Product Hunt Radio

I recently visited the colorful, graffiti-filled TechCrunch headquarters to chat with the tech publication's Susan Hobbs, Sarah Buhr, and Kyle Russell. We chatted about a wearable smart ring, an app to command your friends, and a fun TapTalk meta game Susan and I play named #tapwhere. Listen in. Products mentioned: - Pressfarm (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/pressfarm) - Find journalists to write about your startup - TalkTo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/talkto) - Never Make Another Phone Call, Text Message Businesses - Taptalk (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/taptalk) - Personal video and photo messaging - 4 Snaps (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/4-snaps) - Snapchat + Draw Something, an all-new kind of word game. - Ding Dong (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ding-dong) - "What's up" in one tap - Swarm (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/swarm) - Keep up and meet up with your friends- by FourSquare - Snapchat Our Story (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/snapchat-our-story) - Experience live, real-time events together - Vpeeker (http://www.vpeeker.com/) - Watch the world in real-time via Vine videos - TravelbyDrone (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/travelbydrone) - Collects travel videos taken by drones - IRIS Auto-pilot Drone] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/iris-auto-pilot-drone) - Android-controlled smart videography (incl auto-follow) - Android Wear (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/android-wear) - Google's smart watch technology - Ringly (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ringly) - Fashionable wearables. Rings connected to your phone - Cuddle Clones (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/cuddle-clones) - Custom stuffed animals based on your pet! - Sup (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/sup-2) - See what your friends see - Povio (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/povio-2) - Message friends from your POV - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends - Slingshot (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/slingshot-3) - Facebook's new ephemeral photo/video app P.S. As announced on TechCrunch last week (http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/17/product-hunt-founder-ryan-hoover-to-speak-at-disrupt-sf/), I will be speaking at Disrupt in San Francisco this September. We'll probably talk about Product Hunt and products. :)

On my trip to NYC last week, I swung into Brooklyn to record another episode of PHR with the awesome Alexis Ohanian (Co-founder of reddit, Partner at YC) and Amanda Peyton (Co-founder of Grand St.). We chatted about reddit's upcoming (and long-overdue) mobile app, crack for beards, and the future of Product Hunt over an eclectic sampling of scotch. Listen in! Products mentioned: - Grand St. (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/grand-st) - Marketplace for Indie Electronics - Question Block Lamp (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/question-block-lamp) - Mario-Inspired Touch Sensitive Lamp - Cloud (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/cloud) - Interactive lamp and sound system - Flaviar (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/flaviar) - Discover Premium Spirits. From Craft to Big Brands - Fixed (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/fixed) - The easiest way to fix a parking ticket - AirHelp (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/airhelp) - Get comped for delayed, cancelled, or overbooked flights - Kimd (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/kimd) - Use your smartphone camera without disturbing the crowd - Narwhal (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/narwhal-for-reddit) - A simple app for reddit designed for iOS 7 - iReddit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjxlEodOETU) - Video commercial for the reddit mobile app from 2009 - TapPainter (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/tappainter) - Picture your room with new colors - Big Green Egg (http://www.biggreenegg.com/) - The ultimate cooking experience - Electric Objects (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/electric-objects) - Digital artwork from the Internet on your wall - Perfect Body Spell (https://www.etsy.com/listing/128737962/perfect-body-plastic-surgery-black) - Look amazing for only $49 P.S. Check out Alexis' epic alien knight. P.P.S. If you care about keeping the internet open, please support net neutrality by contacting your congressman or woman and send your thoughts to the FCC (http://www.fcc.gov/comments). To learn more about net neutrality, watch this video with Alexis: http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/reddit-co-founder-on-net-neutrality-its-a-terrible-brand Intro/outro music by eldienneproductions - https://soundcloud.com/eldienneproductions/hip-hop-beat-instrumental

