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Vulfpeck's Joe Dart On This Month's Groove - The No Treble Podcast

Joe Dart from Vulfpeck 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 #32 - Joe Dart.

Who is Joe Dart?

Let's just call it a "mutual admiration society." Vulfpeck bassist, Joe Dart, has always been very kind to the No Treble community. And all of us - here at No Treble - can't get enough of his funky grooves that often dominate and lead the band's music. In short: we're huge fans of how this University of Michigan project has become such a dominant force on the music scene. What's most interesting is how "in the shadows" Dart's life has been. When did he start? Who influences him? Why the electric bass? As much as YouTube videos have driven Vulfpeck's popularity, it's hard to find anything deep on Dart. There's not much of a digital legacy there. It's time for his story to shine through. Enjoy the conversation...

Listen in: Groove - The No Treble Podcast - Episode #32 - Joe Dart.

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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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Diversity In Silicon Valley, Facebook Goes After TV 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 5 to 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 iHeart 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 on 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: 

Facebook launched Watch, and many see this as their direct assault on TV and YouTube advertising budgets. This could be Facebook's big video platform. With 2 billion people on the social network, Facebook is soft-launching a "Watch" tab on Facebook in the US to better organize and engage users with video content. If Facebook can organize videos, bring in original content (which it will be doing) and give users a lot of interesting functionality (think about seeing funny videos organized by how your friends think, etc...), this could be something truly transformative.        
Are you ready for back to school? I read an article titled, Students Came Up With This Genius Way To Take Notes & It'll Change College Forever, on PizzaBottle about how students are crowdsourcing class notes using Google Docs. It's a brilliant way to work as a team... or is it cheating? 
You would think that Silicon Valley is the one place where diversity thrives. Now, Google is under the microscope. Last Friday, a 3300-word memo penned by Google engineer James Damore went viral among employees. The document speaks to gender stereotypes about women in the workplace. Damore was fired by Google last Monday, but that only made the situation more tense. Google (and many other Silicon Valley companies) are now (once again) grappling with the ongoing debate over the limits of free speech and equality. Uber (and others) have similar issues (still, mostly unresolved), and there has been countless exposes recently about the true struggle of women in tech. Sadly.       
App of the week: Placer.   

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Robert Wynne Says Social Media Is Worthless - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #579 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

Traditional media is still king. Social media is worthless. Public relations is much better than advertising. This were only three of the crazy statements that arrived in my inbox about Robert Wynne and his book, Straight Talk About Public Relations. The irony of his asking to be on my podcast was not lost on me. In fact, I responded to his request with this: "Why would Robert want to be on my podcast if social media is useless?" So, here we are. A heated debate about marketing, advertising, public relations, social media and what gets attention and generates sales for brands. Robert is the president and founder of Wynne Communications. He is also a contributor to Forbes, where he writes a column on public relations. We got at it in this episode. 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 #579.

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Defining Innovation With Tiffani Bova - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #578 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

Everyone talks about innovation, and how real success comes from the brands that do innovate. But innovation is like Jello. It's hard to define, and it is even harder for most brands to wrap their hands around. Tiffani Bova is here to help. Tiffani is the Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist for Salesforce, and is focused on helping companies reimagine how they can not only grow bigger, but grow better with innovative business models and technology. She is an influential leader and keynote speaker. She is recognized as a strong influence in the IT industry focused on teaching the most powerful competitive advantage for any business today - how to create a high growth culture which is able to maintain performance while pushing to adapt to the new realities of the market. Prior to working with Salesforce she was a VP, Distinguished Analyst and Research Fellow at Gartner. Bova has also lived in the fast lane of high tech, leading sales organizations. Struggling with innovation? Start here. 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 #578.

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The Employee Experience Advantage With Jacob Morgan - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #577 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

There is no future of work if all brands don't truly understand how to win the war for talent and what employees want (and expect). It's no longer just about the job, but their workspaces, the tools they will have access to, and how it will, ultimately, help them advance on their professional route. Jacob Morgan was tired of bad jobs and worse bosses, so he set off on his own to learn, research and share how work is evolving. Now, he's become one of the world's leading authorities on the future of work with his company, The Future Organization, employee experience and how it is all changing. His latest book is called, The Employee Experience Advantage, and it comes hot on the heels of his two other bestselling business books, The Future of Work and The Collaborative Organization. It's a pleasure to welcome him back to the show. 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 #577.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #372

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: 

Energy - Ramez Naam -  Exponential Finance - Singularity University Summits . "Ramez Naan is one of my favorite science fiction writers (and a crazy good speaker.) A former Microsoft engineer, he spends a lot of time thinking about the future, but basing those speculations on the present. Here's a talk he gave about what abundant energy could do to human society." (Alistair for Hugh).
Predatory Journals Hit By 'Star Wars' Sting - Discover . "Scientific journals are big business, with many important-sounding publications charging researchers to publish. This means little scrutiny on submissions, as one skeptic proved when he submitted a paper on the Midi-chordians from Star Wars. Fake news takes many forms, and often it's the underlying economic incentives that are to blame." (Alistair for Mitch).
Globalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world - The Guardian . "Is globalization coming apart at the seams?" (Hugh for Alistair).
Dear tech dudes, stop being so dumb about women - TechCrunch . "There's been a lot of talk lately about the toxic environment for women in tech. Some people don't seem to understand the nature of the problems." (Hugh for Mitch). 
Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All Of Them - Wired . "I have become (somewhat) known for saying: 'you have to control technology and not let technology control you.' In a more simplistic way, when I see smartphones ringing, beeping, chiming and notifying, I will (half-jokingly) tell the person: 'you know, it doesn't have to do that.' Devices are created to make us addicted. It's working. It's not a good thing. Here's a Wired piece that's written by a man after my own heart. Do it. Mute them all!" (Mitch for Alistair).
So you've decided to write: will you tell the truth? - LitHub . "A great little piece of writing on the power of writing. I'm sure your initial instinct is to say, 'of course, I will tell the truth!' I'm sure there are many (respected) writers who embellish, make a story their own and, in turn, it's not so much the truth as it is 'a truth'. It can be a slippery slope." (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 #371

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: 

Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've automated my job? - The Workplace . "You're paid to do a job. The more efficient and accurate you are at that job, the better you're doing it. And if you automate it so it's completely efficient and 100% accurate, you did the best job possible. So should you tell your employer? This is a very real, and likely prescient, question for many industries. It's one that deserves a lot of attention, and for which there's no easy answer; does the organization owe an annuity to the employee who, in effect, did their job perfectly?" (Alistair for Hugh).
What The Enron Emails Says About Us - The New Yorker . "When regulators dug into, and shut down, Enron, they took an unprecedented step: They released all of the company's emails for public analysis. This is perhaps the biggest public corpus of organizational communications ever released. It tells a tale of corruption, sure, but also of humanity: Divorced fathers beseeching lawyer friends for help; people talking about expense report shenanigans overseas. Since that time, data scientists and analysts have been teasing the data apart with algorithms, generating some surprising conclusions." (Alistair for Mitch).
Final Fantasy - The Point . "Read about the writers laying the intellectual underpinnings of the alt-right, and their opposition to our current ear, the 'Dark Enlightenment'." (Hugh for Alistair). 
People have an irrational need to complete "sets" of things - Quartz . "Mitch, arch-marketer that he is, probably knows this: people who have five things will almost always buy a sixth, if there are six slots in the box. Find out why." (Hugh for Mitch).
A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing - World Economic Forum . "It seems like we're going to dance around the theories of automation and replacement of human beings by machines until... well... it's too late. Who handles your money? Which bank? Which financial advisor? How are they performing? Why not just pump your info into an artificial intelligence and see how it rides? It makes sense that computers can do this better than humans, at this point. I'm left wondering, if we all can do this, how are we going to keep score? We should all wind up with the same access and the same results from systems like this... right?" (Mitch for Alistair).
Amazon's New Customer - Stratechery . "What is Amazon really up to? Many pundits armchair quarterback on this all day. Grokking Amazon is a thing. Still, this is a pretty fascinating look at a company that used to sell books online. No more." (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 #370

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: 

