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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) interstitium, philosophy, innovation, design, progress, experimentation, system, politics, behavior, tech Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic peet@itsjustamodel.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/47e1e8cblbg21c541kucdtk2th0k?.jpg It's Just A Model https://itsjustamodel.com Peet Sneekes Ron Kersic 016 - It's Just A Model - Tolerances 016 - It's Just A Model - Tolerances It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Informal Introduction
  • 00:42 — The Pope
  • 06:01 — Cavemen
  • 10:00 — Luxury Tokens
  • 22:00 — Pace Layers (again)
  • 31:07 — Pencil vs Brush
  • 38:37 — Word Building

LINKS

  • MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS — https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
  • After Automation — https://every.to/p/after-automation
  • ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABOR — https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
  • Caveman — https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
  • Regenerative Software https://regenerativesoftware.substack.com/p/immutable-infrastructure-immutable
  • Goofy Stance — https://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-You%27re-Regular-or-Goofy-Foot
  • How Buildings Learn — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Buildings_Learn
  • Ellipsis — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
  • Sheldon's compulsive closure therapy— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Av2l4t0U4
  • Lenticular Lenses — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_lens
  • Ferrari Luce — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_lens
  • Talk Dirty to Me Claude — https://plotprose.com/product/talk-dirty-to-me-claude-on-demand/
  • Millésime— https://www.corkrules.com/learn/decoding-the-wine-label-mill-sime
  • Claude System Prompts — https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts
  • Wolfram Alpha — https://www.wolframalpha.com/

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Informal Introduction
  • 00:42 — The Pope
  • 06:01 — Cavemen
  • 10:00 — Luxury Tokens
  • 22:00 — Pace Layers (again)
  • 31:07 — Pencil vs Brush
  • 38:37 — Word Building

LINKS

  • MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS — https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
  • After Automation — https://every.to/p/after-automation
  • ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABOR — https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
  • Caveman — https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman
  • Regenerative Software https://regenerativesoftware.substack.com/p/immutable-infrastructure-immutable
  • Goofy Stance — https://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-You%27re-Regular-or-Goofy-Foot
  • How Buildings Learn — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Buildings_Learn
  • Ellipsis — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
  • Sheldon's compulsive closure therapy— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Av2l4t0U4
  • Lenticular Lenses — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_lens
  • Ferrari Luce — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_lens
  • Talk Dirty to Me Claude — https://plotprose.com/product/talk-dirty-to-me-claude-on-demand/
  • Millésime— https://www.corkrules.com/learn/decoding-the-wine-label-mill-sime
  • Claude System Prompts — https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts
  • Wolfram Alpha — https://www.wolframalpha.com/

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-19313689 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200 3332 1 16 full false 015 - It's Just A Model - License 015 - It's Just A Model - License It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Formal Introduction
  • 03:20 — What do we do?
  • 14:00 — Mass-ignorance
  • 24:00 — In praise of Maintenance
  • 37:30 — S-curves
  • 40:30 — Modern Times
  • 59:00 — What is water?

LINKS

  • The System of Profession — https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo5965590.html
  • Henk Haaima — https://www.linkedin.com/in/henkhaaima/
  • Domain-Driven Design — https://www.domainlanguage.com/ddd/
  • Safety-I and Safety-II — https://erikhollnagel.com/ideas/safety-i%20and%20safety-ii.html
  • Error-Driven Development — https://medium.com/@ss-tech/error-driven-development-8a956c4a943a
  • Erlang — https://www.erlang.org/
  • Adaptive PAth — https://www.designdirectory.com/firm/main?firm_id=201396&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
  • Three Times a Lady — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qTPVS1uiQ0
  • Incorruptible by Eric Ries — https://www.incorruptible.co/
  • The Watershed — https://thewatershed.markpesce.com/
  • Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_Capital
  • Rube Goldberg Machine — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
  • Modern Times — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)
  • Amazon drivers are hanging phones in trees —  https://www.engadget.com/amazon-flex-delivery-drivers-phone-trees-161728196.html
  • Skeuomorph — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
  • Calm Technology — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology
  • Getting Things Done — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
  • LLM Wiki — https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
  • Benn Jordan — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Jordan
  • What is Water? — https://museumofpsychology.org/2019/07/09/the-what-is-water-fish-story/

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Formal Introduction
  • 03:20 — What do we do?
  • 14:00 — Mass-ignorance
  • 24:00 — In praise of Maintenance
  • 37:30 — S-curves
  • 40:30 — Modern Times
  • 59:00 — What is water?

