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Mobile Tech Podcast with tnkgrl Myriam Joire
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 in depth, Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro review, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge details, Realme GT 10,000mAh concept, and more with Whitson Gordon and Nirave Gondhia

Mobile Tech Podcast with tnkgrl Myriam Joire

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 69:33


It's time for episode 426 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guests Whitson Gordon (ASUS) and Nirave Gondhia (House of Tech) -- brought to you by ASUS. This episode comes in two parts. First, we dive into ASUS' ROG Flow Z13 tablet and find out how it's changing the game. Second (20:34), we review Nothing's CMF Phone 2 Pro, and discuss the latest Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge details. Finally, we cover news, leaks, and rumors from Samsung, Apple, Clicks, Moto, Realme, and Sony.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee (PayPal): https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- ASUS: https://rog.asus.com/us/ (sponsor)- ASUS ROG Flow Z13: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-flow/rog-flow-z13-2025/- Whitson Gordon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitsongordon/- Nirave Gondhia: https://www.threads.net/@niraveg- Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro review: https://www.wired.com/review/cmf-phone-2-pro/- Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge launching May 13: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_officially_announces_galaxy_s25_edge_launch_date-news-67683.php- Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge to use Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/the-galaxy-s25-edge-will-feature-a-new-type-of-screen-protection/- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 thickness rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_fold7_will_be_one_of_the_slimmest_devices_on_the_market_-news-67672.php- Huawei Pura X vs. Moto Razr Ultra: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/huawei-pura-x-answer-to-moto-razr-ultra-2025/- Best Buy bundles free Clicks with Moto Razr series orders: https://www.androidauthority.com/moto-razr-clicks-best-buy-promo-3555709/- Realme GT 10,000mAh concept: https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_shows_off_prototype_phone_with_10000mah_battery-news-67676.php- Sony Xperia 1 VII coming May 13: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_officially_reveals_the_xperia_1_viis_launch_date_and_its_close-news-67670.php- Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_wh1000xm6_emerge_in_amazon_listing_ahead_of_launch_-news-67690.php- Microsoft Surface 12" and Surface Laptop 13": https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/surface-pro-12-inch-laptop-13-inch-announcement-2025Affiliate Links (If you use these links to buy something, we might earn a commission)- ASUS ROG Flow Z13: https://amzn.to/3GRoNo4- ASUS ROG Phone 9 Pro: https://amzn.to/42Sh1mt- ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14: https://amzn.to/4kf38EP- Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro: https://amzn.to/454zQ7m- Nothing CMF Buds 2 Plus: https://amzn.to/3YvChMf

Faq-Mac Chat Podcast
Nuevos Macs y más

Faq-Mac Chat Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 57:20


En este episodio Alf y Juan comentan la llegada de los nuevos MacBook Air M4, Mac Studio con M4 Max y con M3 Ultra. Entre medias saldrán los problemas de almacenamiento de correos de Outlook con sus famosos PST y OST en una Microsoft Surface y la ausencia de problemas en un iPhone usando la misma cuenta, la alternativa con MailBox y MailDir de Thunderbird y al final tendréis un magnífico truco con un atajo de teclado para cambiar entre ventanas de la misma aplicación en el Mac. ¡Qué lo disfrutéis!

TechStuff
Rerun: Getting in Touch with Touchscreens

TechStuff

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 17:40 Transcription Available


What's the difference between a capacitive and a resistive touchscreen? Which came first? And are there other types of touchscreen technologies?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

popular Wiki of the Day

pWotD Episode 2751: Microsoft Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 537,399 views on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 our article of the day is Microsoft.Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Its best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, the Azure cloud computing platform, and the Edge web browser. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 14 in the 2022 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; and it was the world's largest software maker by revenue in 2022 according to Forbes Global 2000. It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet (parent company of Google), Amazon, Apple, and Meta (parent company of Facebook).Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent rise in its share price created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made several corporate acquisitions, the largest being the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in October 2023, followed by its acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016, Nuance Communications for $16 billion in March 2022, and Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.As of 2015, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android. The company also produces a wide range of other consumer and enterprise software for desktops, laptops, tabs, gadgets, and servers, including Internet search (with Bing), the digital services market (through MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure), and software development (Visual Studio).Steve Ballmer replaced Gates as CEO in 2000 and later envisioned a "devices and services" strategy. This unfolded with Microsoft acquiring Danger, Inc. in 2008, entering the personal computer market for the first time in June 2012 with the launch of the Microsoft Surface, and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach their highest value since December 1999. Under Nadella's direction, the company has also heavily expanded its gaming business to support the Xbox brand, establishing the Microsoft Gaming division in 2022, dedicated to operating Xbox in addition to its three subsidiaries (publishers). Microsoft Gaming is the third-largest gaming company in the world by revenue as of 2024.In 2018, Microsoft became the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, a position it has repeatedly traded with Apple in the years since. In April 2019, Microsoft reached a trillion-dollar market cap, becoming the third U. S. public company to be valued at over $1 trillion after Apple and Amazon, respectively. As of 2024, Microsoft has the third-highest global brand valuation.Microsoft has been criticized for its monopolistic practices and the company's software has been criticized for problems with ease of use, robustness, and security.Microsoft is one of only two U. S.-based companies that have a prime credit rating of AAA.Microsoft recognizes seven trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. U. S. workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. Bethesda Game Studios is unionized in Canada. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017. German employees have elected works councils since 1998.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:34 UTC on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Microsoft on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Olivia.

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
EP 389: AI News That Matters - October 28th, 2024

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 48:39


Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text messageThis is all bonkers. Google's Gemini 2.0 and ChatGPT-5 could both drop in December. Are we about to see an AI showdown? OpenAI's AGI chief just quit, warning: we're not prepared for what's coming. Congress stalling on funding the U.S. AI Safety Institute. If it collapses, who's keeping AI in check? Here's this week's AI news that matters!  Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Ask Jordan questions on AIUpcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:1. Google's Project Jarvis2. OpenAI's upcoming AI, Orion3. US AI Safety Institute4. Disney's upcoming AI initiative5. Release of Anthropic's AI model6. Apple's AI effortsTimestamps:00:00 Google Gemini 2.0 promises AI improvements, challenges.05:02 AGI concerns prompt OpenAI departure, influence aims.09:28 Coalition urges Congress to secure AISI's future.12:34 US unveils AI strategy for national security.16:21 iOS 18.1 released; AI requires iPhone 15 Pro.17:25 iOS 18.1 enhances writing tools and summarization.22:37 Disney to announce major AI creative transformation.27:35 Claude 35 Sonnet: Powerful but buggy automation tool.28:22 Anthropic impressively shipped agentic AI first.33:14 Google's Jarvis uses computer vision; early development.36:31 AI-generated video indistinguishable from real; early stages.38:45 Orion upgrade enhances AI efficiency across industries.41:16 No Orion release before December, says Altman.44:22 Google Gemini, GPT-5, AGI concerns, AI strategies.47:06 Subscribe, follow, rate, share, and join daily.Keywords:Jordan Wilson, Google's Project Jarvis, Gemini, web automation, AI agents, Microsoft's Copilot Vision, Copilot Studio, Anthropic, OpenAI, Orion, GPT Tool, AI advancements, AI safety, US AI Safety Institute, AI benchmarks, Microsoft Surface laptop, Disney AI initiative, Anthropic Claude 3.5 SONNET, Claude 3.5 Haiku, Sam Altman, Orion's release, Microsoft's Ignite Conference, Google Gemini 2.0, federal AI legislation, AI national security, Character AI, Google lawsuit, Apple iOS 18.1, Apple Intelligence, revamped Siri. Get more out of ChatGPT by learning our PPP method in this live, interactive and free training! Sign up now: https://youreverydayai.com/ppp-registration/

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
New Surface Pro & Surface Laptop | Copilot+ PCs for business

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 14:50


Redefine personal and business computing by combining powerful AI capabilities with cutting-edge hardware using Copilot+ PCs. Whether you're developing apps that harness the full potential of the NPU or taking advantage of AI experiences like Windows Studio Effects, Copilot+ PCs offer a platform that is both robust and efficient.  Vivek Pradeep, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman to share how Copilot+ PCs provide the tools you need to innovate with confidence. Trust in the highest level of device security, thanks to features like Windows Hello biometric authentication and the Microsoft Pluton security processor. With new hardware options like the OLED touchscreen and Flex Keyboard, you can customize your workspace to match your workflow, all while enjoying enhanced battery life and performance.   ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Build next-gen AI apps for Copilot+ PC 00:44 - Personalized experience with Copilot+ PCs 02:28 - Windows Studio Effects 04:47 - AI in Paint using Cocreator 06:37 - Local AI translates speech 07:30 - Lower power consumption 08:14 - Update and deploy models 09:43 - Build apps with local AI on Copilot+ PC 11:31 - Updates to Surface Copilot+ PC devices 12:56 - Secured-core PC 13:42 - What to expect next 14:33 - Wrap up   ► Link References Check out Surface updates at https://surface.com/business    ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics?  As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast   ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics  • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics

c’t uplink
Die unmöglichen Notebooks | c't uplink

c’t uplink

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 34:08


Windows auf ARM-Prozessoren – das klingt eigentlich nach einem Thema vom Typ "Microsoft macht mal wieder was trauriges". Diesmal ist es aber anders: Qualcomms ARM-Chip Snapdragon X Elite hat richtig Schmackes, erlaubt lange Akkulaufzeiten, läuft relativ kühl und auch die x86-Emulation ist inzwischen ziemlich unauffällig. In dieser Folge des c't uplink spricht Florian Müssig über seine Eindrücke aus einem Vergleichstest von zehn Notebooks mit Qualcomms ARM-Chip Snapdragon X Elite – bei Microsoft auch Copilot+PCs genannt. Die Testerei hat er gerade abgeschlossen – und die bisherigen Erfahrungen mit den Geräten sind durchaus bemerkenswert. Unseren Vergleichstest von Notebooks mit Snapdragon-Elite-CPU lest Ihr in der am 26. Juli erscheinenden c't-Ausgabe 17/2024.

