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Tech Lounge podcast

Every two weeks, the tech lounge invites tech luminaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives from small scrappy startups and open source enthusiasts to those working in large global companies. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practitioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable.

Augmented AI with Chris Longstaff of Mindtech

Augmented AI with Chris Longstaff of Mindtech

16/04/2020

This week I speak with Chris Longstaff of Mindtech about their curious plan to help machine learning by augmenting datasets with synthetic data. I also cover alternative calendars, the woes of WeWork, robot writers and…

Universal code search with Sourcegraph - Civilization, Lockdowns, and AmigaOS

Universal code search with Sourcegraph - Civilization, Lockdowns, and AmigaOS

09/04/2020

In this episode I speak with Quinn Slack of Sourcegraph about the universal code search tool. Also features news on AmigaOS, awesome repos for developers, the truths of lockdown, meetup spins out of WeWork, and early int…

Cybersecurity during a Pandemic - An interview with Critical Start

Cybersecurity during a Pandemic - An interview with Critical Start

01/04/2020

No links this week as I focus on an interview with Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of Critical Start where we talk about cyber security during a time of crisis. * https://www.criticalstart.com * chrischinchill…

Peter Suma of Applied Brain Research, a new Hello World, and how games influence policy

Peter Suma of Applied Brain Research, a new Hello World, and how games influence policy

25/03/2020

In this episode I speak with Peter Suma of Applied Brain Research about Nengo, a complete brain maker that allows you to develop and run models with deep learning, online learning, static weights, simple linear neurons,…

Mobile engagement with mGage, why you should use Brave, ditch Discord and what actually is a URL

Mobile engagement with mGage, why you should use Brave, ditch Discord and what actually is a URL

18/03/2020

In this episode I speak with Nick Millward of mGage about the past present and future of mobile engagement, especially RCS. I also cover the history of the URL, teaching an AI to play D&D, how to work from home, why Disc…

Computing history with Sinclair Target of two-bit history

Computing history with Sinclair Target of two-bit history

04/03/2020

I'm taking a short break, so something from the archives this week of my ill-fated podcast from last year, "The Enthusiastic Amateur". This interview is reproduced in entirety to get the listeners it deserved. A great in…

Patrick McFadin talks Datastax and Cassandra, MIDI 2.0 and how do planes fly?

Patrick McFadin talks Datastax and Cassandra, MIDI 2.0 and how do planes fly?

13/02/2020

In this episode I speak with Patrick McFadin about Datastax and their plans with Apache Cassandra, ponder on the release of MIDI 2.0 after 37 years, plane security, what happened in Iowa, and more * https://ww…

Paul Kuijf of learned.io, Wine, filter bubbles, and what is meat?

Paul Kuijf of learned.io, Wine, filter bubbles, and what is meat?

06/02/2020

In this episode I speak with Paul Kuijf of learned.io [http://learned.io], look at the new Lovecraft film, burst some bubbles, learn new languages, and much more. * chrischinchilla.com/podcasts [http://chrisch…

The Tactigon, academic scandal, and gaming colonialism

The Tactigon, academic scandal, and gaming colonialism

22/01/2020

In this episode I speak with the makers of the Tactigon wearable gesture controller, look at scandal in Oxford, DLC in D&D, decolonialising gaming, and much more. * www.thetactigon.com/ [http://www.thetactigon…

Responsible AI with Shlomi Hod, the weird web and fax on the beach

Responsible AI with Shlomi Hod, the weird web and fax on the beach

15/01/2020

This episode I speak with Shlomi Hod about responsible AI, look at the worst D&D monster of all, hello world in assembly, and more. * chrischinchilla.com/podcasts [https://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts]…

Kin Lane the API evangelist, Linux revisited, and the lost story of Wolfenstein

Kin Lane the API evangelist, Linux revisited, and the lost story of Wolfenstein

07/01/2020

In this episode I speak with the infamous Kin Lane, the API evangelist, now working with Postman. I also cover my new experiences with the Linux desktop, how "the rise of skywalker" has visions of our dystopian future, a…

5GTechritory, Y2K, BitTorrent, Monopoly, and future gazing

5GTechritory, Y2K, BitTorrent, Monopoly, and future gazing

18/12/2019

In this episode I speak with Laszlo Toth, Nikolai Astrup, and Dr. Suncheol Gweon from the recent 5GTechritory about the current state, and future promise of 5G. Also in this episode, the Y2K panic, incentivising BitTorre…

Chronosphere and fixing the internet, air conditioning and calculators

Chronosphere and fixing the internet, air conditioning and calculators

05/12/2019

In this episode I speak with Martin Mao of Chronosphere about the massive scale monitoring platform. I also cover fixing the internet, fixing air conditioning, the problem with calculators, switching from macOS to Linux,…

Raj Dutt of Grafana, Brave, WeWork, and Football manager

Raj Dutt of Grafana, Brave, WeWork, and Football manager

27/11/2019

In this episode I speak with Raj Dutt of Grafana. I also cover the rise of the Brave browser, keep an eye on Softbank, question Apple's design, look at the new tabletop game, Tapestry, investigate the issues with coworki…

A fantasy Greek perfect for your eyes

A fantasy Greek perfect for your eyes

15/11/2019

Fresh back from Tekom's TCWorld event, Chris covers the difference between different types of tech writers, fantasy maps, running D&D campaigns with inconsistent players, is dark mode a myth, and why do so many cultures…

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