Cocktails & Questions

Ben, James, and Brandon discuss the start f their quarantine [which by definition is supposed to last 40 days], via the web about what's happening, where we may be headed, and what constants have been destroyed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

If you predict the future far enough into the future, no one will remember if you're right or if you're wrong. So go big. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

The crew looks back at the year of 2019, from creepy to awesome and back again. We've looked at the data. You're smart and you know how to use the Internet. That means you don't need us to post links to articles. However, if you enjoy the links in the show notes and the description let us know and we will see what we can do. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Special guest, Anna G joins us in the GardenGrove to talk about AAPL, books we are reading, and to take shots at our beloved James as he galavants across Europe. YOUR LISTENING LINK COMPANION: WWDC Highlights Dark Mode 38 Myspace Pictures That’ll Take You Right Back To The ’00s Catalina Wine Mixer 2019 Long Live the Touch Bar Face Scanning for the Masses Most Epic Fails of Apple Maps RIP iTunes. Finally. MIT Reshapes Itself Jack Dorsey and Longevity Butterfly IQ The Utility of Rules After On: Cancelling PTSD with MDMA How to Do Nothing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

"We knew they would build the Terminator, but we just didn't think it would be your Job Terminator. - James" Trump and Dump Bot Amazon Automatically Fires Workers Forty percent of ‘AI startups’ in Europe don’t actually use AI The Glass Cage SNL and Amazon Alexa Life 3.0 I, Robot This AI-generated Joe Rogan fake has to be heard to be believed. Amazon wearable to detect depression. Elon approves every expense over $1M Texas Monthly Live Useful Wild Plants --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

eSports. Why is it a thing? How did we get here? Where are we going? eSports "Brawl" Amazon Buys Twitch Leeroy Jenkins Leeroy Jenkins Video HOU Rockets sell stake in Clutch Gaming The Wizard Stadia Marshmello Fortnite Release Party Black Hole Photo Julian Assange Arrested The Ending to GoT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Apple Showtime Event Apple $250bn Cash Apple + GS Apple Arcade Elizabeth Warren and Tech Breakup Drunk Shoppers Make up $39bn a Year Business ATT 5G Slower Than Other's 4G Microsoft Gives Away 500 Patents LotNetworks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

On the heels of the recent academic scandal, the crew takes a quick look at the current state of education and what the future has in store. Beto Runs  Act Blue Academic Scandal Key Worldwide Foundation Rating Nano Degrees The Giant Pool of Money   What is a MOOC? Income Share Agreements  Ivory Tower Trailer  Skull and Bones: 15 Most Powerful Members Fundamental VR MySpace Loses 12 years worth of music Tesla Model WHY? Post Human Habitats   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

The crew quickly discusses what we are seeing on day number 1 of SXSW 2019 and makes some predictions on themes, yet to be seen. Black Feather Whiskey John Boehner and Cannabis Newt Gingrich sits in the back of Airforce 1 Kevin Systrom Keynote Facebook Pivot to Privacy Social Media and Blockchain Kara Swisher and Jack Dorsey eSports WoW sells out Staples Video Games sell out Madison Square Garden VR/AR/MR at SXSW 2019 AI and Creativity Apple AR Glass The End of Killing Angela Yang and SXSW 2019 NatGeo 'Mars' The Mastermind by Even Ratliff Modern Elder Academy   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

With zebra muscles on the mind, the crew sticks to beer and wine as they discuss the pending future of the restaurant experience. Zebra Muscles Why Austins Water Supply Smells like Garbage Steven Johnson - How We Got to Now What is a Ghost Kitchen? Restaurants, the Next Coworking Trend Flippy. Why Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company. Fitness Genes Helix FoldiMate Olay Skin Care Israeli Company Claims That They Will Have A Cure For Cancer Ethical OS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Coming off of Valentines Day, the crew recorded early in the day discussing love in the digital age, and the relationship humans have with machines today and in the future. Dating apps owned by Match Group For $29, This Man Will Help Manipulate Your Loved Ones With Targeted Facebook And Browser Links SwuM - Draco Lara, Youre Dating Advisor Mystic Messenger Even If AI Can Cure Loneliness — Should It? Amazon buys Eero Architecture of Radio Amazon Pulls Out of NYC   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

