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97 - that's the number of days between this conversation and the release of the Governor's Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget. But how the State will close its $16 billion structural gap isn't the only important issue facing New York State. How will the State buttress resiliency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve student achievement (since it already spends 85% more per student than the national average), fund the MTA's next capital plan, hold the line on taxes, and deal with the City administration's current issues? Fortunately, we have Governor Hochul's top 2 aides—Secretary to the Governor Karen Persichilli Keogh and Director of State Operations and Infrastructure Kathryn Garcia—on the Datapoint today to talk about these issues and more.

Technology is all around us! Matt Russell is on the frontline of technology innovation in the veterinary and pet industry. In this episode, we talk about:- the drivers for change in pet health- the challenges for pet care start-ups and for veterinary teams- Matt's most recent award-winning business called PetszelResources:

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On this episode of Data Driven, we explore the topic of distributed computing frameworks for AI and ML workloads. Frank discusses the advancements of Ray, a new technology based on Python language, with performance enhancements that could range from 10-12 times faster to thousands of times faster in extreme cases. We delve into the power of open source artificial intelligence and how it can aid data endeavors to accelerate these efforts. Along the way, we touch upon IBM and Red Hat's partnership, the evolution of technology, the importance of problem-specific solutions, and more. Stay tuned for a new episode of "Data Driven" and a special segment from our speaker on the potential AI holds for our future.[00:01:50] Ray is a new computing framework for AI/ML, may replace Spark, based on Python, can free people from PySpark.[00:03:49] Speaker has a MacBook M2 and prefers it over Windows. They enjoy stream-side streaming and wrote an article prompted by a question at work about a new technology claiming to be the next big data processing framework. They believe Ray still has an advantage.[00:06:51] Webinar about power of IBM-Red Hat partnership in AI. Speaker mentions travel with family and introduces production assistant.[00:11:34] Tech anticipated, surprised by speed of Chat GPT. Some dismiss as a fad, but it's different from predictive text like comparing paper airplane to an Airbus A 380, based on same principles but very different in implementation and technology.[00:13:30] Encourage attendance at AI webinar showcasing ethical concerns. Open source needed for transparency and risk-sharing. AI impact on all, even entry-level jobs and economy.

In this Data Point, Andy records a quick data point from a much quieter place than the last time he was at Heathrow Airport.

Get the full text, PDF, infographic and animated book summary at https://www.getstoryshots.comDisclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.Life gets busy. Has The Millionaire Next Door been on your reading list? Learn the key insights of this book now.We're scratching the surface here. If you don't already have Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko's classic book on personal finance habits to become a millionaire, order it here or get the audiobook for free on Amazon to learn the juicy details.StoryShots Summary and Analysis of The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. DankoIntroductionMillionaires live lavishly. They fly private jets, drive sleek Bentleys, and wear the newest designer clothes. They also live in expensive houses in Beverly Hills and Atherton. Or is that all fantasy? The reality is much different. Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko claim to have discovered the greatest secret of America's real millionaires. In their book, The Millionaire Next Door, they reveal their discoveries about the simple lifestyle of America's millionaires.The Millionaire Next Door has one core premise. You can become financially successful too if you avoid spending more than you earn, commit to investing, and plan your finances well.“The implication of The Millionaire Next Door…is that nearly anybody with a steady job can amass a tidy fortune.” - ForbesAbout Thomas J. Stanley and William D. DankoThomas J. Stanley (1944-2015) was an American author and business theorist. He authored and co-authored several books on America's wealthy class. The list includes the New York Times bestseller, The Millionaire Next Door, with William D. Danko.Stanley earned a doctorate in business administration from the University of Georgia. After graduating, he served in different corporate leadership capacities. He was also a chief advisor at Datapoint Corporation. Founded in 1968, Datapoint was a technology company that manufactured computer terminals. Later in his career, he lectured in marketing at the University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia.Dr. William D. Danko is a faculty member at the State University of New York. Over the past three decades, he has studied consumer behavior and wealth formation extensively. In addition to The Millionaire Next Door, he has also co-authored Richer Than a Millionaire: A Pathway to True Prosperity. Dr. Danko is a published researcher in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, and Switzerland. He completed his Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) Lally School of Management.Stanley and Danko spent 20 years studying how successful Americans gained and spent their money. They engaged around 1,000 respondents, who answered 200 questions each. Many authors spend a lot of time studying and writing about how to get rich. But Stanley focused on understanding how the rich live a life different from ordinary Americans. Stanley passed away in a car crash in 2015.Join us...

Our conversation outlines the factors that are shaping the Chief Investment Office market outlook over the next few months, along with how to think about positioning in an uncertain market environment. We also spend time recapping the September employment report and touch on what is being debated currently amongst central banks. Featured is Jason Draho, Head of Asset Allocation Americas with the UBS Chief Investment Office. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Yesterday, I was at the first in person Dev Nation DC event in two years. While there, I caught up with the one and only Noelle Silver Russell.

In this week's podcast we talk with Idowu Akinde, a serial entrepreneur, self-confessed geek / introvert and startup mentor ID talks about his journey into entrepreneurship, how he expanded his boundaries and overcame his own inhibitions to lead successful companies We also talk about the Nigerian startup ecosystem and the traits you need in order to succeed there

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In this Data Point, Frank goes all MTV Cribs and shows us the data that the Pelton collects. He also provides a sneak peek into season 6 in this 299th show.

Recent news reports have come out about how a Google AI engineer in the responsible AI group claims that an AI he was working on has become sentient. Is it true? Can we ever really know if someone or something is sentient? Linkshttps://news.google.com/search?for=sentient&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

Live stream where I discuss the artistic merit of AI generated art.

Use the same SMART litmus test you used for goals for evaluating each of the KPI's your team comes up with. If your business goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound but your KPI's aren't your insights are going to fall flat. Beyond these parameters, there are other things to keep in mind when setting your data points. I list three of the big ones to consider.

