A weekly podcast that welcomes you to explore technology with an insightful interview every two weeks and topic-deep dives every other two weeks. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable. Show notes can be found at - chrischinchilla.com/podcast Formerly known as "Chinchilla Squeaks"
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The enthusiastic amateur is a show about people, and their passions. It is a show with two different, but connected motivations. The first is to highlight people working enthusiastically on a subject in their spare time. The second is for those of you enthusiastic about a topic yourselves, and to give you what you need to know to get started.
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In this episode, I speak with Elian Van Cutsem about one of my favourite web frameworks and what I use for my own website, Astro. We talk generally about the project, its history, and version 5, which was released this week! For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinc…
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Accessible quantum computing with Horizon
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I speak with Joe Fitzsimmons of Horizon Quantum, who are attempting make the move from traditional computer programming easier. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinch…
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Circularity startups and alternatives to X
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In this deep dive episode Cate and Chris dig into circular economy startups and how all the alternatives to Twitter/X/Twix compare. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrisch…
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I speak with Michael Hunger of neo4j about the history of graph databases and how they are finding new use cases with the current wave of generative AI tools. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and e…
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Government bailouts in tech and tech influence in government
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In this topic deep dive, Cate and I discuss government bailouts for tech companies, EU investment in tech companies, and the possible manipulation of US politics by tech companies and cybercrime. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support…
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I speak with Stephen Hood of Mozilla about their joint efforts with the Open Source Initiative to create a definition of open source AI. Read all about the announcement Learn more about the definition For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To su…
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Workbrew, turning Homebrew into a business with Mike McQuaid
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I speak with Mike McQuaid, long-term maintainer of Homebrew, the macOS package manager, about Workbrew, a new commercial version of Homebrew that brings extra security and governance features to Homebrew. This interview formed the basis of my article on The Next Web in July. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/po…
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In this episode, Cate and Chris dive into tech events. The different types, how they work, how they feel, and how they've changed the past few years. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra cont…
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Corey from Crowdbotics joins me in the Tech Lounge to talk about their six year journey in creating an AI-powered code reuse platform, long before others jumped on the bandwagon. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-…
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This episode is all about WASM at KubeCon EU 2024 way back in March. I speak with WASMEdge and Cosmonic to find out what they bring and their thoughts on WASM. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and …
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Alternative meats and what actually is AI?
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It's a discussion episode! And this time, Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu joins me to talk about alternative meats and proteins, and I ask in a sea of jargon and hype, what really is artificial intelligence? For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To …
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Sustainable infrastructure and AI powered IDEs
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In the tech lounge this episode, I have Leonard Pahlke talking about bringing sustainability to infrastructure and the work of the CNCF sustainability TAG and Dedy Kredo from Codium AI talking about their AI-powered IDE and text editor extension. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say h…
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No real episode, but rather a small update on some changes coming to the show. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/…
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome 01:33 AI Crawlers and Content Scraping 04:17 TechCrunch and the State of Tech Journalism 06:12 Retro Tech: Classic Mac OS and Image Formats 08:25 Web Browsing Privacy Enhancements 10:08 Sleep Tracking and Orthosomnia 11:05 Sign Off Like what you’re reading? It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjo…
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I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases. More interviews from KubeCon Paris.…
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I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases. Like what you’re listening to? It’s…
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Kubecon 2: CIVO and the Open infrastructure foundation
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In this episode, more interviews from KubeCon Paris. I speak with Dinesh from CIVO, a European cloud-native hosting company, and Thierry of the Open Infrastructure Foundation, whose projects typically power data centres. This episode is powered by magic mind, a little green bottle of goodness that helps your focus and energy. Head over to magicmind…
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5th July: Sim Life, AI vs Music, and after cloud comes?
