24: Open Source Religion (feat. Kevin Rose)

Design Details

This week we sat down with Kevin Rose - he's a designer, product creator and venture capitalist who has had a prolific presence in the tech community for several years. We chat about the things he's loving right now, watch culture, health and cooking, hiring and so much more!

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Kevin on the Web:

• Twitter
• Wikipedia
• YouTube
• Medium
• CrunchBase
• Instagram

Show Notes:

5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects.

• North
• Watchville Website
• Watchville App
• Tiiny
• betaworks
• Milk

11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+.

• Google Ventures
• Google+
• Daniel Burka
• Vic Gundotra

18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like.

• Nextdoor
• Medium
• NoRedInk
• OmniGraffle
• Marc Hemeon

23:00 - Where do you fall on the line of product or design?

• Design Details with Cennydd Bowles

26:00 - What are the startups you're really excited about right now?

• Shyp

30:00 - We talk watches.

• NOMOS
• Girard-Perregaux
• Seiko
• Philippe Dufour
• A. Lange & Söhne 2015

34:00 - What do you bring back from outside of the US into the product and design world?

• Kevin on Instagram
• Kevin Rose on The Screen Savers
• Old Beans
• Tim Ferriss
• Jony Ive talks about the Apple Watch

43:00 - Do you feel like you've gotten out of the rat race of the tech world?

• Secret
• Outlook on iOS
• Sunrise Calendar

46:00 - Flashback to Kevin's past roles in the media world.

• The New Screen Savers
• Diggnation
• Leo Laporte

48:00 - How do you spot that in the hiring process?

• Caleb Davenport
• Sam Soffes
• Danny Trinh

54:00 - Why do all the podcasts and shows?

• Bulletproof Coffee
• Foundation
• Sahil Lavingia

57:00 - Would you encourage everyone to come to SF/Silicon Valley?

• Kevin Rose's house protest

59:00 - We diverge, briefly, to chat about tattoos, Tokyo and cooking.

• Darya Rose

1:02:00 - A fake-out ending, we hear what Kevin is into these days.

• Slack
• Wealthfront
• Periscope
• Meerkat
• Square Cash
• Messenger (Desktop Wrapper)
• Sebastiaan de With
• Josh Puckett
• Dropbox
• Dropbox for Business
• Mailbox
• Hackpad
• Evernote
• CloudApp
• Slack + Spaces
• Slack’s $2.8 Billion Dollar Secret Sauce
• Metalab

1:12:00 - We talk health, nutrition and religion.

• Vessyl
• Gyroscope
• Anand Sharma
• Soylent
• Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief HBO trailer
• The Racoon Incident