Podcast appearances and mentions of ben brooks

Ben Brooks, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center and former head of public policy for Stability AI, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas Law and Contributing Editor at Lawfare, to discuss a sudden and significant shift toward open-sourcing leading AI models and the ramifications of that pivot for AI governance at home and abroad. Ben and Kevin specifically review OpenAI's announced plans to release a new open-weights model.Coverage of OpenAI announcement: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-plans-to-release-a-new-open-language-model-in-the-coming-months/To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a very exciting episode, because Amanda and Ellyn are joined by fellow indie bookstore owner Abbey Paxton. Abbey owns Storyhouse Bookpub, located in the East Village of Des Moines. Today Amanda, Ellyn, and Abbey chat about the indie bookstore industry, the good and bad parts of owning a indie bookstore, and the exciting things we have coming up for Indie Bookstore Day 2025.  Mark you calendars for the last weekend in April because the Central Iowa Indie Bookstore Day Passport is back! Visit all nine indie bookstores on the passport to celebrate and have the chance to win a $100 gift card to the last bookstore you visit.  Order a Raygun t-shirt to wear on Indie Bookstore Day and to support Annie's Foundation: ORDER HERE Follow Storyhouse Bookpub on Instagram: FOLLOW HERE Ellyn's Currently Reading | Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green, Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez & Horse by Geraldine Brooks Amanda's Currently Reading | The Greatest Possible Good by Ben Brooks & Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Abbey's Currently Reading | The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

In this episode of As the Drum Turns, Lora is joined by Mike Hollingshead, Ryan Hollingshead, and Ben Brooks to talk about the recent trip to Las Vegas and explain our company's history with the expo.

Personal and Professional Leadership for 2024 Hosts: Steve Boese & Trish Steed Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of PILOT Today, we met with Ben Brooks to discuss 2024 trends and the evolving terrain of entrepreneurship, leadership, and professionalism within the remote work era. The conversation addressed the nuances of efficiency, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the rising influence of artificial intelligence (AI). Beyond trends, we explored the intricate challenges and progress in cultivating DEI in the workplace. A special focus was placed on the importance of embracing neurodiversity and recognizing the potential of emerging leaders in this dynamic professional landscape. HR Tech in 2024 Webinar Thank you for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!  This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Are you ready to drive growth and tackle the challenges ahead in the new year? With insights from 600 business and HR leaders, Paychex has just released its 2024 Business Priorities Report revealing the strategies you need to succeed. Packed with insider tips on improving employee benefits to automating workflows, this report is your strategic roadmap to success. Get ahead of the game and download your copy today at paychex.com/awia. Business success this year is just a click away.

This is a bitesize compilation of all the best bits from our Season 3 special. Ben Brooks explores the value of company culture for small businesses. Exclusive offer for Making It Work listeners! Open a FedEx account and SAVE UP TO 40% on shipping services, including residential and delivery area surcharges. Visit fedex.com/MakingitWorkoffer  

That Shady Buffalo Podcast: A podcast about unimportant things that are, for some reason, important to us! This week, Brooke Johnston joins to talk about the Barbie movie as the second half of a double feature with the What Did You Think? guys, Ben Brooks and Cameron Cramer! Check out our Oppenheimer episode on their channel! linktr.ee/Shady_Buffalo

Hey everyone, in this Learning Tech Talks, I had an absolutely enlightening conversation with the incredible Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of PILOT. We took on leadership and all the ambiguity that comes with it. Through the dialogue, we deconstructed what leadership really means and how to strike that balance between guiding firmly and letting innovation soar. Ever wondered about the sweet spot between a tight-fisted grip and a laissez-faire approach in leadership? We touched upon that and SO much more. We brought forward a number of compelling reasons why we need to redefine leadership, underlining the immense value of diverse perspectives and opportunities for employee growth. If "What defines an empowering workplace?" is a question on your mind, our discussion might just illuminate some answers. Hopefully this conversation helps you recognize leadership is more than a title; it's a universal suite of things that everyone need to do well, albeit with their own unique flavor depending on their situation. ***** Chapters ****** 0:00 - Introductions 4:09 - What Is Leadership? 16:59 - Why Getting It Right Matters 27:18 - Shared Responsibility Between Managers & Employees 36:28 - Making Leadership Development Accessible 49:09 - Leaving Room For Flexibility 55:15 - Relinquishing Control --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningtechtalks/support

Balancing Ambition and Alignment: Nurturing Personal and Professional Growth Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish Steed Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of PILOT This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. After years of being in survival mode amidst a global pandemic, HR leaders have been challenged to get back to business — ushering in the era of the dynamic workplace. In our 7th Annual Pulse of HR Report, find out how these leaders are optimizing the work experience regardless of where it's done, addressing widening generational gaps, and increasing productivity not just for their employees, but also themselves. Visit paychex.com/awia to check it out, today. This week we met with Ben Brooks from PILOT for our mid-year check in and chat about goals, skills, and DEI in your organization. - How to respect your goals for 2023 - The wheel of life approach to time management - Planning your financial goals - The value of storytelling and data - Calibrating your commitment to diversity Thank you for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of PILOT Inc. joined our Jason Averbook JESS VON BANK to share the pros & cons of #remoteworking and how he continues to lead a business, connect with his team, and find #worklifebalance. Ben Brooks has been working (literally) all over the world, and today he joins us from beautiful Bozeman, Montana. He had two burning questions for Jason & Jess: is #HR really making decisions based on quantitative data, or do we rely on narrative and #storytelling? We also talked a big game around developing people, but it feels like we spend too much time on the smallest bucket of people who need it. MEATY discussion in store -- against Ben's stunning backdrop, we have no doubt.

In this episode of ERG PowerTalk, Ben Brooks, CEO of a company that democratizes coaching, shows you why you need coaching and how you can secure it for yourself and your members.

What are some personal items that you maintain on a regular basis? For a lot of people, it's their car. I tend to dance a fine line between proactive and reactive maintenance on our family vehicles. I don't particularly enjoy active maintenance as some people do, but I know that if I take care of things by spending the time and money, in the long run, my investment is significantly greater than starting over multiple times. For most of my audience, I don't really have to sell employee development. We all know the enormous benefits that it provides, yet I still find colleagues struggling with retaining talent and maintaining engagement with their teams. Is employee development something that is often said but not espoused? In this Learning Tech Talks, I have to privilege to host Ben Brooks from PILOT Inc. to dig deeper into the world of employee development and unwind some of the buzzwords by taking a closer look at some of the more pragmatic strategies that provide impact for organizations and stakeholders alike in a simple and effective way. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningtechtalks/support

New Strategies for Workplace and Personal Success in 2023, featuring PILOT Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, PILOT This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. The only constant in business is change, and 2023 will be no exception. That's why hundreds of in-house compliance professionals at Paychex compiled a list of regulatory issues that could impact businesses the most this year to help you prepare. In our guide, find out about federal and state regulations and programs that may affect your business and your employees in the coming year, so you can take appropriate action now. Visit paychex.com/awia to check it out, today. This week we met with Ben Brooks from PILOT to talk about finding success in the new year by building in new strategies for personal and professional growth. - Employee disconnection and what to do about it - Goal setting and how to achieve your goals - How technology can help the process - Employee experience in the remote/hybrid workplace Learn more from PILOT here Thank you for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!  

That Shady Buffalo Podcast: A podcast about unimportant things that are, for some reason, important to us! On this week's episode we continue from last week's Survivor Draft on to the Simulation! My cohost, Jon Crabtree, our guest, Ben Brooks, and I drafted Survivor players to form tribes that we will now input into a simulator to see how the season goes, whose tribe does the best, and whose player walks away with the title of Sole Survivor! The episode will also be uploaded to YouTube since it is a much more visual episode than usual, so feel free to watch on YouTube instead of listening! Let us know your thoughts on Instagram: @shady_buffalo_podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

That Shady Buffalo Podcast: A podcast about unimportant things that are, for some reason, important to us! On this week's episode we try something new! My cohost, Jon Crabtree, our guest, Ben Brooks, and I draft Survivor players to form tribes that we will then input into a simulator to see how the season goes, whose tribe does the best, and whose player walks away with the title of Sole Survivor! This week is the draft portion of the episode with the simulation to come next week! The episode will also be uploaded to YouTube since it is a much more visual episode than usual, so feel free to watch on YouTube instead of listening! Let us know your thoughts on Instagram: @shady_buffalo_podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to this very, very special edition of the HRchat Podcast. Today marks the 500th episode!Many years ago when we started the podcast, there was no way we thought we'd reach such a big milestone. Since then, we've published over 12,000 minutes of content, received hundreds of thousands of downloads, and featured some of the biggest brands in the world of work.The HRchat podcast has given Bill Banham and guest hosts including Tim Baker, Matt Burns, and Pauline James the opportunity to speak with, and learn from, some of the best and brightest minds in Human Resources, leadership, tech, talent, law, wellness, DEI, and more.Before we go any further, we'd like to acknowledge the 100s of guests who've been kind enough to offer their time and share their expertise on the podcast. Amazing experts featured on HRchat include: Dave Ulrich, Matthew Hamilton, Elizebeth Varghese, Mark S. Babbitt, Dave Millner, Brian Kropp, Ben Eubanks, Roger Thorpe, Event Preview, Monika Roots, Craig Fisher, Rob Bromage, Pauline James, Chris Bjorling, Kevin W Grossman, Jacob Morgan, Ray Wang, Jim Knight, Matt Charney, Janice Sutherland, Pete Lamson, Barry Flack, Rupert Morrison, Phillip Meade, Russell Robinson, Hassan Farooqi, Rick Cottrel, Mike Sipple, Bill Treasurer, Mervyn Dinnen, Perry Timms, Nicole Fernandes, Jesse Ryan, Erika Broadwater, Kevin Oakes, Josh Linkner, Al Adamson, Charles Handler, Brian Sommer, Ben Brooks, Mandy Price, John Boudreau, Shally Steckerl, Joey Price, Kelly Kauffman, Scott Lane, Kathy Caprino, Sean Fahey, Cecilia Crossley, Ben Kalevitch, Yves Boudreau, Ryan Porter, Lauren Florko, Paul Gray, Tia Graham, Natalie Egan, Stephen Shedletzky, Ilya Brotzky, Charlene Thomas, Leigh Mitchell, Bobby Umar, Lauren Waters, Rob Catalano, Bill Howatt, Johnny C. Taylor, Diana Spencer, Louise Triance, J.T O'Donnell, Janet Stovall, Debbie Muno, Sam Eaton, Gethin Nadin, Elvin Turner, Tim Sackett, Chris Bailey, and the awesome William Tincup! As it's the 500th episode, we decided it would be fitting to offer up the mic to someone we hold in very high regard because, among other things, he leads a company creating an impressive amount of high-quality and insightful content to educate and inspire the HR, Talent and leadership communities. This includes a super impressive podcast!Jason Averbook is the CEO and Co-founder of Leapgen, the HR technology consultant and digital transformation company shaping the NOW of work.Jason is a very well-respected thought leader and leading analyst in human resources, the future of work, and technology's impact on that future.At Leapgen, he helps organizations shape their future workplace by broadening the executive mindset to rethink how to design and deliver employee services that meet the expectations of the workforce and the needs of the business.Jason is also a host of the awesome NOW of Work podcast which Bill has appeared on as a guest of Jess Von Bank.Thanks to everyone who's tuned into the podcast over the years! Here's to another 500!

Guest: Ben Brooks, founder and CEO of PILOT As a part of Paycom's HR Tech series, HR Break Room®'s Morgan Beard sat down with Ben Brooks, an executive coach and thought leader, for a wide-ranging conversation in Las Vegas. From HR practitioner to the founder of his own company, PILOT, Brooks taps into his expertise of career coaching to discuss the state of HR, the workplace and the future of both. “Work can be a transformative, exciting place where we meet best friends and have these transformative, amazing experiences. But it takes each one of us being a real active owner in our careers,” Brooks said. In this episode of HR Break Room, Brooks discusses the: importance of career development in regards to retention difference between the “great resignation” and “quiet quitting” blurring of work-life balance

We've already given the Making It Work entrepreneurs quite the grilling this season. So as they take time out to source new suppliers and update their investors, Tom got a class in 'culture' from HR Influencer Ben Brooks. In this Season 3 'Ask the Expert' special of Making It Work we talk to PILOT CEO Ben Brooks about why a distinct company culture is vital for sustained success and why diversity might not be for you. Let's see how this 'no size fits all' approach to culture and diversity can benefit you as an entrepreneur. So can a clear company culture really benefit a small business? Or is it all just a consultancy cash cow? Tune in to find out. You can find Ben Brooks on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or on pilot.coach

This episode is spoiler FREE Loving the book chat? Why not shout me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebookstorianpodcast Be sure to follow/subscribe and rate the podcast wherever you listen and follow me on Instagram @thebookstorianpodcast Liked this episode? Try these:S04E07 Female authors with @sophies.little.library & @the.pages_S03E03 The Last Migration with @gretasbookclub & @sophies.little.library Books mentioned in this podcast:I Wonder Why My Tummy Rumbles by Brigid AvisonEnid Blyton CollectionStories for Boys who dare to be different by Ben Brooks (illustrated by Quinton Winter)You Belong Here by M H ClarkGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca CavalloEnough love? By Maggie Hutchings (illustrated by Evie Barrow)I Wonder Why Penguins Can't Fly by Pat JacobsThe Wonderful School by May Justus (illustrated by Hilde Hoffmann)Finding Our Heart by Thomas Mayor (illustrated by Blak Douglas)Disgusting McGrossface by Rove McManusWelcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa KennedyThe Book With No Pictures by B. J. NovakBackyard Magic by Wenda Shurety (illustrated by Harriet Hobday)I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle by Carole Stott Other bookstagram accounts mentioned:@caitreads_@sometimesiread_books@the.library.of.sp@chooksandbooksnz@paulineisreading@sarahsbookchat Host: Teagan @bookstorian_Guest: Sophie @sophies.little.library Design by Emma Russell CreativeMusic from https://www.zapsplat.com

Episode 16: 7/12/2022 Welcome back to season 2!  As a note, we had some audio issues that we could not fully rectify in production with the host's audio, and apologize that it may sound like the host is recording from a fish bowl

535 - A Mid-Year, Informative 2022 Status Update with Ben Brooks from PILOT Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, PILOT This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. The current business and hiring environment has redefined what it takes to succeed as an HR professional, requiring HR leaders to adapt and innovate at lightning speed to help their organizations remain competitive.Download the 2022 Paychex Pulse of HR report to discover the tools and tactics your peers are using to deliver on both HR and business objectives — faster, and at scale — while still meeting the evolving needs of their employees.Visit payx.me/PHR2022 to download your copy, today. This week, we met with Ben Brooks to get an update on PILOT, employee retention, development, experience, and more! - First half of 2022 update on PILOT - Hybrid workplaces, and how to create variety where you work - How to incorporate creative, thinking time into your busy schedule - Creating healthy boundaries for disconnection from work - Thoughts on returning to the workplace - What can organizations do to support the LGBTQ community Learn more here Thank you, Ben, for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts. 

