NIA boys share their favorite shows, books, and music of the year in this exciting summer 'What to Watch' special!" Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:46) - Things to Watch (00:14:48) - Things to Read (00:26:37) - Things to Listen (00:40:20) - Favorite Movie/TV Show Soundtrack What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi …

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Chris Kane, the President of Jounce Media, a research agency that covers the programmatic advertising ecosystem. Chris and I discuss the state of the programmatic advertising market. Among other things, we cover: The current state of the open programmatic web; What caused the rapid declin…

On his eighth appearance on the podcast, MBI (🇧🇩🇺🇸) joins me to discuss one of humanity’s most impressive achievements: The semiconductor industry. Of course, we can’t talk about everything, and this isn’t meant to be a structured primer (for that, see below). It’s just a mostly unstructured conversation among friends, discussing whatever we find i…

George Mack joins the NIA boys to discuss UK vs US, The Office, Lessons from Oasis Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:03) - UK vs. US (00:19:01) - The Office (00:27:05) - Oasis Deep Dive (00:47:21) - Best Salesperson Never Look Like Salesperson (00:52:47) - Oasis’s Beef with Radiohead (00:58:09) - Normal Behavior is Forgotten, Weird Behavior’s S…

This episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is a spoken essay and not an interview. In the episode, I discuss the European Commission's preliminary finding that Meta's use of the "Pay or Okay" model violates the Digital Markets Act, and I relate that decision to the broader trend of digital deglobalization.…

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George Mack joins the NIA boys to discuss Sticky Ideas vs. Memes, What Makes A Good Name, Presidential Debate, Private Likes, and much more Timestamps: 00:00:00) - Intro (00:07:11) - Sticky Ideas vs. Memes (00:14:53) - What Makes A Good Name (00:29:09) - Presidential Debate (00:57:42) - Private Likes (01:04:57) - Meme of the Week What Is Not Invest…

My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is David Philippson, the founder and CEO of Dataseat, a privacy-first mobile DSP. As David notes in our conversation, this is the fourth episode of the MDM podcast on which David has appeared, which likely makes him the most recurring guest. David is a wealth of insight into the mobile adverti…

MDM Canon is a new podcast series from Mobile Dev Memo in which co-hosts Eric Seufert and Stewart Johnson select an article from the Mobile Dev Memo archive and discuss it at length. This episode focuses on an article titled What is performance marketing?⁠, first published in October 2018. The episode attempts to clarify what I see as a broad misun…

The NIA boys discuss Hawk Tuah, Best Meme Days in 2024 & The Economics of Olympics Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:09:26) - Hawk Tuah (00:13:43) - Monetizing Viral Moments (00:19:43) - Best Meme Days in 2024 (00:31:21) - The Economics of Olympics What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they'…

The NIA boys discuss Euro 2024 Memes, Social Media vs. Free Will, Inside Out 2 & Pixar’s History Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:40) - Euro 2024 Memes (00:17:34) - Social Media vs. Free Will (00:54:43) - Inside Out 2 & Pixar’s History What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're findin…

My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Archie Stonehill, the Head of Product at Stash, a D2C and web shop enablement tool for mobile game developers. Prior to Stash, Archie was an investor at Makers Fund, a venture capital fund investing in the gaming ecosystem. In this episode, among other topics, Archie and I discuss: The hist…

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132 - Nghệ Thuật Của Việc Đếch Thèm Quan Tâm - Tóm Tắt Sách

The NIA boys discuss Combining AI + Crypto, AI Art, Jerry Seinfeld & The Pursuit of Mastery Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:06:16) - Jack’s 1 of 1 Sotheby’s auction, St Jude Collab and “Proof of Work” (00:15:42) - Meme of the Week (00:25:28) - Combining AI + Crypto and the “Post Truth” Era (00:53:08) - Jerry Seinfeld & The Pursuit of Mastery Wha…

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Mike Taylor, the co-author of a new book, Prompt Engineering for Generative AI: Future-Proof Inputs for Reliable AI Outputs, published by O'Reilly. Taylor was previously the founder of a 50-person growth marketing agency, Ladder. In our conversation, among other things, Mike and I discuss…

