Adam Menges is a founder at Lobe and a former Apple employee, currently working on something new.

Adam Menges is a product designer, entrepreneur, and engineer located in San Francisco who specializes in artificial intelligence and visual programming languages. He’s a former Apple employee and founder at Lobe, a company acquired by Microsoft that aims to make deep learning accessible. You can contact Adam to find out more at adammenges.com, and reach out to him at adam@adammenges.com and +17204840285.

Books * The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander

Links * HyperCard * Lobe * The Origins of Lobe - Adam’s first appearance on the podcast * Figma GPT-3 plugin by Jordan Singer * GitHub Copilot * Pokemon GO by Niantic * Dreams for PlayStation - A game to create games * Horizon Worlds by Meta * Proof of work vs Proof of stake * Support-vector machines * The Hive (mesh network) * Calendly * Google Magenta * Moxie Marlinspike’s NFT that turns into shit if you buy it * Helium Network Hints at Crypto's Practical Uses

Visual programming languages * Quartz composer * Blender * Facebook Origami for user interfaces * Spark AR for Instagram filters * Grasshopper 3d * Autodesk Dynamo * vvvv * Davinci Resolve Fusion * Max/Jitter * TouchDesigner * Unreal Blueprints * Node-RED

People mentioned * Kyle Steinfeld * Jordan Singer

Chapters * 00:00 · Introduction * 02:45 · Visual programming * 07:40 · Grasshopper * 11:14 · Extendability * 13:19 · Lobe's visual programming interface * 14:31 · The role of visual programming * 17:00 · HyperCard * 18:11 · Accessibility * 20:52 · Making programming easier * 23:45 · Artificial intelligence for creatives * 24:27 · Polarization and human-machine collaboration * 28:12 · Pair programming with AI * 31:39 · Software for gamers * 35:45 · Healthy social experiences * 36:27 · Hindsight * 37:00 · Startup success and team dynamics * 39:11 · Macro and micro focus * 41:38 · Analysis paralysis * 43:18 · Routines * 45:09 · Ranking the news with AI * 48:27 · Staying in touch with friends * 50:40 · Zoom fatigue * 53:35 · COVID * 55:29 · Bitcoin * 57:43 · Hacking NFTs * 01:01:10 · A crypto use case * 01:03:15 · Social FinTech * 01:06:45 · Advice for young people * 01:08:59 · Happiness * 01:10:30 · Connect with Adam

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