Episodes
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
A Gaming Metaverse on The Horizon
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Meet us in your favorite gaming metaverse This Week On Planet Internet! Limarc Ambalina, Jeferson Borba, and Amy Tom debate about what gaming metaverse was the best, the future of metaverses, and delicious metaverse news. 👅
🌏 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:
- How do you make money in the metaverse? 💰 (01:00)
- What were Limarc, Jeferson, and Amy's introductions to the metaverse? 🍼 (05:47)
- What causes people to buy things from a metaverse? 💸 (10:04)
- What's going on in the Fortnite world? Why did it work? ✅ (14:25)
- Does Facebook count as a metaverse? Hint: if not now, maybe soon 😱 (19:33)
- Facebook owns one of the biggest VR companies in the world: how will this affect the evolution of the metaverse? 👓 (23:05)
- If we could bring back one metaverse each, which would they be? 🔁 (31:31)
🗒️ SHOW NOTES:
- Win up to $2,000 in the HackerNoon Gaming Metaverse Writing Contest: https://hackernoon.com/the-gaming-metaverse-writing-contest-j5737sx
- Raven Heart's HackerNoon story about Sandbox: https://hackernoon.com/why-owning-land-on-the-sandbox-could-make-you-rich
- Our very own Limarc Ambalina's story about Fortnite: https://hackernoon.com/how-fortnite-became-the-modern-day-community-center-dse2376n
- "Facebook Is The King Of The Metaverse" on Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4450274-facebook-is-the-king-of-the-metaverse
- ⚠️ "How You Can Help People in Afghanistan": https://time.com/6090921/how-to-help-afghanistan-people/
- ⚠️ Donate to this GoFundMe for an Afghanistan Rescue Mission: https://www.gofundme.com/f/flyaway-emergency-afghan-rescue-mission?member=13260717&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer
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Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining.
THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎
- Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45)
- Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes 💸 (04:23)
- Should Bezos should be left in space? 👩🚀 (06:53)
- Amy talks about the disparity of power and money ⚖️ (11:10)
- What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ⛏ (14:39)
- The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape 👩❤️👨 (18:12)
- Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You ⌚️ (24:59)
- Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future 🧹 (28:10)
- Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam 📹 (32:55)
SHOWNOTES 🗒️
- American Airlines CEO casually took home $10 mil USD in compensation last year - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation
- Italy announced they're investigating Booking.com over suspicion of $180 million dollar tax evasion - https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say
- Dutch politicians noticed Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden had super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 million - https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/
- Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to leave Jeff Bezos in space - https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/
- Bitcoin drops following China's ban on crypto mining - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html
- "Tinder wants you to actually talk to people before you match" from the Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch
- The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo – Passwords by Misan Etchie on HackerNoon - https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d
- Check out Ellen's article about Biohacking - https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw
- Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & get some free HN gear - https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Every Game is a Party: CEO, Steve Hall, on Digital Strategy
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Every AUDL game is a party according to Steve Hall, the CEO of the American Ultimate Disc League. 🎉 From releasing their first NFT to taking live games to live streams, AUDL is a very digital organization. Despite being in the sports & entertainment industry, Steve tells Amy about his strategic focus on building digital engagement with fans.
In this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast:
- How do you get into the CEO mindset? 🧠 (03:29)
- COVID-19 pushed AUDL to create the Athletic Care Network - a virtual healthcare system for the players (5:05)
- Pivoting to live stream events after the loss of in-person events and building electronic engagement 📺 (06:58)
- AUDL launched AUDL MoMintz, their player video-highlight NFTs. Steve talks about how they were inspired by NBA Top Shot (12:34)
- Steve says, "Entertainment is digital now". AUDL takes its digital strategy beyond social media marketing 📲 (17:28)
- To keep your customers, you need to digitally innovate or you will get left behind. Steve talks about AUDL upcoming digital plans (21:00)
- Setting a corporate vision, motivating employees, and establishing trust are important aspects of the CEO role 👀 (25:49)
- Diversity in hiring is important - 35% of AUDL are women, including women who hold leadership positions (28:32)
Connect with AUDL:
- You can connect with AUDL on Twitter @theAUDL
Shownotes:
- Learn more about AUDL MoMintz: https://theaudl.com/league/news/audl-announces -first-collection- non-fungible-tokens
- Connect with AUDL: https://theaudl.com/league/contact
- Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Managing Databases on Kubernetes with Anil Kumar
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Amy Tom talks to Anil Kumar, the Product Manager at Couchbase, about becoming a Product Manager, writing his book: Couchbase on Kubernetes, and creating a multi-cloud strategy. 😁
This week on The Hacker Noon Podcast:
- Anil has been at Couchbase for 8 years, and prior to that was at Microsoft for 7 years. Amy needs to know - what is it like to grow within a company? 🤯 (05:25)
- Anil did his Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science. Amy asks if he has any regrets about his education experience (10:10)
- Anil talks about the book he wrote: Couchbase on Kubernetes 📗 (12:03)
- Anil talks about what you need to manage the database and the levels of complexity with databases and multi-cloud strategies (16:00)
- What are the trends around Kubenetes containers and databases? 📈 (19:42)
- Anil gives advice to businesses looking to move their database operations to Kubernetes (27:15)
Follow Anil Kumar and Couchbase:
- You can follow Anil on Twitter @anilkumar1129
- You can connect with Anil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anilkumar29/
- You can follow Couchbase on Twitter @couchbase
Shownotes:
- Check out Anil's book: Couchbase on Kubernetes on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Couchbase-Kubernetes-Autonomously-Distributed-Database/dp/0692039724
- Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
The Future of Tech Belongs to Those Who Build It
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
What are the best product development principles and processes for building a better internet? Those who design, decide. I may have trained an AI to host this podcast — but the tech industry insights inside are all 100% human. Tune in for a far-reaching conversation with me, Natasha Nel's AI alter-ego, and seven of hackernoon.com's top contributors.
