Mitch Joel's Blog: Six Pixels of Separation, page 141
May 18, 2018
Google's Human Voice, Facebook's Cryptocurrency And More This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It's not a long segment - about 10 minutes every week - about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away about what's going on in the digital world. I'm really excited about this opportunity, because this is the radio station that I grew up listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry DiMonte morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.
This week we discussed:
We discussed Facebook's big developer conference (F8) the other week. Last week, Google held their own (called I/O 2018). One video that is making the rounds was their Google Assistant making a live phone call to book a hair appointment. Yes, the computer called a salon, spoke to the receptionist and managed to book a reservation. Now, comes the opportunity and challenges. Including, should a voice-automated digital assistant have to tell the person they're calling that it's not a human. And, of course, how much worse will telemarketing get! Watch it all right here.
Speaking of Google Assistant, Volvo (and some other cars) will soon come with Google built into it. Volvo announced that they are working with Google to embed Google's voice agent Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its coming Sensus infotainment system, based on Google's Android operating system. This will create a dramatic shift in how we drive and, more importantly, what we listen to.
A long ways back... long before cryptocurrency were all the rage, I had written an article about why Facebook should build and govern their own currency (read it here... it's from 2011). Now, because of blockchain and the rise of cryptocurrencies, maybe this is an idea whose time has come? Online publisher, Cheddar, broke the news that Facebook is, indeed, working on their cryptocurrency. Imagine the possibilities. Facebucks, anyone?
App of the Week: Peanut - meet as mamas, connect as women.
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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #412
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".
Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another:
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code - Bloomberg . "I watched Molly's Game this week, and it was an amazing tale one can scarcely believe is based on the truth. And yet it is. Well, if that does well, this story will be next: How some mathematicians and card-counters broke the back of horse-racing, spurring a decades-long feud and some pretty fascinating subterfuge." (Alistair for Hugh).
I Went to a Flat Earth Convention to Meet Flat Earthers Like My Mom - Vice . "The rise of conspiracy theories in recent years is astonishing. Stuff that was widely, probably accepted--that the earth is round; that vaccines are a miracle of modern medicine; that water doesn't have the memories homeopaths wish it did--is now considered an 'alternate viewpoint' that should be considered for 'balanced reporting.' Much of recent political upheaval can be traced back to this. And Vice's Tom Usher decided to go find out why anti-science is spreading like wildfire. His conclusion? Social media, and a sense that the world is changing too quickly." (Alistair for Mitch).
Lou Reed Last Interview - YouTube . "I'm on a Lou Reed kick lately, here's his last interview." (Hugh for Alistair).
Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard - Rhino - YouTube . "I'm on a Lou Reed kick lately, here's the offical video for his 1989 song Dirty Boulevard." (Hugh for Mitch).
This physicist's ideas of time will blow your mind - Quartz . "Ready for this? Time does not exist. It's a human creation. It's not real. I guess I don't have to worry if I'm late ever again?" (Mitch for Alistair).
Are ebooks dying or thriving? The answer is yes - Quartz . "Here's a really fascinating read about facts. Facts that we do not have. How many books have been sold? Honestly. We have zero idea. The bulk of books (and ebooks) are sold via Amazon. They tell us, basically, nothing. So, just how are books doing? They're doing great! They're not doing so great! Uch..." (Mitch for Hugh).
Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.
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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #412
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".
Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another:
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code - Bloomberg . "I watched Molly's Game this week, and it was an amazing tale one can scarcely believe is based on the truth. And yet it is. Well, if that does well, this story will be next: How some mathematicians and card-counters broke the back of horse-racing, spurring a decades-long feud and some pretty fascinating subterfuge." (Alistair for Hugh).
I Went to a Flat Earth Convention to Meet Flat Earthers Like My Mom - Vice . "The rise of conspiracy theories in recent years is astonishing. Stuff that was widely, probably accepted--that the earth is round; that vaccines are a miracle of modern medicine; that water doesn't have the memories homeopaths wish it did--is now considered an 'alternate viewpoint' that should be considered for 'balanced reporting.' Much of recent political upheaval can be traced back to this. And Vice's Tom Usher decided to go find out why anti-science is spreading like wildfire. His conclusion? Social media, and a sense that the world is changing too quickly." (Alistair for Mitch).
