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The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
“really blew me away and still continues to blow me away ... I love that”
“the rock opera that really blew me away and still continues to blow me away is all of dark side of the moon like that I love that”— guest
BookRecommended
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee
“you should read this”
“have you ever read the book story no by robert mckee you should read this and this is what I read when it's 26”— guest
MediaRecommended
General Magic
Sarah Kerruish (inferred)
“wonderful documentary ... you got to see that it's amazing”
“at general magic wonderful documentary if no one's seen it you got to see that it's amazing”— guest
The guest's own work
BookBy the guest
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
“he's the author of the new book build an unorthodox guide to making things worth making more than almost any human ever”— Lex Fridman
ProductBy the guest
iPod
Apple
“ipod would have never happened without itunes you know people don't understand that was a bundle you couldn't do one without the other”— guest
ProductBy the guest
iTunes
Apple
“ipod would have never happened without itunes you know people don't understand that was a bundle you couldn't do one without the other”— guest
ProductBy the guest
iPhone
Apple
“all of those things came together to create what we know as the first generation iphone”— guest
ProductBy the guest
AirPods
Apple
“it took years to build all the right protocols the chips all those things to make the experience that is the airpods today”— guest
ProductBy the guest
Nest Learning Thermostat
Nest
“the first thing for me was making someone care about their thermostat right no one considers it”— guest
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
ProductReferenced
Apple II
Apple
“so the apple ii was something I was just lusting over you know it was I think it was at the time”— guest
MediaReferenced
Oregon Trail
MECC (inferred)
“I was playing oregon trail right so you're less like you can play video games well video that's right you could play text games”— guest
MediaReferenced
Railroad Tycoon
MicroProse (inferred)
“one person wrote railroad tycoon I think that's the name of the game it's this cool little builder game one person wrote it in assembly”— guest
MediaReferenced
Pinball Construction Set
Electronic Arts
“there were two games that really blew my mind one was pinball construction set and the other one was music construction set”— guest
MediaReferenced
Music Construction Set
Electronic Arts
“one was pinball construction set and the other one was music construction set and these were both places where I could create”— guest
ProductReferenced
Mockingboard
Sweet Micro Systems (inferred)
“I got things like the mockingboard which the mockingboard paired with the music instruction set you could now generate all kinds of tones”— guest
ProductReferenced
Philips Nino
Philips
“I was doing the philips nino and velo those are window ce based mobile computing products the nino was the first device to actually put audible books”— guest
ProductReferenced
Philips Velo
Philips
“I was doing the philips nino and velo those are window ce based mobile computing products”— guest
MediaReferenced
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
“to me stairway to heaven is a safe fault it's like it's so often considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time”— guest
ProductReferenced
BlackBerry
Research In Motion (inferred)
“the blackberry was the number one productivity messaging device of its time it was called a crackberry for a reason”— guest
ProductReferenced
Apple M1 processor
Apple
“it was probably four or five years in development just like the m1 processor right that was a work from 2008”— guest
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