On the reg

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason is emerging from Lockdown, getting a long over due hair cut and having cross-town adventures in his Jeep. Inger is despairing over Thesis Whisperer Jnr's decision to 'rest' from Uni again and tells us how she misread an important dress code by turning up to a Greens party celebration in Liberal party blue. Both of us agr...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! This episode carries a content warning... best not to listen if hearing about the pain of losing a job is triggering for you. Jason's job has been 'dis-established' and we get real with the state of universities and what it's like to lose a job you love. In this epic, no holds barred discussion Inger recounts her percepti...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Lockdown continues in Melbourne, but Jason is looking forward to being able to visit his mother in law without being arrested for breaching the Victorian lockdown 5km travel limits. Inger is struggling to tell the difference between Canberra spring hayfever and Covid, as well as the agony of watching her son, who is doing first year uni and...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! We start with Inger's aborted holiday in a cottage in the country when Thesis Whisperer Jnr and Mr Thesis Whisperer had to be tested for Covid (it's ok, they both had colds, but it's not a pandemic unless you have had something stuck up your nose).  Jason is counting the days to the end of the pandemic and smelling the spring...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! This podcast was the first one recorded with Zencastr , which makes for a slightly nervewracking beginning, but the duo quickly hit their stride. Jason is enduring the Melbourne Covid hard lock down while Inger feels vaguely guilty for being able to get away from the ACT and eat croissants in a country cottage. At work, Jason ponders the pro...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Where Inger and Jason eventually end up wondering if money is actually real, by way of promotion applications, the appalling badness of ReadCube and an American soldier who really liked to tell his superiors things they did not want to hear. Inger is reading: Just Too Efficient by Tim Bray Jason is reading: About Face by Colonel David Hackwo...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason talk about how work intensification is becoming more and more evident and how this impacts people in different ways - and how to cope. We dive into the topic of internal PR and why that's important - especially in uncertain times. Inger reveals how she REALLY feels about her promotion application to become a professor. I...

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!  Where we talk about committees, working from your car, the 12 cups of coffee method. Oh yeah - plenty of Omnifocus as well. Jason is reading 'Remote: office not required' by Jason Fried at 37Signals. Inger is reading 'Non obvious mega trends: how to see what others miss and predict the future' by Rohit Bhargava Got thoug...