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  • How To Solve Problems Like a Software Developer

    Problem solving — technologists do it differently.™ Natasha Nel asks 5 top Hacker Noon Contributors to share their secret problem-solving frameworks, so that we can all learn to think like devs, during a time in which troubleshooting skills couldn't be more coveted.

    With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

    IN THIS PODCAST:

    🎬 (02:55) Rishabh Anand on why a whiteboard helps with problem solving, and finding your own path forward

    📝 (05:38) Ryan Dawson on figuring out the business objectives behind problems, the agile method, and seeking out meaningful feedback

    🐛 (06:46) Paul Bailey with two frameworks for debugging — as a programmer —as well as an AI named Jane

    💠 (10:55) Aditi Bhatnagar on doing the research and connecting the dots

    🍔 (12:48) Alexey Grigorev on the MoSCoW method, the 80/20 rule, and much, much more

     

    READ MORE:

    ⚡ hackernoon.com

    VOTE IN THE 2020 NOONIES:

    👽 noonies.tech 

     

    21 min
  • Decentralization Debate Club: Blockchain, Autonomy, and DeFi

    Has what started with Satoshi spun off into an hype-driven, ICO-indulgent startup industry of solutions for nothing? Or is blockchain technology and the mass decentralization it makes possible still worth the hype? Answered in 5 minutes by two top Hacker Noon Contributors — Mario Alves and Vladimiros Peilivanidis — tune in for a Decentralization Debate Club episode with Natasha Nel.

    With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

    READ MORE —

    • decentralization stories
  • blockchain stories
  • crypto stories
  • ALL ON HACKERNOON.COM 💸

    6 min
  • Black Mirror Tech IRL: Hacker Noon Writers on What’s Worrying in 2021

    Natasha Nel from Hacker Noon asks 7 Top Hacker Noon Contributors to weigh in with their scariest tech predictions for 2021 — expect a 10-minute American Horror Story anthology on everything from AI and Privacy to Content Overproduction and the internet’s impact on the planet.

    With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

    IN THIS PODCAST

    • (01:00) Ryan Dawson on how much data we’re giving away without realizing it;
  • (01:45) Matt Klein on ubiquitous tech and resulting and related content overproduction; 
  • (03:30) Aditi Bhatnagar on what our collective data is being used for; 
  • (04:40) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on the next wave of intelligence being designed by us lowly humans; 
  • (05:10) Gajesh Naik on AI and automation stealing iterative jobs; 
  • (05:50) Sharmistha Chatterjee on whether or not your industry’s advancing faster than you are; 
  • And at (07:40) Melinda LB Lewis on the internet’s impact on our planet
  • The good news? The solutions to these problems and more are on hackernoon.com right now. (Probably.)

    READ HACKERNOON.COM

    10 min
  • Technology Trends for 2021: A Forecast from Hacker Noon’s Top Writers

    Natasha Nel asks 10 of Hacker Noon’s Top Contributors to weigh in with their strategic tech predictions for 2021 — expect a briefing on everything from recession startups and (self) edtech to AI applied to end Covid-19 and the commoditization of Machine Learning.

    With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

    IN THIS PODCAST: 

    • Matt Klein on the state of mental health (tech) in America
  • Melinda LB Lewis on leveling up community and humanity in startup culture
  • Ryan Dawson with real-world examples of how ethics is affecting commerce
  • Muhammed Bilal on the collapse of traditional education 
  • Brian Wallace on why we need Chiefs of Soft Skills 
  • Tian Zhao on Web 3.0 and technology solving the problems of technology
  • Gajesh Naik on healthtech and the early detection of disease
  • Sharmistha Chatterjee on AI and the implementation a Covid-19 vaccine 
  • Alexey Grigorev on the no-code movement, applied to Machine Learning
  • Vladimiros Peilivanidis on 5G, technopolitics and surveillance
  • 14 min
  • Storytelling in Virtual Reality - The State of VR w/One Hamsa

    In this podcast, Limarc talks to VR video game developers Assaf Ronen and Dave Levy from One Hamsa about storytelling in virtual reality and the state of VR in 2020. Assaf and Dave talk about their success on the Oculus Quest with their futuristic racquetball VR game, Racket NX, as well as their upcoming game which aims to bring effective storytelling mechanics to the VR medium.

     

    Covered in this interview: 

    • How One Hamsa began
  • Why it is an advantage to develop games for the VR market
  • Tips for VR game developers on choosing innovative mechanics
  • The state of VR in 2020
  • What needs to change for VR to thrive
  • Oculus Quest forcing users to create a Facebook account
  •  

    READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM: 

    • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/virtual-reality
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/virtualreality
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/virtual-reality-technology
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/augmented-reality
  •  

    SIGN UP FOR ONE HAMSA’S NEWSLETTER VIA THEIR WEBSITE:

    • https://www.onehamsa.com/
    1 hr 7 min
  • Natasha from Hacker Noon Reads You a Tech Story or Two · EP01

    This week’s top tech stories on hackernoon.com cover everything from robots to unicorns. Tune in for a 6-min summary from Natasha Nel, Managing Editor at Hacker Noon; read hackernoon.com for the full stories.

