Episode 142
Unleash Your Business Superpowers with No-Code May 20, 2024 with Phil Simon
Chris Kiefer and Kylie Luft interview Phil Simon on low code tools, citizen development, and optimizing business processes. They discuss the evolution of tech, balancing local vs. global needs, and the future of software integration.
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Movie, at 59:09
"ny quality work done if you're constantly being pestered. And that's hardly his, and he doesn't claim that it is his discovery. If you go back to Flow by Mikhail Chik sent me high, who I think died about a year and a hal"
Low Code No Code by Phil Simon
Book, at 0:00
"architect at Boolean. And we have the pleasure of interviewing the author of this fantastic book that is going in and out of focus on my camera. Low code no code. So Phil Simon is here to discuss the world of No code and"
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
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"Chris Kiefer very, if there's like bad stuff, we can cut it out after the fact, but I like the casual intro. So we'll just jump in and then we can connect on how I came across you and everything. Welcome back to another episode of the Pursuit of Purpose. My name is Chris Kiefer. Today I am joined by Kylie Luft, who is our automation architect at Boolean. And we have the pleasure of interviewing the author of this fantastic book that is going in"
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Book, at 59:09
"doesn't claim that it is his discovery. If you go back to Flow by Mikhail Chik sent me high, who I think died about a year and a half ago. He did just groundbreaking research. If I want to talk about another book, Flow, the psychology of optimal performance or something, don't quote me on that. But fantastic book about how, and people say, how can you write so many books? I say, well, I'm up early and when I'm writing, I'm hitting F6 on my Mac, which is d"
Memento by Christopher Nolan
Movie, at 57:06
":53.724) Yeah. Kiley Nate gives off like John Heffron vibes, if you remember that guy from like about 15, 20 years ago. Chris Kiefer Awesome, well, favorite movie. Phil Simon between Memento and the Usual Suspects. I like movies that hurt your head. Chris Kiefer Oh, Memento. I'm in both of those. The usual suspects was, that's one of those movies where you're like, I got it, I figured it out. Nope, you just"
The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer
Movie, at 57:06
"Kiley Nate gives off like John Heffron vibes, if you remember that guy from like about 15, 20 years ago. Chris Kiefer Awesome, well, favorite movie. Phil Simon between Memento and the Usual Suspects. I like movies that hurt your head. Chris Kiefer Oh, Memento. I'm in both of those. The usual suspects was, that's one of those movies where you're like, I got it, I figured it out. Nope, you just. Phil Simon (5"
My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee
Book, at 53:33
"lead singer of Rush. His memoir, My F 'n Life, dropped in November and I met him twice. I've been a Rush fan since I was, I think, eight years old. Saw him 36 times in concert, give or take, and just a really good book and not one of these tell -alls that goes into the weeds as much, but just his life, particularly being a Holocaust, his"
Misfit by Gary Goman
Book, at 54:47
"What was the title of that last one? My effing life. How do you, is that E F F or F I N G. Yeah, F in life, EF. E -F -F -I -N, I think there's a sky comma to what the kids call it. Oh, let me throw out a fourth, because I just, I guess, got it signed. Gary Goman's book, Misfit, the standup comedian."
Bad Blood by John Kari Roo
Movie, at 53:33
"Yeah, love it. Well, let's move to book recommendations. I'm sure as a book writer, you've read many, many books. What are your recommendations for us? I just finished Fluke by Brian Klaas, K -L -A -A -S, I believe, and it was fantastic. Basically how we think we're in control and we're just not. Li"
Small Giants by Bo Burningham
Book, at 19:26
"My local no code tools are giants. Ooh. Well, it's funny you mentioned that riffing on books for a second. There's a book I read maybe 12, 14 years ago called Small Giants by Bo Burningham. And he used to be, I think, the editor -in -chief of Think Magazine. And the premise of the book that there ar"
Fluke by Brian Klaas
Book, at 53:33
"Yeah, love it. Well, let's move to book recommendations. I'm sure as a book writer, you've read many, many books. What are your recommendations for us? I just finished Fluke by Brian Klaas, K -L -A -A -S, I believe, and it was fantastic. Basically how we think we're in control and we're just not. Li"
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Book, at 58:45
"Are you a Cal Newport fan? So funny you should mention that I liked Deep Work. His writing, I think, is a little stilted, but he's an academic. And as far as academics go, he's actually pretty good because most academics can't write very well. I didn't hear great things about his most recent book be"