PODCAST

CONSENSUS KILLS PRODUCTS

Alex Castrounis 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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August 16, 2020

PODCAST

LEAN INTERNET
OF THINGS

Alex Castrounis and Skylar Roebuck, Co-Founder of Rocket Wagon, discuss lean development principles as they apply to IoT solution design, development, and delivery.

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40 min episode

PODCAST

VIRTUAL
REALITY

Alex Castrounis, 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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June 21, 2020

PODCAST

IOT DATA
MEASUREMENT

Alex Castrounis, 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 
-Real-time, offline, on-device, and edge processing and analytics
-Sensor calibration and offsets 
-Absolute vs relative sensor measurements 
-Proxy/analog data measurements

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June 7, 2020

PODCAST

SELLING
DATA SCIENCE

Alex Castrounis 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

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April 14, 2020

PODCAST

IOT POC VS
COMMERCIAL

Alex Castrounis, Luke Libraro, and Skylar Roebuck discuss creating IoT solution proof of concepts (POC) and the major differences between POCs and commercialized IoT solutions.

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April 1, 2020

PODCAST

THE BUSINESS
OF DESIGN

Alex Castrounis 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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March 29, 2020

PODCAST

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND FOUNDERS

Alex Castrounis and Skylar Roebuck discuss founding a tech company, entrepreneurship, considerations for choosing co-founders, concensus vs collaboration, and more.

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March 29, 2020