The UN has asked game developers to be more green. It would make a nice change from every brown military shooter of the early 2010s. Oh, wait. They want us to use less energy. The UKIE has written a Green paper on methods for developers to reduce their carbon footprint.SMS is an awful, insecure method for 2FA, but we still use it because anything better is too hard. Maybe this latest string of hacks will help us move on.Movies are still going straight to streaming even as vaccination rates increase. This used to be a sign of a bad movie. Now we'll have to rely on Rotten Tomatoes, or, god forbid, talk to people about movies.Game Development for Green Thumbs- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-17-games-london-to-discuss-the-environment-at-best-places-to-work-awards-uk- https://whitepapers.gamesindustry.biz/greenPhone hacking taken to a new level- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/hackers-using-mirroring-apps-to-see-your-texts/100381366Streaming Services Vs Cinemas : Who will win- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sonys-hotel-transylvania-amazon-1234998312/Other topics discussedOnlyFans, a social media platform known for porn, is banning 'sexually explicit' content- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/onlyfans-banning-seuxally-explicit-content/100395154NSW breaks COVID-19 case records with 825 infections, three deaths- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/nsw-records-825-covid-cases-three-deaths/100396208Explicit content banned from OnlyFans but 'the show has to go on', say sex workers- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/only-fans-explicit-content-changes/100394776Jimmy Rees - Meanwhile in Australia- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uDN_Bi_UoLnUkbeHFlZ9imdbI_AQDNHow Much Electricity Does My Game Console Use?- https://www.redenergy.com.au/living-energy/appliances/how-much-electricity-does-my-game-console-useHow Much Electricity (Power) Does a PS5 Use?- https://www.thehomehacksdiy.com/how-much-electricity-power-does-a-ps5-use/Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-childrenWhat is Embodied Carbon?- https://www.carboncure.com/concrete-corner/what-is-embodied-carbon/Halo: Combat Evolved (also known as Halo: CE, is a first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released as a launch game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. Halo is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_EvolvedIron Sky, smartphone powered computer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVpqh9UXmIIron Sky, cell phone and computer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3fcwx2TUYIron Sky (a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_SkySkyrim 10th Anniversary Edition Announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S- https://www.ign.com/articles/skyrim-10th-anniversary-remaster-ps5-xbox-series-xPlaying For The Planet (The Playing For The Planet Alliance was launched during the Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York. In total, the members of the Alliance have the ability to reach more than 1 billion video game players.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/Playing For The Planet Members & Commitments (The Playing for the Planet Alliance is a group of gaming-companies who have made voluntary, ambitious, specific, and time-based commitments for people and planet.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/members/Playing For The Planet Green Game Jam (Over 25 studios from around the world – with a collective player base of over one billion – have collaborated and committed to implementing green activations in and out-of-game such as new modes, maps, themed events, storylines and messaging. Guiding the studios is a theme centred around conserving and restoring forests and oceans.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/greengamejam/Ubisoft (a French video game company headquartered in the Montreuil suburb of Paris, with several development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include For Honor, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Rayman, Rabbids, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, and the Tom Clancy's series.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UbisoftGreen leap forward: China boosts renewable energy capacity- https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/green-leap-forward-china-boosts-renewable-energy-capacity/2-1-1047867The 20 most popular passwords stolen in Adobe hack- https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-20-most-popular-passwords-stolen-in-adobe-hack-20131106-2x03o.htmlA crossword based on the Adobe password leak.- https://zed0.co.uk/crossword/';--have i been pwned? (This site came about after what was, at the time, the largest ever single breach of customer accounts — Adobe. I often did post-breach analysis of user credentials and kept finding the same accounts exposed over and over again, often with the same passwords which then put the victims at further risk of their other accounts being compromised.)- https://haveibeenpwned.com/SIM-Jackers Can Empty Your Bank Account with a Single Phone Call- https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kx4ej/sim-jacking-mobile-phone-fraudYubikey (a hardware authentication device manufactured by Yubico to protect access to computers, networks, and online services that supports one-time passwords, public-key cryptography, and authentication, and the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) and FIDO2 protocols developed by the FIDO Alliance. It allows users to securely log into their accounts by emitting one-time passwords or using a FIDO-based public/private key pair generated by the device.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YubiKeyRSA SecurID (formerly referred to as SecurID, is a mechanism developed by RSA for performing two-factor authentication for a user to a network resource. The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a "token" — either hardware (e.g. a key fob) or software (a soft token) — which is assigned to a computer user and which creates an authentication code at fixed intervals (usually 60 seconds) using a built-in clock and the card's factory-encoded almost random key (known as the "seed").)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_SecurIDDirect-to-video (refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than a theatrical release or television broadcast. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-videoPiracy : Its a Crime TV Ad- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSUThe IT Crowd - Series 2 - Episode 3: Piracy warning- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzgScarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58017445Freelancer (a space trading and combat simulation video game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a chronological sequel to Digital Anvil's Starlancer, a combat flight simulator released in 2000.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)Starflight™ 1+2 on sale at GoG- https://www.gog.com/game/starflight_1_2J. Robert Oppenheimer: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3IacPart of the Einstein exhibition. - The Manhattan Project- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-projectWB Kids - Looney Tunes | Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century | Classic Cartoon| WB Kids- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTuKnIZCUUCast Party : A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast- https://thatsnotcanon.com/cast-party-a-dungeons-dragons-podcastShout Outs 15th August 2021 – 35th anniversary of Starflight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarflightStarflight is a space exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM PC compatibles, it was later ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, and Commodore 64. Set in the year 4620, the game puts players in the role of a starship captain sent to explore the galaxy. There is no set path, allowing players to switch freely between mining, ship-to-ship combat, and alien diplomacy. The broader plot of the game emerges slowly, as the player discovers that an ancient race of beings is causing stars to flare and destroy all living creatures. The team coded the game mostly in Forth with a few key routines written in x86 assembler. Forth was chosen since it is easier to use than assembler and more compact. This was important because the game had to fit into 128K of RAM. It took "fifteen man-years" and three actual years to develop the game. The group designed what they called a "fractal generator", which took six man-years to develop and allowed them to increase the number of planets in the game from 50 to 800. The game was one of the earliest to use procedurally generated content for planets and everything on them. The techniques used created a type of roguelike environment on each planet, with the contents randomly distributed. The story network was also one of the earliest examples of a sandbox game design. They created a separate ecosystem generator over the course of two man-years of work. The alien names were created by randomly combining syllables until they had names they liked, and their code for simulating communications was rewritten four times before completion. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. It led to the development of a sequel, Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula, and influenced the design of numerous other games for decades after its release17th August 2021 – Panda gives birth in Singapore - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/giant-panda-gives-birth-in-rare-event-for-endangered-species/100385386 A Chinese giant panda at a Singapore wildlife park has given birth to a cub — the first born in the South-East Asian country and a rare event for an endangered species. Pandas Kai Kai, 13, and Jia Jia, 12, entered their seventh breeding season in April this year with the aid of artificial insemination, after arriving in Singapore in 2012 on a decade-long loan from China. Weighing about 200 grams, the cub was born on Saturday but the sex has yet to be determined, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) told Reuters, adding mother and cub were doing well. WRS said female giant pandas can display hormonal and behavioural signs of pregnancy even when not pregnant, but the organisation detected signs last month that a cub was on the way and Jia Jia's pregnancy was confirmed on August 10. China has been sending its black and white ambassadors abroad in a sign of goodwill since the 1950s as part of what is known as "panda diplomacy".17th August 2021 – Creator and 'godfather' of Sudoku passes away at 69 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/sudoku-creator-dies/100385554 Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life's work was spreading the joy of puzzles passed away. Known as the "Godfather of Sudoku," Mr Kaji created the puzzle to be easy for children and others who didn't want to think too hard. Its name is made up of the Japanese characters for "number" and "single," and players place the numbers one through nine in rows, columns and blocks without repeating them. Originally, Sudoku was called "Suji-wa-Dokushin-ni-Kagiru," which translates to, "Numbers should be single, a bachelor." It wasn't until 2004 that Sudoku became a global hit, after a fan from New Zealand pitched it and got it published in the British newspaper The Times. In recent years, Sudoku, believed to be the world's most popular pencil puzzle, has come out in digital versions. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer.18th August 2021 – 15th anniversary of Snakes On a Plane - https://gizmodo.com/snakes-on-a-plane-15-years-of-expletive-snakes-and-exp-1847474744Snakes on a Plane was released on August 18, 2006, which means it's celebrating its 15th anniversary this week. However, the film's legacy begins a little before that; in July 2006, Snakes on a Plane took its hilarious title and premise into San Diego Comic-Con and blew the roof off the place. There, fans and bloggers alike were wowed by the gory, fun footage. The event created huge buzz all over the internet and, as a result, people who got their film news online expected it to be an instant cult hit. Then it opened. While it did hit number one on its opening weekend, it barely grossed $14 million on its way to $34 million domestic (and $62 million international), which was way under expectations. The story is credited to David Dalessandro, a University of Pittsburgh administrator and first-time Hollywood writer. He developed the concept in 1992 after reading a nature magazine article about Indonesian brown tree snakes climbing onto planes in cargo during World War II. He originally wrote the screenplay about the brown tree snake loose on a plane, titling the film Venom. He soon revised it, expanding upon the premise to include a plague of assorted venomous snakes, then—crediting the film Aliens—revised it once again to include "lots of them loose in the fuselage of a plane." More than 450 snakes were used for filming to represent 30 different species of snakes. The different species include a 19-foot (5.8 m) Burmese python named Kitty (which the crew called Kong for film purposes), scarlet kingsnake (the non-venomous double for the eastern coral snake), milk snake, corn snakes, rattlesnakes, and mangrove snakes. The scarlet kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake stood in for coral snakes, while another species of milk snake and Florida kingsnake filled the role of the venomous Australian taipan (which attacks the couple having sex and the man using a restroom respectively). About two-thirds of the snakes seen throughout the film were either animatronic or CGI. The snakes that were real were mostly the non-venomous ones that are never seen attacking anyone. The scenes where someone is clearly bitten were often done with a mix of animatronic and animation. According to the DVD, all the snakes had production names, but only Scarface (an animated pit viper), Peanut (a cobra), and Kong are mentioned by name in the audio commentary. During filming, Samuel Jackson did not come into contact with any live snakes, due to a contract clause preventing snakes from being within 8 m (25 ft) of the actor. When the film was released in theaters, "pranksters" released two live western diamondback rattlesnakes at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 theater in Phoenix, Arizona during a showing of the film on August 22, 2006. One snake made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own, the other was found in the parking lot. No one was harmed and the snakes were released back into the desert.Remembrances17th August 2012 – Victor Poor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_PoorAn American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation (later renamed Datapoint Corporation), he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first successful computer microprocessor, the Intel 8008. Subsequently, Computer Terminal Corporation created the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200 programmable terminal. Poor continued his research and development, trying to develop a method for sending photographs and pictures wirelessly. In 1969 while working his notice period from Frederick Electronics, during the Thanksgiving holiday, Poor and fellow amateur radio colleague Harry Pyle produced the underlying architecture of the modern microprocessor on a living room floor. They then asked fellow radio amateur Jonathan Schmidt to write the accompanying communications software. Pitching the idea to both Texas Instruments and Intel, the partnership developed the Intel 8008, the forerunner of the microprocessor chips found in today's personal and computing devices. In late 1969, Poor joined start-up computer company Computer Terminal Corporation as Technical Director in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by two former NASA engineers, Phil Ray and Gus Roche, they asked him to approach Intel to see how much of his design could fit onto a computer chip. Pitching a $100,000 proposal to place the architecture onto silicon and into production, the project became the Intel 8008 master chip, the world's first 8-bit microprocessor. Poor and Pyle then developed the instruction set architecture which enabled Ray and Roche to design and develop the mass-produced programmable Datapoint 2200 computer terminal. As a result of the success of this product, the company changed its name to Datapoint. Datapoint remained one generation ahead of Intel until the Intel 80286. Overseeing the development of ARCNET by lead ARCNET architect John Murphy, an early local area network, Poor stayed with Datapoint until 1984, after they had lost their technical microchip lead to IBM and been bought out by corporate raiders. Poor died at the age of 79 in Palm Bay, Florida.Famous Birthdays17th August 1896 – Leslie Groves - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_GrovesLieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. In September 1942, Groves took charge of the Manhattan Project. He was involved in most aspects of the atomic bomb's development: he participated in the selection of sites for research and production at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington. He directed the enormous construction effort, made critical decisions on the various methods of isotope separation, acquired raw materials, directed the collection of military intelligence on the German nuclear energy project and helped select the cities in Japan that were chosen as targets. Groves wrapped the Manhattan Project in security but failed to prevent the Soviet Union from conducting a successful espionage program that stole some of its most important secrets. After the war, Groves remained in charge of the Manhattan Project until responsibility for nuclear weapons production was handed over to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in 1947. He then headed the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, which had been created to control the military aspects of nuclear weapons. He was given a dressing down by the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, and told that he would never be appointed Chief of Engineers. The Manhattan Engineer District (MED) was formally established by the Chief of Engineers, Major General Eugene Reybold on 16 August 1942. The name was chosen by Groves and MED's district engineer, Colonel James C. Marshall. Like other engineer districts, it was named after the city where its headquarters was located, at 270 Broadway. Unlike the others, however, it had no geographic boundaries, only a mission: to develop an atomic bomb. He was born in Albany, New York.Events of Interest17th August 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Eagle_II Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.It can be regarded as a successful crossing at the point that the Double Eagle II crossed the Irish coast, on the evening of 16 August, an event that Shannon Airport notified the crew about when it happened. Newman originally intended to hang glide from the balloon to a landing, while Anderson and Abruzzo continued to fly, but the hang-glider had to be dropped as ballast earlier on 16 August. While flying over France, they heard by radio that authorities had closed Le Bourget Airfield, where Charles Lindbergh had landed, for them. The crew declined the offer as they were running out of ballast and it would be too risky (to themselves and anyone below) to pass over the suburbs of Paris. They landed in a field of barley, owned by Roger and Rachel Coquerel, in Miserey, 60 mi (97 km) northwest of Paris. Television images showed a highway nearby, its shoulders and outer lanes crowded with stopped cars, people sweeping across the farm field to the landing spot. The gondola was protected, but most of the logs and charts were stolen by souvenir hunters. The flight, the fourteenth known attempt, was the culmination of more than a century of previous attempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean by balloon. Some of the people who had attempted it were never found. Larry Newman won a draw among the three to sleep in the same bed at the United States Embassy that Lindbergh slept in. British balloonists Don Cameron and Christopher Davey feted the trio at a party that included a balloon shaped like the Double Eagle II. The trio and their wives planned to return to the United States aboard the supersonic Concorde. Upon the successful crossing, the trip was accommodated by Air France at no charge to the trio and spouses.17th August 1939- Buck Rogers premiered in Portugal - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032290/ On this day in 1939 (in Portugal), Buck Rogers took a trip into the future after waking up from a long sleep. Here's the plot summary: "A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane." In the original comic strip, Buck Rogers is actually a former World War One pilot who was working as a mine surveyor at the time he came to fall into his long (500 years long) sleep. For some reason, the regulations would not allow the screenwriters to use the comic strip's continuity, so the serial is actually a completely original story with the comic strip characters added. The character of Killer Kane was changed, too: in the original strip, his real name was Oba Kane, he had a twin brother named Nova and a pistol called "Baby". He also had a girlfriend named Ardala Valmar. The regulations would not allow any of this background to be used, either: instead, Oba "Killer" Kane is presented as the despotic ruler of a future Earth. This serial is probably based on an unofficial Flash Gordon story in which Flash Gordon travels to Saturn; this story was not and has never been part of the original Flash Gordon universe (it was illegally published in 1936). After the serial came out, a second origin appeared in the comic strip in which Buck fell into a crater while looking for a meteor made from impervium, an indestructible metal used in the making of spaceships. Due to having hit the meteor when he fell in, Buck released the gas from inside and it put him to sleep for 500 years, only to be found by scientists and awakened. Again, this origin took place on Earth and not in space. There was a character in the strip who was in stasis in a satellite for 500 years, but his name was Dr. Laika; the story was inspired by the launch of Sputnik II. This is the origin story used in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). Henry Brandon hoped to play chief villain Killer Kane but was cast as Kane's henchman Captain Laska instead. When Brandon complained to his agent about this he was told, "The lead heavy works for one day, the henchman works for three weeks. Which part did you say you wanted again?" The film takes place in 1938 and 2440. 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Many health systems are forced to deliver their services through multiple means. In this episode, hosts Chris boyer and Reed Smith discuss the elements of a business model and how to identify the type of model you should use - B2B, B2C, B2B2C - and how to optimize your marketing accordingly. They are joined by Greg Matthews, founder of HealthQuant and host of DataPoint, to discuss how organizations can best leverage their physician networks to help support your organization. Mentions from the Show: What Is a Business Model? | The Different Types of Business Models Explained Explain the Business to Consumer Model B2B…is What Exactly? Understanding B2B Companies What Is A B2B2C Business Model? B2B2C Business Model In A Nutshell Health Care Marketing B2B: 6 Keys to Increase Your Market Share Greg Mathews on LinkedIn Greg Mathews on Twitter HealthQuant.health Find Us Online:  Touchpoint podcast Twitter Reed Smith Twitter Chris Boyer Twitter Chris Boyer website

