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Episode 0016 ·
Kids Today!
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Uh Rich, you know we often prepare these, we do like 40 minutes of prep. We rehearse, we write things down. Rich Ziade: Oh, good production doesn’t come free. Paul Ford: Yes, and today you said, I don’t wanna do any of that. You sit down and we’re gonna do the greatest […] -
Episode 0015 ·
Proverbs
Ziade and Ford ADVISORS right? Well you know the oldest kind of advice? Proverbs. Paul picks out some interesting ones to see what happens. Thoughts ensue. Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Ziade and Ford Advisors, that is the name of this podcast. It is about sharing good advice. My name is Paul Ford. Rich Ziade: And I’m Rich Ziade. Paul […] -
Episode 0014 ·
Layoffs
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Man Rich, remember the how the tech industry was always go, go, go– grow, grow, grow. Rich Ziade: Mmmmm. Paul Ford: And now let me, let me give you some names: Microsoft, Google- Rich Ziade: Okay… Paul Ford: Facebook, Spotify, huge layoffs all across the industry. Rich Ziade: A lot of tech layoffs these days. Paul Ford: Yeah. Rich […] -
Episode 0013 ·
Adapting to AI
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey, Rich. Rich Ziade: Hey Paul. You alright? Paul Ford: Proteus. Rich Ziade: Pardon? Paul Ford: That’s the name of the robot that replaced me at the factory. Rich Ziade: Oh, it moves the boxes around and keeps track of stuff. Paul Ford: It used to be like, I go in, I get my coffee, they’d be like, […] -
Episode 0012 ·
Stopping By
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey, Rich. How you doing? Rich Ziade: Every so often it just hits like a lightning strike and you, you take a leap beyond just giving advice and instead you just end up changing the world. Paul Ford: Great, that’s a wonderful way to start this podcast. It sets the stakes very low, and there’ll be […] -
Episode 0010 ·
Should I Quit?
Rich advises Paul (who is pretending to be a guy who works in video editing) on whether to quit his job or not. Together, they look into THE VOID. THE VOID looks back. Paul digresses on corporatist epistemology. In the end everything is okay. Intro [00:00:00] Paul Ford: So the reason I asked you today if […] -
Episode 0009 ·
Predictions 2023
Rich and Paul come back to the office after the holidays just full of predictions for tech, politics, and the economy. [00:00:00] Intro Paul Ford: Rich, how were your holidays? Rich Ziade: They were pretty good, they were pretty good. Um, relaxing. Lots of family over Christmas dinner. It was quite lovely. Um, but really hunkered down […] -
Episode 0008 ·
Soccer as a Platform
The last episode of 2022! Paul and Rich talk about the World Cup, in a general way, but then they start to talk about how soccer functions as a platform in the world—how to see it as a kind of technology. [Edited Transcript] Rich Ziade: [00:00:00] Dude? Did you see it? Paul Ford: I did. […]
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