TechZing is an informal bi-weekly chat show aimed at entreprenures and hackers interested in creating their own web app startup. The show is both educational (with practical advice) and conversational.
251: TZ Discussion - In Accordance with the Prophecy
Justin and Jason discuss the animated series Archer and why it’s no longer going to be about spies, how the NSA is attempting to build a quantum computer, how a France-UAE satellite deal is shaky after NSA spy tech was discovered onboard, how California legislators are attempting to banish the NSA from the state, the mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps, the impending death of Facebook, how little western culture and styles have changed since the 80’s, Digedu’s upcoming technical challenges, how Assembly is crowdsourcing the development of startup ideas and Justin’s “venture matrix” concept, the difference between money and wealth, Paul Graham’s belief that a lack of energetic execution is one of the primary reasons why startups fail, the difference between college and NFL players, Jason’s desire for two weeks of solitude every quarter, last week’s Catalyst session and why Jason is so excited about coaching Colby’s math team, how Zappos is saying goodbye to bosses, some ideas on how to create an attribution platform based on layers of footprint, Simon Holmes’ new book on Mongo, Express, Angular and Node, Sebastian Thrun’s belief that the current incarnation of MOOC’s are falling short, the importance of teaching intuition, Stephen Wolfram’s remembrances of Richard Feynman, Justin’s responses for his job posting on We Work Remotely and Fallacy Man.