The Five-Minute Geek Show
Matt Stauffer, unabashedly geeky, 5 minutes, twice a week. Frontend dev, backend dev, audio, design, podcasts--all fair game.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
94 | One easy tip to being in the top 2% of freelancers
The tip: Be a grownup.
-- Transcript --
Matt Stauffer: Hi. I'm your host Matt Stauffer, and this is episode 94 of the Five-Minute Geek Show, a weekly show about development and everything around it. …
93 | If you don't know "why", you're not going to do the right "what"
Understanding the end goals--the motivation--of your clients, or yourself, allow you to make the small decisions in ways that serve the goal, rather than potentially fighting it.
92 | Spoiling yourself to avoid burnout
Spoiling yourself to avoid burnout
91 | Commitments, not (or and) goals
Small, measurable, manageable commitments help people like me move toward their goals.
Transcript:
Hi, I'm your host, Matt Stauffer, and this is Episode 91 of The Five Minute Geek Show, a weekly show…
90 | It's OK to specialize. We're a Laravel Shop. That's OK.
It turns out, it's perfectly OK to specialize in a certain tech. Who knew!
89 | Start preparing now for what you need then
Whether it's getting a new job, launching a product, or finding new business, the things you'll need in the future require you to plan now.
88 | Somebody is going to have to do the hard work to bring equality
Notes:
- Equality vs Equity Graphic
- The New Jim Crow
- Carlos Doesn't Remember - The Revisionist History Podcast
Transcription:
Hi. I'm your host Matt Stauffer, and this is episode 88 of The Five Minut…
87 | I don't think we mean the same thing when we say "remote"
86 | Why source diving is an undersung skill
Why source diving is an undersung skill
85 | Planning makes better (meetings, podcasts, bizdev, interviews)
Planning makes better (meetings, podcasts, bizdev, interviews)
84 | I don't think you have $10,000 to waste on that AWS token
I don't think you have $10,000 to waste on that AWS token -- don't commit your credentials to GitHub!
82 | How Are You Getting Paid For Your Free Work?
In what ways, other than money, are we paid for our free (open source, teaching, etc.) work?
80 | Know why you're doing what you're doing
Vision and goals for every thing you do allow you to make good decisions in the face of conflict
79 | Quick thoughts on my new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
Quick thoughts on my new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
78 | Inbox Zero, Getting Things Done, and freeing your brain
Inbox Zero, Getting Things Done, and freeing your brain
77 | Split Online Personality: race, ethnicity, justice, and "just stick to tech"
I don't just care about tech: I'm also deeply passionate around issues of race, ethnicity, and justice.
76 | Write Code For Humans
Write code that you will love to write and return to, not for speed or computer optimization or whatever else.
- Pay money to stop wasting time
- "Any fool can write code that a computer can understand.…