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

• 
  The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander

Links

• 
  HyperCard
  


• 
  Lobe
  


• 
  The Origins of Lobe - Adam’s first appearance on the podcast


• 
  Figma GPT-3 plugin by Jordan Singer


• 
  GitHub Copilot
  


• Pokemon GO by Niantic


• 
  Dreams for PlayStation - A game to create games


• 
  Horizon Worlds by Meta


• 
  Proof of work vs Proof of stake
  


• 
  Support-vector machines
  


• 
  The Hive (mesh network)


• 
  Calendly
  


• Google Magenta


• 
  Moxie Marlinspike’s NFT that turns into shit if you buy it


• 
  Helium Network Hints at Crypto's Practical Uses
  

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

People mentioned

• Kyle Steinfeld


• 
  Jordan Singer
  

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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