Design Details 24: Open Source Religion (feat. Kevin Rose)
This week we sat down with Kevin Rose - he's a designer, product creator and venture capitalist who has had a prolific presence in the tech community for several years. We chat about the things he's loving right now, watch culture, health and cooking, hiring and so much more!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly!
Sponsors:
- IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro!
- Code School - Learn to code from the comfort of your browser
- Video: Unmasking HTML Emails
Kevin on the Web:
Show Notes:
5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects.
11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+.
18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like.
23:00 - Where do you fall on the line of product or design?
26:00 - What are the startups you're really excited about right now?
30:00 - We talk watches.
34:00 - What do you bring back from outside of the US into the product and design world?
- Kevin on Instagram
- Kevin Rose on The Screen Savers
- Old Beans
- Tim Ferriss
- Jony Ive talks about the Apple Watch
43:00 - Do you feel like you've gotten out of the rat race of the tech world?
46:00 - Flashback to Kevin's past roles in the media world.
48:00 - How do you spot that in the hiring process?
54:00 - Why do all the podcasts and shows?
57:00 - Would you encourage everyone to come to SF/Silicon Valley?
59:00 - We diverge, briefly, to chat about tattoos, Tokyo and cooking.
1:02:00 - A fake-out ending, we hear what Kevin is into these days.
- Slack
- Wealthfront
- Periscope
- Meerkat
- Square Cash
- Messenger (Desktop Wrapper)
- Sebastiaan de With
- Josh Puckett
- Dropbox
- Dropbox for Business
- Mailbox
- Hackpad
- Evernote
- CloudApp
- Slack + Spaces
- Slack’s $2.8 Billion Dollar Secret Sauce
- Metalab
1:12:00 - We talk health, nutrition and religion.