Brunch with Brent: Wes Payne

Brent joins Wes Payne, well-known Jupiter Broadcasting co-host of Linux Unplugged (linuxunplugged.com), Coder Radio (coder.show), and TechSNAP (techsnap.systems), for a deep-dive conversation that touches a wide swath of life as a Wes, with topics including:

• adventures in learning

• a recipe for great collaborations

• one definition of Wes-work

• creativity and problem-solving in tech

• introvertedness and the subtle art of being agreeable

• strategies in brainstorming

• entropy and evolution of routines in creativity

• hammock time and meditation

• Buddhism and our mind's understanding of the world

• the importance of context in comprehension

Links:
• The World Before Your Feet' Documentary - Matt Green Walks Every Street in New York City (theworldbeforeyourfeet.com)
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet)
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss (fourhourworkweek.com)
• Six Thinking Hats (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Thinking_Hats)
• Brain Pickings - Daily Rituals: A Guided Tour of Writers’ and Artists’ Creative Habits (brainpickings.org/2013/04/23/daily-rituals-mas…)
• Hammock Driven Development, or, If We're Not Solving Problems What are We Doing? - Rich Hickey (youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc)
• Convinced Coder - Hammock Driven Development (convincedcoder.com/2019/03/30/Hammock-driven-d…)
• Derek Sivers - “HELL YEAH!” or “no." (sivers.org/hellyeah)
• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright (goodreads.com/book/show/32895535-why-buddhism-…)
• The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–and How to Fix It - Natalie Wexler (nataliewexler.com)