LINKS

  • The System of Profession — https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo5965590.html
  • Henk Haaima — https://www.linkedin.com/in/henkhaaima/
  • Domain-Driven Design — https://www.domainlanguage.com/ddd/
  • Safety-I and Safety-II — https://erikhollnagel.com/ideas/safety-i%20and%20safety-ii.html
  • Error-Driven Development — https://medium.com/@ss-tech/error-driven-development-8a956c4a943a
  • Erlang — https://www.erlang.org/
  • Adaptive PAth — https://www.designdirectory.com/firm/main?firm_id=201396&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
  • Three Times a Lady — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qTPVS1uiQ0
  • Incorruptible by Eric Ries — https://www.incorruptible.co/
  • The Watershed — https://thewatershed.markpesce.com/
  • Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_Capital
  • Rube Goldberg Machine — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
  • Modern Times — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)
  • Amazon drivers are hanging phones in trees —  https://www.engadget.com/amazon-flex-delivery-drivers-phone-trees-161728196.html
  • Skeuomorph — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
  • Calm Technology — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology
  • Getting Things Done — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
  • LLM Wiki — https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
  • Benn Jordan — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn_Jordan
  • What is Water? — https://museumofpsychology.org/2019/07/09/the-what-is-water-fish-story/

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-19185318 Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 4002 1 15 full false 014 - It's Just A Model - Invigorated 014 - It's Just A Model - Invigorated It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:50 — Twiddling Knobs
  • 08:20 — Information Wants To Be Free
  • 15:20 — Technology & Complexity
  • 24:20 — What's My Job Again?
  • 36:00 — Software Brain
  • 48:30 — It's the Mindset, Stupid

LINKS

  • Enshittification — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
  • Teux Deux — https://teuxdeux.com/
  • Twiddling — https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/
  • Kafe Belgie — https://www.kafebelgie.nl/
  • WOO — https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/wet-open-overheid-woo
  • Active Apple Devices — https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/01/apple-has-one-active-device-per-four-people-on-the-planet
  • Everything is Amazing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgK2OjHA2Q
  • What's My Name Again — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhYp73X29A
  • Reshuffle Book — https://www.amazon.com/Reshuffle-wins-restacks-knowledge-economy-ebook/dp/B0DTKW6NQV
  • Hans Klok — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klok
  • Matt Rife — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Rife
  • Jimmy Carr — https://www.jimmycarr.com/
  • The Law of Conservation of Attractive Profits — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-law-conservation-attractive-profits-peter-knol-nxsse/
  • Software Brain — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automation
  • Programming as Theory Building — https://gwern.net/doc/cs/algorithm/1985-naur.pdf

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:50 — Twiddling Knobs
  • 08:20 — Information Wants To Be Free
  • 15:20 — Technology & Complexity
  • 24:20 — What's My Job Again?
  • 36:00 — Software Brain
  • 48:30 — It's the Mindset, Stupid

LINKS

  • Enshittification — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
  • Teux Deux — https://teuxdeux.com/
  • Twiddling — https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/
  • Kafe Belgie — https://www.kafebelgie.nl/
  • WOO — https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/wet-open-overheid-woo
  • Active Apple Devices — https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/01/apple-has-one-active-device-per-four-people-on-the-planet
  • Everything is Amazing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgK2OjHA2Q
  • What's My Name Again — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhYp73X29A
  • Reshuffle Book — https://www.amazon.com/Reshuffle-wins-restacks-knowledge-economy-ebook/dp/B0DTKW6NQV
  • Hans Klok — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klok
  • Matt Rife — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Rife
  • Jimmy Carr — https://www.jimmycarr.com/
  • The Law of Conservation of Attractive Profits — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-law-conservation-attractive-profits-peter-knol-nxsse/
  • Software Brain — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automation
  • Programming as Theory Building — https://gwern.net/doc/cs/algorithm/1985-naur.pdf

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-19105571 Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 3488 1 14 full false 013 - It's Just A Model - Church of Mode 013 - It's Just A Model - Church of Mode It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:20 — The Bitter Lessons
  • 14:00 — "The December Event" in Coding
  • 28:35 — Dominant Designs
  • 33:30 — Actors and AI
  • 40:14 — What is Old is New Again
  • 45:45 — Wander/Wonder Machines
  • 52:25 — Fashion!

