138: TZ Discussion - R.I.P Nigel Vincent

Justin and Jason discuss the death of Justin's fa…

Justin and Jason discuss the death of Justin's father, Udi's blog post about Appignite, Uber's technological origins and the new Node.js based dispatch server, rapid UI design using mockups, the core problems that AnyFu needs to solve, using Showcase Lane to get feedback on UI design, a La Critique of The Birdy, an update on Pluggio's growth, whether it's better to use dashes or underscores in SEO slugs, finding a logo design for AnyFu and the importance of good design, Jason's slightly contrarian position on the lean startup model, using MySQL fulltext search vs a search engine like Solr or Sphinx, running server-side Javascript on RingoJS, Justin's strategy for curing himself of diabetes, how Kevin Rose and Evan Williams are both starting incubators, the possibility that Justin will be moving back to Ireland and the idea for an open version of Y-Combinator.

137: TZ Discussion - Lessons for Justin and His $100 Million

Justin and Jason discuss the progress they've mad…

Justin and Jason discuss the progress they've made so far on AnyFu, why Jason thinks Sweden smells like ice cream and his idea for yet another TV series, life lessons from the very wealthy and preschool's huge payoff, an update on Justin's outsourcing effort, Jason's idea for compiling compiling CoffeeScript to PHP, Justin's micro-depression about Pluggio and an update on the numbers, ideas on picking a designer and a design for AnyFu, what makes a good finisher and why women make teams smarter.

136: TZ Discussion - Celebrigeek

Justin and Jason discuss Pluggio's numbers and th…

Justin and Jason discuss Pluggio's numbers and the results of a Pluggio product-market fit survey, Jason's recent trip to Scandinavia, how Justin is upscaling his outsourcing, making Appignite command-line accessible, why AnyFu is worth pursuing and the summer show schedule.

135: TZ Discussion – Fear and Coding in Las Vegas (Part 2)

Justin and Jason discuss the events of Microconf …

Justin and Jason discuss the events of Microconf 2011 during the drive back home to Los Angeles. This is part two of two episodes.

134: TZ Discussion – Fear and Coding in Las Vegas (Part 1)

Justin and Jason are on the road to Microconf 201…

Justin and Jason are on the road to Microconf 2011 in Las Vegas. This is part one of two episodes, part two will be released this coming weekend and is a recording of the trip back.

133: TZ Interview - Erica Douglas / Whoosh Traffic

Justin and Jason interview Erica Douglas, founder…

Justin and Jason interview Erica Douglas, founder of Whoosh Traffic, about how she built and sold her web hosting business for $1.1 million at the of age 26, why and how SEO works despite what you may have heard to the contrary and what her rules are for success in business.

132: TZ Discussion - Give Us Your Link Love

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin has managed t…

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin has managed to get out of debt so quickly, Jason's Appignite generated issue reporter - Complainer, how Justin and Jason are teaming up to do AnyFu and some ideas on how the site might work, how Justin optimized Pluggio using APC byte caching, overriding include_once and increasing MySQL's buffer pool, Justin's idea on how to grow the show, how disappointed they are that the TV show The Event has been canceled, why Jason is jealous of Colby's big summer, an update on Pluggio's numbers and the integration with Totango, Jason's idea for how Justin could increase Pluggio's traffic, Jason's idea for starting a non-profit to fight patent trolling, the new version of Uber's God View and working with the Google Maps API, the speed and flexibility of JSONP and why ordering posts chronologically devalues them.

131 TZ Interview - Guy Nirpaz / Totango

Justin and Jason interview Guy Nirpaz, CEO and co…

Justin and Jason interview Guy Nirpaz, CEO and co-founder of Totango, an analytics SAAS offering that provides a deeper understanding of customer interactions. They discuss how they validated the idea and got started, how they provide value and where they're headed in the future.

130: TZ Discussion - The Rapture Report

The impending Rapture and post Rapture looting, B…

The impending Rapture and post Rapture looting, Bitcoin and it's economic implications, Teamviewer and why the native OSX VNC server is so slow, getting useful feedback from listeners, Justin's premature optimization and an update on his outsourcing experiment, the status of the Appignite beta, why points are no longer displayed for comments Hacker News why Jason thinks that they also shouldn't be displayed for news items, the latest Pluggio numbers, Justin's upcoming talk at MicroConf, the confirmation of Einstein's theory of gravity, Jason's idea for doing a show segment called Gotcha that will cover cognitive biases, logical fallacies and social dilemmas, how little sleep you can get away with, how to increase your cognitive potential and five unexpected downsides of high intelligence.

129: TZ Interview - James Altucher / Almost Everything You Ever Believed is a Total Scam

Entrepreneur, investor and writer, James Altucher…

Entrepreneur, investor and writer, James Altucher, is back for more and this time to talk about why you shouldn't go to college, own a house, buy stocks or follow the news. He also talks about his new book, How to Be the Luckiest Person Alive, and how it's easier now than ever to be the master of your own destiny as long as you're willing to own it.
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