Biweeklycast

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Friendly discussions about life, business, engineering, and learning between Dima Malenko and Slava Rudnytskyi.

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Biweeklycast episodes:

September 02, 202444: Having Fun
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Dima and Slava discuss different facets of having fun, discover the golden pentagon of productive state of mind, and nearly form a consultancy to preach that around the world.
Theme's corner: times flies

Is "leisure" the same as "rest"?

Is having fun while working on something important to achieve great results?

Slava: "Having fun is overrated." Internet: Having Fun Won’t Make You Happy

Create space for having fun however you do that

Here's why you should make a habit of having more fun

How to Have Fun: 19 Ways to Enjoy Yourself & Think Positive

Can you put having fun on the calendar?

Some things only happen when you plan for them

Axes of the "golden" pentagon of productivity
Having fun – being bored

Tensed – relaxed

Focused – distracted

Stressed – not stressed

Pleasant – unpleasant

Balance is always(?) the key

How important is "disconnecting" to being able to "have fun"?
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53min
August 20, 2024 43: EdTech Club
Slava shares his latest idea and initiative to create a space for EdTech companies to talk and work together on socially important projects. Dima, naturally, gets to ask questions to test the thinking.
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1h
August 08, 202442: How Minds Change
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Dima and Slava have read "How Minds Change" by David McRaney and discuss how relatively diverse set of stories come (or do not come) together to give a practical framework for influencing others.
Follow-up: do not sabotage your future self!

A book or a collection of stories?

Deep canvassing method appears to have connections to best practices in business communication

We do not experience reality directly – our constructs reality for us

Assimilation and accommodation of new infromation

Peer pressure and our tribal ancestry

Are face-to-face communities stronger than purely online communities?

Is arguing an integral part of human nature?

Psychology research and the not uncommon fakery of communication

Problem with popular science: more popular than science

Honest persuasion is a two-way street: both minds are likely to be influenced
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57min
July 25, 202441: Distractions
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Dima and Slava talk about distractions, different ways to categorize them, and discuss how to prevent any kind of distraction from derailing an otherwise productive day.
Follow-up on Brazilian education system: Feynman was not wrong

Theme corner: Dima's year of next

Dima's classification of distractions
True distractions

Digressions

Diversions

Slava's classification of task
Apples

Broccoli

Eggs

Office distractions vs. home distractions

Ideas for distraction-less note taking?

Focus modes on iPhone are great

Dealing with numerous chat messages

Challenges and mysteries can be particularly offensive digressions

Reframing unsuccessful projects as learning exercises

Project distractions and role distractions
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1h 4min
July 15, 202440: Are LLMs overhyped?
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Dima and Slava discuss their experiences with LLMs, Slava's recent forays into trainings on using AI technologies, and prophecies about the future of AI, some of which were probably generated with the help of AI.
Theme corner: Slava's hierarchy of themes

AI sells. At least currently

Large Language Model Statistics And Numbers (2024)

Slava's AI ghost writer

What are the use case where GenAI is most helpful?

Are junior developers threatened by current generation of AI tools?

Impact of technology on the field of civil engineering

"Everything is better with Bluetooth"

Bill Gates: "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."

Importance of feedback function
"Critical thinking skills are going to continue to be critical"
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1h 8min
July 02, 202439: Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Dima and Slava have read and now discuss "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!", a memoir by the renowned theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.
Both Dima and Slava were impressed by style that was simple and easy going

How true is the story is the story about Brazilian educational system? Seems legit

Biweekly #16: Culture Map

Feynman's foray into art and connecting hard science and humanities was especially interesting for Dima

Slava was moved by Feynman's success as a musician

Open mindset: "Make yourself available to interesting opportunities"

Stories about "bar adventures" sound cringy in 2024

Different attitude towards authorities in professional setting (there are no authorities) and amateur exercises (learning from those who had success)

Trying different things and learning from them is really important

The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Cargo cult
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1h 1min
June 24, 202438: Faster and better
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Dima and Slava discuss whether focusing on working faster can translate into improvements in the quality of the produced results and why or why not this may be the case.
Podcast Focused

Book Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Dima's idea of "everything can be done in two weeks"

Are fast iterations always possible?

Is moving fast only about iterations?

Feedback function is important for learning

Biweekly 36: How Big Things Get Done

Deliberate practice (in Wikipedia)
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48min
May 31, 202437: STRATsphere Talks
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Slava started a new podcast called STRATsphere Talks about all things strategizing. In this episode Dima and Slava discuss thinking behind this new endeavor and learning after launching first episodes of the new podcast.
Follow-up
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The 99% Invisible Power Broker Book Club

STRATsphere Talks Podcast

Differences between ongoing podcasts, like Biweekly, and limited series

"Continuity" in podcasts

Production: how the sausage is made

Software for recording
Riverside

Audio Hijack

Dynamics of recording in studio face-to-face and remotely

Why YouTube is important for podcasts

Feedback is sooo important for podcasters

Hosting a solo podcast vs co-hosting
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53min
March 15, 202436: How Big Things Get Done
Dima and Slava read the book about how big things get done and discuss where they agree and disagree with the author and what they've learned from the book and from talking about it.
Discombobulation continues: Discombobulated by Eminem

Dima's struggles with ultra fine Pilot G-2 pens

How Big Things Get Done

Challenges with examples for something as multi-faceted as big projects

Understanding the true goal of the project is critically important for the success of the project

Ides of "Jobs To Be Done" – check this article

Dima's classification of projects into "closed" and "open" projects

Amager Bakke – waste-to-energy power plant which is also an artificial ski slope

It is all about mindset
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1h 8min
February 19, 202435: Backburner projects
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Dima contemplates getting work done on projects that are not immediate top priority and Slava points out that there is nothing wrong with pushing, as long as it is done in a considerate way.
Dima's theme corner

Difficult inroads into meditation with Headspace

Free-form theme journaling

Can projects really be important but not urgent?

Enshittification of the Internet

Struggles of leading a second priority project

Reverse psychology

"More power too people! But not too much..."

Bugging people in a considerate way, with care

Pushing and pulling strategies for moving projects forward

Frequent releases to keep people engaged
Next episode: book club discussion of "How Big Things Get Done"
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54min

FAQs about Biweeklycast:

How many episodes does Biweeklycast have?

The podcast currently has 378 episodes available.