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Curious how a self-taught freelancer with zero fashion experience charged 4x the going rate—and landed the client anyway? Fathima's story is the bold confidence boost you didn't know you needed.This episode follows Fathima Thasneem's surprising entrance into the freelance fashion world, where a single LinkedIn message turned into a high-paying opportunity. With no degree and no prior design clients, she faced tough questions about her background—and didn't flinch. Instead, she leaned into her worth, set bold boundaries, and delivered with confidence. You'll hear how she used LinkedIn to find leads, why she priced higher than anyone expected, and how her honest, strategic approach paid off.If you're new to freelancing or have been at it a while, click play now to hear how trusting your instincts and taking risks can lead to your first big client win.About Fathima:Fathima Thasneem is a freelance womenswear designer specializing in Young Contemporary fashion, with a passion for fun, playful, and feminine designs. She helps brands create standout collections that blend creativity with wearability, turning ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. Her streamlined approach refines concepts quickly and ensures a smooth transition into production. With precise fashion CADs and thoughtful detailing, she brings clarity to the design process, ensuring every piece aligns with the brand's vision.Connect with Fathima:Email her at ft.thasneem@gmail.com Follow on InstagramConnect on LinkedIn

This conversation explores the complex relationship between American Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill during the post-World War I era, an underexplored era of Churchill's career that foretold future Anglo-American relations during World War II. The discussion delves into their rivalry over war debt repayments, contrasting their personalities and approaches to diplomacy, and the impact of their interactions on Anglo-American relations. Jill Eicher, the author of 'Mellon VS. Churchill,' shares insights from her research, highlighting the challenges of uncovering this historical narrative and the lasting legacy of their dispute. Links Mellon vs Churchill (Bookshop.org link) Mellon vs Churchill (Amazon Link) Mellon vs Churchill (Blackwell's Link) Andrew Mellon (Wikipedia) No More Champagne (Amazon Link) Dinner with Churchill (Amazon Link) Dinner with Churchill (Bookshop.org link) Takeaways The rivalry between Mellon and Churchill shaped post-war economic policy. Mellon's approach was rooted in financial pragmatism, while Churchill was more idealistic. The capacity to pay principle was a key point of contention. Their meetings often failed to bridge their differences. Public opinion in both countries was influenced by press coverage of their rivalry. The 1929 stock market crash had significant repercussions for their relationship. Churchill's North American tour changed his perspective on the U.S. The unresolved debts from World War I remain a historical footnote. Lessons from their rivalry are relevant for today's financial leaders. The personal backgrounds of Mellon and Churchill influenced their diplomatic strategies. Sounds Bites "I did not find Churchill. Rather, I think he found me." (00:01:22) "Mellon and Churchill were both moving on to the world stage virtually at the same time… This made them rival debt collectors." (00:04:19-00:05:58) "Both Mellon and Churchill aspired to greatness. They were patriotic. They both had exceptional work ethics… However, they were oil and water in how they approached being statesmen." (00:08:07-00:08:29) "Churchill thrived in the public eye and he could change hearts and minds in a speech or on paper." (00:08:56) "Churchill was a sympathetic creditor too, but he was an indignant debtor when it came to repaying the United States. He fervently believed that all the war debts should be canceled." (00:10:24) "Even though they were in close proximity to each other, formally introduced, the day was about that special Anglo-American friendship… It just didn't extend to Mellon and Churchill that day." (00:12:31) "As Baldwin famously summed up British policy, he said, 'We will pay you if we must, but you will be CADs if you ask us to.'" (00:15:58) "In studying his speeches and published work during this period, I was absolutely ensorcelled by his gift with words." (00:17:41) "It is somewhat like the difference between math and poetry." (00:19:15) [On their different approaches to debt] "It raised that question of what do nations owe one another in terms of trust and honor?" (00:22:30) "World War I had cost Britain its financial supremacy and forced it to cede to the United States the role of banker to the world. That cost was seared into Churchill's heart." (00:28:52) "The story of Mellon versus Churchill is a subtle cautionary tale… Beware of enshrined assumptions." (00:31:58) Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Anglo-American Relations 02:33 The Rivalry of Mellon and Churchill 05:40 Historical Context of the 1920s 08:30 Differences in Diplomacy 11:00 The Capacity to Pay Principle 13:52 Significant Meetings and Their Impact 16:28 The Role of Stanley Baldwin 19:28 Surprises in Research 22:23 Public Opinion and Press Coverage 25:07 The Impact of the 1929 Stock Market Crash 27:55 Legacy of the Dispute 30:46 Lessons for Today's Leaders Video Version

Welcome to Episode 152 of The Scale Model Podcast Sponsored by CultTVMan and Sean's Custom Model ToolsHostsStuartTerryGeoffThanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.***************************************LATEST NEWS***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com.***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSRevell's new CADs of the forthcoming 32nd scale Gloster Meteor F.8-FR.9.Four releases from Italeri in February1/35th scale- L701 German 3t Cargo Truck from MiniArt1:72 A380 from Titan Models1/72 - Junkers Ju-322 Mammut resin kit by HpH Models - first partsHasagawa April announcementsSpecial Hobby February 2025Takom's new Jagdpanther G2 "Blitz" kit in 35th scaleWhat's new at Scalemates.com***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man***************************************TopicHeritageCon 17Date: March 23, 2025Location: Canadian Warplane Heritage MuseumTime: 9 am to 4 pmAdmission: Adults $20 (Age 18+), Kids $15 (Ages 6-17). LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE - to guarantee your museum entry, purchase your tickets in advance.WIN A FLIGHT in our World War II D-Day Veteran Dakota FZ692* – purchase your admission ticket by March 21, 2025, at 12 noon EST and you will automatically be entered into the draw for a pair of seats.CONTEST REGISTRATION FEE – Unlimited number of model entries. Adult (Age 18+) $10, Juniors FREE. SAVE TIME & BUY IN ADVANCE!***************************************WHAT'S ON THE BENCHStuart - Finished the 1/24 Land Rover LWB and also started and finished a MaK Nutrocker in 1/76. Simple yet cool looking kit. Now starting a Trumpeter 1/48 Westland Whirlwind.[foogallery id="3893"]Geoff - still plugging away at the Arado Amerika bomber project, but for a change of pace I pulled a tiny 1/72 Polish sport plane kit from the pile. An old kit from the Soviet era, but not too bad for detail, and very simple.Terry - Getting close to done on the Moosaroo entry. Lighting tests with the subject in the box, some slight tweaks to get things just right and I should be taking photos this weekend. I have some work travel this week, so I may not get any more done until then. One layer of dullcoat on the Phalanx, it needs another but it's been very cold in the garage.***************************************WHAT WE ARE READINGStuart - Working my way through Stephen Baxter's Short story collection called Traces.Geoff- plowing through a collection of “After the Battle” magazines - lots of interesting stories!Terry - Same as before, about 80 percent through Titan. Quite a ride, this book. I am eyeing an Osprey book on Troy, which has been sitting on the shelf for a while.***************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools***************************************THINGS WE'VE SEENChris Meddings' single-piece 3D printed P-47 engine with mountings. Painting a single-piece radial engine seems a challenge.Hands-on review of ICM's B-26.***************************************THE LAST WORDFor more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.comPlease leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we're doing!Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website. Inbox reviews are available at http://blackfire.ca/We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble 

Spencer GarrettTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Spencer Garrett. In this episode, I get to know the actor and ow he got to where he is. We chat about his family, and what made him decide to get into show business. We trade Hollywood stories; although he has many, MANY more! We take a little detour, when Spencer tells me what he was doing between college and acting; while working in Washington D.C. Next we Talk about how and why he studied with Sanford (Sandy) Meisner, and how Spencer came to be in several of Emilio Estevez's film projects. From behind the scenes on some of the greatest films ever made, to some fun down time with Mike Nichols, and Dustin Hoffman; Spencer is full of stories. I ask Spencer about his involvement in the super popular scripted fiction podcast called America 2.0, and he hints there may be more on the horizon. That leads into an unbelievable story about a group of character actors who meet every month for dinner and have a BLAST together. The CADS, is a group of like-minded actors including: Michael McKean, Lawrence Fishburne, Steven Weber, Titus Welliver, Kevin Pollak, Richard Kind, and so many more! I want to attend this dinner just once!!. Make sure you check out Spencer in the upcoming Korean spy thriller on Disney+ called Tempest (2025), and tell him you heard him on Fascination Street Podcast!

Send us a textSteve “Zane” Stoops spent the last 19 years as the Senior Combat Assault Dog Trainer (CAD) for the United States Joint Special Operations Command-JSOC, assigned to the 1st SFOD-D, located at Ft. Liberty, NC (retired January 2024.) He and a very small and exclusive group of Special Operators are innovators and developed many K9 training philosophies utilized today by the most elite SOF tactical working dog programs throughout the world. Steve actively handled these dogs in numerous combat situations facing fire fights, suicide bombers, and IEDs. A veteran of 14 combat deployments, Steve was also requested by and assisted Naval Special Warfare units in Iraq. During this time, Steve also played a crucial role in the development of the following CAD programs worldwide: Conducted the initial training course for Army Ranger CAD program. Selected and trained the CADs and Handlers for the elite British Special Forces, traveling to England to instruct at the inaugural K9 course for both British Army and Naval Special Operators and their dogs. Selected and trained the dogs for the Danish Jaeger Corps, traveling to Scandinavia to conduct training events. Stood up a K9 program in a combat zone by importing dogs into the zone for the Kurdish Counter Terror Group (CTG). Assisted the German KSK with their CAD program and was co-located with them on a combat deployments. Assisted the Norwegian SOF Dog program in Afghanistan. Stood up the CAD program for the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, selecting and training the K9/Handler teams on a multi-week training course.  Prior to working for Special Operations, Steve stood up and supervised a protection dog program in Afghanistan for Afghan President Hammed Karzai (2002.) Thereafter, Steve stood up a detection dog program in Tirana, Albania, for the Albanian National Police (2003.)Steve's K9 career started while serving 15 of his 20 years as a Police K9 Officer in Anderson, Indiana, after serving in the United States Marine Corps as a Security Specialist at U.S. Embassies throughout Europe and South America. While a K9 Officer, Steve was a SWAT Team member, SWAT Dog handler, and a veteran of hundreds of K9 deployments. He experienced numerous violent encounters with suspects including Officer involved shootings and edged weapon attacks and was responsible foWe are pleased to announce that Vested Interest in K9's has become our newest sponsor. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit whose mission is to provide bullet and stab-protective vests and other assistance to dogs. Check it out www.vik9s.org. Please welcome Ray Allen Manufacturing as a sponsor to the podcast. Go to the most trusted name in industry for all of your k9 related equipment. For a 10% discount use the RAMWDDP10 discount code.Welcome our sponsor Gold Coast K9. Gold Coast K9 trains and deploys hand-selected service dogs for personal and family protection, police agencies, and school districts. Their training programs rank among the best and most trusted in the world. Follow Gold Coast k9 on all social media platforms. For 10% off merchandise use the GCK910 discount code on their website www.goldcoastk9.comHLTK9 Conference continues to be a supporter of the WDDP. They are gearing up for the next conference in Myrtle Beach SC. Plan ahead, the 2025 conference will be April 1,2,3, 2025. Register today at www.htlk9.com. If you want Rich and Howard to come to your location we can make it happen. They have come together to provide workshops on any K9 related topic you like. Open to law enforcement and civilian attendees. Contact Howard at hjyk91@gmail.com or 704-473-9885.

We've talked about the many great things that Comms and Corporate Affairs professionals bring to an organisation – clarity of message, bringing the outside in, creativity and so on. However, one area that still seems to defeat all our Comms and Corporate Affairs colleagues – inhouse or in the agency world – is to get actionable insight from data. For some it's a case of swimming in the stuff and trying to make sense of what it's telling you. For others, it's lack of data and where to procure something that adds value to an organisation. So, this Podcast is all about getting meaningful data that provides insight to inform decision making. Do we have all the answers? Of course we do. This is The Little Questions - probably the best podcast focused on the needs of communications professionals in the world! Some of today's little questions include; has progress been made in the use of data and insights in Corporate Affairs? What are the challenges CADs face Why do these challenges persist and what can be done about it? To answer these and more are Little Questions regulars and Apella Advisors Partners Matt Young and Andrew Brown and fellow Apella Partner, Mike Granleese formerly of IPSOS. You can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com and please consider leaving us a review. Matt Young has 25 years of experience across media relations, public affairs, regulatory development, employee engagement, brand development, competition and CSR. Group corporate affairs director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Andrew Brown; formerly Director of Communications and Public affairs at Ageas Insurance, Andrew has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global, listed, multifaceted firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors. He has considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management as well as reputation sentiment analysis and insight. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Mike Granleese; formerly the Deputy Managing Director of Ipsos Corporate Reputation, Mike has over 20 years' experience across roles in insights, consultancy and academia. He specialises in helping clients understand insights within the context of their organisation and advising on the actions needed to drive reputation growth and protect license to operate. Previous clients in financial services include Aviva, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide and MasterCard. He has also worked closely with Coca-Cola, Heineken, EY, PwC and The World Bank. Mike holds a PhD in economics.  Find out more at apellaadvisors.com.   This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

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Accountability in the fire service means knowing what you're accounting for, where you are, where your crew is, and what's going on around you. Here's how Tablet Command can help: Hello Smart Firefighting Community! Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy! In this episode: How does Tablet Command integrate with CADs and provide early notifications, customized maps, and staffing solutions for firefighters? How does Tablet Command enhance collaboration and information sharing? Tablet Command aims to become the standard MDT solution for the fire service, revolutionizing incident command with technology. Learn from Will Pigeon - CEO and Co-founder of Tablet Command. Tablet Command, an incident command application, started as a standalone app for the iPad, allowing users to manage resources and view them on a map. Since its 2013 launch, it has evolved to integrate with CADs, provide early notifications to firefighters, offer customized maps, and integrate with staffing solutions. The app addresses challenges like managing high-rise incidents and ensuring accountability. Future features include incident sharing and ongoing improvements for enhanced user experience. Tablet Command enables real-time incident sharing between communication centers, aiding collaboration in mutual aid situations. It also offers in-app audio streaming, allowing users to stay informed even without a radio. The company aims to become a standard MDT solution for the fire service, integrating with different CAD vendors for a unified tactical operations platform. So click play now to hear what Will has to share! Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.smartfirefighting.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is, or review our curated resources! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn

Penny James has a 30 year career at, and leading, some of the world's largest financial institutions.  A Chartered Accountant by training, from Chief Risk Officer at the Pru she joined Direct Line in 2017 first as CFO, becoming CEO in 2019. Penny now holds a suite of board positions: Senior Independent Director at Hargreaves Lansdown, Non-Executive Director at QBE Insurance Group and Mitie Group plc. She is also co-chair of the FTSE Women Leaders Review. Given her long tenure on Boards and range of current Non-Exec roles, this wide ranging interview focuses on how best Corporate Affairs can serve and support the Board, while also ensuring strong relationships with the CEO and Exco. We examine how reputation and stakeholders are discussed at the top table – and yes, we do consider Section 172 for the Companies Act geeks among you. Also, if reputation is so important for the Board, why aren't there more former CADs in NED roles? Along the way we also chat:  War and peace – corporately, not the book Why for the CEO engaging with the media is now firmly more risk than reward What she looks for in a corporate affairs leader; and, Why she loves a bit of media training. We do hope you enjoy this special edition of the Little Questions podcast. Check out our back catalogue for other similar interviews with Alison Brittain, current Chair of the Premier League, Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, Joe Garner, former CEO of Nationwide Building Society, Paul Drexler, the former President of the CBI and, last but not least, our good friend Mark Kleinman of Sky News. You can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com and please consider leaving us a review. Matt Young is an Apella Advisors partner with 25 years of experience in corporate affairs. He was Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Experienced in corporate communications; public affairs and policy; regulatory affairs and risk; industrial relations; crisis and complex issues management; reputation turnarounds; campaigns, competition; and ESG. Former Head of Public Affairs and Public Policy at TSB Bank. Previously a Partner at a global communications agency and has worked in the media and politics. Andrew Brown is an Apella Advisors partner, a former Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Ageas Insurance. He has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors, developing considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc.  Find out more at apellaadvisors.com. This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

Looks weird dunnit? Round 0. But that's where we're at. Pre Round 1 2024. Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar have put away the speedos, and dusted off the microphones. Off season's done; sand dunes have been summited; Bay Run's been run 1000 times; Cads has lifted plenty and gotten massive; and Tobe's and Cog's are now Dad's...

S2E31 - Escape the CADS The last few moments before they take out this terrible place from the face of the badlands must go smoothly or they all could die. It's going to take a lot of persuasion, some quick thinking and some climbing to get out. But then, how are they going to get back? Can they fool Seven? Will Jeb remember to stretch? What are they going to do, hover home? Only the dice will tell.If you'd like to support us, We now have a Patreon! Patreon.com/nolatency More info can be found here: linktr.ee/NoLatency Even more information and MERCH is on our website! www.nolatencypodcast.com Twitter: @nolatencypod Instagram: nolatency_podcast Find @SkullorJade, @Miss_Magitek and @Binary_Dragon on twitch, for live D&D and more.#cyberpunkred #actualplay #ttrpg #radioplay #scifi #cyberpunk#drama #comedy #improv #series

Do we want to live in places full of thriving businesses and social enterprises, and where people don't get trapped by exploitative lenders and loan sharks? Sounds good to me.Eleanor Russell is policy and programmes lead at Responsible Finance, which represents the UK's social purpose lenders (community development finance institutions, CDFIs). Their work has been covered extensively by media including the Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Mail Online and elsewhere. I work with Responsible Finance and invited Eleanor on to discuss new figures about the social, economic and environmental impact unlocked by CDFIs, through increasing access to finance for people, businesses and social enterprises otherwise excluded from finance for a variety of reasons.This £248m sector worked with nearly 95,000 customers in 2022 – a 22% leap on the year before – creating and supporting thousands of businesses and jobs, and helping households avoid millions in interest compared with higher-cost lenders. Eleanor gives us more details.Also in this episode:Events:  Games Careers Week, from 19-25 June, which celebrates diverse pathways into a career in games for young people of all backgrounds; StartUp Meetup Sheffield on 30 May, and a "lunch with Claire Rimmer" event at Theatre Deli,  Arley Street, Sheffield, via the Social Enterprise Exchange programme. Claire is head of Operations at Sheffield-based creative arts organisation, CADS.Funding and support, including:Accelerating FemTech, an initiative aiming to support innovators to boost the development of technology solutions to address current challenges in women's health. Learn more and apply here.The Power to Change Community Business Trade Up programme (open now, deadline 26 June, details here) and the Discovery Fund (which opens for applications on 1 June and closes on 21 July 2023, details here).UK SMEs can apply to Innovate UK's Future Economy investor partnerships, (deadline 5 July 2023,, guidance and details here).An interview originally broadcast in March with David Hanney, CEO of Alpkit, a business which has thrived after CDFI finance.Timings:0- 2:55 Introduction2:55 New interview with Eleanor Russell15:29 Interview with David Hanney, CEO, Alpkit (recorded in March 2023)34:02 Events37:03 Support and funding for SMEs and social and community businesses40:42 Wrapping up