The Human Powered Podcast
Episode 5 | Jo Vann - BRITISH ARMY AND FORMER ENGLAND ROSES NETBALLER

The Human Powered Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 39:13


Join Scott and Serena on "The Human Powered Podcast," a riveting podcast that delves deep into the heart of personal growth and resilience in today's complex world. Every episode, our charismatic hosts sit down with extraordinary individuals from all walks of life to uncover the raw, unfiltered stories that shaped them. These inspiring narratives are more than just tales of triumph and adversity; they are powerful lessons in human perseverance.Our first episode is kindly sponsored by Microsoft Surface for Business . Today's Guest is the impressive Jo Vann from the British Army. In this episode Jo shares the challenges in his life that have helped shape her alongside how she manages his recipe for personal resilience. Jo also shares what tools and strategies she uses on a daily basis to mange her well-being, performance and tips for our listeners on becoming your best self, no matter what you are facing. Also, how can you navigate your personal development and progression within a male dominated environment. Please leave a rating and review to support our pledge in #unlockinghumanpotential For more information go to www.humanisesolutions.comIf you want to get in touch here's how;EMAIL: Contact@humanisesolutions.comINSTAGRAM: @humanisesolutionsX: @HumaniseSolsYouTube: @HumanPoweredPodcastLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/humanise-solutionsSales, advertising and general enquiries: contact@humanisesolutions.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Double Tap Canada
Best of YouTube: ARX Vision, Microsoft Surface Accessibility & Alt Opinions On Alt Text

Double Tap Canada

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 56:02


In this episode of the Best of Double Tap on YouTube, hosts Steven Scott and Shaun Preece discuss various topics related to technology, accessibility, and innovation. They delve into an interview with Charles Leclercq, the CEO of ARxVision, discussing the ARX AI headset and its features. The episode also explores the evolution of artificial intelligence, particularly in the context of ARxVision's developments. They also touch upon Microsoft's CoPilot Plus PCs and the innovative features they offer, such as the haptic touchpad and inclusive keyboards. Furthermore, the episode addresses the recall feature, its temporary halt due to security concerns, and the importance of ensuring user privacy and data security in technological advancements. And Steven offers his own feelings on the demands by some in the blindness community for people to add alternative text to their images, suggesting blind folk could be better off accessing image descriptions by AI services instead. Get ahead of the conversation and check out the Double Tap YouTube channel every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on the platform which you can find using this link: [https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleTapVideo]

DevTales Podcast
244: Vártuk a váratlant

DevTales Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 38:59


Résztvevők: Feri róka Google I/O: Google I/O 2024: everything announced Microsoft Surface event: Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements /// Kövess minket máshol is!: Medium.com - https://medium.com/shiwaforce Facebook csoportunk- https://www.facebook.com/groups/devtales X - https://twitter.com/_devtales Slack - https://devtalespodcast.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-dcvcwmfr-D2rDNGgNR5FdKiPA5VR7Wg Email - devtales@shiwaforce.com

Geekshow Podcast
Geekshow Helpdesk: The AI Show!

Geekshow Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 61:06


- Gordon Bell RIP: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pc-pioneer-gordon-bell-has-passed-away-at-89-years-old -T-Mobile buys US Cellular: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/28/t-mobile-to-acquire-most-of-us-cellular-in-4point4-billion-deal.html -Ok, NOW you can be afraid: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/28/china/china-military-rifle-toting-robot-dogs-intl-hnk-ml - iPad pro 2024 review penAI's voice sounds like Scarlett Johansson https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/openai-johansson-voice-ripoff -Humane is putting itself up for sale. They're asking a lot… https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/24/humane-is-for-sale -Spotify is bricking their Car Thing: https://daringfireball.net/2024/05/spotify_car_brick -Windows is getting AI copy and paste, which is actually pretty cool: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/21/2127254/windows-now-has-ai-powered-copy-and-paste?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Microsoft Surface event news: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160711/microsoft-surface-event-ai-windows-biggest-announcements -If you somehow still have Google Home Speakers or Nest Audio… you… might get group volume control back…someday.. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/android-15-brings-back-nest-audio-group-speaker-controls/ -How can Microsoft Recall be a good thing? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/ -The Keymaster…. Is also the Gatekeeper…. https://www.engadget.com/openais-new-safety-team-is-led-by-board-members-including-ceo-sam-altman-164927745.html -Windows 24H2 - Farewell Cortana. You never helped. ever. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/27/175255/microsoft-windows-24h2-will-remove-cortana-and-wordpad-apps -AI Agents and a discussion about money https://gizmodo.com/ai-agents-openai-chatgpt-google-gemini-reality-sci-fi-1851500474

Double Tap Canada
And We're Back!

Double Tap Canada

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 56:31


In this episode, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece are back from their break, diving into a mix of personal adventures and the latest in accessible technology. Steven shares his travel tales from a recent trip to Canada, where he explored Toronto, Calgary, Banff and Vancouver. Steven found the Meta Ray-Ban Frames smart glasses indispensable for capturing memories, despite their limited battery life. The glasses' ability to record and download videos to his phone proved invaluable for preserving the trip's highlights. Shaun, on the other hand, discusses his recent experiences with technology, including anticipation for trying out the new Be My Eyes Windows app. The conversation shifts to the latest tech news that broke during their hiatus, notably the Microsoft Surface event and the introduction of AI features in Windows, such as the recall function that tracks every action on the computer. They express excitement about the potential of these new developments, despite privacy concerns, and ponder how Apple will respond to these advancements in AI and processing power. The episode also touches on other tech updates, including the pre-order announcement for Glidance, a new AI-powered navigation aid for the visually impaired, and updates to the Sonos app that initially frustrated many users, including those relying on accessibility features. Keep in touch by emailing us feedback@doubletaponair.com or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us on social media.

Mobile Tech Podcast with tnkgrl Myriam Joire
Poco F6 series, Poco Pad, Microsoft Surface event recap, Qualcomm Snapdragon X PCs, and more with Sam Byford of Multicore

Mobile Tech Podcast with tnkgrl Myriam Joire

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 67:44


Tune into episode 376 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest Sam Byford of Multicore -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In this episode, we dive into Poco's latest devices, the F6, F6 Pro, and Poco Pad. We then recap the Microsoft Surface event and discuss the Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered Copilot+ PCs. Finally, we cover news and rumors from Realme and Sony.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee (PayPal): https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Sam Byford: https://twitter.com/345triangle- Sam's Poco F6 series hands-on: https://www.multicore.blog/p/poco-pokes-at-flagship-performance- Poco Pad: https://www.gsmarena.com/poco_pad_debuts_with_121_120hz_lcd_and_snapdragon_7s_gen_2-news-62990.php- Microsoft Surface event recap: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160711/microsoft-surface-event-ai-windows-biggest-announcements- Qualcomm Snapdragon X PCs: https://www.xda-developers.com/all-snapdragon-laptops-announced-may-20/- Sam's Pixel 8a review: https://www.multicore.blog/p/the-pixel-8a-is-every-bit-a-pixel- Realme GT 6T: https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_gt_6t_arrive_india-news-62967.php- Sony Xperia Pro-C rumor: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_readies_xperia_proc_with_compact_design_and_faster_charging-news-62961.php 

YourTechReport
Experiences with the New iPad Models, Microsoft's AI Integration and Making AI Accessible and Useful

YourTechReport

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 52:53


This week, Marc Aflalo and Mitchell Whitfield discuss various tech topics, including the reimagining of Windows, the new Microsoft Surface devices, the comparison between Windows and Mac computers, and their experiences with the new iPad. They also mention the future of gaming and the potential shift towards PC gaming. Dan Ackerman from Micro Center News joins the conversation to share his perspective on Microsoft's Build Conference. At the Microsoft event, the big point of differentiation was the integration of AI in an accessible and friendly way. Microsoft showcased AI features that are coming to Windows, making it part of the workflow and useful. The focus was on how AI can help users rather than just showcasing its capabilities. Microsoft's approach is to make AI applications frictionless and seamlessly integrated into their products. The event also highlighted the shift from Intel to Qualcomm chips in PCs, signaling a potential change in the PC world. Apple may be under pressure to match Microsoft's advancements in AI and software integration. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Overview 04:07 The Reimagining of Windows and the Advancements in Hardware 09:49 Comparing Windows and Mac Computers 13:07 Experiences with the New iPad Models 23:01 Using the Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Apple TV 4K 25:52 Navigating Tech Events and Finding Familiar Faces 26:22 Differentiation at Microsoft Event 28:16 Frictionless AI Integration 30:40 Endless Possibilities for Gamers 32:48 Shift from Intel to Qualcomm 35:13 Matching AI Capabilities 36:30 Apple Under Pressure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Primary Technology
Microsoft Reignites Mac vs PC War, Scarlett Johansson + OpenAI Controversy, iPhone Badge Hygiene

Primary Technology

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 75:04 Transcription Available


