Late Nights With Trav And Los

5 fears I have Everyone will think I’m a fraud Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. A month before his death, he reportedly confided in a friend, saying “the exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler.” Solution: Realize that Everyone else feels like that. Become okay with it. Psychological research done in the early 1980s estimated that two out of five successful people consider themselves frauds and other studies have found that 70 percent of all people feel like impostors at one time or another. So get over it. I am a fraud, and everyone will find out soon This week I published a video in which I invited another developer to do a code review of my JS. So far 3K people have seen

How to get better at making things, or HOW WE REALLY CREATE! Have you ever read something or heard someone say something so wonderful and powerful that your heart starts beating almost right out of your chest? I love those moments. I live for those moments. A few years ago I watched a series of lectures by Kirby Ferguson. The title of the series is called Everything Is A Remix. I've discussed these lectures before. They are paradigm shifting. I recommend them. Especially his TED talk called Embracing the Remix. In fact, if you want to stop listening to this just to go look them up on YouTube I think you would be glad you did. Anyhow, in his lectures Kirby talks about the three key steps of creation. They are Copy, Transform, and Combine. Copy No one starts out original. We cannot create anything new until we have a solid foundation of knowledge and understanding in our line of work. Copying is how we learn. Transform Taking an idea and creating variations. Major advances are usually not original ideas, but

#The loss of thought Most of us have problems or ideas that we want to solve or elaborate on and one of the hardest parts of these problems and ideas is finding the time to think about them. Have you noticed that most of the time when you are taking a shower or a bath, you somehow come up with something brilliant or insightful? Something actionable? There are many things in our lives that require our attention some are important and some aren’t, either way, our time to think is lost and taken away from us. So what is unique about the shower or bath that allows us to think? It is one of the only moments that is built into our routine where we don’t have gadgets, internet, family, peers, or pets fighting for our attention. In the shower, you are still, contemplative, with yourself. You have, by accident, built in time to think. Imagine if you had more time to think and reflect? How many more problems could you find solutions to? How many different and brilliant ideas could you uncover? So for the next few minut

Questions we discuss How long have you been doing DevTea? What is the elevator pitch of DevTea? why did you start? What is the most popular episode about? What is your favorite episode about? How much time goes into an episode? What before that? Anything public? You have a very clear message on DevTea, What was involved in developing that unique voice for yourself? I've noticed that you've incorporated more hard skill based discussion into Devtea, what difficulties/ insights have you come across from trying new things? If you were to coach someone in gaining their own unique voice, where would you start? Where do you turn for content ideas? We were recently asked this: Once you make awesome content, how do you get people to notice it? You recently co-founded a podcast network, spec.fm. What is your goal there? Why start a network? What has been the outcome so far? What do you hope your listeners will take away from the work you do?

How to enjoy yourself at a conference Focus on the people you meet. the most valuable part of the conference is in the hallways between sessions. Not your heroes people looking at their phones / get off your phone be brave Don’t have agenda, other than being interested in people Have an open schedule, go to all the parties and don’t be lame. Be in introvert when you get home. Make yourself easy to connect to after the conf having a card is basic make a sticker, or something fun have a reason that they should remember you make a little project, have a giveaway, write a medium post or something. have a system for recording who you meet. note who they are AND WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT - jog their memory later Follow up with ppl you met after you get home email twitter linked in again, have a reason

Travis tell Los how to write an email. Sounds basic, but you'd be surprised. You should listen. How to write an email that gets noticed. Write a concise, quickly actionable subject line. Quickly introduce yourself and if appropriate what makes you worth a damn. Or pay a simple - yet well considered compliment. Quickly to the point. Keep it focused. Don't attach anything Proofread. Omg proofread. Make your request of the recipient quickly actionable. what do you think of x, vs do you agree with x? what can you donate, vs can you donate x? would you like to have a call, vs can I give you a call Tuesday morning? Design your email so that their response can be as quick and simple as possible. 8, End happy

SPECIAL EDITION: Trav and Los look at the reactions to Google's new logo, and then give their own.

Los talks about a powerful skill anyone can obtain without a mentor or teacher.

In this episode Trav and Los talk to you about not limiting yourself and what you can do to expand you capacities. Stop Limiting yourself! Medium article referenced: https://medium.com/life-learning/bruce-lee-doesn-t-care-if-you-die-if-you-don-t-do-this-one-thing-ac06cf597e58

Share To Win! Why You should be a publisher I’ve talked about why you should be a publisher before. — travandlos.com/18 What should you share? Scoop up the scraps of your work and spend a few minutes putting them in a format that you can share. You we talked about your process. Share that. Share your notebook make voice recordings - podcast! scrapbook take photographs of your process make videos of yourself working Share your research your references and inspirations drawings plans sketches user interviews pinboards prototypes demos diagrams collections stories Austin Kelon says “this isn’t about making art, its about simply keeping track of what's around you.” Sharing your work is the only way to get interest in the things you do. Share your creativity, get discovered.

