Comments on: 166: TZ Interview – Anthony Goldbloom & Jeremy Howard / Kaggle

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:35:25 +0000

[…] Tech Zing episode 166 (a bit long but well worth the listen) was an interview with Aussie startup Kaggle. Kaggle organises predictive modelling competitions, similar to the Netflix prize. They’ve organised competitions which have exceeded the current state in the art for predicting the progress of HIV, improved dark matter mapping for NASA and shown that if you’re buying a car at auction it’s best to get an orange one. […]

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:05:49 +0000

The last two interview shows have been great, a really good choice of guests.

Hearing about other people’s startups and going in depth on the stories behind the is really inspiring. I’m looking forward to some more discussion of Justin and Jason’s projects, I’m missing the Pluggio updates!

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:52:46 +0000

Great episode!

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:45:18 +0000

One of the best episodes you’ve done so far.

Loved the format and the guests.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:47:49 +0000

Really enjoyed the show, have been looking forward to this interview since it was mentioned a few episodes back.

To put it into perspective of how hooked I was to this episode, I sat in my car on the driveway for 20 minutes after getting home just so I could hear the end of it.

Great job!

By: Americo Savinon

Americo Savinon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:34:49 +0000

Techzing is a great show. But I must differ from the comments above, I think this interview was good, not my favorite though.

I got the feeling that at some points of the conversation was driven more by the Kaggle guys than by Justin and Jason. The topic and the company are indeed really interesting, but If I had to compare, I enjoyed much more Rob Walling’s interview, felt much more engage to it and I guess Jason & Justin did too.

By: Vladimir Jankovic

Vladimir Jankovic — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:08:24 +0000

Wow! Now that was a great episode.

Great guests, great story telling and very interesting topics.

I was already thinking it was one of the “best of techzing episodes” and then Jeremy casually said name of the company that he sold – FastMail !

As an loyal Fastmail (and Opera) user for almost 10 years I felt like the coolness factor of your guests just jumped up exponentially 🙂

There is something universally true in what Anthony and Jeremy said about big part of it beeing the passion and dedication of people who get involved in those competitions “for sake of it”.

Thank you Internet for places like Techzing, Kaggle, StartupGuild 😉

ps. Loved how the focus was switching from one guest to another. Getting a different perspective on same topic was valuable. You should invite two guests in one show more often.

By: Axure

Axure — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:05:13 +0000

Great interview!

BTW, when pitching potential interviewees, you should probably send them a link to this one, saying “If you want to know what our show is like, check out this recent episode.” 😉

Also, guys, you really need a redesign of this website. If you don’t have time for this, just hire someone. But don’t let it hang until you have some spare time in some indefinite future.

By: Igor Prochazka

Igor Prochazka — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:47:31 +0000

Awesome guests, awesome interview!

By: Alfie

Alfie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:48:53 +0000

Great and interesting interview!

2 hours, but no boring bits 🙂