From falling asleep to Star Trek at the age of six to starting this podcast, Aleen Simms is a geek through and through. She grew up with her fingers on a keyboard and her nose in a book and is now a wordsmith in the tech industry.


Shows

Originality

The most common question creative people get asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?" That's what Originality is all about: exploring the wheres, hows, and whys of creative genius with K Tempest Bradford, Aleen Simms, and a diverse assortment of guests from a variety of fields.

Retired Shows

Less Than or Equal

Less Than or Equal is a podcast dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of geeks facing inequality in their industries.

Guest Appearances

Clockwise #500: The Windows Vista of the Future April 26th, 2023

Clockwise #483: The Schadenfreude Side of the Table December 28th, 2022

Clockwise #469: The Name of the Color Is Fingerprints September 21st, 2022

Clockwise #451: Blast My Retinas May 18th, 2022

Clockwise #429: The Intersection of Work and Our Firewall December 15th, 2021

Clockwise #416: The Waterfall Feature September 15th, 2021

Clockwise #400: You Win a Basket May 26th, 2021

Clockwise #384: I’m Going To Be Petty About This February 3rd, 2021

Clockwise #371: I Don't Need to Lidar a Squirrel November 4th, 2020

Clockwise #358: What's It Called? The Yellow One August 5th, 2020

Parallel #31: WWDC 2020: Going to Visit Dad at the Office June 23rd, 2020

Clockwise #345: Bluetooth Kiss May 6th, 2020

Clockwise #334: I Like That We Live in the Future February 20th, 2020

Clockwise #323: Everything in My Computing Life is Chaos December 4th, 2019

Clockwise #310: I Don’t Know Why This Is Dungeon Themed September 4th, 2019

Connected #257: Relay FM Family Feud August 23rd, 2019

Departures #1: Relay FM Family Feud August 23rd, 2019

Clockwise #300: My Journey Is Full of Magic June 26th, 2019

Clockwise #288: Facebook Is Gonna Facebook April 3rd, 2019

B-Sides #37: An Interview with Aleen Simms About App Camp for Girls March 31st, 2019

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