LINKS

  • The Bitter Lesson — http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
  • Deep Blue — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
  • Meta classes — https://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~pearce/modules/lectures/uml2/details/index2.htm
  • Roadside Picnic — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic
  • Project Glasswing — https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
  • Zero-Day Vulnerability — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_vulnerability
  • John McAfee — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee
  • Dominant Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_design
  • FAFO — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJf6iFA2xCY
  • MemPalace — https://millaj.com/mempalace
  • Ben Affleck's InterPositive — https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/ben-affleck-just-sold-his-stealth-ai-startup-to-netflix-for-600-million-heres-what-it-actually-does/91315812
  • The Accountant — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accountant_(2016_film)
  • Zettelkasten — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten
  • Agents & Wiki — https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
  • RAG — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation
  • Golfen Gate Claude — https://www.anthropic.com/news/golden-gate-claude
  • Wrong on the Internet — https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_Calls
  • Lidewij Edelkoort — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidewij_Edelkoort
  • Devils Wears Prads — https://weareactors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-Monologue.pdf
  • An Engine, Not a Camera — https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262633673/an-engine-not-a-camera/
  • Ana Andjelic — https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaandjelic/

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Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:20 — The Bitter Lessons
  • 14:00 — "The December Event" in Coding
  • 28:35 — Dominant Designs
  • 33:30 — Actors and AI
  • 40:14 — What is Old is New Again
  • 45:45 — Wander/Wonder Machines
  • 52:25 — Fashion!

LINKS

  • The Bitter Lesson — http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
  • Deep Blue — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
  • Meta classes — https://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~pearce/modules/lectures/uml2/details/index2.htm
  • Roadside Picnic — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic
  • Project Glasswing — https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
  • Zero-Day Vulnerability — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_vulnerability
  • John McAfee — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee
  • Dominant Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_design
  • FAFO — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJf6iFA2xCY
  • MemPalace — https://millaj.com/mempalace
  • Ben Affleck's InterPositive — https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/ben-affleck-just-sold-his-stealth-ai-startup-to-netflix-for-600-million-heres-what-it-actually-does/91315812
  • The Accountant — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accountant_(2016_film)
  • Zettelkasten — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten
  • Agents & Wiki — https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f
  • RAG — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation
  • Golfen Gate Claude — https://www.anthropic.com/news/golden-gate-claude
  • Wrong on the Internet — https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/386:_Duty_Calls
  • Lidewij Edelkoort — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidewij_Edelkoort
  • Devils Wears Prads — https://weareactors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-Monologue.pdf
  • An Engine, Not a Camera — https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262633673/an-engine-not-a-camera/
  • Ana Andjelic — https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaandjelic/

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-19036147 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200 3857 1 13 full false 012 - It's Just A Model - Unf_ck 012 - It's Just A Model - Unf_ck It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 04:25 — Destructive Design
  • 18:20 — "Citizens"
  • 34::32 — Aesthetics
  • 39:00 — Creative Destruction  
  • 40:48 — AI Manifestations
  • 45:05 — *Our* Skill Limitations 

LINKS

  • Frank Gehry — https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/legendary-architect-frank-gehry-has-died-at-the-age-of-96
  • Shrek — https://www.ebritic.com/shrek-name-meaning/
  • Architectural Innovation — https://www.jstor.org/stable/2393549
  • Productivity Paradox — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox
  • Test-Driven Development — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
  • Domain-Driven Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design
  • Seeing Like a Desifn — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State
  • The Jagged AI Frontier — https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/working-definitions/what-is-jagged-ai-frontier
  • Henry Rollins — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins
  • Henk Haaima — https://www.henkhaaima.nl/
  • Andrej Karpathy Interview — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSVtQ7dziU
  • AI Report Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/5Hpc8qDcawOEf4ulCouPau

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 04:25 — Destructive Design
  • 18:20 — "Citizens"
  • 34::32 — Aesthetics
  • 39:00 — Creative Destruction  
  • 40:48 — AI Manifestations
  • 45:05 — *Our* Skill Limitations 

LINKS

  • Frank Gehry — https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/legendary-architect-frank-gehry-has-died-at-the-age-of-96
  • Shrek — https://www.ebritic.com/shrek-name-meaning/
  • Architectural Innovation — https://www.jstor.org/stable/2393549
  • Productivity Paradox — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox
  • Test-Driven Development — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
  • Domain-Driven Design — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design
  • Seeing Like a Desifn — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State
  • The Jagged AI Frontier — https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/working-definitions/what-is-jagged-ai-frontier
  • Henry Rollins — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins
  • Henk Haaima — https://www.henkhaaima.nl/
  • Andrej Karpathy Interview — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSVtQ7dziU
  • AI Report Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/5Hpc8qDcawOEf4ulCouPau

