Afleveringen
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Your boss walks in and says, âWhat are we doing about AI?â How do you respond? On this weekâs podcast, Paul and Rich break down the problem with the question itself, and the way AI is being offered as an imprecise, ineffective solution to solve businessâs structural problems. Who actually needs AIâand how do you figure out the best way to use it?
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Why do we try to explain tech concepts and processes with metaphorsâand why do we choose the metaphors we use? On this weekâs podcast, Paul and Rich get philosophical, kicking off the conversation with an article about how the human is not like a computer, and travel through the history of personal computing to our present AI moment. Plus: How exactly should you handle the idealists in your organization?
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Youâve just shipped your latest release. Once you finish celebrating, how do you decide what to build next? Paul taps Rich, in his role as Aboard CEO, to set a course on a hypothetical product roadmap: Does he prioritize an enterprise-specific feature, another that might bump up broader user engagement, or the thing the boss tossed out because he had a vague hunch? Plus: Why is some industry-specific software beautiful, while other industries are left with clunky, uninspired âbureaucracy in softwareâ?
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On this weekâs podcast, Paul and Rich offer up some quick hitsâand sample, in Richâs words, âa buffet of technology news.â First, rhetoric: Specifically, the rhetorical pretzels of Nick Clegg, President for Global Affairs at Meta Platforms, who Paul and Rich saw speak at the EmTech Digital Conference. Next, cringe: Canvaâs corporate rap that went viral recently, drawing (uncomplimentary) comparisons to HBOâs Silicon Valley or Successionâs âL to the OG.â And finally, stock disasters: On Salesforceâs steep downturn after posting weak profits, and whether that says anything about the marketâs broader opinions on AI.
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Does the real promise of generative AI lie in the chatbot? Paul and Rich donât think so. Building off a post by tech entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on âscaffolded AI,â they discuss extreme visions of our AI future and position themselves in the centerâwhere tools work with the user, rather than attempt to replace them.
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There are a huge number of low-code tools out thereâbut is âlow codeâ a meaningful term? Paul and Rich discuss the promise versus the reality of low code, what most businesses really need from software, and the other descriptors theyâd use if tasked with a low-code rebrand.
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What does ârisk-takingâ really mean in businessâand how can embracing some level of chaos help foster success? Paul and Rich make the case for unpredictability, talking about everything from New York Cityâs Diamond District to the relatively short runway when running an agency to Richâs management style. (Hint: It involves repeatedly hitting a metaphorical gong.)
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Youâve got one software system that doesnât play nicely with your other software systemâso surely the answer is a third software system to link them together, right? And how about adding a fourth, maybe even a fifth? Paul and Rich discuss the challenging gaps between the platforms people use to manage their businesses: How hard it can be to truly identify problems while youâre trying to grow, and how technology consultants tend to recommend shorter-term solutions that only make things more complicatedâand more expensive.
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How do you bring in ten times as many new users every day? Thatâs not the question you should actually be asking. Paul and Rich discuss the tech worldâs faulty success metrics, the perpetual struggle of onboarding, and the importance of humility when listening to and communicating with your users.
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If a huge company wants to âpartnerâ with your small business, can that ever be a fair partnership? Paul describes a recent mentorship dilemma to Rich, and they discuss the dynamics that make the position of the smaller player in that scenario so challenging. Plus: Musings on public-spectacle trials past and present, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and the existential dread prompted by even the most innocent Slack notifications.
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From copyright violations to environmental concerns to the looming threat of the singularity, AI is a hot-button topic these days. Paul and Rich talk through many facets of this conversation, and discuss how they think about the AI components of Aboard. Plus: A little roleplay in which we learn that Paul thinks Aboard is an earnest mid-century cartoon character.
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Most weeks, the Aboard Podcast is only sponsored by Aboardâbut this week, Paul and Rich celebrate Aboardâs relaunch by devoting the whole episode to their shiny new AI-powered product! After they take a (technical and non-technical) look at exactly whatâs going on under the hood, they discuss the ways Aboard uses AI to help humans, not supplant them.
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Just a quick update today, because....WE'RE LAUNCHING A SHINY NEW VERSION OF ABOARD!!! Paul and Rich will be back on Thursday with a full episode (which, as you can imagine, will be about the shiny new version of Aboard). In the meantime, check out all our changesâopen up the app or visit Aboard.com!
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This past week, the big news in the design software world was Canvaâs acquisition of Affinity, and Paul and Rich kick off the episode by asking, âIs this a failure on Adobeâs part?â But of course Adobe remains a massively profitable companyâso what drives the impulse to frame a giant tech companyâs misses as overarching âfailuresâ? As they mull over various motivations, they discuss how to reframe success on your own terms, outside the simple metrics of competition or industry trends.
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Can we all agree that the vibes are off? On this weekâs podcast, Paul and Rich dig into our broader societal malaise (the effects of the pandemic; our phones as an endless portal to misery) and discuss how business leaders can combat these feelings. Plus: Some early analysis of the DOJâs antitrust case against Apple, and a story about a Formula 1 team using a single Excel spreadsheet forâŠeverything.
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Algorithmically innovative? An important tool for connection? A grave national security threat? Paul and Rich discuss the recent bipartisan vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to ban TikTokâand whatever you think of the platform itself, they argue that the move says something significant about the American governmentâs relationship with big tech.
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How do you build a company that has an exciting productâbut has nice, boring, stable qualities, too? Paul and Rich tackle this question from a variety of angles, from tax strategy to the value of marketing to treating the user like a spouse who might cheat on you if you stop putting any effort into the marriage. (And yes, donât worry: There is also a fair bit of synth talk. And synth noises!)
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Will generative AI give us the answer or lead us to the answerâor is that the wrong question entirely? Paul and Rich assess the promise of AI through a lens of lightly skeptical optimism, trying to sort out hype from reality and figure out how exactly these tools might be embedded in everyonesâ lives someday.
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As the last decadeâs big social media platforms crumble, Paul and Rich reflect on the (false) promise of the âglobal town square,â and the suggestion that putting millions of people in a giant room together could be productive in any way. If the era of building software to facilitate networked connections is truly on the way out, does AI promise a return to an earlier, utility-based era of technology?
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When Paul suggests recording a podcast about public figures they admire, Rich has a counter-offerâwhy not talk about people they hate instead? But this particular exercise has a catch: They can only discuss things they admire or feel they can learn from said figures, a very tricky exercise with certain politicians! A countdown of five business and political leaders that some large number of people hateâplus listen to the very end to hear exactly how Paul compares himself to Taylor Swift.
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