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**REWORK**

A podcast by 37signals about the better way to work and run your business. The REWORK podcast features the co-founders of 37signals (the makers of Basecamp and HEY), Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson sharing their unique perspective on business and entrepreneurship along with host Kimberly Rhodes.

Latest Episodes:

Know Your Team May 07, 2019

Show notes

Claire Lew on Twitter / Know Your Team website — 00:15

The Heartbeat Podcast — 00:34

Know Your Team's "About Us" page — 1:04

"Building Know Your Company" (Signal v. Noise) — 8:04

"How we put together a simple deal to spin off Know Your Company" (Signal v. Noise) — 12:31

"Want to be a better manager? Work as a restaurant hostess" (Know Your Team blog) — 10:55

Daniel Lopes on Twitter — 21:13

The Watercooler — 21:40

"Big news: Know Your Company is now Know Your Team" (Know Your Team blog) — 24:43

Last Week with Jason Fried: Office Space Apr 30, 2019

Show notes

We're introducing a new segment called Last Week with Jason Fried, where Basecamp's CEO talks about a task or concern that recently fell on his plate. In this inaugural episode, Jason talks about how the end of the company's lease on its Chicago office leaves him with a big decision on how to design a space for a mostly remote workforce and whether Basecamp needs an office at all. Meanwhile, all work and no play makes Shaun a dull boy.

Unplugged from the Matrix Apr 23, 2019

Show notes

Our 2017 episode, "Can You Sell Water? Part 2" - 00:29

The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago - 00:37

The study "The Growth, Scope, and Spatial Distribution of People With Felony Records in the United States, 1948–2010" was published in the October 2017 issue of Demography - 3:23

Microsoft made $16,005 in revenues its first year - 5:31

Wikipedia article on ichthys - 9:22

"Care.com Puts Onus on Families to Check Caregivers’ Backgrounds—With Sometimes Tragic Outcomes" (Wall Street Journal, March 2019) - 12:42

"103 Uber drivers accused of sexual assault or abuse" (CNN, April 2018) - 12:44

KENTECH - 12:48

Job Scam Apr 18, 2019

Show notes

We're introducing a new segment called Check-Ins, where we talk to folks at Basecamp about their answers to recurring questions that get asked of everyone here. Recently, Jeremy Daer on our Security, Infrastructure, and Performance team dealt with an incident where an Internet scammer was fraudulently posing as a Basecamp recruiter to collect personal information from job seekers. We hear from Jeremy about how this scam works and from Shanae Dykes on Basecamp's Support team about how to keep yourself safe while looking for remote job opportunities.

Subscription Hostages Apr 09, 2019

Show notes

The DHH tweet that started it all - 00:36

Wailin's tweet about the Chicago Tribune - 2:23

Laura Hazard Owen on Twitter - 2:55

NiemanLab - 3:34

Consumer Federation of California - 4:21

California Senate Bill 313, which former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law in 2017 - 5:40

California News Publishers Association - 6:31

The New York Times' cancellation screen - 9:36

The Wall Street Journal's cancellation policy - 9:43

The Washington Post's cancellation policy - 9:57

Pete Mortensen on Twitter - 10:12

Matter Ventures (which shut down in late 2018) - 10:18

Jen Sabella on Twitter - 14:54

Block Club Chicago - 14:59

"Billionaire Owner Shuts Down DNAinfo, Gothamist Sites A Week After Workers Unionize" (NPR) - 15:09

Did You Order the Code Red? Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

Read David Heinemeier Hansson's blog post and Jeremy's follow-up post on the mass-login attack.

Our episode on the Big Integer outage - 00:41

The big Code Red moment starts at 3:06 of this clip but c'mon, just watch the whole thing - 00:48

Jim Mackenzie on Twitter - 1:15

Background on the data breaches at Marriott, Equifax, and Yahoo - 1:53

Jeremy Daer on Twitter - 2:10

"It's a Unix system!" - 7:24

Have I Been Pwned? - 13:47

1Password, LastPass, Dashlane - 14:52

"Clever girl" - 17:24

"I've got the same combination on my luggage!" - 17:29

BONUS - Ruby on Rails Mar 19, 2019

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In 2004, Basecamp CTO David Heinemeier Hansson released a framework called Ruby on Rails that has since been used by over 1.2 million web applications including Twitter, Airbnb, Hulu, and, of course, Basecamp. In this bonus episode of Rework, David talks about creativity, finding a passion, and how writing Ruby changed the way he thinks about programming.

Hiring Is Not Hazing Mar 12, 2019

Show notes

Hello, Mallory - 00:20

The Baby-Sitters Club - 00:40

Aja Hammerly's website - 2:18

Aja's post, "There Is No Perfect Interview" - 2:22

Aja's tweets on hiring from November 2018 - 7:24

A blog post by Basecamp CEO Jason Fried that talks about design challenges - 14:20

Aja on Twitter - 23:15

For further reading from Basecamp on this topic, Jim Mackenzie on the Support team has written some great Signal v. Noise posts about hiring: "Interview or Interrogation?" and "Under Pressure"

Remote Work: Extreme Edition Feb 26, 2019

Show notes

The IceCube website - 00:46

What is a neutrino? (Scientific American) - 1:13

SNOLAB in Canada is an example of a neutrino observatory located in an old mine - 1:58

When neutrinos collide with other particles, a blue light is emitted. This is what IceCube detects. Read more about this blue light and IceCube in this article from the National Science Foundation - 2:13

Emsisoft - 2:48

Skynet satellite (and the other Skynet) - 4:38

Mt. Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on the planet - 14:00

The Thing (the 1982 version by John Carpenter) - 19:28

The IceCube website has an entire section about living at the South Pole - 26:53

The defibrillator scene in The Thing (Warning: VERY SCARY! And gross!) - 27:39

The blood test scene in The Thing (Warning: ALSO VERY SCARY AND GROSS) - 27:50

No Hard Feelings Feb 12, 2019

Show notes

"Happy Pacifists," our episode about violent rhetoric (and its opposite) in business - 00:24

"Big Integer," our episode about how Basecamp managed a major outage - 00:30

"Spark Joy with DHH," our episode about applying Marie Kondo's tidying-up principles to business - 00:38