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I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It's helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one time purchases. Like what you’re reading? It’s a to…
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Voices from UK tech: Lorna Mitchel and Amanda Brock
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Two of my interviews from the State of Open Con in London back in February. Featuring Lorna Mitchell, VP of developer experience at Redocly and Amanda Brock, CEO of open UK. Lorna and I cover open source developer experience and with Amanda, we discuss the unique role the UK can take in open tech in the world. For show notes and an interactive tran…
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20th June: WWDC, Streaming vs Music, and Chinese keyboards
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Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud security.apple.com Depending on who you speak with and how much attention they actually paid to the event, WWDC was either one of the best or worst events Apple has ever done. Personally, I was excited by a lot of the user and developer-facing announcements and can't wait to try them…
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Make Synthetic Data a reality with Datacebo
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I spoke with Kalyan of Datacebo, a company that creates open-source and enterprise tools for generating synthetic data for testing, load testing, and more. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extr…
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Enterprise-level knowledge bases with Saravana Kumar of Document 360
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I speak with Saravana Kumar of Document 360 about their enterprise-level solution for documentation and knowledge management and what AI could mean for the industry. 00:00 Introduction to the Podcast 00:50 Interview with Saravana Kumar Begins 01:11 Document360: Use Cases and Benefits 02:18 The Origin Story of Document360 06:52 Customization and Int…
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25th May: Batten down the hatches, AI is here
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Mac Power Users #745: “Inventing the Future” with John Buck — Relay FM relay.fm Another MPU recommendation from me and a trip down Apple memory lane. John Buck published a book covering the “Apple Technology Group,” a division within Apple that operated back in the 1980s and 1990s and experimented with many forward-looking bits of technology that w…
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KubeCon EU 2024: Humanitec, Dagger, Scalr
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In the first round-up of interviews from KubeCon EU 2024 in Paris, I focus on developer platform-related tools and productivity. The episode features interviews with Luca Galante of Humanitec, Sebastian Stadil of Scalr, and Lev Lazinskiy of Dagger. 0:00 Intro 02:26 Humanitec 17:23 Scalr and OpenTofu 40:27 Dagger 01:01:23 Outro For show notes and an…
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In this episode of Chinchilla Squeaks, I delve into two main topics. First, a series of articles on how AI, specifically GPT-4 and other models, struggle to understand and generate sheet music, highlighting issues with tempo, dynamics, and basic music theory. Second, the financial hardships faced by touring musicians today, with insights into the l…
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Generative Infrastructure as code with AppCD
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I speak with Asif Awan of AppCD about their generative AI tool that creates the infrastructure as code configuration you need based on application code.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- To support the show for ad-free listening and extr…
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In this episode I feature the following: https://writingcooperative.com/the-ai-revolution-and-the-economy-have-killed-my-highly-skilled-job-4795551399be https://www.vox.com/culture/24127542/alcohol-alternatives-kava-shrooms-weed-sleepygirl-mocktail https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-get-kids-off-smartphones https://www.youtube.com/…
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Real-time analytics at cloud scale with Rockset
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I have Venkat from Rockset back to discuss their search and analytics database built for the cloud, with real-time indexing and full-featured SQL on JSON, time series, geospatial and vector data.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- To supp…
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News 12th April: Coding in the 80s, flaws in the open, and the floppy Jonathan
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In this news episode: https://danluu.com/slow-device/ https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo47qPvs3HQ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/26/1090129/how-adobes-bet-on-non-exploitative-ai-is-paying-off/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppy https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentof…
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Software supply chain security with Socket.dev
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I speak with Feross Aboukhadijeh of Socket.dev about their smarter and more considered solution for securing software supply chains.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chr…
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News 28th March: What is open AI and long live the Twiggy drive!
