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. š
š THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:
- How do you make money in the metaverse? š° (01:00)
- What were Limarc, Jeferson, and Amy's introductions to the metaverse? š¼ (05:47)
- What causes people to buy things from a metaverse? šø (10:04)
- What's going on in the Fortnite world? Why did it work? ā (14:25)
- Does Facebook count as a metaverse? Hint: if not now, maybe soon š± (19:33)
- Facebook owns one of the biggest VR companies in the world: how will this affect the evolution of the metaverse? š (23:05)
- If we could bring back one metaverse each, which would they be? š (31:31)
šļø 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
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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. š 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? š§ (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 šŗ (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 š² (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 š (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-announcesĀ -first-collection-Ā 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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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 ā 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.Ā
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital,Ā .TECH Domains,Ā Grant for the Web,Ā Skillsoft,Ā Flipside Crypto,Ā Udacity, andĀ Beyondskills.
šļø IN THIS EPISODE:
Ā· 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).
Ā· 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).
Ā· 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).
Ā· 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).
Ā· Benjamin Mmari on staying connected in COVID-19 times and the risk of working in a silo (12:35); Ā 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).
Ā· 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).
Ā· 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,Ā .TECH Domains,Ā Grant for the Web,Ā Skillsoft,Ā Flipside Crypto,Ā Udacity, andĀ 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.Ā
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital,Ā .TECH Domains,Ā Grant for the Web,Ā Skillsoft,Ā Flipside Crypto,Ā Udacity, andĀ Beyondskills.
IN THIS PODCAST:Ā
(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 ā technologists do it differently.ā¢ 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,Ā .TECH Domains,Ā Grant for the Web,Ā Skillsoft,Ā Flipside Crypto,Ā Udacity, andĀ Beyondskills.
IN THIS PODCAST:
š¬ (02:55) Rishabh Anand on why a whiteboard helps with problem solving, and finding your own path forward
š (05:38) Ryan Dawson on figuring out the business objectives behind problems, the agile method, and seeking out meaningful feedback
š (06:46) Paul Bailey with two frameworks for debugging ā as a programmer āas well as an AI named Jane
š (10:55) Aditi Bhatnagar on doing the research and connecting the dots
š (12:48) Alexey Grigorev on the MoSCoW method, the 80/20 rule, and much, much more
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Decentralization Debate Club: Blockchain, Autonomy, and DeFi
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Has what started with Satoshi spun off into an hype-driven, ICO-indulgent startup industry of solutions for nothing? Or is blockchain technology and the mass decentralization it makes possible still worth the hype? Answered in 5 minutes by two top Hacker Noon Contributors ā Mario Alves and Vladimiros Peilivanidis ā tune in for a Decentralization Debate Club episode with Natasha Nel.
With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital,Ā .TECH Domains,Ā Grant for the Web,Ā Skillsoft,Ā Flipside Crypto,Ā Udacity, andĀ Beyondskills.
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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 BurnĀ
Read more about Net Neutrality, Twitter, Censorship, Fact Checking, and the Internet on HackerNoon.com.
Monday Jan 14, 2019
E18 - Hacking The Job Market via Lambda School with AustenĀ Allred
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Episode 18 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Austen Allred, the CEO and founder of LambdaĀ School.
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In this episode Trent Lapinski and Austen Allred discuss learning programming and how Lambda School trains software engineers.
āWe want to get the point where 90% of our students are hired within 90-days of graduation.ā
āFor us, it is very important that when you graduate from Lambda, we want to say, āthis person has a stamp of approval they understand these 120 things, and we know that and we verified that and people stand byĀ them.āā
āIn the longterm that will matter a lot when it comes to employers and hiring. They will know what a Lambda graduate means.āāāāAustenĀ Allred