TechZing

Justin talks with Justin Jackson co-founder of transistor.fm about the importance of catching a good market wave.Also Mentioned: Justin Vincent's Indie Founder Bootcamp

Justin and Jason discuss their likely demise due to the pandemic, the advanced computer science course that Jason is implementing, the latest on Justin's startup course and the importance of taking action, the latest on Math Academy, and how Justin corned the carrot market in Roblox.

Justin and Jason discuss how Jason shorted the COVID-19 crash, the winners and losers of the new normal and what the post-pandemic future may look like, how the shutdown has affected the Math Academy program and the latest with the software, the progress on TaskFlow and the what's new with Nugget, the TV show Devs and Barry, and how closely the show Stranger Things mapped to Jason's childhood, Grimes and Elon Musk, Justin's new video-game addiction, and the Unreal 5 demo.

Justin and Jason discuss the novel coronavirus, how Justin is adapting to his new mountain lifestyle, Jason's crazy, high-risk portfolio, the latest on Math Academy, the challenge and importance of writing simple code, Justin's continuous glucose monitor, Grimes and her evil AI pun, Justin's strategy for creating three things that help each other, and his idea for a productivity app.

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's impending move to the mountains and what life will be like living there, how Justin is throwing off his mental chains, why you should take advice from successful people with a grain of salt, the importance of taking time off, working with the Web Audio API, the messy development process of the original iPhone, the General Magic documentary, how startups are responsible for most technology innovation, the history of Slack, Justin's new podcast, and predictions for the new decade.

Justin and Jason discuss the Cybertruck debacle, why Justin is moving to a mountain hideaway, Jason's plans for taking the Math Academy software to the next level, the importance of engaging in R&D even if most of what's developed is thrown away, the Avie Tevanian Oral History, the brilliance of John von Neumann and the potential of the human race, the Legion rap battle, the Shelby American documentary, how any design that's too radical is almost always rejected, the NeXT Computer story, how Jason uses emotion as a guide for context switching, and the modern technology that has eliminated a go-to plot device.   

Justin and Jason discuss Jason's struggle with juggling multiple projects, the latest on the crypto project, Justin's predictions for his son Jack and a hard lesson for Jason's son Colby, Justin's new plans for Speak, Justin's obsession with Occulus Quest and why he loves the Impossible Burger, an update on Operation Superhero, and the latest with Math Academy. 

Justin and Jason discuss Speak and Justin's thoughts on how to market it, why entrepreneurship isn't for most people, the latest on Jason's crypto-trading project and Math Academy, the motivations for mathematical proofs and why mathematician's do what they do, and the mythology of the 10X engineer.

Justin and Jason discuss filmmaking with an iPhone and the power of the Filmic Pro app, the latest with Justin's secret business widget, the Bob Lazar documentary on Netflix and his interview with Joe Rogan, Justin's love of The Orville and other streaming recommendations, the summer math course Jason is teaching and how he's tutoring his niece in calculus, the content and algorithms being developed for the Math Academy system, the importance of being challenged, the upcoming Washington Post article on Math Academy, what's happening with OMG, how Luck Surface Area showed up in Gabriel Weinberg's book Super Thinking, and why Justin likes the iPhone app Productive.

Justin and Jason discuss Peldi's success with Balsamiq, the site Indie Hackers, the book Crossing the Chasm, Justin's launch strategy for his secret project, how Justin got help with his "maths", the advantage of growing slowly and focusing on developing a product that your users love, the summer Math Academy course that Jason is teaching on proofs and group theory, Justin's desire to encourage entrepreneurship in any company he starts, and tradeoffs in database design.