye in the College Football Playoff. A woman is pay a lot of traffic fines, BUT SHE QUIT DRIVING IN 2020.

The Oregon Ducks head into the Big 10 Title Game this weekend with all the momentum, and everything to lose. Will & Will break down what the ducks need to punch their ticket with a bye in the College Football Playoff. A

What's the app you use to communicate non-verbally that you're not interested in talking to someone? Email? Weather app? NFL Week 14 is underway and Thursday Night Football displayed one of the greatest contests. The Lions put their balls on the table to win. Does this make them Super Bowl favorites? Will & Will discuss.

NFL Week 14 is underway and Thursday Night Football displayed one of the greatest contests. The Lions put their balls on the table to win. Does this make them Super Bowl favorites? Will & Will discuss.

The NFL Playoff race is heating up and it's coming down to the wire! Bo Nix is ROY bound. The 49ers are in a tight division race and the Browns are fun to watch! Will & Will cover it all!

It's a pizza segment! Will D accidentally mismanaged the clock and we end up talking about best pizza places in your local town. The NFL Playoff race is heating up and it's coming down to the wire! Bo Nix is ROY bound. The 49ers are in a tight division race and the Browns are fun to watch! Will & Will cover it all! Thanksgiving food discussion. WHAT TO WATCH!!!

It's a Will squared edition of the show and topics jump from the World Series, to Lee Corso's old ass sweater. The Oregon Ducks are entering the toughest stretch of their schedule. A big match up against no. 20 Illinois and a visit to the Big House. Will the Ducks be able to deliver? Will & Will break down what Oregon needs to do to hold onto their top ranking! Oregon State Beavers are looking to bounce back after a loss. Goldfish have gone crazy.

Oregon Ducks may be that rare bird that produces a Heisman winner, because they're the best team in the country. Why won't Ashton Jeanty get more consideration for the nation's top award? Will & Will discuss why the Ducks might benefit from a less than stellar Heisman candidate field. Breaking down NFL matchups for the weekend. Syracuse had a very bad day. WHAT TO WATCH!!!

The Oregon Ducks are entering the toughest stretch of their schedule. A big match up against no. 20 Illinois and a visit to the Big House. Will the Ducks be able to deliver? Will & Will break down what Oregon needs to do to hold onto their top ranking!

Oregon Ducks may be that rare bird that produces a Heisman winner, because they're the best team in the country. Why won't Ashton Jeanty get more consideration for the nation's top award? Will & Will discuss why the Ducks might benefit from a less than stellar Heisman candidate field.

Send us a textLook at us, here we are, right where we belong! The PMoN boys are back with another deep dive into a movie on the Space to Carol Spectrum. This week, Ben and Will discuss the much debated, The Muppets Take Manhattan! Will Will (hehe double wills) be able to convince Ben that this is actually a pretty good Muppet film and get it a boost on the Space to Carol or will it forever be relegated to the bottom half of the scale? With such great music, major nostalgia, and the birth of the Muppet Babies, it might just stand a chance! Join us on another puppet-y adventure because YOU HEAR THAT NEW YORK?!? THE PUPPET MASTERS ARE STAYIN'!  Join the discussion on our discord! https://discord.gg/JDtWJrhPF6Follow us on twitter @PMoNPodcast and  Instagram and Threads @puppetmastersofnoneFind out more about the puppet masters on our website: https://puppetmastersofnone.wixsite.com/puppetmastersofnoneOriginal Music Composed by Taetro. @Taetro  https://www.taetro.com/

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Will wanders into a conversation about Montana license plate numbers as Terry gets confused riding to the Snowball. Will Terry get set straight? Will Dave take-up with an AI generated voice? Will Will wake-up from his conifer induced coma? Find out, in this month's visit to The Den! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Before and After reviews is our show to talk and review brand new theater releases spoiler free.This week we watch the newest Bad Boys film, part 4, the one that isn't named "Bad boys 4 life" because that was part 3, this one is called "Ride or Die", something that isn't said or hinted at. Confused? Us too. Will we discuss Will? Will Will break our Will and allow us to enjoy the movie regardless of our feeling of his past deeds? Music by Karl Casey @whitebataudio on Instagram and YouTube.You can find us @justanothermovienight and @thecraftymisfit on Instagram.Thanks for listening!New episodes every Friday

With the Blades taking a breather for a few weeks, Ben and Andrew cook up 10 (realistic) things they'd like to see from Sheffield United for the rest of this season. Can we ruin someone else's season? Will Will break his duck? And can someone "do a Ramsdale"? Thanks for listening, and UTB!

Title: Unlock the Secrets to a Powerful Business NetworkGuests: Cassie Wells and Jason MonczkaEpisode Overview:In this dynamic episode join Cassie Wells and Jason Monczka as they delve into the crucial role of networking in today's business landscape. They share their personal success stories, offering valuable strategies and practical tips for cultivating and maintaining a robust professional network. The episode also provides deeper insights into effective networking. Key Points:- Discussion on the evolution and importance of networking in today's business world. - Sharing of personal success stories and strategies in networking. - Tips on maintaining and growing a professional network. - Q&A session with insightful answers from the guests. - Closing thoughts and where to find more about the guests' work.  Connect with Cassie - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassie-wells-3068303a/ Website:  https://www.modern-bd.com/  Connect with Jason - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmonczka/  Website: https://pomeroygroup.com/     Connect with Justin & Will -Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ Learn More & Connect With Spot Migration - Website: https://www.spotmigration.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Do you want to be a guest on the show? Go to https://buildingscale.net/guests Need to discuss your IT and Cybersecurity Strategy? Go to https://buildingscale.net/help

Join Curt Norton of Strang, Inc. on Building Scale, where he discusses with hosts Justin Neagle and Will Foret about leading an architectural firm through transformative change. This episode covers Curt's approach to integrating new technologies, navigating industry shifts, and fostering a culture of innovation. Discover the strategies that have made Strang Inc. a leader in the architectural world.Key Topics: - Technological Integration in Architecture - Managing Change in a Dynamic Industry - Cultivating Innovation and Growth  Connect with Curt and Stang - Curt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtnorton/ Stang's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strang-inc./ Website: https://strang-inc.com/ Phone: 608-276-9200    Connect with Justin & Will -Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ Learn More & Connect With Spot Migration - Website: https://www.spotmigration.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Do you want to be a guest on the show? Go to https://buildingscale.net/guests Need to discuss your IT and Cybersecurity Strategy? Go to https://buildingscale.net/help

Dive into an inspiring episode with Julie Savitt, founder of AMS Elite Solutions, on Building Scale. Hosts Justin Neagle and Will Foret discuss with Julie her path through the complexities of the construction industry. She highlights the significance of helping others, the role of certifications for small businesses, and adapting to changes in the economic and political landscape. This episode is a testament to resilience and innovation in the face of adversity.Key Topics:Trust and Resilience in BusinessCertification Impact on Small BusinessesAdapting to Economic and Political ChangesStrategies for Construction Business Growth Connect with Julie - Julie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieasavitt/ AMS' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ams-elite-solutions-inc/ Website: https://ams-es.net/ Phone: (847) 838-9501  Connect with Justin & Will -Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ Learn More & Connect With Spot Migration - Website: https://www.spotmigration.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Do you want to be a guest on the show? Go to https://buildingscale.net/guests Need to discuss your IT and Cybersecurity Strategy? Go to https://buildingscale.net/help

Join Shon Harris, founder of Livewire Electrical Systems, as he shares his entrepreneurial journey on Building Scale. Hosts Justin Neagle and Will Foret dive into Shon's approach to business growth, community impact, and the importance of fostering positive relationships in the construction industry. This episode offers a unique look at the challenges and triumphs of building a successful business while making a significant community impact.Key Topics:Business Development in Construction Community Engagement and Impact Leadership and Team Building Overcoming Industry Challenges  Connect with Shon - Shon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shon-harris-5a85a222/Livewire's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/livewire-systems-/Website: https://www.livewire-construction.com/  Connect with Justin & Will -Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ Learn More & Connect With Spot Migration - Website: https://www.spotmigration.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Do you want to be a guest on the show? Go to https://buildingscale.net/guests Need to discuss your IT and Cybersecurity Strategy? Go to https://buildingscale.net/help

Join Jason Lohoff, founder and CEO of Master Rooter LLC, as he shares his journey with hosts Justin Neagle and Will Foret on Building Scale. Jason delves into transforming his plumbing business into a scalable model, focusing on reinvestment and customer satisfaction. This episode is packed with insights on growing a business without losing sight of quality service and client relationships.Key Topics:Business ScalabilityReinvesting for GrowthCustomer-Centric ServiceEntrepreneurial Mindset Connect with Jason - Jason's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-lohoff-687a0b1a8/  Master Rooter's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/master-rooter-az/ Website: https://masterrooter.co/ Phone: 602-399-9464  Connect with Justin & Will -Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ Learn More & Connect With Spot Migration - Website: https://www.spotmigration.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Do you want to be a guest on the show? Go to https://buildingscale.net/guests Need to discuss your IT and Cybersecurity Strategy? Go to https://buildingscale.net/help

MVO Uncensored Podcast Rundown: ⁃ Diddy vs Cassie: What's all the gory details? Did Diddy do it? Will Diddy ever beat the Mook allegations? Is Diddy done? ⁃ Will Smith outed by former assistant? Claims Will was getting down with Duane Martin? Will Will ever beat the Mook allegations? ⁃ Al Cood got hurt? Did stairs claim another MVO host? What happened to Al Cood? ⁃ Hassan Campbell got shot while doing a live YouTube? He'll be aight. ⁃ MVO Worldwide tryna overthrow the big fella? Al Cood sending his shooters like Jay did Kanye? Who's auditioning to be the new MVO cohost? ⁃ One gotta go: Ready to Die, Life After Death, No Way Out, Harlem World ⁃ Anything we listening to that's new? ⁃ The Big Fella reviews Power 4 Season and previews Raising Kanaan

Join us as we discuss these incredible leader's journey using EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to run Spot Migration and the focus on vision and core values has had to grow Spot Migration. Justin and Will share their personal journeys to find their core purposes in life and have a real impact on the world. The blend of these two things has had a huge role in our joy, growth, and fulfillment in business and life. And we know the party's just getting started. Justin Neagle, Chief Storyteller at Spot Migration and Co-host of the Building Scale Podcast. Will Foret, CEO of Spot Migration and Co-host of the Building Scale Podcast - Will Foret is the Founder and CEO of Spot Migration. Connect with Justin & Will: Will: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willforet/ Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justneagle/ https://Spotmigration.com https://Buildingscale.net https://www.linkedin.com/company/spot-migration https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildingscale https://www.facebook.com/spotmigration https://twitter.com/spotmigration https://www.youtube.com/c/Spotmigration Join the Inspiration Contagion movement: Subscribe to Inspiration Contagion on your favorite podcast player and share it. Reach out to your host, Holly at https://hollyjeanjackson.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyjjackson/ email at holly@hollyjeanjackson.com Get your copy of the book: https://www.amazon.com/Inspiration-Contagion-Health-Secrets-Success/dp/1954047444/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RU20QS7LLPCO&keywords=inspiration+contagion&qid=1680782585&sprefix=inspiration+contagion%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1

Wendy Smith chats to Will Gibson, a health coach and Christian counsellor who runs a men's mental health support charity called refuelled.orgHe also runs an online health company with his wife Charlotte called Mr and Mrs Fit.IG: mrandmrsfittTikTok: naturalhealingcouple and redpill_willWill had lots of handy remedies for us both on and off air and we hope to have him back on the show for some more health deep-dives.Presented by Wendy Smith:https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FmOxoTinz5Ti/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXSIY_CG_LXwA-w-nmt4mwwendysmith.me.ukultimateretreats.lifehttps://www.facebook.com/CoachWendy72/Tune into Reality Bites live on KindaSound Radio every Sunday: https://KindaSound.orgConnect with the KindaSound team on Telegram: https://t.me/ksradio

