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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #177

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 (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitoring, Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks and Lean Analytics), 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:

Amanda Pustilnik discusses "Models of Mind in the Law" - Center for Law, Brain & Behavior . "We ran a Strata online event on November 5th that looked at privacy and ethics in a digital age. While lots of the content was good, Amanda Pustilnik blew my mind. There were plenty of privacy-smart people on the event, and most of them wanted to put on their tinfoil hats when she was done. Did you know that there is a cap which police can deploy in the field to test whether you're lying? That subjecting employees to a MRI, unlike a polygraph, is legal? That there's a part of the brain which correlates with recidivism in parolees? Here's a 20 minute video of Amanda talking about models of mind in the law. Mind, quite literally, blown." (Alistair for Hugh).

By Whom, For Whom? Science, Startups, and Quantified Self - Cyborgology . "There's plenty going on in life-logging and the Quantified Self movement. But is this just relentless digital narcissism, or the Homebrew Computer Club of introspection? Whitney Boesel shares her thoughts on the 2013 Quantified Self Global Conference . In one session she ran, the theme of Quantified Self being bad science kept coming up. It's an important point--are we building a world of sensors, from which we can glean patterns and treat the human condition? Or is this just tomorrow's digital diary?" (Alistair for Mitch).

Fresh Air Weekend: Chris Hadfield, Brandy Clark, Kennedy Conspiracies - NPR . "I watched Gravity the other day, which is amazing and you should watch it. They clearly did their homework: half of the things that happen in the movie have actually happened in real life to Chris Hatfield , former commander of the International Space Station . Hear him talk about life in space in this interview with NPR 's Terry Gross ." (Hugh for Alistair).

It's The Golden Age of News - New York Times . "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Read New York Times editor, Bill Keller, on the state of foreign news." (Hugh for Mitch).

No Stores? No Salesmen? No Profit? No Problem for Amazon - MIT Technology Review . "Technology, contextual marketing, data, analytics, game theory and more. Yep, Amazon is using a whole bunch of influence and persuasion techniques coupled with technology to get you to spend money and more money. On top of that, they don't have any stores and have none of those pesky sales clerks working you over for a commission. So, that's a good thing? A Creepy thing? Read this and decide. The future of retail may be a lot different from how we anticipated it." (Mitch for Alistair).

Should Literature Be Useful? - The New Yorker . "Read more literature. You know, the literary fiction, not the stuff you find racked in airport magazine and book stores. You won't only sound very sophisticated and intelligent during cocktail hour, but you will wind up being more empathetic. This is a fascinating read about the value of spending some time every day with classic literature. It may, in fact, make you a much better leader, but more importantly, a better human being. True story (not fiction)." (Mitch for Hugh), 

Now it's your turn: in the comment section below pick one thing that you saw this week that inspired you and share it.

Amanda Pustilnik discusses "Models of Mind in the Law" from Center for Law, Brain & Behavior on Vimeo.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #177

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 (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitoring, Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks and Lean Analytics), 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:

Amanda Pustilnik discusses "Models of Mind in the Law" - Center for Law, Brain & Behavior . "We ran a Strata online event on November 5th that looked at privacy and ethics in a digital age. While lots of the content was good, Amanda Pustilnik blew my mind. There were plenty of privacy-smart people on the event, and most of them wanted to put on their tinfoil hats when she was done. Did you know that there is a cap which police can deploy in the field to test whether you're lying? That subjecting employees to a MRI, unlike a polygraph, is legal? That there's a part of the brain which correlates with recidivism in parolees? Here's a 20 minute video of Amanda talking about models of mind in the law. Mind, quite literally, blown." (Alistair for Hugh).

By Whom, For Whom? Science, Startups, and Quantified Self - Cyborgology . "There's plenty going on in life-logging and the Quantified Self movement. But is this just relentless digital narcissism, or the Homebrew Computer Club of introspection? Whitney Boesel shares her thoughts on the 2013 Quantified Self Global Conference . In one session she ran, the theme of Quantified Self being bad science kept coming up. It's an important point--are we building a world of sensors, from which we can glean patterns and treat the human condition? Or is this just tomorrow's digital diary?" (Alistair for Mitch).

Fresh Air Weekend: Chris Hadfield, Brandy Clark, Kennedy Conspiracies - NPR . "I watched Gravity the other day, which is amazing and you should watch it. They clearly did their homework: half of the things that happen in the movie have actually happened in real life to Chris Hatfield , former commander of the International Space Station . Hear him talk about life in space in this interview with NPR 's Terry Gross ." (Hugh for Alistair).