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-18961201 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200 3368 1 12 full false 011 - It's Just A Model - McMansion 011 - It's Just A Model - McMansion It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:21 — The  Predictability Myth
  • 07:28 — Against the Excel-ification of Everything
  • 14:55 — 10 Incarnations of Yourself
  • 18:54 — Talking Dirty
  • 29:45 — Surprise Machines
  • 37:50 — World Models
  • 43;37 — The Ultimate Editor
  • 49:20 — AI Manifestation 
  • 56:45 — DIY All the Things
  • 1:09:15 — The Shape of Innovation

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:21 — The  Predictability Myth
  • 07:28 — Against the Excel-ification of Everything
  • 14:55 — 10 Incarnations of Yourself
  • 18:54 — Talking Dirty
  • 29:45 — Surprise Machines
  • 37:50 — World Models
  • 43;37 — The Ultimate Editor
  • 49:20 — AI Manifestation 
  • 56:45 — DIY All the Things
  • 1:09:15 — The Shape of Innovation

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-18883753 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0100 4263 1 11 full false 010 - It's Just A Model - The Milieu 010 - It's Just A Model - The Milieu It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:19 — Tech is People
  • 03:10 — Tech as a cultural phenomenon 
  • 16:50 — The Beginning of the End
  • 23:30 — AI and what's next for design
  • 30:37 — Bring back messiness
  • 39:12 — Design in service of Scenius
  • 46:39 — Future Jobs 🤷🏻‍♂️
  • 49: 25 — Confusion as a design strategy
  • 56:50 — Complexity is given
  • 1:01:00 — Outro

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  • Design in Tech — https://designintech.report/
  • Watch Brands and misbehaving CEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9wNPi8YkZ4&t=1247s
  • Watch brands .. who owns who: https://wshop360.com/cdn/shop/articles/img_4289_1200x1200.jpg?v=1580400847 
  • Adaptive Path — https://medium.com/@adaptivepath
  • Snow White design language — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language
  • Blanding — https://www.fastcompany.com/90276496/blanding-the-hottest-branding-trend-of-the-year-is-also-the-worst
  • Claude 3' system prompt — https://twitter.com/amandaaskell/status/1765207842993434880
  • Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_Capital
  • Scenius — https://www.wired.com/2008/06/scenius-or-comm/
  • On Joy Division — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy5nKqLpTOE
  • Happy Accidents — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9LMYivBnM
  • Malthusianism — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism
  • Seeing Like a State — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State

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Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:19 — Tech is People
  • 03:10 — Tech as a cultural phenomenon 
  • 16:50 — The Beginning of the End
  • 23:30 — AI and what's next for design
  • 30:37 — Bring back messiness
  • 39:12 — Design in service of Scenius
  • 46:39 — Future Jobs 🤷🏻‍♂️
  • 49: 25 — Confusion as a design strategy
  • 56:50 — Complexity is given
  • 1:01:00 — Outro

LINKS

  • Design in Tech — https://designintech.report/
  • Watch Brands and misbehaving CEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9wNPi8YkZ4&t=1247s
  • Watch brands .. who owns who: https://wshop360.com/cdn/shop/articles/img_4289_1200x1200.jpg?v=1580400847 
  • Adaptive Path — https://medium.com/@adaptivepath
  • Snow White design language — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language
  • Blanding — https://www.fastcompany.com/90276496/blanding-the-hottest-branding-trend-of-the-year-is-also-the-worst
  • Claude 3' system prompt — https://twitter.com/amandaaskell/status/1765207842993434880
  • Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_Financial_Capital
  • Scenius — https://www.wired.com/2008/06/scenius-or-comm/
  • On Joy Division — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy5nKqLpTOE
  • Happy Accidents — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9LMYivBnM
  • Malthusianism — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism
  • Seeing Like a State — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-15334842 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0200 3788 1 10 full false 009 - It's Just A Model - Performative 009 - It's Just A Model - Performative It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:00 — The conditions of Making
  • 11:47 — A tinfoil theory of the open office
  • 17:25 — The Gold Standard of Working
  • 20:30 — "Users", "Citizens", ...
  • 28:28 — "Undo" in Making
  • 30:35 — Of Peace, War, and Wonder
  • 41:45 — The Innovators' AI(?)
  • 50:20 — Selling certainty (where there's none)
  • 54: 40 — Designing for the Messy Whole
  • 1:01:50 — Wrapping up

