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, Interesting Bits, 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:
- Run Your Own Social – Darius Kazemi. “With Elon buying Twitter, lots of folks are wondering if they can start their own social network. The truth is, platforms like Discord are already fast-rising as smaller communities, and most of the teeth-grinding nonsense we’re seeing on Twitter is longtime users wondering, ‘if this goes away, who will listen to me?’ Internet artist, Darius Kazemi, has a great roundup of what it takes.” (Alistair for Hugh).
- Welcome To Airspace – The Verge. “Tech is gentrifiying the world – one review at a time. This 2016 post is a little too close to home for me. ‘White or bright accent walls, raw wood, Nespresso machines, Eames chairs, patterned rugs on bare floors, open shelving, the neutered Scandinavianism of HGTV.” I feel seen.” (Alistair for Mitch).
- Why These Whales Are ‘Standing’ In the Ocean – National Geographic. “Sperm whales sleep vertically in pods of five to thirty or so of adults, suspended for 15 minutes up to a couple of hours at a time. Looks relaxing.” (Hugh for Alistair).
- The Band – Jam #2 – The Last Waltz – YouTube. “Every once in a while, I land on some collection of rock n’ roll legends performing together on stage – usually at an awards show – and mostly these are interesting but scripted affairs, and not all that interesting. Here’s something different though: a true, free flowing jam session with an unwieldy number of Rock Gods: Ringo Starr (Drums/The Beatles), Levon Helm (Drums/The Band), Ronnie Wood (Guitar/The Rolling Stones), Neil Young (Guitar), Eric Clapton (Guitar, but it’s not plugged in!!), Dr. John (Piano), Garth Hudson (Organ/The Band), Paul Butterfield (harp) as well as Stephen Stills (Guitar/Crosby, Stlls & Nash) and Carl Radle (Bass/Derek and the Dominoes). Pretty fun to watch, if you like any of those musicians.” (Hugh for Mitch).
- Money is about to enter a new era of competition – Technology Review. “When I think about the current (and ever-growing) buzz surrounding cryptocurrency, I’m often dismayed at how many people are simply focusing on their own wallets and financial diversity (and, yes, this is only applicable for a very small swath of the privileged population). If you really want to think bigger, this article is for you. Bigger means thinking about digital technology and how it will, fundamentally, change our relationship with money and currency. This is something to think about in relation to entire countries, economies and the greater world. This long read breaks it down, and it’s an article everyone should read, whether you have your own cold storage wallet or think that Dogecoin is scam…” (Mitch for Alistair).
- Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document – Motherboard – Vice. “It’s almost like there’s so much craziness in the news, that it’s hard for us mere humans to stop, look at certain articles, read, ponder and ponder some more. This is one of those articles that seems to be ignored because of things like war, waves of infection and the climate crisis (not to mention Elon and other cult of personality chaos stories). In a leaked document, a Facebook engineer said this: ‘We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data.’ Scary? Yes. Imagine not knowing how your business actually works. Now, imagine that business is Facebook… you know, something at real scale (and using all of our data to support it). Will anybody do anything about this? I’m not feeling confident that much will change.” (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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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.