It's The Golden Age of News - New York Times . "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Read New York Times editor, Bill Keller, on the state of foreign news." (Hugh for Mitch).

No Stores? No Salesmen? No Profit? No Problem for Amazon - MIT Technology Review . "Technology, contextual marketing, data, analytics, game theory and more. Yep, Amazon is using a whole bunch of influence and persuasion techniques coupled with technology to get you to spend money and more money. On top of that, they don't have any stores and have none of those pesky sales clerks working you over for a commission. So, that's a good thing? A Creepy thing? Read this and decide. The future of retail may be a lot different from how we anticipated it." (Mitch for Alistair).

Should Literature Be Useful? - The New Yorker . "Read more literature. You know, the literary fiction, not the stuff you find racked in airport magazine and book stores. You won't only sound very sophisticated and intelligent during cocktail hour, but you will wind up being more empathetic. This is a fascinating read about the value of spending some time every day with classic literature. It may, in fact, make you a much better leader, but more importantly, a better human being. True story (not fiction)." (Mitch for Hugh), 

Now it's your turn: in the comment section below pick one thing that you saw this week that inspired you and share it.

Amanda Pustilnik discusses "Models of Mind in the Law" from Center for Law, Brain & Behavior on Vimeo.

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alistair croll

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bitcurrent

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chris hadfield

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cyborgology

gigaom

gravity

homebrew computer club

hugh mcguire

human 20

iambik

international space station

librivox

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link exchange

link sharing

managing bandwidth

media hacks

mit technology review

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npr

pressbooks

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terry gross

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In The Age Of Amazon

When companies get big, things happen that are both good and bad.

Amazon is one of those companies. For every person that loves the personalization and ease of shopping, the company has a significant amount of detractors as well. Most people fail to realize just how powerful Amazon has become (here's a cool infographic showing Amazon's acquisitions and investments up until 2009) and how much more of a runway they have (they look at their sales in comparison to Walmart, for example). With that, much has been written about the online company and it's founder, Jeff Bezos. Most recently, Brad Stone (a Businessweek senior writer) published a fascinating book about the company titled, The Everything Store - Jeff Bezos And The Age Of Amazon. I am about to start reading it and have become even more intrigued after the conversation Stone had the other week on Charlie Rose. It comes at an interesting time, if you consider that Bezos' wife, MacKenzie Bezos (who is a novelist), panned the book in a one-star review on Amazon (where else?!?!) that got a ton of media attention. Still, this is  great and quick ten minute conversation about a company that continues to fascinate.

Charlie Rose speaks to Brad Stone about Jeff Bezos and Amazon... 

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In The Age Of Amazon

When companies get big, things happen that are both good and bad.

Amazon is one of those companies. For every person that loves the personalization and ease of shopping, the company has a significant amount of detractors as well. Most people fail to realize just how powerful Amazon has become (here's a cool infographic showing Amazon's acquisitions and investments up until 2009) and how much more of a runway they have (they look at their sales in comparison to Walmart, for example). With that, much has been written about the online company and it's founder, Jeff Bezos. Most recently, Brad Stone (a Businessweek senior writer) published a fascinating book about the company titled, The Everything Store - Jeff Bezos And The Age Of Amazon. I am about to start reading it and have become even more intrigued after the conversation Stone had the other week on Charlie Rose. It comes at an interesting time, if you consider that Bezos' wife, MacKenzie Bezos (who is a novelist), panned the book in a one-star review on Amazon (where else?!?!) that got a ton of media attention. Still, this is  great and quick ten minute conversation about a company that continues to fascinate.

Charlie Rose speaks to Brad Stone about Jeff Bezos and Amazon... 

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Always Impress The Band

My first speaking gig.

It happened a little over seven years ago. It wasn't really my first speaking gig, so much as my first "real" speaking gig. I was asked to take part in a full-day leadership event that was being headlined by Dr. Phil. There was only a handful of speakers and my role was to talk about personal branding and the power of new media to share who you are with the world. I did not take the invitation lightly. I worked tireless for months on the content, the visuals and the mechanics of the event. I worked with a handful of coaches from professional trainers to a stand-up comedian. I didn't want to mess it up... but not in the way that you think.

Don't make a fool of yourself.

I'm guessing that most people placed in that situation would have the generalized anxiety that comes from speaking, only magnified due to the thousands of people and the line-up of world-class bestselling authors and thought leaders. Anybody who isn't dead from the shoulders up would feel that pressure. What if the audience doesn't like me? What if the audience doesn't like my content? What if the audience realizes that I'm not an expert? What if I make a fool of myself? What if I pass out from nerves? What if I make in my pants? These are just some of the common fears that make people more scared of public speaking than they are of dying.

I had a different fear of speaking.

My fear was that I did not want to let down the event promoter who was taking a chance on me and putting me on a stage that I didn't have any business being on. I didn't want to let him down or his team. I wasn't trying to impress myself or the audience... I was just trying to impress him. Things haven't changed all that much. Now, when I speak, I'm doing my best to always impress the people who represent me as a professional speaker (namely, Speaker's Spotlight and Greater Talent Network) and the organizations that have invited me to speak. That isn't entirely true. From a pure performance standpoint, I have one mission when I get to an event: I want to impress the a/v people. These people sit there - day in and day out - and see/hear every kind of speaker ad nauseam. My theory is simple: if I can entertain and inform these people, keep their attention, and keep them off of their smartphones then I'm more than confident that I can do the same for the audience.

Why I am telling you this.

This morning, on my way to the airport, I was listening to Howard Stern interview John Stamos. Howard was asking John about how he managed to play for The Beach Boys (dating back to the eighties). As the story unfolded, Stamos revealed that his first gig was in front of thousands upon thousands of people. Stern probed about just how nervous he must have been, when Stamos shot back: "I just wanted to impress the band."    

Impress the band.

Hearing Stamos say that he just wanted to impress the band, reminded me of how my self-talk prior to speaking is all about trying to impress the a/v team or the event coordinators or the talent agents. When I see successful people in action, they're not trying to please everybody, but are focused - like a laser beam - on trying to make someone who either inspired them or gave them the opportunity to be thrilled and delighted that they did so. They're trying to impress the people who have literally "been there/done that." Stamos' one-liner reminded me to always make sure that I'm doing my best to impress "the band" in my life... whoever that "band" may be.

Always impress the band.

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Always Impress The Band

My first speaking gig.

It happened a little over seven years ago. It wasn't really my first speaking gig, so much as my first "real" speaking gig. I was asked to take part in a full-day leadership event that was being headlined by Dr. Phil. There was only a handful of speakers and my role was to talk about personal branding and the power of new media to share who you are with the world. I did not take the invitation lightly. I worked tireless for months on the content, the visuals and the mechanics of the event. I worked with a handful of coaches from professional trainers to a stand-up comedian. I didn't want to mess it up... but not in the way that you think.

Don't make a fool of yourself.

I'm guessing that most people placed in that situation would have the generalized anxiety that comes from speaking, only magnified due to the thousands of people and the line-up of world-class bestselling authors and thought leaders. Anybody who isn't dead from the shoulders up would feel that pressure. What if the audience doesn't like me? What if the audience doesn't like my content? What if the audience realizes that I'm not an expert? What if I make a fool of myself? What if I pass out from nerves? What if I make in my pants? These are just some of the common fears that make people more scared of public speaking than they are of dying.

I had a different fear of speaking.

My fear was that I did not want to let down the event promoter who was taking a chance on me and putting me on a stage that I didn't have any business being on. I didn't want to let him down or his team. I wasn't trying to impress myself or the audience... I was just trying to impress him. Things haven't changed all that much. Now, when I speak, I'm doing my best to always impress the people who represent me as a professional speaker (namely, Speaker's Spotlight and Greater Talent Network) and the organizations that have invited me to speak. That isn't entirely true. From a pure performance standpoint, I have one mission when I get to an event: I want to impress the a/v people. These people sit there - day in and day out - and see/hear every kind of speaker ad nauseam. My theory is simple: if I can entertain and inform these people, keep their attention, and keep them off of their smartphones then I'm more than confident that I can do the same for the audience.

Why I am telling you this.

This morning, on my way to the airport, I was listening to Howard Stern interview John Stamos. Howard was asking John about how he managed to play for The Beach Boys (dating back to the eighties). As the story unfolded, Stamos revealed that his first gig was in front of thousands upon thousands of people. Stern probed about just how nervous he must have been, when Stamos shot back: "I just wanted to impress the band."    

Impress the band.

Hearing Stamos say that he just wanted to impress the band, reminded me of how my self-talk prior to speaking is all about trying to impress the a/v team or the event coordinators or the talent agents. When I see successful people in action, they're not trying to please everybody, but are focused - like a laser beam - on trying to make someone who either inspired them or gave them the opportunity to be thrilled and delighted that they did so. They're trying to impress the people who have literally "been there/done that." Stamos' one-liner reminded me to always make sure that I'm doing my best to impress "the band" in my life... whoever that "band" may be.

