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Speak Easy is the podcast where we discuss communication, productivity systems, capturing our thoughts, and how we share those thoughts with our future selves and others. Managing our brains is core to 21st century work and we're here to learn how to do it better than we did yesterday. Speak Easy is brought to you by Cleft, the easiest way to collect your thoughts. With our cross-platform applications, you can simply capture your ideas wherever you are and paste them where they belong later.
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Daniel Compton

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Daniel Compton talks to Clojure and ClojureScript developers about the libraries and systems they have built. They dive into the nitty-gritty details and technical challenges the authors faced.
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Listen as Sarah Lobkovich coaches us on OKRs and goal setting focused on well-being. Sarah helps people reconnect with their intrinsic motivation, moving away from external pressures. By using techniques like verbal processing and visualization, Sarah supports individuals and organizations in creating meaningful, learning-centered goals that align …
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This episode features Anna Burgess Yang, a former corporate executive turned freelance writer. Anna discusses her approach to productivity and work-life integration, focusing on selecting the right tools for specific tasks. She describes her three-level system for capturing ideas: quick notes via Siri, context-rich thoughts via Cleft, and full blog…
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Susan Boles, CFO at Beyond Margins, discusses building "calmer" businesses focused on comfortable margins, not just profit. Key elements include clarity, autonomy, a lens of care, efficient systems, and rest/reduced urgency. She emphasizes the importance of designing businesses intentionally to be sustainable, rather than defaulting to growth at al…
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Katherine Sanders, a neurodivergent ADHD coach in Scotland, discusses how divergent thinkers struggle with linear productivity systems. She explains that ADHD brains process information differently, often taking "side quests" in thinking. Sanders emphasizes the importance of understanding individual processing styles (visual, verbal, conceptual) an…
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This episode features Meighan O'Toole discussing knowledge management and productivity. She shares her journey from physical notebooks to digital tools like Notion, highlighting how proper knowledge management can empower teams and reduce micromanagement. She emphasizes using tools like Cleft for brain dumps and creating systems that maintain human…
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Stepan Parunashvili talks about Instant, datalog, building a database in Clojure, and the demands of building modern applications Instant Datomic Database in the Browser, a spec A Graph-Based Firebase Tonsky (Nikita Prokopov) The Web after Tomorrow WorldStore: Distributed caching with Reactivity - Asana How Figma’s multiplayer technology works Data…
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Listen in as Ali Greene discusses how documentation enables workplace flexibility and autonomy. She explains that good documentation reduces unnecessary meetings, prevents misalignment, and allows for asynchronous work. This empowers people to structure their work around their values and life priorities. She emphasizes starting with "messy" thought…
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Listen in to this episode featuring an interview with Claire Podulka, Chief of Staff at TXI, about effective communication. Claire emphasizes that communication is a shared process involving speaking, listening, and understanding the audience's needs. She discusses her writing process, starting with verbose drafts and refining for clarity. Claire h…
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Dr. Cynthia Young discusses human-centered knowledge management, emphasizing the importance of sharing knowledge rather than hoarding it. She advocates for capturing and documenting processes, mentoring, and breaking down silos within organizations. Key points include: 1. Writing down processes and creating workflows 2. Adapting to individual learn…
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Listen in as Katie Scheuer, a learning designer at Mural, discusses effective meeting practices & collaborative work. She emphasizes starting with purpose, balancing synchronous & asynchronous work, and using visual tools for better engagement. Katie advocates for flexibility in work schedules and leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and cre…