Before Product Hunt, I occasionally browsed AngelList, hunting for new startups for fun. As a long-time fan, I'm honored to have Naval Ravikant (Co-founder, AngelList) and Joshua Slayton (Venture Hacker, AngelList) on the show. We chatted about what AngelList really is, time-saving apps, and a few crazy products you wouldn't believe exist. Products mentioned: - Yo PRODUCT HUNTED (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo-producthunted) - Get a Yo whenever there's a Product Hunt with > 100 upvotes - Notational Velocity (http://notational.net/) - Modeless, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking application - Clear (http://realmacsoftware.com/clear) - Simple, beautiful mobile to-do list - Timeful (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/timeful) - Intelligent Time Management - Secret (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/secret) - Share anonymously with your friends. Speak freely. - Dark Sky (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/dark-sky) - Weather app that predicts when it will rain or snow - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends - Inside 2.0 (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/inside-2-0) - Curating the best journalism in real-time - Sprig (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/sprig) - Hand-crafted dinners on demand - Spoonrocket (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/spoonrocket) - Most convenient meal ever. $6 delivered. - Order Ahead (https://www.orderaheadapp.com/) - Order pickup from great businesses nearby - HotelTonight (http://www.hoteltonight.com/) - Last-minute hotel deals. Tonight. - Homejoy (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/homejoy) - Get Your Place Cleaned - Flytenow (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/flytenow) - Go flying with local pilots - Hitch (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/hitch) - An affordable way to get around SF by sharing your ride. - Sidecar Shared Rides (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/sidecar-shared-rides) - Sidecar offers "Shared Rides" - Bandwagon (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/bandwagon) - Share cabs. Save money. - Sweetch (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/sweetch) - Park on-street instantly in SF - Faraday Bikes (http://www.faradaybikes.com/) - Lightweight, inconspicuous electric bicycles - Airpnp (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/airpnp) - Airbnb for toilets. Intro/outro music by eldienneproductions - https://soundcloud.com/eldienneproductions/hip-hop-beat-instrumental

This week I, Ryan Hoover, visited the colorful Homebrew headquarters to catch up with Hunter Walk and Satya Patel. We chatted about their latest portfolio addition, the qualities they look for in a founder, and the awesomeness of "crazy" products like Vessyl and Yo. Products mentioned: - Nuzzle for iOS (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/nuzzel-for-ios) - See top news surfaced by your friends on Twitter & Facebook - theSkimm (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/theskimm) - Daily summary of current events in your inbox - Refresh (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/refresh-1-6) - Get Insights about the People You Meet - Slack (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/slack) - Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search - Fancy Hands (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/fancy-hands) - Assistants for Everyone - SHADOW (alpha) - Dream-based social network - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends - Outdoors - AirBnB for Outdoors Equipment - Vessyl (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/vessyl) - A cup that knows what you're drinking - TravelbyDrone (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/travelbydrone) - Collects travel videos taken by drones - Snapchat Our Story (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/snapchat-our-story) - Experience live, real-time events together - shortwave (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/shortwave-2) - Short-range anonymous messaging (Secret meets Firechat) - Leo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/leo-1154) - Ephemeral group photo chat with text that last 24 hours

This week Kevin Rose (Partner at Google Ventures) and Brenden Mulligan (Co-founder of Cluster) join me, Ryan Hoover, in the sunny Mission district of San Francisco. We chat about the Fire Phone, Facebook's highly criticized new app, Slingshot, and a stupid simple app called, Yo. Listen, yo. Products mentioned: - Fire Phone (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/fire-phone) - Amazon's Smartphone - Word Lens (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/word-lense) - See the world in your language - Slingshot (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/slingshot-3) - Facebook's new ephemeral photo/video app - Taptalk (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/taptalk) - Personal video and photo messaging - Headspace (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/headspace) - web and mobile Meditation platform - PSTMRK (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/pstmrk) - Meet people from around the world (Frontback w/ penpals) - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends - Shortwave (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/shortwave-2) - Short-range anonymous messaging (Secret meets Firechat) - Screenshotter (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/screenshotter) - The simplest way to organize and manage mobile screenshots - Cluster 2.0 (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/cluster-2-0) - Private spaces for you and your friends - Glose (https://glose.com/) - Get inspired by what you read

