Episodes
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
How will digital collectibles affect film production and fan engagement? Paul Wight (formerly known as The Big Show) and entrepreneur Neil Stevenson-Moore join HackerNoon founder David Smooke to discuss ComicCon, hotel pseudonyms, GenZeroes, Netflix trends, the high probability of alien life, and more on the HackerNoon podcast.
- The Big Show Used to Stay in Hotels as Richard Kimble From "The Fugitive"
- Tech Shortcuts in SciFi Storytelling: "Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact Pretty Quick"
- How Netflix Could Use NFTs and Why ComicCon Calls Them Digital Collectibles
- What Would The Big Show Would Tell Aliens About Humanity?
- The Big Show Wishes He Wrestled as Paul Wight, and More Character IP Ownership Insights
- FULL INTERVIEW WITH PAUL WIGHT, NEAL STEVENSON-MOORE AND DAVID SMOOKE
Learn more about his new project GenZeroes: https://www.genzeroes.com/
Learn more about HackerNoon! https://hackernoon.com
And about the host --- HackerNoon Founder & CEO David Smooke --- https://hackernoon.com/about/David
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.
Vote in the 2020 Noonies before voting closes on 12 October!
Read more on Hacker Noon — it's how hackers start their afternoons. 🚀
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 15, 2020
Black Mirror Tech IRL: Hacker Noon Writers on What’s Worrying in 2021
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Natasha Nel from Hacker Noon asks 7 Top Hacker Noon Contributors to weigh in with their scariest tech predictions for 2021 — expect a 10-minute American Horror Story anthology on everything from AI and Privacy to Content Overproduction and the internet’s impact on the planet.
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
- (01:00) Ryan Dawson on how much data we’re giving away without realizing it;
- (01:45) Matt Klein on ubiquitous tech and resulting and related content overproduction;
- (03:30) Aditi Bhatnagar on what our collective data is being used for;
- (04:40) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on the next wave of intelligence being designed by us lowly humans;
- (05:10) Gajesh Naik on AI and automation stealing iterative jobs;
- (05:50) Sharmistha Chatterjee on whether or not your industry’s advancing faster than you are;
- And at (07:40) Melinda LB Lewis on the internet’s impact on our planet
The good news? The solutions to these problems and more are on hackernoon.com right now. (Probably.)
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Linh Dao Smooke discusses Entrepreneurship, running Hacker Noon, and the importance of education with Henry Le of Vietnam Tech Society.
Linh shares how her opportunity to study abroad in India at age 17 has shaped the course of her life forever. Grateful for her scholarships to schools in India and the US, Linh has been creating opportunities for students and young professionals through her various initiatives in education, such as the creation of the Creative Kid Project.
Linh discusses Hacker Noon's business model, how the company interacts with its community of writers and readers, operations processes and the next big steps Hacker Noon is taking to build a better Internet. Linh also shares insights of Hacker Noon break up with Medium and highlights the values of no paywall and free Internet on which Hacker Noon philosophy is built.
Continue reading about education, leadership, tech stories, and business lessons on Hacker Noon.
Also, keep up Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, the Tech Stories Chrome plugin, or just get a technology story published today. P.S. We also are accepting new sponsors.
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Jennifer Hooper, the Producer at Code[ish] and Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand at Heroku, joins Utsav Jaiswal to share her insights to building a tech podcast. Code[ish] focuses on code, technology and the life of the developer.
They talk about the place for growth-hacks in technology podcasts, how to add value to the listeners', and the importance of naming your podcast in an SEO-friendly manner. Jennifer, shares her process of sticking to schedules despite millions of moving pieces involved, the challenges of recording from remote locations, and the role of the community in podcasting.
Check related reads on podcasts, Heroku and the power of community on Hacker Noon.
Also check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today.
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.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Episode 48 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Cheryl Contee, CEO at Do Big Things and Author of Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success.
This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime.
Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style assessments and even negotiation tips to help seal the deal.
Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.
In this episode Cris Beasley interviews Cheryl Contee, co-founder of social marketing software Attentive.ly at Blackbaud, the first tech startup with a black female founder on board in history to be acquired by a NASDAQ-traded company. You get to learn essential stages of successful company building and how to combine the career of entrepreneur with motherhood.
"There is no job, there is no product, there is no service that doesn't involve technology going forward in the 21 century.”
“Be yourself and find the investors who really get you especially if you don't come from a technical background, if you are a woman, if you are a minority. You might have to knock on more doors. I certainly did. I have to knock on a lot more doors to finally find those investors who really got it. ” — Cheryl Contee
Production and music by Derek Bernard - haberdasherband.com/production
Host: Cris Beasley - https://hackernoon.com/@crisbeasley
P.S. If you dig the new Hacker Noon Podcast, consider giving us a 5 star review on iTunes.
Also check out the top stories from June, the latest stories, and today’s homepage.
Tuesday May 21, 2019
E45 - Computational Journalism: The Data Behind the Stories with Jonathan Stray
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Episode 45 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jonathan Stray, computational journalist and researcher at Columbia Journalism School.
This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime.
Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style assessments and even negotiation tips to help seal the deal.
Listen to the interview on iTunes or watch on YouTube.
In this episode Cris Beasley interviews Jonathan Stray, computational journalist, data scientist, researcher at Columbia Journalism School and a fellow at the Institute for The Future.
You get to meet the creator of Workbench, the tool for analyzing big data without any coding experience necessary.
"I identify as a computational journalist and I tell people it's two things. It's using computational techniques to do stories and doing stories about how computation and algorithms are affecting Society.”
“One direction might be using data science for investigative journalism. And the other direction might be, for example, looking into how machine learning is being used to decide who has to stay in jail before their trial.”
— Jonathan Stray
Production and music by Derek Bernard - haberdasherband.com/production
Host: Cris Beasley - https://hackernoon.com/@crisbeasley
P.S. If you dig the new Hacker Noon Podcast, consider giving us a 5 star review on iTunes.
Also check out Mays top stories, the latest stories, and today’s homepage.
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
E32 - Journalism Apocalypse and Tech Trends with Christina Warren of Microsoft
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Episode 32 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Christina Warren, former journalist at Mashable and Gizmodo, who currently works for Microsoft
In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Christina Warren from Microsoft, who is a former journalist from Mashable and Gizmodo. You get to learn about journalism, fake news, and what’s happening in the big tech companies.
“This is what the news media struggles with, is that people don’t trust them, even though very often the mainstream media, in my opinion, isn’t out to mislead people and push an agenda. I think most working reporters are out to report the truth.”
“Microsoft is evolving and understands that it is not the past anymore. We ultimately want to build tools that developers can use regardless of what platform you’re on.” — Christina Warren
Production and music by Derek Bernard - haberdasherband.com/production
Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
E31 - Speaking Of Crypto with Shannon Grinnell
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Episode 31 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview Shannon Grinnell, host of Speaking of Crypto Podcast.
In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Shannon Grinnell where they discuss blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Shannon’s background. You can also check out Trent being interviewed by Shannon on her podcast, where they discuss crypto visionaries, tech for Trump, and why Apple bites.
“I thought I would do a podcast on Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies but it ended up being more on blockchain technologies because the people that I met were really focused on building something with this really incredible technology.” — Shannon Grinnell
Music by Derek Bernard — haberdasherband.com/production
Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com