#132 - How to Be a Productive Content Creator?

Pybites Podcast

This week Hugh Tipping interviews Bob Belderbos about how he manages to get so much content produced on a weekly basis.
They discuss daily routines, the content planning process, tools, content quality assurance, how to avoid burnout and more general tips.
Enjoy and hopefully it helps you put more content out there yourself and be more productive overall!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro music
00:21 Intro of our host Hugh and topic
01:30 Typical Pybites day
03:30 Taking breaks
04:10 Setting boundaries
04:45 Content planning process
05:53 Pybites Organic content tool + reviewing process
07:00 GitHub issues, Kanban, and feedback as input
09:34 Tools for creating content
11:20 IronScribe for transcriptions and video clippings
13:40 Ad segment: Pybites Productivity Course
14:46 JIT (just in time) learning
15:58 How to ensure the quality of the content
17:05 Shift in code clinics / making mistakes live coding
18:50 Dropping perfectionism
20:00 More confidence == more fluency
20:35 How to avoid burnout - take breaks (diffused mind)
22:35 Learn to say no / shiny new object syndrome
23:40 Read and embrace deep work
24:00 Always be learning / stay curious, capture ideas
25:10 Reduce friction / automations
25:40 Talk with other people / get feedback
26:30 Always keep coding
27:50 Set realistic goals, don't be too hard on yourself
29:15 Wrap up, ask us further questions ...
30:32 Outro music
Resources:
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule by Paul Graham
Hosted by Hugh Tipping.
Check out our Pybites Productivity Course here.