The Way Station: Recent Episodes
Noah Read
The Way Station is a podcast featuring interviews with trailblazers who set the course of their own careers. My name is Noah Read and I host the podcast. They guests have varied interests and come from a wide range of creative and entrepreneurial fields. Join me and learn from those who are cutting a path and following their passions.
This week's guest on The Way Station is Colin Devroe. Colin is a longtime web entrepreneur who has cofounded Plain, the creators of Barley CMS and Barley for Wordpress. We talk about technology and creating products that solve problems.
Links:
- Plain
- Colin on Twitter
- Colin on ADN
Favorite Things:
- Colin's favorite things: Barley, Twitter Connect & Discover, and IFTTT
- Noah's favorite thing: Square Cash
This week's guest on The Way Station is Nathan Grigg. Nathan is a mathematician with a background in academic research who has recently started working at Google as a software engineer. We talk about career changes, being analytically minded and much more.
Links:
- Nathan's Website
- Nathan on Twitter
- Nathan on ADN
Favorite Things:
- Nathan's favorite thing: Day One
- Noah's favorite things: 1491, and 1493 by Charles C. Mann
Garrett Gibbons works as a photographer, music video director, and all around "media guy". We talk about starting a business and running it while not ruining your family. Garrett also shares his master plan, to bring back the musical. Listen in, it's fantastic.
Garrett's Website
Garrett on Twitter
Collin Donnell is a talented iOS developer, with an eye for design, who has worked on hits, such as Things and Air Display. He is also the creator of Pinbook, one of my most used apps. His latest venture is co-founding Braid Labs, whose first app will tackle email. We talk about making it in the growing field of iOS development and what it takes to make great products.
Links:
- Collin's website
- Braid Labs
- Collin on Twitter
- Collin on ADN
Tony Murray is a professional landscape photography whose work features beautiful vistas from the Tetons, to Qatar, to the Himalayas. We talk about what it takes to be a professional photographer in the age of Instagram and cheap digital cameras.
- Shot Rockers
- Tony's Website
This week's guest is Amber Hooper. She's a talented industrial designer with a focus on medical equipment and processes. She talks about how she ended up in her dream job and the twists and turns along the way. It's a pretty great story.
Amber's Twitter: @outdoorber
- BYU Industrial Design Program
- Candle Warmers
- University of Utah: Spark Labs
- Stanford D School
- IDEO
Amber's Favorite Thing: Couscous Mediterranean Grill
Noah's Favorite Thing: Banbury Cross