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking to position a new “Cyber Analytics and Data System” at the center of national cyber defenses, as the agency's post-EINSTEIN plans come into focus in its fiscal 2024 budget request. CISA is seeking $424.9 million in the 2024 budget for “CADS.” The program is envisioned as a “system of systems,” budget documents explain, that provides “a robust and scalable analytic environment capable of integrating mission visibility data sets and providing visualization tools and advanced analytic capabilities to CISA cyber operators.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking to position a new “Cyber Analytics and Data System” at the center of national cyber defenses, as the agency's post-EINSTEIN plans come into focus in its fiscal 2024 budget request. CISA is seeking $424.9 million in the 2024 budget for “CADS.” The program is envisioned as a “system of systems,” budget documents explain, that provides “a robust and scalable analytic environment capable of integrating mission visibility data sets and providing visualization tools and advanced analytic capabilities to CISA cyber operators.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will retailers find a path to the metaverse? How can retailers leverage AR and VR along that path? It all starts with having a 3D product infrastructure, but what if all of your systems are designed for 2D and not 3D? How do you adapt your design process, your PLM, and your DAM to 3D when there are so many options? Meet Ashley Crowder, CEO and co-founder of VNTANA, the 3D infrastructure platform that is making 3D accessible to retailers and brands across design, development, sales, and marketing!You'll find out how Ashley is democratizing access to 3D across the retail business. Not only can this help retailers and brands deliver a unique customer experience but wait until you hear how 3D can help you reduce productions costs, eliminate product samples, and dramatically reduce your time to market for new products. 3D is here and before you need to worry about how you'll leverage the metaverse, this episode will help you understand how 3D is the beginning of your journey to AR,VR and immersive commerce! And did we mention the cost savings to your retail business?News alert! We've moved up to #18 on the Feedspot Top 60 Best Retail podcasts list - please consider giving us a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts! With your help, we'll move our way up the Top 20! Leave us a review & be mentioned in future episodes! https://blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/Meet your regular hosts, helping you cut through the clutter in retail & retail tech:Ricardo Belmar, a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Influencer for 2023, 2022 & 2021, RIS News Top Movers and Shakers in Retail for 2021, a Top 12 ecommerce influencer, advisory council member at George Mason University's Center for Retail Transformation, and director partner marketing advisor for retail & consumer goods at Microsoft.Casey Golden, CEO of Luxlock, and RETHINK Retail Top Retail Influencer for 2023. Obsessed with the customer relationship between the brand and the consumer. After a career on the fashion and supply chain technology side of the business, now slaying franken-stacks and building retail tech!Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring E-Motive, and Overclocked, from the album Beat Hype, written by Hestron Mimms, published by Imuno. The Retail Razor ShowFollow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/TwRRazorConnect with us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LI-RRazorSubscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/RRShowYouTubeSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/RetailRazorShowRetail Razor Show Episode Page: https://bit.ly/RRShowPodHost → Ricardo Belmar,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twRBelmarConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LIRBelmarRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWRBelmarCo-host → Casey Golden,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twCaseyConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LICaseyRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWCaseyTRANSCRIPTS2E11 Ashley Crowder - VNTANA[00:00:00] ​[00:00:19] Show Intro[00:00:19] Ricardo Belmar: Hello, and welcome to season two, episode eleven of the Retail Razor Show. I'm your host, Ricardo Belmar.[00:00:26] Casey Golden: And I'm your co-host, Casey Golden. Welcome to the Retail Razor Show. Retail's favorite podcast for product junkies, commerce technologist, and everyone else in retail and retail tech alike.[00:00:37] Ricardo Belmar: We're back with another incredible retail transformer as our guest this week.[00:00:44] Casey Golden: Yes, and I'm so excited to have with us someone who is transforming how retailers and brands embrace the new world of commerce with 3D, AR, VR, and mixed reality.[00:00:55] Ricardo Belmar: If you're a retailer or a brand trying to experiment with the metaverse, or just trying to give [00:01:00] your e-commerce an edge with more visual product pages and 3D visuals of your products or just, you know, looking for ways to incorporate your products digitally in other channels using 3D technology.[00:01:11] This episode is for you.[00:01:13] Casey Golden: So let's welcome our amazing guest, Ashley Crowder, co-founder and C E O of VNTANA, the 3D infrastructure platform that is making 3D accessible across design, development, sales, and marketing.[00:01:26] ​[00:01:31] Meet Ashley Crowder - VNTANA[00:01:31] Ricardo Belmar: Welcome, Ashley. It's great to have you here with us today.[00:01:33] Ashley Crowder: Thanks so much for having me.[00:01:35] Casey Golden: So just to start off, can you introduce yourself and share a little bit about how you got here and why VNTANA?[00:01:42] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So my background's in engineering. I went to USC Engineering school, which actually has a partnership with the military called I C T, where they fund research in 3D, AR, VR technology. So I got involved in the space. 15 years ago and [00:02:00] was like, this is gonna change the world. This is amazing.[00:02:03] But there was no career path back then to do this sort of thing. So. ended up co-founding VNTANA with my friend Ben. And, you know, 10 years ago, again, like phones couldn't do AR, web couldn't do 3D. So we were building location-based mixed reality experiences for brands like adidas, Nike, Lexus, and others.[00:02:24] And you know, we built a profitable business doing that, but nobody ever had the right 3D models for web-based or game engine applications. We would get these huge manufacturing design files that would take days or sometimes weeks of manual 3D artist time to fix and convert. And so we started writing software to help automate all this work for ourselves.[00:02:48] And then in 2019 we said, you know what? Now that everyone's phone can do some pretty decent AR, every web browser can support 3D content. We should take this [00:03:00] software we wrote for ourselves and launch it as a platform to make it easy for anybody to instantly embed, share, 3D at scale, you know, anywhere they want.[00:03:10] So, long story short,[00:03:13] Ricardo Belmar: So, Ashley, why don't you tell us a little bit how do companies use VNTANA?[00:03:17] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So today we work with a lot of apparel and footwear brands who design in 3D today. So apparel tends to use chlo and browse wear. Footwear tends to be key shop moto. Some people use 3D S Max. Whatever program you're using the minute you start to have, you know, hundreds or some of our clients, thousands of 3D assets, some of their IT infrastructure starts to break down.[00:03:41] So most of their existing P L M or DAM systems were only built for 2D assets. And so, you know, they're kind of in this quandary of like, how do I easily manage and distribute these 3D designs within my internal company just for line planning, reviews, merchandising how can [00:04:00] I easily share them with buyers so I can replace physical samples?[00:04:03] And then, you know, how do I get them on E-com? So, That's really what our software comes in. So we wrote patented algorithms that can take these really big 3D files and shrink them down up to 99%, but they still look the same. so we can help you meet whatever specs of whatever end use case you're trying to go to with 3d.[00:04:24] So we get rid of all that manual work. And then it's all housed in our cloud content management system, which you can integrate into your existing dam, PLM or other platforms. So you don't have to replace your IT infrastructure as an organization. You can just quickly upgrade what you have to handle 3D at scale.[00:04:45] Casey Golden: That's awesome.[00:04:47] Ricardo Belmar: Wow, so. Can you tell us a little bit about you know, what kind of results your customers are getting? Because just listening to you now, I, I'm just automatically thinking of that there has to be a pretty sizable time savings, right. In any of [00:05:00] these kind of activities with, with what you're allowing your customers to do.[00:05:03] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, we're, we're definitely built for that, that scale problem. You know, a lot of people might start with a POC and they're like, oh, we, we did it ourselves. We did 10 3D models. We're like, great, you know, cl clients like Hugo Boss launched 40,000 products a year. You need some automated software to, to be able to do that.[00:05:20] So most clients start using us within that design and development process. So wi within that people like VF Corp, they've been able to upload 2,500 assets. In a couple minutes. They have all the shareable links and file formats they need to deploy in any end use case application. So I know you know, other clients like Adidas, they were able to accomplish in one hour what used to take them six weeks, of manual work.[00:05:47] So definitely a huge time saving. And then kind of the next step is people are, are using us to replace physical samples. So you can quickly, you know, with a click of a button, create a 3D line sheet you can share with a buyer. And so we have [00:06:00] other clients like this, children's clothing brand they've been able to fully replace their physical samples with using our software.[00:06:07] And so they're saving about a hundred thousand dollars per season. And 4.4 tons of carbon, which is pretty cool, uh, that they calculated. And so, you know, that's all in that before you even get to the consumer experience. And then the consumer experience 3D just gives. them such a better understanding of the product.[00:06:28] Clients like Stodd saw returns decrease up to 60% which was pretty amazing. And then we've had other, you know Diesel's used us live on their e-com site. They saw the average cart value increase really significantly and the conversion rate increase with 3d. So yeah, it, it really helps you across your entire product life cycle.[00:06:49] Ricardo Belmar: That's amazing. I mean, you know, we, we focused on that customer side of it in the intro, but just hearing all of the things that you mentioned there really is a, a powerful impact just [00:07:00] across the business. E even you know, you mentioned the carbon savings, so there's even a sustainability impact.[00:07:04] There's an environmental impact. You've got operational process savings, it sounds like. You know, I love, love the example of replacing physical samples cuz then there's automatic cost savings as well. And we always hear in media reports, right? With this kind of technology, just the customer facing piece that you're highlighting, a lot of other internal process areas that really create a lot of savings,[00:07:26] Ashley Crowder: Oh yeah. And, and I mean I still talk to brands all the time with, you know, samples are always late, right? , they're always a pain, they're always late. And even I was talking with this footwear client saying, you know, some retailers. don't wanna meet in person anymore. You know, everybody got used to working from home and I think it was R e I don't hold me to that, but they were like, yeah, we don't wanna do internal, just like send us your digital stuff.[00:07:51] Well, like how do you stand out? Like being able to show, you know, true 3D interactive models and AR, it's like it's sitting on your desk, you know? And [00:08:00] we've got other people who, you know, you might always still make a few samples, but there you don't need to make all the colorways. So maybe you have one shoe or one article of clothing, but then all your colorways are in 3D and you can share, you know, that 3D configurator with them.[00:08:13] So yeah, there's huge benefits and we, we actually did a really great case study with Merrell as well. So, you know, they estimate about 81% cost savings and one month increased speed to market using VNTANA. So that, that speed to market is really important too, cuz you know all that back and forth with before a physical sample.[00:08:35] You make a sample, you ship it, well, I want these changes. Go make another sample. Well now that can happen so much faster.[00:08:43] Casey Golden: I mean, it's, the speed to market is a really big deal. Just being able to get through that process faster. I mean, I feel I would go to market literally with 250 printed CADs[00:08:59] Ashley Crowder: Wow. [00:09:00] Yeah.[00:09:01] Casey Golden: I don't have samples yet, and we definitely did not sample the entire line. Right.[00:09:06] Ashley Crowder: Mm-hmm.[00:09:07] Casey Golden: You'll get to see that later, like in like four months.[00:09:10] I need to sell it in now. And so literally sitting there with little pieces of paper and clothes, happens.[00:09:17] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:09:17] Casey Golden: Merchandise disturbments together, . So a lot of people don't really realize what people are doing at work before the customer ever sees a product.[00:09:30] Ashley Crowder: oh yeah. Like a year [00:09:32] Casey Golden: They're hard jobs,[00:09:34] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:09:36] Casey Golden: and very, very, very oftentimes still archaic in a lot of ways. Do you have a focus point kind of where you start with the company to say like, this is where you can kind of get the biggest ROI out of the challenges that you're, that they're trying to solve? Because I'm sure that when you go in to talk to a brand for the first time, you're able to identify really where, what challenges [00:10:00] or where in their business you can kind of make the highest impact for like a day one project. So if our listeners are, are thinking about this and find it intriguing, where do people start and start at a, in a way that they can get that roi.[00:10:16] Ashley Crowder: So we're generally starting with brands when they are designing in 3d. So they're using CLO brows, you know, key Shop, Moto one of these programs. If you're not there yet, that's where I would start. So if you are an apparel company, look into CLO and browse ware. Those are like the two, you know, best programs.[00:10:36] They each, you know, they're, they're different. But they're both great. So, so check 'em out. For footwear you can generally get Rhino files from your manufacturer, and then you're taking those into a program like KeyShot, I, I think, is much easier to use than Moto. But in KeyShot you can do the uppers and, and create all your different colorways.[00:10:53] So, so I would start there. We also sometimes help create 3D models for people who are just getting started. So sometimes [00:11:00] brands are like, yeah, like we're starting 3d, but like, we don't have enough bandwidth. We have one 3D person for all this stuff. So, so we, we can help create 3D models for you.[00:11:08] And then we're really, y you know, we really were with that like design and B2B sale, that's where everybody starts. Because if you can say, look, I'm gonna reduce my samples by x, I can increase speed to market by y. That's a very clear value proposition for your organization. And then you know that, that kind of next step is using it for e-commerce.[00:11:28] So once you have 3D models on VNTANA, we help. , get them anywhere you want. And, and it's all included. It's instant. One of the big things I'm really excited about is our, our work with Google. And so we're starting, well, one, if you have a 3D viewer on your e-commerce website, we can make sure Google sees that 3D model.[00:11:50] Just like Google sees the 2D images and videos that help with your seo. , they can now see the 3D models, which will help with your seo. And then we can [00:12:00] also we've got early access to published 3D to Google search. So you know, they're, it's not available to everybody yet. They're doing some A B testing.[00:12:08] But if you were to search for, you know, just an example like Merrell Shoe, like you might see a 3D version of that. And so far they're seeing a 6% higher click-through rate with 3D compared to[00:12:20] Ricardo Belmar: Oh wow.[00:12:21] Casey Golden: It's a great way for Google to be pushing innovation.[00:12:25] Ashley Crowder: yeah, and it's just organic search to [00:12:27] Ricardo Belmar: Right, [00:12:28] Ashley Crowder: So, and it makes sense. I mean, 3D is just the, it, it's the next evolution of digital content, right? So,[00:12:38] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, so just thinking about that, I mean, do you see 3D content like this for, as sort of a, becoming the standard asset that replaces the, the 2D versions, especially once you layer in what Google's doing on search for that? You know, plus anyone working with you that's putting this content on their e-commerce site, do you, do you see this becoming the standard because it's gonna, you know, you mentioned the stat that I picked up on [00:13:00] earlier about lowering your return rates from this, which has become huge now for online retailers.[00:13:04] So do, do you think this is gonna be the new standard[00:13:06] Ashley Crowder: A hundred percent. I mean, it's, think about like when, when web first started supporting video, right? And now it's like, if you don't have video as a brand, what are you doing? You know, like that. That's like everywhere. Everywhere. So 3D is, is that next evolution, right? It it is just more interactive. It's more engaging.[00:13:26] It's showing the product better. On top of that, like. We always talk about 3D as the highest level asset. If you have a 3D model, I can create all the 2D content I want. So, you know, I can generate a product shot from every angle automatically. You know, we're, our team, just like the rest of the world, is like fascinated by all this AI technology that's now out there.[00:13:48] And we're playing around with like, okay, well, like I, I have this 3D model. This Stodd purse, can I automate 2D images of this purse on a bar, this [00:14:00] purse on a yacht? Like, can I automatically generate all these product lifestyle shots? Like this is where all this is going, right? Uh, and at the end of the day, it's gonna be huge cost savings and better consumer experience[00:14:13] Ricardo Belmar: And better time to market with that.[00:14:14] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:14:14] Ricardo Belmar: So then let's, let's keep going on, on that theme. So in addition to the 3D versions of the product becoming sort of the standard asset, let's say for e-commerce we've already kind of talked about and hinted a few other uses for that, that you've brought up. Where, what do you think is next? What do you think comes after that?[00:14:32] What's the next thing that you see retailers going for? Once you have all of this capability?[00:14:37] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and I mean, again, I think you know, step one, it's, it's speeding up to the design process. It's resulting in better products with better fit because 3D just gives you, you know, that better initial design to work off of. You're replacing samples, so you're saving money, increasing speed to market, reducing carbon footprint, and then 3D on E-com is reducing [00:15:00] returns, increasing conversion rate.[00:15:01] But then we can go into all these virtual worlds, right? Like so I'm sure many of you read the the Wall Street Journal article. Every kid is spending all their allowance in Roblox, which is true like my friends can all attest that that's where all their kids' allowance is going. Um, but, but it's true. Like kids aren't going to meet at the mall anymore.[00:15:23] They're like going online and meeting in these virtual worlds, and that's where they wanna look cool. And that's where they're spending money on their, their digital avatar. And you know, the two biggest worlds right now are, are Roblox and Fortnite. Fortnite has, I think 300 and 30 million daily active users, which is pretty crazy.[00:15:42] Um, Roblox Roblox, I think is like a 10th of that. Roblox is like 36 million da daily active users. But either way it's like huge, right? Like if you're a brand. , you need to be there. If you wanna remain relevant and what we're trying to do at VNTANA I is help automate that so [00:16:00] we can take your existing design and instantly deploy a version in Roblox or, or Fortnite. Because right now, you know, only the huge brands like Nike, Walmart have, have just custom built these Roblox worlds from the ground up. Yeah, well that's great. Like how much money does that cost? So not every brand, you know, could have access to that.[00:16:18] So we're trying to help automate getting designs in there. I think another thing that's really cool iHeart Media created iHeart Land in Roblox, and they have programmed content every day of the year. You know, they're a radio station, that's what they do, but they, they have this like virtual concert every day in Roblox and just like a real concert.[00:16:40] If you're a brand, I believe you could do a deal with them for, to do, do a branded sponsor. And I think that's a really cool way to start small. Yeah. Like, you don't need to build your, build your own world like Nike, but you could participate in, in iHeart land, which is cool. So you know, I think this is all really relevant.[00:16:58] You know, everyone obviously like [00:17:00] the, the N F T and crypto market had like a huge plunge. But, but the technology is gonna be around for a while because what , what crypto and NFTs enable is this interoperability. So right now I can buy a Gucci person, Roblox, but it's stuck in Roblox. I can't take that anywhere[00:17:20] Ricardo Belmar: Mm-hmm.[00:17:20] Ashley Crowder: With blockchain, I own that Gucci purse and I can take that with me in my wallet into Fortnite or into these other virtual worlds and. You know, that's coming and that's exciting because it really helps, I think, increase the utility of these digital goods. And then, you know, the really creative stuff I've, I've seen too is it's, it's almost people are using crypto and digital goods as like a rewards program.[00:17:45] Right. So you can earn, earn different, you. I'm just making this a Versace coin and then you, you get that. Then I get my robot Versace purse. But it's kind of like building this you know, cult following for people [00:18:00] and, and just with like fun digital giveaways. So,[00:18:03] Casey Golden: Yeah, I'm really excited to see more of the brands coming together to wrap around the customer. And I think that that's something that the Metaverse does really well, that we just kind of fail to do here in the real world. There's so much more of a competitive landscape rather than a community. So I think that that's one of the big takeaways that I'm really excited to see over the next five years is just seeing these brands that used to hang together, actually start playing together.[00:18:29] When you're looking at the future of retail in, in five years, eight years cuz we don't come on. They're slow to adopt. Um, what world are you, are, what world are you envisioning that like as a founder that you're working towards? Like this is the version of the world that you see and everybody kind of needs to take step one and you're really helping them with Welcome to the future.[00:18:57] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, [00:19:00] I, I see all these amazing interactive 3D consumer experiences with 3D and augmented reality. On e-commerce as well as that same 3D asset within these virtual worlds. So maybe, maybe if you buy a Nike shoe in the real world, it comes with that 3D version of the shoe that you can take in all these virtual spaces.[00:19:23] So your, your virtual avatar can be like your real life, you know, dressing. Um, but in order to do that, and in order to do that at scale, , it's so essential that it starts with that design and so that every brand is like designing in 3D and using that across the retail value chain. Because that's the only way it's gonna work if you're re if you're having to recreate assets for every end use case.[00:19:48] It, it's just not feasible or scalable. It's gonna[00:19:50] Ricardo Belmar: It's not scalable.[00:19:51] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So so you know, that's what, you know, VNTANA is trying to do with like our automatic optimization to convert what you have into whatever you [00:20:00] need. And then we're also part of the Kronos group, which is a non-profit pushing standards for 3D to make this easier.[00:20:07] So, we have the JPEG of 3D. So everybody can can handle it. It's interoperable. Everybody takes the same thing. And there's startups like us in it, but also huge companies like Wayfair and Microsoft and Nvidia and Autodesk. So there's a lot of people working together to kind of push these standards and, and make it easier for everybody.[00:20:28] So that's what I think is really important. And if you're a brand. Don't be afraid to, to test stuff out. Like that's the beauty of digital is like you can do ab testing and remove it. It's okay. Like don't be afraid. It's , you know? That's my, my biggest thing. Just make sure you set up and test right. Um, cuz then you'll learn and grow and, and, you know.[00:20:50] Casey Golden: I'm, I'm thrilled to see so much more software coming in that is becoming more standardized. And more [00:21:00] scalable where the goal is to get it in and allow it to scale out so we can just move faster, right? We've moved pretty slow over the last 30 years when it comes to the internet to a static e-com store.[00:21:14] Like we haven't , we haven't really done much, um, in that, in that time period because this backend enterprise technology problems, I feel, you know, we a lot, this makes a huge.[00:21:26] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. You know that legacy IT infrastructure, right? And, and we talk with so many clients who are like, well, I'm, you know, doing my PLM upgrade that's gonna take a year and a half. And[00:21:36] Ricardo Belmar: Right, exactly.[00:21:38] Ashley Crowder: OK, . So so, and that's like our whole, that again, why we exist is, okay, well, we're headless. We can, we can upgrade your system to 3D in a day.[00:21:47] We, we can integrate both on, there we go. You don't need to. Try to rewrite everything or replace stuff. Let's just like, you know, upgrade what you have. Because yeah, these legacy systems are [00:22:00] just hard to get rid of and you don't wanna do employee training of, of new products. It's hard. And yeah, so we're, we're trying to just plug in there because yeah, at the end of the day, every system was built for only 2D content in mind, and 3D just has its own, you know, you need a 3D viewer if you're gonna see 3D on the.[00:22:17] You need certain file formats if you're trying to do iOS first Android, because Apple always has to be different . So,[00:22:24] Ricardo Belmar: Right, right.[00:22:25] Ashley Crowder: you know, but, but we help automate that. And I'm kind of jumping around, but I know, uh, uh, just like another suggestion for brands who are starting to design in 3d, I think a, a big thing is to have a material library a consistent material library that your whole team uses to make sure.[00:22:44] you know, if, if someone's designing a brown leather bag, your other designer is using the same brown, right? In the same, same material. And you know, we've got the, there's companies that will scan their own materials using a product like Visu. [00:23:00] Or you can use Adobe Substance. Adobe Substance has thousands of digital materials that are great and amazing. So that's, that's another place you can start, that's not, you know, very expensive. So.[00:23:14] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, a Ashley, let me ask you another question too. As you mentioned a couple interesting things there. What. What's holding back most often? You know, when you start working with a new customer, what are you running into as are the top things that are holding them back and kind of preventing them from really embracing 3d?[00:23:31] You mentioned a few things earlier, but I'm just curious you know, is it that legacy IT infrastructure that they feel like they have to overcome before they can get into this new field? Or are there other things, you know, one of the most common things you, you see that are, are really holding everyone.[00:23:46] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, so I'd say you know, initially it's that just skillset of designing in 3d. So, you know, there, there's a lot of. programs out there, both CLO and browser provide great training materials. They do different [00:24:00] webinars. We actually do monthly webinars now to train people on like, you know, different 3D techniques.[00:24:05] So, so there's that training aspect. Merrill actually has a really great program. So they when they hire students at a school, you know, they're all coming in knowing 3D and software, but like, you know, , they're very green. And then they pair them with this mentor program, with these older designers you know, who've been doing it forever in the company who can teach them more, you know, the, the, the traditional design skills they need, but it's just like pairing.[00:24:29] That's perfect, right? So then they can learn more of the 3D stuff. So I thought that was brilliant. So, so that's initially it, and then once, once you have that 3D design in. , then it's like, oh yeah, crap. We have a thousand 3D models. We can't store them in any system that we currently have. Like what do we do with this?[00:24:47] And like the digital product creation teams we talked to, they're like, yeah, I did all this beautiful work in 3d, but I'm sharing 2D screenshots cuz there's no way I can like, Share a 3D model with someone. I'm like, that's [00:25:00] awful, like[00:25:01] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah.[00:25:01] Ashley Crowder: So yeah. So that's, you know, that's when we come in and help and automate that workflow and make it easy for anybody to view and share and collaborate in, in 3d.[00:25:10] But, but yeah. And then the third I'd say you know, people are just sometimes afraid to try new things. So I'd I'd say, you know, design, you know, work with your, you know, Customer experience team on designing, you know, specific ab tests and, and say, you know, clarify what you're trying to define success as.[00:25:31] You know, before you start the all stuff people know for changing any UX design, right. But, but like, you know, apply it to 3D and do it. And you know, we've, I've continually been surprised at you know, even better outcomes than I thought with, with certain clients. But on the flip side of that, sorry. I will say like, don't be afraid. Like I have like some clients who are like, yeah, we did 3d, but it was like buried on the website because we were kind of like afraid. And I'm like, well, this is like destined to fail, you know, . [00:26:00] So don't do that.[00:26:01] Ricardo Belmar: They were setting themselves up to fail that way.[00:26:03] Casey Golden: I see that a lot actually. A lot of the innovative things that they're doing, there's this level of fear of putting it front and center because of this, gosh, fashion has the biggest fear of failure of any industry like God. Goodness gracious, I'm not putting it up front. We'll bury it here and see what if people like it.[00:26:23] I'm like, that's a terrible guide. Like that's a terrible score. Like put it front and center. There's been some brands that have launched some more immersive experiences or the 3D and they're using a different URL and they're putting it in marketing to take you to a different u l of the brand to keep you away from the limelight, but to do some testing.[00:26:46] And, I find it very interesting because, you know, coming iin from more on the innovation and the tech side and that culture, it's pushed forward with full force and fail fast and iterate. And that's [00:27:00] just not the, the culture that the retail industry has been able to embrace over years. So I see that starting to change more.[00:27:09] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, it's definitely changing and I think, you know, people see first movers have first mover advantage. Um, you know, I, I've watched a lot of, like Gary Vaynerchuk's videos, love him. He is like, you know, built this like huge empire, but it started with his family wine business. And when email first came out, he was like, oh, I'm gonna advertise with email.[00:27:31] You know, this is when like no one was getting emails. So you actually opened everything.[00:27:35] Ricardo Belmar: read them[00:27:36] Ashley Crowder: You know, and he like, yeah. Yeah. It was exciting[00:27:41] Ricardo Belmar: got email.[00:27:43] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, it was. And, and he like 10 Xed his family wine business by like the first ever email marketing, right. . And then, you know, ended up growing this, this huge marketing empire.[00:27:57] But because he's not afraid to move first and he [00:28:00] sees these new technologies and he implements them and iterates and tests and, and there's a huge advantage to be that first mover for this stuff.[00:28:07] Casey Golden: Yeah.[00:28:08] Ricardo Belmar: Is, is that one of the things you see when you start working with customer and they get you know, more used to using the tools that you're providing? Do you, do you see their confidence improving when it comes to 3d and do they get, or do customers get more excited when they, you, you've given them one success through the system and now do they want, are they ready to jump in right away and find the next thing that they can do with this and succeed at that, and then keep building and building?[00:28:32] Or do they still, do you still see retailers kind of having a very tempered approach and trying to go a little bit slower, even though they got that first success. But they're still cautiously approaching the next one.[00:28:41] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and I will say, I mean our you know, we have an amazing team of like 3D experts who come from like the game engine space and, and look, I get it, 3D is, complex and new. And so, you know, we, we almost end up coming and, and being consultants, some, and, you know, we, we can give you all that information and [00:29:00] explain how this will all work to give you that confidence.[00:29:02] And, and with almost all of our clients, you know, that, I think that's why what we start with that like design and development phase and really show them, hey, like this is how you can easily manage and share. internally, and they see that, you know, save time and costs and, and improve speed to market. And so then, and then they start using it with the sell-in meetings and wholesale, and the buyers love it.[00:29:26] So they're like, okay, this is great. And then they go to, to consumers. That tends to be the general path right. But, you know, I don't know. D Diesel went e-com first. They were great. I mean, they're, they, they're very innovative.[00:29:39] So [00:29:40] Casey Golden: very forward[00:29:41] Ashley Crowder: yeah.[00:29:42] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah.[00:29:43] Casey Golden: No, I think that's great. I mean, I have seen a lot of innovation in the PLM industry. just in general. Like I've seen hologram, like insane hologram technology and it's come out of a PLM company, you know, so the consumer won't see it for years, [00:30:00] but some of the capabilities and some of the things that are possible, definitely the innovation is happening internally for internal tools.[00:30:10] And I think it's important that just more people know that it's coming, and in most cases it's already here and you just don't know about it because it is happening internally.[00:30:21] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and it is coming, I think this year we're gonna see way more 3D on consumer facing experiences, whether it's e-commerce part, partially because of what Google's doing. You know, Amazon is also starting to do 3D and ar. We have an integration so we can publish 3D to Amazon store. Not available to everybody yet.[00:30:40] But you know, I, I think as, as big players like Amazon, Google, and others start to offer 3d, it, it just becomes the standard that much faster, you know?[00:30:52] Casey Golden: It's amazing.[00:30:53] Ricardo Belmar: Right. And so Ashley, we just, one, one last thing before we close this out here, if you could leave listeners, and, [00:31:00] and viewers who will be watching on the, the YouTube channel with one key takeaway from everything we've talked about. What, what would that takeaway be?[00:31:06] Ashley Crowder: 3D is here. , and don't be afraid to experiment. It is adding real value to the bottom line of businesses today. So, you know, 3D is not just the future metaverse Roblox stuff, which yes, I, I love that as a gamer and excited, but it is, you know, saving costs by replacing samples, increasing speeds of market, improving your consumer experience just on your e-comm site, right?[00:31:35] Like this, you don't, you don't have to go VR all the way . You can do the baby steps. So,[00:31:42] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, go in, go in steps, and go in steps. a Ashley, this has been an amazing discussion. we can't thank you enough for joining us today and having this conversation about what you're doing and what VNTANA is bringing to retailers and brands with 3D capability.[00:31:55] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. Thanks so much for having me.[00:31:58] Casey Golden: Hundred percent. I'm so [00:32:00] excited for this space to grow and to watch brands translate 3D aspects into their business. I just hope our listeners were inspired, intrigued, and with the value of 3D assets. It's time to wrap up this episode and wrap up 2D[00:32:17] Ricardo Belmar: It is that time.[00:32:24] Show Close[00:32:24] Casey Golden: If you enjoyed our show, please consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Remember to smash that subscribe button in your favorite podcast player so you don't miss a minute. And if you wanna know more about what we talked about today, take a look at the show notes and handy links for more deets.[00:32:43] I'm your co-host Casey Golden.[00:32:44] Ricardo Belmar: And if you'd like to connect with us, follow us on Twitter at Casey c Golden and Ricardo underscore Belmar, or find us on LinkedIn. Be sure to follow the show on Twitter at Retail Razor on LinkedIn, and on our YouTube channel for the latest updates and content. I'm your host, Ricardo Belmar.[00:32:59] Casey Golden: [00:33:00] Thanks for joining us.[00:33:01] ​[00:33:04] Ricardo Belmar: And remember, there's never been a better time to be in retail if you cut through the clutter. Until next time. This is the Retail Razor Show. 

