JavaScript – techzing tech podcast

TechZing 59 – Jasonism

Justin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:42:53 +0000

Justin and Jason discuss why GIT (the distributed version control system) is cool, the progress of Swarm and the Swarm AI – Cerebro, ideas for the TechZing newsletter, creating wildcard accounts in gmail, an impromptu La Critique of coder.io, the death of Google Wave, an overview of the audio technology used for the production of the podcast, Rob Walling’s book on bootstrapping, why Jason refuses to use blogging software for the new AppIgnite blog, how Rails was under development for a year before it was released, reasons to seek funding or not, when F*** U money can be less valuable than F*** U influence, how to increase your luck surface area, the quote of the week, how your personality defines your path, exploration vs exploitation, the use of Flex and Ajax in myVBO, how regular exercise is good for your brain and why Justin is going caveman, how new ideas can kill a startup, playing small and going big, Jason’s Javascript grid and his Javascript library – j(ason)Query, some responses to listener comments and the guiding principles behind AppIgnite.

TechZing 53 – The Unreasonable Man Theory

Justin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:29:36 +0000

Justin and Jason discuss the show’s new schedule, the Teddy principle, using setTimeout as a way to circumvent the long running script warning, Jason’s Javascript machine learning library, the use of AI in medical diagnostics, Jason’s idea for a web-based business intelligence platform, how Appcelerator compiles Javascript to Objective-C, the relative speeds of the various Javascript engines, Swarm’s sales statistics, the importance of targeting your niche, Justin’s strange question of the week and Jason’s quote of the week, Guyon’s suggestions for Swarm, the iPhone 4 controversy, the dramatic fall in IPOs, the benefits of a lifestyle business and the the importance of the existence proof.

Techzing 36 – Appcelerator and Titanium

Justin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:53:28 +0000

Justin and Jason chat with Jeff Haynie about his startup Appcelerator and Titanium – an application that gives you the ability to create native Windows, OSX and Linux apps using Javascript, Python, Ruby, and or PHP, and iPhone and Android apps using Javascript. Oh, and it’s free and open source too!

Techzing 35 – Off the Rails

Justin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:21 +0000

Justin and Jason discuss the launching (or lack thereof) of Jason’s secret project, the science behind the midday nap, Jason’s improved Internet connectivity, the TweetMiner fiasco, Justin’s contracting of a PR person, the unfortunate importance of marketing, how Justin donated $222.22 to the No Agenda podcast, the TV show Lost, Titanium and developing iPhone and Android apps using Javascript, Amy Hoy’s Pimpin’ Software Projects Ain’t Easy, the new show segments – La Critique and Get to Know a Listener, the possibility of doing x-factor episodes, Justin’s interest in 9-11 conspiracies, the weirdness of advanced physics, time travel and yes, even UFOs.

techZING! 22 – Nagging Your Way to Riches

Justin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:06:20 +0000

Justin and Jason discuss TweetMiner’s growth and conversion ratio, the status of Jason’s stealth project, achieving financial independence by creating recurring revenue involving a bitcoin casino guide, the satisfaction derived from doing a startup, preventing negative feedback from derailing your efforts, the fundamental tenants of startup success, writing SQL adaptors for key-value databases, creating your own DSL, combining JavaScript files for faster downloads and Google’s new Closure Javascript library.