This product by Automattic has come up 4 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Matt Mullenweg, Rana el Kaliouby. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-04-21 and the most recent from 2023-12-29. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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How to Thrive in an AI World, Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours, & The Art of Sabbaticals (4K)
“Day One is a great example. Day One doesn't share any technology with Tumblr or WordPress, but it's a fully encrypted local journaling app.”— Matt Mullenweg
The guest here is Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of WordPress (runs over a third of all websites) and founder/CEO of Automattic, the open-source company behind WooCommerce, Tumblr, Day One, and the Texts messaging app. Matt Mullenweg on open-source freedom, an AI-shaped future, his first-ever sabbatical, and tools for life's darkest hours.
Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars | Lex Fridman Podcast #322
“I've been doing journaling for almost 10 years now um I used an app called day one and it's awesome I just journal”— Rana el Kaliouby
The guest here is Rana el Kaliouby: Egyptian-American computer scientist who pioneered emotion-recognition AI. Founder of Affectiva (acquired by Smart Eye, where she is now deputy CEO) and author of the memoir Girl Decoded. Emotion-AI pioneer Rana el Kaliouby on reading human feeling from faces, social robots, in-car sensing, and an empathy crisis.
Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg Get Personal in Antarctica
“day one awesome journaling app simple notes pocket cast for podcasting so check out pocketcast great up”— Matt Mullenweg
The guest here is Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress and founder/CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts. A longtime friend of Tim, distributed-work advocate, and avid photographer. Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg record from a tent on an Antarctic glacier, sharing personal reflections on grief, mortality, fear, and meaning.
Rana el Kaliouby — AI, Emotional Intelligence, and The Journey of Finding Oneself
“So, I use an app called Day One. And um I started I've now been journaling, I would say, eight or nine years pretty consistently.”— Rana el Kaliouby
The guest here is Rana el Kaliouby: Egyptian-American computer scientist and pioneer of 'emotion AI,' co-founder and CEO of Affectiva. She holds a PhD from Cambridge, did a postdoc at MIT, and wrote the memoir Girl Decoded. Emotion AI pioneer Rana el Kaliouby on teaching machines emotional intelligence, her journey from Cairo to CEO, and embracing her own emotions.