Executive Director of Computer Museum of America Rena Youngblood is in the studio for today's episode of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. Joined by co-hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick, the group discusses several can't miss exhibits, fun-filled summer camps and an exciting in-person event! Youngblood is the first Executive Director of the Computer Museum of America. Before joining the museum team, she worked in education and association for over 10 years. She was with the Georgia Charter School Association for seven years and then moved on to the National Teacher's Association for five years. In January of 2020, Youngblood fell in love with the potential of the museum and started working with the nonprofit. The mission of the Computer Museum of America is to preserve, educate, inspire and empower. The museum is designed to help everyone – children and adults – remember how far we have advanced with technology in a relatively short amount of time. Located in Atlanta, the museum offers a look into the past and a glimpse of the future of computing. Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Computer Museum of America had to make several changes like many other businesses in the world. During this change, the museum shifted its focus internally. While visitors were not allowed to attend the museum, the staff of the Computer Museum of America worked to upgrade the design and layout of the building to better prepare for when people could return. The Computer Museum of America is gearing up for its first event planned to take place on April 29, 2021. Bytes, Brews and Bourbon is the first of many after-hours events. Taking place on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., the event will have live music from The Bourbon Brothers, delicious light appetizers, adult beverages for purchase and the unveiling of a new exhibit. The new exhibit will feature computers from movies. The museum currently has several fun-filled and informative exhibits for attendees to peruse. The Timeline of Computer History offers a complete timeline of artifacts from the digital past through today. Highlights include Datapoint 2200, Altair 8800 and an original Apple 1, as well as Atari 2600, Gameboy, Nintendo, Commodore 64 and so much more! The entire timeline has over 2,000 points of interest. Another fascinating exhibit at the museum is A Tribute to Apollo 11. This immersive exhibit offers viewings of an animated documentary, Getting to the Moon and Back, as well as several types of computers NASA used. The exhibit also features dioramas of scenes from Apollo 11-17. A Tribute to Apollo 11 joined the museum after the 50th anniversary of the mission in 2019. The Supercomputing exhibit at the Computer Museum of America offers an extensive collection of supercomputers. This exhibit illustrates the impact of these machines on daily lives from weather predictions to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The most recent exhibit from the Computer Museum of America is The Enigma Machine. Used by the Germans in World War II, this machine was designed to secure communication between military personnel. Around 40,000 Enigma machines were created, and it is estimated that less than 300 are currently intact today. Gearing up for the summer, the Computer Museum of America has four week-long camps planned in the upcoming months. Attendance in the summer camps will be capped at 10 campers per class. The Full STEAM Ahead summer camp is designed for fourth- through eighth-graders. Each day, campers will take on one of the elements of STEAM, progressing through science, technology, engineering, art and math. Running from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, the camp is expected to have tons of fun activities, experiments and learning opportunities. To register for one of the summer camps, visit www.computermuseumofamerica.org/calendar. In addition to the 35,000 square feet of museum,

