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  • The Land of The Lawless

    Hi, it's me — the content you're looking for. And HOT DAMN, check me out. Amy Tom chats with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO of Lately AI, about her startup journey. Kate describes what her career path has been like and what she's learned along the way in the kitchen, in the studio, and behind the CEO's desk at Lately.

    On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

    • What was Kate's first job? 🥇 (01:19)
  • What did Kate learn from her role at the newspaper? (06:09)
  • Kate talks about the moment she realizes she was destined to be an entrepreneur 💫 (09:57)
  • How does Kate empower people to spread the "good word"? (16:10)
  • Kate describes accidentally creating the baseline for Lately's AI 🌝 (20:55)
  • Does Kate have any regrets or things she would have done differently? (26:05)
  • How does Kate gain supporters and customers as she reinvents the wheel? 👩‍🔧 (30:58)
  • What's the future for Lately and AI? (36:38)

    • 🥂 VOTE FOR KATE & LATELY AT startups.hackernoon.com/new-york/new-york-city

    🏦 Replace your business bank with Brex - https://bit.ly/37doqiH

    Connect with Kate & Lately:

    • You can follow Kate on Twitter @LatelyAIKately
  • You can learn about and vote for Lately at startups.hackernoon.com/new-york/new-york-city

    • Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year:

    • For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com
  • To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com
    • 41 min
  • Oh Yeah, I've Heard of Algolia Before

    OKAY - you get ten guesses. We'll be talking about 🥁🥁🥁 ALL THINGS STARTUPS. This Week On Planet Internet, Natasha Nel, Kien Dao, and Amy Tom talk about validating startup ideas, structuring startups, and the latest startup funding news.

    🔥 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

    • What went into the design process behind Startups Of The Year by HackerNoon? Kien's on the case (3:10) 👷‍♂️
  • Why does Algolia sound familiar? (9:45) 💯
  • What the heck is the Delta-4 Wealth Creation Theory? (15:05) ⁉️
  • Hierarchy in a startup? Say what?! (24:00)⁉️

    • 🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

    • Kien's story on HackerNoon about creating the Startups Of The Year branding: https://hackernoon.com/just-launched-startups-of-the-year-lxg350j
  • Check out the story about the Delta 4 Theory by Rishikesh on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-validate-your-startup-idea-using-delta-4-wealth-creation-theory-nn52359i
  • Read the Term Sheet newsletter: https://fortune.com/newsletter/termsheet
  • Let's Talk About Startup Structure by Lomit Patel on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/lets-talk-about-startup-structure-c7q35si

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 🍊

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🦁

    33 min
  • HackerNoon & The Wild West of Startups

    Amy Tom chats with David Smooke (co-founder and CEO of HackerNoon) about his founder's journey with HackerNoon, and with Storm Farrell (Software Developer at HackerNoon) about developing Startups of The Year by HackerNoon. 💚

    On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

    • How did HackerNoon start? 🚦 (01:08)
  • Wait - Storm, the dev mind behind the Noonies, didn't originally join HackerNoon as a Software Developer!? 🐸 (03:41)
  • How would Storm and Amy describe their experiences with working at HackerNoon? 🌵 (08:03)
  • Why did David choose to involve the readers to fund HackerNoon's move off Medium? 💶 (09:10)
  • When was the most difficult phase HackerNoon has been through? 🐛 (13:02)
  • Storm announces Startups of The Year by HackerNoon! 🍾 (15:56)
  • Storm talks about taking what he learned from the Noonies and applying that develop Startups of The Year ✅ (19:02)
  • David talks about how Startups of The Year will elevate people community voting ☘️ (22:31)
  • What's the future for HackerNoon? 🐉 (25:59)

    • Connect with David & Storm:

    • You can follow David's work at hackernoon.com/u/David
  • You can follow Storm on Twitter @StormFarrell

    • Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year:

    • For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com
  • To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

    • 🤯 Earn $600 in Rewards at Bybit - https://bit.ly/3iC7rvD

    30 min
  • Bits and Bytes and Data Delights

    Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom chat about data privacy ☠️ Humans are in loooove with the internet, and data production is becoming more rampant and autonomous. How has this process affected our daily lives, and is it a good thing or a bad thing? Let's find out. 😵