Microsoft announced new Copilot+PCs with AI features like Recall that keeps record of everything you see, Scarlett Johansson takes on OpenAI for an eerily similar voice to Her, Apple's potential OpenAI integration, new Sonos Ace headphones officially announced, and Stephen shares some…thoughts on Apple Podcasts.Watch on YouTube!Subscribe and watch our weekly episodes plus bonus clips at: youtube.com/@primarytechshowJoin the CommunityDiscuss new episodes, start your own conversation, and join the Primary Tech community here: social.primarytech.fmSupport the showJoin our member community and get an ad-free versions of the show, plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts or here: primarytech.memberful.com/joinReach out:Stephen's YouTube Channel@stephenrobles on Threads@stephenrobles on XStephen on MastodonJason's Inc.com Articles@jasonaten on Threads@JasonAten on XJason on MastodonWe would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts and SpotifyPodcast artwork with help from Basic Apple Guy.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: podcast@primarytech.fmLinks from the showCreepy iPhone Privacy Settings and What They Mean - YouTubeSam Altman Just Made the 1 Mistake No CEO Should Ever Make | IncHow I Made Google's “Web” View My Default SearchMicrosoft vs. Apple: Satya Nadella Says AI-Focused Copilot+ PCs Beat Macs - YouTubePC, tablet & consoles OS market share U.S. 2012-2023 | StatistaAll the Copilot Plus PC laptops announced at Microsoft Surface 2024 - The VergeMeet the new Surface Pro 11th Edition, a Copilot+ PC | Microsoft SurfaceSam Altman "Her" TweetScarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she's not happy they might have anyway - The VergeOpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show - The Washington PostOpenAI's Sora Made Me Crazy AI Videos—Then the CTO Answered (Most of) My Questions | WSJ - YouTubeNews Corp. signs deal with OpenAI to provide news content - The Washington PostApple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone - BloombergA Top OpenAI Executive Just Posted His Resignation on X. 1 Sentence Should Worry All of Us | IncSonos Ace: Wireless Over Ear HeadphonesMarvel Studios' What If…? – An Immersive Story | Official Trailer - YouTubeNew 'Parkour' Immersive Video Coming to Vision Pro on Friday - MacRumors@stephenrobles • Here's @jasonaten actually schooling me on Pencil orientation on the last episode of @primar... • Threads@jasonaten • Not quite the same but I love this wallpaper for that reason • Threads (00:00) - Intro (04:41) - Microsoft Copilot+ PCs (12:50) - Mac vs PC War Reignited? (27:30) - OpenAI Vs. Scarlett Johansson (34:39) - Apple Partnership With OpenAI (43:50) - Member Thank You (45:34) - Sonos Ace Headphones (52:15) -  Vision Pro Immersive Content (53:42) - Apple Podcast Rant (01:00:18) - Robles Unit of Measurement (01:07:18) - Pencil Orientation (01:08:37) - iPhone Badges Hygiene ★ Support this podcast ★

SGGQA Podcast – SomeGadgetGuy
#SGGQA 349: Microsoft Surface Event, Wireless Charging Sucks, Dead Internet Theory, AZ Sues Amazon!

SGGQA Podcast – SomeGadgetGuy

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 85:10


Video Replay on Twitch! TECH NEWS! This week is going to be a shorter show because of my voice, but we still have PLENTY to chat about! Microsoft is hosting a Windows on ARM Surface event right before their BUILD developer conference! Arizona is suing Amazon over anti-competitive business practices! The Dead Internet theory might be true after looking at new research on link rot. Qualcomm announces support of Linux on these new ARM chips! And we HAVE to talk about how much wireless charging sucks... Let's get our tech week started right! Support production on this channel AND get yourself some cool stuff! Patreon, Amazon, Humble Bundle, OnePlus, Audible, Merch, and MORE! https://somegadgetguy.com/2012/07/15/support-somegadgetguy-get-cool-stuff/ SomeGadgetGuy's Gear List: Panasonic G9 https://amzn.to/2E95rKM Panasonic 15mm f/1.7 http://amzn.to/2qWH0UZ Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 http://amzn.to/2ohTzsd SIGMA 16mm f/1.4 https://amzn.to/3J3qHxM RODE Wireless Go II https://amzn.to/3Lm319C Audio-Technica Lavalier https://amzn.to/2WywofM Focusrite 6i6 Audio Interface http://amzn.to/2p5l7py Shure SM57 Microphone http://amzn.to/2oypnLm Cloudlifter CL1 http://amzn.to/2oKN9G5 LED Light Panels http://amzn.to/2oy60ls AJA U-TAP HDMI http://amzn.to/2wfprBF Elgato HD S http://amzn.to/2p95Unu SUBSCRIBE TO #SGGQA! SGGQA Podcast RSS: http://goo.gl/oSUjvi SGGQA Podcast on Spotify: https://goo.gl/uyuSsj SGGQA Podcast Google Play https://goo.gl/ABF7Up SGGQA Podcast iTunes: https://goo.gl/YUcyS7 SGGQA Podcast on Stitcher: http://goo.gl/cyazfY SGGQA Podcast on PlayerFM: https://goo.gl/34B8SG Juan Carlos Bagnell on Twitch – http://Twitch.tv/SomeGadgetGuy Juan Carlos Bagnell on Twitter – http://Twitter.com/SomeGadgetGuy Juan on Instagram – http://instagram.com/somegadgetguy Support SomeGadgetGuy Production: http://amzn.com/w/34V1TR2551P6M Links on this page may be affiliate links which help support production on this website. Support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu Find out more at https://talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-c117ce for 40% off for 4 months, and support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy.

SGGQA Podcast – SomeGadgetGuy
#SGGQA 349: Microsoft Surface Event, Wireless Charging Sucks, Dead Internet Theory, AZ Sues Amazon!

SGGQA Podcast – SomeGadgetGuy

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024


TECH NEWS! This week is going to be a shorter show because of my voice, but we still have PLENTY to chat about! Microsoft is hosting a Windows on ARM Surface event right before their BUILD developer conference! Arizona is suing Amazon over anti-competitive business practices! The Dead Internet theory might be true after looking … Continue reading "#SGGQA 349: Microsoft Surface Event, Wireless Charging Sucks, Dead Internet Theory, AZ Sues Amazon!"

TheTechSavvyLawyer.Page Podcast
Episode 88: Maximizing Legal Tech with Katherine Porter of the Resourceful Lawyer.

TheTechSavvyLawyer.Page Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 25:49 Transcription Available


In the labyrinth of legal tech, attorneys often waste resources on redundant software, overlook key workflows like client onboarding, and falter in choosing the right CRM. Join Katherine Porter as she guides us through these challenges! Katherine is the founder of The Resourceful Lawyer, and she facilitates workshops for law firm leaders so they can align with their goals and create actionable strategies for growth and profitability. Katherine blends the best of project management, human-centered design, and two decades of legal experience to tailor workshops for each of her law firm clients. She earned her law degree at UCLA, holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential, and is certified in Design Thinking. Join Katherine and me as we discuss the following three questions and more! What are the top three areas of tech software that attorneys are wasting their money on? What are the three common workflows attorneys are not utilizing? And how do we create each one? What are your top three tips when vetting a new CRM LPM? In our conversation, we cover the following: [01:10] Tech Setup Overview and Preferences [07:08] Top Three Areas Where Attorneys Overpay for Tech Software [12:37] Essential Attorney Workflows: Key Areas for Improvement and Implementation [14:09] Tips for Creating Effective Workflows [15:31] Top Three Tips for Vetting a New CRM or LPM System [17:21] CRM/LPM Transition War Stories: Challenges and Solutions Resources: Connect with Katherine: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kporterjd/ Website: theresourcefullawyer.com/ Mentioned in the episode: Hardware mentioned in the conversation: Blue Yeti Microphone: blueyetimicrophone.com/ Logitech C920 Webcam: logitech.com/en-ch/products/webcams/c920-pro-hd-webcam Microsoft Surface: microsoft.com/en-us/surface ​ Software & Cloud Services mentioned in the conversation: ClickUp: clickup.com/ Dubsado: dubsado.com/ Make: make.com/ Microsoft Bookings: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/scheduling-and-booking-app Miro: miro.com/ Mural: mural.co/ PandaDoc: pandadoc.com/ Zapier:zapier.com/

Cupertino
Contando batallitas y transistores

Cupertino

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 32:50


Matías empieza contando batallitas y Álex acaba contando transistores mientras esperamos al lanzamiento de los nuevos iPad.Hablamos sobre los AirTags falsos y cómo se pueden conseguir a un precio mucho más bajo en sitios como AliExpress y sobre el uso de etiquetas NFC para automatizar acciones en el iPhone.Explicamos las nuevas condiciones de Apple para los desarrolladores, que elimina la tasa de tecnología básica para los desarrolladores no comerciales y se establecen condiciones más flexibles para los que no generan ingresos. Además de la designación de iPadOS como Gorila por parte de la Comisión Europea. No está clara la dominancia de iPad OS en el mercado de las tabletsNos despedimos hablando de varias renovaciones en Apple TV+, y las ganas de Matías de que adquirir un nuevo Apple TV porque sabe que saldrá un nuevo modelo poco después de la compra. [AirTags falso en AliExpress][1] [Xiaomi-Localizador Portátil con Bluetooth 4,0][2] [What's new for apps distributed in the European Union - Latest News - Apple Developer][3] [iPadOS tendrá el mismo cambio histórico que hemos visto en iOS. Europa así lo exige a una semana del evento de Apple][4] [Apple actualiza sus condiciones para que casi ningún desarrollador tenga que pagar la Tasa de Tecnología Básica. Al menos por ahora][5] [Apple ahora permite emuladores de juegos en su App Store tras prohibirlos por años | WIRED][6] [Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple - The Verge][7] [Snapdragon X Plus: 10 Cores contra la gama media de Intel y AMD][8] [Microsoft Surface 10 Pro y Surface 6: los reyes del formato convertible llegan con chip Intel Core Ultra y apuestan todo a la IA][9] [We tested it: Here's how the Snapdragon X Elite compares to Apple Silicon and Intel][10] [1]: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005006033976502.html [2]: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005006766340889.html [3]: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=d0z8d8rx [4]: https://www.xataka.com/empresas-y-economia/europa-designa-a-ipados-como-guardian-acceso-a-semana-presentacion-apple-se-exigira-mismos-cambios-que-a-ios [5]: https://www.xataka.com/legislacion-y-derechos/apple-actualiza-sus-condiciones-casi-ningun-desarrollador-tenga-que-pagar-tasa-tecnologia-basica-al-ahora [6]: https://es.wired.com/articulos/apple-ahora-permite-emuladores-de-juegos-en-su-app-store-tras-prohibirlos-por-anos [7]: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite [8]: https://elchapuzasinformatico.com/2024/04/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-10-cores/ [9]: https://www.xataka.com/ordenadores/microsoft-surface-10-pro-surface-6-caracteristicas-precio-ficha-tecnica [10]: https://www.xda-developers.com/snapdragon-x-elite-benchmarks/

