Afleveringen
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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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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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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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When Paul injures himself and is advised by his wife, Rich, and ChatGPT (seriously) to seek emergency medical attention, he goes to the urgent care and marvels at their utterly Byzantine technological set-up, from parallel, disconnected patient portals to being handed a literal CD-ROM with his X-rays. What can we learn from systems built for the captive userâand how does that apply to enterprise software more broadly?
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What makes a person pay $120 for a tote bagâor fall in love with your software? Paul and Rich use a recent article about a TikTok influencerâs pricey (and popular!) tote bag to discuss our relationships with the things we buy, from unboxing videos (âcommerce translated into emotional satisfactionâ) to technologistsâ largely incorrect assumption that adding one more feature will fundamentally change the way users feel about their product.
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Paul tries to talk about his current obsessionâsynthesizersâon a hardware and software level, but Rich turns the tables to talk about Paulâs obsession itself. After Rich repeatedly asks Paul, âWhat are you doing?â they discuss the appeal of minimally online hobbies (and, by extension, software) in an extremely online world.
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Men will literally record a podcast about their anxiety rather than go to therapy. How do you run a business when the world is on fire in so many ways? Paul and Rich talk about the state of thingsâincluding whether their perceptions of said things are even accurateâand how they should work, what to consider as they grow their company, and when to turn off. Gotta keep going.
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Our friends find themselves in a new, corporate co-working space, determining that this, finally, is the thing that will push their digital product over the edge. Then, in a typically wide-reaching (cough) conversation, Rich and Paul discuss the current status of free speech discourse, in the context of the drama around Substack, andâwell, as Rich puts itââWho the hell asked technologists to be the arbiters of free speech?â Paul confesses that he dislikes mess, which would deeply shock anyone who saw his office desk.
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Rich and Paul ring in 2024 assessing the biggest technological development of last year, this year, and possibly many future years to come: Generative AI. Why did AI truly find a mainstream foothold in 2023âand how is the space going to evolve in the coming months? Plus: They engage in some (corporate) roleplay, and get really into character.
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Rich and Paul talk about their willingness to be humiliated in a corporate context. It sounds just a little like they crave it. Especially Paul. Which is weird but whatever. Then they talk about how you can't automate relationshipsâhow you can't remove interaction from the loop. They discuss what they learned this year, and what they hope to learn next year.
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