I know I say this all the time but this may be one of my favorite PHR episodes yet. Zack Shapiro (Co-Founded Luna, hacking on Product Hunt), Erik Torenberg (CEO of Rapt.fm, hustling on Product Hunt), and Connor Montgomery (Builder at Pinterest) join me, Ryan Hoover, on my windy rooftop. We chat about tinder for the elderly, our favorite easter eggs, and Erik raps about Product Hunt. No joke. Listen. Products mentioned: - Swift (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/swift) - Apple's innovative new programming language - Stitch (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/stitch) - Tinder for older adults - BarkBuddy (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/barkbuddy) - Tinder for dogs. Adopt cute pups that need a home - Kittyo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/kittyo) - Play With Your Cat. Even When You're Not Home via Phone - Electric Objects (http://www.electricobjects.com/) - Put the Internet on your wall - Domainr (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/domainr) - Worldwide domain search - Oyster (https://www.oysterbooks.com/) - Netflix for books - EPIC! (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/epic) - Netflix for kids books - Pocket (https://getpocket.com/) - When you find something you want to view later, put it in Pocket - ClickHole by The Onion](http://www.producthunt.com/posts/clickhole-by-the-onion) - The most irresistibly shareable content on the internet - InstaNerd (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/instanerd) - Be smart, instantly - 5iler (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/5iler) - A notepad for the rhythm of your mind - OneTab (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/onetab) - Manage Your Tab-Hoarding - to.be Camera (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/to-be-camera) - The Augmented Reality Camera - "Hook" Product Hunt API](http://www.producthunt.com/posts/hook-producthunt-api) - Unofficial Product Hunt API for retrieving today's hunts - Notifyr (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/notifyr) - Receive iOS notifications on your Mac - Alfred (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/alfred) - Never use your mouse again - Shuddle (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/shuddle) - Uber for Families - Rhymer's Block (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/rhymers-block) - In-line rhyming dictionary for hip hop & poetry lyrics - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends - bttn (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/bttn) - Press the bttn & Magic Happens™ (internet connected button)

This week I, Ryan Hoover, am joined by Carmel DeAmicis (Reporter, Pando) and Misha Chellam (Co-founder, Tradecraft). In this Maker's Mark-inspired episode we chat crazy apps that respond to "Marco!", the wonders of SF's on-demand food services, and the secrets of online dating (hint: emojis). Grab a drink and tune in. Products mentioned: - Twister (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/twister) - Panoramic video with a party trick hook - Bubbli (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/bubbli) - Dynamic Spherical Photos - Marco Polo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/marco-polo) - Find Your Phone by Shouting MARCO! - Sprig (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/sprig) - Hand-crafted dinners on demand - Zesty (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/zesty) - Healthy food takeout and delivery app - Spoonrocket (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/spoonrocket) - Most convenient meal ever. $6 delivered. (SOMA & East Bay) - Munchery (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/munchery) - Wholesome meals in a snap - Coffee Meets Bagel (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/coffee-meets-bagel) - Meaningful connections with one quality match per day - Tinder (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/tinder-4-0) - It’s how people meet - Context (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/context) - Fast visual texting - Taptalk](http://www.producthunt.com/posts/taptalk) - Personal video and photo messaging - Cluster 2.0 (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/cluster-2-0) - Private spaces for you and your friends - CoffeeMe (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/coffeeme) - Tinder for Professional Networking