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Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:00 — The conditions of Making
  • 11:47 — A tinfoil theory of the open office
  • 17:25 — The Gold Standard of Working
  • 20:30 — "Users", "Citizens", ...
  • 28:28 — "Undo" in Making
  • 30:35 — Of Peace, War, and Wonder
  • 41:45 — The Innovators' AI(?)
  • 50:20 — Selling certainty (where there's none)
  • 54: 40 — Designing for the Messy Whole
  • 1:01:50 — Wrapping up

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-15256953 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0200 3852 1 9 full false 008 - It's Just A Model - Aesthetics 008 - It's Just A Model - Aesthetics It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:22 — A “crypto bro” turns to “tech”
  • 10:50 — The Kickstarter mentality taken too far
  • 17:50 — Framing AI’s framing
  • 31:10 — AI hampers creativity? (yes, but also no)
  • 44:01 — Aesthetics of AI, aesthetics in AI
  • 54:05 — Unframe all the things!!!
  • 56:40 — Wrapping up

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:22 — A “crypto bro” turns to “tech”
  • 10:50 — The Kickstarter mentality taken too far
  • 17:50 — Framing AI’s framing
  • 31:10 — AI hampers creativity? (yes, but also no)
  • 44:01 — Aesthetics of AI, aesthetics in AI
  • 54:05 — Unframe all the things!!!
  • 56:40 — Wrapping up

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-15174536 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0200 3609 1 8 full false 007 - It's Just A Model - AI Grifters 007 - It's Just A Model - AI Grifters It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:33 — Ideas exist in between people
  • 04:32 — How technology dies in optimisation…
  • 11:10 — …and so *will* digital tech
  • 16:50 —  Grifters and peak tech culture
  • 23:36 —  “The Milieu” of oversaturation
  • 29:55 —  What’s next, then?
  • 36:45 —  Rewilding and Enchantment
  • 47:10 —  Do not get boxed in; be more like Feynman
  • 54:38 —  The “user” deception

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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:33 — Ideas exist in between people
  • 04:32 — How technology dies in optimisation…
  • 11:10 — …and so *will* digital tech
  • 16:50 —  Grifters and peak tech culture
  • 23:36 —  “The Milieu” of oversaturation
  • 29:55 —  What’s next, then?
  • 36:45 —  Rewilding and Enchantment
  • 47:10 —  Do not get boxed in; be more like Feynman
  • 54:38 —  The “user” deception

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-15073072 Wed, 22 May 2024 07:00:00 +0200 3783 1 7 full false 006 - It's Just A Model - Muse vs Oracle 006 - It's Just A Model - Muse vs Oracle It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:00 – More episodes than Sharknado
  • 05:00 – AI, Foresighting, Oracle & Muse
  • 13:15 – Gravity & Aesthetics in models
  • 17:15 – Generative AI as tomatos (no, really)
  • 24:04 – The Information Super Highway, revisited
  • 32:55 –  AI as an UI; that’s it?
  • 41:20 –  Taste is our super power
  • 47:25  – Lexical Gaps
  • 56:05 – Cooling down


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]]> It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium between innovation, tech, design, and our human behaviour.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, and Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into a informal, unscripted conversation.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:00 – More episodes than Sharknado
  • 05:00 – AI, Foresighting, Oracle & Muse
  • 13:15 – Gravity & Aesthetics in models
  • 17:15 – Generative AI as tomatos (no, really)
  • 24:04 – The Information Super Highway, revisited
  • 32:55 –  AI as an UI; that’s it?
  • 41:20 –  Taste is our super power
  • 47:25  – Lexical Gaps
  • 56:05 – Cooling down


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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-15026669 Wed, 08 May 2024 07:00:00 +0200 3459 1 6 full false 005 - It's Just A Model - The Huemanity 005 - It's Just A Model - The Huemanity This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that traverses all gradients of the interstitium. Here, we saturate, illuminate and articulate matters of innovation, tech, design and our collective behaviour. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the benevolent programmer of all your top brass and architect of the technology and humanity convergence, and Peet Sneekes, soon-to-be compensated empathic design evangelist.