Brian Douglas is the CEO of OpenSauced which helps enterprises discover the best engineers in Open Source. Victoria and Will talk to Brian about meeting as many developers as possible, setting goals, and keeping himself accountable, and what makes a successful open source project. OpenSauced (https://opensauced.pizza/) Follow OpenSauced on Twitter (https://twitter.com/saucedopen), GitHub (https://github.com/open-sauced), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/opensauced/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/opensauced), Discord (https://discord.com/invite/U2peSNf23P), and Dev.to (https://dev.to/opensauced). Follow Brian Douglas on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianldouglas/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/bdougieYO), or visit his website (https://b.dougie.dev/). Follow thoughtbot on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of Giant Robots! Transcript: VICTORIA: Hey there. It's your host Victoria. And I'm here today with Dawn Delatte and Jordyn Bonds from our Ignite team. We are thrilled to announce the summer 2023 session of our new incubator program. If you have a business idea that involves a web or mobile app, we encourage you to apply for our 8-week program. We'll help you validate the market opportunity, experiment with messaging and product ideas, and move forward with confidence towards an MVP. Learn more and apply at tbot.io/incubator. Dawn and Jordyn, thank you for joining and sharing the news with me today. JORDYN: Thanks for having us. DAWN: Yeah, glad to be here. VICTORIA: So, tell me a little bit more about the incubator program. This will be your second session, right? JORDYN: Indeed. We are just now wrapping up the first session. We had a really great 8 weeks, and we're excited to do it again. VICTORIA: Wonderful. And I think we're going to have the person from your program on a Giant Robots episode soon. JORDYN: Wonderful. VICTORIA: Maybe you can give us a little preview. What were some of your main takeaways from this first round? JORDYN: You know, as ever with early-stage work, it's about identifying your best early adopter market and user persona, and then learning as much as you possibly can about them to inform a roadmap to a product. VICTORIA: What made you decide to start this incubator program this year with thoughtbot? DAWN: We had been doing work with early-stage products and founders, as well as some innovation leads or research and development leads in existing organizations. We had been applying a lot of these processes, like the customer discovery process, Product Design Sprint process to validate new product ideas. And we've been doing that for a really long time. And we've also been noodling on this idea of exploring how we might offer value even sooner to clients that are maybe pre-software product idea. Like many of the initiatives at thoughtbot, it was a little bit experimental for us. We decided to sort of dig into better understanding that market, and seeing how the expertise that we had could be applied in the earlier stage. It's also been a great opportunity for our team to learn and grow. We had Jordyn join our team as Director of Product Strategy. Their experience with having worked at startups and being an early-stage startup founder has been so wonderful for our team to engage with and learn from. And we've been able to offer that value to clients as well. VICTORIA: I love that. So it's for people who have identified a problem, and they think they can come up with a software solution. But they're not quite at the point of being ready to actually build something yet. Is that right? DAWN: Yeah. We've always championed the idea of doing your due diligence around validating the right thing to build. And so that's been a part of the process at thoughtbot for a really long time. But it's always been sort of in the context of building your MVP. So this is going slightly earlier with that idea and saying, what's the next right step for this business? It's really about understanding if there is a market and product opportunity, and then moving into exploring what that opportunity looks like. And then validating that and doing that through user research, and talking to customers, and applying early product and business strategy thinking to the process. VICTORIA: Great. So that probably sets you up for really building the right thing, keeping your overall investment costs lower because you're not wasting time building the wrong thing. And setting you up for that due diligence when you go to investors to say, here's how well I vetted out my idea. Here's the rigor that I applied to building the MVP. JORDYN: Exactly. It's not just about convincing external stakeholders, so that's a key part. You know, maybe it's investors, maybe it's new team members you're looking to hire after the program. It could be anyone. But it's also about convincing yourself. Really, walking down the path of pursuing a startup is not a small undertaking. And we just want to make sure folks are starting with their best foot forward. You know, like Dawn said, let's build the right thing. Let's figure out what that thing is, and then we can think about how to build it right. That's a little quote from a book I really enjoy, by the way. I cannot take credit for that. [laughs] There's this really great book about early-stage validation called The Right It by Alberto Savoia. He was an engineer at Google, started a couple of startups himself, failed in some ways, failed to validate a market opportunity before marching off into building something. And the pain of that caused him to write this book about how to quickly and cheaply validate some market opportunity, market assumptions you might have when you're first starting out. The way he frames that is let's figure out if it's the right it before we build it right. And I just love that book, and I love that framing. You know, if you don't have a market for what you're building, or if they don't understand that they have the pain point you're solving for, it doesn't matter what you build. You got to do that first. And that's really what the focus of this incubator program is. It's that phase of work. Is there a there there? Is there something worth the hard, arduous path of building some software? Is there something there worth walking that path for before you start walking it? VICTORIA: Right. I love that. Well, thank you both so much for coming on and sharing a little bit more about the program. I'm super excited to see what comes out of the first round, and then who gets selected for the second round. So I'm happy to help promote. Any other final takeaways for our listeners today? DAWN: If this sounds intriguing to you, maybe you're at the stage where you're thinking about this process, I definitely encourage people to follow along. We're trying to share as much as we can about this process and this journey for us and our founders. So you can follow along on our blog, on LinkedIn. We're doing a LinkedIn live weekly with the founder in the program. We'll continue to do that with the next founders. And we're really trying to build a community and extend the community, you know, that thoughtbot has built with early-stage founders, so please join us. We'd love to have you. VICTORIA: Wonderful. That's amazing. Thank you both so much. INTRO MUSIC: VICTORIA: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Victoria Guido. WILL: And I'm your host, Will WILL. And with us today is Brian Douglas, CEO of OpenSauced, helping enterprises discover best engineers in open source. Brian, thank you for joining us today. BRIAN: My pleasure. Thanks for inviting me on the podcast. VICTORIA: Just tell us a little bit more about OpenSauced. BRIAN: Yeah, it's opensauced.pizza is the URL. So I always point that out because it's easy to found. WILL: I love it. BRIAN: And OpenSauced is a platform for engineers to find their next contributions and enterprises to discover the best engineers doing open-source, so... VICTORIA: Right. So maybe tell me what led you to start this company? BRIAN: Yeah, that's a great question. Actually, if you don't mind, I'll start further back. I graduated college in 2008 during the financial crisis with a finance degree. And what I learned pretty quickly is, like, if you don't know anybody in finance, it's a little hard to get a job in a bad market. So I took a sales role instead, mainly because I just wanted to learn. I was very much introverted. I wanted to learn how to talk to people, and have conversation, and communicate. So I did that four years and then got my MBA. And then started learning how to code while building an app, which is...I mentioned before we hit record I learned about this podcast around that time, which is, like, very serendipitous to be on this podcast years later. But, fast forward, OpenSauced, like, because of the whole networking aspect of how I got my job in sales and how I was able to do sales when I learned how to engineer, I knew the connection to open source, or how I learned how to code was, like, a wealth of information. So I made it my career goal to meet as many developers as possible. And then, I was working at this company called Netlify. I was employee number three there. And my role was to basically be a front-end engineer, but where I was actually getting more adoption to the product by doing open source. Like, every time I'd do an open-source contribution, I'd add a Netlify deploy preview manually in my PR. And that would give the maintainer enough juice to review the PR sooner. And I was doing a lot of open-source contribution at the time. So I wanted to build a tool to maintain, like, all the PRs I had opened in-flight that I needed to respond back to or...because back in, like, 2016, notifications on GitHub they weren't the greatest. WILL: [laughs] BRIAN: So I built a tool just to keep up to date on what I had opened and how I can communicate back with the maintainer. And saw a need...actually, I didn't see the need. I used this thing myself, and then in 2020, I started live streaming myself, building more features on top of this, like, CRM tool, and had a few people ask, "Hey, can you add a login to this? I'd love to use this, too, with my own database and stuff like that." So I did that. I added login. And I say database, like, we actually originally started with no database. We used GitHub Issues as a tracking mechanism for tracking repos and conversations. We've since moved away from that because, now, obviously, GitHub's got way more advanced in how notifications work. But the sort of ethos of the project still lives today, and what we have in the open-source platform. So that's, like, the long tale of how we got to where we are today. And then, I spoke at GitHub Universe on OpenSauced back in 2017. And from that talk, I had GitHub employees reach out to me and ask me to work at GitHub. So I accepted, and I worked at GitHub for almost five years, sort of putting OpenSauced to the side up until last year, decided to go ahead and pursue it again. And at that point, decided to make it a company. VICTORIA: What a cool story. There are so many things in there that I want to follow up on. I'm sure, Will, you also are like -- [laughs] WILL: [laughs] Yes. VICTORIA: I have so many questions. [laughs] WILL: Wow, that's amazing just hearing the story from you [laughs] got a four-year degree in finance, 2008 happened, no job, very hard to get a job because of who you know. And then you go and changed directions to start learning to code. And I love how it's kind of guided your path to where you are here right now. Like, who knows? But would you have been the CEO of OpenSauced if 2008 would have never happened? So it's amazing to see it. So, I guess, because I love the idea of OpenSauced...because I am that developer that wants to get into open source, but it is hard. It is hard to find the issues that you can work on. It's hard to get into the community to do that. So, if you can just explain to me a little bit more as from there, and we can do it from the enterprise portion later. But, as far as a user: a developer, what does it look like for me to use OpenSauced as a developer? BRIAN: Yeah, yeah. And that's a great question, too, as well. It's funny how serendipitous the story is today, but when I was living it, it was like, oh, man, I'm never going to get a job. [laughter] Or I'm never going to learn how to code. And I think anybody listening who might be where I was ten years ago, I just want to preface, like, your story is like a guided path through experiences. And every experience is like an opportunity for that sort of one piece of, like, the sort of stepping stone to move on to, like, CEO of whatever your next startup is or senior engineer, or staff engineer, whatever it is. But, to answer your question, Will, we built a Discord, and the Discord itself is how we sort of discovered this sort of onboard ramp into open source. So today, if you sign up to OpenSauced, again, opensauced.pizza, you connect to your GitHub account, and you get on-boarded into a flow to ask a couple questions. So, like, what languages are you interested in? And then, what time zone are you in? And the reason for those two things is, one because we're going to do recommendations for projects pretty soon. Everything is open source, so you can literally see the issues that are open about recommendations; happy to take contributions and feedback on it. And then time zone is because communication is pretty key. So, like, if someone is not awake when I see their PR, I have an expectation of, like, cool, I'll write a response, and I'll wait for them to wake up and respond back to that. So the goal there is there's a lot of projects on GitHub, like, 372 million repos is the number off the top of my head. They literally announce this stuff, and they share the data. But of those repos, only 225,000 have more than five contributors. Understanding what you're looking to accomplish first out of doing open source to either share knowledge, or gain knowledge, to get exposure, to get a job, or just to enhance your current job by go try something that's not in the roadmap of what you're working on. Eventually, we'll start asking those questions around, like, what type of contributor that you want to be, so we can start recommending those types of projects. But I mentioned that 225,000 repo number because there are a lot of projects that don't have five contributors that could use their second contributor, or third, fourth. And my recommendation is always find up-and-coming, like, growth-stage projects. A lot of people want to contribute to React. You had mentioned you did React, Will. That's a really big lift to go contribute upstream to a project maintained and supported by millions of enterprises around the world. But there are tons of projects that go trending every week that have no documentation, that have no README, that have no structure and are just getting off the ground. Like, those are the best projects that we try to showcase. So, like, that's hot.opensauced.pizza is our sort of up-and-coming project list. And the way that works is like projects that are trending based on our open-source community; we surface those there. There's a lot of work we have to do on that project. That was, like, a Hack Week project we did a couple of years ago as a community. But the basis of that is they're looking to build our recommendation engine off that. So, step one is find a project that is welcoming, that needs some work done, and then find the path in. So the path usually is going to be your CONTRIBUTING.md, which is like established projects will have this. But if you don't find a CONTRIBUTING.md, but you find a project you want to use, chances are you could build that CONTRIBUTING.md and ask the question, so, like, hey, how would I contribute? Like, how can I be supportive? Actually, I did this talk a couple of years ago at Juneteenth Conf. It was a remote conference on Juneteenth, which a bunch of Black Engineers we all gave our technical expertise sponsored by Microsoft. And I was talking about the idea of open-source hospitality. The best thing you could do is be that sort of hospitable person, either you're a maintainer or a first-time contributor. Like, be that person to set it up for the next person behind you. And the idea of hospitality, you go to a hotel. Like, you know where the towels are. Like, you know where the soaps are. Like, you know exactly where everything is all the time. And, in open source, like, if we could set up our projects in a very similar fashion, like, not franchise them in a way like the Hilton or Marriott, but set the expectation that there is a way to source information and to interact and operate, so... VICTORIA: Yeah, I mean, I love, [laughs] like, hot.opensauced.pizza. That's hilarious. And I love how you have used humor to...even though it's a very serious product, we're making it more friendly and more hospitable like you're saying. And I like how you said, you know, the journey is cool looking back on it, but it was really hard to go through it. And now you're this wonderful speaker and a CEO. But you said that you weren't actually good at talking to people at first. And you specifically sought to get better at that skill. So I wonder if you would share more about that, how that's impacted your career, and why that's important as a developer to have those communication skills. BRIAN: Yeah, it's like...I have a twin brother since birth, basically. And my twin brother is very extroverted. Like, he actually used to wait tables in college. It was like he was the person that would make you feel very special as a server. Like, he's the type of person that kind of lights up the room when you walk in. His name is Brock. My entire life growing up, I was always Brock's brother. And it's like, oh, you're Brock's brother. And it's like, yeah, I'm Brock's brother. And I'm more of a person, like, if you meet me in person, like, I'm very much reserved. I'm sort of reading the room, waiting for my point to jump in. And I made it a point for me to, like, have enough comfort to speak on a podcast or speak at a conference because I knew that skill set would be valuable. Because I definitely had, in my sales career, definitely got overlooked for a lot of opportunity because folks thought, oh, I don't think Brian could do it. So coming into tech and seeing that when every time I went to a meet up...because meetups also are places where I cut my teeth and got to learn about the industry and the community. They always needed someone to speak. So I was, like, oh, there's an opportunity. I can leverage this opportunity of them always looking for speakers and me always wanting to share knowledge and learn something new to do talks. So my first-ever conference talk was in San Francisco. And I had learned React Native, but prior to React Native, I had learned Objective-C. And then, in between Objective-C and React Native, I learned Swift because React Native and Swift came out the same year. Well, React Native went public, open source, the same year as Swift. So it was like a really interesting year back in; I think it was 2017 where...actually, it might have been 2016. But, anyway, everything came out at the same time. And I was learning iOS development. So I made it a point for me to give a talk. But my pet peeve for giving talks is, a lot of times, people just go directly into the code, and there's, like, no connection to a story, or why do I care about this? So I always bring storytelling into my conversations and talks. So, like, that talk about Swift, and Objective-C, and React Native, I made the comparison of, like...it was the same year that Kanye West took the mic from Taylor Swift at the VMAs or whatever the award show was. And the correlation was React Native took the mic away from Swift because it built similar interactions for JavaScript developers to understand and build iOS applications that was not like Ionic or RubyMine or...I forgot the Ruby one. But, anyway, what I'm getting at is, I just wanted to bring story to this because usually what happens is like, you see cool things, but you never remember what the name is. You try to find that REPL again, or you try to figure out who that speaker is. And it's usually hard to find it after the fact. So, like, my goal was always to make it memorable, which is why I go by Bdougie because Bdougie is easier to Google than Brian Douglas. Shout out to Brian Douglas, who's based in Ireland who does system engineering, and has a great YouTube channel. Like, I want to be memorable. And I want to make it easy for folks to find me after. So, while at GitHub, when I was developing all this sort of like Kanye West-type speaking and stuff like that, well, literally, I would use Kanye West years ago as the example to understand storytelling. I no longer use Kanye West. I'm now a Beyoncé advocate. [laughter] So I use Beyoncé instead. But I guess what I'm getting at is, like, I just had a goal. And I knew if I could teach myself to code...and it was about 17 weeks it took me from zero to ship a Ruby on Rails app. And I felt confident enough to talk about it. I knew basically anything I could just accomplish just by putting some effort and consistency behind it. So that's the...sorry, that was a little more long-winded than expected. But I just keep accountable and set goals for myself and try to achieve enough to feel proud about at the end of the year. WILL: Yeah. It's so funny because I recently had a similar situation. At thoughtbot, we try to engage with the community, and one of the ways was writing a blog post. I've never been a writer. It just hasn't been my thing. But I was telling my boss, I was like, I'm going to do that to get outside my comfort zone and to really stretch myself. And at the same time, I was like, why a blog post? Like, I don't know, it doesn't really make sense why a blog post. Well, when I started writing the blog post, I was like, oh, you have to really know, one, what you're talking about in order to write about it. And so I had to really do some research, really had to study it. And I finished it last week. And then, now, looking back over the last couple of months it took me to write that blog post, I'm like, wow, I feel stretched. But I feel really good, and I feel really good about the topic that I did. So that's interesting that you went through that process to stretch yourself and to grow and even learning to code and get to that point. So talking about...you were at Netlify, and then you worked at GitHub. And then you're at your current one OpenSauced. How have Netlify and GitHub, the work that you did there, how has it prepared you for your position right now? BRIAN: You know, actually, that's a great question. I don't know how much thought I put into that. Like, Netlify prepared me because it gave me an opportunity. So I was employee number three, but I had a sales background. And so I got to be an engineer, but they kept always trying to ask me like, you know, business questions and strategy. And, like, I pitched them a 30-60-90 in my interview of, like, what's the growth strategy of Netlify, like day zero when I start? And I go into way more detail in other content. But that prepared me because I got to see how startups work, being so early. I got to see that startup go from seed-funded, just closed their seed round to get their series B is when I left. At GitHub, I got to see what it looked like at a bigger company, which, like, it doesn't matter how big or small you are, like, there's always chaos. Like, GitHub was, like, so much chaos, and there was a lot of good that was happening but a lot of uncertainty at the time I joined in 2018. And then, nine months later, Microsoft acquired GitHub. So then I got to learn stability and what it looks like to...for personal reasons, I always had a budget but never had extra money, even years into my engineering career. And that taught me what it looks like when success meets career. With that being said, like, the problem that I'm solving, I got to learn firsthand while being at Netlify and getting adoption and traction through open source. And then going to GitHub and seeing every single other company that looked at GitHub as a solution to their open-source collaborations and interactions. And then also seeing that there was a hole in just understanding, like, how do you survive? How do you sustain yourself as your career but also your open-source project? Like, a lot of folks want to know, like, what success looks like for open source. Like, how do you get on the trending algorithm? Like, how do you get noticed? It's more than just pushing to GitHub and hoping for the best. There are, like, other things that happen for projects to be successful. And for us to choose the next in the future technologies, it really comes down to community, marketing, and then resources. And those three things end up making projects successful. With OpenSauced, we're working to help inflate some storytelling and add some of those resources to open-source projects. VICTORIA: Great. So you were able to really get, like, the full vision of what it could be if you had a product that became successful and stable, and you knew you wanted to build it on open source. So I love that you really just...you had this problem, and that's what you built the product around. And that ended up becoming the business. What was surprising for you in those early discovery phases with OpenSauced when you were first thinking of building it? BRIAN: I guess what's really surprising is we're not, like, crazy traction today. But we've done a pretty good job of getting, like, 2,000 developers to sign up to it since December. And then the conversations with enterprises so far just by the sheer...like, basically, what was surprising is if you use proper sales technique and you're early stage as a startup, so, like, not necessarily hire salespeople, but as a founder or as a stakeholder, just go talk to your future customers and your users. Everyone says it, but that's actually super valuable. And I think in the same vein of open source, folks they see projects die on the vine, but then you see projects succeed. And I think it also comes down to how often the maintainer of the project is talking to the contributors and the users and also that distinction as well. There are folks who want to contribute code to the codebase, but then there are folks who want to use the codebase. And, like, how do you interact between the two? And how do you cross the chasm for those folks as well? And, a lot of times, it's just fascinating just, like, just by trying, and just by showing up, that's half. It's all cliché stuff, like, I could say, but it's all true. Like, showing up is, like, it's, like, step one. Just show up, do the thing, do the work. And then talk to people is, like, step two. And it's hard to say, like, okay, yeah, because we are not a multibillion-dollar company, like, we're just getting started. So I can't say, like, yeah, we're super successful. But we've survived the year. And we've survived the year based on those two steps, the showing up and then talking to people. Because a lot of times, we could get lost in the sauce, per se, of just shipping code and never talking to anybody and never coming up for air. And I think what I learned, going back to what I learned from GitHub and Netlify, is talking to people and getting that feedback loop going is the best thing you could do for any product. Any early project, any feature you're working on, talk to people about it and see if it's actually valuable for somebody that after you ship it, something will happen. WILL: You're talking about communication is a big thing for a successful project. Have you noticed any other trends that make a successful open-source project? BRIAN: Yeah, that's...Any other trends? Yeah. I mean, AI, [laughs] just kidding. WILL: [laughs] BRIAN: No, I mean, but it also it is true, like, having a trend not sort of following the herd, but catching the herd earlier is extremely valuable. Like, at Netlify, we caught the trend of React. So, basically, Netlify built essentially GitHub Pages but a product and a company. And that was, like, the original project of Netlify. It's expanded so much further from that. But at that time, when I joined, I joined three months before Create React App was developed. So, like, it was a CLI tool to build React apps easy. And, prior to that, React was, like, super complicated to get up and running. Like, you had to know Webpack. You had to know, Babel. You had to make all that glue happen together. And then there wasn't an easy process to go host it somewhere. So the prevalence of build tools like Grunt, and Gulp, and Browserify, they all made it easier to build a static output from React. And that trend is what took Netlify to where it is today. It's like, people needed a place to deploy these static applications. GitHub Pages was like the solution for a lot of folks. Because Heroku, like, why pay $7 for something you could host on S3 for free? But the challenge was S3 it requires way more thought in how you host and take it down and deploy, and then it becomes like a Kubernetes nightmare. So the trend there was, like, people just wanted to have a better developer experience. When it comes to, like, open source, the developer experience in JavaScript has improved so much more. But folks are now looking at the next thing like a Zig, or a Rust, or all these other new languages and server renderings and stuff like that. So I guess when I take a step back, when I look at how I chose things I wanted to work on, and communities I wanted to hang out in...before committing to React...I'm based out here in Oakland, so San Francisco, basically. By seeing the sheer number of RSVPs to the React meetup, it made me confident that React would be something I should pay attention to. When you look at the RSVPs of now all these AI meetups that are happening in San Francisco, like, every single weekend is a hackathon. Highly confident that if you're engineering today, you probably want to know what embeddings are and know how OpenAI works. Not that you necessarily have to build AI stuff, but it is going to be the thing that people are going to be using. So just like we had to learn build tools, and servers, and CDNs prior, now it's all trivial stuff that you can sort of use Cloudflare for free. Like, AI is going to be very similar, and it's probably going to happen much quicker. But, in the time being, the trend right now is, like, you should probably understand whatever the players are in that space so that way you're able to talk confidently about it. WILL: That's really good advice, yep. VICTORIA: Absolutely. And, you know, in my role as Managing Director of Mission Control, or, like, DevOps, SRE platform, I spend a lot of time looking at trends, more on the engineering side. So I think my question is, [laughs] as someone who hires people to work on open-source projects, and who actively maintains and contributes to open-source projects, what should I be thinking about how to use OpenSauced as in my role? BRIAN: For hiring and sourcing skilled folks, we're actually working on a tool right now to make it more discoverable. So, today, when you onboard as an individual developer, you can check a box in your settings to say, like, if you want to collaborate with other folks, you have to opt into it. So if you want to be discovered on OpenSauced, it's in the settings. We'll probably expose that and share more about that in the future, like, in the next month or so. But for, in particular, our user flow today for folks looking to find other people to contribute alongside their project is, you add your project to what we call an Insight Page. You click on the tab on the top and create a page with your project. And then, you can see contributions in your project in the last 30 days. And then you can also add other projects like your project, so you can see who else is contributing. So, that way, you can start discovering folks who are making contributions consistently and start to get some stories of, like, if they're interested in collaborating, they'll check that box; if they're not, the box won't be checked. But at least you know the sort of scope of the ecosystem. As an individual developer, we have the onboarding flow, but then we also have highlights. So, eventually, we'll do recommendations to get you to make contributions. But, for now, if you're already making contributions, you can highlight the contributions you've made so that way, you're more discoverable on the platform. And the highlights are very much like a LinkedIn post or a tweet. You just drop in a PR, and then we'll either generate that description for you, or you write a description: I did a thing. This is what it was. This was the experience. And then, now you're attached to the project through not just a code contribution but also a discovery mechanism, which is a highlight. And then, eventually, we'll start doing blog posts, and guides, and stuff like that, as they're written. Like, if you want to attribute your career, and your journey to your participation to, like, documentation updates and stuff like that, those will also be highlights coming soon. WILL: I love, love, love that. 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So, like, six months to the end of the year, what we want to do is actually start getting more deeper insights to what's happening in open source. What we're doing right now is building the individual developer profile and experience so that way, they're able to be discovered, find projects to work on. And then what's next is there are tons of enterprises and companies that are maintaining open-source projects, SDKs. And what we're seeing right now is we're seeing massive layoffs happening currently in the industry. So like, as of today, I think Facebook laid off 4,000 people, ESPN laid off, like, 7,000 Disney employees as well. And some of those employees are around the Disney+ place. It's a lot of technical engineering stuff. So I guess what I'm getting at is there...we want to be able to see the trends of places that activity is happening and start recommending people to that. But also, we want to give an opportunity for folks who...companies...sorry, I'm avoiding trying to name specific companies because nothing is in contract yet. But certain companies, like, you, don't think of as an open-source powerhouse. So, like, a company we're now talking to right now is walgreens.com. And Walgreens they have tech. They've got open source that they participated. But they're not thought of as a place like, oh, I want to go work at Walgreens and go work on some cloud infrastructure stuff. So, how does Walgreens get exposure? And, like, hey, we're involved in the kubectl, and the Kubernetes platform and stuff like that, like, be aware that there's opportunity here. So we're going to start driving that connection to folks. So, as you develop your career doing open source, you can also be noticed, and folks can reach out to you. And also, I want to stand on the notion of open source is not for everybody. But I also want to point out, like, my entire career in open source has not been nights and weekends. It's always been finding a company that supports my interest to do open-source at work. Part of my story is, like, I was getting an MBA. My first kid, who's nine years old now he, was born 11 weeks early. And he's the reason why I built an app because I wanted to build an app to solve a pain point that I had, and ended up building that in 17 weeks. And that turned into opportunity. So I guess what I'm getting at is, like, folks being laid off right now, you might have some extra free time. You might be submitting like 100 applications a day. Consider taking that down to 50 applications a day, and then try to contribute to a couple of open-source projects a month. So that way, there's some more story to be shared as you're in the job market. VICTORIA: I love that you created that app when you had your son and you had that need. And for developers wanting to get noticed and wanting to get their next leg up or maybe even negotiate for higher salaries, what's the traditional way people do that now to kind of highlight themselves? BRIAN: The traditional way what people are doing is they're tweeting. They're speaking at conferences. They're sharing their stories. It's like zero to I'm an influencer in the open-source space. There's no real clear guide and steps to get to that point, which is why we have highlights today. Like, we want to make it low effort for folks to write 200 characters about something they contributed to. We're actually working on something to generate pull request descriptions because I think that's another missed opportunity. Like, when you open a PR in an open-source project, and it says no description added, like, that's a missed opportunity. Like, there's an opportunity for you to share what you've learned, what Stack Overflow questions you looked at, like, how you got to the problem, and why this is the right solution. All should be in the pull request description. And then that pull request should be in your cover letter for your resume so that people can go back and say, "Oh, wow, you did some real work." I can go see the history of your contributions because perhaps the job you got let go from you only worked in private repos. You couldn't really showcase your skills. That now gives you a competitive edge. And I guess when I look into this, like, going back to my original onboard ramp into engineering, I graduated with a finance degree with no network. I had one internship at an insurance company, but that wasn't enough. Like, everyone who I interned with, like, the guy who got a job at the internship, like, his dad was a client, was a big client at that firm. And another guy he worked at a golf course, and he'd be the caddy for all these big finance folks where I went to school. So, once I learned that there's an opportunity to get a job by just knowing people, that changed my entire path. Like, when I got to sales, like, oh, or when I got to engineering, I just knew go and meet people. Go have conversations. Go to meetups. What I'm trying to do with OpenSauced is make that step closer for folks, so they could look up and be like, you know, I've made all these contributions, or I don't know where to start. Let me just look at people who I know and follow in the industry and see where they're contributing, and make that connection. So, like, we've kind of closed that gap without the need of, again, you don't need 100,000 Twitter followers to get noticed. Just make some contributions or show up and ask questions. And, hopefully, that's the first step to establishing your career. VICTORIA: Well, that sounds great for both people who are looking to get hired, but also, as someone who hires people, [laughter] I know that there's a lot of amazing developers who are never going to do a conference talk, or they're not going to post on Twitter. So I love that that's available, and that's something you're working on. BRIAN: Yeah, it's just coming out of my own pain of, like, I was saying, like, looking at the story now, it sounds great. [laughs] But part of that story was like, hey, I was getting severely underpaid as an engineer in San Francisco, living in a one-bedroom apartment with two kids. Like, all that part of the story is like nothing I dwell on. But it's like, all that opportunity and knowledge-sharing that I ended up benefiting from, it's like what I constantly try to give. I pay it forward with folks. And I'm more than happy to talk with folks on Twitter and in OpenSauced Discord and other places because I think there's a lot of opportunity in open source. And if anybody's willing to listen, I'm willing to show them the path. WILL: I'm so glad you brought that up because this is one of my favorite questions I ask on the podcast: So, knowing where you're at right now and your story, you've gone the ups, the downs, all of it. If you can go back in time and know what you know now, what advice would you give yourself at the beginning? BRIAN: Honestly, I would say write it down. Like, one thing that I did is I did a blog post, and that's part of the reason why I was able to find my first job in engineering is I started a blog, which was really for myself to learn what I did yesterday. I tell everyone who I mentor it takes two hours every time you want to sit and learn something new because one hour is to remember what you did yesterday, and then one hour is to do something new. And so, I usually write it down and then make it a blog post just to solve that problem. I wish I did more with that, like, you know, wrote a book, or created a YouTube channel, or something because all that knowledge and that sort of sharing is actually what got me to level up faster. I was asked by one of my close friends, like, "Hey, how do you do it? How do you accomplish everything you've done in the last, like, 9-10 years?" And I didn't know what the answer was then. But the answer today for my friend, and I'll share this with them, is it's because I wrote it down. I was able to go back and see what I did. And then, at the end of six months, I was able to go back six months and see what I did. It's like the idea of relativity with, like, Einstein. Relativity is the idea of motion and the perception. Like, if you're in a train, it feels like you're just going slow. But you might be going 100 miles per hour, but you don't feel that. And when you're going on your journey, you could be going 100 miles per hour, but you're thinking, oh, man, I failed yesterday. I could have solved a problem. But yeah, you solved six problems while trying to solve for one. It's that situation. So advice for myself, in the beginning, write it down and then share it way more than I did when I started. Because a lot of the stuff I'm like, even in this conversation, I'm thinking, oh yeah, this, this, and this. And I never shared that before, and I wish I did. So yeah. WILL: I love that. Because yeah, I feel like that's development, like, you have some weeks that you're shipping out multiple features. And then other weeks, you're like, I barely got one out, or I barely fixed this one bug that I've been trying to...struggling with the last couple of weeks. So yeah, I like that advice. Write it down. And remember where you've been, remember. I just love the example you used, too, because it does seem like I haven't made any movement. But when you look back, you're like, no, you actually made a lot of movement. And you were very successful with what you did. So that's great advice. VICTORIA: I sometimes write things, and then I go back maybe six months later and read them. And I'm like, who wrote this? [laughter] I don't remember learning this stuff. Oh yeah, I guess I did, right, yeah. [laughs] No, that's so cool. What questions do you have for us, Brian? BRIAN: I'm curious in, like, how do thoughtbot folks stay up to date? Like, what does your involvement in open source look like today? VICTORIA: Yeah, so we are known for being active maintainers of a lot of very popular Ruby on Rails gems. So we're a consulting agency. So we're able to structure our time with our clients so that we can build in what we call investment days, which is typically Fridays, so that people can contribute to open-source projects. They can write blog posts. They can do trainings. And so that gives us the structure to be able to actually allow our employees to contribute to open source, and it's a huge part of our business as well. So if you have a Ruby on Rails project, you're probably using one of our gems. [laughs] And so, when there's other crises or other things happening in an organization, and they want to bring in an expert, they know that that's who thoughtbot is. Of course, we've expanded, and we do React, and now we're doing platform engineering. And we have some open-source TerraForm modules that we use to migrate people onto AWS and operate at that enterprise level with a mix of managed products from AWS as well. And that continues to be, like, how we talk to people [laughs] and get that buzzword out there is, like, okay, there's this cool open-source project. Like, one I'm excited about now is OpenTelemetry. And so we're digging into that and figuring out how we can contribute. And can we make a big impact here? And that just opens the door to conversations in a way that is less salesy, right? [laughs] And people know us as the contributors and maintainers, and that creates a level of trust that goes a long way. And also, it really speaks to how we operate as a company as well, where the code is open and when we give it back to the customers, it's not. Some organizations will build stuff and then never give it to you. [laughs] BRIAN: Yeah. So it sounds like folks at thoughtbot could probably benefit from things like OpenSauced for discoverability. And I get a lot of conversation around in OpenSauced as like, how do I get connected to maintainer of X or maintainer of Y? And the first step is like, how do I even know who the maintainer is? Because when you go to GitHub, you could sort this by last commit date, which not a lot of people know. You can sort the contributors by most frequently and stuff like that. But it's challenging to find out who to reach out to when it comes to packages, especially when people move on. Like, someone created a thing. They have tons of commits. And then they look like they're the number one committer for the past ten years, but they left five years ago. Those are things that we're trying to make more discoverable to solve that problem. But then, going into that thoughtbot thing, is like being able to reach out to thoughtbot and be like, oh, who can I reach out to about this gem? And, say, I have an idea, or we have an issue; how can we get unblocked because we're using this in our product? And I imagine with consulting, there's an opportunity to say, hey thoughtbot...which, honestly, at Netlify, we used thoughtbot to solve some harder problems for us. We were just like, yeah, we don't have the bandwidth to go down this path. Let's go to consulting to unblock us in this arena. VICTORIA: Right. And that was really important to me in making the decision to join thoughtbot last year is that it was built around open source. And that ethos really spoke to me as, like, this is a place where I want to work. [laughs] And you can think of, like, if you're looking for vendors, like, oh, I want to work with people who have that same ethos. So yeah, OpenSauced seems like a really cool product. I'd be curious about how we can leverage it more at thoughtbot. BRIAN: We just shipped a feature called Teams, which it's self-explanatory. But, basically, when you build an insight page, you're able to build a team to help the discover process of what's happening in contributions. You get details and reporting on OpenSauced. The goal is basically to unblock teams who are involved in open source together and make it more discoverable for folks who want to find maintainers and collaborate with them. VICTORIA: Will, I know we're running close on time. But I had one more question about what you said around making open source more hospitable. And, you know, you mentioned going to Juneteenth Conf. And I'm curious if you have a perspective on if open source is equitably accessible to everyone or if there are things we can be doing as a community to be more inclusive. BRIAN: Yeah, it's a great question. So the first answer is quick, it's no. The reason why it's no is because we have to admit [laughs] where there are inequitable situations. And as much as we want to set this up of, like, I want to say that there's opportunity for everyone to contribute based on no matter where their background, but just by your time zone, makes it inequitable of, like, whether you can contribute to open source. Because if you look at the data and zoom out, most open source happens in the West Coast U.S., so from San Francisco to Seattle. Like, majority of contributions are there. There are reasons for that. Like, California has a very, very expressive clause of like where you can contribute. And, technically, your employer can block you on doing open-source contributions. Unless you sign...like, at Apple, you sign away your rights to be able to do that in your employee offer letter. Sorry, [laughs] not to be a dig against Apple. Apple buy lots of open source. But what I'm getting at is that the opportunity is there, but it's the awareness thing. I'm part of an organization called DevColor. It's an organization of Black engineers in tech. We have squads and monthly meetings where we just talk about our career, and growth, and stuff like that. And I attribute a lot of that interactions to my success is, like, talking to other folks who are years ahead of me and have a lot more experience. But I say this because the majority of the folks that I interact with at DevColor they don't do open source because they all...to be a Black engineer at a level of like senior engineer at Netlify, or a staff engineer, or a manager...sorry, I meant, like, Netflix but Netlify too. You basically had a career path of, like, you probably went to school at a decent engineering school, or you figured out how to get a job at Facebook or Google. And, like, that's pretty much it. And, like, this is a blanket statement. I totally understand there are outliers. But the majority of the folks I interact with at DevColor they have a job. They have a great job. And they're doing the thing, and they're being very successful. But there's less community interaction. And that's what DevColor exists for is to encourage that community interaction and participation. So, at the end of the day, like, there's opportunity to make it more equitable. So things like, every time there's a release cut for a major open-source project, why not go to Black Girls CODE and have them build something with it? And, again, very specific, like, React 19 that's currently being tested, why not go to all these other underrepresented organizations and partner with them to show them how to use this project? Because the assumption is everyone in open source, you got to be senior enough to participate, or if it's too hot, get out of the kitchen. But if we set up a place for people to interact and level up, in three or four years from now, you'll see the open-source ecosystem of that project be completely different as far as diversity. But it takes that investment to have that onboard ramp to even have that connection or conversation about testing early releases with underrepresented groups in engineering. That's where we have to start, and that's what we're trying to do at OpenSauced. We want to make that connection. I have a whole plan for it. I'll share in a blog post. I also mentioned that a lot of these thoughts are on our blog as well. I've been writing blog posts around these conversations. So opensauced.pizza/blog if you're interested. VICTORIA: Very cool. Thank you for that. WILL: I'm just processing on the whole conversation. It has just been great. VICTORIA: Yes. Thank you so much for sharing with us. And I wonder, do you have any final takeaways for our listeners today, Brian? BRIAN: Yeah, final takeaways. Like, if anything at all resonated in this conversation, please reach out, bdougie on GitHub. I'm pretty active with my notifications. So if you @ mention me in a random project, I'll probably jump back in and respond to you. But also Twitter @bdougieYO. And then, I mentioned our blog. We also have a newsletter. So, if you're interested in any of this OpenSauced journey, please join us there, and keep in touch. VICTORIA: Wonderful. Thank you so much for joining us today and sharing your story. You can subscribe to the show and find notes along with a complete transcript for this episode at giantrobots.fm. If you have questions or comments, email us at hosts@giantrobots.fm. And you can find me on Twitter @victori_ousg. WILL: And you could find me @will23larry This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot and produced and edited by Mandy Moore. Thank you. ANNOUNCER: This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot, your expert strategy, design, development, and product management partner. We bring digital products from idea to success and teach you how because we care. Learn more at thoughtbot.com. Special Guest: Brian Douglas.