    IN THIS PODCAST:

    • 🤖 Insights Into the Global Robotics Market
  • 🐫 Today's Thriving Startups Will Be Camels, Not Unicorns
  • ✊🏿 3 Actionable Steps for More-Inclusive Tech Teams
  • 🤝 How to Negotiate Everything in Life
  • 🤯 How to Not Attribute to Malice Things Adequately Explained by Stupidity
  • 👧 How I Started My Own Business at 19
  • Read the full stories: hackernoon.com

    7 min
  • How to Hack a Huge Career in Tech with PR Expert & Founder Sarah Evans
    Natasha Nel from hackernoon.com sits down with Sarah Evans—tech industry PR legend and strategic communications startup founder—to talk all things branding and influence: from personal to B2B. In this podcast:
    • How to accumulate 100k *genuine* followers on Twitter
  • What “newsworthy” looks like today
  • How to increase credibility when you’re not getting traditional media coverage
  • Where to pitch stories to build real brand validation
  • Moving from being a Manager to being a Master Collaborator
  • Hacking evidence of the work experience employers are looking for online
  • Creating a company-wide ‘Emotional Compass’ for more mindful communications
  • Why and how to start building a network—especially when you don’t need one
  • How to grow your influence by amplifying the voices of those around you
  • READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM: 
    • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/marketing
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/careers
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/founders
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/networking
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startups
  • VOTE FOR YOUR BEST TECH IN THE 2020 NOONIES:
    • https://noonies.tech/ 
    KEEP UP WITH SARAH EVANS:
    • https://hackernoon.com/u/sarahevans
  • https://twitter.com/prsarahevans
  • 27 min
  • Building for Return on Environment with Product Strategist Dani Laity
    Natasha asks Dani Laity of Aurora Sustainability to unpack the sustainable tech product strategies and monetization models powering Aurora Sustainability—2020 Noonie Nominee in for Best Use of Tech for Good in hackernoon.com’s annual internet awards!
    VOTE: noonies.tech 
     
    Covered in this interview: 
    • How solve problems so relevant that your products build themselves
  • The global shift from return on investment to return on environment
  • Why betting on millennial interests is good business
  • The fringe benefits of a distributed team, made up entirely of part-time freelancers and side-hustlers
  • Why it’s important to over-emote when your team is remote
  • Product strategy’s most transferable skills, from banking and fintech to sustainability
  • READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM: 
    • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/product 
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/sustainability/
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/product-management/
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/product-strategy/
  • https://hackernoon.com/tagged/climate-change/
  • VOTE FOR YOUR BEST TECH IN THE 2020 NOONIES:
    • https://noonies.tech/award/best-use-of-tech-for-good
  • https://noonies.tech/award/best-green-tech
  • https://noonies.tech/award/hacker-noon-contributor-of-the-year-women-in-tech
  • https://noonies.tech/ 
  • TAKE THE AURORA SUSTAINABILITY QUIZ:
    • https://aurorasustainability.com/quiz/
    JOIN THE AURORA SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY: 
    • https://www.instagram.com/aurorasustainability.sa/
  • https://www.facebook.com/AuroraSustainabilityCommunity/ 
  • 19 min
  • Monica Quaintance and Lisa JY Tan on Public Blockchains — Design, Security, Economics, and Fairness

    Monica Quaintance, who is the Head of Research and Networks at Kadena Blockchain. She’s a former Senior Data Engineer at Rent the Runway and a former Quantitative Analytics Engineer at the SEC. Joining Utsav Jaiswal from Hacker Noon as co-host is Lisa JY Tan, Founder and Lead Economist at Economics Design.

    They discuss Monica’s entry into Blockchain, the state of Blockchains in general and her contribution to the development of the Kadena Public Blockchain, how it provides cross-chain transactions, smart contracts, and the myth of unhackable Blockchains. 

    Monica also serves as a co-Founder at Universal Consensus, through which, she advocates for more diversity in the Blockchain sector to realize true universal consensus.

    Continue reading about blockchain, economics and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

     

    Check our annual Noonies Awards nominees https://noonies.tech/.

    Voting is now live!

     

    Also, check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

     

    1 hr 15 min
  • How (and Why) to Build and Launch Products in 24hrs with Zoe Chew
    Natasha Nel interviews 6x Noonie Nominee*, hackernoon.com Contributor, and Prolific Maker, Zoe Chew, to talk Product, Tech, Startups, and Marketing.
     
    *PUBLIC NOMS CLOSE AT NOON ON WED, 12 AUG: Last chance to get your best in tech (or yourself) nominated for some well-deserved industry recognition this year! Choose from over 200+ Tech Industry Awards and Add Your Last-Minute Noonies Nominations at NOONIES.TECH today 
     
    THINGS COVERED IN THIS CONVERSATION:
    • How to transition from a marketing career to product building and consulting
  • How to come up with good ideas for great products 
  • How to build and launch products in 24 hours
  • The value of keeping things simple
  • How to keep yourself accountable to your goals and stop procrastinating
  • Strategies for success as a solo founder
  • Zoe’s 3-level approach to branding and marketing yourself as a tech professional / introvert
  • How to stay productive and motivated working remotely
  • And so much more!
  • Read 

    https://hackernoon.com/tagged/product

    https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startups https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology https://hackernoon.com/tagged/marketing

    Keep up with Zoe Chew
    • https://whizzoe.com/
  • https://twitter.com/whizzzoe/
  • https://www.instagram.com/whizzoe/
  • https://www.producthunt.com/@whizzzoe/
  • 46 min

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