You can find Ken on Twitter at twitter.com/kenshirriff and his blog righto.com.- Soyuz blog post:    http://www.righto.com/2020/01/inside-digital-clock-from-soyuz.html- IBM System/370: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/370- Amdahl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl_Corporation- Build Your Own Z80 Computer:    https://books.google.com/books?id=mVQnFgWzX0AC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false- Euler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler- Commodore PET: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET- TRS-80 (Trash-80): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 https://techland.time.com/2012/08/03/trs-80/- Visual 6502: http://www.visual6502.org/- MOS 6502: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502- Metallurgy microscope: https://www.amscope.com/compound-microscopes/metallurgical-microscopes.html- AM2900: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Am2900- MOS transistor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSFET- Cray-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1- Intel 4004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004- Datapoint 2200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200- Intel 8008: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8008- Endianness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness- TTL chips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor%E2%80%93transistor_logic- Big Endian and Little Endian:    https://chortle.ccsu.edu/AssemblyTutorial/Chapter-15/ass15_3.html- Xerox Alto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto- Charles Simonyi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Simonyi- Punched cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card- Why did line printers have 132 columns?:    https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/7838/why-did-line-printers-have-132-columns- Teletype 33: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33- Analogue computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer- Analogue computer thread: https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1223675683387265024- Differential analyser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_analyser- Bitcoin mining on a 1401:    http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-ibm-1401.html- Mining bitcoin with pencil and paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3dqhixzGVo- Bitcoin mining on a Xerox Alto:    http://www.righto.com/2017/07/bitcoin-mining-on-vintage-xerox-alto.html- Bitcoin mining on the Apollo Guidance computer:    http://www.righto.com/2019/07/bitcoin-mining-on-apollo-guidance.html- Colossus computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer- Accounting machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_machine- Memory phosphor: https://www.britannica.com/science/memory-phosphor- Rowhammer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer- Core memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory- Williams tube: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube- Core rope memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory- Honeywell 800: https://people.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/h800.html- Honeywell 1800: https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/doc-4372956da1170/    http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-h.html#HONEYWELL-1800- SPARC delayed branching:    https://arcb.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/codeopt/codeopt00/notes/delaybra.html- IBM 360 Model 50: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360_Model_50- RR Auction: https://www.rrauction.com/