The crew is back in early February to get in last minute predictions for 2019. Covering everything from tech regulation to the return of the mighty flip phone. For show links head to the Cocktails + Questions website. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Drinking hot coffee with tequila, and craft beers, the crew talks about voting in the age of convenience and the future of the democratic experience. Bradley Tusk + West Virginia   Quotes on Democracy. $380M Dollars for Voting Security China Builds Their Own MOOOOOOOON! Ghosted Chinese Disneyland Macy's rolls out largest VR shopping experience Majority of millennials don't have a PCP Hemingway App How much rain fell in Texas during Harvey  zozo.com Audible. Bad Blood. 3D Printing Human Cells --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

The crew talks Sir Tim Berners Lee and your right to get paid for your data, and the pending consequences of Inrupt.   Ranch 616 Ranch Water - https://theranch616.com/ Tim Berners Lee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee Victor Gruen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Gruen Inrupt - https://www.inrupt.com/ Instagram InfluencerFee - https://influencerfee.com/ Target Incubator- https://corporate.target.com/article/2018/10/target-incubator Long Live Retail - https://www.retaildive.com/news/e-commerce-pure-plays-set-to-open-850-stores-in-five-years/539320/   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Season 2 starts off with the crew talking about the recent discovery that China has placed microchips designed to spy, in some of the nation's largest organizations.   How do you say Cannes? War Games IMDB The Big Hack Digital Art Museum Tiny Robot. Dry Stomach. Giant high-school college QB --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

It turns out the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica incident was kind of a thing. Zuck heads to The Hill to explain that he "sells ads, sir." And we discuss the pending business model augmentation for them, those that rely on their platform and other trying to do something new. Vitagoods Scale - https://vitagoods.com/collections/fitness-1/products/body-analyzer1-digital-body-analyzer Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer - https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/603093471/kendrick-lamar-wins-pulitzer Facebook to charge? - https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-ad-free-subscription-11-dollars/ Facebook Hearings Recap - https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-key-points.html Mark Zuckerberg and his cushion and booster seat - http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-used-a-booster-seat-to-testify-to-congress-2018-4 PALANTIR - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/ MB Subscription Program - https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-benz-car-subscription-program-nashville-philadelphia/ Volvo Subscription Program - http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/volvos-new-campaign-and-app-promote-a-radical-concept-subscribing-to-a-car/ Future of Subscription Model (Harvard) - https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/whats-the-future-of-the-subscription-model 3D-Printed Homes - https://www.chron.com/business/article/3D-printed-house-Austin-Texas-12749008.php#photo-15223457 Things we saw this week: Sir Martin Sorrell - http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43771974 James loves science - https://cheekyscience.com/ Alexa Skill Templates - https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/start Taylor Swift - September https://open.spotify.com/track/5eGX87IiKsGuzS3iw4CfCX?si=9yuSu3nrT6-6RfZ3JzrQoA Tekashi69 + Adrien Broner - http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/22/adrien-broner-refuses-accept-draw-against-jessie-vargas-boxing-matching-tekashi69/ Business Wars - First Computer War - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-computer-war-the-electronic-brain-1/id1335814741?i=1000409232908&mt=2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Back from the ATLiens and the Dirty Bird. Talking about 1/3 of the American workforce will be replaced by AI. Who are we talking about? And what should the kids do? Airplane eating rage - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120167-why-the-sound-of-noisy-eating-fills-some-people-with-rage/ McKinsey Overview - https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/29/one-third-of-us-workers-could-be-jobless-by-2030-due-to-automation.html Universal Basic Income - https://futurism.com/images/universal-basic-income-answer-automation/ Office Space - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNuu9CpdjIo Coolest things we saw: Apple Hires Away Google Head of Search and AI - https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/3/17195076/google-ai-chief-john-giannandrea-joining-apple-machine-learning-siri Jack Nicklaus and his grandson - https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/watch-jack-nicklaus-grandson-hits-a-hole-in-one-at-the-masters-par-3-tournament/ Tony Finau hole-in-one disastrous celebration - https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2018/4/4/17200118/tony-finau-masters-par-3-contest-ankle PrettyLitter - https://prettylittercats.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

