Async

Async

By Joshua & SaadiaTechnology
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Async episodes

  • [Saadia] A dose of AI pessimism

    I'm not all that excited about the future of AI tooling, and less excited about DeepSeek. I've been sick too, but now I'm feeling Pretty Good™.

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    18 min
  • [Joshua] DeepSeek is the new Apple Silicon

    In this episode Joshua followed  up on the goals topic and AI design tools from the previous episode. 

    New topics:

    • R1 from DeepSeek is like M1 from Apple Silicon
    • Design systems for designers

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    11 min
  • [Saadia] Compass Goals

    What even is a goal, anyway?

    https://diggingforfire.blog/posts/compasses-over-maps/

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    10 min
  • [Joshua] Chasing after goals

    Followup from previous episode:

    • Leaning into my personality so that AI can't take me
    • Goal setting and why I reject goals

    Topics

    • Running on a bum knee
    • When should I upgrade my hardware?
    • AI design tools in 2025


    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    10 min
  • [Joshua] Focus on your strengths

    A blast of an episode. 

    Followup items:

    • Trusting your experience
    • Don't be scared of Git
    • Writing a book one blog post at a time
    • FTP and viruses
    • VR gaming
    • Auphonic and AI voice replication
    • Digital frugalism and mac apps

    New topics

    • JoshuaWold.com writing tear
    • Should I have goals?
    • Testing AI tools for designers
    • iCloud Mail for the win
    • Focusing on your strengths

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    19 min
  • [Joshua] Writing into the dark

    In this episode I talked about:

    1. Writing a book - My process for writing into the dark, and how I've found ways to do and ignore my inner critic. 

    2. Testing Buttondown as an email service. 

    3. Why I'm now thinking a guide would be better than an everything app. 

    4. My struggles with Git when trying to build a website. 

    5. The open web and my thoughts on it, and why I ultimately think it matters. 

    6. The technical quality of something versus the value it provides regardless of technical quality. 

    7. Gaming as an adult and what that looks like for me now. 

    8. Limiting my subscriptions

    9. Essentialism - Focusing on less. 

    Two related articles:
    https://joshuawold.com/cheap-is-fine/
    https://joshuawold.com/everything-at-once/

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    16 min
  • [Saadia] Internal critic

    So many topics this episode! Mostly, though, it's about blogging and the open web.

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    18 min
  • [Joshua] A magical app for blogging and podcasting

    Followup on previous episode:

    • Comments on a blog
    • Audio on a blog
    • Social media 
    • Newsletters
    • Writing books
    • Reeder app

    Topics

    • A magical app for blogging and podcasting
    • Recursive blogging versus original blogging
    • Incorporating new things into daily life
    • Twilight Imperium

    An async podcast by Saadia Carbis and Joshua Wold.

    A Pretty Good podcast.

    13 min

About Async

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Joshua and Saadia helped pioneer asynchronous and distributed work. So it's only natural that our podcast bucks synchronous conventions. On Async, we take turns to unfold the conversation, one…