We are back with another what's news! There has been plenty going on in the geek world this week and hosts Nick Polk and Will Rose discuss it all! Was Guardians of the Galaxy 3 the perfect ending? How excited should we be for Dune 2? When is violence the best answer for systemic justice? Why isn't Star Wars Visions connected to the rest of the Star Wars cannon? Will there be more Guardians of the Galaxy movies? What's with all the hype around Ted Lasso? Will Will ever find a 100 foot wave?! What would happen if Hitler survived WWII? We discuss it all in this one! Let us know what you've been geeking out on recently on our website: systematicgeekology.orgMentioned in this episode:Easily subscribe to the show on your platform of choice!https://systematic-geekology.captivate.fm/listenTheology Beer CampJoin some of our hosts in Springfield, Missouri at Theology Beer Camp! With our code (GEEKOLOGYGODPOD) you will get $25 off and can come hang out with our hosts, learn from world leading theologians, and your drinks for the weekend are covered with admissions too! https://homebrewedchristianity.lpages.co/theobeercamp23/ https://bit.ly/godpods23Theology Beer Camp 2023Anazao Ministries Podcasts - AMP NetworkCheck out other shows like this on our podcast network! https://anazao-ministries.captivate.fm/Try Zencastr for your podcast!Use my special link (https://zen.ai/PonrDFNQi6ic0uw2d3C4pKsw5T_ojgHAKLOTPsxH1co) to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. Or, use the code SYSTEMATICGEEKOLOGY at checkout!Zencastr

