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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #411

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:

The First Amendment in the Second Gilded Age – The 2018 Mitchell Lecture – Balkinization. “A long, but worth it, lecture on free speech. ‘in the Second Gilded Age, the infrastructure of digital free expression is also the infrastructure of digital surveillance. The two are one and the same.’ Heady stuff, but tremendously important in an era where we can’t distinguish between news and performance art.” (Alistair for Hugh).
Apple, Influence, And Ive – Hodinkee Magazine. “I’d never read Hodinkee. It’s literally a magazine about watches I don’t want and can’t afford. But that means they got a chance to sit with Jony Ive of Apple – arguably one of the most impactful designers of modern times. Look past the insufferable name-dropping of haute brands, and it’s a pretty fascinating glimpse at Apple and a designer who avoids the limelight most of the time.” (Alistair for Mitch).
Farmers in China raising pigs in high-rise “hog hotels” up to 13 floors – BoingBoing. “We do live in interesting times.” (Hugh for Alistair).
A Rich, Dramatic Fingerstyle Cover of the Survivor Song and Rocky III Theme ‘Eye of the Tiger’ – Laughing Squid. “You can do it!!” (Hugh for Mitch).
And for His Next Act, Ev Williams Will Fix the Internet – The New York Times. “Blogger, Twitter, Medium and that’s not all. When we talk about what has changed publishing the most over the past fifteen years, I’m shocked by the answers. Especially when you consider that Ev Williams was behind those three horseman of the print apocalypse. To me, he’s one of the more fascinating entrepreneurs of our time. Sure, we talk about him… but nobody really focuses on just how much this one individual changed (and continues to change) the publishing game.” (Mitch for Alistair).
Forecast by Marco Arment – What It Is, How It Works, and Why Podcasters Should Take a Look – Aaron Down – Medium. “I had no idea that this software was being created… let alone that it’s now available. It seems like everyone is hopping on the podcasting bus. I feel like a grandparent (considering that I’m 600+ episodes down the rabbit hole, and that I have been producing a show every Sunday for over twelve years). I love podcasting. It seems like Marco Arment (the guy behind Tumblr, Instapaper and Overcast) does as well. Check out this nifty new take on how to make better podcasts. I’m going to have at it shortly. Let me know what you think.” (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.