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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #369

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: 

All of my Issues With the "Goodnight Moon" Bedroom - The Ugly Volvo . "It turns out that I am not the only one with issues about this." (Alistair for Hugh).
Cooking Lessons - The California Sunday Magazine . "Doing the right thing is hard and chewy. I found this story riveting; a celebrity chef tries to make a fast food joint that isn't bad for you, in Watts, home of the Crips. Like Jaimie Oliver fixing school lunches, but full of North America's social and racial issues." (Alistair for Mitch).
From Cells To Cities - Waking Up With Sam Harris . "Fascinating interview with Geoffrey West, the theoretical physicist, who turned his attentions to biology, and developed mathematical models for how organisms scale, why they stop growing, and how/why they die. Interestingly, much of his work applies to cities as well as beings. One particularly mind-bending section focuses on why cities continue growing and don't die. The answer, according to West, is that cities grow to the point where they would die, but then humans develop a transformative innovation (think: plumbing/sewage systems; electricity; the Internet) that allows the system to to get bigger without failing. But, projecting out, West calculates that at a certain point, humanity will need to come up with such innovative revolutions not once a century or once a decade, but once every year, in order to avoid total collapse. Are you ready?" (Hugh for Alistair).
A Minor History Of / Miniature Writing - Cabinet Magazine . "Tiny books, tiny writing... we've been doing it since at least 2060 BCE, and it's still pretty cool." (Hugh for Mitch).
How Twitter Fuels Anxiety - The Atlantic . "It's easy to look around and be anxious about the world. It's easy to do that without social media. Now, add that into the mix. It's not that Twitter fuels anxiety (we've seen countless articles like this). It's about the digital pile-on where everyone has an opinion. If it's an issue that is personal, we have a bigger paradox going on here. We can connect to those who are like us, get help and build great connections and communities beyond our personal geography. Still, that could make things worse..." (Mitch for Alistair).
Here (with 2 Years of Exhausting Photographic Detail) Is How To Write A Book - Ryan Holiday - Medium . "My buddy, Ryan Holiday, just published his latest book, Perennial Seller (you can hear us talk about it right here: Ryan Holiday Wants Brands To Be Perennial - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast). Like any smart author (and, he's one of the smartest), he is promoting the book by pushing out a lot of compelling content in compelling places. This is an exhaustive read about what it takes to create and write a great book (from his perspective). It's loaded with genius and great thinking. It's going to take you about forty minutes to read this, and it could well have been a book, in its own right. If you know someone who wants to write a book, send them this link as well." (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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Ryan Holiday Wants Brands To Be Perennial - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #575 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

He has quickly become one of the most interesting people that I know. Ryan Holiday is a strategist and writer. To me he is really becoming one of the best writers on the state of business and growth that there is. He seems to lead two lives. In one life, he's an astute marketer that has released bestselling books like Trust Me, I'm Lying and Growth Hacker Marketing. In another life (that he seems to running at the same time) he's taking ancient stoic philosophy and making it cool again with his wildly successful bestselling books, Ego Is The Enemy, The Obstacle Is The Way and The Daily Stoic. His book, The Obstacle Is The Way, has been translated into seventeen languages and has a cult following among NFL coaches, world-class athletes, TV personalities, political leaders, and others around the world. Now, he's back with a fascinating new book called, Perennial Seller - The Art of Making And Marketing Work That Lasts. I jumped at the opportunity to discuss this thinking in a world of Snaps, 140 characters, always-on marketing and more. 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 #575.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #368

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: 

Nihilist Startup Haikus - McSweeney's Internet Tendency . "I'm going to wax poetic this week, because I had a couple of videos that, on rewatching, were way too dark. So, let's start with these short pieces on startup life, which should resonate pretty well. My favorite?
SOW. ROI by EOD. OK LOL." (Alistair for Hugh).
Ancient wisdom from the neural network - Lewis And Quark . "Seems like you can use machine learning to generate new ideas pretty easily these days. While many of the aphorisms this coding experiment generated were nonsense ('A fox smells it better than a fool's for a day'), a human editor could easily use this raw material to create new things that seemed genuinely original ('A good anvil does not make the most noise.') Putting to rest, perhaps, the question of creativity: The future is algorithm-augmented humans." (Alistair for Mitch).
Umbrella-sharing startup loses nearly all of its 300,000 umbrellas in a matter of weeks - Shanghaiist . "How will you protect yourself from all the tech bubbles falling from the sky if your local uber-for-umbrellas stand has no umbrellas left because they've all been stolen?" (Hugh for Alistair).
2 Chickens Break Up Rabbit Fight - YouTube . "Maybe we just need to put the chickens in charge." (Hugh for Mitch).
AI And 'Enormous Data' Could Make Tech Giants Harder To Topple - Wired . "More data means more performance. We are quickly leaving the world of 'big data' as we enter into the world of 'enormous data'. Now, if you follow this trail, and believe that data is the new oil (it's not just a turn of a phrase... think about it... it's true), we now have companies with 'enormous data'. So much so that it's going to be ever-harder to regulate, topple or understand the competitive landscape. Oh... this is one article that will boil your noodle." (Mitch for Alistair).
How to Create a Perennial Bestseller - The Tim Ferriss Blog . "This is an epic guest post on Tim Ferriss' blog by my buddy, Ryan Holiday. Ryan is known as one of the people who is modernizing stoicism, and has many best sellers under his belt. His upcoming book, Perennial Seller, is coming out soon. Here's a massive and hugely insightful read about how to write a book that matters... and sells. This is his behind the scenes thinking and it's glorious." (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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The Power Of Curiosity And Hunches With Bernadette Jiwa - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #574 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

