Logbot (Dec 04 2024 at 20:45): Logbot (Dec 04 2024 at 20:45):Jerod is joined by Hack Clubber Acon, who is fresh of the GitHub Universe stage and ready to tell us all about High Seas, a new initiative by Zach Latta and the Hack Club crew that's incentivizing teens to build cool personal projects by giving away free stuff. :link: https://changelog.fm/620
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Welcome to The Changelog | 01:12 |
| 02 | 01:12 | Sponsor: Sentry | 02:00 |
| 03 | 03:11 | Start the show! | 01:51 |
| 04 | 05:03 | Acon at Hack Club | 01:58 |
| 05 | 07:01 | Designing Apocalypse | 01:13 |
| 06 | 08:14 | Finding Hack Club | 01:30 |
| 07 | 09:44 | Bottle cap obsession | 03:42 |
| 08 | 13:26 | Gamification learnings | 05:26 |
| 09 | 18:51 | On gaming | 02:08 |
| 10 | 20:59 | On art | 01:22 |
| 11 | 22:21 | Adapting to the web | 01:17 |
| 12 | 23:38 | Sponsor: Fly.io | 04:30 |
| 13 | 28:08 | High Seas | 03:18 |
| 14 | 31:26 | Prizes! | 03:16 |
| 15 | 34:42 | A trip down memory lane | 01:15 |
| 16 | 35:57 | 4,980 doubloons | 02:40 |
| 17 | 38:36 | Who built this? | 01:37 |
| 18 | 40:13 | Guido & Anders! | 01:48 |
| 19 | 42:01 | FAQs | 00:23 |
| 20 | 42:24 | Sponsor: AssemblyAI | 01:29 |
| 21 | 43:53 | What's next for Acon? | 01:38 |
| 22 | 45:32 | Gap year & beyond | 02:07 |
| 23 | 47:39 | Coming up next (sotl!) | 01:44 |
Tim Uckun (Dec 10 2024 at 20:45):This was a great interview. I kind of remember what it was like to be young and energetic.
Jerod Santo (Dec 10 2024 at 20:48):Haha yeah Acon is full of energy. Made me want to design a game/hackathon!
Andrew O'Brien (Dec 13 2024 at 04:41):Well I didn’t expect to come away with such a mixture of hope for the future and inadequacy for what I’d done with my life by that point, but also kind of in general. :sweat_smile:
And great job explaining Pogs, Jerod :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
Tim Uckun (Dec 13 2024 at 20:55):I don't know why but the phrase "hella ton" just gave me the giggles.
Lars Ellingsen (Dec 14 2024 at 00:19):Tim Uckun said:
I don't know why but the phrase "hella ton" just gave me the giggles.
I definitely noticed this as well. As someone from Southern California, it tricked me into thinking she was from the Bay Area
Ron Waldon-Howe (Mar 28 2025 at 01:10):I remember being concerned that the popularity of closed platforms (e.g. iOS) would reduce the curiosity and engineering mindset across the human race
This episode is a good demonstration of the opposite: it seems like the kids are alright :)
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