Episode 338: Ben Greisler on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle (and Mac) Maintenance

Troubleshooting computers is an art that has evolved significantly over the decades. In today’s episode we’ll talk about ways it resembles and differs from other forms of troubleshooting, and cover techniques to find a little… well… Zen!
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge, Director of Product Management, Devices, JumpCloud – @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Charles Edge, CTO, Bootstrappers.mn – @cedge318
- Marcus Ransom, Senior Sales Engineer, Jamf – @marcusransom
Guests:
- Ben Greisler, Owner Kadimac – LinkedIn
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Links:
- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ben-Greisler/author/B001KHGZTW
- https://kottke.org/12/05/we-cant-send-email-more-than-500-miles
- Design Thinking for Mac Admins: Day2Session6.mp4
- Acorns in the Microwave Antenna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkAP-CQlhA
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