These Coloradans say Earth is flat. And gravity's a hoax. Now, they're being persecuted - The Denver Post . "I've got two contrasting links this week -- one that shows we're very, very stupid; and one that shows we're very, very smart. Let's start with dumb. I totally understand people who don't believe hard science at face value. It can be tough to wrap your brain around quantum foam or string theory when it comes from mathematicians reaching for analogies. But a flat earth? That's personally observable. Go for a walk. Watch a ship coming across the horizon. Or take an airplane. And yet, there are groups saying they're being persecuted for holding onto provably false theories. Draw your own conclusions." (Alistair for Hugh).
An Ancient Device Too Advanced to Be Real Gives Up Its Secrets at Last - Big Think . "I've written about the Antikythera mechanism before. It's a mysterious piece of machinery that was found on a shipwreck, and it features technology that was a thousand years ahead of its time. It proves that the ancient Greeks had tremendously advanced engineering and knowledge of math and astronomy, but that knowledge was lost when the Romans and the church destroyed it all (along with things like the library of Alexandria). Well, computer imaging and better tech has now figured out how it worked -- and it's cooler than we already thought. Also, this is why we can't have nice things." (Alistair for Mitch).
The Metaphysics of the Hangover - The Hedgehog Review . "I don't drink enough to suffer hangovers the way I did in my youth, though sometimes, very rarely, I still tipple a touch too much, and my aging body is not a happy one. But perhaps there is more to the maligned hangover than just an excess of booze." (Hugh for Alistair).
How the IKEA catalogue cracked what "domestic bliss" means in different cultures - Quartz . "I'm fascinated by IKEA, and it's overwhelming influence on the aesthetics of our living spaces. This article takes a look at how IKEA shifts its focus in different countries, to account for cultural differences & signals." (Hugh for Mitch).
Why Microsoft stock is at an all-time, 31-year high - Recode . "How is Microsoft doing? It's easy to assume that things are not as glorious as they once were. Let's be honest when we talk about the big tech brands (aka FAANG - Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google and Netflix), you will notice that Microsoft is often not a part of the conversation anymore. Too bad. Things are going just fine, thank you very much." (Mitch for Alistair).
The ages of distraction - Aeon . "Kids today. Actually... it appears that we have been this way since, oh, about 1710. So, while we can blame technology, smartphones and video games for many of our addictive woes, perhaps we've always been a society that is constantly being distracted by bright and shiny objects. Hey! Look! A squirrel!...." (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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Toto's Shem Von Schroeck On This Month's Groove - The No Treble Podcast

Shem Von Schroeck from Toto 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 #31 - Shem Von Schroeck.

Who is Shem Von Schroeck?

Most people know Shem Von Schroeck as the longtime bass player in Kenny Loggins' band. At the beginning of this summer, Shem got word that he landed the coveted bass gig in Toto. The prolific and proficient bass player has also worked with everyone from Don Felder of The Eagles to Christopher Cross. He's been playing since the age of three as a part of a highly musical family and is a multi-instrumentalist along with having incredible vocal capabilities. And, that's not hyperbole. Shem is also a professional opera singer and is a regular tenor soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, The Philly Pops, and the Jacksonville Symphony. He has released his own solo music (Son Of Arthur) and is also known for playing in Ambrosia. We had a chance to spend some time with Shem right after his soundcheck in Montreal before Toto crushed it on stage. Enjoy the conversation...

Listen in: Groove - Episode #31: Shem Von Schroeck.

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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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Real Artists Don't Starve With Jeff Goins - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #576 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

If you are responsible for being creative (and, who isn't these days), there are few that are more inspiring than Jeff Goins. He believes that we all have a creative gift worth sharing with the world. And that is our art (and yes, work is art too!). So, whether you are grappling with a business idea, are thinking about writing a book, or there's a project you want to create, Jeff has amazing insights into how to get that work out and into the world. Plus, if you're more of a traditional artists, he believes that you don't have to starve to do it. His latest book is called, Real Artists Don't Starve. He's written other books as well (The Art Of Work, You Are A Writer, Wrecked and The In-Between). He's not just a bestselling author (writing is his passion), but he's a professional speaker and offers online courses (Tribe Writers) for those who want to follow his career path. Looking for a kick in the creative cranium? 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 #576.

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