Welcome to Season 11 of Golf Talk Live! Tune in LIVE Thursday at 6:00 PM Central On tonight's show, Coaches Corner panelists: John Hughes & Jim Endicott. Later in the show I'll be joined by special guest: Will Carswell, Blue Tees Golf - Sales Director. More on Will: Will is a 24-year golf industry veteran who has worked with such companies as Yonex, Voice Caddie. He currently with Blue Tees Golf as their Sales Director. Join me LIVE Thursdays from 6:00 - 8:00PM Central http://www.blogtalkradio.com/golftalklive Or listen on these social media platforms:  iTunes , Stitcher, Tunein, Castbox, TalkStreamLive & Spotify.

✨Join with us today is Will Coleman of Urban Gate Capital. Will is responsible for the operations and investor relations. Will has 7+ years of real estate investing experience in TX & TN.  In addition, Will has worked as a credit analyst at City Bank and as Director of Finance at Rand Capital, a commercial mortgage brokerage. Connect with Will : Will@urbangatecapital.com Website : https://www.urbangatecapital.com/ Connect with me: https://brickeninvestmentgroup.com/ I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.  #commercialrealestate #realestate #brickeninvestmentgroup #realestateinvestment #realestatetips #syndication #buildwealth #propertyinvestments

Well, we did it. We made it to Nationals, AGAIN. Will they win? Will they lose? Will Will come up with a set list on time? Who will show up to judge the competition?   Follow us: @thglee420

Will Reusch is a Los Angeles-based high school teacher and social scientist focused on cultivating genuinely curious, informed, and capable students. He has an immense impact both in the classroom and online as he disarms echo chambers through civil discourse & critical thinking. Will provides a fresh take on education and how to help young people navigate cultural divisions as well as build a life they love by working hard and creating value. Episode Themes & Learnings:Issues with the conventional education systemHow to change the way we educate young peopleWhy telling young kids to do what they love is bad adviceGender ideology in the classroom and its impact on young kidsThe role of identity in social dynamics and cultural discussionsImpacts of standing in integrity and telling the truthCriticisms and pushback against Will's workHow to reach people who are close-mindedMore about Will:Will graduated from Penn State University in 2005 with a BA in Secondary Education Social Studies with a minor in History. For the last thirteen years, he has been teaching at both public and private schools around the city.  He is also the host of Cylinder Radio, an educational podcast focused on deep exploration of controversial topics.Links:Will Reusch on InstagramWill's WebsiteCylinder Radio PodcastBella on InstagramWatch this episode on YouTubeSponsors:Support your body's natural healing process with NED supplements for stress, sleep, and more - get 15% off with code "BELLA".

Will Will discusses the Yankees taking three-of-four over the Royals and the Mets sweeping the Marlins. The Mets play a three-game series at the Nationals before a massive five-game series against the Braves. The Yankees begin a three-game series against the Mariners tonight. What will the Yankees and Mets look to do at the trade deadline?

Will Will discusses the Yankees taking three-of-four over the Royals and the Mets sweeping the Marlins. The Mets play a three-game series at the Nationals before a massive five-game series against the Braves. The Yankees begin a three-game series against the Mariners tonight. What will the Yankees and Mets look to do at the trade deadline?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Compton is a nine-year NFL veteran and the co-host of the Barstool Sports podcast, Bussin' With The Boys. Will played college football at the University of Nebraska, then signed with the Washington Redskins in 2013 as an undrafted free agent. Since then, he has played for the Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans and the Las Vegas Raiders. Today on the show, Eric and Will get into the grind of the NFL and how your mindset can give you the edge you're looking for. Topics include: (2:45-11:10) - Josh Allen's greatness (11:10-9:15) - Tight End U, George Kittle fest (9:15-18:45) - Will Will play football in 2022? How last season went with the Raiders (18:45-29:45) - Will's mindset in training camp as an undrafted free agent (29:45-43:00) - How Bussin' With The Boys started. Balancing football and podcasting (43:00-45:35) - The perception in the NFL of having a podcast (45:35-53:15) - Craziest/Dream guest for the podcast (53:15-56:25) - Inspirations for starting the podcast. Communication skills And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today! For more information about out sponsors today: https://papsjerky.com/ https://sauna.space/ Code - WhatsNext5 for 5% off your next order

Boy Meets World: "And Then There Was Shawn" Will Ackerman (of Earth-2.net: The Show) joins for one of the most famous episodes of this TGIF classic, which goes full 90s horror and affectionately parodies slashers like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, complete with a Jennifer Love Hewitt appearance. Find more from Will: Will on Twitter: @dc20willsave | Earth-2.net Podcast: earth-2.net Contact Gimmicks: Email: gimmickspodcast@gmail.com | Twitter: @gimmickspod | Instagram: @gimmickspod | Derek on Twitter: @DerekBGayle Theme song: "Swift Electric" by Cyberbear | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Sources Hollywood.com Oral History

This week, Keri and Matthew tried to fill a Peter shaped hole with talk of snakebite, 'A Place in the Sun', earthquakes and how you like your cheese: wax on or wax off?We also discussed:If you lie pathologically, Steph, you pack your bags. Them's the breaks.Willy Potter and The Ceramics of Dreams. Will Will's wiley skills pay the bills?Lynda decides her fete (is getting bankrolled by Oliver).Factory Girl. Tracy's new boss is a bit of a plucker.Chelsea gets Denise to do the catwalk.Bridge Farm cheese drabness.Please give us a vote for listener's choice category in the British podcast awards if you fancy us/it:https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voteHelp us out with a lovely worded 5 star review at: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cider-shed/id1561411185Email us at: hello@thecidershed.comMessage us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCiderShedPodJoin the Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/357567078923256/?ref=shareFind us on: https://www.instagram.com/thecidershedpod/?hl=en See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OUR HOSTS:  Corinne Foxx -https://www.instagram.com/corinnefoxx/ ( @corinnefoxx) Natalie McMillan -https://www.instagram.com/nataliemcm/ ( @nataliemcm) and https://www.instagram.com/shopnataliemcmillan/?hl=en (@shopnataliemcmillan)  What we're drinking: https://www.vivino.com/US/en/substance-cabernet-sauvignon-cs/w/1197671?year=2019 (Substance Cabernet Sauvignon 2019)  TOPIC:  In this post-pandemic era, millions of workers are leaving their jobs or switching careers, resulting in an economic trend called The Great Resignation. We're talking about why so many people are quitting their jobs, what to consider before putting in your two weeks, and how to leave a company respectfully and on good terms. We also share ideas for how to switch up your routine and reinvigorate your work life before committing to leaving, and how to set yourself up financially before permanently terminating your contract.  In this episode, we discuss: What it looks like to be disengaged at work  The correlation between race, ethnicity, gender, and job equality The six signs that you should evaluate before you leave your job Why it's important to take a some time off and speak candidly with your supervisor before quitting  Creating a plan for your health insurance and retirement fund before leaving your job  The proper protocol for quitting  EPISODES REFERENCED:  https://podcasts.apple.com/cl/podcast/saving-vs-investing-which-one-is-right-for-you/id1526684996?i=1000492933366&l=en (Episode 7 - Saving vs. Investing: Which One Is Right For You)  https://podcasts.apple.com/cl/podcast/future-you-called-they-want-you-to-set-up-a/id1526684996?i=1000527228102&l=en (Episode 46 - Future-You Called...They Want You To Set Up A Retirement Account)  END OF THE SHOW:  Corinne and Natalie introduce Hottie of the Week: Will Arnett (aka Gob from Arrested Development) WINE RATING: https://www.vivino.com/US/en/substance-cabernet-sauvignon-cs/w/1197671?year=2019 (Substance Cabernet Sauvignon 2019)  = Will / Will  WRAP UP: To wrap up the episode, we play Fuck, Marry, Kill. Corinne asks Natalie to choose between jorts, shimmery products, and vintage t-shirts. Natalie hits Corinne with Joe's ratatouille, meditation apps, and the color yellow.  We have a newsletter for our Am I community. You can sign up for the newsletter on our website: http://amidoingthisrightpod.com (amidoingthisrightpod.com) You can email us for episode ideas or Random Advice: amidoingthisrightpod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amidoingthisrightpod/ (@amidoingthisrightpod ) Don't forget to rate and review the podcast! It really helps us grow!

Life is short, so why not live it to the fullest?   In this episode of The Uncomfortable Podcast, we welcome Will Belcher to the show to discuss how to step into who you were made to be. In addition, we also chat about his experience living abroad, faith, his band and music, lessons learned in college, and so much more!   Tune in to hear Will's full story of diving #intotheuncomfortable.   ⭐️If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review, and subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode!   Connect with Will: Will's Instagram Will's Band Will's Music (Spotify)   Connect with Jake: All my links: (https://linktr.ee/intotheuncomfortable) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/intotheuncomfortable) Website: (https://intotheuncomfortable.com)

Hey, listeners!    I have a super special guest this week in our series on The Learning Center in Charles City, Iowa!   Today I share my interview with Will McAllister of Woodruff Construction. At just 23 years old, he is the construction manager of the TLC project! I just love this kid and the love he has for literally building BIG things in small towns.  Key takeaways  Will started studying engineering but didn't love it and transferred to Kirkwood to study construction management. He later transferred to UNI to complete his bachelor's degree. Along the way he worked part time with Woodruff and has been with them full time since graduation. Will loves that he gets to combine an office job with the in-person visits to job sites.  As a construction manager he works with the building superintendent, crew leaders, and more. He's managing a LOT! Will says it's about building a great team, working together, and staying organzied. Will discusses some challenges of the construction industry lately. Access to supplies has inflated budgets and pushed back deadlines which can be very frustrating. Okay, so he's my brother. See why I get to call him a kid? But seriously, can you even believe how poised and professional he is? So proud. Will has enjoyed learning new things with the TLC build like how to have restrooms in the childcare rooms or how each room has its own HVAC system. He loves to remodel old buildings and is excited for the TLC project. Will credits his success to his family (aww!) and their high standard of work ethic. He also says it is hard to get in trouble in a small town because you never know who will see you doing something stupid! Mom and I had some fun thinking of his bonus round questions, including our dad's favorite one-liner. Will's advice for young folks is to give community college some thought! He's grateful for what he learned, but says he felt “too proud” to go straight for community college. He knows he had to try engineering first in order to know it wasn't what he wanted, but that in hindsight, community college so just so great for him.   Thanks so much, Will, for introducing me to the key players of the TLC project! (Pam Ost, Dan Levi) Connect with Will  Will works for Woodruff Construction. You can contact him personally on LinkedIn or Instagram… Whether with construction questions or to sell him a jet ski! Follow for More Follow Small-Minded on Instagram and Facebook Follow Molly Knuth Media on Instagram and Facebook

It's a real special edition of Two Boys in a Balcony as America's Dumbest Film Critics, Bill and Sean, are joined by an actual young person with thoughtful, articulate critiques and reviews of the art of cinema who doesn't think Lawrence of Arabia is "too fucking long" or "stupid." That's right! It's actor, comedian, raconteur, man with the lumberjack hands, Will Martin! Will stops by the balcony to discuss the 2022 Academy Awards nominees as we gear up for the big game on Sunday night! It's the Super Bowl of Film except without a lot of the excitement, suspense, and drama of football because we've just gone through two months of precursor awards that make the winners on Sunday somewhat inevitable to us (film journalists) but maybe not to you (regular normals). Will Sean stick to his guns and go with West Side Story down the line? Will Will make a very moving defense of Licorice Pizza that will get shot down by two fat old guys going, "He's a child" over and over like Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight? Will Bill prove that he has any range as an actor and cast aside his Boston accent to try and sound like he's from Minnesota? All of these questions and more will be answered over a very chaotic and potentially unlistenable two hours! Enjoy!

