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gilmor gang - episode - robophobia

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[WHAT]

  1. [00:00] events - show agenda
    1. ] anything interesting going on?
  2. ] smalltalk
    1. ] politics - proposal by tim draper, divide state ca into 6 states, has something to do with # votes in senate, apparently CA and its pop of >40+M gets the same 2 senate votes as WY and its  < 40M pop
    2. ] tech issues - 1 participant has no video, * steve says this is likely the last show for this video switcher ( why i love tech issues when these people have them) , PRB with the new skype 
  3. [00:00] ? = anything interesting going on ...
    1. Dan Farber
    2. ] retailer target hacked - customer credit card data stolen from stores POS system, NOT their online shopping 
    3. ] nsa - still, obama seems to think things are ok, BUT if the american people think its not, will take another look at it
    4. ] new macpro - out in feb
    5. ] holiday - things are slowing down in techland, everyone seems to be taking a break(few days) for the holiday, likely will come out guns blazing for 
    6. ] ces 2014 - january 
  4. [00:00] NEW subject topic= the new "mac pro" coming in FEB 2014
    1. John Taschek
    2. ] priced high @ 10k fully configured, 6k without (KB, backup stuff)
    3. Dan Farber
    4. ] worth it if you can land a $25k video editing job with it
    5. John Taschek
    6. ] uses "commodity" hw(off the shelf), has 6 core xeon chip, 1TB ssd, no custom chips, maybe not the geforce card
    7. ] selling the design, a computer wrapped around a heatsink, very small, 
    8. ] powerhouse - 4k video, couple channels of it,  
    9. ] user use case = ] digital imaging pros 4k vid production, ] music production, ] 3D cad
    10. Robert Scoble
    11. ] "apple is an iphone company and everything else is side project"
    12. ] price may not be out of scope for bleeding edge user, based on pricing out components
    13. ] imo, i dont need it, it will get cheaper in time, moores law in effect 
    14. ] aside - mentions the new apple ad
      1. ] apple ad - where "misunderstood" teen makes 'family' video over holidays, while everyone thinks he's just bured in his phone 
  5. [] co="meta" - product=3D glasses, cat=wearables
    1. Robert Scoble
    2. ] the startup that works out of the 'huge ironman mansion' up in the hills portola valley, that use to belong to a former rich guy
    3. ] sorta positioned as a 'google glass' competitor, more like the 'oculus rift'
    4. ] unlike google glass - heavier, short battery life, 3d 720p wraparound, 
    5. ] 3d glasses, use power of computer, thru glasses,
    6. [16:30] Dan Farber 
    7. ] DIFFERENT then 'occulus rift' WHERE you are in an 'enclosed' world
    8. ] COMPETITORS etherlabs, meta - view real world through lens, ADD sterescopic, holograms
    9. ] front facing 3d sensor
    10. ] strength algorithm - maps the world around you, AND your hands, low latency, high dexterity
    11. ] SW - developing their own ecosystem, apps, api, BE the next apple
    12. ] eta release date - 2014-06
    13. ] cost $3k, included pocket computer 
  6. [18:00] co="etherlabs" product=3D glasses, cat=wearables 
    1. Dan Farber 
    2. ] pairs with an android phone, virtual tablet in your face
    3. ] both companies are doing indiegogo/kickstarter campaigns, to encourage developers, b/c w/out apps, they arent going very far
    4. ] vs glass, much larger field of view
    5. ] eta release date 2014-qtr-04, 
    6. ] cost = $350
  7. [] co='more ..." product=
    1. Robert Scoble
    2. ] oakley airwave ski goggles - contains computer inside by a "vancouver" company (recon instruments)
    3. ] skully helmets - making a motorcycle helmet with small monitor(not HUD) inside, also has (rear view) camera on outside of helmet
    4. John Taschek
    5. ] questions/argues the safety of such a device, "its a distraction", motorycycle is a different driving experience, 
    6. ] wants a sensor that will detect for ex approaching vehicles and warn/alert him thru 'vibration',
    7. Robert Scoble
    8. ] argues its more safe - you dont have to turn your head to look behind you, 
    9. Dan Farber 
    10. ] these devices are inevitable, matter of time
    11. Robert Scoble
    12. ] adds point of 'smart glasses' - assisting people with disabilities(memory,vision,cognitive abilities), will have to allow them b/c of that
  8. [23:00] NEW subject topic = the 5 MOST IMPORTANT things in technology
    1. Dan Farber 
    2. ] augmented reality 
    3. ] intelligent search agents - goog now, msft cortana, aapl siri
    4. Robert Scoble 
    5. ] iota computers - very, very small, in 2014, also full computers w/modem that cost < $1 in 3 years, new IOT, 
    6. Danny Sullivan-   
    7. ] transition -  from ownership VS rentals ( movie, video, music, books, +software), surprised by amount of stuff, movies can be pulled back, read terms, buying the same stuff repeatedly, ex album, cassette tape, mp3, computer games windows, xbox, ds , books in print, then on kindle
    8. ] spying - tech companies have lost the plot, not the point of the #'s of request, people are "assuming" that they are getting whatever they want, when they want it
    9. ] IOE - "internet of everything" 
  9. [31:00] Robert Scoble
    1. ] home automation
    2. ] led lighting, 
    3. ] nest thermostat,
    4. * phone controlled devices 
    5. ] more coming ...  
    6. ] nest like sprinkler system - for garden - monitors weather(via internet), turns on/off sprinkler based on weather conditions, saving me money
    7. ] hardware shrinkage
    8. ] size of everything - enables more devices 
    9. ] the cloud 
    10. ] "underneath everything"
    11. ] the hype of the cloud will go away - 
    12. ] the commoditizaton of the cloud has already begun - (+ IAAS, PAAS )
    13. ] big data
    14. ] every company will need "something like' a "hadoop cluster" to keep up with "big data" flows
    15. ] LE bluetooth - 
    16. ] ex - going to baseball stadium -  'stadium' will/can interact with your device, (ex the washrooms are here, your seats are here, hot dogs over here, 50% off burger here, ...) 
    17. ] Steve Gillmor "what i just heard you say" 
    18. ] IOT = "internet of things", "internet of things", "internet of things", 
    19. ] wearables 
    20. John Taschek 
    21. ] agrees with Robert & Danny's 
    22. ] interconnected enterprises - 
    23. ] connecting the "Union Pacific's" with the 'embedded sensors' that they have deployed in their railbed
    24. ] connecting the "Union Pacific's" with 'smartphone' users to ....
    25. ] connecting the "Union Pacific's" with other systems ( monitor rail traffic, ) 
    26. ] multiple services to connect to other services
    27. ] data 'worth analyzing', not data gathered in a vacuum, it useless
    28. ] social - needs to get better 
