The man behind the Sandwich (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Adam Lisagor (Sandwich Video founder) takes us behind the Sandwich to share his insights into the importance of storytelling in the tech industry, the value of helping Founders communicate their stories effectively, the details behind his new AI company, and the apps he’s making for Apple Vision Pro at Sandwich Vision.

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Featuring:

• Adam Lisagor – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Sandwich (Video)
• useful.computer - The AI app/company Adam and Beamer are working on
• Sandwich Vision - Television and Theater apps for Apple Vision Pro

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chapters

1. Welcome to The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Cronitor (00:01:18)

https://cronitor.io

3. Start the show! (00:04:15)

4. Where it all started (00:06:01)

5. The Sandwich brand (00:15:52)

6. The challenge of framing a story (00:19:11)

7. Iteration! (00:22:36)

8. Sponsor: Neon (00:27:51)

https://neon.tech/enterprise

9. When the project falls apart (00:31:24)

10. Check yourself (00:34:16)

11. Advice! "10-10-10" (00:41:32)

12. Equity in lieu of cash (00:42:56)

13. What's Adam working on? (00:46:04)

14. The #1 threat to action (00:51:00)

15. Friends be haters (sometimes) (00:55:21)

16. Words of affirmation (00:57:00)

17. Working with people you can trust (00:58:49)

18. Sponsor: Paragon (01:01:13)

https://www.useparagon.com/changelog

19. Sponsor: Intel Innovation 2024 (01:03:17)

https://intel.com/innovation?regcode=CMCCHL&utm_campaign=Changelog

20. Segue to Sandwich Vision (01:04:50)

21. Could this be the "killer app"? (01:08:35)

22. Capturing the theater (01:10:12)

23. Free feature: Buddy Pass (01:14:40)

24. Special capture equipment? (01:16:36)

25. Scaling up the Vision Pro (01:20:04)

26. Hypothesizing on the business model (01:22:06)

27. Vision Pro for Broadway, etc (01:24:46)

28. We're so hyped (01:29:42)

29. Where to go (01:31:05)

30. Closing thoughts and stuff (01:32:41)

31. BONUS (for all) (01:35:29)

32. ++ Teaser (01:38:45)