E29 Your Subconscious Mind and Success |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz ​ “To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.” – Kevin Michel Conscious mind and the five senses. We are taught at a very early age to live life through the five senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hear. That is good for survival but not for living to our full potential. Subconscious mind and the six intellectual faculties. Imagination - Imagination is probably the most powerful of all the faculties. Nothing has ever been created that was not first imagined. Intuition - Intuition is your inner wisdom – your inner knowing. Although many people confuse intuition with a 6th sense, it is one of your mental faculties. Perception - Perception is what you believe to be true; it's your belief system and it determines your attitude. Memory - Memory is your historical past; it is retaining past experiences. You can use this memory muscle to your advantage but unfortunately many people dwell on past mistakes rather than past successes and make decisions based on these mistakes. Reasoning - Reasoning is an essential part of the mind. It is the logical faculty that allows you to think and plan. Reasoning makes sense of things and uses logic to draw conclusions. Will - Will is the ability to laser focus on an idea or project – to concentrate. Your will includes self-discipline and willpower. The influence of beliefs and habits. Habits are beliefs that become automatic. Beliefs drive behavior which leads to results. TAGS: IBGR, IBGR Network, Donna Kunde, Londina Cruz, new product launch, do it now, break the learning cycle, subconscious mind, subconscious, reprogram your subconscious mind for success, subconscious mind power, it goes straight to your subconscious mind, program your subconscious mind for success, program your unconscious mind for success, reprogram subconscious mind, success and abundance, unconscious mind

Tread Perilously starts 2022 with Total Request Live 5! Four weeks of Patreon listener requests. And it all begins with The Good Wife episode called "Goliath and David." Alicia accepts the case of a culty rock singer whose orchestration in a cover of a rap track gets used by a network show about kids at a musical band camp. The problem: the singer received no credit or residuals for the elements of the cover which were his creation and his manager failed to get the correct rights from the song's original composer. Will Will use this as a chance to get back at Alicia? Meanwhile, Archie Panjabi tries to learn who fathered Melissa George's baby. Erik once again asks the question: "Who's Melissa George?" Justin immediately recognizes the real ripped-from-the-headlines case that inspired this episode of The Good Wife. He also introduces the concept of "Aaron Sorkin Face." Erik finds himself a little disappointed in Christine Baranski's restraint throughout the episode. Matthew Lillard is, once again, the MVP. Echoes of Happy! and I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell abound. Justin appreciates that the judge is Uncle Junior. Erik mistakes the breed of Scooby Doo. Milkshake ducks appear and the notion of F. Murray Abraham as a heavy gets shattered.

This episode we talk about the 80's classic Roadhouse. Will we all like it? Will Blake make it through the episode without herbal refreshments? Will Will manage not to mess up any words and read his own hand writing? Will Trish make it through an episode without yelling all these questions and more will be answered in this thrilling episode.

Premiere bei BB: Uwe gibt Kai recht; nein, er lobt ihn. Die Frage, was die CDU mit Merz will, was Lauterbach überhaupt will, ob Uwe noch Gladbach-Fan sein will, ob Kai eine Frau sein will und/oder ob Will Will sein will. Alles in weniger als einer Stunde. Mit Will(e).

Will Will's wonderful parlay hit? Follow DW Sports on social media: Instagram and Twitter: @dwsportss Tiktok and Snapchat: @dw_sports Email: dwsportsshow@gmail.com Will's personal Instagram: @willfeller Thanks for tuning in everyone!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-feller1/message

On the show, today is Will Laurenson. Will is an expert in DTC e-commerce conversion optimization and the host of the Customers Who Click podcast.I wanted to bring Will on because he has some great insights on what he calls customer value optimization that takes into account conversion, experience, and lifetime value.You'll hear about how he started a sports betting company like Fanduel and DraftKings, actionable examples and tips to increase conversions, and the keys to driving up lifetime value.More on Will: Will on Twitter Customers Who Click Sponsored by SavvyCal — SavvyCal is a new scheduling tool that's a must-have for every podcaster. I use it to book guests on this podcast and it's made the entire process a breeze. I can set a limit for how many interviews I do every week, open up special availability for guests, and even create personalized links for guests to add a special touch. Create a free account at savvycal.com/eim and also get your first month of a paid account free by using the code EIM.

Will Laurenson is a Customer Value Optimisation specialist, helping brands acquire more higher-value customers. CRO or Conversion Rate Optimization is the new trend in eCommerce and with good season. It's making people more money every day. We also talk about why a focus on customer value is important. Will Will give you the will to use CRO? Customers Who Click https://www.customerswhoclick.com CWC Podcast https://www.customerswhoclick.com/customers-who-click-podcast/ Digital Marketing Masters Podcast https://hookseo.com/podcast

特斯拉股票狂跌？ Will 還好嗎？ 由於前陣子 Will 行程忙碌，都由床邊故事大師 vv 來代班， 我們知道大家開始感到不滿了，敲碗 Will 回來講講話。 抱歉讓你們久等了，我把帥葛格請回來囉！ ⌁ Music Select We Need to Calm Down - Particle House - Subscribe to my channel and stay tuned for more :) 訂閱我的頻道【Will Walker 英國留學生活】 點我訂閱 ☞ https://reurl.cc/LdadZx 官方 Instagram｜wwakethefup 官方 Facebook｜https://reurl.cc/Z75Njg Will’s Instagram｜willwalker96 Vivi’s Instagram｜voffair ✉️ 合作請洽: wwakethefup@gmail.com 贊助鼓勵: https://pay.firstory.me/user/wakethefup Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) Powered by Firstory Hosting

The Enterprise shows up in a solar system where the star is going all wacky so they can observe some never before observed solar activity. Very BURSTY! If an episode of space action in which the Enterprise gets disabled by a solar flare and has to figure out how to escape a star is what you’re after, you will be sadly disappointed. Instead of sci-fi space action, we get a hold-over episode from the “War on Drugs” campaign from the earlier half of the 1980’s, invoking the powerful message of Nancy Reagan: “Just say no”. The Enterprise gets a distress call and tries to rescue the freighter Sanction, which has been caught by the star’s magnetic field. After a dopey exchange with the crew of the Sanction, the Enterprise rescues the crew members they can grab via transporter before the ship explodes. They beam in two races of people: the Brekkans and the Ornans who have a complicated relationship based on drugs, exploitation, and Nancy Reagan! Will Picard and Bevelry endeavor to solve the drug war between Brekka and Orna? Will Deana Troi intuit a single sinister thing being hidden from her Captain? Will Will get his ass shocked by an electro-powered Brekkan? Episode number twenty-one has answers to most of these questions.

In 2016 Will began his real estate career by investing in and self-managing single family properties in the DFW market while working in property management for Greystar Real Estate Partners. In 2018 Will began working in commercial lending at City Bank as a Credit Analyst being responsible for accurately underwriting the credit quality of borrowers, properties, and markets in Texas. Currently, Will is the Director of Finance at Rand Capital, and host for the Rand CRE Podcast. Connect with Will: Will@randcre.com LinkedIn   Youth Academy by Jake & Gino: Go to This link and use code "DEREK" at checkout to save 50%  

In this episode of The Friday Island Podcast, Zach and Neil talk about “Stranger Things” Season One. We go through fun trivia and behind-the-scenes fun facts. Zach and Neil also go back and look at what people thought was going to happen after the conclusion of season one. Will Hopper become one of the baddies? Will Will become possessed? All this and more on this episode. Enjoy!

The worse the property, the better the opportunity for value. This is the mindset of today’s guest Will Crozier’s, an expert at flipping & managing large value-added apartments. Will is the Founder and Principal of Angel Capitalist, created in 2018 with a passion to find and fund small businesses, large real estate projects, and humanitarian projects in the Philippines, seeking to invest in rising entrepreneurs’ projects, and improve the lives of those most in need.Let’s jump right into the episode and learn how the deep value add play can build not only your wealth but the community around you.[00:01 - 13:19] Opening SegmentLet’s get to know WillWill gives us a bit of background on his story [13:20 - 19:53] Deep Value Add PlayWill talks about his deal strategy and value add playsImproving the surrounding community using value-add [19:54 - 33:32] Building and Scaling Will talks about his beginning deals and scale success Will shares the mental process it took to do the big syndication dealsWill’s experience in handling investor relations[33:33 - 41:45] Not Getting Your W-2 Will talks about the point where he started taking profit Will’s properties operating today[41:46 - 53:10] Getting Your First Deal Will’s advice to people starting outThere’s a mentor or coach on the other side of what you want [53:46 - 1:06:02] Closing SegmentWill talks about his humanitarian efforts in the Philippines Links belowFinal words of advice - connect with us. Tweetable Quotes:“I used to want to do everything on my own… it’s better to get mentors, it’s better to get people who can filter out all the crap and put you on the right track. Just, find someone you want to emulate and do what they do.” - Will Crozier “My preparation was just loving my deals, it was loving what I was up to and having full confidence in it.” - Will Crozier“The difference in making 5k and 50k a month is very small if you have freedom.” - Will CrozierResources:http://www.angelcapitalist.com/projects/ Cashflow Quadrant Ruel Foundation Philippines------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Will on Facebook, and Instagram @thewillcrozier. Visit http://www.angelcapitalist.com/ and to learn even more. Connect with me:https://www.5tcre.com/FacebookLinkedInInstagramWatch 5T CRE on YouTubeLeave us a review and receive your free ebookEmail us --> abel@5tcre.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/5Talents)

You understand the value of face masks to save lives in a pandemic. Will WILL? The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty wants the safeguard to be up to an absent legislature. Also, Donald Trump's tiny tax totals: Who saw that coming?

Comic book talk is back! Join Matt, Graig, Micah and Will for a weekly discussion on comic books and the culture around them! Listen in as the duo give their different takes, points of view, and interests in an all new, all original podcast. This week Graig and Will go down a never ending rabbit hole of toy talk with no one to stop them. Will they ever stop? Will Will make Graig go broke? Will Micah escape the wrath of Taylor Swift ? Listen to the new episode of Panel Discussion to find out ! Theme music by Kevin Bennett - Instagram: 8thavebeats Find us on the web and social media: BICBP-RADIO.com InstagramMatt Johnson                @maverickmattmultimediaGraig Knowlton             @instaaslamm

Will & Will talk about the Mets/Yoenis Cespedes drama (01:06), tons of observations from week 1 in the NBA bubble (07:35), the NHL playoffs and the old school Detroit Red Wings (29:22), NFL opt out and preseason news (39:13) and the MLB season getting through a scary week (50:09)

What is a community manager and who is Will Harrison? These are the questions we will be answering as Will comes on this week's episode.We break down his role within CrossFit Bath and how it benefits the members coaches and owners. Will also help me give a shout out to one of our listeners.If you want your own shout out. Here is a link to the Listeners Spotlight form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxVZuLWqB0c0vkJ45If you enjoyed this episode let us know and maybe give it a share.As promised here are the contact details for Will and myself. Will: Will@crossfitbath.com Tel: +44 7923 253217 Jason - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jason_cfbpodcast/Twitter : https://twitter.com/JCroxon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Corey Lewis is the author of The Art of Becoming, a professional coach, and a master of NLP and quantum leaping. Favorite Success Quote “We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are”  ~Max Dupree Key Points 1. If You to Achieve Something You Must First Conceive it and Believe It I want you to imagine for a moment that there are three men, let’s call them James, Alex, and Will. All three men suffered through challenging childhoods and crippling adversity during their younger years, from poverty to the death of family members, to abusive parents. They have all seen the worst that this world has to offer and lived through a reality where most men wouldn’t last a day. Now James, the first of the men doesn’t know how he could possibly improve his life, he assumes that this is “just the way it is” and relegates all of his hopes and dreams to childhood fantasies. Alex, on the other hand, knows that his life could be better. He constantly finds himself daydreaming of a better life, one filled with an abundance of wealth, unconditional love, vibrant health, and a deep sense of belonging. However, Alex doesn’t believe that this can be a reality for him. After all, he is a former convict, drug addict, and grew up in one of the worst families you can imagine. How could he change? Now, I don’t think it takes a genius to figure out the results that these two men are going to generate in their lives with these types of convictions and beliefs. But what about Will? Will is in the same boat as everyone else. He went to prison in his late teens, never had a father, and is currently broke, alone, and addicted to drugs, but he’s different. Not only does he know that life can get better for him, he deeply believes that he has what it takes to make it so, he believes that he can change his life, turn things around, and achieve the success he has been dying for his whole life. You see, the only limits on your life are the ones that you impose upon yourself. If you can conceive a new way of being, deeply believe that it is possible, and are willing to take the action necessary to do it, you will succeed. 2. Tapping Into Your Emotions Creates the Motion You Need for Success How many times have you woken up in the morning, intending to get out of bed early and go “seize the day” but found yourself instead rolling over lazily and smashing the snooze button? How many times have you sat down at your computer intent on working hard and grinding away at your latest project, when three hours later, you find yourself deeply lost in the trap of the internet, throwing your day down the drain? How many times have you come home after a long day of work intending to hit the gym and work on your health only to find yourself sitting in front of the television on a guilty Netflix binge? My guess is a lot. You see the problem isn’t that you are lazy or lack work ethic, the problem is that you lack the emotional drive to create the motion you need to achieve success. You need to have a burning reason to pursue your dreams, you need to have clear goals, and you need to learn how to tap into the power of your emotions to go after the life that you want. 3. Your Thoughts are the Father of Your Results If you have anything in your life that you are unhappy with, you need to remember that the root of these results did not start in your bank account, in your relationship, or in your body, but these results started in your mind. When you look at your bank account and don’t like what you see, you need to remember that these results were caused by your thoughts. They were caused by your beliefs, your decisions, and your values that were then projected into your reality. This truth can be seen in any area of your life. No matter what results you have or don’t have in your life, your thoughts are the cause behind all of them. And if you can change your thoughts, then you can change your actions, change your actions and you can change your results, and if you can change your results you change your life. 4. Break Down Your Dreams into Achievable Steps Become a millionaire.  Meet the girl of your dreams.  Lose 100 lbs.  All of these goals are incredible in size and scope and are a scary whenever you look at them without first thinking about how you can break them down into achievable steps. If you want to become a millionaire, then start by working on earning your first $1,000 a month and build up from there. If you want to meet the woman of your dreams, then start getting out once a week and meeting awesome women at cool social events. If you want to lose 100 lbs. then start with 5. Whatever goal you have, it can be broken down into several smaller steps that will allow you to approach your dreams without feeling overwhelmed or scared. 5. Escape Your Plateaus and Find the Next Level  Life is full of unlimited possibilities and opportunities just waiting for you to show up and take them. But first, you have to break through your plateaus and realize that you can be living life on an elevated level. No matter how incredible your life is right now, there is always room to grow, there are always new mountains to be conquered, and there are always new ways to push yourself to become a better man.

