The position of Chief Technology Officer is relatively new in the White House and we get to talk to the 3rd CTO, ever, who worked in the Obama Administration. Megan Smith and her Deputy Alex Macgillivray are being presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award on… Read More »Working For Obama with Megan Smith and Alex Macgillivray Part 1
In part 2 of our chat with Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer at the White House under Obama, and Alex Macgillivray, Deputy CTO under Megan, we find out how they started modeling some of their behaviors after Venture Capitalists. We also discuss the latest from… Read More »Working For Obama with Megan Smith and Alex Macgillivray Part 2
On this week’s Techonomics, we start by checking in with Drew Curtis of Fark.com. Drew is the founder and CEO of Fark, a news aggregation site with tags like “weird,” “spiffy,” and “Florida.” Florida gets its own news tag on Drew’s site, and in part… Read More »Fark.com Part 1 with Drew Curtis
In part 2 of our chat with Fark.com’s Drew Curtis, we talk about the research he’s currently doing for an upcoming book. He breaks down the Bay Area housing market compared to other kinds of supply and demand models. We also talk Universal Basic Income… Read More »Fark.com Part 2 with Drew Curtis
In the last part of our talk with Drew Curtis from Fark.com, we finish up Universal Income, how policy relates to a tech term “better sandboxing,” and the catalyst that will make it a reality. We also start part 1 of a chat with a… Read More »Fark.com part 3 & Fake News part 1 with Drew Curtis, Vera Zakem
To wrap up this week’s show, we finish up our talk with Vera Zakem, a Russian Disinformation Expert. We find out how the Tech sector can help, the difference between disinformation and propaganda, and how regular people can be proactive. Vera has one very basic… Read More »Fake News with Vera Zakem
The RSA Conference, an International tech conference focused on security, is happening this upcoming week in San Francisco. We talk to Daniel Riedel , the CEO of New Context (security consultants), about the threats facing everyone – from regular people with tiny computers in their… Read More »Cyber Security at the RSA Conference with Daniel Riedel
Host Jason Middleton and Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and evangelist, are both working with the latest Macbooks. They breakdown the pros and cons of the new laptops, latest iPhones, and look at where the rest of the pack should follow. Plus, we get… Read More »Digesting the Newest Apple Products with Guy Kawasaki
With Trump’s Travel Ban still making headlines (as of writing this description, the 9th Circuit Court of appeals have upheld the unconstitutionality of the ban), some companies are doing what they can to help. Unitive, a firm that helps companies restructure their hiring practices to… Read More »Hiring Biases and Helping Refugees with Laura Mather
Fake News is as pervasive as dandelions. We talk to Politifact writer Joshua Gillin about how to tell the truth from the alternative truth, and get some helpful tips if you haven’t started sorting it out for yourself. Links:
