Meta and the metaverse. Hype or the future?
Tech Talks4 Marras 2021

Meta and the metaverse. Hype or the future?

One intro track with a few of Dave's 'hot takes' and then five interviews recorded on the floor of the conference - so there is a little background noise, but it's nice you're there... (right?). Tally Market's awesome founding duo Jules Robertson and Laura Beales talk hybrid working and team dynamics. Sebastian Rettlinger tells me how motion profiling medtech Enari 'found it's feet' on a surf board! Margot Worsley, studying at the University of Oxford explains what she's looking for from an employer (and what's caught her eye). Bclose's International Relations Specialist Sandra Jorge brings the local character of Lisbon to life, whilst also explaining how tech can help communities in the developing world access better healthcare. And Paul Hamilton from vTogether tells us that Facebook have been pretty clever, even if the adverts were cringe...

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Edith Harbaugh, CEO of LaunchDarkly, talks about the role features play in tech and deployment.

Edith Harbaugh, CEO of LaunchDarkly, talks about the role features play in tech and deployment.

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Rebecca Rumbul is bringing a class action suit against Oracle & Salesforce to court, why?

Rebecca Rumbul is bringing a class action suit against Oracle & Salesforce to court, why?

Rebecca Rumbul is concerned that advertising cookies are hoovering up data without your consent selling them to the highest bidder, in a breach of GDPR. She's taken the step of bringing a class action...

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Ross McCaw, Founder of OurPeople, is helping business cut through the noise.

Ross McCaw, Founder of OurPeople, is helping business cut through the noise.

Ross McCaw built his business to ensure that companies could get key information to their employees, no matter how fragmented and varied the working environment. With the explosion of social media and...

20 Loka 202037min

Jonathan Prest, CTO of SaleCycle, tells us what makes a good engineer.

Jonathan Prest, CTO of SaleCycle, tells us what makes a good engineer.

In today's episode of the podcast Jonathan discusses how agile can be approached to ensure it communicates with the business (using ever shorter cycles), and what makes a good engineer. He also invite...

16 Loka 202036min

Aaron Whitehead, European MD at Vouchr, on making money movement social.

Aaron Whitehead, European MD at Vouchr, on making money movement social.

Aaron joins the podcast to talk about how Vouchr are making payments social; the problem that money transfer companies have is that the process is boring! There is desire for users to improve the expe...

13 Loka 202036min

Zach & Neil, co-founders of Andrson, are using tech to help discover new music during a pandemic.

Zach & Neil, co-founders of Andrson, are using tech to help discover new music during a pandemic.

On today's show we're chatting to Neil and Zach, co-founders of music discoverability app Andrson. A duo reimaging A&R. So what's their secret sauce, how is a funding (or lack of?) affecting music tec...

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Chase Buckle, Trends Manager at GlobalWebIndex, on the impact of the Grey Pound on online trends.

Chase Buckle, Trends Manager at GlobalWebIndex, on the impact of the Grey Pound on online trends.

Chase Buckle, from GlobalWebIndex, joins the podcast to talk about how the pandemic has changed the balance of power in consumer spending and habits. Increasingly an older generation is dominating soc...

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Tara Looney, CPO at Shaw Academy, discusses the change in attitudes towards online learning in 2020.

Tara Looney, CPO at Shaw Academy, discusses the change in attitudes towards online learning in 2020.

Tara discuss the surge in online learning since the pandemic, with millions of new students learning practical skills. What affect will it have on education more broadly, teacher and student relations...

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