When Seth Godin recommends a guest for your show, one should listen. In the decade-plus that Six Pixels of Separation has been running, Seth has never recommended a guest until now (and I am so grateful and thankful that he did!). I've been a fan and follower of Bernadette Jiwa for some time now. Most recently, Bernadette published her newest book, Hunch - Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing. She is also the author of five other bestselling books (Meaningful, Marketing - A Love Story, Fortune Cookie Principle, Difference, and Make Your Idea Matter). Mostly, she helps companies design, build and grow a brand through the development of a true, powerful and meaningful story. She believes that the smallest insights (not always the data) is where the brand breakthrough resides. With that, intuition is more valuable than ever, but how do you nurture and cultivate that? 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 #574.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #367

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: 

Mobile Fact Sheet - Pew Research Center. "I love Pew's studies -- nonpartisan, interesting, and full of the kind of data that reveals just how much we're moving towards machine-in-the-loop humanity. But what's most glaring about this data is the digital divide, which splits smartphone owners by age, education, and more. If we're going to use tech to make a better society for everyone, we have some work to do." (Alistair for Hugh).
When Soviet Gearheads Built The Sportscars They Couldn't Buy - Jalopnik . "If you want some power cars and can't buy things from the other side of the Iron Curtain, what are you gonna do? Well, they made six. But the audacity of building a sports car -- with a 30HP engine, no less! -- is awesome." (Alistair for Mitch). 
In World's Best-Run Economy, House Prices Keep Falling - Because That's What House Prices Are Supposed To Do - Forbes . "Germany's approach to economics is so antithetical to the pure free-market fundamentalism that drives pretty much the rest of the western world. Their workers are among the highest paid, get oodles of vacation, good state supported health services and higher ed. And, it's German government policy to make sure that housing is inexpensive, ridiculously so compared with other Western countries. And yet, Germany is an economic powerhouse." (Hugh for Alistair).
Meatballs - An Oral History - Vanity Fair . "What better time than July to revisit the most revolutionary work of Canadian cinematic brilliance of all time: Meatballs." (Hugh for Mitch).
The meaning of life in a world without work - The Guardian . "Not that anyone needs to read another article about the future hopelessness of our species, as computers replace everything that we do, but here you go... I'm not sure how comfortable I might be, if we're going to be called 'the useless class' as the vast majority of 'work' will entail monitoring technology, much in the same way that Homer Simpson watches over the nuclear plant." (Mitch for Alistair).
The Jeff Bezos Empire in One Giant Chart - Visual Capitalist . "Jeff Bezos is inching closer to toppling Bill Gates as the world's number one billionaire. It could have already happened why the time you read this. If you think that he made his fortune by selling books online, you would be sadly mistaken. He's an insane look at what Amazon's visionary has done to change the global economy. If you can read between the lines and imagine how these pieces might connect, it gets even more interesting..." (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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More Than 25% Of The World's Population Is On 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 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 has done what many thought was impossible. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook now has two billion monthly users. To put that into context, more than 25 percent of the entire world's population uses Facebook every month. The road to three billion is a much harder climb (we have to connect many parts of the world that fall into the digital "have-nots"). Seems like he is up for this challenge. 
As Facebook races past two billion users, Google gets slapped with a $2+ billion fine over search results. The European Union is known to be tough on antitrust issues, so what was Google's mis-step on this one? The thing is this: if Google has to change how it works to appease the EU, it would mean that Amazon, Facebook and many others would also have to follow suit. It's very complex.
Netflix just released something super-interesting. Choose your own adventure TV. Right now, you can check out Dreamworks Animation's Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale. The series has decision points that begin to pop up throughout the story, making the viewer choose between two options and ultimately changing the outcome. Right now, Netflix is focused on children's titles (next up will be Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile in mid July), but Netflix is set on changing how we watch. First binge watching now choose your own adventure! 