In this podcast, we’ll discuss the good, the bad, and the interesting in an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:48 — Automating for a (gasp!) reason
  • 09:36 — Reverse Centaurs of AI
  • 14:25 — Learning, no matter what
  • 18:00 — Mass-everything (the end of)
  • 25:02 — The people’s AI
  • 31:43 — Swinging back from optimization (and IT)
  • 39:05 — Backtrack and remake
  • 47:07 — The new paradigm: taste v skill
  • 56:08 — A call to action
  • 59:56 — In closing: a rant on Patreon

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]]> This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that traverses all gradients of the interstitium. Here, we saturate, illuminate and articulate matters of innovation, tech, design and our collective behaviour. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the benevolent programmer of all your top brass and architect of the technology and humanity convergence, and Peet Sneekes, soon-to-be compensated empathic design evangelist.

In this podcast, we’ll discuss the good, the bad, and the interesting in an informal, unscripted conversation.

If you experience value from this podcast—be it information, entertainment, or a good old disagreement—then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 02:48 — Automating for a (gasp!) reason
  • 09:36 — Reverse Centaurs of AI
  • 14:25 — Learning, no matter what
  • 18:00 — Mass-everything (the end of)
  • 25:02 — The people’s AI
  • 31:43 — Swinging back from optimization (and IT)
  • 39:05 — Backtrack and remake
  • 47:07 — The new paradigm: taste v skill
  • 56:08 — A call to action
  • 59:56 — In closing: a rant on Patreon

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-14935741 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0200 3946 1 5 full false 004 - It's Just A Model - Persnickety 004 - It's Just A Model - Persnickety This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that travels the interstitium, past the trends and the outrage, straight to the meaning and beauty of tech, design, behavior and innovation. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, reversed historian and tech maven and freelance time traveler Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be exposing hidden connections, lay bare  possible futures and discuss the unimaginable.  

Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:04 - Ron's news letters vs podcasts
  • 2:20 - Pace Layers, or pace Layering
  • 3:19 - Ron's book: How Buildings Work
  • 10:35 - Peet talks about Smart Cities and how pace layering fits into that view
  • 18:00 - Events, Culture and Paradigm shifts
  • 22:45 - A fail safe to paradigm shifts
  • 24:00 - There is no blood brain barrier in digital, so things tend to escalate quite quickly
  • 28:00 - An example of 'Sheering layers' with our social media
  • 30:00 - Measure of appreciation
  • 34:00 - Increasing luck: do all kinds of things
  • 36:30 - Maximize success by learning
  • 42:30 - Being aware of your own ecosystem - Subscribe vs Participation
  • 44:25 - Predictions on legislation
  • 45:15 - Creative Agencies, Government and Procurement
  • 49:30 - Sheering layers, Jony Ive (Annequote)


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]]> This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that travels the interstitium, past the trends and the outrage, straight to the meaning and beauty of tech, design, behavior and innovation. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, reversed historian and tech maven and freelance time traveler Peet Sneekes.

In this podcast we’ll be exposing hidden connections, lay bare  possible futures and discuss the unimaginable.  

Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:04 - Ron's news letters vs podcasts
  • 2:20 - Pace Layers, or pace Layering
  • 3:19 - Ron's book: How Buildings Work
  • 10:35 - Peet talks about Smart Cities and how pace layering fits into that view
  • 18:00 - Events, Culture and Paradigm shifts
  • 22:45 - A fail safe to paradigm shifts
  • 24:00 - There is no blood brain barrier in digital, so things tend to escalate quite quickly
  • 28:00 - An example of 'Sheering layers' with our social media
  • 30:00 - Measure of appreciation
  • 34:00 - Increasing luck: do all kinds of things
  • 36:30 - Maximize success by learning
  • 42:30 - Being aware of your own ecosystem - Subscribe vs Participation
  • 44:25 - Predictions on legislation
  • 45:15 - Creative Agencies, Government and Procurement
  • 49:30 - Sheering layers, Jony Ive (Annequote)


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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-14826186 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0200 3464 1 4 full false 003 - It's Just A Model - Mesmerising 003 - It's Just A Model - Mesmerising This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that looks lovingly in the face of the interstitium of beauty, business, and ambivalent bravoure.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the voice of future past and the architect of third horizon fiction and Peet Sneekes, strategic storyteller and speculative futures fan.

In this podcast we’ll be caressing stories that peeked our interrest and surface the true intent, or devious implication of architecture, behaviour and design.  

Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:54 - The Galactic Compass 
06:30 - Taste and Skills in Generative AI
13:26 - Nostalgia In, Nostalgia Out (again)
18:20 - Beauty in Things Going Wrong
26:00 - The value *in* the journey
33:00 - Your vested audience
40:10 - Imperfections are not a bug
47:12 - The A.I. aesthetic 
51:56 - The vault mentality

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]]> This is It’s Just a Model, the podcast that looks lovingly in the face of the interstitium of beauty, business, and ambivalent bravoure.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic, the voice of future past and the architect of third horizon fiction and Peet Sneekes, strategic storyteller and speculative futures fan.

