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Hey, y'all! We are closing out the year with the most conspiracy laden episode to date, which is...saying something. When we last left Shiva he had lost his race for the Senate & ascended to peak Divorced Guy by suing any news outlet that didn't agree he solely invented email. Of course, this led him to a brand new world on the cutting edge of conspiracy theory stardom.
In this episode, we're joined by Erica Brescia, former COO of GitHub, and Anders Eknert from Styra. We dive into humorous tech tales, like managing an air conditioner via GitHub and music systems that pause with vacuum cleaners, showcasing the quirks of home automation. We also explore the evolution of AI in coding with ChatGPT and Copilot, and take a nostalgic look at the first computer game and a unique coding solution by the Ubuntu team using Morse code.
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Hey, y'all! We are closing out the near year with a dude we've wanted to talk about since episode one and has recently road a wave of social media semi-fame into sort of relevance. We are talking about the one and only Shiva Ayyadurai.
On this day in 1960, the Ohio Art Company released a new mechanical drawing toy called the Etch A Sketch.
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Steve Furber is a seminal computer scientist, mathematician and hardware designer whose work includes the BBC Microcomputer and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor which can be found in over 100 billion devices today.
Steve studied both Maths followed by a PhD in Aerodynamics at Cambridge University before joining Herman Hauser and Chris Curry at Acorn Computers. For the next decade, he would work with a first-class team of engineers and designers to revolutionise the home computer market before he and Sophie Wilson went on to design the ARM processor with a relatively small team and budget and with little inkling of the consequence it might bring to the world.
In 1990, Steve left Acorn moved to Manchester where he is now Professor of Computer Engineering at the university there. He was charged with leading research into asynchronous systems, low-power electronics and neural engineering which led to the SpiNNaker project - a super computer incorporating a million ARM processors which are optimised for computational neuroscience. He is basically trying to reverse engineer the brain – a lofty ambition even by his own admission.
In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss Steve’s life journey from studying maths with professors such as the famed John Conway and Sir James Lighthill to the highs and lows of building the BBC Micro and the story behind the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor.
I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Steve and am overly excited about his SpiNNaker project which we also discuss today.
Enjoy!
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Hello and welcome to the Danielle Newham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day.
If you are a new listener, welcome. If you are a long-time listener, welcome back and thank you, thank you for sticking with me. I am really excited about Series 7 because we have some truly fantastic guests who are really candid with me which makes for great conversations. They open up about their career and life journeys, some of the harder lessons they have learned along the way and, really, lessons on how they did it. The steps it took for them to reach success because it’s never straightforward is it? It’s never linear and I hope these lessons will resonate with you as they did with me.
There will be deep dives with a wide range of guests from Jack Butcher, the founder of Visualize Value to Rick Smith of Axon who is trying to make the world a safer place by using technology to replace the use of guns.
We also have classical musician turned founder Chris Sheldrick of what3words who is literally mapping the world and I will also be speaking to design guru John Maeda and child prodigy turned founder Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon.
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Thank you and I hope you enjoy Series 7 of the Danielle Newnham Podcast.
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Paris Marx is joined by Margaret O’Mara to discuss how the state and military have been at the center of the US tech industry since the very beginning, but how it was written out of the popular narrative during the neoliberal turn in the 1980s.
Margaret O’Mara is the author of “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” and a professor at the University of Washington. Follow Margaret on Twitter as @margaretomara.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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Margaret O'Mara, Professor of History at the University of Washington, joins Mikah Sargent to talk about her book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. They dive into the behind-the-scenes history of Silicon Valley, including how the Cold War shaped what Stanford University is today, shine a light on some of the unsung heroes like Ann Hardy and David Morgenthaler, and the legacy of Steve Jobs.
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Margaret O'Mara, Professor of History at the University of Washington, joins Mikah Sargent to talk about her book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. They dive into the behind-the-scenes history of Silicon Valley, including how the Cold War shaped what Stanford University is today, shine a light on some of the unsung heroes like Ann Hardy and David Morgenthaler, and the legacy of Steve Jobs.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
Guest: Margaret O'Mara
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