When someone has made a bold step in life, we say “they are so brave”. Deep down, many of us also want that bold step in life. But somehow we believe we CAN’T because of thousands of reasons. These reasons are often not legitimate. They are nothing but self-limiting beliefs. The truth is we CAN. We can all CAN. – We CAN try. – We CAN do our best. – We CAN give it a go. – We CAN take the first step. The challenge isn’t if we CAN. The real challenge is if we WILL: – WILL we overcome our own inner fear? – WILL we step out from our comfort zone? – WILL we do whatever it takes to realize that goal and dream in life? – WILL we continue even when we hit obstacles after obstacles? If we WILL NOT, we will never CAN. Setbacks and life challenges will always be there. Where do you set your baselines? And what stories are you feeding yourself? #liveourtruthspeakourtruth #thecode #motivations #inspirations #watchyourthoughts #crystalclearclarity #success #baselines #personaldevelopment #selfhelp #leadership #training #coachingandmentoring Photo by Reuben Juarez on Unsplash

Where there’s a Will there’s a Will, Food Courtneys! It’s time for FOOD COURT, your favorite podcast, where we brave the malls and the movie halls so you don’t have to! Sean and Jon saw Gemini Man, Ang Lee’s newest High Frame Rate 3D sci-fi/action spectacular. Will Will will this film into quality? Or has Ang’s obsession with frames gone bad? Tune in to find out! So grab your popcorn, sneak in your snacks, and pop some antacid because there’s also a third Will at the very end! Bon Appetit!

Using the powers of elementary deduction and the tv remote we tracked down one of the most (un?)wanted films from our hit list.  Will Will disappoint, can Reilly really be this bad? Listen to the full review to see what we think. Follow us on the socials: https://www.instagram.com/movie_bunker_podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/MovieBunkerPodcast/ https://twitter.com/movie_bunker

Infinity Gauntlet Part 5: Quantum Zone Episode #71 This episode Phil, Will and Matt review Infinity Gauntlet #4 “Cosmic Battle on the Edge of the Universe” from October 1991. Discussion includes: Phil and Matt do not spoil Spider-Man Far From Home for Will Will's newsletter and cosmic TV static Frozen heroes Eric Masterson's hammer time Rubber Wolverine Quasar cliche Captain America: last man standing Show notes: Infinity Gauntlet Part 5: Quantum Zone Episode #71 Here's the link to our Facebook group: https://tinyurl.com/y3x66q6q Check out Will's website: www.quantumzone.org Check out everything Capes and Lunatics here: www.capesandlunatics.org Get your OFFICIAL Capes and Lunatics merchandise here: http://shrsl.com/?idim Follow us on Youtube: https://t.co/l0US3nP5Wq Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuantumZonePod Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuantumZonePod/ Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Will Allred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallred Follow Matt Kona on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattKona Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich

No segundo episódio do arco LGBT, Anna e Larissa debatem Will & Will, de David Levithan e John Green. Entre em contato com a gente! Adoramos receber cartinhas virtuais quartaparedepodcast@gmail.comtwitter: @quartaparedepodfacebook.com/quartaparedepodcast Vocês também podem encontrar as meninas nos seguintes lugares: Anna Lívia Marques -twitter/instagram @annaliviamsyoutube.com/theannaliviamstinyletter.com/annaliviamshttp://ilallora.com Larissa Siriani - twitter/instagram @LarissaSirianifacebook.com/LariSirianiyoutube.com/larissasirianipadrim.com.br/larissasiriani O Quarta Parede faz parte da família #OPodcastÉDelas Vocês podem seguir o OPED emwww.opodcastedelas.com.brtwitter/instagram @opodcastedelascontato@opodcastedelas.com.br 

We discuss the end of Game Of Thrones and a touch of news.  Will discusses his idea on what the DMV should be. Will Wayne become shark bait when he deep sea fishes without a boat?  Will Denny be able to rest after seeing meat mountain?  Will Will will himself to write a screenplay about his witchy dreams?  Give it a listen and find out. 

