Gregarious Mammal

There's a high chance that if you have attended an event in a city in recent years, it was arranged through meetup.com. The site now has over 32 million members, over a quarter of a million meetup groups and over half a million meetups happening in 182 countries every month.Aside from being a keen and regular user, meetup has always fascinated me, as it's a tech company with a core mission that is about getting people away from their technology and to in-person meetings with like-minded people. It's a service that creates so many positive outcomes, yet so many users focus on the negatives of the platform. And as one attendee of a meetup organizers meetup in Berlin put it, "you're a service where those who do all the work have to pay".After his talk about "the future in 2027" at Berlin's Tech Open Air event, I sat down with the founder, Scott Heiferman to dig into the past, present and future of meeting people.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is

Chris speaks with Rachel Brochado about Eyeo and their products, Adblock Plus, Flattr, and the Acceptable Ads program. We also discuss the future of funding creative activities.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/support/http://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with Stefan Thomas, ex CTO of ripple about his past and new projects. Also,​ featured is the Malta blockchain summit, happening in November. https://gregariousmammal.com/podcasthttps://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttps://facebook.com/gregariousmammal--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

We speak with Donatas Malinauskas of deeper, a smart device for anglers to find the fish they are looking for.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

In this episode Cate and Chris discuss more of their recent trip to Lithuania. This time about Telesoftas, an innovation house with an enigmatic leader, and their general impressions of the country and it's startup scene.The trip to Lithuania was sponsored by Telesoftas.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with URBAN-X’s Managing Director Micah Kotch to speak about the startups they fund, and to Rachel Ginsberg about the Frankenstein AI project that challenges how we interact with AI, and how they interact with us.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with Amanda Gutterman of Consensys and Thomas Schouten of Lisk about their projects and how to market something as complex as Blockchain.Previous episodes and show notes - http://gregariousmammal.com/podcastSupport the show - http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/Facebook - http://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

We begin our series of interviews from our recent trip to Lithuania. First a coding school for children and the trade association for ICT. Thanks to telesoftas for sponsoring the trip.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with the venerable Stephen Wolfram about his career, company and the future of how we process data into something meaningful.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with the leads of two open source software foundations, Kris Borchers of the JavaScript Foundation, and Brian Behlendorf of the Hyperledge foundation at Collision conf. In the episode we speak about the progress of the foundations and open source software more broadly.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with Sean Suchter of Pepperdata and Robert Reeves of Datical about the future of DevOp and deployment for Big Data applications.http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/http://gregariousmammal.com/supporthttp://facebook.com/gregariousmammal--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

In this episode Cate and Chris discuss their extensive travels, public transport, the first victims of GDPR, should we be worried about China and more.Show notes - http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/Support - http://gregariousmammal.com/supportFacebook - http://facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris and Cate speak with Myles from Robotical about their all-singing-all-dancing Marty the robot for education.https://robotical.iohttp://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

In this episode Cate discuss ChromeOS, Robots, GDPR, Bromads, games, and is Ready Player One really not a work of fiction, but a manifesto of what's wrong with the Tech Industry.

In this episode Chris speaks with Xinshu Dong of Zilliqa about their ideas on how to implement a high throughput blockchain output.https://www.zilliqa.comhttps://www.gregariousmammal.com/podcast/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

In this episode, Cate and Chris talk about AI and the human machine era, the end of the 8 hour work day, when crypto conferences go wrong and more…--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with Max Newton of BrainCo about how their brain-interfacing devices help people focus better.http://www.brainco.tech/#/aboutPrevious episodes: http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/Support the show: http://gregariousmammal.com/podcast/Facebook: http://facebook.com/gregariousmammal--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris interviews Chris Nicholson, the CEO of Open Source Deep Learning platform, Skymind.https://skymind.aihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisvnicholson/Show notes: gregariousmammal.com/podcast/ Support the show: gregariousmammal.com/support Facebook: facebook.com/gregariousmammal/Image taken from the LA Times--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Do We Need the World's First Emotional Processing Unit?Chris interviews the founder of Emoshape, a company who thinks we do, and has created the first EPU, wether we need it or not.Show notes: gregariousmammal.com/podcast/ Support the show: gregariousmammal.com/support Facebook: facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com

Chris speaks with Garlin Gilchrist II and Aviv Ovadya at the Center for Social Media Responsibility at the University of Michigan about their mission.Show notes: gregariousmammal.com/podcast/ Support the show: gregariousmammal.com/support Facebook: facebook.com/gregariousmammal/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com