What's up John!? Things we covered RIP Craig Mack - https://open.spotify.com/track/3X414ZlCf5U7pcpIaIcUkT?si=HWZ2BY3bS4KfDX7E1hBUYA Quick SXSW Observations Black Mirror - Nosedive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive Facebook + Cambridge Analytica - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-cambridge-analytica-explained.html Coolest things we saw: Karate Kid Reboot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwwxNbtK6Y Paw Patrol Earning Power http://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/richest-people/10-fortunes-that-started-small/       --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

This week we will be covering all things Artificial Intelligence. There are lots of questions being discussed in this conversation including if we have control over where AI is headed and on a darker side, what happens if it goes wrong? Is our society prepared? Tune in for a great episode where we address a lot of the scary realities we sometimes forget to consider with AI. Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini Robot Dog: http://bit.ly/2ELVDpu “AI Ripe for Exploitation, Expert Warns”: http://bbc.in/2oe1nxQ The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence report: https://maliciousaireport.com/   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

This week we are diving into one of our favorite things, Gartner Hype Cycles and predicting future technologies. This conversation is inspired by an article by Michael Mullany titled, “8 Lessons from 20 Years of Hype Cycles.” Tune in as we crank through these arguments and share what we think he got right. Read the article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/8-lessons-from-20-years-hype-cycles-michael-mullany/ Gartner Hype Cycles Research Methodology: https://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Considering some of the stats surrounding this year’s Super Bowl, we are seeing what we like to refer to as “peak NFL.” Tune in to hear what that means and what companies we think won the Super Bowl with their ads. Despite all the efforts and heavy hitters of brands and agencies alike, Elon Musk and SpaceX dominated the week by launching their largest rocket in production and leaving a Tesla in space. Quite honestly, we couldn’t be more excited and creeped out for the conspiracy theories that followed. Check out Sam Gellaitry's music here: http://spoti.fi/2oYqAwa Conspiracies surrounding SpaceX and their launch: http://bit.ly/2FsQaU1 Stats on Super Bowl LII: http://cnnmon.ie/2EHpmg1       --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

After seeing the Tesla semi-truck wandering the streets, we thought we would cover autonomous vehicles at large this week. What does their evolution mean for the way we will live our lives and is the general public ready? Tune in for an episode full of off the wall questions and debates on where we are headed and when. RethinkX: Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030 Report here: http://bit.ly/2pL0cZV   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Join us this week as we catch up on some of the biggest headlines from the 51st Anniversary of CES and our favorite innovations that came out of it. While it  looked a lot like a Google Home vs. Alexa battle, there were lots of interesting trends we are excited to see come to life soon. Links discussed in this episode: - Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiK2fhOY0nE - Power Glove is SO BAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscjsNMvnDg - Teslasuit: http://bit.ly/2En7qXW - Samsung's The Wall: http://bit.ly/2BF1AxX - Lishtot TestDrop: https://www.lishtot.com/index.html - Cape Town's Water Crisis: http://time.com/5103259/cape-town-water-crisis/ - Conversational Commerce (CapGemini): http://bit.ly/2E2p4Cq - Somnox Pillow: https://www.somnox.nl/ - Foldimate: https://foldimate.com/ - Kohler Numi Toilet: http://bit.ly/2njCmRF       --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

From iced tea, to e-cigarettes, to Hooters’ new rewards program, we are starting to see a number of companies pivot business models to incorporate blockchain and cryptocurrency. Kodak is included in that list with their new KodakCoin and we are ready to discuss if it was a good move aside from the initial 60% stock jump post-announcement. Links discussed in the episode: Making Music With IBM Watson Beat:  https://medium.com/p/1928aac482ab?source=linkShare-908c19c32e5c-1516226665   The Pop Band Teaching the Youth about Cryptocurrency: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/12/16882378/japan-jpop-band-virtual-currency-girls-kasotsuka-shojo-cryptocurrency --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