3PP 27, Work/Life Balance SVSLearn.com Just a reminder this podcast is sponsored entirely by SVSLearn.com. This is the place to be if you want to become a children’s book illustrator. We have 80+ courses apart of our subscription, we also have a few 5-10 week long interactive courses that will be starting up in May. We are running a 7 day free trial right now and you can try it out and see if you like it. We are starting to record our podcast as a video and will be uploading it to Youtube. Work/Life Balance Our topic today is Work/ Life Balance. We have gotten a lot of people asking us about this and we’ve talked about this before on our old webinar, which was the precursor to this podcast, hopefully we will be able to address it from a few different angles today. This is something that everyone is concerned with and it affects all of us each day. The Basics of Establishing a Work/Life Balance We were thinking about going over what to do with your time once you have established a work/life balance, but we wanted to start with the basics of establishing a work/life balance and share some experiences from different phases of our lives. We thought that starting with the basics would be beneficial. Is it possible to always have work/life balance? No. There are some phases that aren’t going to have as great of a work/life balance. When Lee was at Art Center, it was like boot camp, he was doing art from the second he woke up to the second he went to sleep, and he didn’t have good working methods back then which may have helped alleviate some of that. There were other phases where the balance was skewed, i.e. having a baby. Balance is not the norm but there are ups and downs and ebbs and flows and rhythms to our work/life balance. There are times for more work/life balance. Life is everything besides work: Spending time with family, with your spouse or significant other, exercise, recreation, playing games, etc. Learn to Do Hard Things Will has noticed that for a lot of young people, including one of his children, that they struggle to do really hard things. When Will was young he participated in Boy Scouts, and for that he was in an axe competition that took all day chopping down trees till his hands were bleeding. Probably one of the hardest experiences he had was when he hiked a mountain in the winter time starting at 5am and they didn’t set up camp till 5pm. Experiences like that, where you push yourself and your body to the limit, it makes other things pale in comparison and seem less difficult. Some people don’t have hard experiences like that to build on. Things that might seem easy to some seem impossible to them. However, compared to others throughout the history of the world, Will has never done a full days work in his life. There are kids today, who have really never worked a day in their lives. Lee was teaching a painting class and students were commenting on how they had spent 6 or 8 hours on their master copy painting, but when he was in school that was just the start most of his would take around approximately 12 hours long. That was the norm. Nowadays we lean towards that instant gratification mindset and 5 hours can seem like forever. If we change our mindset on how long we think something should take it can change our whole attitude towards the project. Work/life Balance is not a balance so much as it is more like an ebb and flow. There are times where you need to put everything into work, there are times of life and times of the year, or the project, during those times your life becomes the work. There are other times in life where you need to focus more on family and on friendships and it’s okay to hold back on work some to focus on those most important things, maybe you just had a baby, or got married, or had a death in the family, etc. There is a way to have that ebb and flow day to day as well. The main rule is: be present wherever you are at and in whatever you are doing. When you are at work, be 100 percent at work. When you are with your family, don’t be on your phone, be 100 percent present. Jake’s mom just passed away and that is one of those personal experiences that we will all experience in our lives. Jake went and visited her before she passed and had a really special time taking care of her, talking with her, and holding her hand. He came back to Utah and her condition was worsening. He had some rough days, and had been planning on going to Emerald City Comic Con and he was debating if he should go or stay in case he needed to go back to Arizona for his mom. Jake’s mom wasn’t the type of person who wanted to cause too many waves and wouldn’t want to get in the way of family or work. She was really cool about stepping back. Jake’s sister told Jake to go and that if there was an emergency they would fly him out. He went to the event and did his best despite the undercurrent of sadness and thoughts about his mom. He tries to be present and do his best wherever he is. Work With Intensity and Focus in All Categories of Your Life It’s a conscious choice, I’m here and I’m working. It’s a very important thing to think about and to apply to every part of your life. Learning art can be overwhelming. There is this undercurrent to art, that you should be working all the time. 21:42 While in his early 20’s Lee’s Dad got Cancer at a young age: 54 years old. Lee was living in California and his dad was in Nashville. Lee had a lot of friends in Nashville and he was trying to schedule a time to go out there to visit his father but also be able to see his friends and get the most bang for his buck from the trip. Sadly, his dad passed away when Lee was en route to see him, and that is Lee’s one regret. Time is so precious. Lee and his wife, Lisa, took his 8 year old son out of school for a few days just to go on a trip with him, and he really just wants to treasure his time with him. Nikola Tesla, and Steve Jobs they would wear the same outfit everyday so they didn’t have to waste any time thinking of what they were going to wear. Will has always wanted to get to the point where he realizes that time is short and that time is really so precious. We have that luxury some with being an artist where we are passionate about what we are doing. Some other jobs where you just clock in and out feel like you are just selling 8 hours of your life to that company. When you are creating your own art and you are getting better, and you are inventing yourself as an artist etc. That should become your “video game.” So many people get so addicted to games that they schedule it to where nothing else in the world will interrupt their game time. There are times as an artist where it needs to interrupt your pleasure time. The better you get the more fun it becomes, then you are able to start realizing the dreams you have. The work you put down on paper starts to mimic the vision you had. It becomes more fun when you are able to visualize something and then create it. It becomes a lot more fun when you are able to get past worrying so much about your technique. That’s an important part of work life balance, when you don’t struggle with the technique anymore and it becomes just the vision of what you are trying to say. Struggling with technique doubles your time on any individual piece. Once that goes away, then you are off to the races really quick! Jake’s Phases of Work/Life Balance. Teens: All about have experiences and drawing. Twenties: Got married and had kids, worked to master his craft. It was all: Family, work, family, work. Not much time for friends, health, or hobbies. That’s where he got really good at his style, finding tools he liked, exploring a lot of different things, etc. He experimented a lot: messed around with modeling, animation, comics, storyboarding. Thirties: Refining. He had mastered a lot of these things now it was time to pick one path, and zero in on getting better with his health and family. Also to put into practice those things so you can go on your own path. Children's books, and comics, and freelance. Getting into a position to where you can do your own thing. Started SVS. Forties: simplifying even more. Had a little more time for health and family. Now it’s Planning his trajectory to where he can do things like Will: stop working in the afternoon, and do something for his health/ a hobby for a couple of hours, and then spend the evenings with family. There are different phases that you go through. There will be some ebb and flow. Try and plan for it. Do things that will help give you that life balance. Don’t think you can maintain a constant. Be present and lean into your free time and lean into your work when you need to. Different things that help give us work/life balance. Lower Your Monthly Expenses Lowering your expenses is so much easier than making more money. If you have a full time job and you do that for 8-10 hours a day, and then you want to work on illustration at night and want to also spend quality time with your family. It can be difficult. There are only so many hours in the day. For example, if you can cut your expenses to where you don’t have to work full time but can work part time, then you can spend those hours you gained back working on your craft. Getting your financial life in order is a worthy pursuit. Start investigating it. A couple of things to check out: Dave Ramsey has a great podcast. This really got Lee started on wanting to be debt free. In the US you can have so much credit. Too much, credit, be wise and get out of debt. Lee and his wife were really interested in the the idea of being debt free. Lee’s wife came across a website called, Mr. Money Mustache which is all about penny pinchers to the extreme. For most of us, ultimately, we don’t like to work. Over at Mr. Money Mustache, those guys focus on early retirement, how to get off the treadmill. This got Lee and his wife thinking, is it possible to do this? So they started looking at where they spent their money. Some of it was ridiculous and easy to cut out immediately. Fast forward 8 or 9 years later from that point, they’re debt free. Which has made a massive difference. Now Lee can do what he wants to now. He still needs some money but it’s just so much different with how he feels about work. It’s just not as intense. They now fully owns their house, 100%. They have a renter and now they are making a profit. The difference between now and before is about $3000. Before he was having to spend $2200 now he doesn’t spend anything and he gets a rent income of $1400 a month. Lee’s our inspiration. When you are in a financial bind it’s really difficult. Will and his wife went through a time when they were not the best with their money and had a financial meltdown. He got to the point where he was waiting on some checks and he had to break into a coin jar he had collected to get money for gas and groceries, Will also had a big jar of pennies and they had to break into that jar to get some groceries: a bag of potatoes, bread, and a gallon of milk, etc. You shop differently when you’re in a situation like that; all while waiting for that check. Lee’s in a really good financial situation. Lee doesn’t come from money. He had no help, loans, gifts, no big inheritance. Their first home was 1 bedroom, 1 bath. He had a stated income loan. He is a success story from the time of the Great Recession. They were responsible with money. They didn’t buy a home that they couldn’t afford but just barely got in under the wire. Jake was working at Blue Sky, working full time in the animation industry, making a healthy 6 figure a year income. He liked it but what he really wanted to do was to be independent, to work out of his home office, doing the projects he wanted to do. But he knew that if he did that he would take a drastic pay cut for years until he could build it up and get enough work and things going to match that. His wife said, we can’t live here in Connecticut where you have to have 6-figure income to afford the houses here. So they decided to move to Provo, UT, which, at the time, all of the housing prices there were just dropping. They found this foreclosed home, the yard was trashed, the inside was trashed and they got it for a great price.Their house has never been a financial burden to them. It has made a huge difference in the amount of work that they had to take on, and it’s been a big blessing to them in the work life balance that Jake’s been able to find, for the past 8 years that they’ve been living in that house. Be sure to buy a house that you can comfortably afford. Don’t spread yourself and your finances too thin. Back to Lee: He and his wife started thinking about becoming debt free during a time when the idea seemed extremely outrageous. They had bought that first home (1 bedroom, 1 bath) with no down payment and now they had just taken on a $225,000 loan. Lee had barely any income. They bought this home in an area that was transitioning from being a dangerous place to becoming more gentrified. Lee didn’t know how to do any home repair, so he went to Home Depot and got that orange book that teaches you how to do all home repairs. He redid all of the electrical, flooring, tiling, plumbing, they even tore out a plaster ceiling, etc. He was illustrating books by day and renovating his home by night. Lee noticed his neighbors were moving and he offered to buy their house, with no money. So they sold their 1 bedroom house and made a profit. Then they bought that other house and had a higher mortgage but still wanted to become debt free. He was a broken record back then about wanting to be debt free and all of his friends told him it was impossible. Lisa’s grandparents had passed away and left an old beat up home. Lee and Lisa went and lived there for free in exchange for fixing it up. They rented their new home out to pay the mortgage on that home. They lived in their grandparents old home for free while his renters paid for their mortgage. This gave them a taste for renting your house out. They started to make these huge sacrifices and huge strides to living debt free. They started renting their house out on Airbnb whenever they went on vacation. The other thing is you need to get debt free is to live somewhere affordable. You will have a hard time if you live in Portland or somewhere extremely expensive as an artist and expect to get debt free. They moved out of Portland to Nashville which isn’t super cheap but much more affordable than Portland. They spent 5 years getting ready to do that. They ended up buying a third home and spent 5 years fixing that home up getting ready to sell it. Lee spent 12 years, in total, fixing up houses. It took them those last 5 years to prepare to make the move to Nashville. Lowering your expenses takes effort. You may have to move, you may have to shift things around, you may have to lower your standard of living, you may have to get roommates. But if you lower how much you have to make, your time will expand. How do you feel today about having to take a job vs. the beginning of your career? At the beginning of Will’s career he took everything that came in, he took all jobs. There were a lot of jobs he took in that he hated and didn’t want to do. Now Lee takes jobs now that move him emotionally and creatively. He doesn’t take jobs for the money now. It’s vastly different. You go through different stages in your career. In the beginning Lee also would take everything, not just for the money, but for the exposure, “I need to be published.” You’ve got to have some credibility of working as a pro and meeting with art directors etc. You have to go through that grind. As you get better technically, the jobs become more rewarding. As you go further along in your career and don’t have to take those jobs that don’t match up with what you want to do, as well. So this is a career that just becomes more and more rewarding as you go through it. If you are in a position to provide for your family or for yourself as well, it doesn’t really matter where you make your money; it doesn’t have to be from art. If you have to side hustle and make money from Airbnb on the side that is just as respectable as taking on 3 extra illustration jobs. All through his 20’s-30’s Jake’s mindset was: it has to be art, that’s all I’m good at. But now his mindset has shifted, it could be helping his wife to start a business, or they get a rental property, or Airbnb, or flip a car, etc. There are many respectable sources of income apart from art. At some point, you need to do what you need to do to make ends meet. Leave some portion of making art for yourself so that you can enjoy it and get something out of it, rather than just paying for the bills. Be a Scheduler This complements our step 1) Work With Intensity. If you don’t know what you need to do it’s hard to work with intensity. From 8-12 I’m going to be doing this thing, from 12-4 I’m going to be doing this thing, etc. Some of our scheduling strategies: Lee works for around 8 hours a day. He will work for 50 minute chunks and then take 10 minutes off. During those 10 minute breaks he will stand up and walk around and move. As illustrators we can work for hours and hours being stationary and it’s not good for our health. As illustrators sometimes our posture can get really bad because we are always leaning over to draw and may not have the best chair situation. Jake switched to a stool and has been sitting on a stool for the past 6-7 years and that has helped him sit up straight and has helped him not have back pain. Lee has this climbing harness type thing that helps pull his shoulders back, the natural position for drawing is rolling your shoulders forward. If you do that enough, the chest muscles become contracted and the arm muscles on the back of the arm become elongated and your body can get used to being in that state. It can become hard to get out of that state because your body has adjusted to it. It’s important to think about your health. All of the stuff we are talking about today are long term strategies because if we are going to be doing this for life we want to figure this stuff out. You need to take time to look at your calendar and figure out what you are doing. When Jake got started working for himself, he would look back at his day and realize he had nothing to show for the day despite having been in the studio for 8-9 hours, he didn’t even know what he had done. So he started doing a time audit where every minute of the day was accounted for. I.e. The last half hour, I confess I surfed Twitter, but then the next half hour I buckled down and got that illustration done, and then for these 3 hours I did this, then I spent 2 hours clearing out my inbox, etc. He did this for months, recording how he was spending his time, and making to do lists and checking things off. Once he had done that time audit and could see where his time was being spent, then he could widdle out stuff that was unproductive. He used to think that he could get so much done at night after the kids went to bed, and that used to be the case because he was younger and had more energy, but now as he’s aged he’s noticed that for 3 hours spent at night could get that same amount of work done in the morning in just 1.5 hours. So he’s 50% less productive at night. So he decided to take the times where he’s most productive and put the most creative work into those hours, and to take the time where he’s least productive and that’s when he’ll surf Twitter, watch Youtube videos, read a book, watch a movie, etc.That way he’s not doing unproductive stuff during unproductive time. This has made a huge difference with how he sets up his schedule. The other thing with this is that he doesn’t want to stay up late watching Youtube videos so he goes to bed earlier, and wakes up earlier, and gets more work done before his kids get up in the morning. It’s an overall refining of his schedule and how he works. Will doesn’t write things down but he knows what he needs to get things done and he thinks about it a lot. What Lee has learned about being a scheduler is that once you write it down you don’t have to worry about it and think about it but it’s just done. Will does use a to do list but he doesn’t put a timestamp down trying to figure out how long everything will take. Jake’s perspective on Will: Will does have a to do list, he comes into work focused on his MIT (Most Important Task) and he is focused on getting that done. If anything else gets accomplished then that’s just gravy. Then he goes home. Sometimes he gets the thing done that he wanted to get done and he can leave. It’s pretty awesome and takes a lot of discipline. Part of it is that Will doesn’t want to sit at a desk all day. He likes to break up his workday. Because his kids are grown he does a lot of drawing at home later on. He breaks his day into thirds: 1) morning/afternoon: work. 2) afternoon: exercise, shopping for the family, doing things with them. 3) nights) draw and get work done at home, especially the drawing aspect, he can do that anywhere with the iPad. Will has found a schedule that really works for him. Everyone should put a priority on that. Some people work better and are more creative at night. Some people, like Lee work better in the morning, etc. Jake’s daily schedule: 4:30-5:00AM: Wake up, get an hour of work in. 6:00-9:00AM: Make breakfast, take kids to school, work out/go on a run, shower and head to the studio. 9:30/10AM-12:30/1PM: Straight creative time, do the most cognitively demanding work, same with his early morning work time. 1PM-5:30PM: Afternoon is focused on administrative stuff, recording podcasts, meetings, checking email (Inbox zero method), phone calls, meetings, etc. 6-7:30/8PM: Family Time. Dinner, spending time with kids, helping them with school projects, etc. 8-9PM: Decompressing, reading taking notes, maybe write a little for a comic project, then go to bed. Tries to get 7 hours of sleep a night. Good schedules are something that are thought about. Not just random. That was Jake’s weekdays. The weekdays are super focused but the weekends are not. Friday nights he will stay up late watching a movie with one of his kids. Saturdays he sleeps in and will go on a nice long run in the morning, does chores, house stuff, etc. Sundays are completely a day of rest, he goes to church, spends time with his family, plays board games, maybe they make a dessert, watches a Miyazaki film, completely unplugs, tries not to even look at his phone. Then after a weekend like that he is itching to get back to work and it’s no problem waking up at 4:30 in the morning to start another work week. Lee’s Workday Schedule: Lee is naturally an early riser, he tried to be like Jake and wake up early and go straight to work but was feeling some resistance there. Feel things out, if you are feeling some internal resistance, then try and change it up. He would wake up and try to work and would feel antsy, he couldn’t just stumble from his bedroom to his office and start working. He wakes up at 5-5:30 and will do an intense workout, always something athletic, he will go on a run or lift weights, and will spend 1-1.5 hours doing that. Once he got on that schedule it was perfect for him and he would come back home or to the office, wherever he is working that day, feeling balanced, having burned through some of that weird energy and he’s ready to sit down and work because he’s already got some exercise. Monday, Wednesday, Friday: he has designated those days to be an illustrator, that’s when he does his book work. He has a separate studio away from his home and that’s where he does his illustration work. He will work there for 8-10 hours with his 50 minute blocks. He is focused, just does illustration, doesn’t answer the phone, it’s a very focused time frame for him. Tuesday, Thursday: are for teaching, for doing SVS, for recording podcasts. Lee can never do anything halfway, he gets intensely interested in things. Avoiding a trip up with being a scheduler: Before when Lee would get out his calendar and start scheduling he would schedule out the perfect day and with no space for error, he was going to be the epitome of productivity, and then he’d get a revision or something unexpected would pop up and throw everything out of whack. Finally, after a number of frustrating years trying to deal with that he realized something: it’s so easy, don’t be idealistic, leave open space in between the projects. All of the sudden things started working out a lot more smoothly. Obviously, you have to account for things you don’t expect, but by not trying to schedule a perfect day enabled him to have perfect days, if that makes sense. Don’t get frustrated if your schedule gets thrown out of whack. It’s still good to know what the the schedule should be so that if things start going off track and it’s your fault, you can get back on track. A good schedule is your armature to hang everything on. Be willing to dodge and weave as needed. The calendar is a guide/ armature. You will never stick to it, some things take longer, some things are shorter. That’s an important concept, before Lee would derail himself and go from having a crazy scheduled day to no schedule and nothing else would get done. On the weekends Lee has nothing scheduled. Live Life In order to be a good illustrator, it’s not about your craft, it’s not about your technique, it’s about your experiences that you are trying to share with people. It’s, what are you creating art about? What are you trying to share about? You can’t do that if you are vapid, if you don’t have anything inside of you. So you’ve got to have experiences, you’ve got to have a life outside of the studio, you’ve got to have hobbies or something like that. Once you get through that stage of life where there’s that intensity to master your craft and you get there, once you’re sort of on this track where you set your schedule and you’ve got some room in there for balance, it informs your art. Maybe even before then, you find a way that you can do stuff, you can travel (not traveling to Europe, but maybe just across town, or to that museum you’ve been meaning to go to). You need to fill your creative bank account, you need to fill it with creative capital and use it to know what to create art about. Jake’s family will always go on a summer vacation for 2 weeks to a month, depends on the schedule. They’ll do a road trip and go to New York to visit family. It’s a time to have experiences, to spend time with family, and just to have fun. The kids all sleep in a cramped beach house, and they get to play actual games like Cornhole that don’t involve buttons. Jake also raises chickens, which is sometimes fun. A lot people listening to this might be in school and not have the finances that we have. Back then Will would find time to exercise, and it was always running and that’s about it. Now he flies model airplanes, plays the bass, goes hiking, goes mountain biking, plays racquetball 3 days a week, sometimes he snowboards. Really work hard in the beginning, you have more bandwidth and capacity to work hard then. You don’t see many 80 year olds starting at 9 in the morning and going until they drop at night. You can do that when your are in your 20s, 30s, and even 40s. What you do is as important as taking time to work on other things. Will can see a lot of his childhood experiences in his newest Bonaparte book. He’s putting things in there from his childhood. It’s all about those raw experiences, you need to make time to have those meaningful and special experiences. If Will could do it all over again, he’d have spent money differently in the beginning, and became more financially independent earlier on. He would have cut out half of the work that he did early on, because he did so much horrible work: jobs that were so heavily art directed that he wasn’t happy with the work afterwards, and the client probably didn’t care too much about it either, after the fact. All 3 of us are later in our careers, where we’ve all been doing this for 20 years or more. Don’t get frustrated, if you’re like: “I’m never going to get there.” Jake never thought he’d get to where he is right now. There was a time in his life where he wondered if this was even possible. Will also questioned if he could do it early on too. We work smart not hard. We don’t spend as much time spinning our wheels. The execution is quicker. We’ve spent all of that time making those mistakes before. It’s like the guy who, when Will would help him move a couch, had already prepped the whole house, he had already put things away so they wouldn’t trip, and had tied the hide-a-bed down so it wouldn’t spring out and put a ding in the wall. He had done all that prep work so that when we would go to move, we would move it and it would be done, there weren’t a lot of mistakes made. Art is much the same way. When you’ve figured out your process, you just sit down and crank something out and it works out. It’s all about the mistakes you’re avoiding. I.e. Jake did 2 character designs the other day in 3 hours, 10 years ago, it would have been a 10 hour job, but now he’s got a system down, he knows how he’s working, and his intuition is finely attuned, he knows whether or not he is on the right track or not pretty quick. So the sad news for a student is that when you’ve worked 10 hours on a project, don’t pat yourself on the back, because you’ve only worked 3 good hours. Illustration is about experiences. How do those experiences affect illustration? Late teens to early twenties, Lee was really into competitive skateboarding. How he sees the world was changed. Even now when he goes down the stairs and sees a handrail, he sees it first as an obstacle, and second as a handrail. The whole world is like that. He has noticed that others don’t see the world the same way as he does. Skating was all about finding lines in these urban environments and it’s become a tool he uses now in his compositions. The way that he composes a picture has to do with the lines that he saw as a skateboarder. Each thing that you do complements other things that you do in life. And vice versa, how does illustration affect the way you see the world and other things in your life? The same goes for intensity, when Lee works out he tries to work out with intensity. Each of these things plays off of each other and make each other better. Try and see links between things. In Summary: Work With Intensity and Focus in All Categories of Your Life Lower Your Monthly Expenses Be A Scheduler Live Life Quote: “Make a daily appointment to disconnect from the world so that you can connect with yourself.” -Austin Kleon That’s what this work/life balance is all about: to disconnect from your world so that you can connect with yourself, so that when you are back to connecting with your work, with the world you know what to work on, what to talk about, and what your work is to be about. LINKS Svslearn.com Jake Parker: mrjakeparker.com Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44 Will Terry: willterry.com. Instagram: @willterryart, Youtube: WillTerryArt Lee White: leewhiteillustration.comInstagram: @leewhiteillo Alex Sugg: alexsugg.com Tanner Garlick: tannergarlickart.com. Instagram: @tannergarlick If you like this episode, please share it, subscribe, and we’d love it if you left a review! These podcasts live and die on reviews. If you want to join in on this discussion log onto forum.svslearn.com, there is a forum for this episode you can comment on.

Nick and Will review the latest Netflix Originals. It's Fyre Fest week! Plus, shiny new thumbs up all-around for a new show. Will Will like it? Will Giulia fall asleep? Will Nick figure out live-streaming? You think you know, but you have no idea.  - IO