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
Introducing Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for Business

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 4:56


The new Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and the latest Surface Laptop 6 are versatile AI PCs built for business. With the new Microsoft Copilot key built-in, you get quick access to Copilot AI experiences, so you can work smarter, be more productive, and boost creativity. Both are powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, with integrated CPU and GPU, as well as a neural processing unit (NPU) for powering new AI experiences without affecting the CPU. Both devices feature Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security, perfect for multi-factor authentication; and Surface Pro 10 now has a built-in NFC card reader in Wi-Fi models, plus select Surface Laptop 6 15" models have a built-in smart card reader for more authentication options. The Surface Laptop 6 has options for powerful Intel Core Ultra H-Series processors with integrated Intel Arc graphics. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - What's new for Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 00:10 - Microsoft Copilot key built-in 00:33 - Security updates in Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 01:09 - Versatility updates with Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 01:52 - Performance updates with Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 02:15 - Cloud PC experiences built in to Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 02:46 - Management controls updated for Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 04:04 - Repairability updates with Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 04:26 - Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 are built for business and AI 04:40 - Wrap Up   ► Link References: Check out https://surface.com/business   ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics?  As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast   ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics  • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics  

Double Tap Canada
Microsoft's Surface Event & Aira Adds AI

Double Tap Canada

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 55:59


Today on the show, Steven and Shaun dive into the big news from Aira and the Microsoft Surface event. Starting with the Microsoft Surface event, they discuss the unveiling of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6, specifically designed for business use. This sparks a debate about the relevance and excitement around Microsoft's offerings, especially in a world where Mac and PC users fiercely defend their choices. The introduction of a Copilot key on select Surface models stirs a mix of curiosity and skepticism, highlighting the growing influence of AI in everyday tech. There's also more news from CSUN's Assistive Technology Conference as it wraps up for another year, with Grace Scoffield bringing us news of updates from Be My Eyes, Aira, Orbit Research, HIMS International and more. The show focuses on the Aira announcement as Steven and Shaun welcome CEO of AIRA, Troy Otillio and Jenine Stanley from the company to share their news of a new Access AI feature that is rolling out to users worldwide as a beta. Keep in touch by emailing us feedback@doubletaponair.com or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media.

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
EP 208: Small Language Models - What they are and do we need them?

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 37:59


It seems like we just started to understand large language models. But now all the talk is about small language models. So what are they and how do they compare to LLMs? We explain small language models and their future.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode pageJoin the discussion: Ask Jordan questions on small language modelsUpcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTimestamps:02:30 Daily AI news07:57 Large language models are powerful and versatile.12:03 Large language models are complex, expensive15:39 Small language models are faster and efficient.18:51 NVIDIA announces local small language model.21:54 Small language models are efficient for specific tasks.29:33 Samsung and Google teaming up for Gemini Nano.30:25 Small language models support data integration securely.35:10 New devices needed to run language models.Topics Covered in This Episode:1. Introduction to Language Models2. Advantages and Usage of Small Language Models3. Comparison of Small and Large Language Models4. Future of Small Language ModelsKeywords:large language models, small language models, Gemini Nano, S 24, Apple, Meta, ChatGPT, workspace accounts, plug-in packs, Microsoft Surface, bad information, prompt engineering, chatbots, search engines, voice assistants, cloud-based services, Samsung, Google, Meta's llama models, NVIDIA's chat with RTX, retrieval augmented generation, Everyday AI Show, Salesforce, Slack, AI animation tool, Keyframer, Goose, parameters, GPT 4, Gemini Ultra Get more out of ChatGPT by learning our PPP method in this live, interactive and free training! Sign up now: https://youreverydayai.com/ppp-registration/

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Coaching Staff Updates, Draft Scenarios and Super Bowl Recap

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 58:22 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre share their thoughts on Jim Harbaugh's coaching staff (00:25), discuss possibilities at No. 5 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft and recap the Super Bowl (12:00). Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Idea Machines
Industrial Research with Peter van Hardenberg [Idea Machines #50]

