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Justin and Jason discuss why Justin moved (yet again), the surprising success of Playstrong and why Jason thinks Justin should consider doubling down on it, an update on Math Academy and the plan for the next few months, the latest release of Colby's game and how his first quarter at college went, how Ben Boyter's Fediverse project went sideways, and the shows Andor and The Recruit. Join our Disco...

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin is getting good at Twitter, yet another example of why emojis seem kinda necessary, what Justin learned from List's recent marketing launch, where he should be spending his time, and whether he should build in the open or not, recent Math Academy milestones, why Jason isn't currently focused on marketing, Jason's question-rendering problem, how the TZ Discord is...

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin is preparing List for the next big launch, why he paid an editor to edit his blog post, and some upcoming development challenges, the Math Academy money-back guarantee, building features to reduce customer support, what Jason likes about Andor and why he finds so many of the recent superhero and science fiction movies and tv shows lacking, why Justin is offended...

Justin and Jason discuss Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, why Justin thinks he's finally found the right project with List, and Math Academy's current growth trajectory. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Math Academy since the Washington Post article, Ben Boyter's code analysis tool, and Justin's failed attempt to onboard Jason to List. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's progress on List (formerly known as TaskFlow), Jason's idea that List should be renamed to ListyMcListface, the Washington Post article about Math Academy, the subsequent traffic, and the emotional rollercoaster of it all. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin & Jason talk about TaskFlow's rebranding to List, Colby's TechZing interview, Jason's thoughts about Colby going to college, and Math Academy's surprise launch on Hacker News. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin talks with Colby Roberts about his game Galactic Conquerors, and asks various questions submitted by TechZing listeners. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss the latest with Taskflow, Colby's game, and Math Academy, as well as the movies American Sniper, Wrath of Man, Crisis, the documentary House of Hammer, and the series Invincible. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss the latest progress on TaskFlow, Math Academy, and Colby's video game. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin's return to music after a long break and without proper equipment seems to have unleashed a new level of creativity, his recent challenges with TaskFlow  and specifically the hand-to-hand combat he's been engaged in with contentEditable, how Colby's internship has been progressing and the YC-inspired project/venture that Jason has set up for him, the latest with...

Justin and Jason discuss why Justin had to take some time off from working on TaskFlow, the importance of momentum and the performance improvements that have resulted from the simplified FastNode data model, the latest with Math Academy, the problem with large updates, and the resulting communication problems they incur, how Colby's internship is working out, the problems with Jason's MacBook Pro...

Justin and Jason discuss Jason's recent trip to Belize, Jason's literature review of SEO and CRO, Justin's work on the TaskFlow DOM and how to make it work in a real-time collaborative context, the latest with Math Academy, Jason's sleepy feet, and a little bit about various tv shows.

Justin and Jason discuss the reasons why Justin feels his past startup efforts fell short, the user interface, data model and future use cases of TaskFlow, the new gamification model for Math Academy and how the system has been made more responsive and efficient, and the shows  Stranger Things ,  The Boys , and  Severance .

Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is having so much fun working on TaskFlow and some potential features and functionality, the importance of refining the inner loop of a product and making the experience customizable, Mark's top three frustrations with his Math Academy experience, how Jason is making the system more efficient and responsive, why Justin is simultaneously skeptical about whether M...

Justin and Jason discuss the TechZing Discord server, the rebirth of  TaskFlow , why Justin loves Laravel, Jason's approach to designing UI, why he wants to grow Math Academy without hring a lot of people and the latest improvements to the software, the series  WeCrashed  and  Severance , and the heatmap software  HotJar .Episode Notes

Episode Notes Justin and Jason discuss Areli's push to be a division I gymnast, why Justin is moving back to London, what he's doing with Georgie's online course and how his trainer is too busy trading crypto to train him anymore, the latest with Math Academy, how Jason hacked together a math expression parser and evaluator, how to keep students motivated and making progress, the disaster that was...

Jason talks with Brett Kennedy, head of robotics at JPL

Episode Notes Justin and Jason discuss the fire that burned down Joe's house, the death of Morning Brief, what killed AppIgnite, why Justin is leaving his mountain life behind, the latest with Math Academy, why Jason thinks Money Ball is the best startup movie ever made, Justin's desire to start recording music again, and why Jason still hasn't managed to set up the MacBook Pro he got for Christma...

Episode Notes Notes go heJustin and Jason discuss the possibility of Jason bringing on a new developer to Math Academy, how Jason is allergic to any kind of bureaucracy, formality or scheduling, the challenge of building newsletters for certain verticals, Justin's anticipated pivot towards customized newsletters and premium memberships, what colleges Colby is applying to, how difficult it is to ge...

Episode Notes Notes go hereJustin, Jason and Joe discuss Morning Brief, Math Academy, and ... a lot of other stuff.

Episode Notes Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is reinvigorated about a premium version of Morning Brief and some of the new features that are on deck, how the first few weeks of the Math Academy beta launch have been going, and thoughts on how to structure and run a startup.

Justin and Jason discuss the launch of the Math Academy online learning system and the pivot of Morning Brief . Post comments here.

Justin and Jason discuss Jason's trip to the Pacific Northwest and Colby's first college tour, why kids are maturing more slowly these days, the launch of Morning Brief , initial feedback from users, pricing, and thoughts on the future, the implementation of the Math Academy knowledge-graph algorithm and preparing for the upcoming commercial launch, John Carmack's  article  on...

Justin and Jason discuss the Morning Brief launch strategy, brand concept, and development roles, the difficulties of launching the Math Academy diagnostic in time for the summer program, why Jason had to develop an animation studio for his content team, the underrated "fast zombie" series Black Summer , the sad reality that while everyone in the media seems to have an opinion on the Wuh...