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Angela Bierman, founder of Polka Dot Innovations, discusses knowledge capture and sharing. She emphasizes the importance of building a "corporate brain" to preserve institutional knowledge, advocates for progress over perfection in documenting ideas, and explores how neurodivergent individuals can optimize their productivity. Angela also shares her…
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Jonny Cosgrove, a neurodivergent entrepreneur, discusses how he manages thoughts and tasks using tools like Cleft, a note-taking app he co-founded. He emphasizes the importance of simple systems, capturing fleeting ideas, and using technology to support memory and personal growth for both work and life. Jonny's Links: Cleft JonnyCosgrove.com Linked…
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Hello, my name is Tyler Sellhorn, and welcome to the preview episode of Speak Easy, the podcast where we discuss communication, productivity systems, capturing our thoughts, and how we share those thoughts with our future selves and others. We believe that managing our brains is core to 21st century work and we're here to learn how to do it better …
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Ingy döt Net talks about his new programming language YAMLScript, compiling YAML to Clojure, and the development of the YAML format SML mailing list archive ActiveState Data::Denter Zope Ingy.net personal website Acmeism SnakeYAML / clj-yaml BPAN PST - Package Super Tool YAMLScript docs release-yamlscript file Yes expressions e.g. a(b c) => (a b c)…
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Martin Kavalar talks about Clerk Clerk: Moldable Live Programming for Clojure - PX23 paper Source code for the PX23 paper PDF paper from Latex via Pandoc Pandoc https://2023.programming-conference.org/ https://clerk.vision/ https://github.clerk.garden/ https://mybinder.org/ https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/12/10/bold-poker Úll conference http…
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Sam Ritchie talks about the Mentat Collective, executable textbooks, visual math Mentat Collective GitHub - read this first to get an overview of all of the pieces. ThinkFun Mark Engelberg Cascalog Google X The Dynamic Notebook Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics SICM free online version maria.cloud Brad Feld, John Underkoffler How …
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Alexander Yakushev talks about performance measurement tools, and Clojure Goes Fast Grammarly Clojure Goes Fast clj-async-profiler Why (Most) Sampling Java Profilers Are Terrible JVisualVM clj-memory-meter Eclipse Memory Analyzer (MAT) Introspection tool: object memory meter Introspection tools: Java decompilers clojuredocs unchecked-math clj-decom…
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Joel Holdbrooks talks about Meander, interpreters, operational semantics, and Clojurists Together funding. Meander “Meander: Declarative Explorations at the Limits of FP” by Jimmy Miller Small step interpreter Matt Might - Abstract interpreters for free [PDF] Matt Might - Writing an interpreter, CESK-style SECD versus CEK Mind in Motion, Barbara Tv…
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Bobby Calderwood talks about banking and financial technology in the US, mainframes, Kafka, and their new platform. Evident Systems Finxact, Finastra, Mambu, Temenos ACH The Clearing House FedNow Bobby at Finovate Jack Henry Symitar Confluent Commander: Better Distributed Applications through CQRS Event Modelling - Adam Dymitruk Kafka Streams Confl…
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Marc O'Morain talks about CircleCI's new Windows support, their new JavaScript frontend, and fighting cryptominers. Introducing Windows support on CircleCI The development of queueing theory - Wikipedia CircleCI Series D fundraising round CircleCI Careers CircleCI’s WAFL Pipelines CircleCI’s new pricing circle.ci/cli…
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Dragan Djuric talks about his recent work writing Deep Learning in Clojure from Scratch. We also talked about writing technical books that use Clojure, rather than technical books about Clojure. dragan.rocks Deep Learning in Clojure from Scratch Patreon - Dragan Patreon - Dragan’s books Interactive Programming for Artificial Intelligence Deep Learn…
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Zach Tellman talks about writing Elements of Clojure, some of the work he's done in Clojure over the last ten years, and what's next. Elements of Clojure Ideolalia Bifurcan comparison to other data structures Jorge Luis Borges Standing in the Shadow of Giants CLJ-1517 - unrolled small vectors CLJ-1415 - Keyword cache cleanup incurs linear scan of c…
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Arne Brasseur talks about Kaocha, Heart of Clojure, Lambda Island, and Clojureverse Kaocha Fudge Midge Avdi Grimm - Transaction Fallacy Kaocha docs on cljdoc Clojurists Together funding announcement Clojurists Together projects Heart of Clojure Announcing Clojureverse Lambda Island Guide to Clojure REPLs Figwheel Main + CIDER + Clojure CLI video La…
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