Don't tell the other guests but this may be my favorite episode of Product Hunt Radio yet. This week I (Ryan Hoover) am joined by 17-year-old 4 Snaps creator, Michael Sayman, and 19-year-old creator of Heartwood, Kyle Ryan, sharing their teenage perspective on technology and products. We chat about betaworks' beautiful new mobile game, anonymous social apps in schools, and a fun product to troll your friends. Products mentioned: - Heartwood (http://goheartwood.me/) - A fun and easy way to share what's happening with friends - 4 Snaps (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/4-snaps) - Snapchat + Draw Something, an all-new kind of word game - TwoDots (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/twodots) - A beautiful new puzzle game for iOS from the makers of Dots - Stay in the Line (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stay-in-the-line/id871434635) - Drag your finger to move your player. Stay in the line! - Secret (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/secret) - Share anonymously with your friends. Speak freely. - Whisper (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/whisper-4-0-for-ios) - The anonymous social network. - Ask.fm (http://ask.fm/) - Ask your friends questions, anonymously - Taptalk (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/taptalk) - Personal video and photo messaging - Snapchat Chat (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/snapchat-chat) - Putting the Chat into Snapchat - Fresco (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/fresco) - Instagram for news - Circa (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/circa) - News app with high quality curated content - bttn (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/bttn) - Press the bttn & Magic Happens™ (internet connected button) - Yo (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/yo) - A simple app to say "yo" to friends. - SHRTURL (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/shrturl) - Edit any webpage. Get short URL. Troll your friends! - Ship and Dip (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ship-and-dip) - Discover your next favorite dips (Birchbox for condiments) - Shaken Cocktails (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/shaken-cocktails) - A monthly pack of cocktail ingredients, delivered - Vinyl Me, Please (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/vinyl-me-please) - The best damn record club out there - Reeses Puffs (http://www.amazon.com/Reeses-Peanut-Butter-Cereal-13-Ounce/dp/B001EQ5D42) - The best cereal in the world - Tinder (http://www.tinder.com/) - Tinder is how people meet. It's like real life, but better. - Coffee Meets Bagel 2.0 (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/coffee-meets-bagel) - Meaningful connections with one quality match per day

In this week's PHR, we're going coast to coast. Newly minted Manhattan resident, Nathan Bashaw (Product at General Assembly), uses the power of the internet to join Alex Baldwin (Designer at thoughtbot) and myself (Ryan Hoover) in San Francisco. We chat about music apps, location-sharing product, and reveal the best new thing to hit the internet since the GIF. Products mentioned: - Console.fm - http://console.fm - Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com - Hype Machine - http://hypem.com - Swarm - http://producthunt.co/posts/swarm - Facebook Friends Nearby - http://producthunt.co/posts/fb-nearby-friends - Typehere - http://producthunt.co/posts/typehere - Yo - http://producthunt.co/posts/yo - SoundRad - http://soundrad.com - Doneliner - http://producthunt.co/posts/doneliner - Stamplay - http://producthunt.co/posts/stamplay - Snapchat Chat - http://producthunt.co/posts/snapchat-chat - Cards Against Humanity 90’s Nostalgia Pack - https://store.cardsagainsthumanity.com/ - Dash - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/dash

This week Sandi MacPherson (Editor-in-Chief at Quibb) and Ash Bhoopathy (Entrepreneur at Sequoia) join me, Ryan Hoover, to chat about time-saving products, new startup funding options, and fertility apps (yes, the baby-making kind). Ash also surprises us with a big launch announcement. Listen in. Products mentioned: - Cover - https://www.coverscreen.com/ - Stamplay - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/stamplay - Easyfridge - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/easyfridge - import.io - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/import-io (see Matt Ellsworth’s Web Scraping for Sales & Growth Hackers - https://www.udemy.com/learn-web-scraping-in-minutes/) - Kimono - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/kimonify - Maily - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/maily - Glow - https://www.glowing.com/ - ArtCorgi - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/artcorgi - Washio - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/washio - Dogvacay - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/dogvacay - Sprig - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/sprig - Instacart - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/instacart - Getaround - http://www.getaround.com - Airenvy - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/airenvy - Alphaworks - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/alphaworks - Patreon - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/patreon

In this episode Semil Shah (Product at Swell, writer, and investor) joins me, Ryan Hoover, to chat about one of my favorite topics, home screen apps. We also talk about Swell, Semil’s approach to investing, and washing vegetables in the shower. Enjoy. Products mentioned: - Swell - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/swell - Stitcher - http://stitcher.com/ - Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/ - Sunrise - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/sunrise - Circa - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/circa - Pocket - http://getpocket.com - Medium for iOS - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/medium-for-iOS - Clear - http://realmacsoftware.com/clear - Asana - http://asana.com/ - Last - http://last.co - Slack - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/slack - MessageMe - http://messageme.com - Quibb - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/quibb - Refresh - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/refresh-1-6 - Instacarthttp://instacart.com Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/product-hunt/id862714883