We are back for the first time in 2018! Tune in for a great episode and a bonus music composition built with the help of one of our AI partners. We have a lot to talk about including the fact that we finally got our Tasty One Tops we ordered in Episode two! Join us as we discuss where we see the hearable technology market going and some of our current favorites. In addition to that, we cover what responsibilities and roles platforms should have over their users in the heat of the Logan Paul incident. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

We couldn't let 2017 end without our take on 2018. Tune in a drink up as Ben, James, and Brandon have a peek through the looking glass to predict everything from college football championships to robot wars. And a few legit predictions as well. From our cocktails and Questions family to yours, Happy New Year! See you in a week! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

This episode welcomes our friends Myan and Kurt to discuss Design Systems. Along with Brandon Gredler, they examine what they are? What do they do? Why do we like them? And why do we hate them? Tune in and drink up, this is Design Systems 101. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

As we start the last month of 2017, Episode 10 covers topics that we have not touched thus far, but that have made major disruptions worth talking about. This includes blockchain technologies and the bitcoin craze, how cable and the way we watch content has changed, and the evolution of retail habits and what it meant for Black Friday this year. This week we are excited to be enjoying a local favorite, Zilker Brewing Company’s Marco IPA. Learn more about their tap room and where to buy here: http://www.zilkerbeer.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

We haven’t been able to record in a couple of weeks and the excitement to be back is real! Join Brandon, Ben, and James in Episode 9 as they cover all things Tesla and Elon Musk including the highly anticipated November 16th announcements. What will these announcements mean looking forward and does Tesla have a new business model others should think about implementing? Tune in for a great discussion and as always, drink up! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Ben, James, and Brandon are in the studio and all sorts of excited about Facebook's announcement of the updates to Occulus. Join in the conversation as we discuss the future of VR, and if this means all of the promise and hype actually have a chance of becoming a reality. Special thanks to Blue Owl Brewing in Austin, Texas for fueling the discussion: http://blueowlbrewing.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Back to back hardware events have given us a lot to discuss the last couple of weeks. Join us as we breakdown the recent Google hardware event and cover what we did and didn't like. In addition to that, what does the volume of all of this new hardware mean for the near and distant future?  This week, we are enjoying Austin Eastciders, check out their handcrafted apple based ciders here: www.austineastciders.com   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

In this episode, we passionately cover what new hardware we saw at Amazon’s event and what it may mean long term. And secondly, what is actually going on at Amazon and where is that strategy taking us? Tune in this week as we defend our opinions on these topics with the help of Austin Beerworks. Learn more about them at: http://austinbeerworks.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Episode five is here! This week we will address our thoughts on the future of the smart home and how we envision getting there. And secondly, despite Brandon’s ramblings about his beloved Spotify, the debate over what companies we see pop-ing and disrupting the market within the next few years. Our afternoon is fueled by Deep Eddy Vodka based right here in Austin, Texas. Learn more about their 10 times distilled Vodka’s here: https://www.deepeddyvodka.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

In Episode 4, we will recap what our take on The Apple event was and if we got what we wanted from the products that were announced on September 12th including the iPhone X. Additionally, facial recognition was a key feature introduced and immediately had us questioning what that may mean for the future. We are enjoying Tequila 512 this week, check them out at tequila512.com to learn more about one of our local favorites. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Tune in for the third episode of Cocktails and Questions with Brandon, James, and Ben. This week, the Equifax breach has us wondering if privacy still exists and what it means today. Additionally, with the iPhone 8 being announced on September 12th, what are some of the things we want to see it have? This conversation is fueled by Gran Centenario Anejo, visit their website for more information.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support

Fresh off the 2018 SXSW submission deadline, the crew talks about the relevancy of our favorite festival. Is it still worth it? Additionally, Buzzfeed enters the smart appliance market with their new Tasty One Top. Is it a smart move? This week's cocktail features our current favorite, Cóndigo 1530 Rosa. Tune in for another week with Brandon, Ben and James. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cqpod/support