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#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products
Category: Health
Duration: 01:11:10
Publish Date: 2022-03-04 07:00:00
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Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

Adam Menges—founder at Lobe and a former Apple employee, currently working on something new—on the role of visual programming languages, social fintech, thoughts on Bitcoin and digital art tokens, and lessons learned building successful software products during and after pandemic times.


Adam Menges is a product designer, entrepreneur, and engineer located in San Francisco who specializes in artificial intelligence and visual programming languages. He’s a former Apple employee and founder at Lobe, a company acquired by Microsoft that aims to make deep learning accessible. You can contact Adam to find out more at adammenges.com, and reach out to him at adam@adammenges.com and +17204840285.


Books

Links

Visual programming languages

  • Quartz composer
  • Blender
  • Facebook Origami for user interfaces
  • Spark AR for Instagram filters
  • Grasshopper 3d
  • Autodesk Dynamo
  • vvvv
  • Davinci Resolve Fusion
  • Max/Jitter
  • TouchDesigner
  • Unreal Blueprints
  • Node-RED

People mentioned

Chapters

  • 00:00 · Introduction
  • 02:45 · Visual programming
  • 07:40 · Grasshopper
  • 11:14 · Extendability
  • 13:19 · Lobe's visual programming interface
  • 14:31 · The role of visual programming
  • 17:00 · HyperCard
  • 18:11 · Accessibility
  • 20:52 · Making programming easier
  • 23:45 · Artificial intelligence for creatives
  • 24:27 · Polarization and human-machine collaboration
  • 28:12 · Pair programming with AI
  • 31:39 · Software for gamers
  • 35:45 · Healthy social experiences
  • 36:27 · Hindsight
  • 37:00 · Startup success and team dynamics
  • 39:11 · Macro and micro focus
  • 41:38 · Analysis paralysis
  • 43:18 · Routines
  • 45:09 · Ranking the news with AI
  • 48:27 · Staying in touch with friends
  • 50:40 · Zoom fatigue
  • 53:35 · COVID
  • 55:29 · Bitcoin
  • 57:43 · Hacking NFTs
  • 01:01:10 · A crypto use case
  • 01:03:15 · Social FinTech
  • 01:06:45 · Advice for young people
  • 01:08:59 · Happiness
  • 01:10:30 · Connect with Adam

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