Now over 16,000 people strong, TODAY our Now of Work community will celebrate something special. It's our 100th Digital Meetup! Our weekly meetups started off as live Q&A chats designed to help leaders navigate work during an unprecedented time. Now, they include an ever-rotating, ever-lively lineup of HR & HR Tech industry guests, including Josh Bersin, Ben Brooks, Jackye Clayton and more. For today's Special 100th Meetup, we're thrilled to welcome a dynamic guest, Marcus Buckingham! The globally renowned workplace expert and the author of two of the best-selling business books of all time, chats with Jess Von Bank and Jason Averbook. He gives us a sneak peek at his NEXT book, LOVE + WORK, coming in April. LOVE + WORK helps us discover where we are at our best — both at work and in life. His premise is based on one core belief we can get behind here at Leapgen: Love has been driven out of our workplaces, and we need to get it back in. JOIN Marcus, Jess Von Bank, and Jason Averbook, along with a special musical guest, The Brothers Koren, who toured with Coldplay, Pink and Rod Stewart. We're celebrating community, all of you, LOVE + WORK, and our 100th live broadcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode I talk with Ben Brooks who is the CEO & Founder of Praevalidis LLC doing Security Policy Consulting for some very interesting customers.  I have known Ben for many years and I know he has an interesting path into Cyber Security that I think would benefit more people to hear about. Hope you enjoy the episode! Be sure to follow Ben at the links below. As always, if you enjoy this episode please like it, share it & leave a review. Thanks everyone!Follow the Podcast on Social Media! Links Below Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/secunfpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecUnfPodcastPatreon: Coming Soon!https://www.praevalidis.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbrooksmba/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoff.ee/secunf)

Episode 513 - Strategies for Workplace and Personal Success in 2022 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, CEO & Founder, PILOT This episode of the HR Happy Hour is brought to you by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and software solutions for businesses of all sizes.  Financial capital has long been established as a key driver of business performance, but today, business leaders are increasingly recognizing the importance of their human capital in driving success. Download Paychex's latest guide to discover why breaking down the silos between HR and finance can result in better business strategy and growth, as well as 14 simple HR metrics your teams should be tracking, and why.  To download the e-book, visit payx.me/FDMresearch.   This week, we met with Ben Brooks to talk about retention development, employee experience, and trying to fight burnout during the pandemic. - Background of PILOT - Importance of disconnecting from time to time to prevent burnout - Creating employee connection in the remote or hybrid workplace - Performance management strategies for the future - How to give managers the support they need Thank you, Ben, for joining the show today!  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

Paul Geary and Jodie D'Alexander select the Book Talk Raffle winners live and on the air. Football captains: Ben Brooks, Jay D'Angelo, Nate Bodnar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morning-mayhem/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morning-mayhem/support

In this HRchat Bill Banham talks with Ben Brooks, Top 100 HRTech Influencer, Principal and Business Coach at B2 Professional Services Inc and Founder & CEO at PILOT Inc.Listen to get Ben's answers to questions including:* How are HR leaders and HR tech buyers successfully re-focusing and investing in areas like D&I?* What are the 5 most in-demand soft skills right now?  * Why is mentorship so important for HR leaders?About BenInfluencer Ben Brooks is the founder of HR tech startup PILOT Inc., an enterprise employee coaching platform that won the 2019 Pitchfest award at the HR Technology Conference, a former SVP of HR and a speaker and coach. About PILOT IncPILOT is a career management technology platform designed to support and enable both business leaders and employees to make work more satisfying and fulfilling. PILOT's structured coaching program works across industries and a diverse range of employee profiles and roles. Learn more: pilot.coach/We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.   

Employee development is a bright light in a competitive labor market. It not only helps with retention, developing talent can build trust, loyalty and connection to your organization's greater purpose. ...And just like everything in the past 18 months, it is critical for leader to rethink how to approach employee development in the #NowofWork. Does digital culture, the distributed workforce, and hybrid models of working help or hurt our efforts to focus on people, their needs, and how they can be nurtured and developed to drive value as businesses innovate and evolve? We into this topic on today's Digital Meetup! Jess Von Bank and Jason Averbook will be joined by Ben Brooks, a Top 100 HRTech Influencer. We'll talk about the role of tech in developing people at scale, the acceleration of skills development brought on by automation, and the difference between employee coaching and traditional talent management. Ben is the CEO of PILOT, a career management technology platform that helps business leaders and employees to make work more satisfying and fulfilling. Connect with Ben https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbrooksny/ Ben's Company https://pilot.coach/

Tune into House Highlights as I interview one of the nicest members of the General Assembly, Delegate Benjamin Brooks of Baltimore County: Chair of the Public Utilities Subcommittee - which has been at the center of debates about the state's energy future - and Chief Deputy Whip for House Democrats.

又到了每个月阅读总结的时间。这一期我们一起聊一聊4月份的阅读挑战，3月4月的名著共读，以及又处于阅读倦怠期的主播们在4月读到的值得推荐的书。大家4月读了什么呢？是否参加了我们的阅读挑战和名著共读呢？欢迎给我们留言。 时间节点： 00:31 四月阅读主题 “读一本诗集” 14:15 三四月名著共读：《洛丽塔》纳博科夫 32:14 《房思琪的初戀樂園》林奕含 40:03 In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado 44:33 《往復書簡: 初恋と不倫》坂元裕二 52:11 Lolito, by Ben Brooks 56:18 《カラオケ行こ!》《女の園の星》和山やま 01:02:40 Fever Dream, by Samanta Schweblin 五月的阅读主题：读一本故事发生在东南亚的书，或关于东南亚的书 五、六月的名著共读：”Beloved”, by Toni Morrison ------ 四月阅读主题 “读一本诗集” 相关： “Night Sky with Exit Wounds”, by Ocean Vuong 《二十首情诗和一首绝望的歌》， 聂鲁达 ，李宗荣 译 “The Poetry Handbook”, by Mary Oliver （中译本《诗歌手册 : 诗歌阅读与创作指南》） 提到的书： “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous”, by Ocean Vuong 辛波斯卡的诗 “A Swim In the Pond In the Rain”, by George Sanders 《寺山修司少女诗集》，寺山修斯 《奥德赛》，荷马 “The World's Wife”, Carol Ann Duffy 提到的其它： -豆瓣时间栏目： 《醒来 — 北岛和朋友们的诗歌课》 -Patrick Stewart 的 Instagram：sirpatstew 朗诵莎士比亚的诗。第一次上传的朗诵是Sonnet 116，好评如潮，自此从第一首开始念（https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DeQAGh4eS/），每天一首，目前读到第154首sonnet了。在lockdown期间给许多人送去了精神慰藉。 -Jen Campbell 注释诗歌的视频（2:24起）：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgr_OlRSo_A ----- 五月的阅读主题，提到的和想读的书籍: 《缅甸小日子》，盖·德利斯勒 《人虎》，埃卡·古尼阿弯 《椰壳碗外的人生》，本尼迪克特·安德森 ----- 《洛丽塔》及其周边 提到的书： ”Being Lolita”, by Alisson Wood “Tampa”, by Alissa Nutting “My Dark Vanessa”, by Kate Elizabeth Russell “The Children”, by Edith Wharton 耶鲁大学2008年录像，关于《洛丽塔》的三堂课： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8toD2CFlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnxLNFzA8s&list=PLE33BCD966FF96F23&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyIQM073rc&list=PLE33BCD966FF96F23&index=8 纳博科夫的纪录片： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8171K40pJho&t=90s 类似《洛丽塔》的书单：https://whatshotblog.com/books-like-lolita/ ----- 四月阅读总结： 《房思琪的初戀樂園》林奕含 ”In the Dream House: A Memoir”, by Carmen Maria Machado 《往復書簡: 初恋と不倫》坂元裕二 “Lolito”, by Ben Brooks 「カラオケ行こ!」，和山やま 「女の園の星」，和山やま “Fever Dream”, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell （中译本《营救距离》) ----- 提到的书： “Know My Name”, by Chanel Miller 《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》，阿扎尔·纳菲西 《甜蜜的房间》，森茉莉 《东京塔》，江国香织 「夢中さ、きみに。」和山やま “Mouth Full of Birds”, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell “Things We Lost In The Fire”, by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell “The Danger of Smoking In Bed”, by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell ----- 收听和订阅渠道： 墙内：小宇宙App，喜马拉雅，网易云“普通-读者” 墙外： Apple Podcast, Anchor，Spotify，Pocket Casts，Google Podcast，Breaker， Radiopublic 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注播客豆瓣： https://www.douban.com/people/commonreaders/ 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)

The month of April is dedicated to exploring some Corporate 101 together. Today's episode was a surprise to us, and we promise you: it'll be one for you too. Human Resources doesn't have the same glitz and razzle dazzle to it as marketing or sales do at first sight. But let us tell ya: you are in for a treat!With us today is Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of PILOT Inc., an award-winning coaching software product that runs under the mission "everyone feels powerful at work" and was the named the #1 HRTech Startup to Watch in 2020.Ben has near two decades of HR and coaching/consulting experience, and in this episode uncovers not only what scintillating career paths await in modern day HR departments, he also gets candid about what they aren't getting quite right sometimes and why the field needs innovating. Oh, and of course: HR is not just a diverse and exciting career path, HR is also critical to your career progression wherever you work. Understand HR, and you'll understand how to make your own career fly!Have a listen, have a laugh, learn a little and have a fabulous day!Let's go get it!HIGHER! -- with Nikki Symmons and Tom Zamzow--Welcome to Higher! everyone. The podcast where we help you reach higher in your career, and learn with experts in recruitment, entrepreneurship, marketing and many more about what it takes to become a leader in your dream industry.Be sure to follow #gohigherpodcast on Instagram for a peek behind the scenes, additional resources, and to let us know your thoughts and comments for this episode!--This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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March 24, 2021 - Dr. Ben Brooks of Springfield Clinic joined Byers & Co to talk about some of the current anxiety children and teens are experiencing in the world of technology and social media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Brooks Dutton is the Sunday Times Best selling author of Its Not Raining Daddy It's Happy, award winning blogger of Life As A Widower and chair of the Life Matters Task force for bereaved families in the UK. Ben’s story is one which ignited the hearts of this nation back November 2012, when his exquisite wife Desreen, mother to their 2 year old son, was killed by a speeding car whilst they were walking home together from a perfect, blissfully happy Saturday afternoon with best friends. It was an event of such inexplicable tragedy, that it could feel hard to come to terms with a world in which something so randomly obliterative could happen. Ben’s story is one which pushes the vessel of our human capacity to hold and endure the shock, agony, acceptance and recovery from loss to its limits- consequently, what his story reveals, is one of the most courageous stories of grief I have been privileged to hear. His story is not only one of his own courage to “live fiercely” alongside his grief, but his story, also leads us to that of his gorgeous, brilliant son Jackson, who lost the person he loved most before had the language to express it. Within a couple of months of Desreens passing, Ben got to work, putting his story to the service of others through his hugely popular blog which was followed and read by millions of people all over the world. As we are in conversation, it is almost 8 years to the day that Desreen was killed. In Ben's words, in these more recent times, he has had to ‘start turning away from death, and back towards life’. So, if the world is feeling like a dark or difficult place, join us, and let your heart be ignited by the fire of the human spirit. Created and hosted by Jess MillsCreative co-production by Bonny TydemanProduced by Joel Porter - Dot Dot Dot Productions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Inspired by the winter weather emergencies in Oregon and Texas, James and Jean revisited the topic of preparedness. After last summer’s wildfire emergencies, Jean realized it made sense to download videos in advance in case of internet failure, rather than using power bank reserves to run the internet for streaming video. We also talk about the ideas that Ben Brooks outlined in a recent article about “go bags.” Episode 123: Emergency Planning Jackery Portable Power Stations The Brooks Review: We Need to Rethink Emergency/Go/Bugout Bags

HR Happy Hour 463 - Professional and Personal Development Themes for 2021 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, PILOT This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®. The world is watching the leaders of today and tomorrow. Modern employees want a workplace where they’re respected, seen, appreciated, and heard – and they’re demanding it. And thriving organizations like Cisco, Merck, and LinkedIn have realized the immense benefits of putting the human at the center of work. Get your copy of the book, “Making Work Human,” on Amazon and discover how And by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes.The fourth annual 2020 Paychex Pulse of HR Survey provides an in-depth look at how HR professionals are contributing to the success of the companies they serve. Go to paychex.com/pulse2020 today to download your copy of the 2020 Paychex Pulse of HR Survey report This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Ben Brooks from PILOT to talk about employee coaching and development trends for 2021. Ben shared some ideas on how organizations and managers can become more effective in their coaching and development of employees in 2021. We also talked about the concept of “self-management” - how employees need to take a greater and more intentional role in their own career success and development Additionally, we talked about our one or two big goals for 2021 This was a FUN show, thanks for listening! Learn more at www.pilot.coach Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

We chat with Luke Ambler - former professional rugby player, entrepreneur, award-winning mental health campaigner, charity chairman, and motivational speaker on his childhood, upbringing and the challenging experiences he faced before finding success. A success which was and still is lead by his self confessed, positive mindset. In turning his own corner, Luke has helped thousands around the world to find the strength to take control and improve their own situation, and was recently featured for his achievements in: Stories for Kids who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks. https://www.lukeambler.co.uk Connect With Luke on all social media channels @lukeambleruk Alex O'Keefe & Craig Billington - The Self Made Mind Podcast

"You want to make the right thing to do the easiest thing to do."So says today’s guest Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of PILOT, who designed the career coaching software platform to be as frictionless as possible, delivering the extraordinary value of professional coaching through an easy-to-use service that’s available on all devices, and helping to enhance the value that any workforce can drive for its company.In today’s episode, Ben talks about the need he identified that inspired him to create PILOT, and how the platform has filled gaps in both career coaching and workplace technology.Highlights include:What is the value of career coaching vs. traditional professional development, and how low is the percentage of career employees who currently benefit from it.Insights on how to build a resource that is not only helpful, but widely adopted.Predictions on how the future of workplace technology will unfold over the next 10 years.“The core of business problems are always people problems, and when people feel powerful we get business performance.” —Ben BrooksHave Questions? PrestigePEOis always available to help you navigate these uncertain times with regard to Human Resources, Employee Benefits and Payroll Management. Call Us Today at 888-PEO-PEO1 or contact us at prestigepeo.com.Ben Brooksis Founder & CEO of career coaching platform PILOT, which grew out of needs and gaps he’d identified in his own professional coaching practice. PILOT gives companies of all sizes the tools they need for their workforce to constantly improve themselves and become more valuable to the company.

