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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.

Leemon Baird of Hedera Hashgraph, Wendys Horror, and GNU Start

Leemon Baird of Hedera Hashgraph, Wendys Horror, and GNU Start

15/10/2019

In this episode I speak with Dr. Leemon Baird of Hedera Hashgraph about their DLT (not a Blockchain), plus the Saga of Richard Stallman continues, the history of Call of Cthulhu, and Wendys releases a RPG… * f…

The Vermont Remote Workers Grant, Docker, Boeing, ICE and Thomas Jefferson

The Vermont Remote Workers Grant, Docker, Boeing, ICE and Thomas Jefferson

03/10/2019

In this episode I speak with Commissioner Goldstein of the Vermont State Government about the policy of paying remote workers to relocate to the state. I also cover Docker, the tech backlash against ICE, the Boeing 737 M…

The nerd legacy

The nerd legacy

25/09/2019

In this episode I cover the resignation of Richard Stallman, historic installation windows, Apple and "sherlocking", COBOL, and the future of development. * chrischinchilla.com/podcasts [https://chrischinchill…

Xinshu Dong of RockX, Unix, the history of commuting and words

Xinshu Dong of RockX, Unix, the history of commuting and words

12/09/2019

In this episode I speak with Xinshu Dong of RockX about his new blockchain-based digital assets platform. Also features stories on the impact of our cities on commuting, products for the elderly, the power of words, the…

Sky Guo of Cypherium, loss in the age of the cloud and fantasy islands

Sky Guo of Cypherium, loss in the age of the cloud and fantasy islands

29/08/2019

In this episode I speak with Sky Guo of Cypherium [https://cypherium.io/], cover data loss in the era of digital memories, fantasy islands, the history of JQuery, and when crowdfunding goes wrong. * https://ch…

Product Hunt award winner Krisp.ai, Ctrl+Alt+Del and HarmonyOS

Product Hunt award winner Krisp.ai, Ctrl+Alt+Del and HarmonyOS

15/08/2019

In this episode I speak with Davit Baghdasaryan of Krisp.ai [http://krisp.ai] about their small Windows, macOS and (soon) iOS application that removes background noise from online conversations. Also features news on Hua…

Putting Blockchain in hotel rooms with Réda Berrehili of the Ki Foundation

Putting Blockchain in hotel rooms with Réda Berrehili of the Ki Foundation

09/08/2019

In this episode I speak with Réda Berrehili of the Ki Foundation [https://foundation.ki/team] about their plans to put blockchain-powered assistants into hotel rooms. I also cover the Linux desktop wars are over, the Nin…

Quantum Jerks - Brilliant Puppies, Pompeii, and what's so good about Medium?

Quantum Jerks - Brilliant Puppies, Pompeii, and what's so good about Medium?

01/08/2019

In this Weekly Squeak I cover Quantum computing, removing brilliant jerks, the problems with Medium, the problems with office perks, arguments over Pompeii and more! * https://www.facebook.com/chrischinchilla…

Apache Spark with Jean Georges Perrin, Twine, Alexa and the NHS

Apache Spark with Jean Georges Perrin, Twine, Alexa and the NHS

19/07/2019

In this episode I speak with Jean Georges Perrin about his forthcoming book "Spark in Action", where we cover Apache Spark, writing books, and why many are wrong about IBM. I also cover Twine, Open Source and Alexa and t…

IOST Blockchain, downplaying air travel, computer sound design and JPEG joy

IOST Blockchain, downplaying air travel, computer sound design and JPEG joy

12/07/2019

In this episode I speak with some of the team behind the IOST Blockchain project, cover recent Zoom woes, wonder if air travel is all that's it's hyped to be, dig into JPEGs, and so much more! * https://chrisc…

Marco Palladino of Kong, Sugar, Sobriety and Vegetarian Tech

Marco Palladino of Kong, Sugar, Sobriety and Vegetarian Tech

04/07/2019

I speak with Marco Palladino of Kong about their API gateway, microservice mesh and smart docs generation. Also features content on North Korea, increased sobriety, Sugar and Vegetarian tech events. And I announce ho…

The state of mobile networks with OpenSignal

The state of mobile networks with OpenSignal

27/06/2019

In this episode I speak with Ian Fogg of OpenSignal about our current 4G network, and the future 5G one. Also featured is D&D for product teams, educating on the history of the British Empire, Visual Basic, Project Catal…

KubeCon - Solo.io, Digital Ocean and Atlassian

KubeCon - Solo.io, Digital Ocean and Atlassian

14/06/2019

In part 2 of interviews from KubeCon, I speak with the following people about developments in the world of Kubernetes: * Idit Levine of Solo.io [http://solo.io] * 24:48 - Shiv Ramji of Digital Ocean…

KubeCon - IBM, Canonical and Rancher

KubeCon - IBM, Canonical and Rancher

10/06/2019

In part 1 of interviews from KubeCon, I speak with the following people about developments in the world of Kubernetes: * 1:27 - Jason McGee of IBM * 25:26 - Carmine Rimi of Canonical * 48:1…

Mark Marron of Bosque, Microsoft's new programming language

Mark Marron of Bosque, Microsoft's new programming language

28/05/2019

I speak with Mark Marron of Microsoft about their new language that is simple, obvious, and easy to reason about for both humans and machines. I also cover Edge arriving on macOS, Android Q desktop mode, Vale for the d…

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