Idea Machines

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 46:40


Peter van Hardenberg talks about Industrialists vs. Academics, Ink&Switch's evolution over time, the Hollywood Model, internal lab infrastructure, and more! Peter is the lab director and CEO of Ink&Switch, a private, creator oriented, computing research lab.  References Ink&Switch (and their many publications) The Hollywood Model in R&D Idea Machines Episode with Adam Wiggins Paul Erdós Transcript Peter Van Hardenberg [00:01:21] Ben: Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Peter van Hardenbergh. Peter is the lab director and CEO of Inkin switch. Private creator oriented, competing research lab. I talked to Adam Wiggins, one of inkind switches founders, [00:01:35] way back in episode number four. It's amazing to see the progress they've made as an organization. They've built up an incredible community of fellow travelers and consistently released research reports that gesture at possibilities for competing that are orthogonal to the current hype cycles. Peter frequently destroys my complacency with his ability to step outside the way that research has normally done and ask, how should we be operating, given our constraints and goals. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Peter. Would you break down your distinction between academics and industrialists [00:02:08] Peter: Okay. Academics are people whose incentive structure is connected to the institutional rewards of the publishing industry, right? You, you publish papers. And you get tenure and like, it's a, it's, it's not so cynical or reductive, but like fundamentally the time cycles are long, right? Like you have to finish work according to when, you know, submission deadlines for a conference are, you know, you're [00:02:35] working on something now. You might come back to it next quarter or next year or in five years, right? Whereas when you're in industry, you're connected to users, you're connected to people at the end of the day who need to touch and hold and use the thing. And you know, you have to get money from them to keep going. And so you have a very different perspective on like time and money and space and what's possible. And the real challenge in terms of connecting these two, you know, I didn't invent the idea of pace layers, right? They, they operate at different pace layers. Academia is often intergenerational, right? Whereas industry is like, you have to make enough money every quarter. To keep the bank account from going below zero or everybody goes home, [00:03:17] Ben: Right. Did. Was it Stuart Brand who invented pace [00:03:22] Peter: believe it was Stewart Brand. Pace layers. Yeah. [00:03:25] Ben: That actually I, I'd never put these two them together, but the, the idea I, I, I think about impedance mismatches between [00:03:35] organizations a lot. And that really sort of like clicks with pace layers Exactly. Right. Where it's like [00:03:39] Peter: Yeah, absolutely. And, and I think in a big way what we're doing at, Ink& Switch on some level is trying to provide like synchro mesh between academia and industry, right? Because they, the academics are moving on a time scale and with an ambition that's hard for industry to match, right? But also, Academics. Often I think in computer science are like, have a shortage of good understanding about what the real problems people are facing in the world today are. They're not disinterested. [00:04:07] Ben: just computer [00:04:08] Peter: Those communication channels don't exist cuz they don't speak the same language, they don't use the same terminology, they don't go to the same conferences, they don't read the same publications. Right. [00:04:18] Ben: Yeah. [00:04:18] Peter: so vice versa, you know, we find things in industry that are problems and then it's like you go read the papers and talk to some scientists. I was like, oh dang. Like. We know how to solve this. It's just nobody's built it. [00:04:31] Ben: Yeah. [00:04:32] Peter: Or more accurately it would be to say [00:04:35] there's a pretty good hunch here about something that might work, and maybe we can connect the two ends of this together. [00:04:42] Ben: Yeah. Often, I, I think of it as someone, someone has, it is a quote unquote solved problem, but there are a lot of quote unquote, implementation details and those implementation details require a year of work. [00:04:56] Peter: yeah, a year or many years? Or an entire startup, or a whole career or two? Yeah. And, and speaking of, Ink&Switch, I don't know if we've ever talked about, so a switch has been around for more than half a decade, right? [00:05:14] Peter: Yeah, seven or eight years now, I think I could probably get the exact number, but yeah, about that. [00:05:19] Ben: And. I think I don't have a good idea in my head over that time. What, what has changed about in, can switches, conception of itself and like how you do things. Like what is, what are some of the biggest things that have have changed over that time?[00:05:35] [00:05:35] Peter: So I think a lot of it could be summarized as professionalization. But I, I'll give a little brief history and can switch began because the. You know, original members of the lab wanted to do a startup that was Adam James and Orion, but they recognized that they didn't, they weren't happy with computing and where computers were, and they knew that they wanted to make something that would be a tool that would help people who were solving the world's problems work better. That's kinda a vague one, but You know, they were like, well, we're not physicists, we're not social scientists. You know, we can't solve climate change or radicalization directly, or you know, the journalism crisis or whatever, but maybe we can build tools, right? We know how to make software tools. Let's build tools for the people who are solving the problems. Because right now a lot of those systems they rely on are getting like steadily worse every day. And I think they still are like the move to the cloud disempowerment of the individual, like, you [00:06:35] know, surveillance technology, distraction technology. And Tristan Harris is out there now. Like hammering on some of these points. But there's just a lot of things that are like slow and fragile and bad and not fun to work with and lose your, you know, lose your work product. You know, [00:06:51] Ben: Yeah, software as a service more generally. [00:06:54] Peter: Yeah. And like, there's definitely advantages. It's not like, you know, people are rational actors, but something was lost. And so the idea was well go do a bit of research, figure out what the shape of the company is, and then just start a company and, you know, get it all solved and move on. And I think the biggest difference, at least, you know, aside from scale and like actual knowledge is just kind of the dawning realization at some point that like there won't really be an end state to this problem. Like this isn't a thing that's transitional where you kind of come in and you do some research for a bit, and then we figure out the answer and like fold up the card table and move on to the next thing. It's like, oh no, this, this thing's gotta stick around because these problems aren't gonna [00:07:35] go away. And when we get through this round of problems, we already see what the next round are. And that's probably gonna go on for longer than any of us will be working. And so the vision now, at least from my perspective as the current lab director, is much more like, how can I get this thing to a place where it can sustain for 10 years, for 50 years, however long it takes, and you know, to become a place that. Has a culture that can sustain, you know, grow and change as new people come in. But that can sustain operations indefinitely. [00:08:07] Ben: Yeah. And, and so to circle back to the. The, the jumping off point for this, which is sort of since, since it began, what have been some of the biggest changes of how you operate? How you, or just like the, the model more generally or, or things that you were [00:08:30] Peter: Yeah, so the beginning was very informal, but, so maybe I'll skip over the first like [00:08:35] little period where it was just sort of like, Finding our footing. But around the time when I joined, we were just four or five people. And we did one project, all of us together at a time, and we just sort of like, someone would write a proposal for what we should do next, and then we would argue about like whether it was the right next thing. And, you know, eventually we would pick a thing and then we would go and do that project and we would bring in some contractors and we called it the Hollywood model. We still call it the Hollywood model. Because it was sort of structured like a movie production. We would bring in, you know, to our little core team, we'd bring in a couple specialists, you know, the equivalent of a director of photography or like a, you know, a casting director or whatever, and you bring in the people that you need to accomplish the task. Oh, we don't know how to do Bluetooth on the web. Okay. Find a Bluetooth person. Oh, there's a bunch of crypto stuff, cryptography stuff. Just be clear on this upcoming project, we better find somebody who knows, you know, the ins and outs of like, which cryptography algorithms to use or [00:09:35] what, how to build stuff in C Sharp for Windows platform or Surface, whatever the, the project was over time. You know, we got pretty good at that and I think one of the biggest changes, sort of after we kind of figured out how to actually do work was the realization that. Writing about the work not only gave us a lot of leverage in terms of our sort of visibility in the community and our ability to attract talent, but also the more we put into the writing, the more we learned about the research and that the process of, you know, we would do something and then write a little internal report and then move on. But the process of taking the work that we do, And making it legible to the outside world and explaining why we did it and what it means and how it fits into the bigger picture. That actually like being very diligent and thorough in documenting all of that greatly increases our own understanding of what we did.[00:10:35] And that was like a really pleasant and interesting surprise. I think one of my sort of concerns as lab director is that we got really good at that and we write all these like, Obscenely long essays that people claim to read. You know, hacker News comments on extensively without reading. But I think a lot about, you know, I always worry about the orthodoxy of doing the same thing too much and whether we're sort of falling into patterns, so we're always tinkering with new kind of project systems or new ways of working or new kinds of collaborations. And so yeah, that's ongoing. But this, this. The key elements of our system are we bring together a team that has both longer term people with domain contexts about the research, any required specialists who understand like interesting or important technical aspects of the work. And then we have a specific set of goals to accomplish [00:11:35] with a very strict time box. And then when it's done, we write and we put it down. And I think this avoids number of the real pitfalls in more open-ended research. It has its own shortcomings, right? But one of the big pitfalls that avoids is the kind of like meandering off and losing sight of what you're doing. And you can get great results from that in kind of a general research context. But we're very much an industrial research context. We're trying to connect real problems to specific directions to solve them. And so the time box kind of creates the fear of death. You're like, well, I don't wanna run outta time and not have anything to show for it. So you really get focused on trying to deliver things. Now sometimes that's at the cost, like the breadth or ambition of a solution to a particular thing, but I think it helps us really keep moving forward. [00:12:21] Ben: Yeah, and, and you no longer have everybody in the lab working on the same projects, right. [00:12:28] Peter: Yeah. So today, at any given time, The sort of population of the lab fluctuates between sort of [00:12:35] like eight and 15 people, depending on, you know, whether we have a bunch of projects in full swing or you know, how you count contractors. But we usually, at the moment we have sort of three tracks of research that we're doing. And those are local first software Programmable Inc. And Malleable software. [00:12:54] Ben: Nice. And so I, I actually have questions both about the, the write-ups that you do and the Hollywood model and so on, on the Hollywood model. Do you think that I, I, and this is like, do you think that the, the Hollywood model working in, in a. Industrial Research lab is particular to software in the sense that I feel like the software industry, people change jobs fairly frequently. Contracting is really common. Contractors are fairly fluid and. [00:13:32] Peter: You mean in terms of being able to staff and source people?[00:13:35] [00:13:35] Ben: Yeah, and people take, like, take these long sabbaticals, right? Where it's like, it's not uncommon in the software industry for someone to, to take six months between jobs. [00:13:45] Peter: I think it's very hard for me to generalize about the properties of other fields, so I want to try and be cautious in my evaluation here. What I would say is that, I think the general principle of having a smaller core of longer term people who think and gain a lot of context about a problem and pairing them up with people who have fresh ideas and relevant expertise, does not require you to have any particular industry structure. Right. There are lots of ways of solving this problem. Go to a research, another research organization and write a paper with someone from [00:14:35] an adjacent field. If you're in academia, right? If you're in a company, you can do a partnership you know, hire, you know, I think a lot of fields of science have much longer cycles, right? If you're doing material science, you know, takes a long time to build test apparatus and to formulate chemistries. Like [00:14:52] Ben: Yeah. [00:14:52] Peter: someone for several years, right? Like, That's fine. Get a detach detachment from another part of the company and bring someone as a secondment. Like I think that the general principle though, of putting together a mixture of longer and shorter term people with the right set of skills, yes, we solve it a particular way in our domain. But I don't think that that's software u unique to software. [00:15:17] Ben: Would, would it be overreaching to map that onto professors and postdocs and grad students where you have the professor who is the, the person who's been working on the, the program for a long time has all the context and then you have postdocs and grad students [00:15:35] coming through the lab. [00:15:38] Peter: Again, I need to be thoughtful about. How I evaluate fields that I'm less experienced with, but both my parents went through grad school and I've certainly gotten to know a number of academics. My sense of the relationship between professors and or sort of PhD, yeah, I guess professors and their PhD students, is that it's much more likely that the PhD students are given sort of a piece of the professor's vision to execute. [00:16:08] Ben: Yeah. [00:16:09] Peter: And that that is more about scaling the research interests of the professor. And I don't mean this in like a negative way but I think it's quite different [00:16:21] Ben: different. [00:16:22] Peter: than like how DARPA works or how I can switch works with our research tracks in that it's, I it's a bit more prescriptive and it's a bit more of like a mentor-mentee kind of relationship as [00:16:33] Ben: Yeah. More training.