    29. ] current social hasn't absorbed the way we communicate
    30. ] or doesnt inform us of new ways to communicate
    31. ] more of an archive of data
    32. ] need to focus on ease of use
    33. ] fb @ twitter are replacements for "news" services, more of that coming 
    34. ] spells the end of "inbound marketing", 
    35. ] where every company has to be its own content store, 
    36. ] not every company will be a content repositiory, where monitoring
    37. ] dramatic changing of SEO, 
  10. [43:00] NEW subject topic = SEO changes with googles new search algorithm
    1. Danny Sullivan 
    2. ] SEO is changing, its always changing 
    3. ] its hard to explain where its going, b/c people have different definitions of what "it" is
    4. ] i define SEO as 
      1. find out how people are searching for information, identify how you can increase your visibility in those search places for FREE
    5. ] defines SEM as 
      1. find out how people are searching for information, identify how you can increase your visibility in those search places for a FEE
    6. ] this definition of SEO didnt say you did search with keywords, or you did this search on google or ...
    7. ] 1 thing that doesnt change - good content does well
    8. ] ... 
    9. ] google search engine changes - the penguin update
    10. ] tactics are not SEO, they can be part of SEO
    11. ] hummingbird update - whats different - 
    12. ] "page rank" part of the bigger algorithm 
    13. ] previously released names for 'tweaks" to "the algorithm" 
      1. penguin=, 
      2. pirate= crackdown on DRM violaters
    14. ....
    15. ] 2013-08 - google rebuilt search engine, new engine is named "hummingbird" 
    16. ] could still be using a lot of what they used before
    17. ] AND they wired in, NEW things to help them take advantage of new technologies
    18. ] WHAT'S NEW is "entity" search,
    19. ] where barack obama - the person - (as an entitity) VS "barack obama" words and letters
    20. ] person entity - has name, age, height, wife, office, ...
    21. ] conceptual searches - not just for people, 
    22. ] also for places and things
    23. ] will help google to solidify search lead 
    24. ex whats my schedule - could show you "your schedule" if your using google calendar service
    25. ex email searches - 
    26. ex google has MANY services - assuming that you have opted in to use them
  11. [46:00] RETURN subject topic = the 5 MOST IMPORTANT things in technology
    1. Robert Scoble - adds ...
    2. ] robots
    3. ] drones
    4. ] 3d printers
    5. Steve hears - robots, robots, robots
    6. Steve Gillmor - SUMMARIZING
    7. ] rental VS own - streaming, media disruption (iphone, ipad)
    8. Dan Farber 
    9. ] IOT 
    10. ] home automation - standards, should be easy, but its not, needs to be super easy to implement and manage data, 
    11. ] monitors - health, home, car, work, device
    12. ] result = big personal data, managing it could be complex, 
    13. ] SIRI - integretion of 
    14. ] 
    15. *] movie - "her" - joquin phoenix falls in love with his siri
    16. ] msft kb = satori
    17. ] you allowing them to know about - your calendar, contacts, ...
    18. Steve Gillmor Siri story
    19. ] tried dictation to iphone - couldnt figure it out - so I asked siri
    20. ] talking to your machines
    21. ] tori test - 
    22. ] but you have to be smart enough to know how to talk to machine
    23. Robert Scoble ] sri - bank system you just talk to, 
    24. Steve Gillmor 
    25. ] need script - you need to know what you want to say before you start talking, so machine doesnt stop
    26. ] can use recorder - and pause and then string together 
    27. ] 
    28. ] if machine can learn from the interactions
    29. ] ex shazam always on - these things are rapidly maturing
    30. ] fitbit example , always on, then i started to rely on it
  12. [58:00]
    1. John Taschek
    2. ] come back in a year and listen to this conversation it will seem pretty fundamental and rudimentary
    3. ] some android phones(motox,nexus) are "always on"
    4. ] google now is learning - can be predictive 
      1. ex if it knows you have a calendar appt in 2 hours and you are driving it can tell(remind/alert) you when to leave
    5. ] wearable - will be an extension of the mobile/smartphone command cente
    6. ] voice (speaking to people) - might become a lost art  as we will issue commands to our devices
    7. ] japan has robotics history with toys - 
    8. ] movie could turn out to be try, your personal assistant could be "your friend"
    9. Dan Farber - kinda scary - has more faith in the human race, needs more than talking to bits ,
    10. John Taschek - "all code and programs are representations of people"
    11. Dan Farber - anything is possible, we might not live long enough to see it, studies being done to determine if our origins are digital,  
    12. Danny Sullivan - 
    13. ] google now  - example - was picking up his mom at the airport, got on the computer to check flight status before leaving BUT when he actually left the house, he got a phone alert that mom's flight was delayed when heading to the airport to pick her up, he didnt have to do anyting to get it
    14. ] previously "search agents" were thought to be a thing, ex company "autonomy" promoted them, 
    15. ] BUT "what we need to know", changes
    16. ] having 'search agents' doesn't help with non predictable things - doesnt know that I need to my fix broken water heater ....
    17. ] we dont need more information 
    18. ] "now" is doing a good job at NOT overwhelming you with info, giving you the info that you need, when you need it, 1 of the keys to success will be not overwhelming you, 
    19. ] why rss readers got killed, the "i cant keep up" syndrome
    20. ] because our Q's are continually getting bigger, too big
    21. ] REASON why snapchat or twitter is so successfull, 
    22. ] its there and then its gone - 
    23. ] don't have to maintain it, if i didnt catch it the first time by, well maybe ill catch it another time or place
    24. ] and i have an editor - sends me an email in the morning telling me what i need to pay attention to ...
  13. [00:00] wrap up ...
    1. Robert Scoble - comments on the recent leweb conference
    2. launch of eightly - former apple employee 
    3. dina kaplan - overcoming fear speech , got ovation in speaker room, ceo of lyft, fun, entertaining, personal, TED style - interesting people talking about something other than tech
    4. John Taschek - non tech speakers at the foundation - deepak chopra, 1/2 keynotes were not tech related
    5. Steve Gillmor 
    6. being afraid of not being able to use techology in a human way
    7. grapple with the stream and its consequences
    8. the death of blogs, the idea of putting all your thougths in 1 document is ... 
    9. .... 

