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A few challenges I think you should consider:

1. People do their podcast listening on other platforms/players - what's the incentive for them to comment/post on Podbabble?

2. Podcasts have existing community/discussion on other platforms (FB, Discord, etc) that are free - what would motivate them to pay this service?

3. Could you demonstrate that Podbabble drives growth/downloads? That would motivate hosts and podcast marketers

In your "local-first software"[2] article, you discuss data privacy and encryption:

"Local-first apps can use end-to-end encryption so that any servers that store a copy of your files only hold encrypted data that they cannot read."

Does Muse encrypt the user's data (notes, images, sketches, etc)?

source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-19/crypto-pl...

The popularity metric used in the blog post is "% of Stack Overflow questions that month".

It makes sense that there are fewer "new questions" about an older technology. They've already been asked, you just need to look them up.

"use their iPhone to seamlessly and securely accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets through a simple tap"

other digital wallets = crypto?

here's another solution: https://github.com/readbeyond/aeneas

What types of solutions exist for automating the creation of front-end tests? Either full automation, or partial with some user input/direction. I found https://kwola.io/ but wondering if there are other alternatives

This works well: https://github.com/serverlesspub/ffmpeg-aws-lambda-layer

I was thinking about adjusting parameters like: background music volume, segment length, pauses, etc.

I'll give it a try, perhaps its so fast that previews aren't really necessary.

I also think this could be an amazing tool for personalizing video marketing too

I could see this being really useful for creating product onboarding video tutorials - wondering if there's an ability to preview and edit/adjust before exporting the final video?

the demo is fun to try: https://calebj0seph.github.io/spectro/

"No code" does not equal "no programming". For me, programming is 90% about how I structure/organize a process, 10% is the expression of said process through code.

"At the start of the effort, I asked my wife questions about what she needed and what would help her and other educational consultants like her. She told me the things that she was looking for directly. But it took forever to have something tangible to show her."

It's more efficient to get feedback on a few UI mockups than building a fully functioning application. And if you get a positive response, it stokes enthusiasm and momentum.

On a per capita basis, it's as if everyone in the US lent $350 to the banks. (115B/327M)

DAU up 13% year over year to 210M. I thought Instagram Stories had flattened Snap's growth. Does anyone know if the growth is a result of changes to the product?

If they can help podcasters monetize more effectively they'll unlock a big market

If you want to understand the appeal of Substack to journalists/writers, there's a great interview on the BOC podcast with one of the more successful authors on the platform, Robert Cottrell (formerly of The Economist)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-indie-newsletter-...

Another under-appreciated fact: at iteration 1 you have very little data from feedback, at iteration 10 you've hopefully got a lot more - an iterative style of product development gets easier and more efficient as time/iterations increase

> Podcasts are also completely inaccessible to search engines.

Google is actively working with the podcast community and encouraging podcasters to structure their data to be accessible in search: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/podcast

We're living in a world (at least in tech) where the boundaries between work/life are becoming increasingly blurred. Right or wrong, it seems like WeWork is a breed company that expects deep employee alignment on values that extend well outside of what's normally considered the sphere of work.

One hack we've employed with our customers in interviews and through surveys: have them rank/prioritize our current features, and consider/rank a set of potential new features. It's much easier for someone to order a list (reaction), than to provide an explanation (creation). Not a substitute for a full interview, but a quick way to determine what your customer values.

One of the theatres here in Canada has now started offering VR experiences. They have a lounge area with about 8 different experiences, with prices in the $12-15 range for 15 minutes. Gotta give them full marks for attempting something new.

Ask yourself why you want to start the business first. Provided making money isn't the only motivator, start talking to people in the spaces that excite you and your team. Design/mock some simple concepts, show them to people, get feedback. Find pain points, offer hypothetical solutions, let the market shape your ideas/thinking. Get that feedback engine in place, and the ideas will flow.

Hi Liz, how long does it typically take to onboard a new customer/organization? And do you charge for setup?

Vision without execution is just dreaming. A necessary starting point, but we all know ideas are a dime a dozen.

Are there any details on how the supply of this new currency is going to be controlled? I'm all for innovation in payments and currency, but isn't there the same risk as with all fiat money - that a central body can debase the currency at will?

They're probably hoping that everyone will have forgotten about the Groupon IPO by then. Groupon is trading around the $15 mark, or exactly half of it's opening day high, $31.14. It's well below the IPO price of $20, and it's looking like the biggest tech embarrassment of the year.

There's a startup in Palo Alto that uses phone signals to track consumers and generate analytics. Perhaps their technology is being used. http://euclidelements.com/

IMO, the best way to spend $50 is on a Charles license - http://www.charlesproxy.com/

It's saved me countless hours debugging web services, be it JSON, XML, AMF, you name it. There's a free 30 day trial, and it runs on Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux.