web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:48:52 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Slack” https://dgshow.org/tags/slack Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. en-us episodic Not our circus, not our monkey. David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. no privacy, security, robots, internet, open source, technology David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson gunnar@hellekson.com Episode 270: Cylon Monkey Paw: 5 AI Predictions for 2025 & How to Build Intelligent Agents https://dgshow.org/270 ebe79042-1f01-46c3-9e2a-b59cf1903998 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson Dave visits Carolyn Ford on the Tech Transforms podcast to talk about all things agentic AI! 45:56 no In this episode, Carolyn Ford (https://dgshow.org/guests/cford) welcomes back Dave Egts, Field CTO at MuleSoft, to Tech Transforms (https://techtransforms.fireside.fm/) to explore the transformative power of AI in 2025. They dive into Dave’s top five AI predictions, with a special focus on the rise of agentic AI—AI that doesn’t just suggest, but acts. Dave explains the difference between generative AI and intelligent agents, why integration via APIs is the key to agent success, and how government agencies can prepare now. Listeners will learn: What “large action models” (LAMs) are, and how they differ from large language models How AI agents are already reducing friction in Salesforce and Slack Why AI success depends on access to high-quality, actionable data What’s driving the shift toward small language models and what that means for secure, on-device AI Why “agent-washing” is the new “AI-washing”—and how to spot it What makes a truly impactful agent vs. a glorified chatbot Dave’s favorite sci-fi robot, a monkey’s paw superpower wish, and what tech breakthrough he thinks is coming next Key Topics: [00:00] Intro & Dave’s blog: “5 AI Predictions for 2025” [03:00] What’s an AI agent? Why they’re different from GenAI [07:30] Real-world examples from Salesforce: Agentforce in action [14:00] The importance of APIs for agent success [15:45] Government use cases & security considerations [18:00] Internal AI agents that reduce toil (meeting schedulers, IT help, expense reports) [22:00] Cylon references & the power of digital labor in public sector [29:00] Small Language Models: Why smaller might be better [36:00] LLM Routers explained [38:00] Fun Tech Talk Q&A (Superpowers, overhyped trends, sci-fi names) Resources Mentioned: 📖 Dave's Blog: 5 AI Predictions for 2025: Opportunities Tech Leaders Must Seize This Year (https://blogs.mulesoft.com/digital-transformation/ai-predictions/) 💡 Trailhead Learning Platform from Salesforce: Learn to build your own agent (https://trailhead.salesforce.com/) 🤖 Help.Salesforce.com – Try Agentforce (https://help.salesforce.com/s/) 📺 Forbidden Planet (Robby the Robot) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet) 🐒 Monkey’s Paw story reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw) Special Guest: Carolyn Ford. AI, agents, agentic AI, MuleSoft, Salesforce, predictions, large action models, LAMs, Slack, small language models, SLMs, large language models, LLMs, Cylons, Battlestar Galactica, The Monkey Paw, Forbidden Planet, Robby the Robot, LLM routers, digital labor, public sector, Agentforce, generative AI, APIs, integration In this episode, Carolyn Ford welcomes back Dave Egts, Field CTO at MuleSoft, to Tech Transforms to explore the transformative power of AI in 2025. They dive into Dave’s top five AI predictions, with a special focus on the rise of agentic AI—AI that doesn’t just suggest, but acts. Dave explains the difference between generative AI and intelligent agents, why integration via APIs is the key to agent success, and how government agencies can prepare now.

Listeners will learn:

What “large action models” (LAMs) are, and how they differ from large language models
How AI agents are already reducing friction in Salesforce and Slack
Why AI success depends on access to high-quality, actionable data
What’s driving the shift toward small language models and what that means for secure, on-device AI
Why “agent-washing” is the new “AI-washing”—and how to spot it
What makes a truly impactful agent vs. a glorified chatbot
Dave’s favorite sci-fi robot, a monkey’s paw superpower wish, and what tech breakthrough he thinks is coming next

Key Topics:

[00:00] Intro & Dave’s blog: “5 AI Predictions for 2025”
[03:00] What’s an AI agent? Why they’re different from GenAI
[07:30] Real-world examples from Salesforce: Agentforce in action
[14:00] The importance of APIs for agent success
[15:45] Government use cases & security considerations
[18:00] Internal AI agents that reduce toil (meeting schedulers, IT help, expense reports)
[22:00] Cylon references & the power of digital labor in public sector
[29:00] Small Language Models: Why smaller might be better
[36:00] LLM Routers explained
[38:00] Fun Tech Talk Q&A (Superpowers, overhyped trends, sci-fi names)

