Pencil Problems
Conversations on getting started, and finishing.
We found 4 episodes of Pencil Problems with the tag “google”.
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Episode 34: How much would you pay for Google?
July 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
advertising, freemium, google, payment, payments
Kent and Nick talk about paying for software vs. ad based payment models. They discuss how much they would pay for services like Google, and Facebook and speculate on what the future of these payment models look like.
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Episode 30: Is Google sentient? How do we build side projects in the age of strong AI? Plus some WWDC predictions.
May 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 27 mins
ai, google, sentient, strong ai, turing test
Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions.
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Episode 12: OK Google, open the pod bay doors
December 8th, 2017 | 1 hr 43 mins
alexa, amazon, apple, bitcoin, echo, google, google home, homepod, iot
Nick and Kent talk about their worst episode yet, then move right into the war of the living room, Google Home, vs. Echo vs. Homepod vs. Sonos, they talk about the internet of things, the role of voice, and stay tuned for a bitcoin price prediction.
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Episode 9: Pivot
November 15th, 2017 | 1 hr 49 mins
apple, ar, google, hubba, microsoft, pivot, sago mini, second life, startups, vr
Kent and Nick talk about pivoting a company or business, microsoft and their failure to pivot, Google and their dozens of pivots, Apple's big pivot, Facebook's huge pivot gamble, VR, AR, and when you know it's time to leave