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.
🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:
· Ryan Dawson on trolls, misinformation, and online hate (02:45); why Wikipedia is a strong example of good product design principles (03:10); why other platforms struggle to police the quality of content posted on their sites (03:52); and which story he'd put on a billboard to demonstrate the negative potential of making decisions from a place of fear or narrow-mindedness (04:27).
· Melinda L.B Lewis on what she'd put on a billboard (05:35) and why, paradoxically, disconnecting from technology is likely to make you better at engaging with it (06:05).
· Sandra Shpilberg on the definition and importance of Single Deep Focus in the process of creating and developing (06:35) and the four simple steps you can take to achieve a Single Deep Focus state (07:44).
· Alexey Grigorev on ideation, talking to people, coming up with solutions (10:28); how to know when you've got a good blog post idea on your hands, and how to begin the writing process (11:18).
· Benjamin Mmari on staying connected in COVID-19 times and the risk of working in a silo (12:35); when Zoom just isn't quite the same an in-person conferences (14:01); and how to overcome pandemic-induced obstacles to your productivity (15:09).
· Rishabh Anand on creating and writing things that add value; following a research-intensive ideation process (15:57); the tools and tactics of a visual learner, and defeating writer's block (17:09).
· Yonatan Kagansky on the influence the internet has on our brains; the risk of becoming puppets; going #BackToTheInternet (18:22); the most common mistake product developers are making today, and how to use the Story Test to determine product viability (19:31).
With special thanks to Vladimiros Peilivanidis for the introduction to this episode, and The 2020 Noonies sponsors who made this all possible: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
AI and Quantum Computing to the Rescue
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Ever wondered what a podcast would sound like if it was hosted by an AI? Look no further. In this episode of Hacker Noon's Noonies chatcast series, Natasha Nel's AI alter-ego asks three top Hacker Noon Contributors which technological innovation they think will save the world and why. Buckle up for surreal meta moment from the future of robot podcasting.
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.
IN THIS PODCAST:
(01:24) Rishabh Anand on artificial intelligence
(05:19) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on quantum
(06:25) Aditi Bhatnagar on computing speed and human possibility
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
How To Solve Problems Like a Software Developer
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Problem solving — technologists do it differently.™ Natasha Nel asks 5 top Hacker Noon Contributors to share their secret problem-solving frameworks, so that we can all learn to think like devs, during a time in which troubleshooting skills couldn't be more coveted.
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.
IN THIS PODCAST:
🎬 (02:55) Rishabh Anand on why a whiteboard helps with problem solving, and finding your own path forward
📝 (05:38) Ryan Dawson on figuring out the business objectives behind problems, the agile method, and seeking out meaningful feedback
🐛 (06:46) Paul Bailey with two frameworks for debugging — as a programmer —as well as an AI named Jane
💠 (10:55) Aditi Bhatnagar on doing the research and connecting the dots
🍔 (12:48) Alexey Grigorev on the MoSCoW method, the 80/20 rule, and much, much more
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Thursday May 28, 2020
Trump vs. The Internet
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
What just happened to the internet!? Did our President just sign an executive order that forces social media platforms to be his personal mega phone? Hacker Noon CPO Dane Lyons and CEO David Smooke discuss the possible implications on 45's attempt to change internet law. Some sources discussed in this episode:
- Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
- Trump's Tweet About Mail in Ballot Fraud
- Twitter's Fact Checking Page
- FCC's Official Statement on Feasibility of Executive Order
- ACLU with the Burn
Read more about Net Neutrality, Twitter, Censorship, Fact Checking, and the Internet on HackerNoon.com.
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
E37 - Distributed Ledger Tech with David Sønstebø, Co-Founder of IOTA
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Episode 37 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with David Sønstebø of IOTA, a permission-less distributed ledger for a new economy.
This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Discover why developers love DigitalOcean and get started with a free $50 credit at https://do.co/hackernoon
In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews David Sønstebø, the co-founder of IOTA, you get to learn about distributed technologies, edge computing and what is happening in crypto today!
“If you look at how much computational power something like AWS or Azure Microsoft, if you look at how much they have, it sounds impressive, and I’m not saying it isn’t, but when you compare it to the idle amount of computation that exists in all the phones, all the laptops, and all the desktops around the globe it pales in comparison. With this kind of software you can unlock this decentralized AWS, so to speak, that also takes into account the edge. And then of course, your laptop, when it’s idle, you can actually make money from it.” — David Sønstebø
Production and music by Derek Bernard — haberdasherband.com/production
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
E36 - The Future of Cloud Computing with Joshua Strebel from Pagely
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Episode 36 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Joshua Strebel, CEO of Pagely and NorthStack
In this episode Trent Lapinski and Joshua Strebel discuss serverless, cloud computing, devops, WordPress, and Joshua’s new project NorthStack.
“You talk about AI and specifically around content publishing, there’s those crazy algorithms now that you can give it a sentence and a closing and it’ll write a thousand words in between and it will be on point. You’re like ‘I couldn’t have written this any better!” — Joshua Strebel
Production and music by Derek Bernard — haberdasherband.com/production
Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com