TechZing

Justin & Jason talk with Rob Walling about the acquisition and release of his new site Hittail.

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's recent post about converting his site from PayPal to Stripe, Jason's idea for a mathematical equation describing the tyranny of choice, the latest on Pluggio, AnyFu and Appignite, why Jason believes war with Iran is likely and how the price of oil will skyrocket if it happens, the story of how Jason's attempt to sell his house before the market crashed in 2007, 3D...

Justin and Jason discuss: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, How in-flight entertainment systems are architected, Irish ATM's weird defaults, How Moore's Law may work for years to come due to quantum anomaly, Justin's idea of flipping a house, and much more.

Justin & Jason talk about all sorts of tech and startup stuff on Christmas Eve. 2011.

Justin and Jason discuss why Peter and Alex were asked to fill in for Jason on last week's show, why our brains seem to get slower over time, Justin's struggle to remain productive while on his six week "work-cation", why Jason accepted a full-time consulting contract with Uber, whether it's worth entering the LAUNCH startup competition if you're not planning on raising money, the process of setti...

Justin, Alex Gemmell & Peter Cooper talk about various Hacker News stories including The Unintended Effects of Driverless Cars, What really happened aboard Air France 447, More Paypal nonsense, Don't Be A Free User, Why we ditched PayPal for Stripe, 17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanoparticle , Zendesk CEO calls Freshdesk a freaking rip off - Freshdesk responds.

Justin and Jason discuss Jason Cohen's WP Engine, the idea for a Kickstarter-like site that would allow customers to prepay for a pre-launched service, getting AnyFu out the door and lessons learned so far, the man-made super flu that could kill half of humanity, why musicians and other creatives seem to get progressively worse over time, 17 Jedi mind tricks for persuading people, understanding th...

Justin and Jason discuss working while traveling, their dissatisfaction with Asana and the low tech solution they've adopted, the pros and cons of "banking your enthusiasm", the Cern Neutrino experiment, how a vacuum isn't empty but contains "class definitions" of real particle known as virtual particles, the TV show John Doe, Arrested Development's deal with Netflix, ideas on how to create AnyFu'...

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made on AnyFu and related business decisions, concepts from the book Running Lean, Paul Paetz of Innovative Disruption, why no one is going to steal an unproven idea, why you want to buy when everyone else is selling and sell when everyone else is buying, how Mark Pincus is attempting to steal equity from his employees, selling equity in private companie...

Justin and Jason discuss the tradeoffs of various payment options for AnyFu, Jason's recent trip to Uber's headquarters in San Francisco, Justin's evolving partnership with Company 52 and Pluggio's new design, the possibility of starting a TZ Fund, how news is like junkfood, MongoGate, Node.js for beginners, how to increase your "follow me on Twitter" conversions, why Justin unsubscribed from AppS...

Justin and Jason talk to Mathew Klein, founder of trading systems community Collective2 and author of the novels Con Ed and Switchback, about his experiences in the Dotcom crash, researching algorithmic trading systems, bootstrapping a web startup, and balancing his life as an entrepreneur and writer.

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made on AnyFu and their differing development styles, Anonymous' threat to expose a Mexican drug cartel, useful coding tools and JavaScript libraries, how Jason installed Windows 7 alongside OSX using Parallels and is kickstarting a collaboration with David Fogel on an AI trading project, Justin's partnership with Company 52 and the future of Pluggio, so...

Justin and Jason talk with Joanna Wiebe author of CopyHackers the definitive how-to guide for copywriting for startups!

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new Pluggio partnership and Pluggio's latest revenue numbers, the progress being made on AnyFu and ideas for how to launch, Jason's thought's on Google+ and his recent post "Letter to a Flash Developer", a list of recommended geeky audiobooks, an econometric article extending Jason's "Do * Tell" concept and Jason's realization of why he should have studied applied...

Justin and Jason speak with Chon Tang about his journey through MIT, the Dot-com bubble and angel investing to how he ultimately became a successful and independent algorithmic trader. Due to Jason's background in the field, this episode digs deep into the details of algorithmic trading to discuss everything from the development, testing and optimization of trading models to trading software, exec...

Justin and Jason discuss the TweetBoard.me results and it's impact on Pluggio's revenue, Justin's upcoming blog post about three dimensional pricing plans, the tradeoffs of using PayPal Adaptive payments for AnyFu, Justin's new consulting client and the possibility of their involvement with Pluggio, the Bitbanter podcast calling it quits, Matt Swanson's generous donation to the show, Jason's blog...

Justin and Jason discuss the release of Justin's latest project, TweetBoard and it's potential impact on Pluggio, some thoughts on writing single page web apps, why Jason is using Google+, whether the ORM is an anti-pattern, the latest on AnyFu and Appignite, an update on Justin's plant-based diet and why Jason remains unconvinced of it's scientific validity, Jason's idea for using JSON to define...

Justin and Jason discuss the status and recent progress made on Pluggio, Appignite and AnyFu, lessons learned about when to initiate the design process, The Birdy's custom feature voting system, Dan Filipe's startup filming project, using NLP to cure "the madness", when it makes more sense to incorporate as an LLC vs an S-Corp or C-Corp, a documentary on the evil business practices of Monsanto, an...

Justin and Jason talk with Stavros Korokithakis, founder of bookmarking service Historious, about how he bootstrapped a simple side project into a money generating startup while running a freelance consultancy.

Justin and Jason discuss the movie Forks over Knives, how a Twitter-based hedge fund beat the stock market, the cause of riots and the price of food, our oil-constrained future, the Japanese wind power breakthrough, the surprising truth about what motivates us, Puggio's new three-ways business plan, why Jason is translating Appignite to Javascript, Steve Jobs and the eureka myth, lab grown meat, w...

Justin and Jason discuss why staying up late can screw up your life, how Skype is almost the full realization of the magical CTU tech of the TV show 24, Peter Cooper's Javascript Weekly newsletter, the prospect of migrating Appignite to a single-page web application, the advantages of leaving a problem unfinished at the end of a work session, Justin's idea for a collective version of Groupon for w...

Justin and Jason discuss whether software is actually eating the world, why Elon Musk is the most impressive entrepreneur in modern times, splitting payments using PayPal Adaptive Payments, how to solve the problem of the fractured social web, why Justin posts the kinds of links he does, some upcoming changes to Pluggio, the status of Jason and Guyon's custom scrollbar component, Justin's concern...

Justin and Jason discuss Scotty Jackson, the magical genius illustrator, why Justin is impressed by the Gooveshark UI, Jason's frustration with the design process, what it takes to be entry level rich, more on the downgrading of US debt, the ethical implications of Justin automating his Twitter feed, the Bloomberg Risk Takers profile of Elon Musk, an update on the Pluggio SEO strategy and affiliat...

Justin and Jason chat with Rob Walling and Mike Taber hosts of Startups for the rest of us.

Justin and Jason talk to Jason's partner in Appignite, Guyon Roche, about how they began working together and the advantages of pair programming, Guyon's take on Appignite and AnyFu, why design can be important for startups, what percent of Twitter and Facebook accounts are real, an investment manager's take on the top 1%, the most likely way to get rich, the reason for AnyFu's high-end pricing po...