Coinbase wants to let a thousand Web3 flowers bloom by launching its own Layer 2 network. The new iPhone specs have leaked. Apple might have made a breakthrough in blood glucose monitoring. Satellite telephony continues to be a busy space, weirdly enough. And reviews of the Galaxy S23 lineup.Links:Coinbase Launches Layer 2 Blockchain Base to Provide On-Ramp for Ethereum, Solana and Others (CoinDesk)Exclusive: iPhone 15 CADs reveal larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, and more (9to5Mac)Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch (Bloomberg)AI-created images lose U.S. copyrights in test for new technology (Reuters)Spotify Is Testing Token-Enabled Music Playlists (CoinDesk)Samsung is readying its own smartphone-to-satellite communication platform (Engadget)Samsung S23 and S23 Plus review: say ‘yes' to the S (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Benjamin and Zac explore the rumors swirling about a 15-inch MacBook Air supposedly coming soon, and how it would fit into the current MacBook lineup. They also discuss the latest news that the AR/VR headset has once again been delayed, and ponder whether Apple would limit the capabilities of the iPhone 15 USB-C port on purpose. Sponsored by Things: The award-winning to-do app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Sponsored by Ladder: Go to Ladder.com/HappyHour today to see if you're instantly approved. Sponsored by Zocdoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/happyhour and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for free and book a top-rated doctor. Many are available as soon as today. Follow Zac Hall @apollozac Benjamin Mayo @bzamayo or @bzamayo@mastodon.social Read More Apple holds press event showing off its ‘latest advances in gaming' What happened at Apple's AI summit for employees - 9to5Mac Exclusive: iPhone 15 CADs reveal larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, and more - 9to5Mac Exclusive: First look at iPhone 15 Pro's special color Exclusive: iPhone 15 CADs reveal larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, and more - 9to5Mac iOS 16.4 beta 1 rolling out today for iPhone users - 9to5Mac Apple hits ‘major milestones' in moonshot to bring noninvasive blood glucose monitoring to Apple Watch Apple could be new home for Pac-12 football streaming Correct timestamps for chapters this week: 0:00 Zmail 04:58 Gaming “event” 13:35 AI “event” 19:33 Things 22:09 iPhone 15  28:39 iPhone 15 Pro 42:06 ZocDoc 43:23 iOS 16.4 1:03:05 Ladder 01:04:49 Glucose tracking 01:09:50 TV Corner Subscribe or Follow Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify

We discuss the mind-bending sci-fi movie Primer. Is it the best budget sci-fi movie ever made? Is it a pseudo-intellectual flex in the form elusive storytelling? Has Cads found the ultimate watch-this-confusing-film-but-do-not-google-the-plot movie? Full movie is on youtube here. We cap the episode off with our recommends. Timestamps: (00:14) Primer movie challenge discussion (51:03) Vane's crypto youtuber recommends: AMCrypto and Benjamin Cowen (54:05) Tonee D recommends the Apple Ipad Mini and attempts to rationalize the purchase (01:00:03:) K-drama recommend is Inspector Koo (01:01:16) Fantasy fans please check out the TV series The Wheel of Time (01:05:00) Pam highly recommends Insight Timer for meditation (01:12:02) Pam's movie of the year is Moana (01:17:20) Cads recommends the documentary The Beatles: Get Back --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jollie-jeep/message

We are talking about the trope of the Cad, AKA the Player. F***boys are their little scrappydoo kid-brothers, we call them “fun” boys for obvious reasons… It's a fun trope which is often exaggerated for comedic effect but actually comes from a very real thing! There are a lot of famous pop-culture versions though like Barney Stinson, Pepe Le Pew, James Bond, and The Continental. They're characterised by predatory behaviour, a focus on sex, shallow interactions, narcissism, caring a lot about their appearance, they're egotistical, manipulative, secretive, and deceptive. Often they can be wrongly looked up to as a kind of male hero ideal because of their seemingly easy catalogue of sexual conquests and their attractive, cultivated charm, but that's only because we ignore the emotional cost to the women they bed. They can be used as funny antagonists though and it's always a joy to see them get their comeuppance, as long as it's not excessive. So that's the topic here! What do you think of cads and players? Know any good ones? Which is your fave? Have you dealt with real life ones or are you one yourself? This week Gunwallace has given us a theme to Joanna Ghost Hunter - Wondering creepy spirits, wafting slowly here and there, defying all known laws of physics as they defy gravity, emit light without energy and effortlessly pass through walls… This tune conveys all sorts of weird creepiness. All the world is grey in sleepless perpetual twilight. Topics and shownotes Featured comic: Blank - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2022/sep/27/featured-comic-biank/ Featured music: Joanna Ghost Hunter - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Joanna_Ghost_Hunter/ - by Zarpaulus, rated T. Special thanks to: Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/ Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ VIDEO exclusive! Become a subscriber on the $5 level and up to see our weekly Patreon video and get our advertising perks! - https://www.patreon.com/DrunkDuck Even at $1 you get your name with a link on the front page and a mention in the weekend newsposts! Join us on Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS

Danny Wallace and Athena Kugblenu are joined by David Threlfall, Josie Long, James Acaster and Juno Dawson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Valerie June and Miss Kiddy and the Cads.

"El otro lado del límite de la firma viene dado simultáneamente. Cads lado de la forma es por tanto el otro lado del otro lado. Ninhún lado es algo en sí mismo. Se actualiza solo por el hecjo de que se señala ese lado y no el otro. (pag. 41) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anarkademia/message

A LONG TIME AGO, IN THE 2005 MOVIE ADAPTATION OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: You've got no sons to inherit your estate, only five daughters, so what the hell are you going to do to ensure your family's housing and security? Why, you send Jane, the oldest and prettiest to catch a cold in the rain so rich Mr Bingley will fall in love with her! You let your boring cousin take his pick of the flock, Lizzy; but when she's not into it, he goes off and marries her best friend so your plan is again RUINED! You don't take any of the rest of your daughters seriously, till the youngest one SCANDALOUSLY runs off with Mr Wickham.  Luckily there's a Mr Darcy around to fix the situation with money and marriage, because is there a problem that money and marriage can't fix? In the end, neither pride nor prejudice can get in the way of Bennet sisters marrying for love plus, conveniently, carriage-loads of money. Join Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman and Vanessa Zoltan to investigate the 2005 movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and investigate such mysteries as whether this could be recut as a horror film, why is everyone so mean to Mary, whether rainstorms are sexy or just soggy, and why the hell are these wigs allowed. This episode is a joyous union between VMI and Vanessa's podcast Hot and Bothered, which is all about romance novels. Hear the current season Live from Pemberley, about Pride and Prejudice, in the pod places and at hotandbotheredrompod.com. A long time ago (well, a couple of years ago) we recapped the 1995 BBC miniseries adaptation of P&P, which you can hear downfeed and at vmipod.com/prideandprejudice. Follow @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep up with any new VMI developments, we do miss you, and talking about tiny jackets.Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TWQYZDRGZUGH8&source=urlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The relationships between a Corporate Affairs Director and the senior leadership of their organisation are arguably the most important they'll manage during their time in the role.  Positioning the CEO or Chair in a positive light is more important today than perhaps ever before. Which means that CADs are responsible not only for keeping business leaders out of trouble, but also advising them on a range of issues that can be reputationally damaging, if handled poorly, from Executive pay and Board diversity, to ESG and business risk.  But with the average tenure of a chief executive in the UK being less than five years, an experienced CAD is likely to experience more than their fair share of leadership churn over the course of their career. And while changes of leadership can be exciting, they can also be challenging, often requiring a change in strategy, different expectations from stakeholders, and often a change in communication style and tone, too. So, given that it'll be a rare CAD that gets through their working life without handling a change at the top, today we're going to be asking: what does a good transition look like? What can CADs do to get on the front foot before a new CEO or Chair starts in role? What kind of impact does leadership transition have on in-house Corporate Affairs teams? And this week on the Little Questions Podcast we aim to tackle these questions and more as we take a look at leadership change. We'd love to hear what you think. Get in touch on social media or email podcast@apellaadvisors.com This edition of The Little Questions podcast is presented by Apella director, Sam Bevans. Sam has almost 20 years' experience in campaign strategy and delivery across a diverse range of clients, including AstraZeneca, Capita, Drax Power, Nationwide, UBS, and Volkswagen. Sam is joined by Apella partner Andrew Brown is a former Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Ageas Insurance. He has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors, developing considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Little Questions regular Matt Young is an Apella founder partner with 25 years of experience in corporate affairs. He was Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Find out more about Apella Advisors at www.apellaadvisors.com and you can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com This podcast was produced by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

In this episode of Truths Universally Acknowledged, Molly admits she was wrong about one of the suitors, and Emma discusses the history of pleasure gardens, fortunetelling, and the criminalization of the Romani people and cultural practices in 19th century England. Also of interest: British agricultural law, the Mr. Wickham hiding in plain sight, the problem with "not seeing race," handsome men getting increasingly intoxicated, familial love, what even is the socialite lifestyle, the merits of choosing comfort, and a potential Mr. Darcy on the horizon. FYI: The show's costume designer is Tom Rogers, on Instagram @tomrogersdeisgn. Find us on Twitter @truthsunipod @chingonacademic @mjkeran.

We give our feedback on the crossfit challenge and share our recommendations. Cads reveals the next challenge. 01:40 - Tabata or HIIT High Intensity Interval Workout 12:53 - AMRAP "As many rounds as possible" 19:03 - EMOM "Every minute on the minute" 22:36 - Will you try CrossFit? 30:00 - Next Host Challenge! Movie Viewing and Discussion: Primer 35:30 - Pam recommendation - Movie: Into The Wild 37:39 - Cads recommendation - Movie: 1917 40:12 - Tony Dee recommendation - K-Drama: Extracurricular --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jollie-jeep/message

Mary Harrington's address at the second National Conservatism Conference, 11/01/21.

Mary Harrington, contributing editor at Unherd, writer and self-professed "Reactionary Feminist", joins Rod and Kale today to discuss both her speech at NatCon 2 as well as her "conservatives in the mist" reportage of the scene in Orlando. Mary has coined several terms that are useful in the discussion of what is going on and where are we going: meat-lego memeplex, bio-libertarianism, and reactionary-feminism. She describes three basic approaches to the death of modernism: Trads, Cads, & RadFems.   The wide-ranging conversation covers plenty of ground. In the second half, they discuss the return of the grooming gangs nightmare in the U.K., and the unwillingness of so many to look at the actual costs of our system built upon consent and sexual liberalism.   They end up with an exchange on the purpose and direction of conservatism: is it enough to be "anti-woke", or is there something else necessary.   Topics discussed: NatCon 2; Atheism of Progress; economic transitions and the ongoing sex wars; the limits of neoliberal transactionalism; satanism as self help; satanism and the puritans, bio-libertarianism; sex differences; sexual liberalism; consent; grooming gangs, bio-surveillance and meat avatars.    Links:  The American Right's civil war - UnHerd The sexual revolution killed feminism - UnHerd How Satanism conquered America - UnHerd Reactionary Feminist: Reactionary Feminist   You can find her at Unherd.com and on twitter.com @moveincircles

This episode explores the challenges and rewards of creating theatre for children and families, especially at Christmas and we're delighted to be talking to David Hill of Charlemont Dramatics Society in West Bromwich about his life and loves in amateur theatre. We will also be going backstage to discover the secrets of the Crescent Theatre Birmingham's Christmas production for 2021, James and the Giant Peach.

This time Emily sits down with another of her hill coaches John Killough. One thing that producing her podcast is teaching me is that it takes so many different people to train an olympic quality athlete. I'm also struck by how normal Emily's childhood was. It's also cool learning about Emily as a kid. I was surprised to hear about how John learned to understand how to guide a blind snowboarder down the hill. I love how he credits Emily with helping him to think more creatively and be more open to asking for help. And you can hear the pride he has in Emily both for her past accomplishments and for the goals Emily still has in front of her. Below please find some of the links mentioned. Boler Mountain https://www.bolermountain.com London Track 3 program https://www.londontrack3.ca CADS https://www.cads.ski Just like with snowboarding me and Emily are still learning a lot about being podcasters. So, we would love any suggestions you have that will make the show better. You can find Emily at https://m.facebook.com/teamstarfishroadtoparalympics https://twitter.com/starfishrd2018 or https://instagram.com/starfishrd2paralympics And you can email her at trepanieremily@yahoo.ca If you have questions about the network, wish to sponsor us, or would like to start your own podcast; then please reach out to me at justask@theblindblogger.net And me Emily and yes even Darling want y'all to know how much we appreciate our support from the team at https://www.blubrry.com We couldn't keep doing this without their financial and technical support. Thanks to everyone including you for listening. Please don't forget to rate, review, and share. Take care now,

Mark & Pat start hour one discussing a variety of things as there is a lot to break down when it comes to Syracuse & UofL and the Cads hoops team have given us a lot to discuss as well. We then get into a spirited conversation about Lamar day and end the hour talking to our guy Elliott Mattingly of Kort PT.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episodio 100 100 episodios en menos de 3 años de vida.El principal motivo para haber llegado a 100 episodios, son ustedes.Si el podcast no se escuchara, simplemente dejaría de grabarlo.Así que el merito es mío, de mi mujer que los edita, de los patrocinadores que apoyan el proyecto, pero también de ustedes por escucharlo y compartirlo. Daniel: Hola Iván, ¿Cómo estás? Primero quería agradecerte por el podcast, me parece que es el de mejor formato tanto por contenido, lo directo y el tiempo de duración; tanto que me he repetido algunos episodios varias veces. Soy arquitecto de Colombia egresado hace ya unos 3 años y este podcast me ha orientado bastante en muchos aspectos del BIM. Espero que continúes esto por muchísimo más tiempo.Y ahora la pregunta. En el proyecto que estamos trabajando, estamos usando BIM360 Docs para subir los modelos desenlazados, hasta hace 2 meses uno de mis compañeros estaba subiendo los modelos vinculados a la parte de documentos en vez de planos (porque empezamos tarde o de manera errónea el uso de la plataforma), y nunca le salió un error de extracción del modelo principal. Y ahora que soy el encargado de subirlo, siempre me salen errores en su extracción de información. Me he escuchado los episodios 078 Auditar modelos, 087 Preguntas XIX, 061 Rendimiento en Revit, y he intentado de todo. Limpiar el modelo de warnings, Cads de más de 33km, compactar el modelo central, tener cargados todos los links en el modelo desenlazado, entre otras miles de cosas, pero aún no extrae correctamente la información del modelo vinculado principal para poderlo visualizar. ¿Sabes qué puede ser? ¡Muchas gracias y un saludo! Respuesta El procesado de modelos suele dar error culpa de alguna vista o plano concreto.Para detectar qué vista es la causante:Ir a Registro de publicación (arriba a la derecha, junto al botón de papelera).Buscar el archivo en la lista y pulsar en detalles.Por comodidad, copiar el texto que aparece a un bloc de notas o un word, y busca las vistas que cuyo progreso no esté al 100%. Cómo arreglar las vistas problemáticas:Opción 1: Usar la herramienta "Revisar".Opción 2: Comprobar que no hay caracteres especiales en la vista.Opción 3: Duplicar la vista, y luego eliminar la original.Opción 4: No publicar las vistas problemáticas:Pestaña Colaborar>Configuración de publicación> Quitar las vistas de los conjuntos a publicar. https://autodeskfeedback.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iE9jCRDmedFM22El error puede estar en un vínculo (no podemos saber que vista da problemas):Opción 1: Publicar cada uno de los vínculos por separador para detectar el error.Opción 2: Exportar las mismas vistas a DWFx y ver cual da error.Si el vínculo es un IFC y un DWG:IFC:El IFC es demasiado grande.Tiene más de 255 caracteres en los campos de IFClabel.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/bim-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Large-IFC-files-show-broken-symbol-when-uploaded-in-BIM-360-Document-Management.htmlDWG:El modelo está muy lejos del origen.Hay imágenes OLEEl archivo contiene demasiados objetosObjetos proxy introducidos por aplicaciones de terceros.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/es/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/ESP/Extraction-Failed-when-uploading-DWG-files-with-images-to-BIM-360-Document-Management.html Patrocinador No he tenido tiempo de buscar patrocinador. Aprovecho para recordarlo:+9.000 descargas mensuales.+1.200 descargas por episodio en las primeras 8 semanas.Si contratas antes de finalizar el año tienes un 25% de descuento.Hay fecha a partir de marzo.https://ivanguerra.com/contactar/ Mª Ángeles: Buenas de nuevo Iván, ya soy fan de tu podcast, gracias por divulgar tanta información valiosa, como ya sabes estoy empezando en el universo BIM. Tenía una pregunta sobre planificación 4D, mi idea es usar Navisworks, para gestión, control, visualización, interferencias, etc… pero la planificación que realiza éste no es muy precisa, o al menos es los que he escuchado y/o leído, por tanto es mejor usar un software específico de planificación, que sea interoperable con Navis, normalmente utilizo presto para mediciones (Cost it), y me gustaría también usarlo para planificar, pero no sé si puedo exportar a Navis la planificación de Presto, sólo escucho hablar de Microsoft Project y de Primavera, cuando hablan de exportar a Navis. ¿Me puedes aclarar cuál sería el software más viable para planificar y exportar a Navis?.Saludos Gracias Respuesta En Naviswork puedes importar planificaciones en formato Project y Primavera, pero también en formato CSV.CSV es un archivo de texto (como los txt), en el que los valores están separados por comas (,). Así que podrías hacer la planificación con Presto y luego exportar desde presto a CSV y eso meterlo en Navis. Quizás Presto no permite exportar directamente a CSV, pero a excel si, y un excel lo puedes guardar como CSV fácilmente.Y luego si no quieres estar usando dos software, con SYNCHRO o con VICO Office, puedes hacer planificación directamente y son parecidos a Naviswork en el resto de funcionalidades. Pamela Hola Ivan, que tal? Espero que te encuentres muy bien, Me llamo Pamela Hernández, actualmente estoy llevando el Máster Internacional de BIM Management en Zigurat y de hecho has sido profesor mío en algún curso, también vengo escuchando tu podcast BIMLevel y en esta oportunidad, me tomé el atrevimiento de escribirte porque quisiera hacerte una consultarte sobre un tema que compartiste en una publicación sobre la EN 17412 , la Norma Británica sobre el Nivel de Información Necesaria (LOIN). Cuando describes el Por qué, Cuando, Quien y Qué , cuando te refieres al Qué, relacionas el contexto directamente a los sistemas de clasificación, es decir que cuando te cuestionas Qué información necesitas, ¿debes responder con qué sistema de clasificación vas a usar? eso me resulta algo confuso, ya que desde mi punto de vista, el qué define qué información se necesitaría desarrollar y como consecuencia, es necesario definir el sistema de clasificación, pero esto último no es la idea central que hay que responder en el Qué? o si?. Espero que puedas ayudarme a tener mayor claridad sobre este tema en específico. Muchas gracias . Saludos Respuesta No es una norma británica sino europea. El "qué" no es qué información necesito, sino de qué elementos voy a establecer requisitos.Y esos elementos deben estar en una lista estructurada, una clasificación.No tiene que ser una clasificación oficial, tipo Uniclass, sino también, sistemas constructivos, zonas del proyecto, capítulos del presupuesto, etc.La información que necesitamos sería el "cómo".Cómo vamos a definir la información que necesitamos.Definiendo este y aquel parámetro.Definiendo la geometría que necesitamos y la que no.Definiendo los documentos asociados que necesitamos.Pamela también nos preguntaba en un segundo el mail: ¿El LOIN es sólo para modelos BIM o para todos entregables de un proyecto?Para todos los entregables, sean memorias, tablas, renders, etc.Pero en la práctica, sólo se suelen definir los requisitos de información de los modelos BIM.Los modelos BIM son lo nuevo, lo que genera incertidumbre sobre qué hay que entregar.Ningún ingeniero tiene dudas sobre qué información debe contener una memoria de cálculo.Y a medida que los agentes tengan más experiencia en BIM, tampoco se necesitará definir los requisitos de información de gran parte de los modelos BIM.Sólo de las 3 o 4 cosas que diferencian a un cliente de otro. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web. AVISO: Este post es sólo un apoyo al audio del podcast. Leerlo de forma independiente podría llevar a conclusiones incompletas o incluso opuestas a las que se quieren transmitir.

Episodio 100 100 episodios en menos de 3 años de vida.El principal motivo para haber llegado a 100 episodios, son ustedes.Si el podcast no se escuchara, simplemente dejaría de grabarlo.Así que el merito es mío, de mi mujer que los edita, de los patrocinadores que apoyan el proyecto, pero también de ustedes por escucharlo y compartirlo. Daniel: Hola Iván, ¿Cómo estás? Primero quería agradecerte por el podcast, me parece que es el de mejor formato tanto por contenido, lo directo y el tiempo de duración; tanto que me he repetido algunos episodios varias veces. Soy arquitecto de Colombia egresado hace ya unos 3 años y este podcast me ha orientado bastante en muchos aspectos del BIM. Espero que continúes esto por muchísimo más tiempo.Y ahora la pregunta. En el proyecto que estamos trabajando, estamos usando BIM360 Docs para subir los modelos desenlazados, hasta hace 2 meses uno de mis compañeros estaba subiendo los modelos vinculados a la parte de documentos en vez de planos (porque empezamos tarde o de manera errónea el uso de la plataforma), y nunca le salió un error de extracción del modelo principal. Y ahora que soy el encargado de subirlo, siempre me salen errores en su extracción de información. Me he escuchado los episodios 078 Auditar modelos, 087 Preguntas XIX, 061 Rendimiento en Revit, y he intentado de todo. Limpiar el modelo de warnings, Cads de más de 33km, compactar el modelo central, tener cargados todos los links en el modelo desenlazado, entre otras miles de cosas, pero aún no extrae correctamente la información del modelo vinculado principal para poderlo visualizar. ¿Sabes qué puede ser? ¡Muchas gracias y un saludo! Respuesta El procesado de modelos suele dar error culpa de alguna vista o plano concreto.Para detectar qué vista es la causante:Ir a Registro de publicación (arriba a la derecha, junto al botón de papelera).Buscar el archivo en la lista y pulsar en detalles.Por comodidad, copiar el texto que aparece a un bloc de notas o un word, y busca las vistas que cuyo progreso no esté al 100%. Cómo arreglar las vistas problemáticas:Opción 1: Usar la herramienta "Revisar".Opción 2: Comprobar que no hay caracteres especiales en la vista.Opción 3: Duplicar la vista, y luego eliminar la original.Opción 4: No publicar las vistas problemáticas:Pestaña Colaborar>Configuración de publicación> Quitar las vistas de los conjuntos a publicar. https://autodeskfeedback.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iE9jCRDmedFM22El error puede estar en un vínculo (no podemos saber que vista da problemas):Opción 1: Publicar cada uno de los vínculos por separador para detectar el error.Opción 2: Exportar las mismas vistas a DWFx y ver cual da error.Si el vínculo es un IFC y un DWG:IFC:El IFC es demasiado grande.Tiene más de 255 caracteres en los campos de IFClabel.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/bim-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Large-IFC-files-show-broken-symbol-when-uploaded-in-BIM-360-Document-Management.htmlDWG:El modelo está muy lejos del origen.Hay imágenes OLEEl archivo contiene demasiados objetosObjetos proxy introducidos por aplicaciones de terceros.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/es/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/ESP/Extraction-Failed-when-uploading-DWG-files-with-images-to-BIM-360-Document-Management.html Patrocinador No he tenido tiempo de buscar patrocinador. Aprovecho para recordarlo:+9.000 descargas mensuales.+1.200 descargas por episodio en las primeras 8 semanas.Si contratas antes de finalizar el año tienes un 25% de descuento.Hay fecha a partir de marzo.https://bimlevel.com/contactar/ Mª Ángeles: Buenas de nuevo Iván, ya soy fan de tu podcast, gracias por divulgar tanta información valiosa, como ya sabes estoy empezando en el universo BIM. Tenía una pregunta sobre planificación 4D, mi idea es usar Navisworks, para gestión, control, visualización, interferencias, etc… pero la planificación que realiza éste no es muy precisa, o al menos es los que he escuchado y/o leído, por tanto es mejor usar un software específico de planificación, que sea interoperable con Navis, normalmente utilizo presto para mediciones (Cost it), y me gustaría también usarlo para planificar, pero no sé si puedo exportar a Navis la planificación de Presto, sólo escucho hablar de Microsoft Project y de Primavera, cuando hablan de exportar a Navis. ¿Me puedes aclarar cuál sería el software más viable para planificar y exportar a Navis?.Saludos Gracias Respuesta En Naviswork puedes importar planificaciones en formato Project y Primavera, pero también en formato CSV.CSV es un archivo de texto (como los txt), en el que los valores están separados por comas (,). Así que podrías hacer la planificación con Presto y luego exportar desde presto a CSV y eso meterlo en Navis. Quizás Presto no permite exportar directamente a CSV, pero a excel si, y un excel lo puedes guardar como CSV fácilmente.Y luego si no quieres estar usando dos software, con SYNCHRO o con VICO Office, puedes hacer planificación directamente y son parecidos a Naviswork en el resto de funcionalidades. Pamela Hola Ivan, que tal? Espero que te encuentres muy bien, Me llamo Pamela Hernández, actualmente estoy llevando el Máster Internacional de BIM Management en Zigurat y de hecho has sido profesor mío en algún curso, también vengo escuchando tu podcast BIMLevel y en esta oportunidad, me tomé el atrevimiento de escribirte porque quisiera hacerte una consultarte sobre un tema que compartiste en una publicación sobre la EN 17412 , la Norma Británica sobre el Nivel de Información Necesaria (LOIN). Cuando describes el Por qué, Cuando, Quien y Qué , cuando te refieres al Qué, relacionas el contexto directamente a los sistemas de clasificación, es decir que cuando te cuestionas Qué información necesitas, ¿debes responder con qué sistema de clasificación vas a usar? eso me resulta algo confuso, ya que desde mi punto de vista, el qué define qué información se necesitaría desarrollar y como consecuencia, es necesario definir el sistema de clasificación, pero esto último no es la idea central que hay que responder en el Qué? o si?. Espero que puedas ayudarme a tener mayor claridad sobre este tema en específico. Muchas gracias . Saludos Respuesta No es una norma británica sino europea. El "qué" no es qué información necesito, sino de qué elementos voy a establecer requisitos.Y esos elementos deben estar en una lista estructurada, una clasificación.No tiene que ser una clasificación oficial, tipo Uniclass, sino también, sistemas constructivos, zonas del proyecto, capítulos del presupuesto, etc.La información que necesitamos sería el "cómo".Cómo vamos a definir la información que necesitamos.Definiendo este y aquel parámetro.Definiendo la geometría que necesitamos y la que no.Definiendo los documentos asociados que necesitamos.Pamela también nos preguntaba en un segundo el mail: ¿El LOIN es sólo para modelos BIM o para todos entregables de un proyecto?Para todos los entregables, sean memorias, tablas, renders, etc.Pero en la práctica, sólo se suelen definir los requisitos de información de los modelos BIM.Los modelos BIM son lo nuevo, lo que genera incertidumbre sobre qué hay que entregar.Ningún ingeniero tiene dudas sobre qué información debe contener una memoria de cálculo.Y a medida que los agentes tengan más experiencia en BIM, tampoco se necesitará definir los requisitos de información de gran parte de los modelos BIM.Sólo de las 3 o 4 cosas que diferencian a un cliente de otro. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web. AVISO: Este post es sólo un apoyo al audio del podcast. Leerlo de forma independiente podría llevar a conclusiones incompletas o incluso opuestas a las que se quieren transmitir.

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Episode 44: 911 Communication Center Challenges in Active Shooter Events (Part 2)In Part 2 of this week's podcast, we are continuing our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Today we're picking up part two coming back to our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event. I've asked our three instructors that were here for part one to come back and join us again. We've got Ken Lamb from the law enforcement side. Ken, thanks for coming back.Ken Lamb:Yes, sir. You're welcome.Bill Godfrey:Tom Billington from fire EMS.Tom Billington:Glad to be here again. More good information to cover.Bill Godfrey:Fantastic. And Leeanna Mims. Good to see you again.Leeanna Mims:Glad to be back.Bill Godfrey:All right, so let's get into part two. Let's talk about the non 911 phone calls that have to be made and come in. I'm talking about, I need mutual aid but I don't have an automatic CAD connection so I have to call this agency on the phone. Then the agency has to check with a supervisor, they've got to call me back. I've got every supervisor in the agency calling in because they think they're important enough to get a personal briefing on what's going on, on the incident. I've got a handful of notifications I've got to make to all of the off duty chiefs that don't, well, we used to all wear pagers, but don't respond to their notifications. We're required to give them these notices. I need to call EOC, emergency management, all these activations.And then you've got the media calling in. First of all, did I miss anything in that windup? And then what are some of the tips and suggestions we've got on how to manage that volume of calls coming in and out that are not 911, but still somewhat, I wouldn't call them all essential, but they're certainly related to the call.Tom Billington:I think one of the things that I've experienced in my career is you have to have systems in place, whether it's a reverse 911, automatic paging, automatic phone messaging, where instead of calling nine or 10 supervisors, the dispatcher pushes one button, it sends a message to nine or 10 supervisors - here's what's going on. Again are you talking about like systems like Everbridge, IPAWS, all those?Bill Godfrey:Yes.Tom Billington:That way. You don't have one dispatcher making multiple phone calls. And also you're going to get the politicians and the higher-ups calling you and you don't want to hang up on the mayor, that's not always a good job. So you want to make sure that you have a dispatcher that can handle that type of pressure, a separate person, just for that. We used to call it rumor control. It's phone calls that were not 911 intentive, but they were about the incident and they needed to talk to somebody to get an update.Ken Lamb:Yeah, just to add on to what Tom was saying, I think an idea as far as who to bring in to be the conduit to some of those communications would be your local EOC. Who is going to be more than willing and able to assist in these incidents and they have the contacts established. And letting them know exactly the need to know information, as well as plugging in your PIO, public information officer, and utilizing social media to get that information out to the public. Because presumably there's going to be some intelligence that comes in through some of those phone calls from the public at least, and you want a way to funnel some of that information.And when we talk about some of those internal contacts, I think that you can solve a lot of heartburn by having a notification system, to what Tom was saying, and making sure that you're putting out that information to the internal contacts, as well as the media, so that everyone's getting the same information. Because the last thing you want to do is start providing different information to different people. You want one clear and consistent message.Tom Billington:And, Ken, a good example of that through our history is the Amber alert. There is now a system in place where somebody types in a couple of words, push a button and thousands of people hear the right information that they all agree on and it goes out. So that's a real good example.Leeanna Mims:Well, and you know in advance who some of those calls are going to be from that are going to overload your system. And you have to have those discussions with them ahead of something happening and let them know what kind of procedures that you have in place. And one way to do that is with status updates, over whatever system that you have, and making sure ahead of time they know we are going to tell you as soon as we can what it is it's going on. On certain things this is how we have it categorized or broken down. Trust you're going to get an automatic notification. You're going to get an automatic notification again when we hit certain benchmarks.And for the most part, in a lot of those calls that are coming in, if they know that ahead of time, that's going to be all that they need. They need to be able to answer questions that they're receiving. And, in some cases, depending on who it is in your system, they have reason to know. They really do. But you don't want to make 50 phone calls. And then again, what Ken brought up, too, is the PIO. Your PIO in those cases really can serve as a liaison officer in helping field those calls, help dispatch sort what is immediate and what can wait till later.Ken Lamb:And I think in the context of this conversation, when we were talking about the call center dispatch center is recognizing that you need someone to start working on all this information that's making it into the dispatch center or the call receiving center, and reaching out to either the officer or the incident commander on the ground and saying it would be helpful for you send an officer up here to start sorting this information. Or reaching out to a comm center supervisor and saying we need someone else over here to start sorting through this information. Because the reality is there's nothing stopping this information from making it to the communication center. The important aspect is having a process in place to organize it, synthesize it, go through it, find out what's necessary and what's not. And then get it to the people that need to know in an efficient manner. So that if it's important and you need to act on, you can as quickly as possible.Bill Godfrey:And I don't want to leave this without distinguishing between two things. So one is the need of the incident itself. And when I say that I mean the idea that the intelligence officer needs to be able to go through the CAD notes, go through the incoming 911, go through the incoming text messages that came through the 911 texting system, and be able to process that for any actionable information related to the incident. So that's one bucket. The other bucket and the one we were just talking about that I think is, I don't want to say this in relation of importance, but certainly in terms of volume, is the bucket of all of those, what I'll call utility calls. Calls that the dispatchers have to make to get mutual aid moving, the notification calls, the calls that are coming into them.And, Leanna, you mentioned making arrangements for plans ahead of time, and I think part of that needs to be the supervisory staff at the comm center, having some discussions with the chiefs and with their higher-ups, to let them know there's a habit of people calling in and we get it, but when we have something like this, we're going to be slammed. What can we do? Can I say to you, when you call in, I don't have time to talk, but I need some additional people here. Can you send me a couple additional bodies just to kind of handle those what I'll call utility calls. You don't necessarily need to know how to use the CAD system. Because quite frankly, if you're a field responder and you've never been in 911, you walk in and sit down one of those consoles and you're lost. You don't have a clue how to use the radio, how to use the CAD system. Quite frankly, even how to use the phone.But at least with that bucket of utility calls, someone from the chief ranks or the supervisory ranks or just some additional line personnel, can come in and begin to handle some of those phone calls. We didn't specifically talk about texting on the 911 system, so I do want to mention that before we leave it. Many dispatch centers, not all, but many have implemented the ability to receive text messages sent to 911. And some more successfully than others. Part of what I want to hit on here is dispatchers, because they're so overloaded are, I think it was Tom earlier that said how quickly can I get them off the phone? How quickly can I say we've got that information we need to get off the phone, and move on to the next one.They're moving so quickly that they might move right over a key piece of information that really matters. And unfortunately we've seen this on a couple of after actions where it was discovered that there was some fairly actionable information that could have really mattered on the scene. And it just got missed because there was one person on duty or two people on duty trying to handle all this stuff. And so it's not like anybody did anything wrong. It's just the reality of it. But I didn't want to leave this topic without kind of talking about that.Tom Billington:And, Bill, I agree totally with the texting thing. There are rural areas of the country, which we teach at, they don't have all this technology.Bill Godfrey:Or more than one dispatcher on duty.Tom Billington:Right. So they have what's called a chain letter calling where the dispatcher calls one person, a fire officer or law enforcement officer, and that person's position is responsible for calling other positions, et cetera, et cetera. And so it's interesting how even the rural areas, they're very small, one or two dispatchers, three or four deputies, maybe volunteer fire department. There are things you can do if you practice it and put these systems in place.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. I think I've heard it called call tree before. Anybody else heard it called anything else? Okay. All right. Very good. Let's move on now. Let's talk a little bit about, so we're past the initial call, so we've got the call dispatched, the units are there, we're starting to move through the incident. Maybe the suspect is in custody or down, we're at the 10 minute mark moving into it. One of the things that I wanted to take a minute to talk about was kind of the typical timeline of these things and some of the key benchmarks, including elapsed time notifications. And so I want to talk about those for a minute.Ken Lamb:Right. I think one of the first critical benchmarks is for the arriving officer to identify the hot, warm, and cold zones. And it can be so difficult to forget because of the amount of information that that person is taking in who is on scene. I mean, you just think about the chaos that's going on, the yelling, the screaming, just everything that's going on. And then trying to report back the number of casualties and survivors and whatnot, for the dispatcher to prompt what is the warm zone, what is the hot zone, to the original officer, their first arriving officer, or tactical, so that we can have a more efficient and safe approach I think is so critical. Because the last thing anyone wants is A) an over-convergence on the target and B) officers getting engaged while they're in their cars. That's terrible. And the way we fix that is for the first arriving officer and the following officers to identify those hot, warm, and cold zones. And if they haven't done it, then the dispatcher having the knowledge to prompt that information on the radio from those officers.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. I'd be happy if they just hit the hot zone. Honestly, I would be thrilled if in their size-up report, they got a quick size-up report, and just hit the hot zone.Leeanna Mims:That's absolutely true. And keeping in mind that warm zone, we need to know where it's at, too, for establishing that casualty collection point. We're trying to stop the bleeding, right? Stop the dying. We have to know where we're going to put people. And if we don't know where those zones are, that's really the starting point of where we're going to put that casualty collection point.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. So I think right there, and this is going to be a repetitive thing, we advocate very strongly that dispatchers should have the authority and the autonomy, of course along with the training, to know what these key benchmarks are. And when they're not hearing them to be able to gently prompt, and then prompt again, and then as necessary not so gently prompt. But Ken mentioned the opening the size-up report, that first officer's report, when they get there. What are they seeing? What are they hearing? Where's the hot zone? What are they doing? Are they going in? I think those are key elements. Obviously we want to make sure that somebody is taking charge. Somebody is taking a command.Ken Lamb:And we want to know when the suspect is engaged, what is the status? Understandably, an officer that just engaged the suspect is going to be going through a traumatic event and may not be putting all the information that's needed on the radio for an efficient and effective response. So if the officer puts over the radio that they've engaged the suspect and that's all, we need to know the status. Is the suspect still mobile? Is the suspect down? Where is the suspect? And that is information that the dispatcher can prompt from the officer to really streamline that response.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. And I think so next up after that, so we got that initial arriving officer, we want to get that size-up report. We want to get the post engagement report if there is one. Staging? Need a staging location. If we're not hearing that, we want to ask. Hey, tactical, where were you going to set staging?Ken Lamb:The staging is so important. And I know there's been a number of podcasts on staging. I'm just a huge fan. And I'm a huge fan of a dispatcher understanding the importance of staging and prompting the location. And then after that, when you have various units that are coming up on the radio channel advising they're en route, the dispatcher advising them where staging is, putting it in the CAD so that officers can find it themselves. And in the newer CADS, in our jurisdiction, they update automatically. So it attempts to keep officers off the radio asking where do you need me? If we could just get rid of the officer coming on the radio saying, I'm on scene, where do you need me? I think we've achieved a monumental goal there.But I do think in working towards achieving that goal, the dispatcher can be a critical piece by advising every so many minutes that the staging location is here, or when officers are advising they're en route, reminding the officers to report to the staging location so that we can synchronize that spot, that response, and keep people from over converging on the target.Leeanna Mims:Well, and I think with that comes along with educating dispatch as to why we want to know. Not just because it's on our checklist, but because of just that. When that staging is created, it is there to prevent that overload of coming into the scene and that convergence onto the scene that creates the chaos and things that we've seen in multiple case studies when there is no staging, no gatekeeper. And I don't know that we do the right job of helping dispatch understand why that benchmark is so key for them to hit, and why they should push if they haven't heard where's it at and what's the location.Tom Billington:And Leanna, you just touched on a very important part. When we do our trainings, we incorporate dispatchers obviously into our training sessions. And so many times the dispatchers will thank us for involving them, they had no idea why we do this. Why we have to have staging and what is a rescue task force? Why did you do that? They had no idea. It was sort of like out of sight, out of mind. Where the dispatchers are sometimes forgotten and if they're not involved, they're not going to know what is needed on scene. So a good point, Leeanna.Bill Godfrey:They ought to be included in the training all the time.Ken Lamb:Absolutely. And I think that goes back to the original point that we started this, as many of them are short-staffed. So it's a challenge of leadership.Bill Godfrey:It is. And it's a budget hit. I get that. Because now you've got to pay overtime to have somebody. And I get it. But all right, so you don't have room in the budget this year. You're working on your budget for next year, put a number in there. Make that argument to the city manager, the county manager, we've got some gaps here and need to fill these gaps with training and it's going to cost a little. And if you don't want me to spend overtime for it, then give me an additional staffing.I realize it's not the easiest argument. Everybody at this table has had to make those arguments in budget meetings and we didn't win them all. But you win some of them, and you won't win any of them if you don't try. And there, I'm going to exit my soap box.So before we leave, let's talk about some of the other benchmarks. So we got the arrival report, we got staging. What are some of the other key marks? I like the suspect down report is a big benchmark, I think.Tom Billington:Well, Bill, something on that though we hear so many times on after action reports, the suspect is down. At five minutes later, a dispatcher is giving the description of a suspect and that they're on the loose still. So we have to make sure that that information is updated to all the dispatchers to save crucial time, looking for somebody that's already in custody.Ken Lamb:Right. And I think what happens right there is that's where the misinformation comes in. Because I've seen that firsthand on an incident that I responded to where the suspect was neutralized very quickly. And those calls were still making their way into the communication center. And that information was still being put out on the radio. So it instantly started this idea of maybe there's a second suspect. So you spend so much time and resources running down the ground, whether or not there's a second suspect. And it does take some really switched on people to realize that this is the same one. And it takes a leap of faith, right? To say, no, there isn't a second suspect. But if we know the percentages, and I think that one of the awesome values in this course is walking through some of that information and understanding that 99% of these have one suspect. And knowing that ahead of time I think equips you really run this down to ground before we put this out to the officers that there may be a second suspect.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. So I think the other one, and I'm not sure we explicitly said that, though I think somebody touched on it earlier. When we get the staging location, everybody who's not on the scene, we want to update where they're going to be to that scene, especially the mutual aid. That's one of the ones I think you make that initial request, you make that first phone call to the state police or to county XYZ telling them about an active shooter at this location. Once a staging location is set, you need to update that phone call and say send them to this location now. Update the location and that'll help avoid the over convergence.Ken Lamb:Well, not only that, but there's one thing that I think it's commonly overlooked is the ability to send out the MDT message. So you just continue sending out that message to all the responders on the MDT or MDC, whichever acronym you want to use, and you can eliminate being on the radio. You can just keep sending that message out every five or 10 minutes. So when responders log on and they're going to that call, they don't even need to get on the radio to ask, they have a message on their MDT telling them if you're responding to this incident, this is the staging location. And if you don't have an assignment, go to this location.Tom Billington:And as soon as possible, we need to tell the media where to go. That is a whole nother issue. Your PIOs, you want to tell him.Bill Godfrey:I always want to tell the media where to go.Tom Billington:They're going to call in and ask what's going on? And if you can say to them, there is a joint information center set up at the Sear's parking lot at such and such street, go there right now. They will go there. And that takes a lot more stress off the responders and people just showing up.Bill Godfrey:All right, what are the other benchmarks?Leeanna Mims:I just want to say I'm following up to what Tom just had said about the media. That's one of the calls that overloads your communication center. So if that information is out there where they need to go, hopefully that will help them, too, as far as cutting down on the number of calls they've got to filter.Tom Billington:Where's the command post? That's another big one.Bill Godfrey:Oh yeah, big one. Command post location.Ken Lamb:Yes, you definitely want to give the brass a location to go.Bill Godfrey:Somebody in command.Ken Lamb:Yes, absolutely. Who's in command?Bill Godfrey:Who's in charge?Ken Lamb:Right, because we know when we read these after actions, that's one of the biggest common after action item is - I didn't know who was in command. Well, if the dispatch knows that and they can, again, either say it on the radio or send out messages and say this person's in command, I think it clears up that. But I think another benchmark is, have you transported those survivors? Or those who have been impacted? Those who have been injured? Have they been transported off the scene?Bill Godfrey:First patient transported and then last patient transported?Leeanna Mims:What else is important through all of that too is we want to know when the scene's secure. And it used to be for fire we didn't go in at all until we heard a scene secure report. Well, now we're already there. We might be part of an RTF or wherever we are in the command structure, but we all want to know when everything has been neutralized. Whether it be one suspect, two suspects.Bill Godfrey:That's another one, suspect neutralized, suspect left the scene. I think one of the big gaps is that a lot of law enforcement agencies don't realize how important it is to relay that information to the fireside dispatch. Suspect descriptions. Suspect is down. Those are important things to be relayed over. The other one is the command post. There's nothing magic that says law enforcement has to set the command post or fire has to set it. We call out in our checklist for the law enforcement side to begin structuring that. But in some cases, fire department may set a command post location. That needs to be relayed to law enforcement so that we don't end up with two command posts. And if there's a problem with where somebody set it, then we fix it together and everybody moves. All right, any other benchmarks that are the critical ones that you can think of?Ken Lamb:I have a critical one, in my mind, that's not on our list, but that I think would be valuable. Have you co-located with fire rescue? I think it's so common.Bill Godfrey:That is on our list, Ken.Ken Lamb:But what I'm asking, is dispatch asking this, right? As a dispatcher, am I asking this of the supervisor on scene? I know we teach the importance of it. No doubt. And I hope and believe that anyone going through this course at the end of the two or three day course understand the value in doing that. I do believe that. But what I think would be valuable is if a dispatcher prompts the supervisor, the police supervisor, or the FD supervisor, have you co-located with either the police or have you co-located with fire rescue. So that we're stressing the importance of that, because it's easy to forget. You're focused on what you're trying to accomplish with your people and you forget because we don't practice this every day.Bill Godfrey:And for the dispatchers that are listening to this, I'll give you the big tip off, that they're not co-located. When whoever's in charge for law enforcement is asking you to relay things to whoever's in charge for fire? They're not in the same spot. When whoever's in charge of Fire-EMS is asking you to relay things to cops? They're not in the same spot. And that's a problem that we need to get fixed. Okay. The other thing before we leave benchmarks, it's kind of tied in and related, and that is elapsed time notifications. I want to kind of talk about that. So we recommend that starting at the 10 minute mark dispatchers, both on law enforcement and the Fire-EMS side, broadcast just in the blind real quick, the elapsed time notification. All units 10 minutes elapsed time, 10 minutes elapsed time. And then every five minutes or after, 15 minutes elapsed time, all units, 20 minutes elapsed time, 20 minutes elapsed time. And just to kind of keep that present, let's talk a little bit about why that's so important.Ken Lamb:The first thing that comes to mind with me is that you want to get those patients to the hospital within that golden hour. And unless you've gone through this course in law enforcement, that's not one of the initial concerns that you have. Initial concern is stop the killing, all right? And then we get to stop the dying. But you really don't understand the timeframe that you want to stop the dying, right? We're focused on providing that critical treatment that we can provide as police officers. But as a supervisor, you've got to start looking big picture and you understand I have an hour that I need to solve this. At least the immediate priorities, that being an active threat and the rescue. So it's a good reminder to me that I'm 20 minutes into this. Where am I at? Have I got these individuals transported? Am I working with my fire rescue EMS partners to get an ambulance down range? And I think when you ask that question, that's the first thing that came to mind for me.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. If you're 20 minutes in and nobody's been transported, there's a problem. You need to get on it. Yeah. Tom, how about you? You got anything you want to add on the elapsed time notifications?Tom Billington:I agree totally there. Unless you take this course, which everybody should, stop the killing, stop the dying. Once that threat is neutralized or the threat may have left, having somebody remind you, 10 minutes, there's no stimulus we can find somebody. Let's start saving people. Let's start the tourniquets and let's start getting the rescue task forces and let's set up the CCP. So it does remind you. And so many times I've been on scenes in my career where I feel like I've been there for three days. It turns out it was only there for a couple of hours. So it kind of brings you back to reality check of how much time is going on. What can you shave off time to save some people? And what should you be doing?Leeanna Mims:Yeah. And I'll really pose this to Ken because it's really his wheel. I would think that on the law enforcement side, when you're caught up in the adrenaline of trying to catch an active shooter, you're not thinking about the clock. And when you hear that and if 10 minutes has gone by, 20 minutes has gone by and 30 minutes and nobody has yet reported that the suspect has been shot or neutralized, I would think that there's a whole nother thought process that you have to go through. Where has he gone? Is he still on the scene? Did he move to someplace else? And if he did, where would that might be? And really I don't know what all those questions would be, but I would think hearing that 10 minute prompt, 20 minute prompt, would help you start to switch the mindset.Ken Lamb:Oh, absolutely. And you should, as a police officer, have the ability to switch gears the entire time. You're never stuck in concrete. And that's the name of the game in active shooter response for law enforcement is being flexible. And when you don't have that active stimulus, realizing that my next important priority is rescue. So do I have individuals that I can provide that critical life safety medical response as a police officer? And for the initial responders, is it as important to hear the timeline? Probably not. The first arriving are solely focused on finding the active threat and then providing that rescue.I think the time prompts are very important to the supervisors to understand, to remind them, you are under a time crunch, you don't have all day on this. You have an hour to knock out the first two priorities. And if you don't have an active threat, then the rescue is the most important priority. So you need to start focusing all your efforts into beating that clock. And that's why I believe we start our presentation on that clock because the reality is if the suspect is not currently shooting at them, then the clock is killing them. So that needs to be our intention. And I think it's a good reminder that if the suspect is not shooting them, then the clock is our biggest enemy. So start focusing on beating the clock.Bill Godfrey:You have to keep the clock in front of everybody. It's the critical piece of this. We teach in class when you're the supervisor on one of these things, what you're listening for and looking for is active threat is neutralized. RTF's downrange. Ambulance exchange point is set. We're transporting patients. And there's an expected timeline really that you should try to have in your head. I mean, the goal is try to get everybody transported in 20 minutes. Now that's easier said than done. It's achievable. But it's easier said than done. But as I commented earlier, if you're at the 15 minute mark or the 20 minute mark and the RTF's are not down range, that's a red flag. Why? What has gone wrong? What do we need to do? I'm hearing the 25 minute benchmark, my RTFs have been down range for 10 minutes and I've got no ambulance exchange points set up. That's going to be a problem. That's going to catch up with me real soon.Because in just a minute or so, RTF's are going to start telling me they're ready to transport and we've missed that extra step. And so I think keeping that clock in front of everybody, the reality is study after study has shown when you're in cognitive overload, time plays a funny game in your head. It can get very elastic. It can seem very slow. It can seem very fast. And Tom said he can feel like he's been there three days, and it's only been a couple hours. I've experienced the reverse of that, where somebody has said you've been at for 20 minutes and it seemed like only five or six minutes has gone by. And so I think that's one of the really, really important reasons to provide those elapsed time notifications.Ken Lamb:And I'll just wrap it up on this. I also think that it provides an opportunity for every member of the team to recenter their focus. So if tactical is so focused on what's going on in the inner perimeter, inside the target, which he or she should be, then the first arriving supervisor can say 20 minutes, we don't have ambulances downrange. Hey tactical, are we getting ambulances down there? Do we have the CCP established? So it's just a good reminder, I think, for the entire team.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. And let me be clear. There may be a really good reason why that stuff hasn't happened by that timeline, but you better at least be asking the question and having it. Okay. So we talked a little bit earlier about getting additional resources in the dispatch center. And Tom mentioned the call tree a call down tree or some sort of notification. That was one of the things that we wanted to talk about. Just make sure that you've got a procedure or policy for being able to call in some additional help that can help you with move ups and community coverage, backfill, those kinds of things. Can also start going through the data with intelligence, whoever comes in from intelligence to kind of go through the stuff with you.But lastly, before we wrap this up, I want to talk a little bit about, and I hate to use the word trend, but the very real possibility that a suspect is going to call 911 and have a conversation with a dispatcher. And how our lack of training and preparing dispatchers, people can throw all kinds of reasons at it, but at the end of the day, this is happening. I want to talk a little bit about that reality and some of the things that we might suggest to make that better.Ken Lamb:Right. So I believe it occurs because there's a void in communication from when the incident starts into what we presume is a hostage taking situation or there's some time there where they have the ability to make a phone call, and it stresses the importance that our dispatchers understand what questions to ask and what information to gain so that we can get it to either the responders who are on scene or the hostage negotiators who are going to be responding, 20-30 minutes later, whatever that timeline is. To quickly spin them up as quick as possible.And I think there's really critical things such as I'm going to shoot these individuals in 10 seconds. If you don't understand the necessity of that information and getting it to the responders, that could be tragic because that will launch a group of trained responders in order to go neutralize the threat. Okay. So just having a good understanding of what information needs to make it to those responders immediately, I think is critical. And it really goes back to stress the importance of training with these dispatchers when we have these scenarios or these exercises, whether it's a tabletop or in person, so that they see the necessity to get that information. Because it seems like we plug in hostage negotiators, but we don't always plug in our communication dispatchers. And that's really important.Leeanna Mims:Hostage negotiators are trained and experienced. And, sure, it's hard to convey all of that in training to dispatchers. But I think what is critical is that we teach them what not to do. What not to do, what not to say. Because all they have to do is make one error that they don't even recognize and you don't know where it's going to send that shooter. You don't know where it's going to send them.Tom Billington:And it's happening more and more. I read more after action reports and more than ever, the bad guy calls 911. They want to give their signed declaration, or they want to say what they're doing. They want to talk about hostages. And the poor dispatcher is caught answering the 911 call, if they have not had any kind of training, like Leeanna just said, what should the dispatcher say? What kind of pointers do we give dispatchers? And obviously we know that there are training abilities to the FBI for telecommunicators on the negotiation, but also just some tips.Such as if you're talking to somebody on the phone who's a bad person, you don't want that person hearing what's going on over the radio. We're making entry or we're doing this. So just some tips about telling the dispatchers that if you do get a call, you want to seclude yourself. You want to make sure that the other dispatchers know what you're doing and they're supporting you so you're not having to do multiple tasks. There's all sorts of things, but again, it's happening more and more. And if it's not the bad person calling, it's the hostages themselves. We've had so many incidents in the last few years where somebody calls 911 and says I am one of the hostages, what should I do? And it kind of puts the 911 dispatcher in a dilemma. What should they tell this person?Bill Godfrey:I think all of that is great stuff. And I'll say this doesn't have to be something that costs you a lot of money. Most agencies have a hostage negotiator. Even fairly small police departments typically have somebody that plays that role, or they partner with an agency that does. Ask them to come in and spend a day training. Spend a day with a dispatch crew and run them through some training and some scenarios and kind of help them with it because the stakes are too high. It's not fair to the dispatchers to know that this is a possibility they're going to get put in this role and then provide them no training, no help. That's just really not, not acceptable anymore.All right. Well, I think we have come to a good place to wrap this up. I want to say thank you very much to all the listeners who've stayed with us through this two-part series. And I want to especially thank my instructors for doing this in two pieces, because we just had so much here to cover. It was more than we wanted to do in a single podcast. So thank you very much, Ken, Tom, Leeanna, thank you for being here. Thanks to our producer, Karla, for putting this together as always. Until next time stay safe.

