Podcasts about tech will save us

In this episode of Endless Vital Activity, David Johnston meets with Bethany Koby – mum, CEO, Social entrepreneur, designer, educator and art director.Bethany journeys through her trajectory, from her education to the inception of Fam Studio and Tech Will Save Us.  Johnston and Koby interrogate how technology can be an expressive medium, as opposed to just a tool, and also discuss the challenges & opportunities of parenting in the digital age.Follow along on @endless_vital_activity / @acceptandproceeed

A special episode of Open Tech Will Save Us on the topic of moderation. This can be a loaded term… and not everyone agrees on what moderation even is. We will explore with our guest what moderation is, what it means to moderate online communities, if it applies to decentralised projects as well, and will end up with practical examples on Matrix.

A new episode of Open Tech Will Save Us on the very broad topic of platforms! What makes a platform? Are there different levels of platforms? Who uses them? What are they useful for? What can be expected from a platform? And the controversial topics: are Linux or the Web platforms? To answer those questions, who other than the Linux desktop most advanced projects GNOME and KDE, and people working on Matrix, the protocol that wants to become as unmissable as the web itself?

An episode to discuss analytics and privacy. Details to join the chat, and menu du jour below ⏬ pnu from Exodus Privacy will tell us everything we need to know about how apps can track their users, what they do to raise awareness about it, and how you can get a better view of what your apps know about you. Gael from /e/ will tell us everything about their de-googled devices and services, and how they make it easy for privacy mindful people to reclaim their digital dignity. Nad from Element will give us the perspective of designers and product managers and how they use analytics. He will tell us how Element does its best to use analytics in a privacy respectful way.

Mike Hoye from Mozilla talks about "Verbs in the fediverse", Eugen (@Gargron@mastodon.social) discusses "how we keep mastodon.social running at scale" as a Q&A ... and a new VIP tour of Dendrite, the next-gen Matrix Homeserver, from our own neilalexander and Kegan!

If you’re wondering how on earth you’re going to hold down a full time job while working from home AND educating your kids for the foreseeable future, then you need to listen to Koru Kids founder Rachel Carrell and Tech Will Save Us co-founder Bethany Koby. “Lower [your] impossible expectations. It is not possible to work full time and also homeschool kids full time, at the same time. It's just not possible. And just don't listen to anyone who implies that it is. We are working really hard to come up with new services to help people make one plus one somehow equal three.”Koru Kids, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, was building a whole new childcare system, recruiting, training, matching and managing over 1,000 nannies in London every single day. Having had to pivot hard, Rachel explains the impact that coronavirus has had on her business and how she has taken nannying online. Tech Will Save Us co-founder Bethany has created a play led home learning system focusing on creativity and technology, delivering fun and learning advantages to 4-12 year olds. Bethany explains how they had the foresight to switch their attention towards their digital channels last year, which so far has saved their bacon. So if you’re a founder wondering how to turn this current situation to your advantage, download and listen to this episode.“We need to make sure we get through this as strong as possible, because this will put us in an even stronger position in the next six months, to hopefully really raise our strategic round, with even better metrics and with even better evidence of the necessity of the product, and the kind of joy and efficacy that the product is actually bringing to families.”We chat about:How Covid-19 has impacted their investment and distribution channelsWhy the whole childcare system needs an overhaulWhy innovation is key to pivoting and ultimately survivalThe spotlight on the ed-tech space Why you need to create rhythms to suit your familyWant to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

Nostalgic or progressive, VX or IG, or everything at once? This panel examines the role of technology and all things social, to create new skate gods and shine a light on unsung skaters across the globe. Panelists: Imke Leerink (Girls Shred), Briana King (Display Only), Hans Smits (World Of Skateboarding), Ted Schmitz (Vent City) Chair: Ted Barrow

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        With a background in design, education and innovation…Bethany Koby decided to take things upon herself when as a young mother she couldn’t find products to help kids learn technology in really useful ways.    And so Tech...

Techstination interview: Tech Will Save Us creates Arcade Coder: Founder & CEO Bethany Koby

Christine Blackburn from the "Story Worthy" podcast, filling in for Jefferson Graham, reviews the "Electro Dough Kit" from Tech Will Save Us, which adds electricity to play-doh on Talking Tech.

Bethany Koby, CEO of Tech Will Save Us talks to SuperAwesome’s Dylan Collins about the rise of STEM toys and future-focused families

How can we teach kids the skills they’ll need for jobs that don’t exist yet? How can designers create lasting products for consumers who want new things more than they need them? Christian Ward talks to CEO of Tech Will Save Us and Stylus’ Product Design senior editor Dewi Pinatih about the toys that are prepping Gen Alpha for their unknown future, and how thoughtful design can forge long-term relationships with products. 

Bethany Koby on inspiring creativity through technology

Today, learning about science and tech is all play. Well, and maybe just a little work. You don't need to be a fab-lab rat to work this simple 3-D printer. Kids can design their own objects using free software or print a predesigned trinket. | $250 (Ages 14+) It's no Retina display, but Kano's 16x8-pixel grid still dazzles. Make the LEDs glow using Kano's simple web coding app. Program the screen to display weather and stock data, or just create pixel art.