What’s the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.Before Ben Brooks founded the career coaching platform PILOT, his own career wound through many industries: rental cars, defense contracting, airlines, insurance, HR & talent management, and workforce analytics & communications. This experience gave him a breadth and versatility that he now draws upon every day.In today’s episode, Ben lays a foundation of ideas for how and why we should all be focused on career development.Episode highlights include:Challenges often faced by creative people, entrepreneurs, and other career professionals.Five pillars of personal and career development that will put anyone on a path of continuous improvement at work and in life.A great book recommendation.““When people feel out of control ... their wellbeing tanks. When People take action ... they’re in motion. Career development is a way for people to feel empowered and to be excited about the future.” —Ben BrooksHave Questions? PrestigePEOis always available to help you navigate these uncertain times with regard to Human Resources, Employee Benefits and Payroll Management. Call Us Today at 888-PEO-PEO1 or contact us at prestigepeo.com.Ben Brooks is Founder & CEO of PILOT, a career coaching software platform. PILOT, which grew out of needs and gaps he’d identified in his own professional coaching practice, gives big and small companies the tools they need to empower their workforce to constantly improve themselves and become more valuable company assets.

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Last week, we discussed the joint letter written by AMA, AOPA, EAA, and Wing that was sent to the FAA in response to proposed Remote ID regulations. This week, lifelong modeler and CTO of Wing, Adam Woodworth, and Wing Public Policy representative, Ben Brooks, join the show to talk about their view on how the proposed Remote ID rules could affect model aviation.Learn more about WingRead Wing's Remote ID NPRM comment summary and full comment to the FAALearn more about the AMA

On this episode of TalentTalk, Chris Dyer is first joined by Dr. Heather Myers, Chief Psychology Officer at Traitify. Listen in as they discuss the role psychology plays in the workplace, specifically during the hiring or on-boarding process. And answer questions like, "With much of the hourly and essential workforce impacted by COVID-19, how do companies need to do to prepare for the increase of applications." Or, "How can companies still provide a personalized candidate experience even with limited resources?" Joined next by Pilot Founder & CEO, Ben Brooks, Chris asks questions about COVID employee development and work/life integration changes. Discover what good leadership looks like in a virtual context and how career development will evolve as our workforce becomes more remote. They don't shy aware from the important talk of diversity and inclusion  culture without a shared office. Ben answers questions like, "How will HR's role shift in the years ahead?" Join the conversation and learn more about how leaders and what leaders and employees can do to prepare for the future.

Hosts Jen O'Neill Smith and Sally Brooks slack off another week and re-air some of their favorite love stories. This week, re-enjoy the love stories of Nayeff Herbid and Btoo Allami, Emma Perrier and Adem Guzel, and Sally and Ben Brooks.Join Dumb Love on PatreonSee pictures from this episode!Contact Dumb Love dumblovepod@gmail.comFollow Dumb Love:Instagram, Facebook, Twitterdumblovepodcast.com

En los Disparos Literarios de Cualquiera, Pablo Durio nos lee tres fragmentos de Lolito, libro de Ben Brooks

En los Disparos Literarios de Cualquiera, Pablo Durio nos lee tres fragmentos de Lolito, libro de Ben Brooks

En los Disparos Literarios de Cualquiera, Pablo Durio nos lee tres fragmentos de Lolito, libro de Ben Brooks

Ben Brooks is the award-winning Founder and CEO of NYC-based PILOT, a coaching software that’s data-driven, mobile-enabled, and cohort-based. PILOT was named the #1 HR tech startup to watch in 2020 and won the industry's largest pitchfest in 2019. Ben has previously held a number of leadership and management roles and is an industry leader in maximizing potential to help employees manage their own careers. In this episode, Ben discussed his goal to democratize coaching by making it scalable, affordable and flexible,leveraging technology. An expert on human capital, Ben helps HR teams evolve, accelerate their individual professional careers and “share in the rewards” of the impact they create.It was a pleasure to host Ben on the show.Ben BrooksBen Brooks is the Founder & CEO of PILOT, an award-winning employee coaching software product. Serving an impressive cohort of respected corporate, growth businesses, and nonprofits, PILOT is democratising coaching at scale with a mission that “everyone feels powerful at work.” PILOT was named the #1 HRTech Startup to Watch in 2020 and won the industry’s largest Pitch-fest in 2019. Inspired by his previous leadership and management roles in HR and his successful business & executive coaching practice, Ben saw an opportunity to democratise executive coaching by making it scalable, affordable, and flexible by leveraging technology. Ben was recently named 1 of HR Executive Magazine's Top 100 HR Tech Influencers of 2019. LinkedInWebsiteThinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. Each week we’ll tackle the most complex issues related to work & culture.LinkedInInstagramTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocket CastMatt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity & technology.LinkedInTwitter

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First Draft Episode #247: Jennifer de Leon Jennifer De Leon is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University, and a GrubStreet instructor and board member. Her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, is out from Atheneum/Simon & Schuster on August 4, 2020. This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here). Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Herb Kohl was Jenn’s professor at USF while she was getting her master’s degree Ben Brooks, author and senior writer in residence at Emerson, taught Jenn in a continuing education class GrubStreet in Boston is the country’s largest and leading independent creative writing center Christopher Castellani, Artistic Director, Stage and Convenings at GrubStreet The Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference VONA, the Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation The Macundo Foundation, founded by Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Vermont Studio Center Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) We Need Diverse Books Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Jason Reynolds, author of Ghost, Long Way Down, and Look Both Ways (listen to his First Draft interview here) I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Una colección inspiradora de 100 historias de hombres famosos y no tan famosos que hicieron del mundo un lugar mejor a través de la compasión, la generosidad y la confianza en sí mismos.No encontrarás ninguna historia de matar dragones o salvar princesas aquí. En Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes, el autor Ben Brooks -con la ayuda de llamativas ilustraciones a todo color de Quinton Wintor- ofrece una narración alternativa bienvenida: una que celebra a los introvertidos e innovadores, la sensibilidad y la resiliencia, la individualidad y la expresión.Esta es una compilación accesible de 100 hombres famosos y no tan famosos desde el pasado hasta el presente, cada uno de ellos rompedor de reglas y estereotipos a su manera. Los cuentos incluyen a Frank Ocean, Salvador Dalí, Beethoven, Barack Obama, John Green, Bill Gates, Ralph Lauren, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing y muchos más héroes de todos los ámbitos de la vida y de todo el mundo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Brooks is Founder and CEO of Pilot, a software-based employee coaching platform. Careers are becoming more self-directed with people needing to be more self-aware, advocate for themselves, and make career development a priority. Ben explains how Pilot is reframing growth and development, enabling employers to support employees’ individual development while also improving competitiveness and retention.       Key Takeaways: [00:58] Every individual should plan to have 5 careers in their lifetime.  [01:52] Nurturing employees’ potential is key for engaging and retaining them. [03:40] The Future of Work is self-directed, which means a greater reliance on the human brain, not less.  [07:03] Future of Work transformation has just started -- we are going through the teething stage now. [08:22] Ben has had a varied career which he describes it as a zigzag.  [10:25] Why was Ben’s first job at Enterprise the most fun job he had?  [12:49] Why did Ben launch his career coaching platform, Pilot?  [14:54] Most people do not feel powerful at work.  [15:34] How to make employee growth and development a priority, not a hobby. [16:47] We need help to focus as the attention economy pulls us in too many directions. [17:56] One size doesn’t fit all for work or careers. [18:35] Coaching helps unlock people being able to advocate for themselves. [19:36] How Pilot handles the diversity of work across industries, organizations, and people. [21:30] How Pilot helped a top salesman not have to choose between his health or success. [22:25] Pilot enables users to focus on what really matters in life. [25:24] Ben has a holistic approach when it comes to growth and development, focused on addressing current dissatisfaction and growing where you are. [26:43] The commonalities in how to manage yourself as a professional and ensure the employee experiences suits you. [28:17] The benefit of personal agility. [29:42] A college degree is no longer sufficient.  [31:37] What employees need to future proof their careers. [32:55] Leadership is not a position. [36:09] How to manage your own inclusion by decoding and explaining yourself to others. [39:30] The intent to democratize coaching to support employees owning their careers. [41:59] The strategic role of HR and their need for data is supported by the product’s design. [43:02] Pilot’s initial non-enterprise version. [44:45] What are some of the biggest misconceptions of coaching?  [48:17] Immediate Action Tip: Look at any frustrations as an indicator to take action, advocate for yourself and own your life and experiences at work.    Resources: Pilot.coach Ben on LinkedIn Steve Jobs Commencement Speech Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World How Will You Measure Your Life? By Clayton Christensen    Quotes:    “The Future of Work is self-directed”.   “Most people do not feel powerful at work.”    “The intent to democratize coaching.”   “People seldom regret speaking up and advocating for themselves.“

Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO @ PILOT Inc. and Ryan O'Donnell, CEO at EmployUs discuss employee development, employee empowerment, coaching, smarter ways to do HR, and making implementing HR tech career enhancing.

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Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, Pilot This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of Pilot, an innovative software-based coaching platform for the enterprise and the winner of the HR Tech Conference 2019 Pitchfest.  Ben shared insights on how he and his team at Pilot are making coaching and development more accessible, more timely, and more beneficial to employees, managers, and teams. Ben shared also how often it is the most successful and highest performers are least likely to seek coaching and development and offered some ideas and strategies to encourage these employees to find and make time for development and how organizations can support these efforts. Ben also talked about the importance and practical challenges of bringing more of your whole self to the workplace, and how being even a little more open, curious, and interested in each of our colleagues as real people can bring valuable benefits to ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Additionally, we talked about “Blue Monday”, the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, Steve was crabby about the weather (surprise), and the importance of curiosity - both about the world outside of our day to day roles, as well as curiosity about ourselves. Learn more about the Pilot here. And connect with Ben on LinkedIn here. This was a really fun show, thanks to Ben for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

Historia del Libro "Cuentos para Niños que se atreven a ser diferentes" de Ben Brooks.

Spencer Kitley is once again joined by friend of the podcast Ben Brooks to review The Challenge War of the Worlds 2, while Will is away. They discuss Turbo’s second warning, the infighting among the two teams, Kayleigh’s big move and Tori’s potentially game-changing decision. 

Spencer Kitley is joined by friend of the pod Ben Brooks to break down the latest episode from The Challenge War of the Worlds 2. They dig into Team USA getting their strategy back on track, Turbo and Jordan’s tussle and ultimately the latest elimination on the Killing Floor.

HR Happy Hour 392 - LIVE from the HR Technology Conference 2019 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Don Weinstein, ADP; Lisa Sterling, Ceridian; Ben Brooks, Pilot; Jarik Conrad, Ultimate Software Sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other. Learn more at www.octanner.com. And also sponsored by People Strategy. From intuitive hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, People Strategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. Find out more at www.peoplestrategy.com. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, recorded LIVE at the HR Technology Conference 2019 and in front of a live audience, we welcomed four of HR Tech's most interesting and influential leaders to talk about technology, innovation in HR Tech, blending technology with the human side of HR, some ways to think about diversity and inclusion in the organization and plenty more. Don, Lisa, Ben, and Jarik are some of the smartest and most interesting people in HR tech and it was fantastic to get a chance to spend some time with them at HR Tech. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

Ben Brooks is an international speaker, management consultant, and he was one of the first African-Americans to enlist in the Pennsylvania State Police rising to the rank of Major. He defies the typical stereotype of the hardened state trooper. He can be very serious when the situation demands it or he can be very warm and caring when it's appropriate. Through personal anecdotes, humor, charm, passion and his highly energized, interactive style, Ben is able to convey the most serious of messages. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 170 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars 01:56 Tom's introduction to Ben Brooks 03:21 Being a State Policeman was the furthest thing from his mind 09:59 Thirty years as a Trooper and lots of experiences 14:07 Transitioning to an international speaker and consultant Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - orders@antion.com Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ Ben's website - http://www.majorben.com/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Hobbies - https://screwthecommute.com/169/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://www.GreatInternetMarketing.com/wordpressecourse Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.  

This week’s Commodities Focus podcast  looks at the recycled plastics markets in Europe - the current situation and what the future holds in light of new legislation coming into force over the coming years. Join Luke Milner and Ben Brooks from the European petrochemicals team...

Ben Brooks, former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, shares his career journey, his lessons learned in building his tech startup, Pilot, and how Pilot became profitable in 2 years with incredible corporate customers like Pandora, Pinterest and MetLife. As Ben & Mina talk about employee engagement vs. employee experience, Ben also shares his problem-solving thinking and revenue-based mindset for starting and growing a business. How did Ben navigate his career changes, build up his career paths and then leap forward into entrepreneurship despite of fear? Listen to his story. Join the conversation. You can find Ben at: Website: https://pilot.coach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilot_inc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilot.coach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pilot-inc./

All of us care about how other people see us, in some way. And we worry that there’s a gap between what people think about us and how we see ourselves. Dating is one of those situations where we second guess what someone is thinking.Fever Diagnosis by Bernadette Nguyen Is having a sexual preference for race, racist? Supervising Producer – Evana Ho Additional thanks to Darren Low Music: ‘Club Music’ – Andy GarveyThe Third Woman by Renee Imbesi It can be hard to explain what you mean by ‘feminist’. Especially when your world is turned upside down. Twice. Supervising producer – Britta Jorgensen Thanks for the support from – Jordan Fennell, Anoop Nair, Sam Loy. Thanks to Our Watch for advising on the Because Why campaign, which is available at www.becausewhy.org.au This story includes excerpts from by Astrid Lindgren, by Ted Prior, by Ben Brooks, and Disney’s .Pippi Longstockings Grug learns to danceStories for boys who dare to be different Tinkerbell’s adventures Music: ‘Honey Honey’ by Feist, ‘Sister Suffragette’ by Glynis Johns on the Disney Mary Poppins soundtrack, ‘The Snow is Dancing’ by Francois-Joel Thiollier, ‘When I was a boy’ by Dar Williams   All The Best credits: Executive Producer: Allison Chan Victorian State Coordinator: Jordan Fennell Episode Mix and Compile: Elina Godwin Host: Maddy Macquine Community Coordinators: Chloe Gillespie and Danni Stewart SYN Community Coordinator: Erin Dick Social Media Producer: Matilda Fay Image: Unsplash CC: Alex Lopez The post #384 The Looking Glass appeared first on All The Best. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Years ago, Ben wrote that his personal mission statement was “to help people reach their full potential” and our conversation touches on this theme in many different ways. Ben is a former car rental pro turned consultant turned HR executive. His work in HR landed him on the cover of Human Resource Executive but instead of staying on the path to CEO he decided to carve his own path. Our conversation touches on a number of issues including coaching, entrepreneurship, how his relationship with work has evolves, management versus leadership and what he wants written on his tombstone. Some other topics we touch on: Ben’s motivation to work at Enterprise Rent-a-Car after college and what he learned His early entrepreneurial “ventures” starting at 12 years old How his mindset about work shifted as he became successful in the corporate world His experience hiring working with an executive coach in his late 20s His experience coaching and favorite exercises Why companies are scared of trusting their people Why being a manager is actually an incredible opportunity for people The learning and ownership upside of carving your own path The value of having advisors, friends of confidants to celebrate “wins” Balancing life & work and his personal sustainability Deciding to give himself a raise as an entrepreneur Links Mentioned: What coaches can do for you (HBR) Pilot: Executive Coaching For Organizations Ben Brooks Coaching Connect with Ben: LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter Boundless: Want to support the podcast? Offer a one-time or recurring donation on Boundless. Check out Boundless - The Site For Creative & Curious Rebels

Spencer Kitley is joined by friend of the podcast Ben Brooks to discuss the most recent episode of The Challenge War of the Worlds. They dig into Da’Vonne’s improbable Killing Floor win, Paulie’s epic effort, the final eight and even share their thoughts for the finale.

Spencer Kitley is joined by friend of the podcast and Challenge enthusiast, Ben Brooks to break down this week’s cousin drama, intense elimination and the merits of one Bear. They also dive into the season to-date and Ben’s intense interest in Double Shot at Love.

Brain stuff is complicated but interesting when you hear it from the right person.   Brain stuff isn't really the main focus of my podcast. However, sometimes with the right guest it's hard to avoid some of the more scientific parts of Alzheimer's.  Before we even started talking about Canine Caregivers the host of Dogs In The News podcast, Ben Brooks wanted 2 minutes to "nerd out" about what I call, "brain stuff". Ben teaches bio chemistry and he frequently asks his students how Alzheimer's effects his students. Discussing Alzheimer's with Ben in depth might be an upcoming episode so stay tuned for that! Dogs in The News Podcast  

Special guest Ben Brooks, Special Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Veteran and current Vice President of Cyber Security consulting firm Beryllium, appears on Episode #75 of Task Force 7 Radio to talk about the importance of the NIST Framework, what gaps need to be filled to defend against the ever increasing sophistication of cyber attacks, the security of cloud infrastructures, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the cyber security industry. Brooks also gives his opinion on whether or not the United States is in a Cyber War, what the average person can do strengthen their personal cyber security posture, and why skills and experiences learned from the military translate so well to the cyber security industry. All this and more on this week's episode of Task Force 7 Radio - the Voice of Cyber Security.

Blaze Ben Brooks is an NYC based graphic design artist and illustrator. He makes super cool logos, album covers, show posters and all sorts of neat things! In this episode we talk about running into our idols, getting projects off the ground and finding inspiration. Check out his website at blazebenbrooks.com instagram @blazebenbrooks

Cette semaine, pour ce dix septième épisode de Quoi de meuf, Clémentine Gallot et Kiyémis nous parlent de l’éducation des jeunes garçons. Et si, au lieu d’apprendre aux filles à se défendre, on apprenait aux garçons à ne pas agresser ? Elles abordent également la question de l’injonction à la violence faite aux garçons dès leur plus jeune âge. Côté pop culture, il sera question du livre sur la virilité de Olivia Gazalé, du film Moonlight et du personnage de Ross dans la série Friends.Enfin, Clémentine et Kiyémis répondent à Joséphine, auditrice qui recherche des références de dessins animés non-genrés pour ses enfants.L'actu féministe de Clémentine Gallot de Kiyémis ( 01:20)Le thème de l'épisode : l'éducation des garçons (02:45)Expériences personnelles de Clémentine Gallot et de Kiyémis (17:50)Témoignage de Thomas Messias, professeur de mathématiques, qui évoque le défi d’inculquer une éducation non sexiste à ses trois enfants (21:07)Le moment Pop culture ( 32:54)Les recommandations culturelles (40:23)Le courrier des auditrices ( 43:18)Les références entendues dans l'épisodeUn article sur Bolsonaro, le nouveau président du Brésil, misogyne et raciste.Un article sur l'élection de Sahle-Work Zewde première présidente de l’Éthiopie.La citation «l'enfant est le père de l'homme» du poète William Wordsworth, citée par Clémentine.Le livre « Le mythe de la virilité » de Olivia Gazalé. (2017)L'article de Amnesty International avec l’interview de Olivia Gazalé dans lequel elle parle des attributs et des rites initiatiques de la virilité.«La fabrique des garçons. L'éducation des garçons de 1820 à aujourd'hui» de Anne-Marie Sohn. (2015)Les travaux des afro-féministes de Patricia Hill Collins et bell hooks (notamment son livre We real cool, black men and masculinity), qui parlent de « masculinité racisée ».Le concept « d'homosocialité » de l’universitaire, Eve SedgwickLe livre « Marianne et le garçon noir » de Léonora Miano. (2017)Le livre « Les féministes et le garçon arabe » de Nacira Guénif-Souilamas et Éric Macé. (2004)Le livre « Égalités des sexes en éducation et formation » de Nicole Mosconi. (1998)La citation « Il faut laisser les garçons pleurer » de l'écrivaine Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, citée par KiyémisLe livre « Tu seras un homme -féministe- mon fils ! » de Aurélia Blanc. (2018)Les recueils « Les émotions de Gaston » de Aurélie Chien Chow Chine. (2018)Le livre « La gloire de mon père » de Marcel Pagnol. ( 1957)La scène de Friends dans laquelle Ross demande à son fils d’arrêter de jouer aux BarbiesLe livre « Matilda » de Roald Dahl. (1988)Le livre « George » de Alex Gino. (2017)Le livre « Princesse Kevin » de Michaël Escoffier( 2018)Le livre « Le petit garçon qui aimait le rose » de Jeanne Taboni Miserazzi et Raphaëlle Laborde. (2011)Le livre "Boucle d'ours" de Stéphane Servrant (2013)Le film « Moonlight » de Barry Jenkins. ( 2016)Le film « Billy Elliot » de Stephen Daldry. (1999)Le film « Boyhood » de Richard Linklater. ( 2014)Le film « Love Simon » de Greg Berlanti, disponible sur Netflix (2017)Le livre « Histoire du soir pour garçons qui veulent changer le monde » de Ben Brooks. (2018)Le documentaire « Récréations » de Claire Simon. ( 1999)Le site de Benshi studio, qui répertorie les dessins-animés non genrés.La série d’animation “Allez raconte” disponible sur Netflix de Lewis TrondheimLa série d’animation “Mon chevalier est moi” de Joeri ChristiaenLa série d’animation “ Steven Univers” disponible sur Netflix de Jackie Buscarino et Rebecca SugarLes recommandations culturelles Kiyémis : Le livre de Bolewa Sabourin « La rage de vivre ». ( 2018).Clémentine : Le podcast « The Shadows » de Kaitlin Prest sur une histoire d’amour en 6 épisodesPour poser une question à la team Quoi de meuf : hello@quoidemeuf.netPour s'inscrire à la géniale newsletter Quoi de meuf : http://quoidemeuf.net/Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes, animée par Clémentine Gallot et Kiyémis. Réalisée par Aurore Meyer Mahieu, montée et mixée par Laurie Galligani, coordonnée par Laura Cuissard.

About Ben:Ben Brooks' career has been a fantastic adventure. Some of his work includes: getting grey-haired insurance brokers excited to use social media, helping design spy planes for the US Army, changing tires on rental cars while wearing a suit, helping to get Don't Ask, Don't Tell repealed, buying servers on his corporate card to get a project moving, teaching junior high students how to apologize to their parents, designing cufflinks to represent an org's values, following around aircraft mechanics in Switzerland, defusing screamers in a call center, slicing software development processes with Kaizen, teaching executives to tell stories while in an old English castle, and even producing animation. Ben's now the Founder and CEO of PILOT, an innovative career improvement company revolutionizing the way manager and HR help grow and engage their top talent. PILOT combines an easy-to-use technology platform with focused, real-world advice that empowers employees to take control of their professional successWebsite: pilot.coach & benbrooksny.comLinkedIn: benbrooksnyInstagram: @benbrooksny

Before we dive into this brand new episode with Ben Brooks, CEO & Founder of PILOT Inc, we want to tell you about an awesome opportunity we have for our Stage One Day 1's! We're teaming up with our boys across the pond, Andres & David, the founders at ENTRPRNR Movement to offer our listeners an exclusive 20% all merch over at the ENTRPRNR store. What can you buy? Hats, T-Shirts, Trackie Bottoms, iPhone Covers, Laptop Decals and some new leather goods they have just launched! It's not just another clothing brand. They represent the entrepreneurs (hence the abbreviated name), hustlers, doers, makers, creators - businessmen! Just like Nike represents the athletes. All you have to do is enter the code STAGEONE20 at checkout, and that's it! No catch. Just a simple THANK YOU for being a regular listener of our show :-)WHO IS BEN BROOKS? Now more importantly, we have got a power hour episode with a name that may ring a bell to you if you are one of our day 1 listeners. Ben Brooks featured on episode 05 to talk about how PILOT was helping to improve careers at work to keep people interested in their jobs and leading a successful career. We decided to bring Ben back because since then (2 years ago), Ben has made some interesting moves and pivots with his company PILOT. So much so that he has changed the business model in quite a way that at the time of doing so, he saw being a very very risky move - but which you will hear from this episode, has actually gone in his favour and has increased scalability on his part whilst still meeting the end goal and purpose of his company, and bringing successful results to his clients. We wanted to hear about the pivot, why Ben decided to take this route, and how it has helped him grow as an entrepreneur, grow his company and become more wealthy in knowledge and experience in the entrepreneurial industry. Read more over on our websiteYou can find Ben and his Company using the links below: Ben's Linkedin Ben's Instagram PILOT Inc

Everyone’s journey to becoming an impact maker is different and unique. Today, Jennifer talks with business coach Ben Brooks, the founder and CEO of Pilot, Inc about his path from a rental car company to founding his own digital coaching service, aimed at democratizing career coaching. Ben provides some insights into how he has forged great relationships, created innovative products and built up award-winning initiatives throughout his career. Ben is an impact maker through and through. Jennifer asked Ben about where his journey started and the key moments of his life that led him to where he is today. Ben talks about his “life statement” and his early formative days after graduating from university working at Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Lockheed Martin. Ben delivers some takeaways from what he learned during these years and his mantra for approaching new problems. Whether its fate, destiny or just plain chance, inspiration can arrive at the most unexpected times. Ben talks about how working job at Oliver Wyman as a management consultant all started from reading a quote in USA Today on a flight home. After sending off a meticulously written letter, an ambitious slide deck, and a Singapore Airlines A380 model airplane to the right person, followed by a series of interviews and flights to and fro, Ben received an offer to start the next leg of his journey. Sometimes a bold and targeted approach to getting noticed can be incredibly successful. Ben tells Jennifer his thoughts on the merits of an aggressive approach to getting your dream job and why within the context of modern click-to-apply recruiting technologies, makings a memorable impact is more important than ever. Even in a recession Ben is a force to be reckoned with. During his time off from Oliver Wyman, Ben turned down a job driving a tractor in West Texas – found by his very endearing parents, and saw an opportunity for a rotation at Wyman’s parent company Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Ben tells the story of how he ended up as there in talent management and some of his duties in his new role. For example, Ben created a succession risk index chart that had top-level executives sweating bullets. Management consulting is an incredibly diverse field; you never know what project, industry, or region you’ll find yourself immersed in. Ben relays some of the greatest challenges and hurdles he’s had to overcome and focuses on some of the key concepts, tools and frameworks he uses to deliver results. He also tells the story of how he got his job at Marsh LLC (insurance). While taking some time off, the entrepreneurial call found Ben Brooks in the form of a mislabeled nametag at a conference. Ben reached what he calls his fork in the road and decided to take entrepreneurship seriously. After getting some advice from some successful people in his life, Ben started building out a diverse coaching business using his problem solving skills from his management consulting background. With the ambitious idea of democratizing coaching, Ben founded Pilot, Inc. with his life savings. While at first they focused on individual sales, Ben’s team now strives to help employers and companies cultivate and retain the best talent they have. Democratized coaching? Sounds too good to be true! Jennifer asks Ben how exactly Pilot works and why it’s so effortless. Satisfaction in your career – and your life – is unique to you. Jennifer and Ben talk about some of central drives behind Pilot and the larger questions that Ben considers instrumental in finding your own definition of satisfaction. We know all about the journey of Ben Brooks but what does satisfaction look like for him? Jennifer asks Ben to shine the light on himself and talk about what drives him as an impact maker. Ben shares some stories about how Pilot has changed people’s lives for the better. In the workplace, LGBTQIA individuals face adversity in all sorts of different ways. Ben talks about his experience navigating his career path as a gay man and the beginning of his trailblazing diversity and HR efforts at Oliver Wyman that have won various industry awards. He also talks about his contributions towards repealing the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and the potential for creating change by taking a risk and leveraging your identity while in key positions. Ben’s secret? Meditation. Ben gives Jennifer a peek into how he prioritizes self-awareness and being present so that when the wrong nametag comes along, he’s ready to step into the role that’s truly right for him. Find Ben Brooks: Pilot, Inc.  Ben Brooks LinkedIn   Ben Brooks Twitter Great Read: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2017: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers  Give us a hand getting the word out! Do you want to spend your personal and professional time making a lasting impact on others? Do you want to be the kind of leader people love? Subscribe today and we will bring you new ways to change the world every single week. Want to raise your game at work? If you want to raise your game at work, you’ve got to raise your impact. Find out Jennifer’s 10 best strategies to make more of an impact at work.

Ben Brooks was THE guy in HR. He had it all, but then he left it all to became an entrepreneur. Today Ben and Laurie talk about how coaching, whether it’s with a coach or on your own, can help you fix yourself AND your work. Not sure what life coaching is or why it matters? They’ll answer these questions and more in today’s episode. Ben talks about this ‘arranged marriage’ to corporate America, and how it really didn’t fit with his ideas of innovation and making things better. In fact, one of his peers told him point blank: he had outgrown a 50,000-person company. Ben shares what a gift that message was. Ben took a little time before beginning his journey into entrepreneurship, and what finally changed his mind about it was a name tag. Would he choose unemployed, entrepreneur, or employee? After a week among entrepreneurs, Ben realized he’d found his tribe. Ben did what a lot of new entrepreneurs do: he started without a real business plan. He reveals what he learned about business plans, what his first little while was like, and when things finally took a positive turn for him. He shares his thought about generalist advisers, and what he says will surprise you: you don’t absolutely NEED to be in a niche, not in today’s world. Ben talks about what he calls ‘democratizing coaching.’ In a nutshell, it means getting coaching to more people, when they need it, and at prices they can afford. He explains why he was driven to do this rather than set up a $500/hr coaching practice. Ben’s revelation about group coaching surprises Laurie, and it will probably surprise you, too. One of the problems Ben ran into with Pilot, his coaching company, was that people loved it but they believed their company should pay for employment coaching. So he turned to companies, and while many of them won’t invest in it, there is a distinct group of forward-thinking leaders who have, like those at MetLife. Do you need a business coach? Before you answer, listen to what Ben has to say about it. He likens it to marriage counseling. If you’ve ever been fired or left a job, are you able to see past your emotions and understand what really went wrong? Are you able to fix it for yourself? The answer may not be to start your OWN business, because if you aren’t able to fix yourself, entrepreneurship won’t do it for you. According to people smarter than us, one of the biggest factors of happiness at work is self-advocacy. Ben and Laurie discuss what that means and why it seems to be more difficult for women. They also reveal what to do to be a better advocate for yourself. Ben leaves his final message that everyone needs to hear: Take command of your career. It’s the tagline of his business, Pilot. He shares the inspiration behind it, and why it will change your life. Want to know more about Ben? Find him here: Pilot website Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube The DIY HR Handbook Wouldn't you love to get your hands on Laurie's no-holds-barred, honest DIY HR Handbook for employees and pros alike? Download it for free!

Ben is an executive coach and Founder & CEO of the career improvement startup PILOT. After holding a number of executive and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin, Oliver Wyman, and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Ben decided to utilize his professional development experience and start his own career and executive coaching firm in 2013. PILOT, his new tech startup dedicated to helping people be happy at work, launched in 2016.

Ben is an executive coach and Founder & CEO of the career improvement startup PILOT. After holding a number of executive and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin, Oliver Wyman, and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Ben decided to utilize his professional development experience and start his own career and executive coaching firm in 2013. PILOT, his new tech startup dedicated to helping people be happy at work, launched in 2016.

Ben Brooks is an executive career coach, and the founder of the career coaching tech firm (PILOT),  who challenges MR CORPO to de-emphasize titles and money in favor of maximizing experiences early in your career. He introduces the idea of being an "intrepreneur" -- meaning you can think and act like a business owner in your existing job. Ben also explains why the curiosity deficit is the enemy of businesses big and small. He reveals how to get a "secret promotion" and says other smart stuff like "make the right thing to do, the easy thing to do." He is also prone to #humblebrag on occasion (for good reason). You can find him @benbrooksny on social media and his company PILOT is http://pilot.coach

Listen to Ben’s podcast interview discussing how personalized coaching identifies what keeps individuals uniquely engaged to drive performance. What you’ll learn from this episode: What is personalized coaching and why it can be better than traditional coaching. Why on-demand coaching provide the flexibility for any employee to fit it within their schedule. How to get […]

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I am Brian Mohr, co-founder and Managing Partner of Y Scouts, and today I am interviewing Ben Brooks, the founder & CEO of PILOT, a career-management company designed to facilitate positive results for both business leaders and employees, with the end goal of making work more satisfying and fulfilling. Ben discusses his professional history, ranging from assuming great leadership and responsibility roles through top-tier companies like Lockheed, Enterprise, and Oliver Wyman.  After years of high-profile consulting work, Ben transitioned from management to human resources and began to delve into his passion for working with people, developing a fascination with psychology, influences, and motivations. He then decided to focus of his professional work exclusively in HR, and derived several important lessons about human engagement and performance. Ben eventually founded PILOT, a project that has truly and efficiently married his extensive HR and career-coaching experience. Ben is currently focused on providing a powerful coaching technique that helps thousands of employees empower their own jobs and careers. Ladies & gentleman, Ben Brooks.   For this episode and more on the Built On Purpose Podcast, please visit yscouts.com/podcast.

This time of year is all about being with the ones you love, and whilst we do indeed love each other, our parents and siblings had to take president this week. We've both headed home and that means, sadly, there is no full episode for you guys today.   Instead, we recorded a quick message for you all, so enjoy 5 minutes of chaos as the one and only Ben Brooks rejoins us in the studio to wish each and every one of you a happy, fun-filled, joyous festive season. We'll be back next Tuesday with a full episode, but until then, peace and love, Tim and Harry x We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/  

Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of Pilot Inc. joins The Focus Group to discuss his product the Job Renovator. It is an innovative 5-Step process designed to put customers in control by helping them create a plan of action to finding happiness at work. But first, it’s National Nut and CAPS LOCK DAY! John wants to visit a see through glass suspension bridge in China and Tim says “NO” as the low bidder probably got that job! Happy 74th Birthday to Judge Judy—television’s highest paid TV star at $47 million a year. Not bad for a second career. We're all business.  Except when we're not. Hear this show, and others, at www.focusgroupradio.com and please subscribe, like, and rate The Focus Group on all your platforms of choice. iTunes: apple.co/1WwDBrC Tunein: bit.ly/1SE3NMb Stitcher: bit.ly/1N97Zqu Google Play: bit.ly/1pQTcVW YouTube: bit.ly/1spAF5a Also follow Tim and John on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/focusgroupradio Twitter: www.twitter.com/focusgroupradio Instagram: www.instagram.com/focusgroupradio

EP010 Show Notes Recap: In this week’s episode we have decided that it would be a great idea to recap on the past 10 episodes. The type of things to expect within this episode are: The progress of things with Stage One Startup Type of guests that we have coming in the next 10 episodes What we’ve learned and what we hope our listeners have learned The value provided by the guests that we’ve had so far How we’ve learned to manage the podcast and what you can do if you’re looking to go into the podcast stratosphere Greg uses the word “Definitely” at least 100x unintentionally and it's something he wants to stop! If within any of the coming episodes you hear Greg say “Definitely” again, message us to tell us & you'll be selected as a participant in our competition! Greg’s Favourite Episodes: EP001: Robin Waite – How to Become a Best-Selling Author, Business Strategy Expert and All Round Entrepreneur EP007: Sam Caucci – Creating a Global Training Company, Working with New York Knicks, San Francisco 49ers and More Brad’s Favourite Episodes: EP009: Nathan Chan – Creating Foundr, a Digital Media Business for Young Entrepreneur =================================================================================================================================================================== EP007: Sam Caucci – Creating a Global Training Company, Working with New York Knicks, San Francisco 49ers and More =================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Stage One Startup Sponsorship Promotion Offers: The Job Renovator: Get 50% (original price is $149) off The Job Renovator, exclusive to S1S listeners only by using the code STAGEONE (valid until August 31st, 2016). With The Job Renovator you will get a re-assessment after 45 days, coaching that’s the equivalent of $2000 worth of value. (previous client said The Job Renovator is the equivalent of working with a coach for 2 years, but in 90 minutes) #PilotMinuteCoaching: FREE Online Career Bitesize Execute Coaching, new career improvement sessions by PILOT Founder & CEO Ben Brooks. Think about what you can accomplish in just one minute! The S1S Competition for all S1S Listeners: What we are giving away: 1 Year’s FREE subscription to LivePlan: www.liveplan.com 5 FREE Entrepreneurial Books recommended by our Hosts A personalised Stage One Startup Branded T-Shirt (with your name on the back!) How to Enter: SUBSCRIBE to this Podcast by clicking the ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button above, RATE and leave a positive REVIEW of the show POST a selfie on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook of you holding a sign (can be piece of paper) that says “DONE #GIVEMES1S” TAG us in the picture (all social media links to us are at the bottom of these show notes) LASTLY, you MUST include the hashtag “#GIVEMES1S” in your post whether it be in the description or comments box as this is how we filter through and pick the winner!...

Hey, want another drink? Want to go to that event with me? Can you pick me up from the airport? When it’s so easy to say yes, when are you supposed to say no? This week we sit down with Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO of the executive coaching company PILOT, and dive into one of the hardest words in the English language.We explore:+Discerning between “have to” or “need to” and “want to”+Avoiding the “Tetris” Approach to scheduling+Committing to the portion that you’re able to do+How technology impacts our decision-making+The Opt Out Phenomenon+Delegating work and automating systems+”Don’t spend dollar time on penny tasks”+Having a regimented schedule in order to be more efficient+Behavioral Economics and Choice Architecture+Choice Theory and the Path of Least Resistance+Being aware of what comes next to make better decisions in the moment+Having your needs met before meeting someone else’s+Understanding the finite amount of time you have left to spend with someone or accomplish something+FOMO vs MO+Playing offense instead of defense with decision-making+Are you into something or up to something?+What conversations do you want to have, versus what conversations are you okay being left out?Find Ben at:www.pilot.coachTwitter, Instagram, and Snapchat @BenBrooksNYReferences/Resources:Mary Kay book: https://amzn.com/B0018QUCMG Dan Ariely: http://danariely.com/ Wait But Why Blog Post, “The Tail End” - http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.htmlSeason 5 Theme Song:cLOUD9 - After Party-- available at www.chicagoloud9.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Fraser talks with Ben Brooks about the third major task manager on iOS, 2Do.

We celebrate reaching our milestone 20th episode by going head-to-head. It's quiz time. It's Tim vs Harry. It's Tracks vs Tracks. It's war! The format is simple: 10 questions each, all written by the other. Returning guest Ben Brooks of Buddha Blood is the quiz master, and the loser has to do a forfeit of Ben's choice. It's a fun and raucous way to kick off Tracks' 20s. Away from the quiz, we also learn about our guest's current musical preferences, with strong music selections coming from the likes of Little Dragon, Nas and The Lemon Pipers.  So grab your popcorn, download the show and enjoy as we get overly competitive. As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/  

Today’s guest: Ben Brooks is a business coach and CEO/Founder of an Innovative Career Improvement Company called PILOT. PILOT is revolutionizing the way individuals take control within their careers by bringing them the best resources and advice that were previously only available through expensive one-on-one career coaches or control focused HR departments. PILOT is an easy to use online platform which focuses on giving real world advice and tips that empowers individuals to take control of their professional success. PILOT’s product The Job Renovator puts you in control of finding happiness in your career with a five-step process that measures how satisfied people are at work and empowers them to take action by helping them create a blueprint to becoming fulfilled and striving for success. PILOT show people the positive in what they do on a day-to-day basis. Who is Ben? Ben is someone that thrives off helping clients of all shapes and sizes to break through what’s in the way and reach their true potential. He sees what is possible, simplifies what it takes to get there and stimulates action. Ben’s Journey: Ben’s life has been a fascinating journey to say the least. Some of his work includes: getting grey-haired insurance brokers excited to use social media, helping design spy planes for the US Army, changing tires on rental cars while wearing a suit, helping to get Don't Ask, Don't Tell repealed, buying servers on my corporate card to get a project moving, teaching junior high students how to apologize to their parents, designing cufflinks to represent an org’s values, following around aircraft mechanics in Switzerland, defusing screamers in a call center, slicing software development processes with Kaizen, teaching executives to tell stories while in an old English castle, and even producing animation. And now runs a very unique and innovative tech company, called PILOT. For the full show notes, head on over to our website: http://stageonestartup.com

Monday on the C4 Show the entire show was dedicated to talk about the Orlando Shooting. Guest included Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, Heritage's Peter Brooks, Free State Legal's Patrick Paschall. UM School Of Social Work Professor tanya Sharpe, Delegate Ben Brooks in studio and WBAL TV's Jayne Miller live in Orlando.

We celebrate reaching our milestone 10th episode by welcoming our first ever guest to Tracks Show. His name is Ben Brooks, and not only is he our mate but he's also drummer of Brighton band Buddha Blood and an occasional reality TV star. The episode revolves around Ben's frankly excellent music taste as we hark back to our first ever episode and request his old, new, borrowed, blue song selections. With tracks from the likes of Kali Uchis, The Charlatans and Prince, a good time is had by all. As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/  

In today's episode we talk with Ben Brooks, a research fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute interested in how incomplete information complicates classical game theory. This summer, Brooks organized a conference, bringing together experts in mathematical modeling, incomplete information and game theory. Researchers highlighted important developments in modeling information in auctions and continuous games, as well as the relationship between information and behavior in the era of the internet and big data.

Marcas / tiempos: * 00:00 - Star Wars * 11:00 - Twitter * 19:38 - Chomecast 2 y AppleTV * 23:39 - Netflix en España * 37:38 - Marco Arment * 49:57 - Twitter mata a Twitter * 1:00:35 - Pelis Preferidas Frase destacada: "Franco en España duró más que el Imperio Galáctico" ~Álex Enlaces: * Matías Zavia se promete https://twitter.com/matiass/status/656430227653050368 * Trailer de Star Wars VII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE * MEGA Trailer de trailers de Star Wars VII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRoASL90EI * Trailer de Star Wars VII, la edición especial de George Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng * Análisis Shot by shot Trailer Star Wars: http://io9.com/heres-a-shot-by-shot-breakdown-of-all-the-goodies-in-th-1737486310 * Accidental Tech Podcast 140 http://atp.fm/episodes/140 * Ben Brooks sobre el caso Samantha Bielefeld https://brooksreview.net/2015/10/regret/ * John C. Welch sobre el caso Samantha Bielefeld http://tinyurl.com/okn5l75 * Matt Gemmel sobre el caso Samantha Bielefeld http://mattgemmell.com/responsibility/ * Post de Samantha Bielefeld http://samanthabielefeld.com/journal/the-elephant-in-the-room * Twitter se muere http://hipertextual.com/2015/08/twitter-se-muere * Netflix http://www.netflix.es

Seitdem Apple mit iOS 9 Content-Blocking eingeführt hat, ist das Thema Werbeblocker wieder präsent in den Medien. Andreas, Patrick und Sven reden über den Status Quo. Lieber Fluggast, wenn dir das Gehörte gefällt oder dir Sorgenfalten auf die edle Stirn fabriziert, dann haben wir etwas für dich: iTunes Bewertungen. Die heutige Episode von Der Übercast wird unterstützt von: • Marked 2 - für den Mac zeigt euch eine Vorschau von eurem Markdown Dokument während ihr schreibt in eurem Texteditor. Nutzt den Coupon Code DERUBERCAST um 30% Rabatt auf die Direktversion zu bekommen. • Audible.de - Hörbücher überall genießen. Jetzt einen Monat lang gratis testen. Überbleibsel Flughafen Trittroller: Micro Luggage Reloaded – Scooter Luggage – Micro Kickboard The New Yorker: The Semiotics of ‘Rose Gold’ Kickstarter: Perch - A Revolutionary Sit-to-Stand Desk Marketch auf GitHub + Demo Überschallneuigkeiten Pocus — The Other Half YouTube: Apple iPhone 6s vs iPhone 6s Plus Water Test! Is it secretly waterproof? A waterproof review. Wer ist der Content Block King? WinFuture.de: YouTube macht Ernst: Bezahlabo soll Ende Oktober kommen Golem.de: Adblock Plus: Axel Springer sieht Journalismus nur als Vehikel für Werbung Marco.org: Just doesn’t feel good Eyeo GmbH – Die Werbeagentur hinter Adblock Plus The Awl Eyeo sind Adblock Plus. Beispiel: 70 Firmen zahlen dafür das ihre Werbung durchgewunken wird. Stichwort “acceptable ads” = nicht zu störend & nicht zu aufdringlich Insgesamt 700 Firmen würden das Prädikat “acceptable ads” vertragen. Adblock extension sells to mystery buyer AdBlock vs. AdBlock Plus: Why I Switched To Adblock Plus (And You Should, Too) Crystal – Interview und Acceptable Ads Info Interview mit dem Entwickler von Crystal, der in Verruf geraten ist, weil er mit Eyeo einen. Das “Feature” ist optional, aber standardmäßig an. Generell gibt er sich im Interview sehr diplomatisch. Er findet die Grundidee von “acceptable ads” gut, hat aber keine Zeit und Ressourcen das selbst zu kurieren. Im Grunde will er Leser und Schreiber mit seiner App etwas gutes tun. Bezahlt wird er von Eyeo trotzdem, gibt aber an, dass die Einnahmen geringer sind als jene aus den Appeinnahmen. Links vom Entwickler: Why are people using ad blockers on mobile? On Acceptable Ads. Hier wird unter anderem auch auf die Frage eingegangen, was “accaptable ads” sind: Acceptable Ads are not annoying. Acceptable Ads do not disrupt or distort the page content we’re trying to read. Acceptable Ads are transparent with us about being an ad. Acceptable Ads are effective without shouting at us. Acceptable Ads are appropriate to the site that we are on. Kritikerrunde – Was ist faul im Staate Dänemark? The problem isn’t with there being advertising on the web driven by page impressions. The issue is how awful they look, how invasive they can be (auto*play audio/video, yuck!), their attempts at deceiving your website’s audience, and tracking your every mouse click or tap around the web in order to serve their own needs while sacrificing the privacy of the customers they are seeking to gain. Samantha Bielefeld vs. The Verge And advertisers have had fifteen years to show self restraint. They’ve had the chance to not secretly track people, set cookies for their own benefit, insert popunders and popovers and poparounds, and mostly, deliver us ads we actually want to see. Seth Godin zum Thema Ad Blocking What I hear when people say ‘native’ advertising is: advertising that is not easily blocked at all. The Brooks Review Inside AdWords: Google brings you closer to your customers in the moments that matter Blocked: An In-Depth Special Report on iOS 9 Content Blockers Mit dabei: Prognosen zu den kommenden Trends (Native Advertising, Video* u. Audiowerbung, Paywalls/Crowdfunding/Memberships, E-Commerce/Affiliate Programme, Influencer Marketing). PDF Download ePUB Download WAN-IFRA: The emerging threat of ad blockers - World News Publishing Focus Zeldman on Web & Interaction Design: Ad Blocking and the Future of the Web Das Privatssphäre Statement von The DECK Tipps Wie viel schneller machen Content Blocker das Web und welcher ist der schnellste? Ben Brooks testete und kam auf folgende Top 3: 1Blocker Ad Block Multi Adamant und Blockr (unentschieden) Adamant von Cocoa Apps ($1.99) 1Blocker (0€ - IAP 2.99€) Blockr (0.99€) Freedom (0€) Safari Blocker ($0) hochgradig konfigurierbar (mit den gleichen Einstellungen, auf welche auch die Entwickler selbst Zugriff haben) optional: automatisch upgedated Listen für Adblocking und Privatsphere von EasyList aka Adblock Plus. Community Feature: Man kann seine Blocker teilen und nach suchen nach anderen. Clickbait Websites Blocker Shutup Comments YouTube App nicht als default starten Whitelisting (leider ohne das Community Feature) Audible Giveaway Es gibt ein paar Audible Gutschein-Codes zu gewinnen für ein Hörbuch deiner Wahl. Wer teilnehmen will, darf hier klicken (und auch gerne den letzten Teil selbst ausfüllen): Beim @derubercast hören wurde mir lauschbare Ware von Audible für lau angeboten. Möchte ich natürlich gewinnen, weil…. Unsere Picks Sven: Tiles Patrick: Dictater by Nosrac Andreas: Self-Made Deodorant – How to Make Natural Deodorant & Hair Gone Wild & die Alternative (Happy Hair) In Spenderlaune? Wir haben Flattr und PayPal am Start und würden uns freuen.

Peter begins this week's podcast with "Groovin' With A Feeling" that Mercy (Rangel) Powell sang for Peter in the late 1970s. The uptempo jazzy number features Richard Brownell on drums and Ben Brooks on flute. He also talks about his latest album, "To Live In Her Life," and plays "Here, Now, Forever" from the track, which features background vocals by Scott Kirby.

[intro music]   Hello, and welcome to Episode Thirty-Eight of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery, the podcast of the MS Discovery Forum. I’m your host, Dan Keller.   This week’s podcast features part one of a two-part interview with Joseph Berger of the University of Pennsylvania. But to begin, we’d like to tell you about MSDF’s Drug-Development Pipeline.   Twelve drugs are currently approved in the US for the treatment of MS, but there are many more drugs in various stages of clinical and pre-clinical development. We’re keeping daily track of 44 of them in our Drug Development Pipeline.   To visit the pipeline just go to msdiscovery.org and click on Research Resources, and then Drug-Development Pipeline. You’ll find a finely detailed, fully referenced, and easily searchable database of all 44 of those drugs. The database includes details on each drug candidate’s physiology, its progress through pre-clinical and clinical trials, and its regulatory and commercial status.   Science journalist Heather McDonald has managed this database since its inception, and she updates it continuously, whenever new information becomes available. In just the last week, for example, she added one new clinical trial to the database, she updated information on two other clinical trials, and she added 5 other pieces of information. The drugs with important additions and changes were dimethyl fumarate, fingolimod, glatiramer acetate, interferon beta-1a, interferon beta-1b, mitoxantrone, natalizumab, and RPC1063.   [transition music]   Now to the interview. Dr. Joseph P Berger is a professor of neurology and Chief of the MS Division at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In part one of our discussion with Dr. Berger, we’re talking about the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare but serious brain infection that occasionally arises in people being treated for multiple sclerosis.   Interviewer – Dan Keller The topic of quantifying risk and mitigating risk comes up with certain immunosuppressive drugs, notably natalizumab in MS but also with other drugs as well in other conditions. What are some of the confounding factors? Why is this not an easy thing to approach?   Interviewee – Joseph Berger Well, it’s not easy because it’s so unpredictable. Nobody would have thought that natalizumab would have uniquely predisposed to the development of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. In fact, when natalizumab was introduced, if one would have attempted to predict what would have happened, you might have said, well, we’ll see a wide variety of opportunistic infections of the central nervous system, since this is a drug that prevents the neural immunosurveillance that is necessary to prevent these diseases from occurring. However, that’s not what we see. We don’t see the opportunistic infections of the central nervous system that we see in the AIDS patient; for instance, things like cryptococcal meningitis and toxoplasma and tuberculous meningitis, it simply doesn’t happen. What we see, on the other hand, is this unique increased risk for the development of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. This was an entirely, in my mind, unpredictable event. I suspect that this is true of many of the other drugs that are now coming to market; that our experience with them is limited, they have what we think is a well-defined effect on the immune system – they’re not broadly immunosuppressant – yet our knowledge of the immune system is such that we don’t understand fully the downstream effects they have. And it’s only after we’ve used these drugs for a number of years do we have a comfort level with what sort of risks that are engendered by their use.   MSDF But it’s not unique to natalizumab; other drugs can induce this whether in neurologic conditions or even rheumatologic conditions. Is that right?   Dr. Berger Yes. In talking about PML, that is true that there are other drugs that carry black box warnings for the development of PML; however, there’s something unique about natalizumab and another drug that is somewhat related to it and now off the market called efalizumab, which was a drug which went by the name of Raptiva and was used for the treatment of psoriasis. So there are drugs that uniquely increase the risk of PML and there are those that marginally increase the risk of PML, and one shouldn’t conflate them. And though a drug carries a black box warning for PML, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the risk is the same as it is with another drug that may also carry such a warning.   And let me explain this a little further. If you look at natalizumab and you look at efalizumab, those are drugs that have been used for conditions that had never previously been associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. So despite the fact… And natalizumab, as you know, is used in the treatment of MS and used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders, in particular Crohn’s disease, efalizumab used in the treatment of psoriasis; these are autoimmune diseases. And prior to the availability of these compounds, we did some aggressive immunosuppressive therapies in the treatment of these diseases. We would treat them with drugs like Cytoxan and azathioprine and high-dose steroids; a wide variety of things were employed. Yet until the PML experience with natalizumab and efalizumab, we had never seen PML in the setting of multiple sclerosis, in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease, or in the setting of psoriasis. So that tells you that there’s something unique about the drugs that we’re using and that it’s not necessarily the underlying condition that is responsible.   The second is when you start the drug, you do not see PML develop immediately; it takes some time. So the experience with efalizumab was three or more years, the experience with natalizumab is typically 12 months; actually the vast majority of cases – over 80% - have been on natalizumab for 24 months, so they’re on the drug for a long time. The shortest latency from initiation to the development of PML has been a single case in which it developed within eight months; everything else is 12 or more months. So what is that telling you? That tells you that the drug is doing something fundamentally to overcome the barriers to the development of this disease and that it’s not simply opening up a gate and letting the horses out; it’s doing something to the pathobiology of the disease.   And then lastly, the incidence with which we see PML with natalizumab – and presumably with efalizumab, although the numbers were much smaller – is extraordinarily high in the appropriate context. So for natalizumab, the risk of developing PML, provided you’re on the drug for two years, you’ve seen prior immunosuppressive therapy, and you’re JC virus antibody-positive so that you have been exposed to the virus that causes this disease, if you have all three of those, your risk is on the order of 1 in 90 or thereabouts. That is a risk that is commensurate with what we see with HIV-associated PML, so it’s very, very high.   However, if one looks at these other drugs which I have called Class 2 agents in several papers now; drugs like rituximab, also a monoclonal antibody though directed against CD20, drugs like brentuximab vedotin or mycophenolate mofetil – which is CellCept – those drugs, too, carry black box warnings for the development of PML; however, the setting in which PML occurs with their use is almost always with a condition that already predisposes you to the development of PML. So with rituximab, for instance, it’s seen with lymphoproliferative disorders, or with transplantation, or with autoimmune diseases in which PML had already been described long before the use of rituximab for the condition. And the same is true with these other drugs.   The second is there’s no latency to the development of the disease, so this is strictly a stochastic event; you may start rituximab today and in two weeks’ time develop PML. There’s no way that somebody’s developed PML in two weeks’ time. What that indicates is that individual was predisposed to developing PML, that virus was already in their brain, it was percolating there, your immune system was suppressing it adequately so it wasn’t expressing itself. And now you’ve done something, you’ve tweaked it a bit and the PML is now expressing itself because you’ve introduced the drug, but the drug fundamentally is not changing the pathobiology of the disease.   Lastly, although we do not have good figures on this, but the best data that I have is that we’re talking about orders of magnitude lower risk with these other drugs. So rituximab, for instance, the risk is probably on the order of 1 in 30,000, or something to that effect. That compared to 1 in 90 when you have all the risk factors that I described with natalizumab. So we’re talking orders of magnitude difference. So I’d suggest that we avoid conflating these drugs when talking about PML risks, and I think that this is something that is generalizable for other risks; I mean, PML is just one risk, but we see other infections and other things that have occurred with other drugs that we’ve employed tweaking the immune system, and I don’t think that one should necessarily put all these drugs that cause these things in the same boat.   MSDF These drugs that are used in other conditions that do in themselves predispose to PML, when they’re used in MS which as a disease does not, on its own, predispose to PML, these same drugs – azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate – add to the risk when you give natalizumab?   Dr. Berger That’s what it looks like. So when Biogen looked at the data that they had available from the initial cases of natalizumab-associated PML, one of the risks that they identified was the increased risk of the development of PML in those individuals that had previously received immunosuppressive therapy. And it really didn’t seem to matter which immunosuppressive therapy it was, it was any immunosuppressive therapy. However, it may be different with the different immunotherapies, it’s simply that the numbers weren’t large enough for one to say that this was particularly associated with azathioprine. People in Europe like to use azathioprine often very early in the course of the disease, so they were seeing a bit more PML than we had seen in the United States at least initially. And it wouldn’t surprise me if there aren’t certain immunosuppressive agents that increase the risk significantly compared to others, but we simply don’t have that data. And what is known is that it really doesn’t matter, any of them can do that.   MSDF Without really having a firm understanding of the pathogenesis of PML – you know the risks but maybe not exactly why it’s occurring – how do you come up with a framework for mitigating risk; is it purely empiric?   Dr. Berger That’s an excellent question. So it turns out that this was a back-of-the-textbook disease; this was the disease that occurred very, very rarely. Between 1958 and 1984 in a review published by Ben Brooks and Deward Walker, there were only 230 cases that they were able to come up with; 1958, of course, is when the disease was first described. So this was a very, very rare disease until the AIDS pandemic where people developed some interest in it, and then it really became interesting when we saw it with natalizumab. And there’s been more resources put into the study of this disease since then, so that we do have a better understanding of the pathogenesis. But in identifying these risks, we’ve worked backwards; you know, we say, alright, what does natalizumab do? So why is it that we see this increased risk?   So in getting back to your question, we know that immunosurveilling the brain is important; so if you have a drug that prevents appropriate immunosurveillance of the central nervosus system, it should not surprise you that the risk of PML is increased. And we do think that the alpha-4 beta-1 integrin inhibition that occurs preventing the entry of JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes into the brain is in a large measure – but not completely – contributing to the development of PML. We also know other things. For instance, the virus that we are likely infected with – and the infection occurs very early in our lives; seroepidemiologic studies indicate that most individuals that are infected are infected before the age of 20 – that that virus is a virus that is ubiquitous but incapable of growing effectively in glial tissues; it is a virus found in urine and found in the urinary tract, it’s found in kidney and renal pelvis and bladder, and it’s found in high concentrations in some people’s urine. That virus will not grow in the brain. So something has to happen to the virus.   Does natalizumab change that in some way? Well, we think it does. We think it does that by causing the release of immature B cells; these immature B cells can harbor JC virus, and that virus as these B cells mature there is an upregulation of transcriptional factors that transactivate the virus, it is occurring in a milieu that may uniquely predispose to a genetic rearrangement of the virus enabling it to become a form of the virus referred to as a prototype strain or a neurotropic strain that can grow in the brain. So we think that there are at least two very large barriers that prevent PML that are affected by natalizumab; there may be others. And as we investigate this disease further, our understanding may improve and these explanations I’m telling you will likely be expanded. And, in fact, it may be that some of the thoughts that we have are wrong, because the story with the B cells is actually somewhat hypothetical; there’s some preliminary evidence supportive of it, and that’s why I tell people that I’m fond of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s comment, that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. If I stand before you a year from today and tell you something different, it’s only because we’ve learned more about it.   MSDF So how do you mitigate risk and how do you get the point across to patients to let them make informed decisions with you?   Dr. Berger So this is difficult, but we lay the facts out to them. And the facts are that there is this risk of PML, the risk in individuals that are JC virus antibody-negative are very small, the product label puts the risk at less than 1 in a thousand; the belief is that it’s significantly less than that. The fact is that we do see individuals who are JC virus antibody-negative months before the development of PML – it’s rare but it occurs – and there have been studies, including my own, that have indicated that the antibody study doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve never been infected by the virus. So one shouldn’t conflate JC virus antibody negativity with never having been infected, but it is a very good marker for the development of PML, and it is one that needs to be monitored carefully at six month intervals.   So we lay out to the patients that if you’re antibody-negative your risk is infinitesimal and an acceptable risk, and that we monitor you carefully. The second is this is a disease that can be life-threatening, and if not life-threatening certainly severely debilitating – multiple sclerosis I’m talking about – and there are people that have very aggressive disease and will accept the risk of developing PML, knowing that the risk may be 1 in 100, but their risk of developing something that was going to leave them wheelchair-bound and totally disabled is very, very high, and they say I’d rather take the risk of the development of PML.   So we do know what the numbers are. There’s a table that’s been published and gets revised periodically that puts into it JC virus antibody positivity, duration of therapy broken up into 24-month epochs, and prior immunosuppressive use. So we know what the risks are; the highest are in individuals that are treated more than 24 months with the drug, are JC virus antibody-positive, and had previously received immunosuppressive therapies.   MSDF What about monitoring for signs and symptoms of PML if someone does choose to go on some of these drugs?   Dr. Berger Yes, so that’s very, very important. And we do have patients that even in the face of JC virus antibody positivity, we and the patient elect to continue them on the drug. And patients on natalizumab need to be monitored very carefully for the development of PML, and that is a combination of both clinical screening – there is a TOUCH program that queries for the development of symptoms that may be concordant with PML – unfortunately, you also see symptoms of that nature develop in MS patients, as well, so it’s sometimes difficult to tell whether it’s MS or PML – and at that point in time you definitely want to survey them with an MRI. And, in fact, many of us do MRIs at regular intervals in patients on Tysabri attempting to identify the disease – PML – when it is asymptomatic. And those people seem to do best; the prognosis both in terms of disability and in terms of survival is better when you pick the disease up while they’re still asymptomatic, and they have what one would refer to as radiographically isolated PML.   So it’s a combination of vigilance, asking the right questions, performing your physical examination, and obtaining period MRIs, and in those that are JC virus antibody-negative – or even the antibody-positive – repeating that study periodically. And the reason I say that repeating it periodically even in the positive patients is because what’s been demonstrated is that the higher your antibody titer, the greater the risk of developing PML. So there’s a threshold now that’s been identified and individuals above that range have a significantly higher risk of developing PML than individuals who are seropositive but below that level.   MSDF And just to clarify; the TOUCH program is the Tysabri Outreach Unified Commitment to Health? This is what you’re referring to in terms of monitoring for signs and symptoms of PML?   Dr. Berger That is correct. That is the risk mitigation strategy that is FDA-approved and that Biogen has implemented in an effort to decrease the likelihood of PML developing.   MSDF Very good, thank you.   Dr. Berger My pleasure.   [transition music]   Thank you for listening to Episode Thirty-Eight of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery. This podcast was produced by the MS Discovery Forum, MSDF, the premier source of independent news and information on MS research. MSDF’s executive editor is Robert Finn. Msdiscovery.org is part of the non-profit Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis. Robert McBurney is our President and CEO, and Hollie Schmidt is vice president of scientific operations.   Msdiscovery.org aims to focus attention on what is known and not yet known about the causes of MS and related conditions, their pathological mechanisms, and potential ways to intervene. By communicating this information in a way that builds bridges among different disciplines, we hope to open new routes toward significant clinical advances.   We’re interested in your opinions. Please join the discussion on one of our online forums or send comments, criticisms, and suggestions to editor@msdiscovery.org.    [outro music]

On this week’s episode of The Weekly Briefly I'm joined by my former podcasting partner in crime, Ben Brooks. We talk about (a) what sort of camera you should buy if you want to upgrade from your iPhone, and (b) how to increase your chances of snapping a few awesome photos of friends and family […]

Übercast-Rezept: Lasst es App-Tipps hageln. Hinzu gesellen sollten sich sanfte Workflows und Exkurse ins Alltägliche. Eine Brise Nostalgie in From von ACDsee und Kai’s Power Goo. Fertig. Das die Übercast Piloten Fotos managen können wie die Weltmeister ist ja schon seit Flug #UC002 “iCloud Photostream frisst Wien” klar. Heute gibt es deshalb eine Komplementärfolge auf’s werte Haupt, denn es geht um die hochheilige Bildbearbeitung. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr also was Sven, Patrick und Andreas dafür in Betracht ziehen, sei es auf dem Mac oder auf dem iPhone. Lieber Fluggast, wenn dir das Gehörte gefällt oder dir Sorgenfalten auf die edle Stirn fabriziert, dann haben wir etwas für dich: iTunes Bewertungen. Überbleibsel Wearable zum Leistungstracking In Patrick’s RSS Feed weit oben angesiedelt ist unter anderem die bloggende Telefonsexanbieterin “Phonebitch” die unterhaltsame Anekdoten aus dem Arbeitsalltag zum besten gibt, zum Beispiel diese hier. Zur Weihnachtszeit wird ja immer gern geschenkt und da verknüpft Patrick einfach mal die erste Flugstunde des Übercasts mit dem letzten Phonebitch Artikel mit dem Titel “Die Sex-App”. Es handelt sich bei der unbedingten Kaufempfehlung um ein Wearable. Falls ihr euch einen Ring für’s Ding inklusive Counter schenken lassen wollt, um die Zeit beim Akt der Nächstenliebe zu messen, gibt’s da jetzt auch was. Highlights: Praktischer Zählring Wird auf den Phallus gesetzt Zählt die verbrauchten Kalorien Zählt die durchgeführten Stöße bei jedem Akt Zählt die Dauer des Akts Inwieweit das ganze taugt werden wir wohl nie erfahren, solltet ihr ein solch’ wissenschaftliches Messgerät euer eigenen nennen, so würde wir uns über Feedback freuen. Überschallneuigkeiten Dropshare for iOS Ja, unser Lieblingsentwickler Timo Josten hat ordentlich rangeklotzt. Obgleich er bei seinem Gastauftritt in Folge 12 vehement abgestritten hat, dass es dieses Jahr mit einer iOS Version des Hochladelieblings Dropshare noch was wird, ist das gute Stück nun im App Store käuflich zu erwerben: Dropshare kostet euch 4,49 € und die Zusatzoption für grenzlos viele Verbindungen noch einmal 1,79 €. Klare Kaufempfehlung für Leute die eine private und flexible CloudApp-Variante ihr Eigen nennen wollen. Schönheits-OP für digitale Bilder Link zum Bild: Die Power Goons Bevor es an App-Empfehlungen und Arbeitsabläufe geht bei denen der Filter das Skalpell ersetzt, kommen hier noch ein paar einleitende Worte. 3 Vorgeschichten Die Eselsmütze zieht sich Sven auf und stellt sich direkt in den ersten paar Minuten der Sendung schon freiwillig in die Ecke. Er sagt von sich selbst, dass es im bei der Bearbeitung von Bilder an Konsistenz fehlt. Patrick ist dagegen super-konsistent und auch konsequent… und zwar im Ignorieren des monatlich wachsenden Fotoberges welchen es zu bearbeiten gibt. Kurz: Hier wird Bildaufbereitung im Batchverfahren betrieben. Sven macht das allem Anschein gerne mal im Urlaub, Patrick wohl alle 6-12 Monate (obgleich sein ursprüngliches Ziel war der lieben Verwandtschaft monatlich die Auslese zukommen zu lassen). Die Sofortbildkamera “Zeitraffer” Zeitler pimpt nur noch Fotos für Instagram, nicht für die Familie. Events fotografiert er auch nicht. Wenn er denn dann tatsächlich mal das Großvorhaben Bildbearbeitung angeht, dann macht er das auf iOS. Sven und Patrick bevorzugen da immer noch den Mac. Beim Sven ist Reihenfolge wie folgt: Zuschneiden, eventuell begradigen und dann kommt die Farbkorrektur dran. Da hält er sich dann dank der blau-grün-Schwäche seiner Augäpfel etwas zurück. Meistens langt im, sofern vorhanden, die Auto-Enhance Funktion. So schlimm das auch für Patrick ist, sammelt er dafür als Rahmenhasser bei ihm direkt wieder Pluspunkte. Drei Mal dürft ihr jetzt raten wer wieder aus der Reihe tanzt. Ja… Andreas ist ein Frame-Verrückter. Der macht selbst noch einen Rahmen, um ‘nen Rahmen. Randbemerkung: Wer Sven das Weihnachtsfest versauen will, der presst sich am 24.12 in der XXX Straße Nr. 5 in Stuttgart außen an das Glasfenster seines Wohnzimmers und versucht mit Blitz durch die Scheibe zu fotografieren. Genau dann dreht Sven nämlich durch. Nicht etwa weil ihr einen Googlestalk macht, sondern weil euer Bild zu 100% “so nichts wird”. Patrick’s Workflow Vorausblick Foto(s) machen ist klar, dann folgt eine Sichtung des Materials bei Patrick. Da er sowieso nur mit dem iPhone knipst ist die neue Allzweckwaffe da Cleen. Doch was kommt dann? Option A — Die iOS Variante mit Over, Big Lens und VSCOcam Option B — Der Mac mit LillyView und Photoshop Doch dazu später mehr… Hier und jetzt dann lieber noch Link zu “The Brooks Review”: The New Way to Edit Photos. Ben Brooks nutzt als Hardliner der er ist keine Lightroom mehr, sondern nur noch sein iPad und Flare 2. Das ist vielleicht ein Blick in die Zukunft für Patrick. Der kann sich auch vorstellen mit seinen selbstgeschusterten Presets auf iOS glücklich zu werden, denn am Ende des Tages ist das iPad ein potenter Kandidat, um sich einer Aufgabe wie Bildbearbeitung zu stellen. Das iPhone empfindet Patrick dafür jedoch als völlig unzureichend, trotz des hervorragenden Displays kann man auf dem kleines Gerät seine Edits nicht im ganzen Erfassen. Das kann zum Beispiel bei Panoramas leicht in die Hose gehen, wenn man dann später auf dem Großbildschirm feststellt, dass es doch ein Tick zu viel war mit dem Jade-Smaragd-Farbverlauf und nun die Luxuseinrichtung des neuen Privatjets aus Ebenholz nicht mehr voll zur Geltung kommt. Andreas auf dem iPhone Sein iPad benutzt Andreas kaum noch — das wird demnächst auf dem MOSX Tumblelog meistbietend versteigerschenklost — dafür aber das iPhone halt umso mehr. Ihn stört das kleine Display auch nicht, denn wenn der Schuh mal drückt pincht Andreas “Zooming” Zeitler einfach mal, um so den vergrößerten Ausschnitt seiner Birkenstocksammlung bewundern zu können. Camera+ ist nach wie vor seine Lieblingsapp. ProCamera 8 sei aber auch ein guter Allrounder, für 1,59 € extra gibt es per IAP noch den HDR-Modus mit dem Andreas gerne seine zu dunklen Bilder wieder zu leben erweckt. Während Andreas weitererzählt nutzt Patrick die Zeit, um seine Nackenhaare wieder zu glätten, welche sich bei der Erwähnung des Wortes “HDR” aufgestellt haben. SKRWT mag Andreas zum begradigen von Bildern. Um prekäre Details auf seinen Bildern unkenntlich zu machen nutzt er Photoshop Express (bzw. Adobe Photoshop Touch auf dem iPad). Zum berühmten Finish nutzt Andreas dann Rookie – das ist dann auch die App, die halbtransparente Rahmen auf seine Machwerke zaubert. Sven’s Sparprogramm und mehrere Exkurse Sven hat Manual am Start auf iOS. Auf seinem iPad nutzt er auch gerne mal Reduce. Mit Reduce kann man auf iOS einfach mehrere Bilder im Batchverfahren auf vordefinierte Dimensionen skalieren und die Qualität an eine maximale Dateigröße anpassen. Außerdem kann die Schärfe erhöht werden, ein Wasserzeichen oder ein Rahmen hinzugefügt werden. Die App die aus dem iPhone eine DSLR Kamera machen will hat Andreas ausgegraben: 645 Pro Mk III inkl. einem dickschwartigen Handbuch. Eine Kameralinsenerweiterung hat bisher keiner. Obwohl… Andreas hat ein sehr kostengünstiges Objektiv, welches bei ihm das ein oder andere Mal ein Fischauge aus dem Bild herausholt. Bei Patrick steht der olloclip für’s iPhone 6 auch schon auf der Wunschliste. Anbei noch ein paar AndiGram-Anschauungsbeispiele mit dem 9 Euro Objektiv: Link zum Bild: AndiGram Auswahl Wer das so gut findet, dass er es direkt auf im sozial AndiGram-Netzwerk liken muss, der bekommt natürlich auch die direkt Links: Food Blogger Zeitler’s Haschplantage Der Glatzenmacher Irgendwie kommt Patrick von ansteckbaren Kameraaufsatz zu einem der größten Aufreger für ihn beim Betrieb eines iPhone 6 mit einem (Apple) Case. Zum einen stört den Purist in ihm schon einmal, dass man überhaupt ein Case verwenden muss, da das 6+ so flutschig-rutschig und damit schwer zu fassen ist. ABER… dank dem Apple Case kann man in manchen Apps (besonders im Landscape-Modus) nur unter absolut erschwerten Bedingungen erfolgreich Wischgesten ausführen. Dank der neuen abgerundeten Kanten an seinem Mobilfunktelefons mit Grips hat Patrick wohl auch manchmal Probleme an Apple’s Notification und Control Center zu kommen. Dinger gibt’s. Bei Sven heißt jeder Casebenutzer Karl Napp und so will er eigentlich nicht heißen. Patrick erinnert ihn an dieser Stelle, dass er selbst mal das Fanny Pack gepickt hat, was ja fast in derselben Liga mitspielt. Wie dem auch sei, wenn Case, dann würde der Senior Pilot zum Surfacepad von Twelve South greifen. Das nächste Zwischenspiel ist nicht fern. Andreas merkt aus heiterem Himmel – nach der Ansage zur Webadresse der Show Notes – an, dass man ja ruhig auch ein wenig genderkonformer sein könnte; denn wo Hörer lauschen, da sind auch Hörerinnen nicht fern. Boom. Ein absolutes Reizthema bei Patrick. Der findet viele Bemühungen zum Gender gut und richtig, aber irgendwie stößt er immer dann wenn er sich mit dem Thema beschäftigt zu oft auf die Art von Feminismus welche “zu viel auf Konfrontationskurs” aus ist. Das findet er schade, denn Aufklärung sollte kein Krieg sein. Patrick würde an dieser Stelle gerne was verlinken, aber kann die URL der Dame nicht herbeizaubern. Na ja… dann halt ohne. Ganz am Rande, wahrscheinlich kommt bei Patrick auch noch hinzu, dass er zu 95% englisch konsumiert und somit ein “Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer” gleichsetzt mit hochgestochener Formalsprache. Das fällt jemanden schwer, der am liebsten in bester Anarcho-Manier jeden Schutzmann duzen würde. Doch nun zurück zum Thema…. Patrick’s iOS Apps Big Lens kann viele schöne Dinge, unter anderem auch den beliebten Tilt-Shift-Effekt zaubern. Patrick nutzt die aber lediglich dafür “Dinge ins Rechte Licht zu rücken”. Die App kann meisterhaft den Hintergrund eines Fotos verschwimmen lassen. Dazu müsst ihr lediglich das Objekt farbig markieren mit euren Fingern, sprich ausmalen, und der Rest wird verschwommen. Over erlaubt es Text über Bild zu legen. Man kann sich eine der zahlreichen Schriften auswählen, die drehen, größer und kleiner machen. Typischerweise nutzt Patrick das für Bilder in Foren oder um das ein oder andere normale Bild zu verschönern. Ebenso erhältlich als abgespeckte Variante die nur Typografie beherrscht, das aber als Photos.app Extension: Quick – Add text to photos fast. Pro tip: Ihr könnt auch eure eigenen Schriften auf iOS installieren. Wer Pythonista sein eigen nennt, der lädt sich einfach Ole’s Skript und alle anderen sei AnyFont ans Herz gelegt. Ganz am Ende nutzt Patrick VSCOcam und schraubt sich dort noch den Rest an Veränderungen zusammen bis alles passt. Was Patrick gut fände und was vielleicht irgendwann mal möglich ist, wenn das iPhone genug Power hat und Extension ausgereifter sind: Nur mit der Photos.app zu arbeiten und somit nicht mehr große umherschalten zu müssen zwischen den Ordnern und Apps. Dazu wäre allerdings auch ein übersichtlicherer Extension-Dialog von Nöten. Kurz: Für und mit ein paar Apps funktioniert das schon ganz gut, bis dass aber adrett, ansehnlich und flüssig funktioniert gehen wohl noch ein paar Apple-Sekunden (- also Jahre -) ins Land. Nachdem das seriöse Fotobearbeiten nun abgeschlossen ist, kommt hier die große welkerische Liste mit iOS-Spaßprogrammen zum überfliegen: Patrick hat einen ganzen Ordner für Schabernack Fotos. Also so 1-Klick-Apps die Portraits von dir fett, alt oder hässlich machen. PiVi & Co ist einer der Anbieter dessen Apps auch noch untereinander kombiniert werden können. Mit Diptic PDQ kann man für 0,89 € relativ schick zwei, drei, vier Bilder in eins verwandeln. Am besten ohne blöde Rahmen und Schnick-Schnack. Einfach nur ein bisschen weiß zwischen den Fotos und gut ist mit der Collage. Die beste Lösung ist es zwar nicht, da man die Bilder nicht beliebig skalieren kann, aber beim ausprobieren hat Patrick noch keine wirklich gute Alternative gefunden. Diptic gibt’s auch für den Mac (0,89 €). Andreas hat im übrigen Moldiv am Start auf iOS. Phoster kann man schnell mal was nettes für die Verwandtschaft zaubern. Die Apps spuckt Poster aus inkl. netter Typographie. Shoot! = Simple Selfie-Gifs Giffer Pro ist die Luxusvariante davon. Frontback ist umsonst und auch eine nette Spielerei, um ein zweigeteiltes Foto aufzunehmen — einmal mit der Frontkamera und einmal mit der iSight. Catpaint, Rainbow Puke! und das kostenlose Oh Hai (welches die iOS Version von Kai’s Power Goo ist) können eure Bilder ebenfalls verunstalten. Link zum Bild: In Gedenken an Kai’s Power Goo Mac (Timecode 00:46:48) Auf dem Mac sind Sven und Patrick zu Hause was die Bildbearbeitung angeht. Hier kommen die Apps der Wahl. Preview, LilyView, ViewIt und Antik-Andreas sein iPhoto Manchmal sind es die Dinge, die man schon hat. Zumindest bei Sven, denn mit Apple’s eigner Preview/Vorschau App kann er wunderbar einfache Bildmanipulationen wie das Zuschneiden, die Größe und Farben anpassen, Drehen oder Spiegeln erledigen. Das ganze lässt sich dank Automator auch automatisieren. Beispielsweise kann man alle Bilder, die in einen bestimmen Ordner gelegt werden automatisch auf eine definierte Größe skalieren und umbenennen. Spitzen Workflow für Blogger oder Leute, die oft und viele Bilder bei Diensten wie Flickr hochladen. Patrick’s Alternative zu Vorschau (zumindest was Bilderbetrachten angeht) ist LilyView (4,49 €) kombiniert mit einem Tastenkürzel um die Datei im Finder anzuzeigen oder in Photoshop zu öffnen. Diese Herangehensweise ist seine bevorzugte Wahl, um auf dem Mac schnell Bilder zu sichten, zu löschen, weiterzuleiten zum Editierprogramm. Das nette an LilyView ist, das man es nicht sieht. Es ist eine sogenannte “chromeless” App ohne viel UI dran. Das Bild ist der Fokus. Die App hat auch ein paar Extrafunktionen, die wohl eher als Spielereien gewertet werden können: Falls ihr Philips HUE oder einen Leap Motion euer eigen nennt können die Farben eurer HUE Lampen per Foto geändert werden und mit dem Leap könnt ihr per Wischgesten eure Fotos durchstöbern. ViewIt von HexCat ist auch noch ein richtig guter Bildbetrachter bei dem man sehr, sehr gute Möglichkeiten hat schnell auszumisten. So kann man Bilder markieren beim Browsen und dann später sagen “so, nun alles markierte (oder nicht markierte) löschen”. Kostet aber auch $22, sieht etwas altbacken aus und hat seit einem Jahr kein Update mehr gesehen. Richtig Retro kommt Andreas daher. Seit 8 Jahren schwört er auf iPhoto und muss sich prompt mit entsetzten Kollegen auseinandersetzten. Der Gute benutzt die Apple Anwendung aber nicht als Endlagerstätte sondern hat quasi immer wechselnde Ausstellungen seiner Fotografiekunst in ihr gelagert. Alles was älter ist fliegt irgendwann. Nach dem iPhoto-Bashing von Patrick, gibt es wenigstens noch einmal etwas wo alle drei Meckern können: ACDsee für den Mac. #unsubscribe Eine gute ACDsee Alternative haut Patrick dann noch raus: Lyn. Link zum Bild: Mugshot aus der Sendung MacPhun Apps: Focus 2, ColorStrokes, Tonality, Snapheal, Intensify MacPhun macht mit seinen Apps verschiedene Profifunktionen auch für Nicht-Photoshop-Experten zugänglich. Zugegeben sind die Apps in Summe eine ganze Stange Geld, aber dafür kann man eben auch aussuchen was man wirklich braucht: SnapHeal — ungewünschte Objekte aus dem Bild entfernen lassen mit erstaunlich guten Ergebnissen: Schwiegermutter → weg! Tonality — S/W und Monochrom Bilder wie aus dem Kunstfotobuch erstellen Intensify — aus blassen und langweiligen Bildern mit voreingestellten Farbverbesserungen alles rausholen Focus 2 — Perfektes Spiel mit Schärfe und Unschärfe um Bilder effektvoller zumachen, inkl. des immer noch beliebten Tilt-Shift-Ich-mach-die-Welt-zur-Spielzeugeisenbahnlandschaft-Effekt Pixelmator War die erste ernsthafte Alternative zu Adobe Photoshop, die einem nicht den letzten Fussel aus dem Geldbeutel gesogen hat: Pixelmator. Für Sven immer noch die führende Software für ambitionierte Anwender. Über die Bearbeitung von Fotos taugt Pixelmator auch für andere Grafikprojekte. Nicht ganz billig, aber wird seit Jahren ständig verbessert und gepflegt: Da legt man Geld besser an als auf dem Sparbuch bei der Volksbank. Die neuere iPad Version von Pixelmator hat sofort einen neuen Standard auf dem Brett gesetzt. Für 4,49€ ebenfalls eine solide Investition. AutoDesk Pixlr Auch die Profis von Autodesk mischen mit Pixlr auf dem Mac mit. Gut gemachte Applikation mit Fokus auf Bildmanipulation. Kommt mit einigen coolen und außergewöhnlichen Filtern daher. Die Funktion der “Doppelbelichtung” mit der sich zwei Bilder künstlerisch übereinander legen lassen gehört dazu. Ansonsten die üblichen Verbesserungstools. Die Basis Version ist frei, die Pro-Features sind aber nur über eine Subskription via InApp-Purchase verfügbar. Da kann es dann über die Dauer etwas teuer werden. Photoshop und die Lieblingsfilter So… nun zu Patricks Option B, immer dann wenn iOS nicht genug ist wird der Mac hochgebootet. Nachdem also per Cleen schon einmal grob ausgemistet wurde und alles per CameraSync auf dem Mac eingelagert wurden für ein paar Monate, dann, ja dann wird irgendwann alles in Serie durchgearbeitet werden. Die Nik Collection ist nicht ganz billig, aber dafür auch wirklich der Knaller für eure auserkorenen Schmuckstücke: Gute Presets und vor allem die Möglichkeit grenzlos selbst welche anzupassen. Die vorhandenen Integrationen in Lightroom, Aperture und Photoshop sind es, die die Herzen der Nutzer höher schlagen lassen. Die schwarz/weiß Filter des Silver Efex Pro Packs sind Weltklasse — ohne Mist. Patrick hat nur Color Efex Pro, welches mit 119 € zu buche schlägt. Das es für Photoshop gefühlt 1 Mio. an Actions gibt, welche Instagram Effekte nachahmen, linkt Patrick hier nur zu einem Tutorial für Leute die Ideen brauchen, wie sie sich selbst eine Action bauen: Easy to accomplish VSCO Cam effect in Photoshop. Unsere Picks Patrick: ./choose (Mac $1,99) von Tiny Robot Software Sven: Original Mac OS X Icons von Susan Kare als Poster Andreas: Week Calendar iPhone 1,99 €/iPad (3,99 €) Landebahn Link zum Bild: Post-Fail In Spenderlaune? 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Ben Brooks is the guest. His new novel, Lolito, is now available from Canongate Books. Nick Cave says "Lolito is the funniest, most horrible book I've read in years. I was blown away." And The Guardian says "Both warm and uncompromising, Lolito will be as entertaining for young adults as it is educational for older readers. And if some aspects of the world Brooks inhabits seem alarming, I can't think of a writer I would rather have as my guide." Monologue topics: coming through in the clutch, voicemail, prank calls, the word 'podcast' as a verb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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