[00:16:35] [00:16:35] Peter: Yeah. And you know, that's, that's great. I mean, postdocs are a little different again, but I think, I think that's different than say how DARPA works or like other institutional research groups. [00:16:49] Ben: Yeah. Okay. I, I wanted to see how, how far I could stretch the, stretch [00:16:55] Peter: in academia there's famous stories about Adosh who would. Turn up on your doorstep you know, with a suitcase and a bottle of amphetamines and say, my, my brain is open, or something to that effect. And then you'd co-author a paper and pay his room and board until you found someone else to send him to.   I think that's closer in the sense that, right, like, here's this like, great problem solver with a lot of like domain skills and he would parachute into a place where someone was working on something interesting and help them make a breakthrough with it. [00:17:25] Ben: Yeah. I think the, the thing that I want to figure out, just, you know, long, longer term is how to. Make those [00:17:35] short term collaborations happen when with, with like, I, I I think it's like, like there's some, there's some coy intention like in, in the sense of like Robert Kos around like organizational boundaries when you have people coming in and doing things in a temporary sense. [00:17:55] Peter: Yeah, academia is actually pretty good at this, right? With like paper co-authors. I mean, again, this is like the, the pace layers thing. When you have a whole bunch of people organized in an industry and a company around a particular outcome, You tend to have like very specific goals and commitments and you're, you're trying to execute against those and it's much harder to get that kind of like more fluid movement between domains. [00:18:18] Ben: Yeah, and [00:18:21] Peter: That's why I left working in companies, right? Cause like I have run engineering processes and built products and teams and it's like someone comes to me with a really good idea and I'm like, oh, it's potentially very interesting, but like, [00:18:33] Ben: but We [00:18:34] Peter: We got [00:18:35] customers who have outages who are gonna leave if we don't fix the thing, we've got users falling out of our funnel. Cause we don't do basic stuff like you just, you really have a lot of work to do to make the thing go [00:18:49] Ben: Yeah. [00:18:49] Peter: business. And you know, my experience of research labs within businesses is that they're almost universally unsuccessful. There are exceptions, but I think they're more coincidental than, than designed. [00:19:03] Ben: Yeah. And I, I think less and less successful over time is, is my observation that. [00:19:11] Peter: Interesting. [00:19:12] Ben: Yeah, there's a, there's a great paper that I will send you called like, what is the name? Oh, the the Changing Structure of American Innovation by She Aurora. I actually did a podcast with him because I like the paper so much. that that I, I think, yeah, exactly. And so going back to your, your amazing [00:19:35] write-ups, you all have clearly invested quite a chunk of, of time and resources into some amount of like internal infrastructure for making those really good. And I wanted to get a sense of like, how do you decide when it's worth investing in internal infrastructure for a lab? [00:19:58] Peter: Ooh. Ah, that's a fun question. Least at In and Switch. It's always been like sort of demand driven. I wish I could claim to be more strategic about it, but like we had all these essays, they were actually all hand coded HTML at one point. You know, real, real indie cred there. But it was a real pain when you needed to fix something or change something. Cause you had to go and, you know, edit all this H T M L. So at some point we were doing a smaller project and I built like a Hugo Templating thing [00:20:35] just to do some lab notes and I faked it. And I guess this is actually a, maybe a somewhat common thing, which is you do one in a one-off way. And then if it's promising, you invest more in it. [00:20:46] Ben: Yeah. [00:20:46] Peter: And it ended up being a bigger project to build a full-on. I mean, it's not really a cms, it's sort of a cms, it's a, it's a templating system that produces static HT m l. It's what all our essays come out of. But there's also a lot of work in a big investment in just like design and styling. And frankly, I think that one of the things that in can switch apart from other. People who do similar work in the space is that we really put a lot of work into the presentation of our work. You know, going beyond, like we write very carefully, but we also care a lot about like, picking good colors, making sure that text hyphenates well, that it, you know, that the the screencast has the right dimensions and, you know, all that little detail work and. It's expensive [00:21:35] in time and money to do, but I think it's, I think the results speak for themselves. I think it's worth it. [00:21:47] Ben: Yeah. I, and I mean, if, if the ultimate goal is to influence what people do and what they think, which I suspect is, is at least some amount of the goal then communicating it. [00:22:00] Peter: It's much easier to change somebody's mind than to build an entire company. [00:22:05] Ben: Yes. Well, [00:22:06] Peter: you wanna, if you wanna max, it depends. Well, you don't have to change everybody's mind, right? Like changing an individual person's mind might be impossible. But if you can put the right ideas out there in the right way to make them legible, then you'll change the right. Hopefully you'll change somebody's mind and it will be the right somebody. [00:22:23] Ben: yeah. No, that is, that is definitely true. And another thing that I am. Always obscenely obsessed, exceedingly impressed by that. In Switch. [00:22:35] Does is your sort of thoughtfulness around how you structure your community and sort of tap into it. Would you be willing to sort of like, walk me through how you think about that and like how you have sort of the, the different layers of, of kind of involvement? [00:22:53] Peter: Okay. I mean, sort of the, maybe I'll work from, from the inside out cuz that's sort of the history of it. So in the beginning there was just sort of the people who started the lab. And over time they recruited me and, and Mark Mcg again and you know, some of our other folk to come and, and sign on for this crazy thing. And we started working with these wonderful, like contractors off and on and and so the initial sort of group was quite small and quite insular and we didn't publish anything. And what we found was that. Once we started, you know, just that alone, the act of bringing people in and working with them started to create the beginning of a [00:23:35] community because people would come into a project with us, they'd infect us with some of their ideas, we'd infect them with some of ours. And so you started to have this little bit of shared context with your past collaborators. And because we have this mix of like longer term people who stick with the lab and other people who come and go, You start to start to build up this, this pool of people who you share ideas and language with. And over time we started publishing our work and we began having what we call workshops where we just invite people to come and talk about their work at Ink and Switch. And by at, I mean like now it's on a discord. Back in the day it was a Skype or a Zoom call or whatever. And the rule back then in the early days was like, if you want to come to the talk. You have to have given a talk or have worked at the lab. And so it was like very good signal to noise ratio in attendance cuz the only people who would be on the zoom call would be [00:24:35] people who you knew were grappling with those problems. For real, no looky lose, no, no audience, right? And over time it just, there were too many really good, interesting people who are doing the work. To fit in all those workshops and actually scheduling workshops is quite tiring and takes a lot of energy. And so over time we sort of started to expand this community a little further. And sort of now our principle is you know, if you're doing the work, you're welcome to come to the workshops. And we invite some people to do workshops sometimes, but that's now we have this sort of like small private chat group of like really interesting folk. And it's not open to the public generally because again, we, I don't want to have an audience, right? I want it to practitioner's space. And so over time, those people have been really influential on us as well. And having that little inner [00:25:35] circle, and it's a few hundred people now of people who, you know, like if you have a question to ask about something tricky. There's probably somebody in there who has tried it, but more significantly, like the answer will come from somebody who has tried it, not from somebody who will call you an idiot for trying or who will, right, like you, you avoid all the, don't read the comments problems because the sort of like, if anybody was like that, I would probably ask them to leave, but we've been fortunate that we haven't had any of that kind of stuff in the community. I will say though, I think I struggle a lot because I think. It's hard to be both exclusive and inclusive. Right, but exclusive community deliberately in the sense that I want it to be a practitioner's space and one where people can be wrong and it's not too performative, like there's not investors watching or your, your user base or whatever. [00:26:32] Ben: Yeah. [00:26:32] Peter: at the same time, [00:26:33] Ben: strangers. [00:26:34] Peter: [00:26:35] inclusive space where we have people who are earlier in their career or. From non-traditional backgrounds, you know, either academically or culturally or so on and so forth. And it takes constant work to be like networking out and meeting new people and like inviting them into this space. So it's always an area to, to keep working on. At some point, I think we will want to open the aperture further, but yeah, it's, it's, it's a delicate thing to build a community. [00:27:07] Ben: Yeah, I mean the, the, frankly, the reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to figure out the same things and you have done it better than basically anybody else that I've seen. This is, this is maybe getting too down into the weeds. But why did you decide that discourse or discord was the right tool for it? And the, the reason that I ask is that I personally hate sort of [00:27:35] streaming walls of texts, and I find it very hard to, to seriously discuss ideas in, in that format. [00:27:43] Peter: Yeah, I think async, I mean, I'm an old school like mailing list guy. On some level I think it's just a pragmatic thing. We use Discord for our internal like day-to-day operations like. Hey, did you see the pr? You know, oh, we gotta call in an hour with so-and-so, whatever. And then we had a bunch of people in that community and then, you know, we started having the workshops and inviting more people. So we created a space in that same discord where. You know, people didn't have to get pinged when we had a lab call and we didn't want 'em turning up on the zoom anyway. And so it wasn't so much like a deliberate decision to be that space. I think there's a huge opportunity to do better and you know, frankly, what's there is [00:28:35] not as designed or as deliberate as I would like. It's more consequence of Organic growth over time and just like continuing to do a little bit here and there than like sort of an optimum outcome. And it could, there, there's a lot of opportunity to do better. Like we should have newsletters, there should be more, you know, artifacts of past conversations with better organizations. But like all of that stuff takes time and energy. And we are about a small little research lab. So many people you know, [00:29:06] Ben: I, I absolutely hear you on that. I think the, the, the tension that I, I see is that people, I think like texting, like sort of stream of texts. Slack and, and discord type things. And, and so there's, there's the question of like, what can you get people to do versus like, what creates the, the right conversation environment?