Damien Burke

277: Joy Is Activism – The Power of Ritual and Intention

April 6th, 2022  |  46 mins 20 secs

Greater Than Code panelists Mandy Moore, Damien Burke, and Aaron Aldrich talk about how life has changed for them during the pandemic and realize the power of joy, happiness, and fulfillment as activism while discussing the power of ritual, intention, reflection, and alignment.

275: Making Change Happen – Why Not You? with Nyota Gordon

March 23rd, 2022  |  52 mins 55 secs

Nyota Gordon acknowledges the unspoken. This conversation examines the hold that news and social media have on humanity, the impact of AI, and her belief that the intersection of cybersecurity and employee wellness is resiliency.

271: EventStorming with Paul Rayner

February 16th, 2022  |  58 mins 24 secs

Paul Rayner joins us to talk about Eventstorming and how it’s optimized for collaboration among teams, helps to visualize business processes, and helps with knowledge distillation and clarifying semantics.

269: Being Your Authentic Self – Turning Adversity Into Power with Nikema Prophet

February 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

Nikema Prophet talks about authenticity and power, seeing other people for their whole selves, facilitating safe spaces, becoming a founder, thoughts on education and homeschooling, and how impostor syndrome should not be normalized.

262: Faith, Science, Truth, and Vulnerability with Evan Light

December 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

Evan Light vulnerably gets deep into conversations around ADHD, faith, science, and truth, and explores areas of disagreement with the panelists. Psychological safety is discussed, as well as unconscious bias, neuroscience, and mindfulness.

253: Reframing the Value of Open Source with Jen Weber

October 6th, 2021  |  54 mins 25 secs

Jen Weber talks about differences between working on open source vs commercial software products, things you should keep in mind when it comes to pushing major vs minor releases, and ways we as an industry could do open source better as a collective whole.

252: Designing For Safety with Eva PenzeyMoog

September 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 45 secs

TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic Violence, Abuse, Interpersonal Safety

Eva PenzeyMoog talks about her superpower being her ADHD and ability to hyperfocus before diving into a discussion about her book, “Designing for Safety.” We talk about how technology can be weaponized for harm and that it’s not a matter of might. It’s when. She talks about what engineers, designers, and even product managers need to know when building applications, and that it is our responsibility to prioritize the safety of marginalized people over the comfort of unmarginalized people.

245: Hacking Reality with Rony Abovitz

August 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins

Rony Abovitz talks about having a free-willing imagination, and using his gifts of insight and intuition to maintain a sense of wonder and free-spiritedness.

The conversation veers towards talking about power structures and hierarchies and we wonder, is it possible (or will it ever be) to use technology to decentralize social structures? Can (or should we) hack reality?

244: Making Peace and Creating Trust with Brianna McGowen

August 4th, 2021  |  56 mins 22 secs

Brianna McGowen talks about making peace without giving up, practicing acceptance vs. resignation, the concepts of community-owned AI, and that trustless = antihuman.

She also chats about her involvement with Delicious Democracy and gives us her definition of “Equitism.”

243: Equitable Design: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know with Jennifer Strickland

July 28th, 2021  |  57 mins 53 secs

Jennifer Strickland talks about equitable and inclusive design, being aware of your biases and prejudices, how ego plays a part in these things, and empathy and accessibility for all.

236: Connecting Arts and Technology – The Power of Print with Marlena Compton

May 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

Organizer of conferences such as “Pear Conf” and “Let’s Sketch Tech!” Marlena Compton joins the show to talk about the intersection of art and technology. She stresses “The Power of Print”, and talks about the beauty of zines, sketchnoting, and handwriting.

233: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter with Jess Szmajda

May 5th, 2021  |  47 mins 24 secs

Jess Szmajda talks about the importance of using inclusive language, active listening, and metacognition: asking ourselves, “What are we not thinking about?” when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

224: Better Allies with Karen Catlin

March 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

Karen Catlin talks about being a better ally and everyday actions to create inclusive workplaces, why it’s important to venture beyond homogenous networks, and ways we can help mitigate gender disparity in the tech industry.

221: Cultivating Strength and Change with Wesley Faulkner

February 10th, 2021  |  53 mins 5 secs

Wesley Faulkner talks about the idea that as a society, we should be sharing responsibility based on strengths and delegating “weakness”. We should be operating as a string quartet! He also talks about how mission statements usually represent false values that are especially harmful to marginalized people and groups and attempting to talk truth to power and enact change.

219: How Are You Doing? with Mando Escamilla

January 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 7 mins

Mando Escamilla and the rest of the panelists talk about dealing with life over the past few years, finding anchors to deal with feeling lost and unmoored, being okay with being less productive, and practicing gratitude for the communities you do have.

218: Building Bridges with Isa Herico-Velasco

January 20th, 2021  |  44 mins 35 secs

In this episode, Isa Herico-Velasco talks about community learning and cultivating leadership pipelines through organizations such as RailsBridge and Bridge Foundry, the intersection of music and technology, and working with monolith codebases in her work life at The Internet Archive.