On this episode, Will Will sign with the Leafs tonight?!? (00:00), are gamers athletes? (19:30), Steve Dangle HOSTED Tim and Sid yesterday!!! (27:00), the Ottawa Senators traded Chris Weidman (39:00), Eugene Melnyk and the LeBreton flats (42:00), Milan Lucic and the Edmonton Oilers have a new line (59:30), and the press conference: Stanley Cup parades and back to the future hockey. (1:29:00). Originally aired: November 23, 2018 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/8y0RkKZR0dQ Merch: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/fancydangleshirts Follow us on Twitter: @Steve_Dangle, @AdamWylde, & @JesseBlake Follow us on Instagram: @SteveDangle, @AdamWylde, & @Jesse.Blake Subscribe to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/steve-dangle-podcast/id669828195?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merchants of Dirt Episode #36 When you compare your local races to championship races you learn that it's the same plan, course design, and processes, only on a bigger scale. Merchants of Dirt Podcast Turns One! Merchants of Dirt Podcast released Episode #1 on On October 13th, 2016. It all started after I built Reckoneer.com into a strong blog about off-road race direction and event management. I was looking for another way to share my race building tips without having to always point people to my articles. That's when I discovered podcast production and that I could create content that people could listen to while out on the trail. Merchants of Dirt has now grown into 30+ episodes, expanding all my Reckoneer.com articles into something far more impactful. It even led to my spin-off podcast Get Lost Racing and the development of my first race building tools: The Go-Loop Process and the Race Promotion Roadmap. In just one year I have learned how to use this podcasting medium to make a difference that has directly helped race directors build better races. Which is a very cool feeling! So, in honor of my 1st podcast anniversary, I want to thank everyone that has subscribed to this podcast, shared this podcast with a friend, given me feedback, and kept me motivated to continue this show. I look forward to continuing the Merchants of Dirt Podcast for another 30 episodes! Everything’s Bigger in Montana When you compare your local race to a championship race you would be surprised. Surprised to learn that it's the same plan, same course design, and same process... only bigger! Sure it's a massive undertaking. Sure it’s full of hundreds of racers. And of course, you’re going to need more staff, more parking, and possibly a bigger boat. But that has everything to do with scale. Your Small Race IS a Big Race only smaller Building a big race is no different than building a small race. It's just like a small event... only bigger! #1 -- Same planning process: You still need a good venue, permission to use it via a permit, insurance to protect the race director and the racers, marketing to get racers to come, and officials to make it all legitimate. #2 -- Same course design process: You still need to define the course, fix the trail to make it work, figure out the best way to make it safe, mark the course to make it make sense, and clean it all up when the race is done. #3 -- Same race day direction and execution process: You still need to get everyone registered, get them to the starting line, keep them safe during the race, find a way to know who won, give everyone results, and have a podium of the top winners. Paying it Back When you get to that special time of year, you have to think about paying it back to those that have made my year great. I have three groups I want to acknowledge for 2017: #1 -- Bikenetic Shout-Out Bikenetic Full Service Bicycle Shop owned by Jan Feuchtner [Foo-Kit-Ner] and Helen Huley is a small, family-owned shop in Falls Church, Virginia. Jan and Helen are bike enthusiasts and have a love for all things bike, centering their bicycle shop around the Kona, Jamis, Bianchi, Salsa, Raleigh, and Surly brands. What did Bikenetic do? Bikenetic is serious about supporting local biking. Not only did Bikenetic provide the support to help me launch the George Mason University Cycling Club in 2014, but when my Wolf Bouncer mountain bike race was having trouble finding podium prizes, Jan and Helen stepped in to save the day with all sorts of products for race winners. Every time I have asked for help, Bikenetic has been there. Actions speak louder than words, and if the actions of Jan and Helen should tell you just what kind of service you will get at Bikenetic. It is worth the trip to Bikenetic Bikenetic Full Service Bicycle Shop 201 W. Jefferson St. Falls Church, VA 22046 Contact them at (703) 534-7433, on Facebook, or info@bikenetic.com #2 -- Will Nichols Shout-Out Will Niccolls is the host of the Angry Mountain Biker Show podcast, PMBIA (Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Association) Certified Level 1 mountain bike instructor, Wilderness First Aid Certified, Adventure and wildlife photographer, Podcaster, mountain biker, rock climber, lover of chips and salsa. So when it comes to mountain biking, Will knows what he's talking about. Learn more about Will Will was kind enough to come out to my Wolf Bouncer mountain bike race in September and take some fantastic action photos of the riders. You can find Will's podcast on Apple Podcasts, on Facebook, or see his camera work at Will Niccolls Photography #3 -- Ricks Roasters Shout-Out Ricks Roasters Coffee Company owned by Sean and Keely Ricks is a veteran and family-owned coffee roaster and coffee wholesaler in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Sean and Keely Ricks are passionate about coffee and went into business with the belief that is it IS "all about the bean". Give Ricks Roasters a Try When you place your first order of Ricks Roasters coffee from ricksroasters.com, use my exclusive Promo Code: Wolf Bouncer -- and receive 13-percent off (First order only). Ricks Roasters is Good Coffee: Ricks Roasters Coffee Company 1304 Interstate Business Park Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405 Contact them at (540) 318-6850, on Facebook, or info@RicksRoasters.com And Now You Know! Thank You for Listening Thank you so much for listening to Merchants of Dirt Podcast. If you have questions or comments, please reach out to me @MerchantsofDirt on Twitter, by Email, or my Contact Form. Join the Conversation If there is a topic you would like me to cover, please join my Facebook group: Race Promoters' Hangout. Support the Podcast Become my patron at Patreon!

本期嘉宾是来自于某大型车厂的汽车设计师——Will。毕业于中国美院的Will，在大学期间就开始对交通工具设计产生了兴趣，并在毕业后创办了自己的设计工作室。Will的设计工作室，致力于各种工业产品的设计工作，其客户不乏类似耐克这样的国际大企业。之后，Will加入了某汽车合资品牌的研发中心，成为了一名汽车设计师。本期节目，主播们就将带领各位听众，一起来了解这位在各个领域都玩得转的跨界设计师的有趣经历！别急，还有福利！既然是聊跨界，当然要尽兴：在节目的最后，Will还给大家带来了一个关于沉浸式主题场馆设计的故事！好了，赶紧去听节目吧！

本期嘉宾是来自于某大型车厂的汽车设计师——Will。毕业于中国美院的Will，在大学期间就开始对交通工具设计产生了兴趣，并在毕业后创办了自己的设计工作室。Will的设计工作室，致力于各种工业产品的设计工作，其客户不乏类似耐克这样的国际大企业。之后，Will加入了某汽车合资品牌的研发中心，成为了一名汽车设计师。本期节目，主播们就将带领各位听众，一起来了解这位在各个领域都玩得转的跨界设计师的有趣经历！别急，还有福利！既然是聊跨界，当然要尽兴：在节目的最后，Will还给大家带来了一个关于沉浸式主题场馆设计的故事！好了，赶紧去听节目吧！

Talking with three of the eight members of Rut and River Pursuits Podcast! Segment 1 Talking outtakes How R2 started as a group and podcast Why podcasting instead of videography and films Name dropping Carrie Z! Why get into podcasting How does 8 guys work together Bear spear fishing? Traveling to Canada Chuck That Bugger!!! Fishing other states Ice Fishing Segment 2 Talking with Will Will lived in North Dakota for work Started hunting hard after returning to PA Hunting in mountain region as a kid Hunted mostly small game and deer as a kid Talking deer hunting as a kid Family traditions in hunting Catfish is the lucky charm Hunting with his mom Shooting Sting Rays Family competition Longtime friends Segment 3 Talking with Phil Getting a cold drink live on the show The oldest guy who knows the least Learning the ropes with the guys From Illinois and spent time in Missouri Where does a new guy to the outdoors start Met Will and got in the outdoors Loves duck hunting and eating them Duck Candy! Working with a farmer to gain hunting access Falling through a hay loft Using podcasting as a story telling forum How the silence of the outdoors screams at us and reconnects us to the world Outdoor wish list, catching a muskie through the ice Fly Fishing with a poodle Segment 4 Talking with Ryan The newest guy on the team How did he get with this group with a guy Whitetail hunter is his game Bow over rifle for deer Treestand is preferred method Equipment of choice Late bow season aggressive tactic to fill a deer tag Must have gear for the hunt Hunting as a youngster Deer drives Where does Rut and River go from here? How podcasting works as a viable medium in the outdoors for listeners Where did the name Rut and River Pursuits come from  www.rutandriverpursuits.com

Talking with three of the eight members of Rut and River Pursuits Podcast! Segment 1 Talking outtakes How R2 started as a group and podcast Why podcasting instead of videography and films Name dropping Carrie Z! Why get into podcasting How does 8 guys work together Bear spear fishing? Traveling to Canada Chuck That Bugger!!! Fishing other states Ice Fishing Segment 2 Talking with Will Will lived in North Dakota for work Started hunting hard after returning to PA Hunting in mountain region as a kid Hunted mostly small game and deer as a kid Talking deer hunting as a kid Family traditions in hunting Catfish is the lucky charm Hunting with his mom Shooting Sting Rays Family competition Longtime friends Segment 3 Talking with Phil Getting a cold drink live on the show The oldest guy who knows the least Learning the ropes with the guys From Illinois and spent time in Missouri Where does a new guy to the outdoors start Met Will and got in the outdoors Loves duck hunting and eating them Duck Candy! Working with a farmer to gain hunting access Falling through a hay loft Using podcasting as a story telling forum How the silence of the outdoors screams at us and reconnects us to the world Outdoor wish list, catching a muskie through the ice Fly Fishing with a poodle Segment 4 Talking with Ryan The newest guy on the team How did he get with this group with a guy Whitetail hunter is his game Bow over rifle for deer Treestand is preferred method Equipment of choice Late bow season aggressive tactic to fill a deer tag Must have gear for the hunt Hunting as a youngster Deer drives Where does Rut and River go from here? How podcasting works as a viable medium in the outdoors for listeners Where did the name Rut and River Pursuits come from  www.rutandriverpursuits.com  

Last week, Will had a weird/awkward/horrible nighttime visitation, and then we left Gorin staring into the face of Death. Will Will make out with Death? God, we hope not. Music by Emily Rocheleau and Ben Tissot (http://www.bensound.com/).

Last week, Will had a weird/awkward/horrible nighttime visitation, and then we left Gorin staring into the face of Death. Will Will make out with Death? God, we hope not. Music by Emily Rocheleau and Ben Tissot (http://www.bensound.com/).

Now we've got all the players back on the board. They may not be as close together as they'd like (we're all looking at you, Bram), but all Bowmans are definitely taking turns at playing games. Will: Will got a new partner this week in one-time Jennifer investigator, Bob Burke. Bob wasn't putting on an act for Jennifer's benefit apparently. He must always act like that. Although being the "good soldier" is Will's only play right now, the department he returned to only resembles the one he left because they inhabit the same space. Question of the week: Now that Will has to bow down to a new dress code, do you think they'll make him cut his hair? Kate: So much for being the "good citizen" half of Team Bowman. I guess throwing your state appointed tutor out of the house isn't technically bad citizenship, but it may be bad colonist...ship. The big questions surrounding Katie's erratic behavior revolve around where the heck WAS she? Both awkward Charlie/Lindsey interactions came while Katie was away or busy. I don't want to stick up for a weirdo like Lindsey unnecessarily, but was she -really- out of line for asking a child that was distracting her student to go be busy elsewhere? If we enforced Katie's rule today, teachers would be getting booted left and right. Broussard: Still hanging out with Team RoboBee (emphasis on the BO). I would so hate these guys if I were him. They must still have some future story importance, because Broussard would be better off without them. Plus, why go through the trouble and expense of hiring a known actress like Thora Birch (Morgan last season), just to replace her? Weird. Proxy / Bram: Proxy needs to learn a little subtlety when it comes to showing Bram favoritism. It's so obvious Maya noticed it and force Bram to reveal his snitch status. It is interesting to wonder though, is Bram working for Proxy (for real), or is he working for Maya (bad move)?

This week on StoryWeb: Tim Burton’s film Big Fish.   A witch. A giant. A werewolf. Conjoined twins. Daring feats of strength. A magical town.   Tim Burton’s 2003 film, Big Fish, has it all.   Based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel of the same name, the film stars Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Jessica Lange, and a large cast of other actors. It is a delightful, fantastic, over-the-top spectacle of a small Southern traveling circus, complete with “freaks,” as they are often known. It also tells the story of Spectre, a fairy-tale, utopian version of a small town in Alabama.   Big Fish is also a tale within a tale, the story of a young man, Will Bloom, saying goodbye to his elderly, dying father, Edward. When Will was a boy, Edward regaled him with one fantastic story after another – and he continues the outlandish tall tales on his deathbed. Will, who had been caught in the tales as a child, eventually came to believe his father was a liar, that he’d spun crazy yarns to make himself look larger than life and perhaps to hide the secrets of his real life.   Most of the film is the reconstructed telling of Edward’s fantastic, dreamlike world, the stuff of myth and legend. Swept along with the story, the viewer – as Will had as a boy – wants to believe, but it all just seems so far-fetched. Is it real? Is it make-believe? Or is it something in between? You’ll have to watch the film – all the way through to the end – and then decide for yourself.   In the meantime, I will say that – true or not – Big Fish is a marvelous, wonderful tale of an unlikely cast of characters you won’t soon forget. It’s also a beautiful, if emotionally challenging exploration of a father-son relationship. Will Edward and Will come to an understanding of each other in time? Will Will forgive his father’s tall tales, his penchant for what can only be called Southern gothic storytelling?   StoryWeb, of course, celebrates all things storytelling – and Edward Bloom is a storyteller par excellence. His tales raise the age-old question: Is the story true – or is it “just” a story? By film’s end, you may be inclined to believe, as Edward clearly does, that truth and imagination, story and fact are inextricably tied up together. As Will says, “In telling the story of my father’s life, it’s impossible to separate the fact from the fiction, the man from the myth. It doesn’t always make sense, but that’s the kind of story this is.”   The film is available on DVD, and the entire script is online. You might find it fun to explore the locations used in the filming of Big Fish. And of course, you’ll want to stop by Tim Burton’s official website. (Be forewarned: it’s tricky to navigate this one-of-a-kind website!)   As Edward tells Will, “Most men will tell you a story straight through. It won’t be complicated, but it won’t be interesting either.” Big Fish is delightfully complicated and very, very interesting. Watch it – you won’t be disappointed!   Visit the storyweb.com/burton for links to all these resources and to watch the trailer for Big Fish. It will give you a taste of the fantastical yarns Edward Bloom spins.

Will Barnard recently closed on a seven-figure profit house flip (that’s right… over $1M on one single house!) In this episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, Will shares the story, as well as 10 specific and actionable tips for anyone looking to rehab a property. Be sure to grab a pen and paper for this show… you are going to need it!In This Episode We Cover:How Will’s doing since the last time he was on the showThe famous 7 Figure FlipAll the details you want to hear about that flip!The 10 things you need to become a better flipperHow to know your marketThe importance of building a team before you buyThe members you need on your teamHow to find quality contractorsThe importance of negotiation as a real estate investorThe two numbers that you need in order to make an offerThe ins and outs of using leverageHow to build a reputation by taking care of your investorsThe importance of learning how to manage efficientlyHow to know where you can save (and where you shouldn’t) in flipping housesAnd SO much more!Links from the ShowDiary of a Seven Figure Spread (Forum Thread)BiggerPockets Flipping CalculatorBiggerPockets ForumsWill Barnard’s First BP Podcast InterviewBP Podcast 120: How to Find, Analyze, and Finance an Incredible Real Estate Deal!The Occupants from Hell (Forum Thread)Books Mentioned in this ShowThe 10X Rule by Grant CardoneThe Book on Flipping Houses by J. ScottThe Book on Investing with No Money Down by Brandon TurnerA Million Bucks by 30 by Alan CoreyTrump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal by George H. RossRich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant by Robert T. KiyosakiTweetable Topics:“You really need to get the boots on the ground to know your market.” (Tweet This!)“Trying to flip from afar is really asking for trouble.” (Tweet This!)“Everything you do in the real estate field — everything — pretty much is a negotiation.” (Tweet This!)“Listening to people negotiate is really helpful.” (Tweet This!)“There’s no right or wrong answer here. It’s a matter of finding out what do you want.” (Tweet This!)“You can’t be scared to fail because you’re going to fail.” (Tweet This!)Connect with WillWill’s BiggerPockets ProfileWill’s Company Website

Many house flippers focus on small, cheap properties – but on today’s show we look at the other end of the flipping world: luxury house flipping. Our guest today, Will Barnard, is currently flipping multimillion dollar homes in the Southern California market, but the lessons and tips he shares can help any investor in any stage of the game. Will shares his story of how he got started with real estate investing and built up his business that has covered buy and hold, land development, flipping, and more. This episode covers a wide variety of topics that are sure to entertain and inform – so sit back and enjoy! We’re really excited to bring you this interview.Read the transcript to episode 32 with Will Barnard here.In This Show, We CoverWorking with family when starting outThe infamous occupant from hell…The transition from low-end flipping to high-end flippingWhere Will believes the market is goingWhen the 70% rule applies – and when it doesn’tHow to find comparable sales for unique homesWhen to use architects and interior designersThe crazy story of the “Seven Figure Spread” flipWorking with Real Estate AgentsAnd more!Links from the ShowForum thread about the recent Gmail changes Will’s Occupant from Hell Story on the BiggerPockets ForumsThe House Flipping Calculator on BiggerPocketsDocuSign Ink AppEchoSignHow to Negotiate: 7 Real Estate Negotiation Tips by J ScottBooks Mentioned in the ShowTrump Style Negotiation by George RossReal Estate Finance and Investment Manual by Jack CummingsTweetable Topics:“Simplicity is key. Buy right … that’s where you’ll lock in your profit.” (Tweet This!)“Real Estate rules are guidelines, not hard and fast. They are not silver bullets.” (Tweet This!)“Everything you do in real estate- it’s all about the negotiation.” (Tweet This!)“There are a lot of hurdles in real estate. It is a roller coaster ride.” (Tweet This!)“Experience is the Best Educator.” (Tweet This!)Connect with WillWill’s BiggerPockets AccountWill’s Website: www.BarnardEnterprises.com