Resources Mentioned:

📖 Dave's Blog: 5 AI Predictions for 2025: Opportunities Tech Leaders Must Seize This Year
💡 Trailhead Learning Platform from Salesforce: Learn to build your own agent
🤖 Help.Salesforce.com – Try Agentforce
📺 Forbidden Planet (Robby the Robot)
🐒 Monkey’s Paw story reference

Special Guest: Carolyn Ford.

]]> In this episode, Carolyn Ford welcomes back Dave Egts, Field CTO at MuleSoft, to Tech Transforms to explore the transformative power of AI in 2025. They dive into Dave’s top five AI predictions, with a special focus on the rise of agentic AI—AI that doesn’t just suggest, but acts. Dave explains the difference between generative AI and intelligent agents, why integration via APIs is the key to agent success, and how government agencies can prepare now.

Listeners will learn:

What “large action models” (LAMs) are, and how they differ from large language models
How AI agents are already reducing friction in Salesforce and Slack
Why AI success depends on access to high-quality, actionable data
What’s driving the shift toward small language models and what that means for secure, on-device AI
Why “agent-washing” is the new “AI-washing”—and how to spot it
What makes a truly impactful agent vs. a glorified chatbot
Dave’s favorite sci-fi robot, a monkey’s paw superpower wish, and what tech breakthrough he thinks is coming next

Key Topics:

[00:00] Intro & Dave’s blog: “5 AI Predictions for 2025”
[03:00] What’s an AI agent? Why they’re different from GenAI
[07:30] Real-world examples from Salesforce: Agentforce in action
[14:00] The importance of APIs for agent success
[15:45] Government use cases & security considerations
[18:00] Internal AI agents that reduce toil (meeting schedulers, IT help, expense reports)
[22:00] Cylon references & the power of digital labor in public sector
[29:00] Small Language Models: Why smaller might be better
[36:00] LLM Routers explained
[38:00] Fun Tech Talk Q&A (Superpowers, overhyped trends, sci-fi names)

Resources Mentioned:

📖 Dave's Blog: 5 AI Predictions for 2025: Opportunities Tech Leaders Must Seize This Year
💡 Trailhead Learning Platform from Salesforce: Learn to build your own agent
🤖 Help.Salesforce.com – Try Agentforce
📺 Forbidden Planet (Robby the Robot)
🐒 Monkey’s Paw story reference

Special Guest: Carolyn Ford.

]]> Episode 258: Terminator Contortionists https://dgshow.org/258 464e1b4d-c6e0-4845-b7f2-d784c76cdabf Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about audible trackers, coworker avatars, and local deals on slightly used toenail clippers! 43:42 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about audible trackers, coworker avatars, and local deals on slightly used toenail clippers! Dave recommends: Hawaii! Zippy’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zippy%27s)! Spam musubi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi)! Gunnar recommends: Japan! Tokyo! Kyoto! Macaque monkeys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaque)! Nara Park deer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Park#Deer)! Google Translate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate)! The creepy sound of online trackers (https://axbom.com/the-creepy-sound-of-online-trackers/) Check the videos here (https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/tracker-beeper/)! A Wave of AI Tools Is Set to Transform Work Meetings (https://www.wired.com/story/taking-baby-steps-toward-the-ai-meeting-singularity/) AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware (https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/) Texas Facilities Commission State Surplus Property Store (https://www.tfc.texas.gov/divisions/supportserv/prog/statesurplus/) Cutting Room Floor * Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good? (https://www.wired.com/story/slack-huddle-hold-music-secret-history/) * 60-minute loop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBc2VTmneIE) * I Hope This Email Finds You (part 1 (https://botsin.space/@thisemailfindsyou) and part 2 (https://mastodon.social/@thisemailfindsyou)) * Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid-robot-destined-for-commercialization/) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Hawaii, Zippy's, spam musubi, Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, macaque monkeys, monkeys, Nara Park, deer, Google Translate, online trackers, Otter.ai, avatars, meetings, video calls, AI, malware, typosquatting, Texas Facilities Commission, Surplus Property, Texas Facilities Commission State Surplus Property Store, Slack, Slack hold music, Slack huddles, I hope this email finds you, Boston Dynamics, robots This week Dave and Gunnar talk about audible trackers, coworker avatars, and local deals on slightly used toenail clippers!

Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 250: Our Favorite Things https://dgshow.org/250 3e6e838c-059c-4e8e-8cda-e725124bba5e Fri, 15 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about their favorite things! 42:01 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about their favorite things! Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/) Pocket (https://getpocket.com/) Feedly (https://feedly.com/) Blogtrottr (https://www.blogtrottr.com/) Slack (https://slack.com/) Remember the Milk (https://www.rememberthemilk.com/) Todoist (https://www.todoist.com/) Drafts (https://getdrafts.com/) DayOne (https://dayoneapp.com/) 1Password (https://1password.com/) Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/) uBlock Origin (https://ublockorigin.com/) Video Speed Controller (https://github.com/igrigorik/videospeed) GL.iNet Flint (GL-AX1800) (https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-ax1800/) Chromebooks (https://www.google.com/chromebook/) Thermoworks Thermapens (https://www.thermoworks.com/shop/products/thermapens/) Radbike Radrunner 2 (https://www.radpowerbikes.com/collections/radrunner-electric-utility-bikes) Yamaha MT/FZ-09 (https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/models.php?product=39&action=productPage) Anything from Tom Bihn (https://www.tombihn.com/) Raspberry Pi 5 (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/) (coming soon!) Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/) The Great Guinea Pig Escape (https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/3217710/) Turing Tumble (https://upperstory.com/turingtumble/) and Spintronics (https://upperstory.com/spintronics/) We Give Thanks * Carolyn Ford (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-ford2020/) for the topic idea and being a D&G superfan! * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! * The D&G audience for spending your time with us through the years! Grammarly, Pocket, Feedly, Blogtrottr, Slack, Remember the Milk, Todoist, Drafts, DayOne, 1Password, Bitwarden, uBlock Origin, Video Speed Controller, GL.iNet, Flint, Chromebooks, Thermoworks, Thermapens, Radbike, Radrunner, Yamaha, FZ-09, MT-09, Tom Bihn, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 5, Scratch, The Great Guinea Pig Escape, Lauren Egts, Turing Tumble, Spintronics This week Dave and Gunnar talk about their favorite things!

We Give Thanks

  • Carolyn Ford for the topic idea and being a D&G superfan!
  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
  • The D&G audience for spending your time with us through the years!
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We Give Thanks

  • Carolyn Ford for the topic idea and being a D&G superfan!
  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
  • The D&G audience for spending your time with us through the years!
]]> Episode 183: Failure Is an Option https://dgshow.org/183 176c87fa-49e8-4200-b6d0-5104f3260f7a Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about failing with public relations, failing with smart TVs, failing with zip files, and failing with collaboration tools 25:56 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about failing with public relations, failing with smart TVs, failing with zip files, and failing with collaboration tools Emma Long Metropolitan Park (http://www.austintexas.gov/department/emma-long-metropolitan-park) How Amazon and the Cops Set Up an Elaborate Sting Operation That Accomplished Nothing (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43jmnq/how-amazon-and-the-cops-set-up-elaborate-sting-operation-that-accomplished-nothing) Samsung asks users to please virus-scan their TVs (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/samsung-please-virus-scan-your-tv/) A better zip bomb (https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/) Microsoft says Teams now has 13M daily active users (https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-says-its-slack-competitor-teams-now-has-13-million-daily-active-users/) The Slackification of the American Home (https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/families-slack-asana/593584/) Cutting Room Floor * Mining Bitcoin on the Apollo Guidance Computer (https://blog.hackster.io/mining-bitcoin-on-the-apollo-guidance-computer-62691628514) * CPAP Facehugger (https://www.jaredisgray.com/tinker-gnome-cpap-facehugger/) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! public relations, Emma Long Metropolitan Park, Amazon, Ring, Samsung, antivirus, zip bomb, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Slackification, Bitcoin, Apollo, CPAP, facehugger This week Dave and Gunnar talk about failing with public relations, failing with smart TVs, failing with zip files, and failing with collaboration tools

Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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Cutting Room Floor

We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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