Hey everybody, I'm Brian Clapp VP of Content and Engaged Learning at WorkinSports.com and this is the Work in Sports podcast… Let's see if I remember how to do this… it feels like I haven't pushed out a new episode in a while, yes, I took a break, a little vacation, my first and only one of 2020. That means, I totally 100% disconnected...which means, there is a ton of work to do today. You ever notice that? Vacation is awesome, but the work just piles up, and then when you get back… it's rough. Today so far, rough.  But enough about me -- who's ready to start 2021?! I'm feeling pretty pumped, even if a bit overwhelmed right at this moment.  Let's start this out right with our first stat line of 2021! This is important, this will give us baseline data for the year...so as we continue talking throughout the year we can observe the trends as they relate to right now at this moment. Kind of cool. Let's get into it. For those of you new to the podcast, welcome! Every Monday I provide a snapshot of the data behind sports employment. We're WorkInSports.com, the number one job board for the sports industry, and we've been doing this for 20 years, so we have tons of current data and historical trends.  So let's get started… Datapoint #1: 15,473 active sports jobs right now on WorkInSports.com -- that number is down about 7% from our last stat line, and don't worry that is to be expected. Between Christmas and New Year, employers aren't really posting jobs, so it is no surprise that number is down a little.  The rebound, starts now. Data Point #2 - We've added 954 jobs in the last week -- that is WAY down, down 58% from the previous week...but again, I've already explained why. We need to go one step deeper… This brings us to data point #3… 954 jobs added last week, divided by 7 days would be an average of 136 jobs per day. BUT, let's add some recency to the trend line. 278 jobs added today, and I'm recording this at around noon eastern time.  This is when things pick up, activity starts going through the roof, and it is the most important time for you to be on top of the job action.  OK, part 2 of the Stat Line -- for all you new listeners -- I also provide three cool jobs that are fresh on the job board, just to give you a little taste of what's out there. I guess it is misleading to make this part of the stat line since it's totally subjective, but this is where I want to put it, so I do. Job #1… Director of Fan Experience At Stanford University --  this position will oversee a team whose ultimate charge is to create a compelling in-venue experience for our student-athletes and fans alike. This team will design, program, and direct events that satisfy the evolving preferences of fans, create long-lasting memories, and persuade the community to continue to attend.  I find so many of the people I get to know in sports, love the live-action, the pace, the creativity, the engagement with fans -- this job is ideal if you have that spirit and experience.  And, if you have kids, maybe you get a discounted tuition to Stanford!  Talk about benefits.  Job #2...Marketing Associate at Burton Snowboards -- Ok, so this is a short term temporary remote role...which may not sound ideal, but hear me out. Burton is looking for an individual to assist us in keeping in touch with our community through social media. In this role, you will be primarily focused on social community coordination.  This is a chance to prove yourself, gain experience, and get the proverbial foot in the door of an amazing sports connected company. Especially if you have a thing for winter sports. Start to picture a role like this developing into a full-time gig in Vermont, one of my favorite states in the US, and Burlington is a super cool city. I know it's temp remote to start, but it could turn into something great...and if nothing else is a little cash in the pocket, experience on the resume,

In this Thanksgiving Data Point, Frank sends a special message of thanks to you, the best audience in the world! Show NotesDid AT&T Predict the Future? http://franksworld.com/2020/11/26/did-att-predict-the-future/ Transcript 00:00:00 Frank  Hey, what's up is Frank here from data driven? Just wanted to take a moment here. It's Thanksgiving here in the US. I'm actually sitting by the by the ocean on the beach.  00:00:15 Frank  And it's a beautiful day.  00:00:19 Frank  And God.  00:00:21 Frank  Some interesting interesting email the other day from website called Pod Stats or Pod Status. You'll see I have my other production assistant with me, but I just wanted to say thank you to all the listeners who helped made data driven successful over the years. Can't believe that tomorrow.  00:00:42 Frank  It's been four years since I had the idea for data driven. Next week will probably be. It'll be about four years since I asked Andy to be the cohost we've been rocking it pretty well. We're at about 160,000 downloads.  00:00:55 Frank  265 or 266 shows an.  00:01:03 Frank  Just wanted to say thank you.  00:01:05 Frank  Actually got an interesting email the other day from a website called Pod Stats Pod status.  00:01:11 Frank  And apparently we are very highly ranked where the 29th ranked podcast in technology in Italy. So I want to say gratze. We also rank very high and definitely in the top 50. In Sweden, Thailand, Norway in Brazil.  00:01:30 Frank  So thank you, I only know how to say thank you in.  00:01:35 Frank  Italian sorry, but I would have to go back and figure out how to say it in those other languages.  00:01:46 Frank  I'm sorry about that, but I will go back and figure out how to say it in the other language is another thing. If you've been very eagle eyed in terms of our show notes and the transcriptions.  00:01:57 Frank  Uh.  00:01:58 Frank  We have we have a name now for the AI voice over Lady probably do more formal show on it. But you know what?  00:02:07 Frank  Not gonna do it, figured I would just get the information out. Right now we call her Bailey which is an acronym for British AI Lady. You can look in the transcripts. You'll see her kind of listed as there is a name.  00:02:23 Frank  Interestingly enough, we changed up how we do our transcripts. I used to use video indexer but now word online you can actually upload the audio file, the MP3 file and it will actually not only do the transcription and the timestamp, but actually the speaker identification too. So we actually test this out.  00:02:45 Frank  And it's pretty accurate, so you'll so hopefully now are.  00:02:52 Frank  Hopefully now are.  00:02:55 Frank  Our transcripts are much more accessible. That's something we've been meaning to do and.  00:03:01 Frank  Yeah, oh, I see Andy's on hey what's up? Andy yeah we I shared that email with you and yeah, we are we're we're we're reaching the top 30 this is pretty good I'm I'm excited I'm happy about the show. Happy I'm thankful Thanksgiving right?  00:03:18 Frank  So I'm thankful for having Andy as a good friend and a cohost on this journey on this epic road trip down the information superhighway. As we say in our standard intro and but he was basically talking about all the things that look very futuristic in those commercials and.  00:03:39 Frank  The my dog is about to pull my arm off. I can feel it.  00:03:43 Frank  And.  00:03:46 Frank  So.  00:03:47 Frank  Yeah, so it's interesting

In this Data Point, Frank livestreams from the beach to talk about how sometimes specific predictions of the future are correct, even if they miss some details. In the 1990s, AT&T ran a series of commercials, highlighting the ways in which the internet would transform our lives.  One that stands out is the prediction that we would eventually send faxes from the beach. In 2020, the fax machine is somewhat of a relic. In the 90s, the concept of livestreaming on a platform like Facebook, would have seemed too far fetched at the time. Show Notes Sending a fax from the beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfIFDX9kE4 Data Driven Merchandise: https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A7141123011%2Cp_4%3AData+Driven&ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011 TranscriptComing soon