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The Realities Of Finding Your Passion With Corey Poirier - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #573 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

I'm not sure that I have ever met someone who has had as many conversations and interviews as I have. I'm not sure that I have ever met someone who has had this many conversations with successful work individuals to figure out what makes them tick. This is the primary project that Corey Poirier is working on. His show, Conversations With Passion! and The Passion Cure features insights from the some of the world's most renown and sought after thinkers and doers. Over 3500 conversations later, and Corey's goal is to help entrepreneurs, business leaders, small business owners improve their life and/or business. He believes that finding your passion is the key (I am somewhat skeptical that passion is the answer). Corey is also a professional speaker and author. 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 #573.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #366

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: 

How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store - Johnny Lin - Medium . "Nigerian spammers intentionally put words like ' Nigeria' in their scam emails, hoping to scare off all but the most gullible, because that way when someone replies they're very likely to send money to a scammer. Well, that mentality seems to have leaked into the App Store lately, and this explanation of predatory app developers is as disheartening as Mitch's link is feel-good." (Alistair for Hugh).
De Blauwe Tas - Ikea - YouTube . "Don't mind me; there's just something in my eye." (Alistair for Mitch).
Stupendous intelligence of honey badgers - The Times Literary Supplement . "I choose this article for its title alone. It's nasty!" (Hugh for Alistair).
Prog Rock - The Music Genre That Won't Die - Longreads . "Hair + Jazz + Metal = Prog Rock. Listen up!" (Hugh for Mitch).
A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree - The New York Times . "I did one semester of college and dropped out. I was busy publishing music magazines, and I felt like I was better at the media business than I was at school. I've become, somewhat, known for saying that I never let school get in the way of my education. I probably lifted that line from somebody (and, if that someone is reading this, I apologize). Still, there is a shift afoot. What if that degree is valued less and less for better and more impressive vocations? How does that dent our world (once again)?" (Mitch for Alistair).
Nowhere Mag - New Republic . "Monocle - the magazine - is a thing of beauty. Do you read it or just put it on a coffee table. The answer is not so obvious. This is a great profile on the magazine's founder, but it's a better read if you're interested in how to build and deliver on a brand promise. Fascinating." (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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Becoming Facebook With Mike Hoefflinger - This Week's Six Pixels Of Separation Podcast

Episode #572 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

He was in the trenches when Facebook was really growing and figuring itself out. After working directly for Andy Grove at Intel and as general manager of the Intel Inside program, Mike Hoefflinger moved to Facebook to serve as Head of Global Business Marketing working with Sheryl Sandberg. During his nearly seven years there, the teams he built helped dramatically grow the advertising business during Facebook's unprecedented rise to global influence. Now, is now an executive-in-residence at XSeed Capital and the author of the bestselling business book, Becoming Facebook. How did Facebook disrupt the world, and what challenges helped it to define itself as a brand? Nobody knows the inside story on this massive company like Mike. 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 #572.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #365

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: 

Not even wrong - ways to dismiss technology - Benedict Evans . "Benedict Evans is fast becoming one of my favorite writers and thinkers. He starts with a quote by Pauli, who, asked to review a paper of doubtable merit, opined, 'it's not even wrong.' By which he meant it lacks testability and provability entirely. He uses the quote in the context of predicting what will be a successful product in the future, applying two tests: Is there a roadmap to greatness and whether you're looking at the application that this technology is proposed to provide, and not the actual capability that has been created. I've been spending a lot of time thinking and working on discontinuous innovation, and Evans has added good stuff to the conversation here." (Alistair for Hugh).
If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think? - The Atlantic . "Alexis Madrigal is one of my favorite tech writers; he doesn't jump into the fray early, but often waits until the real story unfolds. So, this is his first real dive into the realm of AI. And it comes with a familiar face: Douglas Eck, one of the subjects of his interview, spent time in Montreal and helped design the machine learning algorithms at Coradiant, a company I helped found, which pinpointed where problems were happening. This was back in 2007; if only I'd known to call it AI at the time." (Alistair for Mitch).
The Origin of HyperCard in the Breakdown of the Bicycle for the Mind - Justin Falcone - CSS Conference Australia - YouTube . "A postmodern sort of thing: a 2016 presentation on 'hypermedia' from the perspective of 1990. Or vice versa?" (Hugh for Alistair).
These Cities Are Replacing The Worst Kind Of Infrastructure With The Best - Fast Company - Co. Design . "What if we designed cities for people, not cars. Imagine if that were happening in... Dallas?" (Hugh for Mitch).
Why Your Brain Hates Other People - Nautilus . "I consider my self a fairly open, honest, empathetic and caring human being. It bothers me (always) how quick I am to judge other people. I don't necessarily 'hate' other people, but my mind does try to decipher what makes us different over what might bring us closer together first. Is this who I really am? Apparently, it's not a nurture thing?..." (Mitch for Alistair).
When pop stars have Instagram, they no longer need record labels - Quartz . "This is a compelling but not sustainable look at the music industry. And, in return, a smart read for any brand trying to create something that connects with an audience that is sustainable. How will brands build relationships with consumers? There's just too much going on now, and the duopoly of Google and Facebook continues to grow. I'm dying to see how this will all pan out!" (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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music industry

nautilus

pandemonio

press books

quartz

record label

resolveto

six pixels of separation

social media

solve for interesting

startupfest

strata

the atlantic

tilt the windmill

year one labs

youtube

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