Pod as a Service: Recent Episodes
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The Pod as a Service Podcast has been deprecated, although we highly recommend checking out our new Why of AI Podcast at podcast.whyofai.com and on YouTube at bit.ly/aiwalexs
The introductory episode of the Pod as a Service Podcast. Please note that this podcast has been deprecated and other previous episodes removed, so we highly recommend checking out our new Why of AI Podcast at podcast.whyofai.com and on YouTube at bit.ly/aiwalexs
Music written and produced by Alex Castrounis. All rights reserved.
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In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Skylar Roebuck, Co-Founder of Rocket Wagon, discuss consensus vs collaboration, decision making, and how requirements for consensus, aka design by committee, can kill products.
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In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Skylar Roebuck, Co-Founder of Rocket Wagon, discuss lean software development principles and methodologies as they apply to IoT solution design, development, and delivery.
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Luke Libraro, in the second episode of a two-part series, discuss wireless communication topologies such as those associated with cellular, Wifi, Bluetooth, IoT, automation, and control technologies. Topics discussed include:
- Wireless communication topologies definition
- Backhaul definition and types
- IPV6 over wireless (e.g., bluetooth and zigbee)
- Gateway definition and role in wireless communications
- Direct device connection to internet
- The internet defined, IP addressing, and hops as a distance measure
- Personal hot spots and cellular to wifi conversion
- Mesh networking
- Edge, fog, and cloud computing
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Luke Libraro, in the first episode of a two-part series, discuss wireless communication protocols such as those associated with cellular, Wifi, Bluetooth, IoT, automation, and control technologies. This is the first episode in a two-part series on wireless communications. Topics discussed include:
- RF as the basis for all wireless communications
- Cellular protocols (e.g., LTE, Cat M1, 5G, etc.)
- LPWA protocols (e.g., Lora, sigfox, symphony link, etc.)
- Personal area network (PAN) protocols (e.g, Bluetooth, Zigbee)
- Wifi vs bluetooth
- Edge computing and devices
- Protocol concepts such as range, power requirements, bandwidth, frequency, etc.
- Wireless communication equipment such as antenna towers and networks
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis (author of AI for People and Business), Luke Libraro, and Skylar Roebuck discuss virtual reality, including Alex's first VR experience, games, equipment options, VR innovation, and more!
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis (author of AI for People and Business), Luke Libraro, and Skylar Roebuck discuss data instrumentation, measurement, and considerations in IoT solutions. Topics discussed include:
- Sensor accuracy and precision, including impact on costs
- Data sampling rates and tradeoffs with cost, bandwidth, throughput, power requirements, etc.
- Real-time, offline, on-device, and edge processing and analytics
- Sensor calibration and offsets
- Absolute vs relative sensor measurements
- Proxy/analog data measurements
- Data depth and processing required for machine learning applications
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Kim Harvey, a voice designer at Google, discuss the field of voice design (aka conversation design). Topics discussed include:
- Current state of the voice design field
- Speech parsing and the goal of understanding
- The phrasing of questions and responses
- Conversation error handling
- Human assumptions and expectations around machine personas
- The hype vs reality of assistants
- The potential impacts of AI on voice design
- The combination of linguistics and design principles to better understand how conversations work
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Kim Harvey, a former user researcher and current voice designer at Google, discuss UX design, user research, and usability as these important fields apply to software, hardware, and general object product design.
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Skylar Roebuck discuss the value of data science and advanced analytics, including how to sell both. Topics discussed include:
- Selling a process vs a product
- AI hype vs reality
- Data science as being non-deterministic
- Abstraction and automation of AI and machine learning
- Explainable AI
Disclaimer: The story near the end of this episode is a joke, and the city mentioned is not a real city. Alex and Skylar do, however, really like BBQ!
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Zac Seigel discuss and compare cloud service providers, including service offerings, costs, performance, differentiators, strategies for choosing a provider, developer friendliness, and more!
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis (author of AI for People and Business), Luke Libraro, and Skylar Roebuck discuss creating IoT solution proof of concepts (POC), quality considerations, and the major differences between POCs and commercialized IoT solutions.
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Skylar Roebuck discuss the design of technology products, including building a design organization. Design topics include UX, UI, usability, and more.
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Zac Seigel discuss all things containers. Topics and technologies discussed include:
- Prominent technologies and their benefits, considerations, orchestration and management
- Docker, Kubernetes, and more.
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Check out Alex Castrounis' new AI with AlexPodcast, the official podcast of the AI with Alex YouTube channel.
In this episode of Pod as a Service, Alex Castrounis, author of AI for People and Business, and Skylar Roebuck discuss founding a tech company, entrepreneurship, considerations for choosing co-founders, concensus vs collaboration, and more.
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