[00:29:35] And, and maybe that's just like a matter of curation and like standard setting. [00:29:42] Peter: Yeah, I don't know. We've had our, our rabbit trails and like derailed conversations over the years, but I think, you know, if you had a forum, nobody would go there. [00:29:51] Ben: Yeah. [00:29:52] Peter: like, and you could do a mailing list, but I don't know, maybe we could do a mailing list. That would be a nice a nice form, I think. But people have to get something out of a community to put things into it and you know, you have to make, if you want to have a forum or, or an asynchronous posting place, you know, the thing is people are already in Discord or slack. [00:30:12] Ben: exactly. [00:30:13] Peter: something else, you have to push against the stream. Now, actually, maybe one interesting anecdote is I did experiment for a while with, like, discord has sort of a forum post feature. They added a while back [00:30:25] Ben: Oh [00:30:25] Peter: added it. Nobody used it. So eventually I, I turned it off again. Maybe, maybe it just needs revisiting, but it surprised me that it wasn't adopted, I guess is what [00:30:35] I would say. [00:30:36] Ben: Yeah. I mean, I think it, I think the problem is it takes more work. It's very easy to just dash off a thought. [00:30:45] Peter: Yeah, but I think if you have the right community, then. Those thoughts are likely to have been considered and the people who reply will speak from knowledge [00:30:55] Ben: Yeah. [00:30:56] Peter: and then it's not so bad, right? [00:30:59] Ben: it's [00:30:59] Peter: The problem is with Hacker News or whatever where like, or Reddit or any of these open communities like you, you know, the person who's most likely to reply is not the person who's most helpful to apply. [00:31:11] Ben: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that makes, that makes a lot of sense. And sort of switching tracks yet again, how so one, remind me how long your, your projects are, like how long, how big are the, is the time box. [00:31:28] Peter: the implementation phase for a standard income switch Hollywood project, which I can now call them standard, I think, cuz we've done like, [00:31:35] Ooh, let me look. 25 or so over the years. Let's see, what's my project count number at? I have a little. Tracker. Yeah, I think it's 25 today. So we've done about 20 some non-trivial number of these 10 to 12 weeks of implementation is sort of the core of the project, and the idea is that when you hit that start date, at the beginning of that, you should have the team assembled. You should know what you're building, you should know why you're building it, and you should know what done looks like. Now it's research, so inevitably. You know, you get two weeks in and then you take a hard left and like, you know, but that, that we write what's called the brief upfront, which is like, what is the research question we are trying to answer by funding this work and how do we think this project will answer it? Now, your actual implementation might change, or you might discover targets of opportunity along the way. But the idea is that by like having a, a narrow time box, like a, a team [00:32:35] that has a clear understanding of what you're trying to accomplish. And like the right set of people on board who already have all the like necessary skills. You can execute really hard for like that 10 to 12 weeks and get quite far in that time. Now, that's not the whole project though. There's usually a month or two upfront of what we call pre-infusion, kind of coming from the espresso idea that like you make better espresso if you take a little time at low pressure first to get ready with the shot, and so we'll do. You know, and duration varies here, but there's a period before that where we're making technical choices. Are we building this for the web or is this going on iPad? Are we gonna do this with rust and web assembly, or is this type script is this, are we buying Microsoft Surface tablets for this as we're like the ink behavior, right? So all those decisions we try and make up front. So when you hit the execution phase, you're ready to go. Do we need, what kind of designer do we want to include in this project? And who's available, you know? All of that stuff. We [00:33:35] try and square away before we get to the execution phase. [00:33:38] Ben: right. [00:33:38] Peter: when the end of the execution phase, it's like we try to be very strict with like last day pencils down and try to also reserve like the last week or two for like polish and cleanup and sort of getting things. So it's really two to two and a half, sometimes three months is like actually the time you have to do the work. And then after that, essays can take between like two months and a year or two. To produce finally. But we try to have a dr. We try to have a good first draft within a month after the end of the project. And again, this isn't a process that's like probably not optimal, but basically someone on the team winds up being the lead writer and we should be more deliberate about that. But usually the project lead for a given project ends up being the essay writer. And they write a first draft with input and collaboration from the rest of the group. And then people around [00:34:35] the lab read it and go, this doesn't make any sense at all. Like, what? What do you do? And you know, to, to varying degrees. And then it's sort of okay, right? Once you've got that kind of feedback, then you go back and you restructured and go, oh, I need to explain this part more. You know, oh, these findings don't actually cover the stuff that other people at the lab thought was interesting from the work or whatever. And then that goes through, you know, an increasing sort of, you know, standard of writing stuff, right? You send it out to some more people and then you send it to a bigger group. And you know, we send it to people who are in the field that whose input we respect. And then we take their edits and we debate which ones to take. And then eventually it goes in the HTML template. And then there's a long process of like hiring an external copy editor and building nice quality figures and re-recording all your crappy screencasts to be like, Really crisp with nice lighting and good, you know, pacing and, you know, then finally at the end of all of that, we publish. [00:35:33] Ben: Nice. And [00:35:35] how did you settle on the, the 10 to 12 weeks as the right size, time box? [00:35:42] Peter: Oh, it's it's it's, it's clearly rationally optimal. [00:35:46] Ben: Ah, of course, [00:35:47] Peter: No, I'm kidding. It's totally just, it became a habit. I mean, I think. Like I, I can give an intuitive argument and we've, we've experimented a bit. You know, two weeks is not long enough to really get into anything, [00:36:02] Ben: right. [00:36:02] Peter: and the year is too long. There's too much, too much opportunity to get lost along the way. There's no, you go too long with no real deadline pressure. It's very easy to kind of wander off into the woods. And bear in mind that like the total project duration is really more like six months, right? And so where we kind of landed is also that we often have like grad students or you know, people who are between other contracts or things. It's much easier to get people for three months than for eight months. And if I feel like [00:36:35] just intuitively, if I, if someone came to you with an eight month project, I'd be, I'm almost positive that I would be able to split it into two, three month projects and we'd be able to like find a good break point somewhere in the middle. And then write about that and do another one. And it's like, this is sort of a like bigger or smaller than a bread box argument, but like, you know, a month is too little and six months feels too long. So two to four months feels about right. In terms of letting you really get into, yeah, you can really get into the meat of a problem. You can try a few different approaches. You can pick your favorite and then spend a bit of time like analyzing it and like working out the kinks. And then you can like write it up. [00:37:17] Ben: Thanks. [00:37:18] Peter: But you know, there have been things that are not, that haven't fit in that, and we're doing some stuff right now that has, you know, we've had a, like six month long pre-infusion going this year already on some ink stuff. So it's not a universal rule, but like that's the, that's the [00:37:33] Ben: Yeah. No, I [00:37:35] appreciate that intuition [00:37:36] Peter: and I think it also, it ties into being software again, right? Like again, if you have to go and weld things and like [00:37:43] Ben: yeah, exactly. [00:37:44] Peter: You know, [00:37:44] Ben: let let some bacteria grow. [00:37:46] Peter: or like, you know, the, it's very much a domain specific answer. [00:37:51] Ben: Yeah. Something that I wish people talked about more was like, like characteristic time scales of different domains. And I, I think that's software, I mean, software is obviously shorter, but it'd be interesting to, to sort of dig down and be like, okay, like what, what actually is it? So the, the, the last question I'd love to ask is, To what extent does everybody in the lab know what's, what everybody else is working on? Like. [00:38:23] Peter: So we use two tools for that. We could do a better job of this. Every Monday the whole lab gets together for half an hour only. [00:38:35] And basically says what they're doing. Like, what are you up to this week? Oh, we're trying to like, you know, figure out what's going on with that you know, stylist shaped problem we were talking about at the last demo, or, oh, we're, you know, we're in essay writing mode. We've got a, we're hoping to get the first draft done this week, or, you know, just whatever high level kind of objectives the team has. And then I was asked the question like, well, Do you expect to have anything for show and tell on Friday and every week on Friday we have show and tell or every other week. Talk a bit more about that and at show and tell. It's like whatever you've got that you want input on or just a deadline for you can share. Made some benchmark showing that this code is now a hundred times faster. Great. Like bring it to show and tell. Got that like tricky you know, user interaction, running real smooth. Bring it to show and tell, built a whole new prototype of a new kind of [00:39:35] like notetaking app. Awesome. Like come and see. And different folks and different projects have taken different approaches to this. What has been most effective, I'm told by a bunch of people in their opinion now is like, kind of approaching it. Like a little mini conference talk. I personally actually air more on the side of like a more casual and informal thing. And, and those can be good too. Just from like a personal alignment like getting things done. Perspective. What I've heard from people doing research who want to get useful feedback is that when they go in having sort of like rehearsed how to explain what they're doing, then how to show what they've done and then what kind of feedback they want. That not only do they get really good feedback, but also that process of making sure that the demo you're gonna do will actually run smoothly and be legible to the rest of the group [00:40:35] forces you. Again, just like the writing, it forces you to think about what you're doing and why you made certain choices and think about which ones people are gonna find dubious and tell them to either ignore that cuz it was a stand-in or let's talk about that cuz it's interesting. And like that, that that little cycle is really good. And that tends to be, people often come every two weeks for that [00:40:59] Ben: Yeah. [00:41:01] Peter: within when they're in active sort of mode. And so not always, but like two weeks feels about like the right cadence to, to have something. And sometimes people will come and say like, I got nothing this week. Like, let's do it next week. It's fine. And the other thing we do with that time is we alternate what we call zoom outs because they're on Zoom and I have no, no sense of humor I guess. But they're based on, they're based on the old you and your research hamming paper with where the idea is that like, at least for a little while, every week [00:41:35] we all get together and talk about something. Bigger picture that's not tied to any of our individual projects. Sometimes we read a paper together, sometimes we talk about like an interesting project somebody saw, you know, in the world. Sometimes it's skills sharing. Sometimes it's you know, just like, here's how I make coffee or something, right? Like, You know, just anything that is bigger picture or out of the day-to-day philosophical stuff. We've read Illich and, and Ursula Franklin. People love. [00:42:10] Ben: I like that a lot. And I, I think one thing that, that didn't, that, that I'm still wondering about is like, On, on sort of a technical level are, are there things that some peop some parts of the lab that are working on that other parts of the lab don't get, like they, they know, oh, like this person's working on [00:42:35] inks, but they kind of have no idea how inks actually work? Or is it something where like everybody in the lab can have a fairly detailed technical discussion with, with anybody else [00:42:45] Peter: Oh no. I mean, okay, so there are interesting interdependencies. So some projects will consume the output of past projects or build on past projects. And that's interesting cuz it can create almost like a. Industry style production dependencies where like one team wants to go be doing some research. The local first people are trying to work on a project. Somebody else is using auto merge and they have bugs and it's like, oh but again, this is why we have those Monday sort of like conversations. Right? But I think the teams are all quite independent. Like they have their own GitHub repositories. They make their own technology decisions. They use different programming languages. They, they build on different stacks, right? Like the Ink team is often building for iPad because that's the only place we can compile like [00:43:35] ink rendering code to get low enough latency to get the experiences we want. We've given up on the browser, we can't do it, but like, The local first group for various reasons has abandoned electron and all of these like run times and mostly just build stuff for the web now because it actually works and you spend all, spend way less calories trying to make the damn thing go if you don't have to fight xcode and all that kind of stuff. And again, so it really varies, but, and people choose different things at different times, but no, it's not like we are doing code review for each other or like. Getting into the guts. It's much more high level. Like, you know, why did you make that, you know, what is your programming model for this canvas you're working on? How does you know, how does this thing relate to that thing? Why is, you know, why does that layout horizontally? It feels hard to, to parse the way you've shown that to, you know, whatever. [00:44:30] Ben: Okay, cool. That, that makes sense. I just, I, the, the, the reason I ask [00:44:35] is I am just always thinking about how how related do projects inside of a single organization need to be for, like, is, is there sort of like an optimum amount of relatedness? [00:44:50] Peter: I view them all as the aspects of the same thing, and I think that that's, that's an important. Thing we didn't talk about. The goal of income switch is to give rise to a new kind of computing that is more user-centric, that's more productive, that's more creative in like a very raw sense that we want people to be able to think better thoughts, to produce better ideas, to make better art, and that computers can help them with that in ways that they aren't and in fact are [00:45:21] Ben: Yeah. [00:45:25] Peter: whether you're working on ink, Or local first software or malleable software media canvases or whatever domain you are working in. It [00:45:35] is the same thing. It is an ingredient. It is an aspect, it is a dimension of one problem. And so some, in some sense, all of this adds together to make something, whether it's one thing or a hundred things, whether it takes five years or 50 years, you know, that's, we're all going to the same place together. But on many different paths and at different speeds and with different confidence, right? And so in the small, the these things can be totally unrelated, but in the large, they all are part of one mission. And so when you say, how do you bring these things under one roof, when should they be under different roofs? It's like, well, when someone comes to me with a project idea, I ask, do we need this to get to where we're going? [00:46:23] Ben: Yeah, [00:46:24] Peter: And if we don't need it, then we probably don't have time to work on it because there's so much to do. And you know, there's a certain openness to experimentation and, [00:46:35] and uncertainty there. But that, that's the rubric that I use as the lab director is this, is this on the critical path of the revolution?  