Erika Ayers Badan joins the NIA boys to discuss Barstool Sports, her new book, Nobody Cares About Your Career, Finding Talent, and much more. Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:29) - The vision behind Nobody Cares About Your Career (00:04:25) - Why Erika hates Quiet Quitting (00:08:57) - Barstool’s Secret Sauce (00:21:08) - The Influencer Landsc…

My guest on this week's episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Tom Smith, a partner at specialist competition law firm Geradin Partners. I invited Tom to the podcast to discuss the recently passed Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill in the UK, which grants the UK's Competition and Markets Authority with broad new powers to reg…

The NIA boys discuss Google AI Overview, Nvidia $3T?, Starbucks Struggles, Chipotle Meme & Trump on Crypto Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:47) - Google AI Overview (00:19:34) - Nvidia $3T? (00:34:08) - X AI (00:41:19) - Starbucks Struggles (01:01:44) - Chipotle Meme (01:15:50) - Trump on Crypto What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack …

My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Danny Frenkel, the CEO of PunchUp, an eCommerce platform for stand-up comedians. Prior to founding PunchUp, Danny was an early employee at Facebook. Danny and I discuss the process of building an audience in the era of social media subscriptions, and what the end of the internet's grand bar…

The NIA boys discuss Psychology of Disneyland, ETH ETF?, OpenAI vs. Scarlett Johansson & Red Lobster’s Bankruptcy Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:23) - Psychology of Disneyland (00:09:25) - ETH ETF? (00:26:31) - Meme of the Week (00:35:32) - Why are traditional markets at ATH’s (00:47:52) - Jack’s Sotheby's Auction (00:54:53) - OpenAI vs. Sca…

My guest on this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Ari Paparo, a prominent entrepreneur and thought leader within the digital advertising ecosystem. The impetus of our conversation is a newsletter that he published several weeks ago for Marketecture in which he asked, Did it have to be this way?. From that piece: "After reading this,…

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129 - Những Lỗi Giao Tiếp Khiến Bạn Bị Coi Thường

My guest on this week’s podcast is Trung Phan, a popular X (Twitter) personality and a host of the Not Investment Advice podcast. Trung popularized the “short-form deep dive” content format on X following its introduction of long-form posts and has developed a for posting infotainment style content that often goes viral. In our conversation, Trung …

Zaid Admani joins the NIA boys to discuss Roaring Kitty Back, Gamestop Madness, Jim Simons & Renaissance Technologies and Podcast Growth Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:26) - Roaring Kitty Back & Gamestop Madness (00:17:11) - Jim Simons & Renaissance Technologies (00:47:56) - Podcast Growth What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butc…

The NIA boys discuss Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar, Netflix’s Tom Brady Roast & Berkshire Hathaway After Warren Buffett Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:50) - Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar (00:30:26) - Netflix’s Tom Brady Roast (00:55:59) - Berkshire Hathaway After Warren Buffett What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Tru…

My guest on this episode of the podcast is Lazar Radic, a Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International Center for Law & Economics and Adjunct Professor of Law at IE University. Our conversation focuses on the EU's Digital Markets Act and the broader competition regulation landscape. Among other things, we discuss: A brief survey of th…

NIA boys discuss Degen Economy, Dave & Buster’s Betting, Sports Gambling, Resy Scalpers Making Bank & Tesla’s China Deal Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:55) - Dave & Buster’s Betting (00:06:19) - Degen Economy (00:16:12) - Sports Gambling (00:38:58) - Resy Scalpers Making Bank (00:58:35) - Tesla’s China Deal What Is Not Investment Advice? Eve…

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with ⁠Alan Chapell⁠, an attorney who specializes in digital privacy through his law firm and consultancy, ⁠Chapell & Associates⁠, about the recently proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act (APRA). Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, and Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washi…

NIA boys discuss Costco Gold Bars, Tesla Robotaxi, Full-Self Driving (FSD) Review & Drake AI Diss Track Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:10) - Meme of the Week (00:05:19) - Costco Gold Bars (00:21:13) - Tesla Robotaxi & Full-Self Driving (FSD) Review (00:58:00) - Drake AI Diss Track (01:09:05) - NIA Content Strategy What Is Not Investment Advi…

