Slow & Steady

Benedikt is ripping out cords on Userlist profile pages and Brian has a couple of very large vehicles in his driveway.

• Brian's Truck and Fifth Wheel
• First Half of Brian's Trip
• Hasbro commercial (German) (English)
• SegMetrics

Brian talks about his new consulting gig and the first blind playtest of Backpack. Benedikt shares the progress on Userlist features and marketing. 

• Brian on Twitter
• Benedikt on Twitter

Benedikt finally has a calm and focused week. Brian's spinning a lot of plates, but things are looking good.

• LessAccounting
• Backpack on BoardGameGeek

Brian and Benedikt are in good spirits this week. They talk about recent progress on Brian's board game, Benedikt's successful battle against performance issues, as well as how Bitcoin helps Brian with his year on the road. 

• Ably
• Backpack on Board Game Geek
• SaaS Summit

Benedikt has had a productive (yet tiring) couple of weeks and Brian released a "How to Play" video for Backpack!

• SaasSummit
• pgMustard
• Substance Lab
• Video: How to Play Backpack
• Backpack Rulebook on Google Docs
• Backpack on Tabletopia

Adii Pienaar joins Brian and Benedikt to talk about his new book Life Profitability: The New Measure of Entrepreneurial Success. They talk about the concept of Life Profitability, how Work-Life-Balance doesn't really exist, and why it's important to challenge traditional ideas about entrepreneurship. 

• Life Profitability: The New Measure of Entrepreneurial Success
• Ryan Holiday
• Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
• Herman Hesse - Siddhartha
• Andre Agassi - Open
• Yung Pueblo – Inward
• Adii Pienaar on Twitter

Benedikt got some much-needed rest over the weekend watching some American Football and a sailing race that completely baffles Brian's understanding of how wind works. Brian is also getting very close to being able to share his board game ... stay tuned!

• America’s Cup
• PRADA Cup Race Weekend Wrap up
• Incredible explanation of how a sailboat goes into the wind
• Tabletopia
• Nusii
• TinySeed
• MegaMaker

Brian and Benedikt are sharing a bit about their plans for 2021. Brian is preparing for their year on the road, Benedikt is sharing details about a new direction for Userlist. 

• Readable Postgres Explains
• Postgres Explain Visualizer

Benedikt has some huge news from the break and Brian is still feeling much more relaxed after shifting his focus to a hobby project. We also dig into our "Year Compass" reflections and talk about 2020 and 2021.

• Brian's board game in progress
• Year Compass

Benedikt is slowing things down as the year comes to a close and Brian's story pivots to, "An honest peek into my life as I try to recover from burnout by designing a boardgame."

• Benedikt on Twitter
• Userlist
• Tabletopia