In this episode, we talk with Bardia Pourvakil, AKA @thepericulum. Bardia is a member of the Roam Research team, having started off as a technical writer and dove into the world of Roam.
We talk about:
Bardia's origin story as a technical writer to discovering Roam Research
What are the key components for a tool autodidacts use to learn?
How he joined the Roam team and built up his Clojure skills through contacting Conor
Roam team's workflow, and Roam pairing sessions
Bardia's emphasis on community, building things for developers to build upon and the search for fulfillment
Enjoy!
Timestamps
4:16 Bardia's origin story as a technical writer
10:43 Joining Roam as Support
13:26 "You're being really annoying but I like you" - [[Conor White-Sullivan]]
15:34 The 3-hour pairing session with the CTO
18:48 The power of the Roam Community
22:46 Build things for developers to build upon
24:57 The search for fulfilment and finding that answer
27:50 Never fall in love too much with what you're doing
31:21 Bardia never believes in institutions
34:08 Learning by Design
40:34 Roam Team workflow
43:36 Roam Pairing and Roam Games
47:37 What Roam is still missing and documentation
53:05 What Bardia is excited about: Mobile apps
58:10 The wonderful world of Roamania/Roam Manor
1:04:10 The cross pollination of ideas and inviting Roamans to Roamania
1:08:36 The Roam House Guestbook
1:11:28 [[What does Roam mean to you?]]
1:13:30 Bardia's dstryd.albums and creating art naturally
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