My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Mikołaj Barczentewicz, a law professor at, and the research director of, the Law and Technology Hub at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. In this episode of the podcast, Mikolaj and I discuss the EDPB's recently published opinion on the use of the Pay or Okay model by "large on…

NIA boys discuss Bitcoin Halvening, MKBHD Humane Review, Airchat & Bluey Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:17) - Meme of the Week (00:06:02) - Bitcoin Halvening (00:10:46) - MKBHD Humane Review (00:33:35) - Airchat (01:02:26) - Bluey What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding o…

MDM Canon is a new podcast series from Mobile Dev Memo in which co-hosts Eric Seufert and Stewart Johnson select an article from the Mobile Dev Memo archive and discuss it at length. This episode focuses on an article titled The perilous mythology of Brand Marketing for digital products⁠, first published in November 2021. The episode proposes a tax…

NIA boys discuss NY Earthquake, Solar Eclipse & Airbnb, Amazon’s “Anonymous Indians” AI & Hermes Antitrust Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:16) - NY Earthquake (00:10:15) - Solar Eclipse & Airbnb (00:15:32) - Meme of the Week (00:18:35) - Amazon’s “Anonymous Indians” AI (00:32:40) - Hermes Antitrust (00:46:51) - AMA Question: How does Trung ex…

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I discuss third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome, as well as Google's Privacy Sandbox suite of tools with Paul Bannister, the Chief Strategy Officer at Raptive. Over the course of our conversation, we cover: The current state of third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome; Whether publishers are genera…

The NIA boys discuss Coinbase’s Base Layer 2, ETH ETF (?), SBF, Gmail at 20 & The Matrix Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:07:36) - Coinbase’s Base Layer 2 (00:28:22) - ETH ETF (?) (00:39:20) - SBF Sentenced to 25 years (00:45:31) -Gmail at 20 (00:55:29) - The Matrix What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan…

My guest on this week's episode of the podcast is Tom Fish, the Head of Public Policy and Research at Gener8, a data empowerment platform for consumers. Tom is also the Director of Policy at the Coalition for Online Data Empowerment, an advocacy group. But prior to these roles, Tom was an Assistant Director at the UK's Competition and Markets Autho…

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127 - Nhất Nghệ Tinh, Nhất Thân Vinh

126 - Cái Gốc Của Giao Tiếp Tốt

125 - Những Lỗi Giao Tiếp Phổ Biến Ngày Tết

The NIA boys discuss Boeing Fiasco, Truth Social & Trump SPAC, Reddit IPO & Royal Family vs. British Press Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:29) - Meme of the Week (00:04:04) - Boeing Fiasco (00:29:28) - Truth Social & Trump SPAC (00:35:49) - Reddit IPO (00:44:40) - Royal Family vs. British Press What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack …

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Rishabh Jain, the CEO and co-founder of FERMÀT, an eCommerce platform designed to maximize advertising conversions for brands that recently raised a $17MM Series A led by Bain Capital. In our conversation, Rishabh and I discuss, among other topics: The implications for retail and eCommerc…

The NIA boys discuss Slerf Memecoin, Google x Apple AI Deal, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson & Netflix Sports Strategy Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:30) - Slerf Memecoin (00:26:58) - Google x Apple AI Deal (00:42:55) - Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (00:48:08) - Netflix Sports Strategy (00:55:32) - Oasis Discussion What Is Not Investment Advice? Every w…

In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with Ryan Anthony, the CEO of DIRT, an emotion analytics platform. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss: The science of emotion and the field of emotion analytics; The challenges of using focus group feedback to optimize early consumer products; The methodologies used to measure a u…

The NIA boys discuss Memecoins vs. NFTs, Bitcoin ATH, TikTok “Ban”, Dune 2 & When To Sell Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:05:11) - Mental Models for Memecoins (00:11:53) - Memecoins vs. NFTs (00:28:41) - TikTok “Ban” (00:42:53) - Dune (00:55:56) - When To Sell What Is Not Investment Advice? Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan disc…

I speak with Ty Tinker, the Head of Analytics at AdQuick, on the topic of Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising measurement. Among other things, we discuss: The definition of Out-of-Home advertising On what timeline advertisers tend to adopt Out-of-Home advertising How Out-of-Home fits into a marketing strategy Which product categories see the most success…