TSP - The SandDune Podcast

In Ep. 1 of Season 3, we dive into why the Sanddune will matter, and what applications we are starting to build. We interview each other about the Apple frameworks, why we've selected iOS and SwiftUI, and how developing apps in 2022 is different from twenty years ago. Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

In Ep. 10 of Season 2, we accept the Oscar for Best Actor in a role acting out workplace violence… and find that your iPhone might still unlock after your face has been slapped, or turned into a screen of static. Kanye West's latest techno-gizmo is neat, but probably won't help prevent global warming. Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

In Ep. 9 of Season 2, we open up on how we feel about the war in Ukraine and its coverage in media and online, because it's very much on our mind. No witty title or podcast cover or description. Here are some links to things mentioned on the podcast.TikTok video of tank instructional videoHealdsburg bridge tweetWard Carroll discusses the possibility of a no-fly zone over Ukraine with Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services InstituteVideo showing Ukrainian armor shooting at Russian armorThomas E. Ricks blog on the importance of military logisticsNote: Google.org is matching contributions to support people in Ukraine.Correction: Ward Carroll is a former F-14 Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), and Justin Bronk is with the Royal United Services Institute.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

In Ep. 8 of Season 2, we follow up on our Web3 tech discussions and a National Research Group survey on how consumers feel about the Web. Proponents of blockchain tech say centralization is bad, that certain players have too much power, but will decentralization lead to a better, more trustworthy, Web? How does corporate governance play a role and does being transparent about user data and tracking engender trust? And we hope to not be killed by Murderbots.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

We critique our past two 'creative' episodes, and wonder if it's OK to be like Larry David. Is Web3 another dot-com, is the excitement good, or will the inevitable crash be bad for creativity? Should startups bend the rules and await the inevitable lawsuits, or can transparency help keep them honest early on? And we watch as a tech company faces a 'savior influencer'. Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.Note: We apologize for the audio quality in this episode. We're working to improve it.

In this episode, Frank does a one-man show trying to get his dotcom-era head around today's web3 -- then cramming it all neatly into a famous fairy tale. It's Frank's Fable Formula.  Let us know what you think.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

In this episode, Hans joins alone to give us a dramatic reading of an original story he wrote. As a work of great reflection and thought, you should listen to it and let us know what you think. Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

We read about Greek gods and Murderbots, wonder if we're overlooking the benefits of transparency in a collaborative future, and whether the private surveillance state is inevitable. Whoa! Let's step back; what happens if the tools of the spy-trade are democratized, can we draw lines now before violating privacy becomes too easy? Who will win the monetary Olympics? Oh yes, China! And whoever the creator of Bitcoin was, transparency would not have helped the cause.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

We discover Wren, a company with a legally-binding charter that includes transparency as part of its governance model, which perhaps keeps it from turning into a profit-maximizing 'monster'? What are Public Benefit Corporations, and is that a way to signal our intentions? Would anyone invest? We touch on how we might organize information we disclose, and how to schedule transparency.We dedicate this episode to the always passionate Steve Irwin.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

Founding a company transparently; how does one choose between an LLC, an S or C corporation? Do we need to consider how business growth will eventually be funded? In our second season, we begin to reveal our business ambitions, and discuss the feedback we got from customer interviews. Guy Kawasaki reminds us that any outside investors begin to have a significant influence regardless of their stake. Frank coins the term "information dignity", something we think is important for our future. We also reminisce about tech leaders promising Covid contact-tracing solutions and compare it with the sad reality we have today. Hans discovers dial-calipers and gauge blocks. Why? Because Adam Savage is awesome.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

We start Season Two asking how AI algorithms can be transparent? Do we need to see the training data? One author thinks AIs playing role-playing games will be a sign of their intelligence. We wonder if pre-compiled ML models can go haywire. Hans questions Emirates' lack of transparency over Flight 231, and we look down on Meryl Streep's latest flick. We touch on crypto and blockchain and ask if transparency without the power to act is cruel, and pull out the popcorn, and the bleep button, to watch @jwz and @plinss criticize @mozilla over accepting crypto donations, and struggle to understand why people take framework wars so seriously.UPDATE: As soon as we finished recording, Mozilla changed their stance on accepting crypto-‘currency'.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

Should all employees sweat a little and experience their company's service as a front-line worker? In episode 12, we suspect Sonic would have made a great DoorDasher and discuss that company's ‘controversial' WeDash program, providing our leadership insights into how to get people out of their comfort zone. Covid's Omicron strain has us wondering about transparency in DNA testing, James Bond and Star Trek. We continue to hold our crypto chips close to our vests.We dedicate this episode to Clivillés, Cole and the C+C Music Factory.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

We bring transparency to Santa Claus' logistics, workforce, procurement, production, demand management, and flying reindeer operations. We consult with Santa about relocating his corporate headquarters. And where is the North Pole anyway? How many trips does he need to take, and should we modernize his sleigh with Airbus A380s? We're pretty sure the elves are only assembling the toys, and they must be pretty good at it. Is Santa the ultimate influencer? And does he time-travel? We have all the answers.We dedicate this episode, well, obviously to Rudolph and Santa's elves.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us your favorite Santa conspiracy.

We revisit our plans to document meetings transparently, and speculate that AI will join us for daily SCRUM meetings. Are AIs worried about job security? Sotheby's almost sells the U.S. Constitution to some crypto 'investors'. We think the versioning of the Web is absurd. Frank lets Artificial Intelligence resurrect Vincent van Gogh and paint him a 'starry' Christmas card. Hans codes some more in Swift Playgrounds, with help from 100DaysOfSwiftUI.We dedicate this episode to the AI imagined by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us what you think.

Today, we tackle the mechanics of the Transparent Company™ head-on. Our hypothesis is that being transparent can increase trust, but boy are there a lot of things to consider. What should be transparent? What should not? How are things published and documented? In news, Apple's OK with employees sharing salary data. John Oliver snacks on cereal games. Instagram's CEO says it's important to be transparent about ranking and research on the effect his platform has on children. New York thinks it has the answer to testing algorithms, especially ones that have an impact on hiring. And we highlight books on unintelligence in computer algorithms by @merbroussard and the intelligence of the immune systems by @mrichtel. Correction: Government regulations around advertising to children are connected to truth-in-advertising standards, COPPA and self-regulation via CARU. For more information check out this FTC page.We dedicate this episode to Columbo who always asked just one more question. So send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org and tell us we're wrong.

In this episode, we get smarter every day by finding our voice, and take advantage of a California law to ask Amazon for all our information. Transparency will take a month they say; perhaps we should lobby for faster service. The WTO adds transparency to track the growing vaccine trade, but it's not very equitable. Someone thinks Airbnb should be more transparent about their impact on the housing market. Frank ‘boosted' his 5G reception; Hans bought a robot; We watch Christopher Walken dance and calculate with redstones in Minecraft.Now, will someone please send us a Tweet already: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org.

In our 007 episode, we remind you that digital spies are everywhere, and not to use work computers and work IT systems for personal activities. Yes, we've all done it, but let's commit to stopping that. We also give thanks to the Podcasting universe on this most holy American day, where no matter how you look at it, tomorrow you'll be shopping for the holidays, and wondering why you want to watch a James Bond movie.007 - the seventh film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066995/quotes/qt0340867Send us your turkey Tweets: @sanddunepodcast and cranberry Emails: talk@sanddune.org.

In this episode, we reminisce feeling helpless as a US Airways Airbus A320 floated down the Hudson river, why those entertaining Social Media polls are such a security hazard, learn how to spell HIPAA, and react to a UCLA/Lowell Milken Institute panel discussion on the connection between transparency and corporate social responsibility. Hans is still reading about A.I., Frank is going back to The Dawn of Everything, and we're NOT talking about cryptocurrencies, NFTs or blockchain, yet.As always, send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org.

In this episode, we put rollerblades on office chairs, share that Hans is learning Swift and Frank is reading a book, discuss why we record this podcast, and share which tech company is lobbying Frank. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed lawsuits in Belgium and Germany accusing IAB Europe and its customers of violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. The City of Stockholm's school system is angry at parents for developing a software application, but is also violating the GDPR. LEGO has a customer service philosophy and a phenomenal Net Promoter Score let FRKE = [“fun”, “reliable”, “knowledgeable”, “engaging”]. Someone on the Internet thinks transparency can stifle creativity, slow decision-making, and form employee distrust, but we don't think so. And The Verge is telling PR departments: “No more, everything's ON the record.”What should we discuss next? Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org.

Hans and Frank ask why executives are often so poor at communication. How come executives are transparent with their board of directors, but opacity reigns down the management chain? Did Fred Flintstone's boss (Mr. Slate!) invent it? Or is the abundance of secrecy in business something more modern?We also discuss John Carmack's comments on the metaverse, why Forbes might be confusing transparency with just good communication, a Kansas City Star article about transparency in government ‘resignations', and how the transparency buzzword has made it into advertising.What should we discuss next? Send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org.

Hans and Frank ask if it's possible to have a fully transparent hiring process. Would you apply to a job and conduct an interview if everything was transcribed or recorded? Would it be more fair to know where the company is at coming along with candidate selection? Is Twitter-based customer support the future of transparent and public customer support?We also ask a meta question about Wendy's new company name, and wonder if the presumed lack of strawberries justifies a $5 million dollar lawsuit?And please send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: talk@sanddune.org.

Hans and Frank continue their exploration of Transparency and how to save us all from ourselves and others.Why are we asking ourselves questions about transparency? How do corporations think about transparency today? Can transparency become a core value for a company? Are the benefits achieved by being transparent measurable?WIRED Mag. Dec. 1996 - “The Transparent Society”WIRED Mag. Mar. 2015 - “An Economy of Trust: How Transparency Is Changing the Tech Industry”WIRED Mag Jul. 2013 - “The Post-Privacy World”Mentioned: USPS Informed Delivery.  The Americans TV show. Pegasus Apple hack. Facebook multi-hour outage explained. Facebook transparency report. Aircraft Manufacturers are being asked to be more transparent.

Hans and Frank stumble through their very first podcast, setting up their forthcoming exploration of the intersection of transparency, security and privacy.  How Machines Learn (YouTube) - CGP GreySunlight FoundationBrandeis And The History Of TransparencyWeapons of Math Destruction (Book) - Cathy O'Neil