Tech Lounge

This is a focussed episode, where I interview Alexander Wong of COVID-Net and DarwinAI about an open-source project last week to improve COVID-19 screening using artificial intelligence (AI). In news I recommend another podcast you should listen to in this turbulent week. chrischinchilla.com/podcasts [https://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

This week I speak with Tess Rinearson about the Interchain foundation and her past thoughts on running inclusive hackathons, privilege, and much more. Also features news from Microsoft Build, Surveillance Capitalism, and the lost Sim games of Maxis. * interchain.io [https://interchain.io/team/] * chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

This week I speak about in-memory computing with Dale Kim of Hazelcast. I also look at the changing world of in-person trade shows, offices, and restaurants. * https://hazelcast.com/ * https://chrischinchilla.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

This week I speak with Spectro Cloud about their new Kubernetes as a service offering, and also take a look at operating system market share changes, Skype just isn't cool, Apple's T2 chip woes, gaming, and Stephen Wolfram's theory of everything. * https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast * https://www.spectrocloud.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

I speak with Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph about their highly scalable graph database. Also features GDPR 2 years later, Flutter, JavaScript, grounded airplanes, cats, and more. * https://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts/ * https://www.tigergraph.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

In this episode I speak with Troy Murray of breaker.io [http://breaker.io], a decentralized ecosystem that empowers creators and delivers fans classic and original content. Also features news items on technology in a time of crisis, self-editing, the bans before musicians were famous, and much more! * chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com] * breaker.io [https://breaker.io] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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 more. * https://www.mindtech.global/ * https://chrischinchilla.com/ * Mindtech presentation [https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/54816a218d17b7dede6f1b16/5e72520122c13c1843b448bd/3c4587f986775aeb817127d78afe69e9/Mindtech_Intro_March2020.pdf] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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 internet streamers. * https://about.sourcegraph.com [https://about.sourcegraph.com/] * https://chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com/] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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 * chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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, complex spiking neurons, and everything in-between. Also features content covering tools for working from home, two player games, a "Hello World" for the modern era, and much more! * appliedbrainresearch.com/products/nengo/ [https://appliedbrainresearch.com/products/nengo/] * chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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 Discord is bad, Brave is good, and so much more. * mGage [https://mgage.com/] * chrischinchilla.com [https://chrischinchilla.com/] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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 interview with Sinclair Target of two-bit history [https://twobithistory.org] about the hidden stories from computing history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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://www.datastax.com/ * https://cassandra.apache.org/ * chrischinchilla.com [http://chrischinchilla.com] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts] * chrischinchilla.com/contact [http://chrischinchilla.com/contact] * learned.io [http://learned.io] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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.com/] * chrischinchilla.com/podcasts [http://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts] * chrischinchilla.com/contact [http://chrischinchilla.com/contact] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com [https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]