In this DataPoint, Frank examines whether or not the new AI voice over tech really replaced a human or did it open up new creative options instead? Transcript  Speaker 1  Hey, what's up? It's Frank here.  Speaker 1  From data driven the podcast where we explore the emerging fields of data science machine learning and artificial intelligence, so the title of this data. Point is did AI take just take away someone's job. Well, yes, and no so here's an example so.  Speaker 1  So rather, quantum answer, isn't it right? It's both yes and no at the same time. See what I did there? So this is actually in regards to the voice over artist that we used to have on the show, but for both data driven and.  Speaker 1  Impact quantum but.  Speaker 1  I just recorded something today for impact quantum, so this isn't this isn't just a cheap kind of product placement for the other show. This is a serious thing, so if we go and we listen to this.  Speaker 2  Hello and welcome to this episode of impact quantum. This episode is titled freaking cubits how do they work?  Speaker 1  So basically that is an artificially an AI generated voice that we've been using.  Speaker 1  Probably since the three year anniversary prior to that we used someone an voiceover artist I found on fiber called shifty pop. Awesome work that she does.  Speaker 1  Um and her turn around is pretty quick too, but.  Speaker 1  She also doesn't do voiceover work anymore. She just singing kind of stuff which is still cool. So definitely check her out and tell her data driven center sent you. But the key here is that.  Speaker 1  We would love to be in a position where budget Wise. We could have a voiceover artist custom do this. But just was never practical right for every show, however, with the AI.  Speaker 1  I can.  Speaker 1  Create a custom intro for every show and eventually a custom outro outro at the end too.  Speaker 1  See we've done that were on data driven a few times an every episode of impact quantum has been that now part of that is just you know, practical right so I can type up what I need to type have the voice over artist say tweak the voice settings or whatever, although we have kind of a setting we like.  Speaker 1  And hit generate and I have a wave file right away for MP3 actions. What generates.  Speaker 1  Right away, right? So I have that instantaneous feedback, right? So there's the time and it doesn't cost me anything extra to do that. I I I spent $30 or something on some web based platform so it can actually pull in voice wave voice generation capabilities from Google, Amazon as well as as Azure so I have.  Speaker 1  All that ability kind of depict the voices. Pick the accents. I can even do a child's voice a man's voice. I mean, it's obviously a lady's voice. I can do that. I can do that right away. I paid for it basically one time and I can get that. So in a sense.  Speaker 1  I was actually having a discussion with my manager. Actually, wow, you've put somebody out of work.  Speaker 1  And yes and No.  Speaker 1  So I hired a voiceover artist three years ago.  Speaker 1  Yeah, 3 1/2 years ago an I paid her I think was like ended up being $50 or so. So for less than the cost of re engaging her to do a voiceover I now can create custom voiceovers with different voices, different accents, different gender.  Speaker 1  I can do all sorts different ages. I could do all sorts of things there, where as before I, I guess. I guess I could go through fiber and find that selection,...

In this Data Point, Frank sees a robot patrolling the aisles of his local Walmart and gets excited. The robot scans shelves and helps identify what needs to be restocked and what's out of place. https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-adding-robots-help-stock-shelves-to-650-more-stores-2020-1 (https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-adding-robots-help-stock-shelves-to-650-more-stores-2020-1)

