QUIT! with Dan Benjamin

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QUIT! with Dan Benjamin episodes

November 28, 201461: Livin' On Hoth
Dan Benjamin is joined by special guest Brianna Wu and in-studio co-host Haddie Cooke to talk becoming an indy game developer and the struggles of starting something awesome.
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Brianna Wu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5by5 | Isometric
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1 hr 46 min
November 22, 2014 60: Like a Jewel Thief
Dan takes calls and talks about podcast networks, advertising, and going into something with the full understanding that it might fail.
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1 hr 18 min
November 08, 201459: Big Shot Carlos
Dan takes calls to talk about Patreon, getting too comfortable at your job, letting down your audience, having and being the best, showing hustle, how he's worried about podcasting, and more.
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5by5: The News
A daily update on the latest in tech, Apple, gaming, web, and geek culture in under five minutes.
What It’s Like To Work At Apple: ANonymous Employees Speak Up | BGR
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LadyBits Podcast
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5by5: Tech Douchebags
hosted by Jordan Cooper
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1 hr 48 min
October 24, 201458: Every Time I See a Donut I Think of You
Dan Benjamin is joined by Rich Stevens (a.k.a. rstevens) of Diesel Sweeties, and Haddie Cooke, to discuss Patreon, support, change, boredom, independence, weighing the options of hiring help or staying small, and more.
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diesel sweeties by @rstevens : robot webcomic & geeky music t-shirts
Nimona | Gingerhaze
Diesel Sweeties Store: Music & Pixel T-Shirts & Socks - Pixel Socks
Bad Machinery by John Allison - October 24, 2014
Girls With Slingshots - GWS #1922
Night Moves podcast with RStevens | ESN
Coffee & Cider podcast with RStevens | ESN
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1 hr 37 min
October 09, 201457: Just Enough To Derail Me
Dan takes calls to discuss focus: too much, too little, loosing it and getting it back.
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2 hr 4 min
October 03, 201456: A Jamba Juice Type Situation
Dan and Haddie take calls and discuss jobs!
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'Adventure Time': The Trippiest Show on Television | Rolling Stone
After raising $50M, Reddit forces all remote workers to relocate to SF (update) | VentureBeat | Business | by Tom Cheredar
Short logic (Reddit’s crappy ultimatum to remote workers and offices)
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1 hr 28 min
September 19, 201455: You Can't Fix The Weather
Dan is joined by Andy McMillan to talk about The Manual, XOXO Fest, and things you have no control over.
Links for this episode:
Kind of Screwed - Waxy.org
Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
Why Andy Baio’s ‘Kind of Bloop’ Copyright Case Shouldn’t Dissuade Fair Use | Mediashift | PBS
Andy Baio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panic - Shockingly Good Software.
The Manual
Good On Paper
Andy McMillan (andymcmillan) | Twitter
XOXO · XOXO 2014
Death, failure, and all of the other stuff the tech industry won't talk about
Qcut : Denim that Fits
The Manual
The Manual, Everywhere by Andy McMillan — Kickstarter
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1 hr 57 min
September 05, 201454: Something Mister Miyagi Said
Dan is joined by Haddie to discuss being original and being copied, the difference between getting burnt out vs losing focus on your goal, loving what you do, finding the joy in the process not just the end result, and Dan reveals secrets about 5by5 and how it all came together.
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How to Stay Focused When You Get Bored Working Toward Your Goals — The Blog of James Clear — Medium
Daring Fireball: Markdown
5by5 | The Pipeline #38: Jeff Atwood
GitHub Flavored Markdown · GitHub Help
Email to Gruber
CommonMark
HabitRPG | Gamify Your Life
5by5 | Isometric
Each week, join game developer Brianna Wu, game journalist Maddy Myers, technology journalist Georgia Dow and game enthusiast Steve Lubitz as they analyze the week’s biggest stories in the video game industry from different perspectives.
5by5 | Overtired
Overtired is Christina Warren and Brett Terpstra, two tech-geeks with unusual sleep schedules coming together to nerd out over gadgets, software, personalities and life. Tune in to find out what keeps them up at night.
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1 hr 32 min
August 15, 201453: Under The Desk On Phone Calls
With the official name change from Quit to Grit, Dan is joined by Haddie Cooke to talk about negotiations, interviews, open offices, and more!
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Open Plan Offices Makes Employees Less Productive
Open-plan offices may make some kinds of collaboration easier, but are they more conducive to productivity? What’s the most irritating workplace distraction? And are those state-of-the-art workstations actually more comfortable?
5by5 | Back to Work #87: Nothing to Declare But My Coconuts
This week, Dan and Merlin begin a conversation on what researchers and educators are learning about why students of all ages do or don't succeed. Yes, it's about intelligence and other cognitive skills, but it's also about tenacity, courage, self-restraint, and resolve.
Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or endstate coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective.
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1 hr 38 min
July 10, 201452: Is He The British One?
Dan is joined by Myke Hurley to talk about his next new adventure and independence.
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Myke Hurley - Time For a New Change
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1 hr 14 min