Mercenary Podcast

#18 Nate Abele, CTO of Radify.io

In this episode we bring on Nate Abele, CTO of Radify.io to talk about how technology is shaping small businesses. Recorded just before the election - thought happily with almost nil election talk - we disuss a wide range of topics including: What Nate does at Radify Automation The meaning of work Technology in general Future of banking and small business lending Monetary Policy and Stock Buy Backs Though he says he'll regret it, Matt and Nate say they're excited for Trump to shake things up Legal Tax Havens Escaping to Estonia [https://e-estonia.com/e-residents/about/] Working Abroad The meaning of government in its most base sense Reasoning from first principals Processes for more productive work without distraction How each Dan, Matt and Nate like to work without wasting time Some apps we like: Flowstate [http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/28/10853534/flowstate-writing-app-mac-ios-delete-everything] Evernote [https://evernote.com/] Timing App [https://timingapp.com/faq.php] NOTE: Dan decided to record the podcast in a really loud location outside of his office and contributed to most of the poor audio quality.

#17 Cody Brown

On this episode we bring on Cody Brown, the founder of virtual reality experience company, IRL(In Real Life). We talk about the state of the VR industry, and the different directions it can go. Cody and Dan both have first hand experience producing professional VR experiences, and they bring a wealth of insight to the table for an industry that's still in it's infancy. Twitter: CodyBrown [https://twitter.com/CodyBrown] IRL: irl-vr.com [http://irl-vr.com] Inside the secretive augmented reality company, Magic Leap. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/11/02/inside-magic-leap-the-secretive-4-5-billion-startup-changing-computing-forever/#513331cbe83f] Dan's work on The Exorcist on Fox [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-k_jrgDJk&feature=youtu.be]. The scariest thing Matt has seen in the last few months, Edward Mordake, the man with a face on the back of his head. Though it may be a hoax. [http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/edward_mordake] The case against reailty. [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-illusion-of-reality/479559/?utm_source=wdfb&mbid=social_fb] What you see in daily life might not be close to it's true form, and it doesn't have to be.

#16 Dan Clifton & Matt Monihan

Dan and Matt reconnect after a long hiatus. A lot has happened in both their careers. Dan has a movie in theaters March 2017, Matt's company got acquired. Look forward to new episodes with exciting guests in the next few weeks! Belko Experiment Gets a 2017 IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082807/] Release Date [http://screenrant.com/belko-experiment-james-gunn-release-date/] RJMetrics acquired by Magento [https://blog.rjmetrics.com/2016/08/01/rjmetrics-acquired-by-magento-commerce-pipeline-is-now-stitch/] George Reefah - Paparazzi [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kfXCnuY-PA] Enemy [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316411/] Friends and Family Film Feedback Platform [http://www.ffscreening.com/]

#15 Married on the Highline with Genevieve Dreizen

Here's a lost episode from April 2015! We brought in Genevieve Dreizen, a project manager at NYC company Gramercy Tech. (http://www.gramercytech.com/) We talk about her work in tech as well her side gig as a renegade marriage officiant.

#14 American Greed - Tech Investigative Reporting with Juliana Reyes, Dan Clifton & Matt Monihan

On Episode 14, Dan and Matt speak with Juliana Reyes about her role as a writer at Technically Philly and delve into some of the recent financial scandals and one-upmanship than has rocked the tech scene. We mostly discuss a recent article [http://technical.ly/philly/2015/03/11/what-happened-brand-com/] by Juliana that depicts the sudden demise of the reputation management company Brand.com. We discuss how so many articles related to any industry are about meteoric successes or immediate crashes, without covering the day-to-day aspects of real working life. Juliana also describes her experience writing for Technical.ly Philly. Lastly, we speak about how different industries can only last so long in a certain geographic area before their locality hinders their ultimate growth. Some links: http://badassdigest.com/2015/03/02/from-hollywood-to-homeless-the-writer-of-jason-x-and-drive-angry-on-screenw/ [http://From%20Hollywood%20to%20Homeless] http://technical.ly/philly/2015/03/11/what-happened-brand-com/ http://technical.ly/philly/author/julianareyes/ [http://Juliana%27s%20Article%20-%20What%20happened%20to%20Brand.com%20?] http://johnaugust.com/2011/no-hollywood-for-him [http://Great%20post/pod%20by%20John%20August%20about%20writing%20for%20Hollywood%20without%20living%20there] @juliana_f_reyes [http://Juliana%20on%20Twitter]