We take a look back at 1.5 years of living with the pandemic. Timestamps: 6:49 - Cads' pandemic international travel experience 27:19 - Pam's pandemic domestric travel experience 30:27 - Tony D - Aussie lockdown experience 38:50 - 2020 vs 2021? 46:47 - Covid lab leak? 51:40 - How has the pandemic changed social interaction? 01:05:50 - Winners and losers in the pandemic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jollie-jeep/message

The guys start hour three transitioning into the gridiron conversation as Satterfield talked today and gave the fellas quite a few little nuggets to dissect. The Cads have a couple needs and the fellas have some takes on how that will be addressed. we then end the hour discuss a story related to Lamar Jackson as someone is still pissed he doesn't have an agent... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an episode for Susan lovers, since Mick's book was so successful at being another solid book that there's nothing to complain about OR get excited about. A perfect nonbook. Instead, enjoy Susan explaining a little more about Eric Carter, necromancer to the stars.

We hear it all the time by newbie investors. “I don’t have any money to get started in real estate!”. The most beautiful part of creative financing is that it’s not your money that you’re investing. But we recognize that new investors who are just putting together a network might feel a little stuck as they’re raising private money. Matt’s got your back, so grab some paper to jot down how you can start building a private investor network.No one, and I mean no one, likes a pushy salesman. So when you talk to someone about investing, you don’t want to find yourself chasing them down. You should push a little and then pull back. Matt breaks the investing ice by asking these three questions:—Would you like a 10% return on your money?—How much money would you have for a deal like that?—Would it make sense for me to call you if I find a deal like that?Matt is so good at asking questions that really open up the conversation and give the potential private investor the chance to opt-in. You’ll hear why the phrase “Really, why?” is one of his favorite sentences to keep the conversation going. When you’re in real estate, you can’t keep what you’re doing secret. Real estate is a people business.You’re also going to hear how Matt evaluates a virtual wholesaling deal, and it is so cool to watch. He wants to know right off the bat if there’s equity and will it cash flow? After that, he gets very specific on his numbers, and he talks about how he uses CADS, or Cash After Debt Service. Check out Matt’s YouTube channel for more amazing content, and we’ll see you back here next week, same time and place, for our weekly webinar.What's Inside:—Anticipatory thinking will kill your business; stop creating hypothetical situations in your head where you fail.—Matt’s three questions he asks every potential hard money lender.—Is it illegal to ask for private money? We’ll tell you how you can get in trouble asking for private money.—How Matt figures out whether a property is a good deal; he goes deep in the weeds here on deal structuring and you’re going to love it.

The guys start hour one briefly discussing the Masters as Sunday was quite boring. they then immediately get into the Cards newest addition on the basketball roster. We then end the hour discussing the ceiling for the Cads and how important Carlik Jones coming back would be if he decides to do so.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with amazing singer and artist Miss Kiddy! She talks about how they became the great show that they are and a little bit about what they are working on. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicjunkies/support

I had a wonderful time talking about some of the movies Jeremy had chosen for his Essentials Volume 2.  Sometimes you may wonder, "Why Oh Why, is this an essential"..Jeremy lets you know. This is from The TCM library but you can get it anywhere books are sold. Jeremy had already done Volume 1. The movies are great. These are movies that my comfort guy Robert Osborne chose, along with a coterie of guests hosts, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin and Sally Field. After the death of Robert, Ben Mankiewicz still hosts the essentials today every Saturday night at 8 PM on TCM.  took over. Not only do we get Jeremy's thoughts we get snippets of Roberts and all the hosts. Its a fun read and there are a bunch of movies to check out.  I highly recommend book. Lots of great flicks to check out..    Thanks a zillion to Jeremy, he was fun and so  knowledgable. He was patient with my digressions (who me?)  You can find his books https://www.amazon.com/Jeremy-Arnold/e/B07HFK5386?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1610993155&sr=8-1   Mostly thanks to my listeners. You are da best!! Grace xoxo   www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown/group  www.facebook.com/truestoriesoftinseltown you can listen to podcast  www.truestoriesoftinseltown.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-stories-of-tinseltown/id136374488 https://open.spotify.com/show/6iTSF8pIrVTbZ8QqNidVUy?si=zn73ahjEQKOzrMtc-8VRhg   You can also listen on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM, I heart radio, amazon music and basically anywhere podcasts are played. I’m also on weekly at www.racketeerradio.com. Lots of great music and shows.  I’m also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram   Stay safe everyone!!!        

The EMS Handoff crew is joined by Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS. Tim is the founder and CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions, LLC, an EMS training and consulting company that he developed in 2010. Through this venture, he is the editor-in-chief of EMS Director magazine, a webinar/app-based continuing education content developer, columnist and blog writer, product developer, instructor and speaker, podcast guest and host, and a social media influencer on LinkedIn.Tim is also the assistant chief of special operations with a county-wide EMS agency based in Florida, where he oversees the planning and logistics sections, special operations functions and community paramedicine programs for the agency.This podcast, the EMS Handoff crew is going to review Nowak's article, Training Day: 3 options for safely transporting your pediatric patient.1. Pediatric transports can be challenging!Safe versus Not Safe“Mom holding onto baby”2. Best practices for pediatric transport in the ambulanceThe “Working Group Best-Practice Recommendations for the Safe Transport of Children in Emergency Ground Ambulances” https://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811677.pdfNHTSA 1999 “Dos and Don’ts of Transporting Children in an Ambulance” https://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811677.pdf3. What is acceptable?Start with their own car seatParents tend to keep up with their child’s growthWhat if it was in an accident?2012 NHTSA document https://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811677.pdfNo visible damageWhere do you place them in the vehicle?4. Car Restraint SystemsInflatable car seatsIn-seat/ convertible restraint systemsCot-secured, adjustable strapsContour-padded restraint systemsRoll-out restraint systems5. Four-point shoulder/ chest restrainsPad the voidsUse four-point straps6. What is not acceptableNo one in the ambulance – parents, caregivers, medics or other passengers should be unrestrained during transport.Consider your options and plan ahead so you are prepared when faced with a pediatric patient.7. 4 Safety considerations for Pediatric TransportDo tightly secure all monitoring devices and other equipmentDo ensure available restraint systems are used by personnel and other occupants, including the patient.Do not have the child/infant held in the parent’s caregiver’s or EMS personnel’s arms or lap during transport.Do not allow emergency vehicles to be operated by persons who have not completed an approved driving course.“The next time you are completing your PCR, take a look at all of the transport options.  Via stretcher leads the pack, but mom holding onto baby…. Well, it is not there for a reason…”

Mark starts hour three talking with Jerry Palm of CBS Sports as he gives us his take on the Cads and he is navigated the waters of doing bracketology during this unique year. They then talk about how difficult the NCAA's job is going to be in regards to picking 68 teams and end the hour talking with Will Brinson as he previews the Super Wildcard Weekend.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark and Luke start hour one discussing the Cads match up with Pitt as Luke joins us via phone before he gets ready to be a tv superstar for the ACC Network. They put  a bow on the Wisconsin beat down, what the front court will look like moving forward, and more! Mark and Pat end the hour discussing the NFL playoffs as the Colts are rolling and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet: Sanji Fernando is a senior vice president at Optum, where he leads the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics Platforms team for Optum Enterprise Analytics (OEA). He is responsible for developing platforms that support the design and development of leading-edge AI models and analytic tools for the enterprise. Previously, Sanji was a vice president at OptumLabs and led the OptumLabs Center for Applied Data Science (CADS). The CADS team applied breakthroughs in AI and machine learning to solve complex health care challenges for UnitedHealth Group (UHG) by developing and deploying software product concepts. CADS pioneered using deep learning to streamline administrative processes in revenue cycle management and developed graph analytics tools to support provider network design, among other innovations. Sanji joined OptumLabs in 2014 from Nokia, where he created Nokia's first data science team. His team launched the first big data computing cluster at Nokia, using cluster derived insights on user activity and engagement to design new product concepts. Before that, Sanji spent 9 years at Nokia in a variety of corporate roles with Nokia's Multimedia Division, Nokia Research Center, and Nokia Ventures. Prior to Nokia, Sanji was a co-founder and VP of Engineering at Vettro, a venture-backed mobile software company. Sanji began his career in consulting with Viant and Accenture. Sanji is a graduate of Trinity College with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and their three boys. In his free time, Sanji enjoys coaching his sons in basketball and baseball. He also serves on the board of his local Little League. What you'll learn: Evaluating the value of AI solutions Growth of AI in the healthcare space Establishing short and long term goals Sanji mentioned our annual survey on AI in health care and we recently shared the findings from our 3rd annual survey; we have both a press release and special report on that. If you would like to reach out to Sanji about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjifernando/

Fascination with the private lives of the rich, the famous and the talented is hardly new. Ever since there have been stars - Shakespeare? Ancient Greek theatre? - there have been people dying to know their innermost secrets.

The RACDG podcast is back! Join CAD, Rob and Gary as they cover The Shut, The World Handicap System, CADS grumpy mood and insane schedule, Robs five favourite courses and big Grunts bad takes of the week. We also chat about an episode of Worlds Strictest Parents and crisps again - as well as briefly touching on our charity not a raffle;www.justgiving.com/fundraising/RACDGEnjoy!

Myself and Howard had a terrific chat with fellow Cork man Shauny Cads about his work as a highly respected sound engineer and the many bands he has played with throughout the years. Plenty of stories about gigs, studios and the Metal Scene that Shauny and Howard graduated through. There is of course lots of banter as one would expect. Thanks for listening. Richie. Music for the show provided by: "No Ghosts Walk" by Paper Tigers. "Gone the King" by Six Too Late. Alrights reserved and permission granted. 2020.

A prank gone horribly wrong leads to a marriage to save a reputation. Lady Jane Huxley may be a reluctant duchess but she soon finds that her new husband is hewn from more than icy marble - there’s actually a heart underneath that shell when he starts to thaw. But will this mismatched pair realize that opposites attract? Or will the Duke of Blackmore keep them from finding their happily ever after trying to fight his inevitable feelings? You'll find out as we read The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Brayden. **Don't try and bet against the SPOILERS**

In Mind Your Business, Howie Lim spoke to Sharala Axryd who founded The Centre of Applied Data Science (CADS) about training more data professionals. Established in October 2015, CADS was set up to respond to the critical need for real world qualified data scientists and data professionals in the face of digital disruption. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

In this time of uncertainty, Upskilling is suddenly being touted as a panacea for employees to remain relevant and desirable to organisations. But according to the Centre of Applied Data Science (CADS), upskilling alone will not save the workforce from unemployment. Or at least upskilling without strategy and alignment. We speak to CEO of CADS, Sharala Axryd about what organisations can do to future-proof themselves and their most treasured employees.

Hannah was an amazing woman, but she was childless and that devastated her. Her rival taunted her, her husband was an oaf who couldn't comfort her, and her pastor/priest thought she was drunk. How did she handle such difficulty in the midst of heartbreak? With great grace and trust in the Lord. Hannah demonstrates to us how to live our lives when we are full of despair and anxiety AND are suffering from the barbs and insults of others. She also shows us the joy of full surrender to the plans and hand of God.

Hannah was an amazing woman, but she was childless and that devastated her. Her rival taunted her, her husband was an oaf who couldn't comfort her, and her pastor/priest thought she was drunk. How did she handle such difficulty in the midst of heartbreak? With great grace and trust in the Lord. Hannah demonstrates to us how to live our lives when we are full of despair and anxiety AND are suffering from the barbs and insults of others. She also shows us the joy of full surrender to the plans and hand of God.

We are back with a somewhat hastily thrown together Noskalgic episode. This time we're checking Pennsylvania off the list of US states to look into. I only say it's hastily thrown together because I didn't spend months agonizing over finding material. It all accidentally came together within a week and turned out pretty darn good! Featuring music by The Skablins, Public Service, Ruder Than You, The Freakin' Cads, Skaliosis, NotchoMa, The Go Go Rays, The N.C. Thirteens, and The Upstanders!

In this special bonus episode, Dr. Jeff Smith returns to share his perspective as a former consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a riveting conversation about the groundbreaking impact of some of the historical “bad boys” of art featured in his new book, “Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists.”

Tarun Sukhani, Founder & CTO of Abundent, was interviewed by Ms. Roslinda Abu Bakar-Kellsey from CADS. We discussed IR4 and entrepreneurship in general.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/abundent)

Dr. Kimberley Barclay and Dr. Lauren Jacobsen are the cofounders of American Dental Associations 2019 Design Innovation Award winning practice, Toothbar. Both doctors are featured on the cover of Dentaltown Magazines upcoming April issue. Dr. Barclay and Dr. Jacobsen are Platinum Invisalign providers and are active in the dental community as members of CADS, the ADA, Austin clear aligners and the AAFE.

