Episode 5 • The Loosely Intentional Marathoner
It's Halloween! Er... it WAS Halloween. Now it's not, but you can relive the candy marathoning with your friends (with beer), Peter and Scott!!
The brew
The Topics
- Halloween Candy
- Peanut Butter Cups
- Reese’s
- Homemade
- Peanut Butter Cups
- Beer Frenemies
- The Great Friends with Beer server migration
- Marathon Man
- Marathon Man (film)
- Peter is the Accidental Marathoner
- Boston Marathon
- Baystate Marathon
- Ultramarathon Trail Running
- iPad mini
- Center Stage
- Apple Pencil 2
- Scribble
- Safari and corporate sites
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Air
- iMac vs. Mac mini
- Scott Enjoys His Job
- Peter’s Small Win
- Co-workers and direct reports
- Management structure
- Work-Life balance
- Troubleshooting Mindset
- Marathon recommendations
- Minimalist shoes
- Merrell Vapor Glove 5
- Xero shoes
- Ball of foot running and flat foot running
The Links
- Breckenridge Brewery Vanilla Porter
- Ninkasi Otis Oatmeal Stout
- Reese’s
- Eleventy
- Hugo
- Go
- Go template package
- Marathon Man (film)
- Boston Marathon
- Baystate Marathon
- iPad mini
- Center Stage
- Apple Pencil 2
- Scribble
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Air
- Merrell Vapor Glove 5
- Xero shoes
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 4 • Every Horse They Rode In On
We drink a couple beers each and ponder business meetings, training, and TV shows. Then we talk about Windows 365 for at least two minutes, which is probably more time than it deserves.
The brew
The Topics
- Business Meetings On The Run
- Training Tech Tribulations
- Running and drinking strategies
- TV Shows
The Links
Episode 3 • Drinking on Empty
Peter and Scott are drinking on empty, which isn't always the best bad idea. Peter likes to smile at tire pressure monitors, smoking duck lovers are people kids don't like, and you should always end all your sentences in "dammit"!
The brew
The Topics
- Things that make us smile
- Wacky tire pressure monitors
- Cats
- Chapter Art and Beer Shopping
- The Smoking Duck Lover
- Smokers
- Self-install kits for body piercings
- Amazon Certified Cloud Practitioner cert
- Kayaking
- Screen Rant Pitch Meeting
- Streaming Services
- Ted Lasso S2
- Waiting for a new Mac
- The great Apple double-billing of 2021
- Corporate moral obligations
- Shareholder vs Stakeholder Theory
- Feedback Us
- End all your sentences and beers in Dammit!
The Links
Episode 2 • Things
Peter and Scott get meta by thinking about the act of thinking, and list some interesting podcasts in the process. Also hell has frozen over with respect to Evernote and Apple Notes.
The brew
The Topics
- Believe: A Ted Lasso Podcast
- Ted Lasso
- See
- A follow-up on Lex Fridman: his interview with Yeonmi Park
- Peter’s class in Integrated Studies
- Peter banged out a 7 week accelerated course in one day
- Management and managing organizational change
- Motivational Factors
- People are motivated or not motivated by weird things
- Why would you be willing to be bored at work?
- Daniel Pink - To Sell Is Human
- The Jordan Harbinger Show
- After On Podcast
- 8th Layer Insights Podcast
- Mind Viruses
- The Elements of Thought
- A Compelling Narrative
- The great Evernote to Apple Notes migration of 2021
- Why this couldn’t happen before
- What has changed about Notes
- iPadOS 15
- Quick Note
- iPadOS 15
- Notes app content type flexibility
- Family sharing of folders
- Touchscreen Macs
- Will they happen?
- Should they happen?
- Yes
The Links
- Rogue Honey Kolsch
- Victory Summer Love Golden Ale
- Believe: A Ted Lasso Podcast by BubbleSort TV
- Lex Fridman Interview with Yeonmi Park
- Daniel Pink - To Sell Is Human
- The Jordan Harbinger Show
- After On Podcast
- 8th Layer Insights Podcast
- The Elements of Thought
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 1 • Friends?! With Beer?!?
It's time for the first sips of Friends with Beer! Peter and Scott have some nice chocolatey stouts and talk about things that matter (to them)! Cats, cholesterol, cellphone carriers... it's all on topic!
The brew
The Topics
- We Are…
- The Beers
- Some BackStory
- Blurring the Lines Podcast
- Yoga
- Cat
- Cholesterol
- Morning Meals (or not)
- Cellphone Carriers
- Apple Stuff
- Steve Ballmer Sweat Kit
- Hot Ones
- The Long Outro Discussion