Always impress the band.

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It's Never Too Late To Start A Blog

Well, of course someone who loves to blog is going to say that it's never too late to start a blog.

I was asked to give a presentation this past week in London for the London Bloggers Meet-up (many thanks to Bernie, Andy and David for pulling this together). The event took place at the spectacular offices of Google in London (don't believe me, do a search on this office space, it has been featured in many articles and posts). There were over fifty bloggers in attendance and, instead of just presenting, we decided to do more of a Q&A-type of session. A deep-dive into the merits of blogging. Yes, we all recognize that it's 2013.

Blogging as a euphemism. 

I use blogging as a euphemism for putting your thinking out there. For me, blogging has been that media. I do love the weekly podcast, writing business books, as well as being a contributor to Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review and others, but blogging is where my heart lies. That's not entirely true. Writing is where my heart lies, and I publish that writing (primarily) on a blog. What I love most about blogging is the immediacy of sharing. The other publishing platforms typically have intermediaries, editors, time to publish and more. So, whether it's a blog for you, Instagram, posting to Facebook, Pinterest or whatever, let's (for argument's sake) just accept blogging as the euphemism for putting yourself out there.

Start now.

It may seem simple enough, but I labored over those two, simple words. I hesitate to tell you to start because I often find myself wondering if the world needs another blog, another tweet, another post about some wonderful place you're visiting or how hard of a workout you just had at the gym. The world probably doesn't need that, but it does need your thinking. Blogging has matured, evolved and changed. It's no longer the place for random brain droppings (we have a multitude of online social networks that allow that). Blogging has, chiefly, become the publishing channel for those who love to write and to connect more directly with those who are interested in the words. Without a doubt, comments and other social media channels have allowed these pieces to have a sense of distribution and additive insights, but a blog still gives a more personal space to explore with words the critical thinking that is taking place between your two ears.

You have other options.

If you look at platforms like Medium, Quora, Huffington Post and more, they are not only providing a place to blog (if you're not inclined to own your own space), but a platform of distribution. These spaces are like blogs with built-in audiences. The challenge with them is that - to a certain degree - for your piece to resonate within that channel it has to adopt the likeness of it. The best writers write for the channel. A book is not a blog post and an article on the Huffington Post is not the same as contributing to the Harvard Business Review. Finding the right match between your words, the publication and their platform can be challenging.

A blog is your land.

You can graze, decide what type of voice you want to cultivate, how often you would like to publish, how long (or short) you would like to publish. From there, you create the brand of the space. What the look, feel and vibe of the words will be. If anything, blogging has never been easier to do (check out WordPress), but on the other hand, it has never been harder to be successful at it because of how it has matured and because of the vast quantity of bloggers looking to grow their voice and audience. Still, I'm going to encourage you to either start a blog today or revive the one you may have abandoned.

If that doesn't spark you to make the move, please watch this (it's an oldie but a goodie from Seth Godin and Tom Peters ):

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What Facebook Knows About Innovation (That Every Brand Should Pay Attention To)

Blogs posts, articles and books have been written about Facebook and their ability to grow.

When people think about the company and their state of innovation, they will often align them with a myriad of Silicon Valley types. They'll look to things like collaborative environments, the way meetings are held, how they attract clients and their head-down obsession with everything "hacker culture." There's no doubt that it takes a certain type of individual to work at Facebook, and it takes a certain type of online social network to have broken through like they have. It's easy to argue that they simply had a strong product, but it met with a certain zeitgeist and luck that others (Friendster, MySpace, etc...) just couldn't capture, retain and innovate on top of. Connecting people of the world seems to have worked out pretty well for Facebook, by all accounts.

It wasn't always belly rubs and lollipops, was it?

We can pinpoint moments (many moments) when it looked like Facebook was going to stumble or crumble. From early attempts at monetization through advertising to privacy and policy changes. Still, the company persisted and pushed on. Sometimes they listened intently to their audience, and in other instances they chose the Steve Jobs method of motion (i.e. consumers don't know what they want, it's up to the brand to show it to them). For good or for bad, Facebook happened to become the shining light and beacon (no pun intended) of all things social media and online social networking. They are building a deep chasm between themselves and any would-be competitors, and they've made an interesting investment (a billion dollars worth) in Instagram to own the ability to leverage social photographs in the mobile state. That wasn't a big innovation. That was a big bet. Now, as Instagram begins the journey of introducing ads, we're about to see just how engaged their users are. If history is any indicator, consumers will continue to snap and share photos knowing that the ads are the cost of a free admission to such a powerful, fun and friendly photo sharing experience.