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Laurie Levy from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS). We talk to Laurie about decades of working to protect ducks and end shooting in Victoria and around Australia.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! This episode if also brought to you by Animal Publics, a special Animal Studies series at the Sydney University Press:https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/collections/series-animal-publics Knowing Animals is a proud member of the iROAR podcasting network. To check out more great iROAR podcasts visit the website: https://iroarpod.com

Entrevista a Agustín Marangoni, Jefe del departamento de comunicación del colegio CADS de Mar del Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conversamos sobre cómo es trabajar en comunicación en una institución educativa, cómo organizar la comunicación digital, los mejores canales para comunicación interna y externa, herramientas, capacitación, el lado B de lo digital, y más.

Want to know about the data and analytics revolution in ASEAN? Let’s hear it from Sharala Axryd, a thought leader in the data science space, who is transforming the picture of data science in Asia and all over the world. Her passion coupled with extensive expertise has made her a highly sought after speaker. She is the Founder and CEO of The Center of Applied Data Science (CADS) which is ASEAN’s first and only one-stop platform and center of excellence for Data Science. Based in Malaysia, CADS integrates 21st century data skilled talent within the academia and the businesses of the ASEAN region for the betterment of both. Previously, Sharala operated as the CEO of ASEAN Data Analytics Exchange (ADAX), a Malaysian government initiative to turn Malaysia into a global hub for big data analytics solutions and innovations. In this episode, Sharala talks about how she overcame the challenges of introducing data and analytics into the industries and academia of the ASEAN region. She also tells us why the best way for a holistic integration of data and analytics into any organisation is through in-house upskilling, how analytics can help businesses to stay relevant, and much more. What is one book that you would gift it to your younger self and why this book? The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40179007-the-messy-middle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharalaaxryd Links to Her Organisations: https://www.thecads.com/ https://www.ulearngroup.com/ https://adax.asia/ Interviews: https://www.asianentrepreneur.org/women-on-top-in-tech-sharala-axryd-ceo-founder-of-the-center-of-applied-data-science/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvIOBVNySyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E0MaiWv8tk Lectures and Articles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UvLg9TOJvk https://www.bworldonline.com/man-vs-machine-will-ai-put-our-humanity-at-stake/ https://business-process-management.apacciooutlook.com/cxoinsights/be-a-data-driven-organization-now-nwid-3580.html In The News: https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2019/05/30/you-can-have-it-all-female-malaysian-tech-ceo-sharala-axryd-breaks-gender-b/1757752 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/analyticsshow/message

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Si te gusta el podcast y quieres agradecermelo, me ayudaría mucho que te metieras en itunes y le dieras 5 estrellas al podcast, y si ya dejas un comentario, genial. Y si no me escuchas en itunes, pues un corazón verde en Spotify, o un Me gusta en Ivoox, todo ayuda. itunes.bimlevel.com Joaquín Rodríguez Hola que tal. Tengo dos preguntas y son las siguientes: 1. ¿Hacer piezas es una novedad obligatoria dentro del bim, o es opcional? 2. ¿Cómo podría presupuestar acabado de pintura cuando se hacen piezas? Ahora esta última, me han indicado en varios lugares que haga muros con eso, pero eso es muy engorroso. Yo probé con editar los muros en la edición de ensamblaje dando cierta altura al acabado (2.60), pues la pintura no llega hasta arriba del muro.Veo que otros pintan la pared y me parece bien, pero no toman en cuenta que al calcular esos acabados se dispararía los m2 más de lo que se requiere y bueno allí es donde surgen las dudas y los problemas. Bueno hasta aquí llego, espero ser orientado y gracias por contestarme. Saludos. Respuesta En el BIM no hay nada "obligatorio", no es una ley o una norma en sí.Las leyes o normas ISO que hablan sobre BIM, lo hacen a un nivel de pedirlo o estandarizarlo, pero nunca a nivel de técnicas de modelado.Las piezas son una herramienta que apareció con Revit 2012 (hace 8 versiones/años).Son una herramienta muy útil para:Obtener mediciones más precisas (principalmente de muros) en etapas avanzadas del proyecto.Poder dividir elementos según la lógica constructiva aunque hayan sido modelados "del tirón".Un pilar o un muro de fachada, por plantas. Un muro de contención por paneles.Etc.Es una herramienta poco usada pero porque es poco conocida.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj8LBS_QicJ58VJSfXZY3Uc9aWrvhLRAx Si modelas la pintura como una capa membrana del muro (capa con grosor 0), al crear piezas, NO se crea una pieza de grosor 0 con la pintura.La herramienta pintura tiene el problema de que pinta toda la cara del muro, sin miramientos en alturas o interacciones con otros muros.Además de ser una herramienta muy muy manual.Solución: crear una capa "pintura" en el muro pero que tenga grosor.Hay en empresas que le dan 1 cm, y aprovechan esta capa, además de para medir la pintura, para tener cierta holgura en las habitaciones.Yo uso esta técnica pero con un 1 mm.Luego, para que la pintura se quede a una altura determinada, tienes 2 opciones:Desbloquear la altura de esa capa con la herramienta Modificar estructura vertical, que está en el editor de tipo.En cada muro le das una altura diferente a cada ejemplar de muro con el parámetro Distancia de extensión superior.Sólo sirve para muros con 2 alturas diferentes.Crear piezas, dividirlas y excluir lo que no te interesa.Puedes crear un plano de referencia horizontal a la cota que quieres dividir las piezas en cada planta.Seleccionas todas las piezas de pintura y usas la herramienta Dividir piezas. Divide usando el plano de referencia.Finalmente, selecciona todos los trozos de pintura que te sobran y dale a Excluir piezas.Parece algo engorroso, pero con el típico plugin de filtro de selección, puedes hacer todo el edificio en una única operación. Javier Fernández Buenos días Iván. En primer lugar gracias por compartir tus conocimientos. Imprescindible podcast. Se percibe todo el trabajo y conocimiento que hay detrás. Dos consultas: - Ahora que han salido las dos ISO 19650, viendo que sus disposiciones son muy generalistas, ¿existe o se ha hecho en España algún tipo de certificación conforme una empresa trabaja conforme a un determinado estándar o normativa? Por ejemplo, al estilo de BRE Global Certification, aunque esta certifica conforme a PAS 1192-2 (mucho más específica que la ISO). ¿Merece la pena? ¿Sirve para algo a nivel administrativo? - Por otro lado, una duda sobre vínculos CAD en Revit. Vinculo una planta baja y adquiero sus coordenadas. Pero cuando vinculo las plantas superiores, por coordenadas compartidas, aunque los archivos CAD tienen exactamente la mismas coordenadas, me dice que no las comparten. Aún así, me pone que adaptará las coordenadas universales del CAD a las compartidas de Revit y efectivamente se ponen en su lugar correspondiente, sin error. Guardo sus posiciones en el gestor de vínculos. Pero cada vez que guardo el archivo rvt, me dice que la posición actual ha cambiado, que guarde la posición compartida, no la guarde o la desactive. ¿Estoy haciendo algo mal? ¿Podrías explicar este proceso para varios archivos vinculados? Gracias nuevamente y un saludo. Respuesta Para certificarse como empresa en la ISO19650 tienes a los británicos de bsi, que también certifican en España.https://www.bsigroup.com/es-ES/BIM/ BSI Kitemark para BIM Diseño y ConstrucciónBSI Kitemark para BIM Nivel 2 También tienen otras certificaciones BIMBSI Kitemark para BIM Gestión de ActivosBSI Kitemark para BIM Objetos¿Merece la pena? ¿Sirve para algo a nivel administrativo? depende:Tu empresa trabaja para clientes públicos (y algunos privados) extranjeros de influencia británica (Oriente Medio, por ejemplo). Seguramente sea un plus.La administración pública española no está pidiendo certificaciones BIM en la actualidad.De la empresa privada tampoco tengo constancia.Personalmente, no le doy ningún valor a las certificaciones a empresas ni a personas.He estado en empresas con la ISO 9001 (Gestión de la calidad), donde la organización y trazabilidad era un caos. Al final consiste en crear un montón de documentos con procedimientos que nadie cumple, y que una vez al año (antes de la auditoria para mantener el certificado), alguien de administración te dice que tienes que rellenar unas cosas y poner unos documentos en tal y tal carpeta.Es pagar por tener un logo.Tampoco me han pedido certificados de Autodesk o de BIM manager en ninguna entrevista.Y yo nunca los pediré ni valoraré como algo positivo. En Autocad tenemos 2 sistemas de coordenadas:El SCU (Sistema de Coordenadas Universal).SCP (Sistema de Coordenadas Personal).De SCP podemos crear tantos como queramos y a cada uno le damos un nombre.En Revit también podemos crear tantos SCP como queramos pero se llaman Emplazamientos.Se pueden crear en Gestionar>Ubicación> (Bola del mundo)>Emplazamiento.Hay uno creado por defecto que se llama Interno.Cada emplazamiento que creas te permite tener guardada una posición y rotación distinta del famoso Punto de reconocimiento (el triángulo).Cuando tienes un CAD vinculado en Revit, en sus propiedades de ejemplar, parámetro Emplazamiento compartido, se abre una ventana igual a la del emplazamiento del archivo de Revit pero donde salen los SCP del CAD.Aquí vienen los problemas:Revit sólo reconoce los SCP que en su nombre Tengan el Prefijo REVIT60-. Por ejemplo "REVIT60-Origen compartido".Revit no tiene un equivalente al SCU de AutoCAD. En Revit, este concepto se reparte entre el Punto de Reconocimiento y el Origen interno (el invisible).Qué es lo que te está pasando:Vinculas un CAD con origen a origen: Revit usa el SCU del CAD y lo pone en el origen interno (invisible) de Revit.Le dices adquirir coordenadas: Revit busca entre los SCP del CAD que tengan el prefijo REVIT60-, como no encuentra ninguno, crea uno llamado REVIT60-DefaultLocation (Dentro de Revit no se muestra el prefijo, sólo "DefaultLocation").Además, alinea el emplazamiento del archivo de Revit (el que vienen por defecto se llama Interno) con este DefaultLocation.Cuando vinculas un segundo CAD y le dices por coordenadas compartidas, Revit busca un SCP que empìece por REVIT60-.Como no lo encuentra, usa el SCU, y todo sale bien porque es el mismo en todos tus cads.En el parámetro Emplazamiento compartido del vínculo, ya te ha dejado puesto el SCP inventado (DefaultLocation).Cada vez que guardas, Revit comprueba si se han creado o modificado SCPs (Emplazamientos) en los vínculos CAD. Y te sale la ventana que comentas.Modificar el archivo de CAD para crearle un SCP llamado DefaultLocation.No hacer nada (y seguir preguntando cada vez que guardes).Quitar el DefaultLocation en Revit y olvidarnos de coordenadas compartidas.Para que todo esto no te pase tienes dos opciones:Crear un SCP con el mismo nombre y con el prefijo REVIT60- en cada archivo de CAD antes de vincularlos.Haz lo que has hecho y en la ventana dale a guardar. Cada vez que metas un vinculo CAD nuevo, tendrás que repetir el proceso.Cada vez que modifiques algo de las coordenadas en Revit, te saldrá la ventana de guardar los CADs. Mario Buenas Iván, Enhorabuena por el podcast, me gusta mucho y lo sigo con bastante interés. Nos surge una duda en el estudio:¿Qué niveles son los que predominan en la vida de un proyecto?, ¿debemos hacernos un fichero rvt solo de niveles?, ¿es el nivel arquitectónico el que manda en el proyecto o el estructural?Todo esto genera duda en un proyecto colaborativo donde todas las disciplinas dependen de varios niveles para según qué elemento a diseñar. Por ejemplo, para un pozo necesito los niveles estructurales y además los arquitectónicos de suelo terminado, también por ejemplo, para iluminación necesito saber la cota de estructura de la parte inferior de un forjado, así con muchas disciplinas. Estamos "empezando" a implementar muyyyy poquito a poco el sistema BIM y este tipo de dudas puede marcar un antes y un después en un cambio a mitad de proyecto. Gracias, un saludo, Mario. Respuesta Qué nivel predomina, si manda el arquitéctónico o el estructural, no son cuestiones de Revit, ni siquiera son cuestiones BIM. Son cuestiones de coordinación entre empresas, que siempre debieron existir y que programas como Revit nos obliga a pensar.En general, los arquitectónicos mandan, pero depende del proyecto. Por ejemplo, una nave industrial.Si el proyecto es muy simple:Niveles de arquitectura (suelo terminado y alguno auxiliar).Niveles de estructura (cara superior de forjados, cota de cimentación, etc)Todo junto.Si el proyecto es más complejo:Niveles de arquitectura, de estructuras y auxiliares (cara inferior de forjados y cota de falsos techos).Si hay varios archivos, necesitas todos los niveles en todos los archivos (quizás puedes prescindir de los de falso techo en los archivos estructurales).Para que coincidan todos los niveles en todos los archivos y estén siempre coordinados, tienes dos opciones:Si tienes sólo un archivo por disciplina, con la herramienta Copiar/Supervisar de la pestaña Colaborar, sería suficiente.Si tienes más archivos, es más cómodo y fiable tener un archivo sólo para niveles (y rejillas), y luego usar Copiar/Supervisar para tener los niveles de ese archivo master en todos los archivos de modelado.Herramienta Copiar/Supervisar:Nos permite copiar Niveles, Rejillas, Pilares, Muros y Suelos, de un vínculo a nuestro archivo.Podemos elegir si se copian tal cual, o modificando tipos, y en el caso de los niveles si queremos aplicar un desfase o añadir un prefijo al nombre, muy útil la primera vez que copiamos niveles al archivo estructural.Pero además de copiar, supervisa, es decir, que si en el vínculo esos elementos se mueven, cuando abres tu archivo te avisa y te pregunta si quieres mover las copias en consecuencia.También funciona con instalaciones, no con todas, pero si te hacerlo de golpe con toda una categoría, para no ir inodoro a indoro, copiando y supervisando. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web.

Más preguntas. Hoy hablamos de cómo modelar acabados de pintura, certificaciones BIM, coordenadas compartidas con CADs y gestión de niveles.

Host Spencer Luginbuhl welcomes Benny Southstreet to talk about his trip handicapping process and go over a handful of two-year-old races from Saratoga this past weekend. Topics include, the importance of CADS, how waiting too long in the gate can be like being in a fight, and how to evaluate first-time starters

Long before Mick Molloy or Kyle Sandilands, Arundel Nixon ripped up the radio waves as the risqué “King of the Cads”. For a decade the Cad worked for —and was sacked from — hit stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane as he battled censors, conservatives, radio bosses, his three wives and a small army of his own personal demons. On-air sackings, drinking binges, court cases, fateful prophecies, private detectives, car crashes and splashy headlines: this is the forgotten story of our original shock jock. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Millions of people in the UK have a visible difference such as a mark, scar or condition that affects their appearance. Sadly many children and young people experience bullying or low confidence, and many adults are discriminated against, as a result of their visible difference.The Face Equality Day campaign, led by charity Changing Faces, calls for everyone to be treated fairly and equally whatever the appearance of their face or body. Sam Killick and Julie Carr of Changing Faces joined me in the Sheffield Live radio studio yesterday to discuss the charity's work.Also on the show: Dan Butlin and Kiran Antcliffe with exciting plans for the Abbeydale Picture House, why and how you can get involved and some rewards for people who do. The programe covers:Changing Faces has a specialist centre, funded by Children in Need and based in Sheffield, supporting children, young people and their families across the Yorkshire and Humber region.The charity's services are free to access.A new report, My Visible Difference, was published this week coinciding with Face Equality Day - we hear some shocking statistics.Coming soon: a super Changing Faces creative workshop at the wonderful Grimm and Co.There are particular "pinch points," where children and young people experience negative impacts as a result of a visible difference. The charity has a schools resources pack on its website.Changing Faces is FCS Associates' Charity of the Year.How to contact Changing Faces and how you can donate or support their work.Dan and Kiran work for CADS, which has been managing the Abbeydale Picture House for two years.It's a 100-year-old, grade II listed building which had fallen into disrepair. But over the past couple of years under CADS' stewardship it's hosted a diverse range of events, film screenings, gigs and music, community events and more - all under temporary event licenses. That means there's a limit to the number of events which can take place.CADS has levered in grants and other funding to help pay for the building's restoration. Now they are crowdfunding for building work needed get a full premises license.This would mean they can host events every day.The crowdfunding campaign is off to a fantastic start, backed by lots of folk excited about the plans. There are fantastic rewards for backers too - we hear about some of them.Dan and Kiran also cover some of the history of this amazing building.Timings:0 - 4:00 introduction and updates, including the Sheffield Food Festival, The Grey to Green Project transforming Castlegate, and my recent day volunteering for Bluebell Wood Hospice,4:00 get in touch!4:27 Sam Killick and Julie Carr,18:24 Dan Butlin and Kiran Antcliffe,45:40 wrapping up.

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Sarah Hodson of Sarah Michiko Designs, and CADs by Sarah Michiko shares how she brings fresh perspective to her family’s 3rd generation jewelry business. At the time of this podcast, bridal season in full swing, she also shares rising trends with engagement rings, changes for men’s wedding bands, and advice for women starting out in the jewelry industry. Her command and expertise in design and jewelry manufacturing allows her to see complex and custom jewelry requests through to happy and return clients. You can find Sarah’s designs at Sarah Michiko Designs on her website as well as on Instagram, or reach out to her at her family business, Platinum Plus Designs.  

The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast continues its campaign against decency by dragging Liverpool's Fab Two -- fashion photog & blogger Lal (kamikazerainbow) and podcasting's dark knight Jonfen (The Bat Minute) -- into a cultural exchange of drag talking, Cadbury Creme egging, and Russian Doll trolling.  Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics Guest: Lal & Jonfen Poullette Spray voice: Jeffrey Gullett More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/speakeasilyshow instagram.com/audrawolfmann twitter.com/speakeasilyshow itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/speakeasilys-podcast/id960169254?ls=1 soundcloud.com/user-560743263 tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy-Podcasts/The-Speakeasily-Hour-Minute-Podcast-p1123049

Pop-kanonerna från Bofors med omnejd. I sista delen av Värmlandstrilogin fokuserar Ulf Henningsson och Åke Eriksson sitt letande efter alla tänkbara och otänkbara popfakta på Karlskoga och Degerfors. Det blir högt och lågt, smalt och brett. Som vanligt dyker en hop fullständigt oväntade namn upp i denna alldeles saligt nördiga röra! På bilden: Cads från Karlskoga

Star Citizen News with a recap of the week’s goings on upto the 9th of September. A summary of CaDs, AtV, RtV, The Weekly Newsletter, Roadmap Updates as well as an update to the CryTek v SC Case, The Monthly Report and Sub Flair. LATEST SC NEWSLETTER & SHOW LINKS | https://mailchi.mp/cloudimperiumgames/090718_august_majesty-141213 PATREON | http://www.patreon.com/BoredGamer SHADOW - CLOUD GAMING PCs | https://shadow.tech/usen/ USE THE CODE BOREDGAMER FOR A DISCOUNT GET STAR CITIZEN & 5000 UEC | http://www.boredgamer.co.uk/enlist BOREDGAMER DISCORD | https://discord.gg/boredgamer WEBSITE | http://boredgamer.co.uk TWITCH | http://www.twitch.tv/boredgameruk TWITTER | http://twitter.com/BoredGamerUK REDDIT | https://www.reddit.com/r/BoredGamer/ SOUNDCLOUD | https://soundcloud.com/boredgameruk T-SHIRTS & MERCH | https://boredgamer.teemill.com DONATE | http://www.boredgamer.co.uk/donate MY SYSTEM SPEC | https://www.reddit.com/r/BoredGamer/comments/6y816w/boredgamer_system_specs/ BOREDGAMER STREAM TEAM | https://www.twitch.tv/team/boredgamer BOREDGAMER EXTRA VIDEOS | https://www.youtube.com/boredgamerextra Star Citizen is an Open Development Alpha Project that aims to build a First Person MMO Space Sim that covers gameplay in ship & on ground, economy and pretty much anything else you would want. It's built in the StarEngine (a modified Lumberyard Engine). You'll see massive Space Ships that you can fly with friends, land on planets, explore or whatever your way to whatever goal you choose. It's available to try in it's current Alpha State Now & you can help give feedback & influence the direction of the game. Squadron 42 is the Single Player Campaign of Star Citizen & the Spiritual Successor of Wing Commander. The Idea is the game is maximum pretty and seamless... NO LOADING SCREENS. It's currently in the Alpha of it's development with the hope that SQ42 Episode 1 will be released Q3 2019. Full Disclosure: I am a Star Citizen Fan BUT am not paid or contracted by CIG in anyway other than I am an Evocati Member and as such am under an NDA for Closed Early Patch Release Tests (ETF). Shadow Tech referrals give me a small kickback, however I am not paid by them for any specific videos or promotion. CURRENT STAR CITIZEN PATCH REVISION ALPHA 3.2.2 LIVE #StarCitizen #CitizenCon #Squadron42

Many of you have loads of Q's about working in fashion...and I know it can be hard to find answers. Maybe you don't know any industry experts to ask. Maybe your coworkers are tight lipped and not willing to share their secrets. Maybe you just don't even know where to go. Which is why I started the monthly mailbag episode to the SFD podcast! Once a month, I take the best questions from listeners and answer them on the show. (If you want to submit your Q, email it to me anytime at podcast [at] sewheidi [dot]com for consideration.) Here are the questions I answer in this mailbag episode! On balancing working full-time and promoting yourself as a fashion freelancer, from Kayla [02:42]: I would love to freelance, but am finding it difficult to work 35-40 hours a week and promote myself as a freelance designer. How did you juggle working full time and getting your start up running?? On doing freelance fashion work for competitive brands, from Dani [07:35]: I’m trying to narrow my niche into athletic wear — how do you freelance for multiple alike brands without crossing the line of conflicting interests? Or do you suggest to only work for one brand at a time? For example: I probably wouldn’t work for LuLuLemon (the dream) and for Nike (also the dream) at the same time. On freelancing remote for fashion brands, from PKP [11:43]: I have only one doubt regarding freelancing in Fashion. You had talked a lot about meeting the right people, in you "Fashion Portfolio" guide. Since I am from India, and as far as surface pattern design is concerned, I have worked with print studios in the USA and also in Europe. I have not met any of them in person, but still manage to work with them.I found all these clients with the help of email pitches. I would just give them a link to my portfolio website, is it possible to do the same with Fashion? Will companies I pitch to, be willing to hire a freelance designer without a personal meeting? On finding a design job if you've been out of school for a while, from Nancy [17:11]: I studied fashion design for four years I have my bachelors but I graduated 2 years ago I've been stuck and I'm scared I'll never be able to get myself out of this hole. I never want to give up on my dreams but now at 23 with a cashier job my dreams seem so far. All I want to do is find a job in the fashion industry doing what I love to do which is design. One day I plan on owning my own clothing company but where do I start should I go back to school which is what I'm thinking of. Honestly I'm scared stuck and lost I just want to make my degree worth my time and money. On the necessity of PLM experience for fashion jobs, from Lavendor [22:36]: Could you speak to the importance of having working knowledge of PLM ( Centric and Flex) as it has become critical when applying for Assistant to Senior level design positions...? On brand expectations for sketching fashion flats in Illustrator, from Rosella [27:52]: Is it common to draw Cads without references (photo) or mannequin? For an interview, me and the other candidates had to draw a leather jacket from scratch! Having only the jacket itself in front of us. And then, we had to load a check/plaid pattern in a shirt with Photoshop. Is it useful to know how to render the textures also? On breaking into fashion if you don't have any professional industry experience, from Hannah [34:29]: I basically did the opposite of you where I went to school for Textile and Apparel Management but found myself as a graphic designer as that has always been a hobby of mine. I have recently been missing the fashion world but still love my design jobs. How do you think I should go about combining the two. Any suggestions or tips? Resources mentioned in this episode: Ultimate Guide to Being a Freelance Fashion Designer Ultimate Guide to Creating Your Fashion Portfolio If you enjoyed this episode and have questions you want answered, email them to podcast [at] sewheidi [dot] com for consideration. I'll pick the best ones and include them in the monthly mailbag show.

