e555 — One Two, One Two
From Games At Work dot Biz by Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, Andy Piper
May 25, 2026 · 36 min · Season 15 · Episode 555
About this episode
The episode discusses various topics including AI, open source hardware, and the upcoming movie from The Guild.
Photo by Michael Martine: The Bean in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, June 2019 Published 25 May 2026 e555 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Ploopy’s The Bean and Lenovo’s TrackPoint, The Guild, The Movie, AI in commencement speeches, AI in podcasts, Virtual Worlds and Virtual OS museums and a whole lot more! Andy, Michael and Michael get things started with an appreciation of Andy’s work to migrate the Games at Work hosting site to a new service in uninterrupted fashion for our listeners.  Next, a new piece of open source hardware that Andy’s purchased, the Ploopy The Bean.  After the cohosts wax poetic on the awesome sauce that is the TrackPoint, they turn their attention to The Guild.  Felicia Day and the team from The Guild are planning to launch a movie.  Andy, Michael and Michael are very excited about this!   Switching to AI, and all of the recent stories about how university commencement audiences have been booing speakers extolling the virtues of AI, the team considers Woz’s take on AI being “Actual Intelligence”.  This reference is cheered and not booed.  Continuing on the theme, the cohosts discuss a recent play by Spotify of…
People in this episode
Hosts: Andy, Michael Martine, Michael Rowe
Topics covered
- AI
- open source hardware
- podcasts
- virtual worlds
- The Guild movie
- TrackPoint
Keywords
- AI
- Ploopy The Bean
- Lenovo TrackPoint
- The Guild
- Felicia Day
- Spotify
- virtual museums
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Spotify
Products: Ploopy The Bean, Lenovo’s TrackPoint
Books & works: The Guild
Places: Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
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