The David Weekly

The David Weekly

David muses on topics from investing to entrepreneurship to parenthood. He also interviews smart people from around Silicon Valley and the world on topics from testing to religion to investing.

Episodes

August 25, 2020 13 mins

David walks through his educational plans for his two kids ages 5 and 3.

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In this episode I share some thoughts about voice technology and how we interact with computers.
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July 28, 2020 11 secs
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My interview with Karina Pikhart and Peter Cantisani about Karina's startup 6dot, which is making a new portable Braille labelling system.

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March 21, 2011 45 mins

Dr. Jade Wang of NASA Ames talks about The Game, her long, fascinating voyage to America from China as a child and her time here in Silicon Valley.

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March 21, 2011 26 mins

David interviews Dr. William Marshall of the NASA Ames Research Center about his current projects to build low cost satellites, the necessary creation of a lunar base, and his path in coming to Silicon Valley.

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March 19, 2011 41 mins

David Weekly interviews James Halliday and Peteris Krumins, the CEO and CTO (respectively) of the newly-established Browserling, a browser testing firm in which David made his first angel investment. (The interview was done a mere hour after closing the round!) James describes his drive down from Alaska to the Bay Area to pursue funding for his startup and Peteris describes his childhood with computers in Latvia and his meeting Jam...

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March 9, 2011 32 mins

David interviews environmental policy wonk Tim Telleen-Lawton about his work for Environment California.

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February 26, 2011 64 mins

Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Aleksandra Markova describe the Atherton, CA based incubator-house they live in (called Blackbox.vc), how it sprung out of a global network of youth entrepreneurs called Sandbox, and how a young, rural German came to meet a young, rural Russian somewhere in Washington thanks to a U.S. Government program…

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February 17, 2011 45 mins

My interview with Jeff Lindsay, my co-founder of SuperHappyDevHouse and the Hacker Dojo.

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February 7, 2011 23 mins

Interview with Paolo Privitera of DooChoo, talking about innovation and startups in Venice and creating ties and cultural exchange with Silicon Valley.

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February 6, 2011 18 mins

My (now former) roommate Ulrich describes his epic road trip from California down to the southern tip of Chile in his trusty Jeep, with a kayak mounted to his roof. The trip took over four years and included a three month pit-stop in Guatemala (“an excellent place to learn Spanish”) and six months in Panama, where Ulrich now owns a small retreat center / compound.

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February 6, 2011 24 mins

Rhett Butler of Mongabay talks about his upcoming State Department sponsored trip to Indonesia, where he’ll address thousands on the subject of biodiversity and property rights. We cover US consumers’ relationship to Green Marketing, corporate pioneering of sustainable economies, and more!

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February 5, 2011 19 mins

Alan explains how he got introduced to computers, why he went to Stanford and majored in philosophy, and how he ended up as a software engineer working for a Silicon Valley company.

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February 5, 2011 33 mins

Alan outlines the three rules of software testing:

  • Rule 0: Write Tests.
  • Rule 1: Test at the highest level that makes sense.
  • Rule 2: Tests should be fast.
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February 4, 2011 13 mins

Jocelyn describes her childhood in Wyoming and coming to Silicon Valley as well as her personal interests.

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January 30, 2011 26 mins

David Weekly interviews Treehouse housemate Nato Saichek about his hobbyist space vehicle project to build a pico-satellite (measuring 4″ cubed) that will use solar sails to sail to the moon.

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