Lou Reed Last Interview - YouTube . "I'm on a Lou Reed kick lately, here's his last interview." (Hugh for Alistair).
Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard - Rhino - YouTube . "I'm on a Lou Reed kick lately, here's the offical video for his 1989 song Dirty Boulevard." (Hugh for Mitch).
This physicist's ideas of time will blow your mind - Quartz . "Ready for this? Time does not exist. It's a human creation. It's not real. I guess I don't have to worry if I'm late ever again?" (Mitch for Alistair).
Are ebooks dying or thriving? The answer is yes - Quartz . "Here's a really fascinating read about facts. Facts that we do not have. How many books have been sold? Honestly. We have zero idea. The bulk of books (and ebooks) are sold via Amazon. They tell us, basically, nothing. So, just how are books doing? They're doing great! They're not doing so great! Uch..." (Mitch for Hugh).
Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.
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May 13, 2018
What Creative People Want With Bonnie Siegler - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast
Episode #618 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.
I first met Bonnie Siegler abut a decade ago. We were both new to the TED community and would (randomly) run into each other. I knew she was a graphic designer and led a creative studio, but I had no idea just how respected and regarded she was in the design world. Over the years she has become one of the most respected graphic designers in the world. Bonnie is the founder of Eight and a Half. Her impressive clients include The New Yorker, Late Night with Seth Meyers, HBO, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and many more. Prior to Eight and a Half, Bonnie co-founded the design studio Number 17, and their clients included Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Foreign Affairs Magazine and more. While at Number 17, Bonnie also served as Creative Director of Newsweek after overseeing its complete redesign. Bonnie is now the author of two books: Dear Client (which is a guide for people who work with creatives) and Signs of Resistance (which is a visual history of protest in America). Bonnie was voted one of the 50 most influential designers working today by Graphic Design USA and was a featured designer in the Art Director Club's Legacy Project. She served as the chairman of the 2013 AIGA national design conference. In this episode, we focused on her new book, Dear Client and what businesses need to work better with creative people. Enjoy the conversation...
You can grab the latest episode of Six Pixels of Separation here (or feel free to subscribe via iTunes): Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast #618.
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May 11, 2018
Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #411
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".
Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another:
The First Amendment in the Second Gilded Age - The 2018 Mitchell Lecture - Balkinization . "A long, but worth it, lecture on free speech. 'in the Second Gilded Age, the infrastructure of digital free expression is also the infrastructure of digital surveillance. The two are one and the same.' Heady stuff, but tremendously important in an era where we can't distinguish between news and performance art." (Alistair for Hugh).
Apple, Influence, And Ive - Hodinkee Magazine . "I'd never read Hodinkee. It's literally a magazine about watches I don't want and can't afford. But that means they got a chance to sit with Jony Ive of Apple - arguably one of the most impactful designers of modern times. Look past the insufferable name-dropping of haute brands, and it's a pretty fascinating glimpse at Apple and a designer who avoids the limelight most of the time." (Alistair for Mitch).
Farmers in China raising pigs in high-rise "hog hotels" up to 13 floors - BoingBoing . "We do live in interesting times." (Hugh for Alistair).
A Rich, Dramatic Fingerstyle Cover of the Survivor Song and Rocky III Theme 'Eye of the Tiger' - Laughing Squid . "You can do it!!" (Hugh for Mitch).
And for His Next Act, Ev Williams Will Fix the Internet - The New York Times . "Blogger, Twitter, Medium and that's not all. When we talk about what has changed publishing the most over the past fifteen years, I'm shocked by the answers. Especially when you consider that Ev Williams was behind those three horseman of the print apocalypse. To me, he's one of the more fascinating entrepreneurs of our time. Sure, we talk about him... but nobody really focuses on just how much this one individual changed (and continues to change) the publishing game." (Mitch for Alistair).
Forecast by Marco Arment -- What It Is, How It Works, and Why Podcasters Should Take a Look - Aaron Down - Medium . "I had no idea that this software was being created... let alone that it's now available. It seems like everyone is hopping on the podcasting bus. I feel like a grandparent (considering that I'm 600+ episodes down the rabbit hole, and that I have been producing a show every Sunday for over twelve years). I love podcasting. It seems like Marco Arment (the guy behind Tumblr, Instapaper and Overcast) does as well. Check out this nifty new take on how to make better podcasts. I'm going to have at it shortly. Let me know what you think." (Mitch for Hugh).
Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.
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May 8, 2018
Nothing Can Stop Facebook And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It's not a long segment - about 10 minutes every week - about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away about what's going on in the digital world. I'm really excited about this opportunity, because this is the radio station that I grew up listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry DiMonte morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.
This week we discussed:
Change your Twitter password. Seriously. Change it. 330 million passwords were affected. Even if you didn't get an email to change it, you might as well (just in case). It turns out that there was in error in the way that their passwords were handled, and the result is that some passwords were stored in a readable way. This was an internal bug... not a hack, but still.
Not even the Cambridge Analytica scandal can slow Facebook down. Their quarterly earnings were a beast, and just last week the social network held their famed F8 annual conference. While privacy was (obviously) discussed. The two most interesting launches were a dating service to compete with the likes of Tinder. The service will allow people to browse for potential matches at groups and events that they have marked as being "interested in" attending. The service will allow people to message each other using only their first names and start a conversation that will be separate from the Facebook and Messenger app. Facebook is diving into the most personal of personal information it would seem.
The other big Facebook news is Oculus Go. A $200 standalone virtual reality headset. It's available for purchase now, and some of my Facebook friends are already messing around with it. It will have services like Watch Party, multiplayer games and even live concerts and shows... pushing them into the arts and live performance in a big way. The headset will also have Oculus TV to stream content from the likes of ESPN, Netflix, Showtime and more. Imaging Imax anywhere!
App of the Week - Pzizz. Get some sleep.
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The All Amazon Edition On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It's not a long segment - about 10 minutes every week - about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away about what's going on in the digital world. I'm really excited about this opportunity, because this is the radio station that I grew up listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry DiMonte morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.
This week we discussed:
Amazon's quarterly earnings came out last week, and it was staggeringly great. More staggering than many thought. Here's one data point: Over 40% of all ecommerce purchases belong to Amazon. Think on that.
Amazon's success comes at what cost? How's this for a headline from the Observer: Amazon Workers Have to Process 300 Packages an Hour and Pee in Bottles. It's backbreaking work. Workers in the UK have to process a package every nine seconds from 7:30 am to 6 pm. Some get panic attacks from the stress... others are hospitalized. It's competitive and scary. Some employees pee into bottles to avoid taking time away from the job. It's not AI and robots... these are humans, and even Amazon is surprised and investigating/reporting.
There are some news items that you read, and all that you can think is this: This must an article from The Onion. How about this for a headline: Amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car. I literally LOL'd when I read this... and then... it's true? Why not? Give them access to your home... so why not the trunk of your car?
Amazon is also issuing an Amazon Echo for your home, that is aimed at kids. It's called, the Echo Dot Kids Edition. It comes with a protective rubber case (in red, blue or green). This is what makes it unique: the new FreeTime service that comes preactivated with it. The service adds parental controls, kid-friendly content, and an optimized experience for kids to Alexa. What could go wrong?
App of the Week: SoundPrint (aka the "get off my lawn" app).
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May 6, 2018
Uncover The Power Of Real Networking With David Burkus - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast
Episode #617 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.
I just love everything that this human being puts out into the world. His latest book, Friend of a Friend, is a fascinating read about how we can get the most out of our networks and relationships (and, no, it's not about social media!). David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought after speaker, and associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. He's delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. His TED talk, Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid, has been viewed close to two million times, and he is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. He's written three books: The Myths of Creativity, Under New Management and now Friend of a Friend. This new book is surprising in nature. It's a fresh perspective on how to grow your network and build key connections -- one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice that worked for one individual over the course of their career. So, is there science behind how people connect and grow their wealth? Listen in. Enjoy the conversation...
You can grab the latest episode of Six Pixels of Separation here (or feel free to subscribe via iTunes): Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast #617.
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May 4, 2018
Evan Marien On This Month's Groove - The No Treble Podcast
Evan Marien is this month's conversation on Groove - The No Treble Podcast.
You can listen the new episode right here: Groove - The No Treble Podcast - Episode #41 - Evan Marien.
Who is Evan Marien?