In this podcast we’ll be caressing stories that peeked our interrest and surface the true intent, or devious implication of architecture, behaviour and design.  

Oh and If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good old disagreement, then you can return said value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:54 - The Galactic Compass 
06:30 - Taste and Skills in Generative AI
13:26 - Nostalgia In, Nostalgia Out (again)
18:20 - Beauty in Things Going Wrong
26:00 - The value *in* the journey
33:00 - Your vested audience
40:10 - Imperfections are not a bug
47:12 - The A.I. aesthetic 
51:56 - The vault mentality

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-14667345 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0100 3501 1 3 full false 002 - It's Just A Model - Epiphany 002 - It's Just A Model - Epiphany This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of ethics, business, politics and citizenship.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  the humanistic architect of the future and the dorsal stream of tech and Peet Sneekes, creative strategist and hypothetical system thinker.

In this podcast we’ll be furiously interrogating the topics we select with the intent to peal away the veneer and focus on the essence. 

If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then you should return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:00 Intersection and Design
10:00 Designing organisations
18:40 The Vision Pro, (not so) Social Tools
31:00 Keynote, Magic Move, delightful surprises
35:00 What-if Disney...
40:22 Malleable organisations
43:00 Hypermedia storytelling
52:00 Creativity and self-inflicted limitations

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]]> This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of ethics, business, politics and citizenship.

Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  the humanistic architect of the future and the dorsal stream of tech and Peet Sneekes, creative strategist and hypothetical system thinker.

In this podcast we’ll be furiously interrogating the topics we select with the intent to peal away the veneer and focus on the essence. 

If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then you should return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:00 Intersection and Design
10:00 Designing organisations
18:40 The Vision Pro, (not so) Social Tools
31:00 Keynote, Magic Move, delightful surprises
35:00 What-if Disney...
40:22 Malleable organisations
43:00 Hypermedia storytelling
52:00 Creativity and self-inflicted limitations

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-14575927 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0100 3768 1 2 full false 001 - It's Just A Model - Fancy Free 001 - It's Just A Model - Fancy Free This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of making, beauty, design, the nerdy and the wonderful. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  transitional tech architect and Rubergian storyteller and Peet Sneekes, kinetic thinker and  holistic innovator.

In this podcast we’ll be investigating stories with a relentless curiosity and honesty, so we can learn the underlying, the interstitial, the unintended ramification .

If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then please return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:52 - It’s *not* the time to build (anymore)
07:25 - Not having Silicon Valley questions (anymore)
10:24 - Hackable technology 👈 **Note**: could leave this out
15:54 - The End of the Beginning of Technology
20:47 - It’s just a platform
24:34 - Find that undiscovered country
38:26 - The genius is in the scene
44:14 - Overton Window of Tech
51:05 - Crafting instead of Consuming
57:27 - Wrap up

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- Studebaker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker
- The End of Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l222fIkesAY
- Pokimane: https://www.dexerto.com/kick/will-pokimane-stream-on-kick-claims-of-massive-75m-deal-go-viral-2508765/
- Joe Rogan: https://www.nbcnews.com/media/spotify-joe-rogan-new-deal-rcna136997
- The Morioka Shoten bookstore: https://bookriot.com/japanese-bookstore-morioka-shoten/
- Brian Eno’s Scenius: https://kk.org/thetechnium/scenius-or-comm/
- Payment Service Directive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Services_Directive
- Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
- It’s time to build: https://a16z.com/its-time-to-build/
- Origin of the hashtag: https://buffer.com/resources/a-concise-history-of-twitter-hashtags-and-how-you-should-use-them-properly/
- IKEA Hackers: https://ikeahackers.net/

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- It's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.com
- Ron Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic 
- Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.com

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]]> This is Just a Model, the podcast on the interstitium of making, beauty, design, the nerdy and the wonderful. 

Your hosts are Ron Kersic,  transitional tech architect and Rubergian storyteller and Peet Sneekes, kinetic thinker and  holistic innovator.

In this podcast we’ll be investigating stories with a relentless curiosity and honesty, so we can learn the underlying, the interstitial, the unintended ramification .