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A light news show where I cover the growing need to label what "open" AI really is, local LLMS reprised, and long live the Twiggy drive!- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit…
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Generative AI for 3D asset creation and market research with Atlas and Gathers
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In this episode, I speak with Atlas about their AI tool for generating 3D assets for games and architectural use and with Gathers about their AI tool for market research and competitive analysis.Generative AI tools all the way down!https://www.atlasai.co/https://gathers.ai/- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/po…
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News for 14th March: What lurks in LLMs, Ableton 12, and Star Trek musical instruments
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It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams: Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet. With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue. Rise of Local LLMs ? → In the not-so-distant past, dabbli…
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Generative AI meets Observability with Flip AI
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In this episode I speak with Corey Harrison of Flip.ai, one of a handful of new companies bringing generative AI to the DevOps space. In Flip.ai's case, this is leveraging to bring intelligence and flexibility to observability data.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit …
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Internet and cultural preservation with Fastly and BevArt
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In this episode I speak with Simon Wistow of Fastly about their work to keep the internet running and Christian Nielsen of BevArt who aim to keep cultural artefacts in museums and galleries lasting for as long as possible.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinc…
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I have a fascinating conversation with Alex from Respeecher, a Ukranian startup whose work you have probably heard in high-profile games, movies, and campaigns.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- To support the show for ad-free listening …
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Data processing made easy, e-governance in Ukraine, and marketing Pharma
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Two interviews from Web Summit 2023 in this episode.First, with Irina and Dmitri of Datuum, an interesting data processing platform powered by AI.Second, Anna from Viseven, where we talk about Ukraine's DIA app and how the company she works for handles marketing with the pharmaceutical industry.- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit …
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In this episode, I speak with Anna Skoulikari about her new book, "Learn Git" from O'Reilly.https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-git/9781098133900/Use the code "learngit23" for a 30% discount!- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/- To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/- T…
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Open source at Wikimedia and Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in Open Source
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In this episode, I finish up my interviews from last year's Open Source Summit with two amazing interviews.First is Leszek Manicki, engineering manager at the Wikimedia FoundationSecond is Jessica Tegner an advocate for diversity, inclusivity, and equity in open source- For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast…
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In this episode, I finish up my interviews from We Are Developers earlier in the year and speak with Filip Hrick about testing websites with Cypress and Dennie Declercq about creating vision-accessible websites. Enjoy! Full show notes at: http://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/pod…
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A more sustainable internet with Chris Adams of the Green Web Foundation
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I speak with Chris Adams, the director of the Green Web Foundation. We discuss their mission, tools, programs, and plans for making the online world as sustainable as possible. https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrchrisadams/ For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out…
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Stories from Ukraine, IT Arena 2023: The future of airports, hiring, and education.
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In this episode, I share interviews from the IT Arena event in Lviv, Ukraine. As I dive into conversations with tech innovators from around the world, we discusses a range of topics, from a digital platform for airports to remote hiring of developers and the future of education in tech. I also explores the state of the tech industry in Ukraine, the…
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What is Developer relations with Richard Roger
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I speak with Ricarhd Roger of VoxGig to discuss what exactly developer relations is, its history, future, and potential impact. Show notes: chrischinchilla.com/podcasts For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free liste…
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I'm back with a great interview covering Sysdig and its journey in helping secure cloud computing. Accompanied by a healthy dose of news. We speak about the history of the company, Falco, eBPF, and cloud security and observability from a person who has been involved in the ecosystem for some time. Full notes: https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ Fo…
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OSS Summit Linux Foundation Europe and Open Source metrics
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This episode is another round of interviews from OSS Summit in Bilbao and features interviews with Gab Columbro, the general manager of LF Europe and Dawn Foster of the CHAOSS project. We talk about open source strategy and challenges in Europe and measuring the health of large and small open source projects. It also features more announcements fro…
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OSS Summit Energy and Sustainability
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For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/By Big Pond Podcasts
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For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/By Big Pond Podcasts
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Molham Aref of RelationalAI, the AI coprocessor
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In this episode I speak with Molham Aref from Relational AI. we discuss the concept of an AI co-processor for data and its relevance to those working with Snowflake. We delve into the importance of data management in machine learning and AI projects. The interview covers topics such as the integration of Relational AI with Snowflake, the company's …
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IFA and Startup night Berlin 2023, slow but steady
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It's a busy weekend of tech in Berlin, but have things cooled or are we all taking a well-earned break? No ads for this episode, but instead, a personal request to anyone I’ve interviewed or featured or if you’re a long-term or short-term follower. Please spread the word by rating, reviewing, or sharing the newsletter or podcast. First, a couple of…
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Sefi Carmel of Spheretrax and what is music?
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Something of a music theme in this issue. My interview is with Sefi Carmel of Spheretrax, a new take on selecting, synchronising, and licensing music for TV, films, and games. I also look at what “noise” really is, ancient music software, the continuing sage of Terraform, the end of Google, and maybe one of the most famous Rock and roll fights of a…
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