73 episodes

With Itamar Weisbrod, Hillel Fuld, and Guy Malachi - Bootstrap is a podcast about the Israeli tech scene, innovation, startups, and everything interesting in between.

Bootstrap with @itamarw, @hilzfuld, and @guy

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With Itamar Weisbrod, Hillel Fuld, and Guy Malachi - Bootstrap is a podcast about the Israeli tech scene, innovation, startups, and everything interesting in between.

    E71: Degenerative AI

    E71: Degenerative AI

    Welcome to episode 71 of Bootstrap! Hillel went to the British embassy's coronation celebration. Why? Because Hillel is a world class British historian, duh.

    So what did we talk about?
    The most obscure TikTok genres that the algorithm exposes us to..“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the remote work ‘experiment’ was a mistake—and ‘it’s over” - https://fortune.com/2023/05/05/openai-ceo-sam-altman-remote-work-mistake-return-to-office/ “Israel must position itself as one of the three leading AI powers in the world,” says former Prime Minister Bennett” - https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkvaifle3 Google announces the Pixel Fold - https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced No heads of state on BlueSky - https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/5/23713232/bluesky-no-presidents-no-kings-policy Shoutouts!
    Guy: Les Mills Body Combat on Oculus QuestHillel: iPhone 13 miniItamar: Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the playoffs! 
    BYEEEEEE

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    • 50 min
    E70: Blue Sky

    E70: Blue Sky

    Welcome to episode 70 of Bootstrap! In this exciting installment, we dive into the hot topic of Twitter's new character limits and the impact it has on users. But the excitement doesn't stop there - during our live recording, our co-host Hillel received an exclusive invite to BlueSky, Jack Dorsey's latest social network venture. Join us as we unpack these events and explore the future of social media together! (Generated by ChatGPT)

    So what did we talk about?
    Twitter Blue subscribers can now compose tweets with up to 10K characters and utilize bold or italic fonts  https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/13/twitter-introduces-10000-character-long-tweets-for-blue-subscribers/Montana lawmakers approve a first-of-its-kind bill that bans TikTok and bars app stores from offering the app within the state, starting on January 1, 2024BlueSky Invites!Shoutouts!
    Guy: Artifact's two new features- comments and AI article summaries. https://artifact.news/ Hillel: Beef https://www.netflix.com/title/81447461Itamar: Succession's last season
    BYEEEEEE

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    E69: Chromebooks are punishments

    E69: Chromebooks are punishments

    We talk about AI a lot, because that's what's in the news.  But also, this week there was AR news that *wasn't* silly! 

    So what did we talk about?
    Twitter released the source code for their for you algo https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/31/twitter-reveals-some-of-its-source-code-including-its-recommendation-algorithm/ 1000 people signed a letter asking ai labs to pause their work for 6 monthsAR glasses coming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-02/when-is-apple-aapl-announcing-its-mixed-reality-headset-june-5-at-wwdc-2023-lfzggfheShoutouts!
    Guy: Adobe Podcast https://podcast.adobe.com/Hillel: Notion https://www.notion.so Itamar: Codium.ai 
    BYEEEEEE

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    • 41 min
    E68: Twitter Blue Premium

    E68: Twitter Blue Premium

    That's right! Hillel wasn't paying attention, and upgraded to Twitter Blue on iOS, instead of desktop.  Oooh, fancy shmancy!

    So what did we talk about?
    Twitter Blue is rolling out globally, and legacy verified blue checks are going away.TikTok CEO's congressional testimony, and how Hillel doesn't understand why anyone would want to ban TikTok.Shoutouts!
    Guy: Mailbrew www.mailbrew.com Hillel: Android (Yup, Hillel came *really* prepared*)Itamar: iOS 16.4, specifically push notifications for Web Apps!
    BYEEEEEE

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    • 36 min
    E67: Math is important

    E67: Math is important

    Very short one this week, but we figured we'll give the fans what they want.  *Some* Bootstrap is better than none, right??

    So what did we talk about?
    AI.  And if it's going to be detrimental to our kids in the future. (Spoiler alert: Hillel doesn't care/think so!)Shoutouts!
    Guy: Ply https://ply.io/Hillel: OnePlus 11 https://www.oneplus.com/il/11Itamar: MH370: The Plane That Disappeared https://www.netflix.com/title/81307163 
    BYEEEEEE

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    • 20 min
    E66: The power of a unicorn

    E66: The power of a unicorn

    Never a dull moment! We basically just spoke about the collapse of SVB, the runs on other regional banks, and how the sky feels like it's falling, in general. 

    So what did we talk about?
    SVB.Shoutouts!
    Guy: ClipChamp http://www.clipchamp.com Hillel: Stratasys https://www.stratasys.com/en/ Itamar: Amazing lockers are dope amazon.com/findalocker
    BYEEEEEE

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    • 34 min

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