Simply put, Evan Marien is a very exciting bass player. The composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist grew up in Illinois, but Brooklyn is now his home. And yes, he's super active on YouTube and pushing his own projects, but you may not know that Evan was also the last bassist to work with the legendary guitarist, Allan Holdsworth. Evan attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. While there, he honed his chops in the fusion, microtonal, and contemporary music scenes with Fiuczynski's "KiF" and "Microjam" bands, including the honor of playing and recording with the legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette on the album Planet Microjam. How's this for crazy: In 2009, Marien graduated Cum Laude from Berklee and the same year was voted in the Bass Player Magazine Reader's Choice Awards, one of the top three "Most Exciting New Players." He hasn't stopped from there. In 2011, he started working fellow Berklee student, Dana Hawkins. The recordings with Hawkins became the project now know as Evan Marien x Dana Hawkins. While he's still at it with that project, he's also recorded under the moniker, EMAR. Recently, Evan can be seen touring with electronic singer-songwriter Elliot Moss and Thundercat drummer Justin Brown's NYEUSI. He has also recorded or performed with Virgil Donati, Wayne Krantz, Zach Danziger, Louis Cole, Marko Djordjevic's Sveti, Mike Slott, Tim Miller, Ari Hoenig, Sebastiaan Cornelissen and many other incredible music makers and instrumentalists.
Enjoy the conversation...
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Listen in: Groove - The No Treble Podcast - Episode #41 - Evan Marien.
What is Groove - The No Treble Podcast?
This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.
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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #410
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO, Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".
Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another:
Larry Harvey: The Mind Under the Hat - Burning Man . "Burning Man's founder succumbed to cancer this week. But, talk about a life well lived! His past is pretty varied, and fascinating, and underneath it all there's a tremendous sense that the craziest things can happen if you just embrace chaos with a smile. Here's one (of many) looks at his life." (Alistair for Hugh).
2017 Founder's Letter - Alphabet . "Google/Alphabet founder Sergey Brin isn't a man of many words. That he quotes Dickens at the opening of this brief letter about the promise and peril of algorithms is fitting; as Dickens was reflecting on the rise of the industrial era, so Brin is thinking about automation and replacing neurons with bits. Worth reading, and I, for one, am glad someone thoughtful and scientific is at the helm of an organization with the reach and power of Google." (Alistair for Mitch).
Pure CSS Francine - Kottke . "I cannot quite get my head around this, but here is a digital 'painting' done entirely with HTML + CSS." (Hugh for Alistair).
Style Is an Algorithm - Racked . "I love Spotify's weekly curation of music their algorithm thinks I will like. Not everything hits, but I've discovered many new bands and artists I never would have heard otherwise: in my creeping middle-age, with work and kids, I have very little time to do whatever one does these days to discover new music. Spotify fills this need for me. A friend of mine, resolutely analogue, and a music aficionado, is borderline disgusted by my reliance on Spotify to find things I will like. We've never talked much about his reasons, but I suspect it has something to do with the emptiness of just being presented options to choose from, without doing the hard work to find them. There is value in the work, the stories, the journey to discovery, that is lost when you rely on an algorithm. 'I just want to listen to music I like,' I might say. 'That's not enough,' he might answer. I'm sympathetic to this view -- like many of us, I am growing increasingly disturbed by the ways in which the digital utopia I/we dreamed of more than a decade ago has gone off the rails, and been perverted. I should have expected it; we should have expected it. Kyle Chayka thinks we need a new movement, like organic food: choices that are Algorithm Free." (Hugh for Mitch).
'Catastrophe': French museum discovers half of its collection are fakes - The Guardian . "Real stuff can be fake news too, apparently. This is one of those articles that makes you question humanity. There are so many unanswered questions in this tragic piece. Just imagine: a museum in your city builds an impressive collection of a local artist only to find out - years later - that most of it is fake. Within this story also lies many lessons about consumers, marketing, branding, what we believe and, ultimately, why did it take so long for someone to realize what had happened here? Fascinating." (Mitch for Alistair).
Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It's landed him on our cultural divide - The Washington Post. "This fellow Canadian has become a lightening rod. Some just love, love, love him, and many see him as creating (and verbalizing) the realities of a cultural divide. I find myself drawn to his content. Is he the next motivational brain that the world needs? Is he as controversial as the media (and others) are making him out to be? Is he simply telling it like it is (and that's often a hard pill to swallow)? Tough to know, but he is making waves, and listening to his thinking (whether you like it or not) may be a good first step in bringing the many divides that we all have... and are so deeply attached to." (Mitch for Hugh).
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