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 50:49 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre discuss what the new year will bring to the Chargers as the franchise looks towards moving into a new practice facility, hiring a head coach and general manager, and getting back to the postseason. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Close 2023 in Denver and What AFC West Landscape Looks Like Next Season

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 50:56 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre recap last Saturday's 24-22 loss to Buffalo before looking ahead to Week 17 in Denver. Plus, what will the division look like in 2024 with head coach openings in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and uncertainty at quarterback in Denver. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Buffalo Up on Saturday and What's Next for the Bolts

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 52:59 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre discuss what's next for the Chargers as they start their search for a new head coach and general manager. Plus, a preview of Saturday night's game against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Travel to Vegas for TNF, Easton Stick's First NFL Start

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 40:22 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre react to Justin Herbert's season-ending injury and discuss how Easton Stick can help lead the Chargers to a victory over the Raiders on “Thursday Night Football.” Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Hit Crucial Stretch of Season, Starting With Broncos

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 59:54 Transcription Available


Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre look back at last Sunday's 6-0 road victory against the New England Patriots before previewing Week 14 vs. the Denver Broncos and the remaining five games of the season -- four of which are against divisional opponents. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Start December in Need of Win in New England

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 31:53 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre recap last Sunday night's 20-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and look ahead to Week 13 against the New England Patriots from Foxboro. Can the Chargers kick off December with a win and gain momentum for the stretch run? Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: SNF Preview as Bolts Host Baltimore

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 47:58 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris hayre look back at the Chargers' 23-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers before discussing how the Bolts can get their season back on track with a win against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on “Sunday Night Football.” Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Class of 2020 QBs Meet at Lambeau in Week 11

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 44:24 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre recap last week's 41-38 loss to the Detroit Lions before previewing Sunday's game at Lambeau Field against Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers. Can the Chargers even their record to 5-5 before next week's primetime showdown with the Baltimore Ravens? Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Bring Momentum to Home Showdown With Lions

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 50:42 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre discuss the Chargers' dominant 27-6 road win over the Jets on "Monday Night Football," the recent dominant play of the defense and this Sunday's matchup with the 6-2 Detroit Lions at SoFi Stadium. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Take Flight to NY in Search of Back-to-Back Primetime Wins

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 47:27 Transcription Available


Matt “Money” Smith and Chris Hayre recap the Chargers' SNF win over the Bears, discuss potential AFC playoff teams and preview a pivotal “Monday Night Football' matchup with the New York Jets. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Can Bolts Get Back on Track vs. Bears on SNF?

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 46:04 Transcription Available


Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre look back at Sunday's loss in Kansas City before previewing "Sunday Night Football" against rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent and the Chicago Bears from SoFi Stadium. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Major Storylines and Keys to Victory vs. Cowboys on MNF

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 51:18 Transcription Available


Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre preview Week 6 against the Dallas Cowboys on "Monday Night Football" at SoFi Stadium. Coming off their bye, can the Chargers get above .500 for the first time this season w4? The guys discuss the game's major storylines and keys to a Bolts victory. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Where Bolts Stand At The Bye & Fan Q&A

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 69:00 Transcription Available


On this episode of Chargers Weekly, Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre analyze last Sunday's win vs the Las Vegas Raiders & talk where the Bolts stand at the bye week with a fan Q&A. The hosts talk about edge rusher Khalil Mack's incredible performance, discuss what running back Austin Ekeler's return means for the Chargers, and how quarterback Justin Herbert will use the bye week to be prepared for the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6. Find out what recent trades mean for the future of the 2023 season and talk about why beating the Cowboys would be big for a 2023 playoff push for LA. Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Can Bolts Build Momentum, Even Record Against Raiders?

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 62:08 Transcription Available


Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre look back at the Chargers' first win of the year in Minnesota, the career performances from Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen (00:40), and the standout play of rookie EDGE Tuli Tulipulotu (15:40) before previewing the team's first divisional game of the year at home against the Raiders (37:00). Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merge Conflict
377: .NET 8, Surface, Copilot AI, & iOS 17 are Here!

Merge Conflict

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 53:57


Wow, what a week! Not only did the new iPhones release, so did iOS 17! We break down what developer need to know and what new features they may want to implement. We also discuss the latest in .NET 8 with the release candidates available and the Microsoft Surface and AI event where Copilot was launched! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook, Website, Chat on Discord Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface ⭐⭐ Review Us (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1) ⭐⭐ Machine transcription available on http://mergeconflict.fm

Zavtracast (Завтракаст)
Завтракаст 292 – The Lies of P(hil)

Zavtracast (Завтракаст)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 219:49


Родной подкастик Завтракаст возвращается в ваши подкастоприемники, чтобы вы могли провести с нами незабываемые много часов и расслабиться под натужные шутки о сливах Microsoft про будущее Xbox, слухи о Division 3 и Titanfall 3, впечатления от DLC для RE4, MK1, ну и вместе покекать от проблем первых iPhone 15 Pro, попавших в руки к покупателям. Не переключайтесь, дальше будет еще натужнее! Подписывайтесь и ставьте лайк, а также не забудьте нажать на колокольчик на нашем ютубе – https://youtube.com/zavtracast Если вы хотите нас поддержать из России, то подписывайтесь на нас на Boosty – https://boosty.to/zavtracast. Если вы находитесь за границей, то можно подписаться на нас еще и на сервисе Patreon – https://patreon.com/zavtracast. Подписывайтесь на каналы ведущих в Телеграме: Радио Тимур – https://t.me/radiotimur Фотодушнила – https://t.me/dushovato Сказки Дядюшки Зомбака – https://t.me/zombaktales Шоуноты Слухи недели: Ubisoft делают The Division 3, Respawn могут анонсировать Titanfall 3, фильм Тайки Вайтити по Звёздным Войнам, похоже, отменён, а из Microsoft ушёл Панос – главный идеолог Surface. Как Microsoft свои бизнес-секреты о будущем Xbox случайно слила на потеху публике. Джордж Мартин и другие писатели надумали судиться с OpenAI. По EVE Online анонсировали шутер EVE Vanguard. Обсуждаем подробности Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Unity переобулась и пытается вернуть доверие разработчиков. Как актриса […] Запись Завтракаст 292 – The Lies of P(hil) впервые появилась Zavtracast.

Chargers Weekly
Chargers Weekly: Bolts Head to Minnesota in Search of First Win

Chargers Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 46:48 Transcription Available


Matt "Money: Smith and Chris Hayre recap last Sunday's overtime loss in Tennessee (01:25) and spin it forward to Week 3 and what the Chargers have to do to get their first win of the 2023 season in Minnesota against Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson and the Vikings (27:13). Presented by Microsoft Surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ask The Tech Guys (Audio)
ATTG 1988: Hopelessly Lovesick - Travel Routers, Luna-25 Spacecraft, AI & Taxes?

Ask The Tech Guys (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 143:50


Leo and Mikah answer whether you should let AI do your taxes; Rod Pyle stops by to talk about what happened with the Luna-25 spacecraft mission; and what are some excellent cloud services to back up your files that won't break the bank!  Microsoft to hold 'special event' in New York City on September 21st. Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing. "WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs." How can I stop my audiobook from starting to playback whenever my Bluetooth earbuds connect to my phone? What are the best travel routers? Is there a password manager that can store the login info on my pc but allows me to sync via Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi? Can I get AI to do my taxes? How can I move my emails to another service but keep my domain? Rod Pyle and Russia's Luna-25 Spacecraft. What's the best email program to manage all my email accounts under one roof? Also, what's a great budget professional camera? A caller calls back in with a follow-up to their previous question about copying files from their Mac hard drive. Chris Marquardt and the review of the crowded assignment What are good cloud services to back up many video files cheaply? Where can I get started to stay up to date with AI? Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1988 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

TechStuff
Getting in Touch with Touchscreens

TechStuff

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 17:12


What's the difference between a capacitive and a resistive touchscreen? Which came first? And are there other types of touchscreen technologies?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.