If you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, like a good dad joke, then please return that value through your time, talent, and treasure. See our website and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:52 - It’s *not* the time to build (anymore)
07:25 - Not having Silicon Valley questions (anymore)
10:24 - Hackable technology 👈 **Note**: could leave this out
15:54 - The End of the Beginning of Technology
20:47 - It’s just a platform
24:34 - Find that undiscovered country
38:26 - The genius is in the scene
44:14 - Overton Window of Tech
51:05 - Crafting instead of Consuming
57:27 - Wrap up

LINKS
- Studebaker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker
- The End of Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l222fIkesAY
- Pokimane: https://www.dexerto.com/kick/will-pokimane-stream-on-kick-claims-of-massive-75m-deal-go-viral-2508765/
- Joe Rogan: https://www.nbcnews.com/media/spotify-joe-rogan-new-deal-rcna136997
- The Morioka Shoten bookstore: https://bookriot.com/japanese-bookstore-morioka-shoten/
- Brian Eno’s Scenius: https://kk.org/thetechnium/scenius-or-comm/
- Payment Service Directive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Services_Directive
- Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
- It’s time to build: https://a16z.com/its-time-to-build/
- Origin of the hashtag: https://buffer.com/resources/a-concise-history-of-twitter-hashtags-and-how-you-should-use-them-properly/
- IKEA Hackers: https://ikeahackers.net/

ABOUT US
- It's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.com
- Ron Kersic -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic// ronkersic 
- Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.com

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]]> Peet Sneekes, Ron Kersic Buzzsprout-14480312 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0100 3594 1 1 full false 000 - It's Just A Model - Primer 000 - It's Just A Model - Primer It's Just A Model is a podcast on the interstitium of systems, society, ethics, ecosystems, business, behavior, discovery and progression.

Your hosts Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes talk about the underpinnings of modern business, society, innovation, communication and design.

In this podcast we’ll be asking questions about stories where we feel like people don’t touch upon the true narrative, cause, the why, or the reason why the thing it’s like it is.

This is a value for value podcast. That means, if you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, a good dad joke, anything, you may decide to return that value through time, talent, treasure. See https://itsjustamodel.com and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS
02:00 - How this got started
04:34 - Stochastic Rabbits
20:26 - AI: Calm and Ambient
28:10 - Biases, Models, and Better Decisions
32:50 - The Rabbit’s Ploy: Humane AI
43:47 - Photorealistic AI: Can we cope?

LINKS
- Interstitium: https://orionmagazine.org/article/interstitium-scientific-discovery-anatomy
- Rabbit r1: https://www.rabbit.tech/
- Bran van der Mee: https://www.youtube.com/@branvandermeer
- Benedict Evans: https://www.ben-evans.com/
- Calm Technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology

ABOUT US
- It's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.com
- Ron Kersic - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic/
- Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.com

SUBSCRIBE
- Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiW
- Podcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883
- Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1
- Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GB
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]]> It's Just A Model is a podcast on the interstitium of systems, society, ethics, ecosystems, business, behavior, discovery and progression.

Your hosts Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes talk about the underpinnings of modern business, society, innovation, communication and design.

In this podcast we’ll be asking questions about stories where we feel like people don’t touch upon the true narrative, cause, the why, or the reason why the thing it’s like it is.

This is a value for value podcast. That means, if you experience value from this podcast, like information, entertainment, a good dad joke, anything, you may decide to return that value through time, talent, treasure. See https://itsjustamodel.com and the show notes for more details.

CHAPTERS
02:00 - How this got started
04:34 - Stochastic Rabbits
20:26 - AI: Calm and Ambient
28:10 - Biases, Models, and Better Decisions
32:50 - The Rabbit’s Ploy: Humane AI
43:47 - Photorealistic AI: Can we cope?

LINKS
- Interstitium: https://orionmagazine.org/article/interstitium-scientific-discovery-anatomy
- Rabbit r1: https://www.rabbit.tech/
- Bran van der Mee: https://www.youtube.com/@branvandermeer
- Benedict Evans: https://www.ben-evans.com/
- Calm Technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology

ABOUT US
- It's Just A Model podcast: https://itsjustamodel.com
- Ron Kersic - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkersic/
- Peet Sneekes  - https://peetsneekes.com

SUBSCRIBE
- Youtube Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjUC6ASFJ_xyHn2bRhoAHx1vXirR3Im9Y&si=uzcDK0cvst5MvjiW
- Podcasting 2.0 https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6790883
- Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3KQkzgWKYITlxEcT1BGEd4?si=f22d96f479ff4bd1
- Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/its-just-a-model/id1730230748?l=en-GB
- RSS https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2300082.rss

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