The Hunt attempts to strike a deal with Admiral Baibar's Zephyr. It goes about as well as we've come to expect with this gang. At least they're loyal. The Seeker is Dustin: @dragon_fortress The Sword is Trudy: @alphabetiGAL The Stalwart is Pat: @PTOSMMH Follow the show: @BrokenSunRPG Catch up on lore: https://splintersofabrokensun.tumblr.com/ MCing and Music by Matt, AKA @Whycalibur. Additional music made with Amper Music: Create your own music at www.ampermusic.com I want to acknowledge that this podcast is produced on the unceded territory of the Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Stó:lō, Kwantlen, Stz'uminus, and Musqueam people, and the treaty land of the Tsawwassen First Nation.

Laurie Levy, campaign director and founder of the Coalition Against Duck Shooting, brings us up-to-date on the campaign to stop Victoria's routine recreational slaughter of native waterbirds, including last year's massacres at Koorangie Marshes which shocked even the Game Management Authority.  He goes on to explain what we might expect this coming killing season. We also find out how to support and get involved in CADS' campaign to end this government-endorsed annual atrocity.Coalition Against Duck Shooting website: www.duck.org.au... and Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/CADSDuckRescue/

For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com   Capt'n Tor and the Ne'er Do Well Cads Pirate Invasion are a highly theatrical pirate music experience.  In this interview Tor and 1st mate Gwenyvarr Blackshades Lovelocket sit down with me to dig into their philosophies behind the show, the music, being full time pirates, and how they've helped people discover new things about themselves by taking on a fictional pirate character. Their enthusiasm is infectious and if you don't feel the need to hang out with these after listening to this talk, you're dead inside. :)    Plus comedy from Tony Alfano and the song "Surrender the Gold" by Capt'n Tor and the Ne'er Do Well Cads Pirate Invasion. Today's show is sponsored by: Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! For videos, pictures and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/071   Important Websites: Capt Tor and the Ne'er Do Well Cads Pirate Invasion - https://www.facebook.com/pirateparties.ca/ http://pirateparties.ca/ Comedy: Tony Alfano - http://www.tonyalfanocomedy.com/ Phil Johnson and Roadside Attraction - http://www.RoadsideAttraction.com   You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/071 Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support    

SOme county appraisal districts are aksing landonwers to provide proof o agricultural use for the past years the landowner has owned the land. I discuss the requests the CADs are making in this podcast,

SOme county appraisal districts are aksing landonwers to provide proof o agricultural use for the past years the landowner has owned the land. I discuss the requests the CADs are making in this podcast,

Know your rights under the property tax code. There are many county appraisal districts (CADs) that prey on the uninformed. They do it to make their jobs easier at your expense. Listen to be informed. I have trained thousands of landowners and real estate professionals on the subject of agricultural valuations as they apply to wildlife management use.

Know your rights under the property tax code. There are many county appraisal districts (CADs) that prey on the uninformed. They do it to make their jobs easier at your expense. Listen to be informed. I have trained thousands of landowners and real estate professionals on the subject of agricultural valuations as they apply to wildlife management use.

Masterclass 5, Costing your Public Engagement activity - Steve Rimmer from CADS (Creative Arts Development Space) talks about the costs that you might incur when you use an external venue for your public engagement activity.

Intro: Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul//Trendy Student bars are sneaking up on us, autonomous kill droids are prowling the seas around South Korea, we cover the worst science story yet, Bob Geldof thinks we're all going to die, the Wii U gives Simon hope for the future, Dad's remind us to stay positive, G's voice is a passport and Jason Derulo makes shit music for terrible people.// Outro: Duran Duran - The Reflex

Join Dan and Tim as they steer HMS BRB UK through the murky waters of gaming news; as this episode was recorded on a Thursday, there's no Jon. What a muppet. The post BRB UK 71: Cads and Zombies appeared first on BigRedBarrel.

Join Dan and Tim as they steer HMS BRB UK through the murky waters of gaming news; as this episode was recorded on a Thursday, there's no Jon. What a muppet. This week, the chaps chat about: gamescom Sony's annoucements Microsoft's general lack of announcements General gamescom bits und der bobs Plants vs Zombies 2 Tim's been playing virtual collectable cards games again Initial impressions of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified We appreciate you chaps and chapettes taking time out of your week to listen to our show. For your convenience, you can simply download the MP3 by clicking HERE or you can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or Zune and stay up to date.

And talking T-Birds, Cads and more!

I talk with CEO of Field & Game Rod Drew who talks about the Coalition Against Duck Shooting's Integrity from a previous podcast(#23) where I interviewed CADS head protester Laurie Levy.

In Episode 21 I talk with Coalition Against Duck Shooting's Laurie Levy. Laurie discusses several issues CADS have with hunting and consuming native waterbirds. Laurie told me Russel Mark never hunted ducks yet in Episode 9 when I interviewed Russel Mark he told me that he had fond memories hunting ducks with his dad. He still duck hunts in certain areas that he has been hunting for years.

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We start off the final show with an exclusive interview with ‘The Cads’ and a listen to their brand new track ‘Lanterns’. Megan gets in from her exam and Tommy reveals a great revision technique – The Toilet Book! Megan has Blue Peter earrings and Emily’s wisdom teeth are coming through. Tommy’s brand new smelling good tip for the summer is here. Emily and Megan discuss their holidays and also summer trends. In the last producer game this week; We find out what nags The Cads, what is the best BBQ food and the worst holiday destination ever. Andy’s Accents is here for a final time as Liam Gallagher tries to reform Oasis.

Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes 00:00:00 - Speaker 1: On the academic side, you’re very limited by your work has to fit in the box of like a peer reviewed quantifiable research paper and in the commercial world, it needs to be commercializable in the next, you know, probably a year or two, maybe, maybe 3, but all the good ideas don’t fit in one of those two boxes. 00:00:27 - Speaker 2: Hello and welcome to Meta Muse. We use the software for your iPad that helps you with ideation and problem solving. But this podcast isn’t about Muse the product, it’s about Muse the company, the small team behind it. I’m Adam Wiggins. I’m here today with my colleague, Mark McGranaghan. Mark, you reading anything good lately? 00:00:43 - Speaker 1: Yeah, just last night, I actually reread an ultra classic, you and your Research by Hamming, who’s a famous scientist, and it’s about how you build a really impactful research program over the course of your career, and I was inspired to reread it because it’s one of the chapters in the classic book, The Art and Science of Doing Engineering, which is about to be republished by Stripe Press. 00:01:05 - Speaker 2: Stripe Press is really on a tear these days. 00:01:09 - Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, highly recommended. 00:01:10 - Speaker 2: And also perhaps relevant to our topic today, and I’m happy to say that our topic today was requested by a listener. So Fetta Sanchez wrote in to ask us, how do you get into the HCI slash interaction slash new gestures research field. So probably we need to start at the top there. Maybe you want to tell us what HCI is. 00:01:32 - Speaker 1: Sure, so HCI stands for human-computer interaction, and this is things like the way humans interface with computers, and also the way they use computers as a tool in their lives, how they get things done, how they learn. To use them, how they accomplish their goals, things like that. 00:01:48 - Speaker 2: And I did a couple of years of a computer science undergraduate degree that I did not finish. And during that time, I really remember everything in the curriculum was algorithms, databases, compilers, maybe some network type of things. And I only learned about HCI as a field a couple of years ago. And to me it was a bit of a revelation because this concept of How the user interacts with the computer and that being a whole field of study. Well, I was very excited about, but stood for me in very stark contrast to the System the algorithms oriented computer science that I sort of knew from my brief time in academia. 00:02:29 - Speaker 1: Yeah, likewise, it was pretty new to me, and it’s a whole huge world, you know, there’s conferences and papers and many professors who’ve dedicated their entire careers to it. 00:02:37 - Speaker 2: It was fun for me to dive in and learn about that world a little bit, and you and I were both part of this independent research lab called Inot Switch. Uh, and through that process, we began publishing and then made some connections with folks in this field, and then you and I went to a conference called Kai last year that I think really kind of opened the door for us there. Maybe one thing that would be worth doing is um categorizing here a little bit. There’s Human-computer interaction as a branch of computer science in the academic tradition, that is say mostly done in universities, sort of the the pure sciences. Then there’s corporate R&D which is more associated with for profit businesses, but actually it’s where a lot of the HCI innovations that are maybe the most famous, uh, we think of places like Bell Labs or Xerox PARC, maybe today, Microsoft Research. And then there’s a small but growing space of called them independent computer science labs, independent HCI researchers, of which I think we we had some contact with. How would you define the difference between those three categories? 00:03:39 - Speaker 1: Yeah, well, like you said, the academic side is grounded in these research universities, and this is often directed by a professor or graduate students, and there the values are really around evidence, rigor, review, publication and communication, and creating knowledge over time, which is a whole thing we should talk about. And then on the industrial side, it’s often more integrative because you need to consider. Not only the the pure HTI elements, but the business elements and the hardware constraints and the how easy the thing is to learn for the user and practice and things like that. And then on the indie side, this is a smaller domain, but that’s tends to be more experimental, free form. People can bring their own wild ideas to it and just try stuff. So it’s a nice injector of new ideas. 00:04:22 - Speaker 2: One way we can maybe make this concrete is to describe the path from let’s say the lab to commercial product. And I’ve I’ve struggled to find full stories on this in many cases, I think this is something that happens behind closed doors a little bit, even though science does have open publishing, the exact story of how something went from basic research or early um HCI research to a product that’s in the hands of end users is not well understood or well or written down anywhere. Um, I think the Xerox PARC case is one that has a lot of um, Fame and certainly in the tech circles that we run in, there’s there’s some books about it. There, they invented things like the modern GUI, uh, as well as what you see is what you get word processing, and was really a pretty special place. And notably there was a branch of Xerox, the copier company, and they were looking for innovations. I think their theme was the Office of the Future. And they were looking for innovations around that and, and clearly, you know, this is the 1970s, they knew that would have to do with computers, personal computing was, didn’t really exist yet or was, you know, still just an emerging idea. So that’s one famous example. Uh, maybe more recently, you have something like Microsoft Research, and I think, you know, I don’t 100% know what the path is for some, you know, for example, interesting innovations that emerged from Microsoft, to what degree were those laboratory projects versus some other path. Uh, one that I find quite interesting is what we now on the Apple platform, we talk about face ID on the Apple platform we use face ID rather. And that uses stereoscopic cameras and infrared, and infrared camera, which gives you depth sensing, right? So this is why you can’t fool your iPad into unlocking by holding up a picture of your face, because it can actually sense the the shape of it. And that idea was first in Windows Hello, which sort of was the Microsoft implementation of facial recognition. And that in turn, the technology there, I think came from the Microsoft Kinect, which is actually a gaming. Device, um, and I’ve tried to like dig into the history on this. I don’t know if it came out of a Microsoft lab. I think it may have come out of some other independent place. So you often have these very winding paths where a promising technology like stereoscopic cameras emerges, but you’re still trying to figure out the application of it. And it’s actually quite a long distance between when these early researchers are doing the work, and it’s in the hands of consumers as a usable product. 00:07:00 - Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think honestly, that’s the best case that you have this long winding path, but it does eventually find its way into commercialization. I think one of the ideas we had originally behind the lab was these two domains are kind of spinning in circles. So it’s a lot of good ideas from the academic world that are getting stuck or don’t have the appropriate context from the commercial world, so they’re not transferring over. And on the flip side, the commercial world isn’t tapping into the academic tradition and the way that it should be. So you have a lot of like the, the Microsoft research and the, the Googles and so on, they do a lot of internal research. 00:07:36 - Speaker 1: Google X maybe is their, their internal lab, or they have a bunch of computer science just doing research on, you know, search and stuff like that, uh, some of which gets thrown out as papers and some of which doesn’t, but the kind of the classic path from uh academic labs through commercialization I hypothesize is actually weaker than it, it should be or could be and perhaps was in the, in the past. And one of our ideas with the lab was to help bridge that gap with something that was kind of in between with the with the so-called industrial research lab. 00:08:01 - Speaker 2: Actually, Google search is another case. It’s not an HCI thing, it’s more of an algorithms thing, but the founders of Google, they were doing academic research work at Stanford, if I’m not mistaken, came up with this page rank algorithm, which was a science paper published like any other. At some point, I’m not super knowledgeable about the story, but at some point they decided to turn that into a working prototype. They set up this search engine, they found it worked way better than anything else out there, and they realized they could spin that out into a commercial. Entity. And so those two individuals took it from that early lab work all the way through to a commercially viable product, but it takes pretty extraordinary individuals and probably extraordinary circumstances or at least serendipitous circumstances for that to happen. And so what you’re alluding to there with the the gap between The academic researchers who are exploring wild new ways we can interact with computers and commercial companies that can bring these to people in their everyday lives. Um, that’s, you know, in the Google case, these, these extraordinary individuals took it across that threshold, but what can we do to create more movement there? 00:09:12 - Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. I think We’ll see as we get more into HCI specifically here, that the HCI domain isn’t as obviously susceptible to the academic tactics as other domains, so things like algorithms are very quantifiable, they’re very repeatable, they’re very discreet, and those are things that work well in the the traditional academic model of of measurement and confidence intervals and so on, whereas HCI is often much more multi-dimensional, maybe case based, maybe hard to quantify. 00:09:39 - Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, I think how it feels is like a huge dimension of making interfaces, but that is something that is very hard for science to evaluate. Uh, it’s something that is more of a taste or judgment call, but then science is and should be about rigor and the academic tradition and fitting into these and and sometimes I think that does mean from what I’ve seen of the HCI field. Sometimes I read these papers where, I don’t know, one example was, um, I think it was also a Microsoft research project. They did an interesting thing where they rigged up some projectors where you could essentially put windows from your computer, uh, individual windows, whether it’s like a document app or something else up on the wall and they had projectors, so basically all the walls. We were 100% turned into these screens, but it was collaborative. So I could put up one window, and it’s not like, while I’m, you know, screen sharing, no one else can, someone else could put up their window and you had this shared space that was very spatial and that sort of thing. This sort of stuff was, was, you know, part of what was inspiring us and we were thinking about the new opportunity. But notably there. It’s a really interesting prototype, you can look at their video and look at what they’ve done and read the paper and think about how this might be applied in the real world, but they have to, it’s not enough to just build the thing and say, hey, we liked it or we didn’t like it, then you need to go and do some kind of quantifiable test. And they did a usability test or user test, which is as near as I could tell was just grabbing 7 random people that happened to be walking by in the office and having them use it for 2 minutes and then, you know, giving them a little survey and writing it down. And it seems like, OK, well, I guess that makes it science because you’re measuring a thing. But that’s not where we make great breakthrough new interfaces, but it’s very difficult because you just leave it to, well, did you like the thing you built? People always are attached to the things they built. They always like the thing they built. How do we, how do we measure that? That’s probably an unsolved problem a little bit for the academic side. 00:11:34 - Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. Thinking about things that do work well in this space, reflecting on my own journey. I started not so much with the HCI as like proposing a certain windowing system or a specific gesture model. I started more on the fundamental side. So we think about human computer interaction, you need to understand the human body, like biomechanics and things like that. You need to understand the human mind, like cognition, and then you need to understand the computer science fundamentals, things like the graphics pipeline. So I found it very useful to go and study those fundamentals, both within. And outside the HCI literature, and there again, that area is much more susceptible to traditional scientific methods, so it’s very good information. um, and then you really understand that the fundamentals, the ground truth. 00:12:21 - Speaker 2: You know, the point about humans and computers are equal participants in this. And I think there is a tendency for computer people to focus on the computer. Maybe one thing that HCI tries to do, or at least um some of the HCI teams that I’ve had chance to interact with, including this team out of UCSD that we met at this conference we went to, they try to have maybe a cognitive science person or behavioral sciences person on the team, and they are concerned more with that, how does the human mind work, how does our attention work? How does our how do our bodies work, and then, but you also have to connect that. Together with what’s possible with the technology, both in the moment and of course, also in the future where we think technology might go. And I think, you know, for example, VR AR stuff is maybe in some ways a hot or buzzy space or maybe was, maybe that’s died down a little bit. But if you go read a lot of research about that, you see that for example, one of the biggest problems with that is just a simple case of, OK, if you got these controllers, you’re waving around in the air as the main way you interact with it, your arms just get tired. And it’s, it’s like they, they’ve measured this, right? They, they put people in situations where they’re using these kinds of controllers for long lasting tasks and they see that after an hour, you got to take a rest and they’re they’re, they’ve tried lots of different things to try to make that to be able to let you do a full work day the way you would at a standard desktop computer or whatever, and they haven’t found a solution. And so if you’re coming in, if you’re a commercial company that’s coming in and wants to do something with this space, you probably want to read that literature and keep those, uh, keep that challenge, that unsolved problem in mind. Yeah, one place to fill in more of the picture on the academic side, for me, the big eye opener was going to, uh, the biggest conference in the space, which is Kai last year, you and I kind of spontaneously both decided to go. This is when we were still within the lab, but thinking about the use. Idea and that was a really great experience because we both got to meet a lot of the professors and researchers that were working in this space, got to see how many people were there. I, I don’t know, it was 2000, 3000 people, there’s hundreds of papers submitted, many, many tracks of talks, and then we saw all of these people who are working really hard at thinking big and thinking future facing about what, what computers can do for us and how we can interact with them. Some examples of just for fun, I pulled up my old notes, uh, had a very early version of Muse. Uh, back then, a prototype that I was working with, and I was able to dig that out of my, my archives, or dig the the Muse board exports out of my archives. Um, we had, for example, there was a talk on peripheral notifications, and this is where they’re basically testing, OK, so if you have a slack notification or an email notification or something pop up, and it’s on screen somewhere. What can we do to put it in your peripheral vision so that it won’t break your state of flow, or a better way to put it is just trying to understand what what kinds of sizes and colors and motions and shapes for a particular notification in a particular place in your field of view, how likely that is to get your attention. And then as a person who’s implementing something that wants to give a notification, you can go read this literature and they have this very extensive data set. And if you say, hey, I want something that’s absolutely certain to grab your attention, you should do it like this. If I want something that’s more a little bit of a note to the side, but I don’t want to distract you if you’re in the middle of something, maybe you should use this shape and this color and be in this space in your in your field of view. And there’s things there about keyboards and different ways to improve typing on mobile, there was lots of things about wall mounted displays. Uh, there was, um, Ken Hinckley’s group, uh, which has been a source of inspiration for us at use. They do a lot of stuff with tablets, particularly around the surface platform. They had one that was, I don’t know, they attached a bunch of extra sensors, they basically strapped a bunch of extra sensors onto a standard consumer tablet and they use that to detect, I think what they called like postures, so they could tell better the grip, like how you were holding the tablet at the time and then they can make the software behave differently. And clearly this is not something you can use in production. They, this is the equivalent of a raspberry pi taped onto the back and a bunch of sensors, you know, kind of hot glued on around the edges. This would never work in commercial environment, but it suggested some things you could do if such a capability. Existed and I think that that is a good example of what um what I think this field of this best does is it it it gives you possibilities to draw from and then it’s the applied people, what we would normally call just people building products that can potentially go and draw from that pool of ideas and that pool of things, finding things that have been learned and use them to make potentially new products that solve uh new problems or old problems in new ways. 00:17:07 - Speaker 1: Yeah, this experimental slash prototype approach is probably the thing that we um most think of when we think of HCI. Another type of work that I found very helpful is the ethnography, where you go and you understand how people actually work day to day and what’s worked for them and what hasn’t. Couple of examples there. One is a book called, I think it’s a small matter of programming or the simple matter of programming. This is a study of uh end user programming in the wild, things like Excel spreadsheets, CADS, and what actually works there, and because they talk to these people who are actually doing work every day and and having success or not in these environments, they’re able to pretty deeply understand what is useful in the way, in a way that you probably couldn’t get with either theorizing or experiments. 00:17:50 - Speaker 2: And I’ll just interject to say that one was a big inspiration for uh Hiroku. And it’s also a good indicator of how much the academic world is ahead of in a, in a strange way. We think of maybe in the startup world or the tech world or whatever, oh, we’re so on the cutting edge of things, but a small amount of programming was written in 1993, if I’m not mistaken. And this was 2006 or 2007 when I was reading this and and applying some of what it, um, some of the ideas that were in it went into Hiroku. And so at that point, the book was already 15 years old, but a lot of the research and understanding in it and ideas that suggested were still really bold, innovative, or just thought provoking, in a way that current technology and software products and certainly programming tools um had not taken advantage of or um learned from. 00:18:45 - Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of the ideas that one tends to think of in HCI perhaps as as a supposedly novel interaction or approach has actually been tried before. I think it’s very important to understand that prior art, especially if it basically didn’t make it into the commercial world and like, why is that? Or else you’re liable to make the same mistakes again. Um, another example that I’m thinking of was the study. Of so-called folk practices with computer programs. This is like little habits or techniques that people have picked up to make themselves more productive with programs, and they found two examples. One is lightweight version control by making copies. So if you’re in, if you’re editing a photo and you want to, you know, have some quick version control. Uh, you might, uh, duplicate the item in your canvas, like in Figma, you know, make another copy of it, and then fiddle with the new version, and then you can kind of compare it to the old version, even if you don’t have like a, you know, get for Figma or whatever. Um, another one was this idea of everyone likes to have a little scratch space where you can like put, you know, your little clippings and bits and things you’re working on, and that was one of the inspirations for. the shelf in the original Muse prototype. 00:19:47 - Speaker 2: Another book we both read around that time was The Science of managing our digital stuff, and they had a lot of insights, again, things that I think we borrowed from a little bit from Muse, but because they come into it from this ethnographic or academic perspective, they just want to learn, they want to collect the data, they want to understand users. They’re not coming in with the point of view of like, we have a product we want to sell you or or just a uh A product we believe in and we’ve already bought into the mindset of, they just want to learn. And so one insight there was people who have been designing file systems, that is the way we store documents on our computers for decades have talked about the hierarchical file system, that is to say, folders that nest inside each other, uh, is no one thinks that way and hard drives get messy and no one wants that, maybe we want a tagging system, I think BOS had a version of that, um, maybe we want fast search or whatever. And these folks just did a bunch of studies of people including how they use Dropbox or Google Drive or their own hard drives or just the way they manage their files, and pretty reliably, people like putting files in folders. And they like pretty shallow hierarchies and they can remember where it is and it’s best for them if it’s only in one place. And you can sit there and talk about how that’s not the best solution or whatever, but they, they did a pretty broad survey and just saw this is what people want to do despite the existence of other ways of doing it and the other kinds of solutions, including search and tagging and so forth. At some point you have to acknowledge the reality of this is how humans behave, and even if we don’t like that behavior, we need to think about that when we build tools for them. 00:21:27 - Speaker 1: Yes, if you’re contemplating doing a search-based or tag-based information management system, please read this book. It’s, it’s super critical. 00:21:35 - Speaker 2: There’s an interesting tension there between, I think the academic world. is not only good at, but is science is essentially built on prior art and you’re building on what came before, right? Any paper that doesn’t start with a survey of other research that this is built on or related to or other people have tried similar things, and you’re you’re extending the tip of human knowledge, hopefully, by building on everything we already know. Um, and so for that reason, the academic world is very good at the the prior art thing. And maybe the startup world is all about, hey, I’m a 24 year old that doesn’t know anything and I’m totally naive, but I have this wild idea for a thing I want to build, and 99% of that at the time, that turns out to be an idea that a bunch of other people tried, it doesn’t work and fail for all the same reasons as everyone else does, but 1% of the time it turns out that some assumptions about the world have changed, and it is that naivety, it is that. Not looking at why people failed before that it allows you maybe to find an opportunity. So there is, there is a bit of attention there, but sometimes the um I’m very appreciative of the what people have thought about this, they studied it in depth, there’s a lot of prior art here, like look that up before you start building things, um, and I think that that would be advice I would give to my younger self, I think at a minimum. Alright, so that gives us a little bit of the landscape of of HCI. Now the next part of the question was, how do you actually get into this field? I think that’s kind of a tough one, so I’m gonna actually say that for the end. Uh, but in the meantime, there was a follow on question here and Fetta says, how do you forget or ignore current patterns and come up with new ones? You have some thoughts on that, Mark? 00:23:14 - Speaker 1: Yeah, I come back to this first principles idea of really understanding the basis for all of this, the biomechanics, the cognitive science, the computer science, and then understanding the Um, assumptions or lemmas, uh, of the current design paradigms. So, you know, for example, Uh, one thing we see with with phones is most apps are designed for only one finger to be used at a time, and it would be a mistake to translate that design constraint or design decisions over to a tablet, we think, but a lot of apps just kind of blindly do that do that because they’re both iOS and they’re both touch apps. Um, another example even more relevant to use is the pencil. A lot of the gesture space of tablet apps can’t assume that the user has a pencil because Apple and the various app developers just aren’t willing to make that assumption. Uh, with, with muse, we realized that was, uh, assumption that people were making and one that you could take the other side of. So we’ve basically said you really need a pencil to use muse and therefore we’re gonna have some of the functionality behind that, you know, that, that, that physical gesture. 00:24:15 - Speaker 2: Yeah, the status quo is a powerful force for all of us, and we, we tend to act on not quite habit, but this stack of assumptions about the world and what the right way to do something is. And here’s where I like to think in terms of maybe a spectrum between on one far extreme is the research thinking, the out of the box, wild ideas, weird ideas, when you go to one of these HCI conferences, this is what you see a lot of just Sometimes frankly pretty wacky mad scientist kind of stuff. Now, um, but actually there’s only certain times where that is appropriate and in fact, doing research is a place where that is appropriate. Typically, if you’re making a product that you expect people to use in the real world, it’s actually a bad thing to have weird out of the box ideas, particularly about basic interactions. You want the status quo, you want the known path, they usually called the best practice. And I’ve certainly run into this on. Teams where I don’t know, you’re building a basic e-commerce site or something like that, and there’s someone there that wants to do something fun and exciting and so they’re like, and so they say, why not, let’s try this wild idea, you know, instead of checking out like this, you you do this crazy thing and 99% of the time that’s just a bad idea. Please do it the way that other people do it. And this is one of the things that I think tends to make software so high quality in the Apple ecosystems, both Mac and then even more so on iOS is you have this pretty stringent set of, you know, they call it guidelines, but in many cases are just outright rules to get your app approved. They have this very extensive culture and set of principles and so forth in the human interface guidelines and in all the precedent with Apple apps and the wider ecosystem there. It’s all really good and it all hangs together and it works well and people know how to use it. And so most of the time you actually should do the boring, expected common known path thing. And it required, but it’s a shift in mindset, a fun one, but, but also takes some stretching of the brain, you challenge yourself a little bit to go into the research thinking mindset as both of us did, we went to to Ink & Switch. 00:26:29 - Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that’s an important point and a balance to strike. Another big source of inspiration for me has been the world of analog tools. We’ve been thinking about how to build good digital tools for maybe 50 years or so. We have a couple of 1000 years of explicit and implicit study of how to create analog work environments, so things like personal libraries, uh, studies, uh, workshops, artist studios, in some cases, there’s explicit treatises about how you organize one’s library, but there’s also just a huge amount of implicit and embedded knowledge in the patterns that we use every day and that people have kind of habitually used to organize, you know, say the library. So I like to look at the, the physical world and see, how can we just like, as a baseline, make it as good as that. So a simple example would be, if you use ink on a pen, it has zero latency. If you use ink on a really good tablet app, it might have 15 to 20 milliseconds, which is a lot. And if you use it on a bad tablet app, it might have 50 milliseconds. Um, so that’s a really basic example of how there’s a, there’s a simple bar to set. Uh, another one that I think about a lot is multitasking. So if you have a desk, and you have your main piece of work in front of you, and you have some notes to the side or uh up on the top of the table. It’s super fast and easy to multitask your attention, just like you kind of move your eyes or you move your neck and your eyes re refocus, maybe you lean into one side or the other, um, but it’s it’s super fast and lightweight. What you think about a typical iOS app, it’s like, you know, press next page, transition animation, spinner, loads, fonts come in, right? And so it’s it’s very discouraging to actually do this kind of multitasking work. 00:28:06 - Speaker 2: And maybe the flip side of that of taking physical world information practices, things from artist studios and offices, file folders. Scissors, rulers, pencils, desks, you do tend to get, especially the first time an analog process comes on to is digitized. So you think it’s something like desktop publishing going on to computers in the 1980s or yeah, word processors was taking what was a typewriter or a typesetter and moving that onto the screen, spreadsheets that were that way, um maybe PowerPoint, uh taking overhead transparencies, bringing onto the computer in the late 80s, early 90s. In all of these cases, they tend to be very literal. Like the first version of PowerPoint was a way to print out overhead print transparencies, and it wasn’t until much later that the idea of a slide deck that would be all digital and you would never need to print out and put on a projector, uh, showed up. And then often you when you look back at these first transliterations from the analog world to the screen, you see this thing where it’s, oh, isn’t this funny? You know, there’s the little, the little picture of the trash can and a little picture of the Um, you know, often very literal and kind of heavy handed and not taking advantage necessarily of what can be done in the new medium. Do you have a, I don’t know, a sense for the how we take the best parts and the things that work about the physical world, knowledge tools that we’ve been working with for so long and are so adapted to human needs, but not also get stuck in a weird rut of translating them directly so that we don’t get the benefits of the computer. 00:29:39 - Speaker 1: Yeah, I don’t think there’s a simple rule for that, but again, I come back to the fundamentals. A lot of the stuff is driven by the like the biomechanics or the cognitive structures of our mind, which isn’t going to change. So for example, we have a very realistic, deeply embedded expectation that when we like touch something and move our hands that it moves, and that I think is basically not going away, and it would be a mistake to think it’s going to go away. Uh, likewise, I think we have quite embedded cognitive arch. texts around both spatial memory and associative memory. I think those are basically baked in and they’re not going to go anywhere. 00:30:10 - Speaker 2: I guess that comes to mind because I feel like that tension or it’s not even the right word for the interleaving of try to draw the best parts of the physical world workspaces, but also really embrace this digital space and it’s part of the pitch, I guess, or the the value hypothesis for use as a product is that. We are going to take taking something you previously did with Post-it notes and your whiteboard and your notebook and some printouts of some screenshots that you scribble on that are on your desk, and moving them into this expensive and fragile computing device. That it will have new capabilities and new powers that you couldn’t get. And so getting bringing those best parts across, which is, for example, that yeah, you touch something and it moves right away and there’s this instantaneousness to it, and then you’re not like looking at spinners and loading screens and whatever, um, but also taking advantage of all the Um, incredible capabilities and the great depth of possibility that exists within once you move to the digital virtual workspace. 00:31:18 - Speaker 1: Yeah, one idea for an exercise here and this kind of gets into our next question would be just to try to understand and catalog the properties of these physical workspaces that are interesting. So for example, I have a desk here that I think is 6 ft by 3 ft. 00:31:32 - Speaker 2: For our non-American listeners, that’s probably about 2 m by 1.5. 00:31:38 - Speaker 1: Yes, thanks, Adam. So you have this desk and imagine it’s covered with like textbooks and notes and photo printouts at, you know, say 200 DPI. What’s the resolution of that? And if you do that exercise, you’ll see that it’s like massively bigger than even our most advanced displays, it’s not even close, and just being kind of aware of those basic fundamental properties of the physical world and how they might or might not be reflected in your app, I think is a good baseline. 00:32:02 - Speaker 2: So we mentioned academic HCI work, which tends to happen in universities and funded by grant money and the output is published papers, and then there’s corporate R&D which is divisions, separated divisions, but still departments within some large company that has a lot of cash, like a bell, or a Xerox or a Google to throw at potential new innovations, but there’s a third category that Or at least I hope it’s a category now, uh, that it’s much more rare, but I can switch falls into this, and that would be the independent research lab. And the hypothesis behind I and Switch was what if we take the corporate R&D lab, but we cut off the corporation. And this quickly leads you into how does this stuff get funded and our um. Our mutual friend, Ben Reinhard has a whole series of excellent articles about how innovation happens and particularly the different kinds of funding models that can happen and how it gets funded in turn leads into the incentives of the people doing it and there’s quite a, quite a rabbit hole there for those who are interested in it. But the concept behind it and switch was that we could get some grant money to do independent research. With the idea that it would generate called intellectual property. I don’t love that term, but basically, ideas that could potentially be commercialized and ideas with enough depth to them and research, and where we falsified ideas that were no go, and we had some really compelling ones. One of those turned out to be Muse, which we we went ahead and spun out to begin the commercialization project process. But there There are a few others that I know of that are independent labs. One is um Dynamicland, which is sort of Brett Victor’s effort to bring computing and programming in particular into a more spatial, a physical spatial environment, not just on a screen. And then another one that I know of is um maybe more in its nascent stages, but Andy Maze has done amazing work on mnemonic devices. And he’s, I think funding and stuff maybe started with Patreon and maybe led up to institutional funding kind of more of a kind of a, what’s the word for it, a nonprofit, more of a philanthropy type approach. But I think there’s no great answer for how independent research can get done, but I at least I hope that I could switch is an interesting example, if not role model for others that might want to see how they can push the frontiers forward in a particular space. 00:34:24 - Speaker 1: Yeah, that’s both the challenge and the promise of this third type of institution on the academic side, you’re very limited by your work has to fit in the box of like a peer reviewed quantifiable research paper and in the commercial world, it needs to be commercializable in the next, you know, probably a year or 2, maybe, maybe 3, but all the good ideas don’t fit in one of those two boxes. As hard as it is to collect them with this third organizational type, I think it’s worth trying. 00:34:47 - Speaker 2: It’s a great point. I think the time horizon is one of the key. Variables, let’s say that defines what I would call research for for anything, but certainly for human computer interaction, which is, um, I believe Xerox Park actually had an explicit time horizon of 10 years. Which is definitely way beyond what a commercial entity would normally do. Um, and I think, you know, basic science even has a longer time horizon than that sometimes. But yeah, when you look at maybe university labs, they’re thinking forward really, really far, um, maybe corporate R&D labs are thinking further than their commercial counterparts. And then if you talk about a startup, particularly something. combinator, you’ve got to build that MVP, get it to market, validate it, get customers. You can’t be building it on some shaky technology that one, you don’t know if it’ll work, and two might take many years of development yet to come to come to enough maturity that you can base something that people really want to build a product that people will depend on. 00:35:44 - Speaker 1: Yeah, and I also think you get a bit more wildcard energy in these independent orgs, you know, the, the academic institutions and the, the big commercial labs are just necessarily more constrained and structured, and you can have just more eccentric people doing stuff on the independent side, which sometimes leads you down weird dead ends, but sometimes you get really interesting results and it kind of injects a new idea into the mix. I’m actually we talked mostly about like independent research labs or research efforts. I also consider like indie creators, artists, tinkerers in this bucket too. One example that comes to mind is that the video game Braid, which is this amazing like time traveling based game where the time traveling is like very smooth and scrubbed frame by frame. Um, that’s actually been something of an inspiration for me thinking about like version control and time travel for productivity tools. 00:36:33 - Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that’s Jonathan Blow, and he also went on to make. Other like category breaking games, uh, trying to remember the name of it, there was a puzzle game that was actually really nice on the the iPad that I played with my girlfriend at the time. And then if I’m not mistaken now, he’s working on inventing a new programming language. So yeah, so that the, uh, maybe it just takes a certain mindset, a desire to perhaps even a um a drive to think outside the box and do weird stuff. And yeah, I certainly agree that Labs depend on weird, wild, I think I saw the word maverick used quite a bit when describing um there’s this book called Dealers of Lightning, which I think covers, covers Xerox Park and and kind of those glory days pretty well, and it talks about, yeah, there are these, I don’t know, kind of long hair types and, you know, don’t wear shoes in the office and of course those aren’t the qualities that make them good researchers, but it’s connected to this. Maybe desire to do a weird thing to not conform to try stuff at the fringes, to be actually fascinated by things that are at the fringes, as opposed to, this is weird, who cares? I want to work on something more mainstream, let’s say, um, and not to say that that’s a better or worse approach to bring to your work, uh, just that it, it fits in a different space in the innovation cycle. Well, maybe that brings us around to the core of the original question, how do you get into this field? 00:38:04 - Speaker 1: Yeah, and I, I feel like there might be two different questions embedded there. One is maybe how do you participate or contribute or even just kind of find, find out what’s going on, uh, and the other is how do you make a living doing it. And, uh, I, I think making a living doing it is, is harder, but it’s maybe simpler to answer. There, there are two main paths right now. There’s the academic path and there’s the corporate path. Um, the academic path you you basically you go to graduate school and you get a PhD. Uh, but even after that, it’s, it’s quite challenging just because it’s so competitive in the corporate path, you become a practitioner and you, you do good, you know, engineering or product work and eventually you can enter this more researching ladder. But I’m not sure we have that much to contribute on that front because neither you or I have gone down those paths, maybe more of the how do you engage with the community where we should focus here. 00:38:43 - Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. Well then, you teed up really nicely. How should we engage with the community? 00:38:49 - Speaker 1: Well, step here I would say is start digging into the literature, you know, it sounds obvious, but I think a lot of people haven’t done this either they don’t realize it’s there or they’re intimidated by it. Um, but this reminds me of Rich Hickey’s classic talk, hammock driven development. He’s like, if you’re working on something like you. I think you need a hash function that does X going to Google Scholar type hash function that does X enter and see what comes up. Like there’s almost certainly going to be something there. 00:39:12 - Speaker 2: Well, maybe there’s a great chance to talk about something again. I coming purely from the what what academics would call the industrial side, uh, yeah, working in companies that build products that they sell to people. That’s what I did my whole career. And so things like the fact that all this academic work tends to be published as PDFs in a particular format, there’s a lot tech to formatted to column PDFs, they have a particular style of writing, they have this particular style of citations, you typically, they’re not always open access, but when they are, they’re PDF on a web page, and the search engine for them is something like Google Scholar. I I actually didn’t know that. I didn’t know how to go find those things. And so as a Let’s say as a product developer, designer or engineer, I knew how to Google for stuff. I know how to find stack overflow. I read medium pieces, I read people’s blogs, I follow other folks in my field on Twitter, but the academic world of things was sort of a dark, yeah, was dark to me, except for on occasion, I would stumble across a book like the one you mentioned earlier, a small matter of programming. And I feel like I discovered this incredible trove of knowledge from someone that came at the the problem space from a very different perspective. And I think it also goes the other way, not as much, but I think academics are less likely to read the medium think piece posted by the product designer, the engineer, and basically the two, I think the two communities, if that’s the right way to put it. Uh, have different communications conventions and different ways that they share knowledge with each other and different systems for evaluating. Uh, importance and so on. So it’s very hard to, um, if you’re, if you’re steeped in one, it’s hard to cross the world into the other. So maybe that comes to all right, you find some hooks into this, you can follow some people, whether it’s on Twitter, whether it’s through their personal blogs, you can start to find some papers and Google Scholar on the topic, you can find some slack communities maybe that talk about this stuff and you can try to get hooked into it and and. Again, if you’re someone that comes from more the practitioner side, we might say, engineering products, design, uh and you haven’t been exposed to the academic side, going and and exposing yourself to that is a very good idea and maybe vice versa. 00:41:30 - Speaker 1: Yeah, and one other thing I would emphasize there is that you can do this citation crawling practice where you find a paper that you’re interested in, you can go look at the, the references, and this will refer to a bunch of other papers and sometimes books and in HCI it’s mostly papers, there are a few books, and then you can type those titles into Google Scholar and follow them that way. And a good way to kind of know if you’re getting your hand around the literature is if. When you read a new paper and like you basically recognize most of the citations or they’re kind of off the edge of your um your map in terms of your area of interest. So you’ve kind of identified the full graph of relevant papers and then you’re, you have a good handle on the literature. 00:42:05 - Speaker 2: And I think this is something that’s very much you learn this in the academic tradition, which is if you want to advance the state of the art in a field, first you need to know all the things that humans already know. And you do that by consuming all the literature, and you know when you’ve consumed all the literature exactly the way you described, kind of a crawling process, which is you start with a few seminal papers or you start with a few that are your starting point and you follow all the citations until you get to the edges of it and you feel like, OK, I’ve filled in this space now I know. in some kind of um general sense, what humanity knows about the subject. And now if I am, if I have novel ideas or I want to do new research or I see open questions that stand on top of this, now I can go do that in order to potentially contribute to this. 00:42:52 - Speaker 1: Yeah, and then speaking of taking that next step, it can be intimidating, certainly if you want to jump all the way to publishing in a peer reviewed journal, but I think you can take more incremental steps. One example that comes to mind is Dan Lew’s work on latency in computer systems. Uh, he did a series of measurements and experiments to assess uh the different latencies like from your keyboard. Your monitor for when you move your mouse to something happening, and uh but he was able to publish this on his personal website, and it’s not an academic peer reviewed paper, but it’s, that work has been quite influential, and you can indeed reach the kind of the caliber of academic work, even if you’re not participating in that full pipeline. 00:43:29 - Speaker 2: I’ll note that um work, and if I recall correctly, it’s published on kind of a really basic HTML page with very limited formatting and and whatever feels very um homegrown and authentic. But one of the things he does that’s so compelling is he says, he starts with this hunch, which is computer seems slower than I remember when I was younger, but then he goes to, you know, maybe the way if you don’t come at it from that scientific rigor position, you might go, you know, computers seems slower. I’m gonna like make some snap judgments. And then I’m going to go write a blog post and complain about it. But what he did was say, well, are they actually slower? And he got a, I don’t know, some kind of high speed camera set up and set that up and pointed it at the keyboard and the screen, and he recorded himself pushing a key, and then you can see on the camera when it appears on the screen, and then he, he wrote down exactly to the millisecond and he did that with a whole bunch of different devices, including some computers dating back to the 80s and then he put them all on the table and sorted them in order. And that’s a simple. Application of the scientific method to in this case, a very literal human computer interaction. How long does it take when I press a key when it appears on the screen? And that doesn’t say how long it should take or what would feel right, but you can put now real numbers to this intuition that maybe computers are more sluggish than they were at a different time. 00:44:55 - Speaker 1: Yep, exactly. And then if you are looking to take that step towards uh participating in these peer reviewed journals, a possibility that we’ve had some success with is collaborating with an established academic in the space. Um, Adam, you’ve kind of spearheaded our collaboration with Martin, maybe you want to describe that. 00:45:12 - Speaker 2: Right, well, we were lucky enough to get to work with Martin Klepman, who’s a one of the world’s experts on, say data and data synchronization, particularly around another track of research we had in the the lab around um what we eventually called local first. And he is someone who was in the indust, let’s say the industry world, he was doing startups and at some point felt that he can contribute more to the industry or the world by jumping over to the academic world to do more basic research around algorithms having to do with um synch data synchronization. And so we were lucky enough to get the chance to work with him within the context of the you can switch lab on a kind of a light part-time basis. And that led pretty naturally to, OK, well, we want to write a piece and publish it. And he wanted to publish some of his findings and he said, hey, you know, I think this could go into the academic format. And I said, well, Well, how does that work? He’s like, well, basically we take this web page we wrote, we put it into a lot of tech, we change some of the wording to remove, make it less emotional, uh, we changed the links into the citations where that makes sense, and we, we had a whole process to make it into something fits this format that’s expected by the academic world, and then we submitted it to a conference, uh, where it was accepted and eventually I actually ended up going to present it for. Um, various travel logistics reasons. Um, but yeah, that was a very interesting experience because the four authors on the page, uh, the paper, I think you and Peter maybe both have a good bit of academic experience, although I don’t know if you’ve published that way before. Martin is extremely good at that stuff, and then I knew very little about that world, but working with someone that knows all the ins and outs of it was a very um rewarding way to to learn about it. 00:46:58 - Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. And to be clear, we didn’t just jump right to that, you know, a collaboration with one of the world’s leaders in synchronization technologies. There’s a little bit of a. 00:47:09 - Speaker 2: Yeah, don’t email Martin and ask him whether he’ll write a paper with you, he doesn’t know who you are. That’s not what I’m advocating for. 00:47:15 - Speaker 1: There’s there’s a bit of a proof of work function here where if you do some of your independent research in the space, and especially if you publish something that’s coherent and compelling, it becomes much more. You know, reasonable to establish a collaboration. Actually, when we did some of our publications around Muse and our latency measurement work, we had a few academics reach out to us and you know, say that’s interesting, maybe we should, you know, do some work together. I don’t think we’ve brought any of those yet to the point of writing a paper together, but it just shows that once you have some, some work out in the world that shows that you’re serious, that you’re engaging somewhat in the academic tradition that you’re aware of the literature, that you have contributions, um, it becomes a more feasible to have those collaborations. 00:47:54 - Speaker 2: Yeah, perhaps like any other intellectual or maker or tradition, this is a world or a community or a society that thrives on seeing what else you’ve done, and if you see that someone has done great work that overlaps with work you’re interested in, and that creates opportunity to connect, to learn from each other and then maybe lead to, can lead to collaborations. And yeah, maybe it’s not such a huge leap from do a weekend hack project and write up your learnings about it to eventually doing something a little more deeper and a little more serious that brings you in the direction of um the academic recognized academic world. Well, it’s interesting to note then that In doing the research lab, we came to it not from the perspective of how do we become a part of HCI, but rather we just wanted to see computers and computing interfaces get better uh in in some particular ways that led us to doing maybe some interesting experiments that led to some novel research that we we published about, and that in many ways opened the door to us to be more connected to this larger academic field. Is that something that a path you would recommend for others? 00:49:05 - Speaker 1: Yeah, there are certainly interesting paths there, you know, there’s this independent research lab path, and of course, there’s the academic and commercial path, and I think those are all interesting. I would also say though that being a scientist or being an innovator isn’t a hat that you’re granted by some external institution. It’s a way of thinking, it’s a way of navigating the world. You know, a scientific method is something anyone can use. Publishing is something anyone can do. Everyone can read the literature. So if you’re interested in this, I don’t feel like you’re, you’re stuck because you don’t have some credential like a PhD. Anyone can step into this world, go on to Google Scholar and read literature, and then maybe you have something to contribute on top of that. 00:49:40 - Speaker 2: It’s hard to think of a better place to leave it there. If any of our listeners out there have feedback, feel free to reach out to us at @museapphq on Twitter or hello at museApp.com by email. We’d love to hear your comments and ideas for future episodes, and big thank you to Fetta for giving us this very uh intriguing and deep topic to explore. I’ll catch you next time, Mark. 00:50:04 - Speaker 1: Great, thanks, Adam.