158: TZ Discussion - The Economic Efficiency of Bribing Your Kids

Justin and Jason discuss working while traveling,…

Justin and Jason discuss working while traveling, their dissatisfaction with Asana and the low tech solution they've adopted, the pros and cons of "banking your enthusiasm", the Cern Neutrino experiment, how a vacuum isn't empty but contains "class definitions" of real particle known as virtual particles, the TV show John Doe, Arrested Development's deal with Netflix, ideas on how to create AnyFu's legal documents, PicoMoney and the virtual money concept, why SOPA is a nightmare, the best time to submit an article to HN, Jason's experiment in using economic incentives to spike his son's academic and athletic progress, how Roger Craig broke the all-time Jeopardy record using a knowledge tracking web app, three memory hacks that work, the dawn of the robot age, how the inventor of the Super Soaker is creating a new electric car battery and how spacing your kids two years apart makes them smarter.

157: TZ Discussion - Cold Fusion, Zynga Options and Other Fairy Tales

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made …

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made on AnyFu and related business decisions, concepts from the book Running Lean, Paul Paetz of Innovative Disruption, why no one is going to steal an unproven idea, why you want to buy when everyone else is selling and sell when everyone else is buying, how Mark Pincus is attempting to steal equity from his employees, selling equity in private companies on Second Market, whether Andrea Rossi's E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) is real or a fraud, how a new cancer drug is being used for weight loss, how energy efficiency of computing is doubling every 18 months, how the FBI is using GPS trackers without warrants and how Twitter had to turn over user information to the Feds without a warrant, the book The Shadow Factory (about the NSA), what elite achievers do differently and how the founder of Color is off his rocker.

156: TZ Discussion - To Uber HQ and Back

Justin and Jason discuss the tradeoffs of various…

Justin and Jason discuss the tradeoffs of various payment options for AnyFu, Jason's recent trip to Uber's headquarters in San Francisco, Justin's evolving partnership with Company 52 and Pluggio's new design, the possibility of starting a TZ Fund, how news is like junkfood, MongoGate, Node.js for beginners, how to increase your "follow me on Twitter" conversions, why Justin unsubscribed from AppSumo, why Anonymous isn't as anonymous as they need to be, the secret U.S. panel that can put Americans on a "kill list", why the feds want to be able to lie about the existence of public records, and how the New York Times is suing the federal government for refusing to reveal its secret interpretation of the PATRIOT Act.

155: TZ Interview - Mathew Klein / Collective2

Justin and Jason talk to Mathew Klein, founder of…

Justin and Jason talk to Mathew Klein, founder of trading systems community Collective2 and author of the novels Con Ed and Switchback, about his experiences in the Dotcom crash, researching algorithmic trading systems, bootstrapping a web startup, and balancing his life as an entrepreneur and writer.

154: TZ Discussion - Taking the High Road

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made …

Justin and Jason discuss the progress being made on AnyFu and their differing development styles, Anonymous' threat to expose a Mexican drug cartel, useful coding tools and JavaScript libraries, how Jason installed Windows 7 alongside OSX using Parallels and is kickstarting a collaboration with David Fogel on an AI trading project, Justin's partnership with Company 52 and the future of Pluggio, some of Jason's failed partnerships and why it's better to take the high road, how you're the average of your five closest friends, the secrets of a mind-gamer and the 60 Minutes segment on people with extraordinary memory, the Dan Plan and putting the 10,000 hour rule to the test, some of the friendships and collaborations that have resulted from Jason's recent posts on algorithmic trading, the slave-master Node.js library that Jason and Curtis wrote for Uber, a short recap of some of the talks given at Startup School, the Netflix debacle and how Amazon is becoming a publisher, why Jason is so hard to please when it comes to non-fiction books and Justin's book recommendation - Mars.

153: TZ Interview - Joanna Wiebe / CopyHackers

Justin and Jason talk with Joanna Wiebe author of…

Justin and Jason talk with Joanna Wiebe author of CopyHackers the definitive how-to guide for copywriting for startups!

152: TZ Discussion - Do It Right or Don't Do It at All

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new Pluggio par…

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new Pluggio partnership and Pluggio's latest revenue numbers, the progress being made on AnyFu and ideas for how to launch, Jason's thought's on Google+ and his recent post "Letter to a Flash Developer", a list of recommended geeky audiobooks, an econometric article extending Jason's "Do * Tell" concept and Jason's realization of why he should have studied applied rather than pure mathematics.

151: TZ Interview - Chon Tang / Inside the Black Box of Algorithmic Trading

Justin and Jason speak with Chon Tang about his j…

Justin and Jason speak with Chon Tang about his journey through MIT, the Dot-com bubble and angel investing to how he ultimately became a successful and independent algorithmic trader. Due to Jason's background in the field, this episode digs deep into the details of algorithmic trading to discuss everything from the development, testing and optimization of trading models to trading software, execution gateways, clearing firms, leverage and risk management.

150: TZ Discussion – It’s Getting a Little Meta Up in Here

Justin and Jason discuss the TweetBoard.me result…

Justin and Jason discuss the TweetBoard.me results and it's impact on Pluggio's revenue, Justin's upcoming blog post about three dimensional pricing plans, the tradeoffs of using PayPal Adaptive payments for AnyFu, Justin's new consulting client and the possibility of their involvement with Pluggio, the Bitbanter podcast calling it quits, Matt Swanson's generous donation to the show, Jason's blog post about why he quit algorithmic trading and his meta follow-up post of Google+, why Uber is having a hard time hiring developers, whether instantiating a virtual machine for each Appignite app would be overkill, Moneyball and other math geek movies, and Jason's poll on what he should write about next.

149: TZ Discussion - TweetBoard Goes Live

Justin and Jason discuss the release of Justin's …

Justin and Jason discuss the release of Justin's latest project, TweetBoard and it's potential impact on Pluggio, some thoughts on writing single page web apps, why Jason is using Google+, whether the ORM is an anti-pattern, the latest on AnyFu and Appignite, an update on Justin's plant-based diet and why Jason remains unconvinced of it's scientific validity, Jason's idea for using JSON to define the structure and behavior of a hierarchy of javascript widgets and the recently released book Design for Hackers.
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