Brunch with Brent: Wes Payne

Brent joins Wes Payne, well-known Jupiter Broadcasting co-host of Linux Unplugged, Coder Radio, and TechSNAP, for a deep-dive conversation that touches a wide swath of life as a Wes, with topics including:

• adventures in learning
• a recipe for great collaborations
• one definition of Wes-work
• creativity and problem-solving in tech
• introvertedness and the subtle art of being agreeable
• strategies in brainstorming
• entropy and evolution of routines in creativity
• hammock time and meditation
• Buddhism and our mind's understanding of the world
• the importance of context in comprehension

• The World Before Your Feet' Documentary - Matt Green Walks Every Street in New York City
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Six Thinking Hats
• Brain Pickings - Daily Rituals: A Guided Tour of Writers’ and Artists’ Creative Habits
• Hammock Driven Development, or, If We're Not Solving Problems What are We Doing? - Rich Hickey
• Convinced Coder - Hammock Driven Development
• Derek Sivers - “HELL YEAH!” or “no."
• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright
• The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–and How to Fix It - Natalie Wexler