Last week Josh Miller (Product, Facebook & Partner, betaworks) and Ben Yoskovitz (VP, Product at GoInstant/Salesforce) joined me, Ryan Hoover, at the Everywhere Else Conference in Memphis, TN. We all happened to be speaking at the event so I thought it would be a great opportunity to pull away into a makeshift studio[1] to chat about products. We talked about the awesome story of 17 year old 4 Snaps creator, Michael Sayman, Snapchat’s big Chat update, and (yes, again) anonymous social apps, Secret and WUT. Listen in. :) [1] Apologies for the embarrassing audio quality. It was the best we could pull together last minute! Products mentioned: - 4 Snaps - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/4-snaps, Michael Sayman's story: http://pando.com/2014/04/30/how-a-florida-kids-stupid-app-saved-his-familys-home-and-landed-him-on-the-main-stage-of-facebooks-f8/ - Snapchat Chat - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/snapchat-chat - Potluck - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/potluck - PhoneTag - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/phonetag - WUT - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/wut - Secret - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/secret - Rumr - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/rumr-app - Interlude - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/interlude - Monument Valley](http://www.producthunt.co/posts/monument-valley-2 - Codacy - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/codacy - Ouija - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/ouija Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/product-hunt/id862714883.

This week Abram Dawson (http://twitter.com/abramdawson) (Associate at SV Angel) and Greg Koberger (http://twitter.com/gkoberger) (Founder of ReadMe.io) join me, Ryan Hoover, on the third episode of Product Hunt Radio. In our dimly lit basement, us three dudes geek out about products, from selfie apps to new innovative healthcare solutions. Products mentioned: - Taptalk - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/taptalk - Emissary - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/emissary - Holidogs - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/holidogs - Mindie - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/mindie - Context - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/context - Facefeed - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/facefeed - Shots of Me - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/shots-of-me - Developer Agents - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/developer-agents

This week Kat Manalac (Partner at Y Combinator), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (VC at Shasta Ventures), and Jack Altman (Growth at Teespring) join me (Ryan Hoover) in the second episode of PHR. We chat about online-to-offline apps, a product to fight those darn San Francisco parking tickets, and the trend toward anonymous communication. Products mentioned: Flock - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/flock Jukely - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/jukely design+code - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/design-code Cloak - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/cloak-ios Fixed - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/fixed Patreon - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/patreon Secret - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/secret Rando - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/rando Facebook Nearby Friends - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/fb-nearby-friends Intro/outro music by eldienneproductions -https://soundcloud.com/eldienneproductions/hip-hop-beat-instrumental --- Product Hunt is a daily leaderboard of brand new products. Visit producthunt.co.

In the inaugural episode of Product Hunt Radio (PHR), Shaan Puri and Furqan Rydhan joined me (Ryan Hoover) to geek out about product. We chatted about the Bebo reacquisition, backstory behind Monkey Inferno's new video walkie talkie app, Blab, shared our favorite Product Hunt discoveries, and brainstormed epic product ideas. Overview: - 00:00 - Intro to Monkey Inferno, Shaan, and Furqan - 1:34 - Blabbing about Blab and Bebo - 23:00 - Favorite Product Hunt Finds - 34:02 - Billion $ Product Brainstorm Related links and products mentioned: - Blab on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/blab - Momentum on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/momentum - Tickle on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/tickle - Homescreen 2014 on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/homescreen2014 - #Homescreen2014 by John Borthwick - https://medium.com/on-startups/4d07472265c7 - Snappy Checkout on Product Hunt - http://www.producthunt.co/posts/snappy-checkout Intro/outro music by eldienneproductions -(https://soundcloud.com/eldienneproductions/hip-hop-beat-instrumental --- Product Hunt is a daily leaderboard of brand new products. Visit producthunt.co.