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: Twitter Wikipedia YouTube Medium CrunchBase Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects. North Watchville Website Watchville App Tiiny betaworks Milk 11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+. Google Ventures Google+ Daniel Burka Vic Gundotra 18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like. Nextdoor Medium NoRedInk OmniGraffle Marc Hemeon 23:00 - Where do you fall on the line of product or design? Design Details with Cennydd Bowles 26:00 - What are the startups you're really excited about right now? Shyp 30:00 - We talk watches. NOMOS Girard-Perregaux Seiko Philippe Dufour A. Lange & Söhne 2015 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? Secret Outlook on iOS Sunrise Calendar 46:00 - Flashback to Kevin's past roles in the media world. The New Screen Savers Diggnation Leo Laporte 48:00 - How do you spot that in the hiring process? Caleb Davenport Sam Soffes Danny Trinh 54:00 - Why do all the podcasts and shows? Bulletproof Coffee Foundation Sahil Lavingia 57:00 - Would you encourage everyone to come to SF/Silicon Valley? Kevin Rose's house protest 59:00 - We diverge, briefly, to chat about tattoos, Tokyo and cooking. Darya Rose 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. Vessyl Gyroscope Anand Sharma Soylent Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief HBO trailer The Racoon Incident