Speaking of mobile.

If you look at Facebook's current stock price and how pervasive the social network is for every connected consumer, it's easy to forget that it wasn't that long ago when Facebook almost stumbled over the entire mobile thing. Their mobile app wasn't even really a native app, it was more of a mobile website. It was slow, with very limited functionality. Users complained, but Facebook wasn't focusing on it. People were still getting acquainted with the newsfeed (something Mark Zuckerberg pushed on the audience that was pushed back on, until users realized how awesome it truly was). Most brands were in the same position as Facebook was. Mobile was becoming increasingly more ubiquitous, but it was hard to tell when would be the ideal time to deep-dive into mobile, suck it up and make the significant investment. Facebook pulled the trigger. It wasn't a two-year IT roadmap with complex inter-departmental politics. A company of that size with a product that was built for the Web browser pulled a one-eighty and had something very powerful in market within a handful of months.

That is true innovation.

When marketing professionals talk about innovation, they're quick to look at something new instead of this moment in Facebook's short history. This company changed their core product and even adapted all of their monetization schemes to match it. If I were to ask you if you think that Facebook is a mobile-first company today, how would you answer that? Because, it is exactly that... without question. We tend to our Facebook experiences primarily on our smartphones and tablets. The Web browser version has become something other. Don't believe me? Just look at the mobile usage, growth and time spent on their recent earnings call. The media is focused on the non-growth in the teen segment and not spending enough attention on the massive reality that Facebook is not the same Facebook that it was. Instead of admiring the company for embracing, what I call in CTRL ALT Delete, the "one screen" world, media pundits tend to look at things like new ad formats or functionality on brand pages as some kind of indicator as to the company's propensity for innovation.   

The bigger picture of innovation.

Take a look at your own brand (or the brands that you represent) and stop looking at the little/newer introductions of features and whizz-bangs as innovation, but at the grander shifting of consumer behavior. Are you truly at the vanguard of that moment in time? Facebook was smart, quick and adaptive to the environment. They didn't let the shift from mobile be a force of resistance, but rather surfed the wave at all costs. Currently, it's clear to see how many brands are stuck in a major conundrum. Their mobile experiences are terrible at worst or a tempered derivative of the website at best. They're busy optimizing their websites, thinking about e-commerce (or online ordering) and worried about social media, while the IT departments tend to the mobile version or the app development (brands made this, exact, same mistake back in the early days of the Internet's commercialization). Brands are struggling with IT and budgets to figure out how to adapt to a world that has already changed. In short, they're making the same mistakes that they have previously made, while admonishing or dismissing the value of what Facebook has to offer. It's a shame. Facebook is one of the most innovative companies out there. It's a model that all brands should study. Facebook is big. Facebook was very different. Facebook innovated and changed their physical self in a matter of months. Facebook deserves more applause than they're already receiving.

If that's not innovation, I don't know what is.

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Now You Can Use Your Electronic Devices During The Entire Flight

Every morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio broadcasting 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 to SoundCloud, if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away. 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 and Heather B. morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.

This week we discussed: The decision to allow passengers to use their electronic devices throughout the entire flight as well as my love of Waze, and why my wife won't let me use the Down app.

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Confessions Of A Real Life Mad Man

Episode #382 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

One of my business partners at Twist Image is an advertising industry veteran. He helped build one of the most well-regarded agencies in Canada for well over a decade. When we first met (over a decade ago), he half-joked that it's surprising how many highly-intelligent individuals would like to be a part of such a miserable industry. Like I said, he was half-joking. People love Mad Men and it's not just because of the fashion. It was a crazy time when brands were looking for all kinds of edge over their competitors and these newly-formed ad agencies were just making stuff up as they went along. It was crazy times. George Parker was lucky enough to have entered the industry back then. He lives to tell the tales. For over thirty years, he worked in the creative department for agencies all over the work. He wrote a monthly column for AdWeek for close to a decade and has been a contributor for Ad Age, Business Insider, Quartz and more. Currently, he is still an advertising consultant, blogs regularly at AdScam (which is hilarious and brilliant) and he writes books (his most-recent being, Confessions Of A Mad Man). He is free to speak his mind and he doesn't hold back (so, this one of NSFW). 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 Twist Image Podcast #382.

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