DiscoverGetting Simple#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products
#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

Update: 2022-03-04
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Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

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




Links




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


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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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#62: Adam Menges — Visual Programming, Social Fintech, Bitcoin and NFTs & Lessons Learned Building Software Products

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