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Six Links Worthy of Your Attention #467

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, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) 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 Inescapable Town Square – The New Atlantis. “ I gave a talk this week to a group of information and records managers. Some of it was informed by the work of Walter Ong, who wrote thoughtfully on the ways in which we share information. Initially, everything was oral—imagine never being able to look anything up!—but we progressed through writing, broadcast media, and today, the online conversation. As L. M. Sacasas points out, ‘social media is a throwback, combining the worst of prior eras of communication.'” (Alistair for Hugh).
Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg – Breaker. “Like them or hate them, Facebook is the biggest virtual nation on the planet. And it’s commendable that founder Mark Zuckerberg is talking – one on one – with some of the world’s foremost thinkers on society, technology, and ethics. A promising trend I’ll be listening to in the coming weeks as he adds interviews.” (Alistair for Mitch).
Uber Data Reveals Motoring Slower Than Walking In Many Cities – Forbes. “More data about the ways in which Uber is kinda broken.” (Hugh for Alistair).
Sign In With Apple Is A Big Win For Data Privacy – Cantina. “I’m not sure whether Apple should be trusted with our privacy, but I know that Google and Facebook should not. So. I’m happy to see that Apple is moving hard to make privacy a core part of their offering.” (Hugh for Mitch).
I Go To Conferenceland – The Ad Contrarian. “We need to listen more to our elders. Especially the ones who have succeeded and been through the ringer for decades. This is one of those pieces. I feel these sentiments of this piece every single day ,when I go to an event (especially marketing conferences). It’s a function of youth and inexperience more than anything else. Young speakers (with little to know experience) giving opinions based on what they see versus what they’ve done (and what works). This made me laugh and cry all at the same time.” (Mitch for Alistair).
Research Confirms That No One Is Really Thinking About You – Deb Knobelman – The Ascent – Medium. “There is nothing that distorts reality more than social media. People think that I travel all of the time, but the truth is that I only post stuff when I’m on the road (I guess). So, once we get nice things (likes, comments, followers), it becomes this beast that we need to feed. We rarely stop, take a look around and realize that everyone is so self-involved that they have little-to-no-time to think about anyone. That’s the good news. Nobody is thinking about you. Take a read…” (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.