[subjects]

  1. ] CONCLUSIONS - SUBJECT topic - the 5 MOST IMPORTANT things in technology
    1. wearables 
      1. ] gadgets - 
    2. IOT
      1. ] internet of things - 
    3. PDA 
      1. ] personal digital assistant - apple siri VS google now VS msft tellme / cortana + satori VS  VS blackberry 10.x voice control
    4. API
      1. ] application programming interface -
    5. privacy
      1. ] 
    6. transition - from ownership TO rent
      1. ] software, SAAS, music, video, books, services 
    7. cloud
      1. ] 
    8. robotics
      1. ] drones, 
  2. ] CONCLUSIONS - SUBJECT topic= the new "mac pro" coming in FEB 2014
    1. ] A sweet machine, but @10k fully configured its too expensive for commodity(off the shelf) non proprietary hardware, if you've got a 25k gig editing 4k video, your good to go!
  3. ] CONCLUSIONS - SUBJECT topic= SEO changes with googles new search algorithm
    1. ] SEO by definition is always changing, googles latest hummingbird update brings contextual queries into play as entity search replaces/adds to keyword search and enables google to further leverage their services 

[objects - aka products discussed]

  1. ] SHOW VIDEO - watch the full episode here.
    1. [77:00]  http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/21/gillmor-gang-robophobia/
  2. ] 3D glasses - spaceglasses 
    1. by: meta , in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: ETA - 2013-07
  3. ] 3D glasses - atheer one
    1. by: atheerlabs, in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: ETA - 2013-qtr-04
  4. ] 3D goggles - occulus rift 
    1. by: occulusVR, in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: ETA 
  5. ] glasses - recon jet 
    1. by: recon instruments, in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: shipping, cost: 
  6. ] ski goggles - recon snow2
    1. by: recon instruments in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: shipping, cost: 
  7. ] ski goggles - 
    1. by: oakley in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: shipping, cost: 
  8. ] motorcycle helmet
    1. by: skully in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: shipping, cost: 
  9. ] glasses - google glass
    1. by: google in: /technology-hardware/gadgets/wearables, status: shipping, cost: $1500 
  10. ] desktop pc - mac pro
    1. by: apple in: /technology-hardware/pcs/, status: ETA 2013-02, cost: $6,000+
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