The Full Process Eddy said that the whole time He was thinking “Process” — as in big company bureaucracy and red tape. It's not about that. I want to talk about the Creative Process. Why have a process at all? I get emails a lot from people who are frustrated with their own work. This is partially the crucible of creative education. Just the fact that you do suck and you need just to do the work and get better with time. The other part is that they are not working the right way. It’s like trying to drive to disneyland with a map of Texas, or no map at all. trying to design before all the questions are answered I sometimes get comments from people complaining about the first few videos of my start to finish series because we don’t touch code until the fourth video. Some Reasons Remove the stress of creating Ex nihilo (out of nothing) Prepares your mind for creative influences the process can actually be the source of the solution Makes it easier to work with a team Showing process gives more credibili

In this episode Trav and Los talk about what you can do, such that, people will want to listen to you.

Trav and Los have a late night chat about how we are beginners, amateurs, and experts all at the same time. We refer to this medium article on Shuhari: https://medium.com/designing-atlassian/shuhari-design-mastery-378e78e7d062

Full-Process Designer A full-process designer concerns themself with the entire creative process (Reflect -> Make -> Observe -> Repeat) A full-process designer does not let the excitement of starting a new project carry them past the important initial steps. A full-process designer has focused their skill set on being able to take an idea from inception to completion, yet is able to interface with, and welcomes the collaboration of others more specialized in their vertical. A full-process designer is more concerned with process than outcomes, trusting that good process will always lead to good outcomes. A full-process designer is not confined by tools or trends although uses these things to achieve the desired result. A full-process designer documents their thinking and will never expect someone to understand their vision without context. A full-process designer can lead as well as follow. A full-process designer asks questions throughout the entire process. A full-process designer

Question: How are you a salesman? Mark Landis There is a Documentary about him on Netflix, it’s called “Art & Craft” — he’s one of the most successful art forgers. It’s quite amazing he would recreate Picaso’s, among other things magic markers and canvases bought at walmart. He convinced over 45 museums to hang his paintings on their walls. You or I could not tell the difference between an authentic Picasso and one from Landis. So what makes Picasso’s work with millions and Landis’s a scam? The story! “You might think that the pleasure you get from a painting depends on it’s color and it’s shape and it’s pattern. And if that’s right, it shouldn’t matter whether it’s an original or a forgery. — but our brains don’t work that way —When shown an object or given a plate of food, or shown a face, people’s assessment of it — how much they like it, how valuable it is — is deeply affected by what you tell them about it.” — Paul bloom, Psychology Professor So this is where I say that every successful art

In this episode we remove a word from our vernacular and rethink our habitual sentence structures for better conversations. TL:DL; Remove "Just" and structure your sentences in a "yes, and..." format! Listen through for the full details! "No, But!" is more of a mindset to avoid than the word itself. The use of the word "but" is still good to use to contrast ideas!

Learn how to steal a college education. Hack that education! If you have access to the internet, then you have access to all the knowledge you need. What is hard about learning is not knowing what you don't know. We talk you through a simple exercise to learn what you don't know.

Travs Thesis Burn out happens when you don't believe in what you are doing. Avoid Burnout Los says that if you want to avoid burn out, you should not burn out. Overcome Burnout Trav says that if you are currently experiencing burnout, you should try to find a shoulder to lean on. Caleb Meredith "Burn out is when you tell yourself you don't believe in what your doing because that's easier than continuing" Lukaz Morawski "or when what you are doing becomes a routine" Karim "burnout happens when you are stuck in whatever you are doing. When you stop learning the fun in zapped !" Priomh "IMHO burnout happens as a result of not managing your burn rate. I am not referring to financial "burn rate", but physical and mental burn rate. It is so easy to get burned out if you are not clear aboutwhat you are trying to accomplish, so I somewhat agree. Not believing in what you are doing is a huge part of that. "A common factor for my own burnout that I personally have

"Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change." — Milton Erekson Los sees this as a call to change your perspective and has found that moving your feet helps. Trav's take is that you should try to change something about your work and see what insights form. Either way, Milton likes YooHoo! (Or Yahoo, lol :)

Before starting any project or sharing any work, first seek to understand the why? not the what. In this episode we talk to you about why it's important to understand the why behind anything you are doing or will do.