    🤌 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

    • How do you control your digital footprint? 👣 (01:20)
  • Is downloading apps that aren't from the Google Play Store safe? 🧐 (08:15)
  • AI might be better than people at spotting wildfires thanks to data 🤯 (14:57)
  • If there was an AI that could detect danger in public spaces, but first needed hours and hours of video of public spaces, is that okay? ⚖️ (18:49)
  • Breaking down the TikTok algorithm and its use of AI 👩‍🔬 (24:16)
  • What's the problem with Bezos and space? Here goes Amy on another space war rant 😂 (34:45)

    • 🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

    • The story about Digital Footprints: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-expensive-things-in-life-are-free-of-charge-protect-your-data-qx5237w5
  • The Android privacy story by @pizzapanther on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/have-your-privacy-cake-on-android-and-eat-it-too-db1f37b5
  • The AI & Wildfire story by Louis Bouchard on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-can-spot-wildfires-faster-than-humans-nc2g37nq
  • The AI & TikTok story by Edwin Lisowski https://hackernoon.com/hacking-your-mind-with-ai-the-case-of-addictive-tiktok-0x80355o

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 🦊

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🐨

    37 min
  • Bits and Bytes and Data Delights

    Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom chat about data privacy ☠️ Humans are in loooove with the internet, and data production is becoming more rampant and autonomous. How has this process affected our daily lives, and is it a good thing or a bad thing? Let's find out. 😵

    🤌 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

    • How do you control your digital footprint? 👣 (01:20)
  • Is downloading apps that aren't from the Google Play Store safe? 🧐 (08:15)
  • AI might be better than people at spotting wildfires thanks to data 🤯 (14:57)
  • If there was an AI that could detect danger in public spaces, but first needed hours and hours of video of public spaces, is that okay? ⚖️ (18:49)
  • Breaking down the TikTok algorithm and its use of AI 👩‍🔬 (24:16)
  • What's the problem with Bezos and space? Here goes Amy on another space war rant 😂 (34:45)

    • 🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

    • The story about Digital Footprints: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-expensive-things-in-life-are-free-of-charge-protect-your-data-qx5237w5
  • The Android privacy story by @pizzapanther on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/have-your-privacy-cake-on-android-and-eat-it-too-db1f37b5
  • The AI & Wildfire story by Louis Bouchard on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-can-spot-wildfires-faster-than-humans-nc2g37nq
  • The AI & TikTok story by Edwin Lisowski https://hackernoon.com/hacking-your-mind-with-ai-the-case-of-addictive-tiktok-0x80355o

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 🦊

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🐨

    37 min
  • Technically Speaking, You're Wrong

    Amy Tom welcomes Sarah Day, Technical Writing Manager at LaunchDarkly, to talk about a career in technical writing. What's it like being a technical writer, and how do you become one? Join Amy on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast while she finds out what it takes to cut it in the big world of technical writing. cue Rocky stairs training montage music 😤

    • What are Sarah and Amy's grammar/English pet peeves? 🤭 (03:57)
  • How is language evolving? (06:59)
  • How does technical writing differ from other kinds of writing? 📝 (08:59)
  • How do you write for a more technical audience? (14:01)
  • What kind of people are technical writers? 👩🏻‍💻 (19:30)
  • When should you hire a technical writer? (25:13)
  • How much technical knowledge do technical writers need? 🧠 (31:06)
  • What is Sarah's advice for people who want to become technical writers? (37:55)

    • Follow Sarah Day and LaunchDarkly:

    • Connect with Sarah Day on LinkedIn
  • Follow Sarah on Twitter @scribblingfox
  • Visit Sarah's Website at sarahday.org
  • Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter at @LaunchDarkly

    • Shownotes:

    • Sarah mentioned the Documentation as a Care Profession talk by Amelia Abreu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quC7mJn8B_U
  • Read HackerNoon Slogging stories: hackernoon.com/tagged/slogging
  • Learn more about LaunchDarkly at launchdarkly.com

    • READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM

    Want to become a HackerNoon contributor? Anyone can! Start now at hackernoon.com/signup

    41 min
  • Sorry Big Tech, We're Breaking Up With You

    Oh, baby! We are cracking down on Big Tech. Amy Tom, David Smooke, and Hang Ngo talk about Biden's Executive Order on Big Tech, more space war dram, and decentralization & blockchain technology 🥳

