Hold Fast

Hold Fast from Moxie Marlinspike on Vimeo.

Show Notes

Topics Covered in the Podcast

Moxie was featured in WIRED Magazine
He wrote the code for everyday encryption
San Francisco, CA - home for Moxie
Broadreach, where Andy and Moxie worked & met
First looked at sail boats on Craigslist https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites
Sailing is a way to be autonomous and free
Moxie’s first boat was a 55-foot triple-masted schooner
Ericson 35 or a boat like it was what Moxie and his friends should have gotten
Moxie sailed a Catalina 27 down to Mexico
He used The Central Library in San Francisco to learn more about sailing
Moxie tried to build a houseboat in San Francisco Harbor
Waterworld, the film about the future when the sea covers all land
Holdfast, a movie describing a story of a wrecked Pearson 30 that Moxie & friends fixed to sail
He then sailed from ft. Lauderdale to Haiti
How to refit a boat from wreckage
Overcoming physical and mental discomfort
The feeling of how awesome adventures is after-the-fact
Sailing meetup in Guatemala
Moxie's feature in Fortune Magazine
Moxie's feature in Popular Science about encryption
Moxie's feature in Vanity Fair
Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts, Wall Street Journal
“Sailing the Farm” a group building a steel hull sail boat in Norway and set sail
Using sailing as a process of discovery
Skype, video chatting software that we use regularly to record podcasts
Free diving, the mental and physical challenges
Software development and influencing modern technology
Polotics - Communism, fascisms, & democracy
Past boat deliveries with Andy and Moxie