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Tony Fadell — Stories of Steve Jobs, Product Design, Good Assholes vs. Bad Assholes, and More

Tim Ferriss

A communication platform used by Future Shape for group chats, favored for its lack of external noise compared to other apps like WhatsApp, serving as an uncluttered messaging client.

Q&A with Tim Ferriss — Habits, Sleep, Journaling, Psychedelics, HRV Training, and More

Tim Ferriss

A communication tool used for podcast recording, noted for having potential bugs.

Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom

Y Combinator

Used in the early days of Intercom for onboarding customers, with the CTO walking them through installation.

Lori Gottlieb — The Power of Getting to Unknow Yourself | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

A video conferencing software mentioned in the context of remote therapy, described as less effective than in-person sessions.

The Depths of Ayahuasca: 500+ Sessions — Dennis McKenna

Tim Ferriss

Communication platform used by Dennis McKenna to contact Steve Ross while McKenna was in Brazil.

IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO with Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell

Y Combinator

A Voice over IP (VoIP) service that uses peer-to-peer technology, cited as one of the few successful peer-to-peer projects of its era.

How to Build Popular Podcasts and Blogs | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A communication platform used for remote interviews.

My Favourite Mac Apps | What's on my MacBook Pro?

Ali Abdaal

A video conferencing app mentioned as part of the communication suite, it can integrate with ECAM for live streaming.

Zach Sims at Startup School NY 2014

Y Combinator

The company that acquired GroupMe less than a year after its start. This acquisition marked a significant success for the team.

Ian Hogarth

Y Combinator

The most successful business to come out of Europe, whose founders previously built two music startups.

My Podcast Setup

Tim Ferriss

A communication platform used for remote interviews. The speaker prefers it for its ease of use and ability to put guests at ease, though acknowledges other solutions exist.

Phil Libin at Startup School 2013

Y Combinator

The communication platform used for an impromptu investment call with a Swedish investor during a financial crisis.

Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013

Y Combinator

Presented as a modern example of a technology (voice applications) initially dismissed as a toy due to concerns about microphone adoption and bandwidth.

Steve Jurvetson Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A peer-to-peer voice-over-IP service which Steve Jurvetson invested in. It was considered a unique idea at the time.

Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

Video communication software, mentioned as a free but undifferentiated competitor to Zoom.

MrBeast: If You Want To Be Liked, Don't Help People & I Lost Tens Of Millions On Beast Games!

The Diary Of A CEO

Used by MrBeast and his friends for 18-hour-long calls to reverse engineer YouTube algorithms and video performance.

I spent $50,000 on a business coach so you don’t have to

Ali Abdaal

Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more

All-In Podcast

Communication software purchased by Microsoft, discussed in the context of bundling and market dominance.

How to Live a Life You Won’t Regret at 80 - Bill Gurley

Chris Williamson

Discord is described as a 'Skype alternative' for communicating during games.

Luis Von Ahn Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A video communication platform, mentioned as a common suggestion for Duolingo's conversation practice that they are not pursuing.

Walter O'Brien Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A telecommunications application, contrasted with advanced VR teleconferencing.

Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A messaging and video call application previously used by Automattic but found not to scale well for large distributed teams.

Bryan Johnson Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A Voice over IP (VoIP) service that emerged around the same time Bryan Johnson started a VoIP company that ultimately failed.

Samy Kamkar Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A video calling software mentioned in the context of needing to temporarily remove a camera cover for use.