    • Facebook sells its internet satellite orbit team to Amazon for an undisclosed sum. So of course - Amy, David, and Hang try to guess what the undisclosed sum was 🛸 (00:41)
  • Also, between Amazon and Facebook - who benefits in terms of stock price? 📉 (04:57)
  • What does Biden's order to crack down on Big Tech actually mean? 🔨 (09:51)
  • Apparently, 2020 was a stock super sale. Hang shares her experience with investing in crypto😱 (16:20)
  • Is Amy finally going to invest in crypto? She gets the "how-to" on crypto investing (22:03)
  • Is decentralization & blockchain here to stay? 🤞 (23:26)

    • Oh yeah, guys, this is not official financial advice 😂

    🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

    • Facebook & Amazon getting incest-y for space: www.theverge.com/2021/7/14/22576788/amazon-acquires-facebook-satellite-team-project-kuiper
  • Biden's Executive Order to promote competition: www.bbc.com/news/business-57783824
  • The best time to buy crypto is right now, or at least so says Crypto Badger on HackerNoon https://hackernoon.com/the-best-time-to-buy-crypto-was-a-year-ago-the-next-best-time-is-right-now-ww5p357c
  • The blockchain will aid in decentralization efforts because it buts the power into the users' hands - Nicholas Resendez on HackerNoon: hackernoon.com/decentralization-of-the-internet-the-future-frontier-of-the-internet-q2j35aj

    • READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤓

    START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥇

    30 min
  • An Underground Interview with John McAfee 13 Months Before his Death

    John McAfee talks about making more money than God on the Hacker Noon podcast hosted by David Smooke. https://podcast.hackernoon.com/

    McAfee starts off with the impact of one's childhood and how it shapes perspectives. He shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and what it takes to become a multimillionaire. John McAfee also provides a take on the number one danger of the modern Internet and presents an opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement.

    McAfee shares anecdotes from his life, how he became the self proclaimed richest man in South Virginia before hitting 18; his recent escape from the United States, his first job at General Electric, where he learned programming and the importance of math in life.

    "I'm the best coder alive"

    "Don't schedule an interview with this guy again, he's too smart"

    - John McAfee 

    Continue reading about entrepreneurship, business, startup lessons, and privacy on Hacker Noon.

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

     

    34 min
  • The Dogecoin Salut

    Welcome to this beautiful corner of the internet - Dogecoin meets partying & decentralization. Amy Tom talks to Gary Lachance, a Vancouver-based Dogecoin millionaire and the founder of the Decentralized Dance Party, about how he invested $300 into Dogecoin in 2014. Now, he's launching his latest project - the Million Doge Disco.

    On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

    • What happens at a Decentralized Dance Party? (04:06)
  • "Decentralized parties are cool but have you seen decentralized currency?" (09:10)
  • So what's the deal with the Million Doge Disco? (15:33)
  • The future is a "doge-verse, meta-verse, party-verse, good-time-universe layer" (22:37)
  • Gary's advice for people who want to launch their side project (29:00)
  • Is Gary nervous about Elon's sway over Dogecoin and the fact he's built his platform entirely around Dogecoin? (30:05)
  • Gary talks about the strongest brand in the world (33:14)

    • Connect with Gary Lachance & the DDP:

    • Follow Gary on Twitter @GaryLachance
  • Learn more about the Million Doge Disco at dogedisco.com

    •  

    READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM 💻

    Follow HackerNoon on Twitter @HackerNoon

    39 min
  • A Clubhouse convo with Linh, David and the folks at Genesis Investment

    Hacker Noon: Retro Edition!

    COO Linh and CEO David talk with Genesis Investment about everything from business to personal life and all things in between. Viewers young and old will be astounded by what you hear. We cannot promise this episode will cure whatever ails you, but it certainly will not make it any worse. You will leave this episode a changed person, so much so that if your ex-wife will only take you back if you "make some serious changes," just listen to this podcast and that'll be all the personal growth necessary to win that charming lass back.

     

    Recorded on the Beautiful, Sunny Monday Afternoon of March 22, 2021, in the heart of the Colorado Wilderness.

    53 min

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