Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.crowdmachine.com/">Craig Sproule</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Crowd_Machine">@Crowd_Machine</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Craig Sproule talks with Dave Rael about building distributed systems, Crowd Machine, business, quality of life in building software, and planning for change </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Craig Sproule, CEO of Crowd Machine (https://www.crowdmachine.com) has built the Crowd Computer, a decentralized app execution network that includes a comprehensive, embedded app builder technology. It radically transforms the app development process, is blockchain agnostic and is already in use with a number of Fortune 500 companies.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Craig Sproule</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Decentralization</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Being a part of the Crowd Computer network</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The promise of blockchain technologies</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - What developers should know about decentralized technology and Crowd Computer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Making services accessible</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Craig's approach to software and business</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Craig's story of failure - Sacrificing quality of life to deliver a novel experience</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Taking away the pain of building systems and the relative inexperience of software developers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Availability of Crowd Machine's Crowd Computer offering, controlled rollout, and the maturity timeframe for technology</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Craig stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Craig's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Craig's experience with winning a systems building contest with change requests and lessons learned</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Craig's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Craig</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.crowdmachine.com/" target="_blank">Crowd Machine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/understanding-dao-hack-journalists/" target="_blank">The DAO Hack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486496376/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay The Gospel of Wealth (Dover Thrift Editions) - Andrew Carnegie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org.au/" target="_blank">Australian Computer Society</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Craig's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/&keywords=autobiographies&tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Autobiographies</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Craig's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Eat well</li> <li>Sleep</li> <li>Have a balanced life</li> </ol> </div> </div>
