Getting Simple

#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

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Adam Menges is a founder at Lobe and a former Apple employee, currently working on something new.


Adam Menges is a product designer, entrepreneur, and engineer located in San Francisco who specializes in artificial intelligence and visual programming languages. He’s a former Apple employee and founder at Lobe, a company acquired by Microsoft that aims to make deep learning accessible. You can contact Adam to find out more at adammenges.com, and reach out to him at [email protected] and +17204840285.


Books
  • The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
    Links
    • HyperCard
    • Lobe
    • The Origins of Lobe - Adam’s first appearance on the podcast
    • Figma GPT-3 plugin by Jordan Singer
    • GitHub Copilot
    • Pokemon GO by Niantic
    • Dreams for PlayStation - A game to create games
    • Horizon Worlds by Meta
    • Proof of work vs Proof of stake
    • Support-vector machines
    • The Hive (mesh network)
    • Calendly
    • Google Magenta
    • Moxie Marlinspike’s NFT that turns into shit if you buy it
    • Helium Network Hints at Crypto's Practical Uses
      Visual programming languages
      • Quartz composer
      • Blender
      • Facebook Origami for user interfaces
      • Spark AR for Instagram filters
      • Grasshopper 3d
      • Autodesk Dynamo
      • vvvv
      • Davinci Resolve Fusion
      • Max/Jitter
      • TouchDesigner
      • Unreal Blueprints
      • Node-RED
        • People mentioned
        • Kyle Steinfeld
        • Jordan Singer
          Chapters
          • 00:00 · Introduction
          • 02:45 · Visual programming
          • 07:40 · Grasshopper
          • 11:14 · Extendability
          • 13:19 · Lobe's visual programming interface
          • 14:31 · The role of visual programming
          • 17:00 · HyperCard
          • 18:11 · Accessibility
          • 20:52 · Making programming easier
          • 23:45 · Artificial intelligence for creatives
          • 24:27 · Polarization and human-machine collaboration
          • 28:12 · Pair programming with AI
          • 31:39 · Software for gamers
          • 35:45 · Healthy social experiences
          • 36:27 · Hindsight
          • 37:00 · Startup success and team dynamics
          • 39:11 · Macro and micro focus
          • 41:38 · Analysis paralysis
          • 43:18 · Routines
          • 45:09 · Ranking the news with AI
          • 48:27 · Staying in touch with friends
          • 50:40 · Zoom fatigue
          • 53:35 · COVID
          • 55:29 · Bitcoin
          • 57:43 · Hacking NFTs
          • 01:01:10 · A crypto use case
          • 01:03:15 · Social FinTech
          • 01:06:45 · Advice for young people
          • 01:08:59 · Happiness
          • 01:10:30 · Connect with Adam

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