Mai Tran, CRM Manager at Blinkist, gives us a glimpse into the Blinkist company mission behind snackable insights. We also delve into the shift we're seeing in KPI focuses, and the power of personalization and recommendation engines. *Hosted by Taylor Gibb and PJ Bruno LIVE at LTR 2019*       TRANSCRIPT: [0:00:16] Taylor Gibb: Are we recording?   [0:00:18] PJ Bruno: We're live. We are fire right now. So whenever you want to give us the kick off.   [0:00:23] Taylor Gibb: Oh, fire flames. All right, here I go. I'm going to probably say it wrong. Welcome back to Braze for Impact. Remember guys, this is the MarTech Industry Discuss Digest, and we're right in the middle of our humanities series. This means we're talking to some really interesting people who use Braze. We actually are at LTR right now recording. My name is Taylor Gibb. I'm a CSM on the Braze team. Across from me here is Mai Tran who was at Blinkist as a CRM manager. Mai, it's so good to meet you.   [0:00:53] Mai Tran: Nice to meet you too.   [0:00:55] Taylor Gibb: And to my left, as ever, we've got PJ Bruno who runs Client Education of Braze. PJ, how's it going?   [0:01:02] PJ Bruno: Very, very well. Glad to be back here with you, Taylor.   [0:01:05] Taylor Gibb: Well, excellent. You didn't see everybody, but I just got a salute from PJ. That's a new one.   [0:01:09] PJ Bruno: I was thinking about it as I did. I was like, "No one's going to hear the salute."   [0:01:12] Taylor Gibb: Oh no. When you're with me, everybody will hear the salute. I'm going to make sure to keep you honest on that one.   [0:01:17] PJ Bruno: What a pal. Friend and coworker forever.   [0:01:20] Mai Tran: Sounds great.   [0:01:20] Taylor Gibb: Oh, that's right. Mai, thank you again for joining us here today. As we've been going through this humanity series, we've been talking a lot, not only about the ways that you use Braze, your marketing tech stack, but about you, how you got to where you are right now and about the company you work for.   [0:01:36] Mai Tran: That's nice.   [0:01:36] Taylor Gibb: I know. Well, that's what we're hoping for.   [0:01:38] Mai Tran: Cool. I'll start with a little bit about myself because I think it's connected very well to how I ended up at Blinkist. I started out my career quite traditionally. I study creative writing and I wanted to work for publishing because I realized very quickly that I wouldn't be able to write so much or make a living writing, which is very, very tough.   [0:02:02] Taylor Gibb: That's a tough [crosstalk] The starving artist.   [0:02:04] Mai Tran: Exactly.   [0:02:04] PJ Bruno: Diverse the skills. I get it.   [0:02:06] Mai Tran: Exactly. Yeah. You really have to have a very specific personality to be able to pursuit art in any kind. So yeah, I decided to ... Very early on, I wanted to devote my life to supporting artists and being able to work with authors that I believe and I loved. I started on my career in publishing and it was not an easy industry to get into. It's a very old industry. A lot of things doesn't move as fast as the startup world that we have nowadays. Yeah, kind of at the one year after I graduated, I discovered Blinkist. It was a very nice discovery because I was a little bit fed up with the corporate world and how things are being done there. I started to look more into the startup world and see how people work differently, how products are being put together in a different way. Blinkist is like a happy in between, because everything that they do in terms of culture there at Blinkist, I truly love. Then on top of that, they have a product that I do believe in and it's very much connected to my heart, which is books. [crosstalk]   [0:03:31] PJ Bruno: I love that so much. So the publisher you came from, was that in Berlin as well?   [0:03:36] Mai Tran: No. I actually used to work for Random House here.   [0:03:39] Taylor Gibb: Really?   [0:03:40] Mai Tran: Yeah, in New York.   [0:03:41] PJ Bruno: Cool. Welcome back.   [0:03:42] Taylor Gibb: You're an ex New Yorker. Well, I mean once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker.   [0:03:45] PJ Bruno: For life.   [0:03:45] Mai Tran: I guess so.   [0:03:46] Taylor Gibb: But we're glad to have you back. It sounds like you move from publishing because it was, as we know, a slightly more traditional industry. You said it's more slow moving, to something that's a little techier, it is an app, a software. Blinkist does that as well, right? If I understand correctly, Blinkist is taking something that's intimidating to some people, these big, oftentimes nonfiction, tomes, quote unquote, and making them more digestible.   [0:04:12] Mai Tran: Exactly.   [0:04:12] Taylor Gibb: Can you talk a little bit more about that?   [0:04:14] Mai Tran: Yeah. So Blinkist, we like to believe that we're on a mission to be the leading destinations for the modern lifelong learner. It's a very, very nice mission statement that I always hold dear to my heart because I truly believe that our product is going to that direction. Everything we do is to help people learn more, not necessarily finding shortcuts when it comes to learning or finding shortcuts when it comes to reading, but ultimately you have to face the reality that nowadays people don't have that 10 hours in their day so that they can just sit down with a good book and read for 10 hours straight. It's not going to happen. The reading and the learning is going to happen on the subway, on your way to work. It's going to happen in the 10 minutes that you are trying to dress your kid to go to the nursery school. Yeah, and Blinkist does help those people with a very, very busy lifestyle to be able to squeeze in a little bit of learning and a little bit of reading into their day.   [0:05:21] Taylor Gibb: I love that. It's not offering shortcuts, but it's making this learning and this wisdom accessible, no matter how much time you have.   [0:05:28] Mai Tran: Exactly.   [0:05:29] Taylor Gibb: PJ, you earlier said that you were intrigued by Blinkist.   [0:05:32] PJ Bruno: I am. I mean, I unfortunately likened it to CliffsNotes, which is incorrect in terms of the mission, because CliffsNotes is like shortcut, here, now.   [0:05:42] Taylor Gibb: Right. I don't want to read Romeo and Juliet. Who dies?   [0:05:45] PJ Bruno: Exactly. They both died. Got it. Got the whole story understand it.   [0:05:48] Taylor Gibb: And we're done.   [0:05:49] PJ Bruno: But Blinkist, it's actually more distilling those valuable insights when it comes to those books. So for someone like me, I do love to read Malcolm Gladwell and Simon Sinek. But when it's not a narrative, sometimes I end up just reading the same paragraph over and over again. For some reason I will find mental blocks where I get stuck. Because in a narrative, a story can exist somewhere. Even though it's in my mind, I can feel the physical space. When you're talking conceptually about things, and Simon Sinek is just explaining page after page his thoughts, letting them unfurl. That's something that sometimes I get lost or I just get distracted. So something like this from Blinkist, it can keep me on that path. It can keep me focused. Sometimes you feel like you're waiting around for the big payoff with some of these writers, because Simon Sinek, just like all these guys, they have a general idea of their arc, of what the book should be, A, B and C. Then it's like, "It's time to stuff 80 pages in each of these." So sometimes some chapters are a little long winded. I'm just, I don't always have the patience for it. So something like Blinkist for the ... What did you call it? The forever learner or ...   [0:07:01] Taylor Gibb: Lifelong learner.   [0:07:02] Mai Tran: The lifelong learner. Yeah.   [0:07:03] PJ Bruno: So good.   [0:07:04] Taylor Gibb: Get that alliteration in there.   [0:07:06] Mai Tran: That's great.   [0:07:07] Taylor Gibb: Remind me, when did you start at Blinkist? How many years ago?   [0:07:10] Mai Tran: It's been a little bit over two years now.   [0:07:12] Taylor Gibb: That's great. Have things changed. So going from the world of publishing, where everything took a million years to move forward, I bet here things move a mile a minute. How have things changed in terms of your tech stack, in terms of even your marketing strategies since you started?   [0:07:26] Mai Tran: Well, quite a lot. When I first started, it was literally just me and another person in our team. Now we've grown to be a small team of four, but in terms of the capability of what we do within CRM has changed so much. Originally, when we first started, we focused, because we only have limited human resource. We focus a lot of things on conversion because that's what everybody cares about. That's what marketing cares about. We're under marketing at that point. I spend most of my time talking to very new users who are soon to be customers and trying to help them understand the value of Blinkist and try to find a price point that makes sense for them and convert them. It's very interesting. It's my first time working with more conversion-based communications. It's very different from the kind of work that I do at publishing. But it was very fun. I think what I appreciate the most is that it's very easy to understand that funnel, because the KPIs are very clear. You either purchase or you don't purchase.   [0:08:43] Taylor Gibb: That's true.   [0:08:44] Mai Tran: It's very simplistic in some ways. Now, about a year ago, I started to move to the engagement space because as a company, we realize that we grow in such a high pace that we started to see a drop in retention naturally, because you started to acquire more customer or more users that have less intent, doesn't understand Blinkist as well. Because of that, people are less likely to stay on for the product.   [0:09:19] PJ Bruno: Just from the general volume you guys are doing, it's balancing.   [0:09:22] Mai Tran: Exactly. Yeah.   [0:09:23] Taylor Gibb: Makes sense.   [0:09:23] Mai Tran: We decided to put a lot of focus on customer engagement and customer retention. I decided to move into that space. I thought that it's a very nice comeback to the publishing world because then, again, it's about getting people to engage with content and getting people to know what is new, what is relevant to them, et cetera, et cetera. It was very exciting for me. Then it's also a big challenge because with engagement, it's not as clear cut as conversion. There's a lot of KPIs out there. You don't know which one makes sense. You always optimize for the immediate one. So open rate, click rate, which copy makes more people engage with that content. But it's not necessarily that, because what you want to impact in the end is renewal. So how many people stay on over time? That's such a long time span that you start to test with different KPIs. Okay, what exactly is it? Is it reading five books that gets people more likely to stay? Is it spending more time in the app? Is it spending more time listening over reading? All of that is very exciting and challenging for me.   [0:10:39] PJ Bruno: Just that shift from the understanding of conversion event to being a goal to renewal, that in of itself, that's an infinite minded [crosstalk 00:00:10:50]. That's looking to the future as opposed to like, "Oh, it's ..." sometimes, I don't want to put salespeople in a bucket, but you have a quarterly goal so you obsess over that quarterly goal. Sometimes you do things that actually do not help you long term just to hit it.   [0:11:03] Mai Tran: In the long run, exactly. Yeah.   [0:11:04] PJ Bruno: So I love that you guys are looking so far down the line. It's great.   [0:11:07] Taylor Gibb: One thing I wanted to talk to you about as well, so as you are moving forward with these new KPIs and a more fleshed out, perhaps forward-looking attack towards getting users to ... Getting that retention further, how are you looking at the data? Have you guys engaged with anyone in a tech stack or are you just kind of looking at the numbers as they come through? On top of that, you spoke a little bit about actions like listening or reading books, what kind of actions are you looking for people to complete in your app that you think lead to that retention?   [0:11:42] Mai Tran: Yeah. I thought that you would ask that question.   [0:11:45] Taylor Gibb: I know.   [0:11:47] PJ Bruno: Were you scared that she would ask that question?   [0:11:49] Mai Tran: Yeah.   [0:11:49] Taylor Gibb: Oh gosh.   [0:11:49] Mai Tran: I was kind of.   [0:11:50] Taylor Gibb: Not meant to be a scary one.   [0:11:52] Mai Tran: No. It's because it's still a learning experience for us. It's very difficult to find that tipping point or to find that one key action that actually will ensure that 99% of people who does that action is going to stay on. But it's very important to find that important action. We're in the process of discovering that. We're very much at the beginning, which is to define the baseline. What we're doing now is instead of trying to artificially scale up a certain action, like read five books, not knowing if that is going to impact at all the renewal rate in the end, what we're doing now is actually spread our efforts across all different KPIs that we consider to be baseline KPIs. We're looking at everything in terms of time spent in the app, time spent actually reading or listening. We call them content consumption. Then we look at the finished rate. If you start reading something, do you finish it? If you finish it, are you more likely to stay on? Are you more likely to engage further? We also look at discovery rates. If you discover more content, are you more likely to find value in the app? Yeah, all kinds of things. One very interesting findings that we recently discover was that was variety, which is very interesting because-   [0:13:25] Taylor Gibb: That is.   [0:13:26] Mai Tran: Yeah. Personalization is all about offering up what you like, what is relevant to you based on what you've read in the past. But we've come to realize that people who read more outside of their comfort zone are more likely to renew.   [0:13:43] PJ Bruno: That's rad. That's very cool.   [0:13:44] Mai Tran: Yeah. So it's really a fine balance between, "Okay, we know what you like, and we offer you more of that." And then introducing to you more new things that we think you might like. So things like taste breakers, essentially, is also very, very interesting to us. But going back to your question, yeah, right now it's finding that baseline and seeing where that blip happened.   [0:14:11] PJ Bruno: I love that mission, the high-value-action mission, which all of us should be concerned with and doing. You said you guys are just starting your mission. The truth is it takes a long time to figure that out. Even when you figure it out, it changes.   [0:14:26] Mai Tran: You're not sure.   [0:14:26] Taylor Gibb: That's right. It's always evolving.   [0:14:27] PJ Bruno: You're not sure, it changes. Like you mentioned, you just have so much data coming in. There's so many ways to look at it and splice it. All I can say is hats off to you on doing it and best of luck in doing that, because it's huge. When you're able to discern those two to three high value actions, that three X, five X, that LTV of a customer, I mean, it's massive. It's game changing.   [0:14:50] Taylor Gibb: And surprising, it sounds like, the fact that variety has a part in all of this. It sounds like you did some testing and it's kind of fun when you're surprised by the results. That's really exciting. Final thing that I want to talk to you about a little bit here is what's on the horizon, both for you and your team and for Blinkist right now? Obviously don't talk about anything you're not allowed to. Unless we're all going to keep secrets here. But let me know what's coming up on the horizon.   [0:15:21] Mai Tran: Something that's coming up for CRM at Blinkist is, I guess, ramping up our recommendation system and really leverage connected content and personalization at Braze to bring that personalized content directly to the user, instead of waiting for them to come to the app. This is something that we literally started testing last week. I'm still waiting for results.   [0:15:48] Taylor Gibb: Oh, brand new.   [0:15:48] PJ Bruno: Exciting.   [0:15:48] Mai Tran: Yeah. I really hope it worked well Because I've heard many funny stories from our customers about personalization, because you never know how they're going to interpret that recommendation.   [0:16:03] PJ Bruno: Interesting.   [0:16:04] Mai Tran: We had one user writing in saying that, "Why are you such a racist company? No, not racist, sexist company. "Why do you offer me only female books?" We were really surprised because we don't know our user's gender. We never ask, we don't track that. Our data-   [0:16:27] PJ Bruno: So you had to respond, "This was just based on your history."   [0:16:29] Mai Tran: Exactly.   [0:16:29] Taylor Gibb: This is what you've been reading.   [0:16:31] Mai Tran: It was based on the last book that they read.   [0:16:34] PJ Bruno: Do what know what was their response after that? Do you know?   [0:16:37] Mai Tran: No. I didn't know.   [0:16:38] PJ Bruno: They were like no response.   [0:16:40] Taylor Gibb: Oh wait, no. Nevermind.   [0:16:41] Mai Tran: But yeah, so recommendation, it's really cool for us and especially being able to bring that into CRM and to be able to offer up content when it's relevant to them is what I'm looking forward to.   [0:16:55] PJ Bruno: Yeah. I mean, all I would say for connected content, I mean, it just works in terms of personalization if you set it up and if your systems are set up to handle the speed with which it's hitting it. That's when problems can occur. So make sure you're set up for speed. God, that's awesome. I'm excited for you guys.   [0:17:13] Taylor Gibb: You're you're taking a crack at CSM-ship here, PJ.   [0:17:16] PJ Bruno: I don't know.   [0:17:17] Taylor Gibb: I love to hear it.   [0:17:18] PJ Bruno: I hang out with you too much, I guess.   [0:17:19] Taylor Gibb: I think that might be the problem here. Well, best of luck to you. I'll be so excited. I'm going to start trying, I think. I will not complain if I get too many female book recommendations because now I know.   [0:17:31] PJ Bruno: It's just an algorithm.   [0:17:32] Taylor Gibb: It's just the algorithm.   [0:17:32] Mai Tran: It's just the algorithm.   [0:17:33] Taylor Gibb: It's just ... And taste breakers, who knows. Next time we talk, I'm going to be full of wisdom. I feel it.   [0:17:38] PJ Bruno: I'm going to hold you to that.   [0:17:39] Taylor Gibb: I know. We'll see. Full of something. Thank you so much for joining us.   [0:17:44] Mai Tran: Thank you for having me.   [0:17:45] Taylor Gibb: It was so great to meet you. PJ, as always, thanks for joining me here on the mic.   [0:17:49] PJ Bruno: Thanks again.   [0:17:49] Taylor Gibb: On the ones and twos. And all of you guys out there, thanks as always for dialing in. I'll talk to you later. [0:17:54]

In this DataPoint, Frank goes off topic. Transcript (AI Generated) Hey, what's up? It's Frank here from data driven. The podcast where we explore the emerging fields of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. I just wanted to take a minute to say I'm basically. Uh. What's going on? The show we we've been both kind of slammed. I've had some family issues I needed to take care of. I had the chance to release the show, but even all the Goings on last week or two it seemed inappropriate thing. I just take a pause and reflect and I actually had the chance today. To unplug, take a day off and. You know he was very refreshing, a kind of reconnect with my purpose. And realize, for instance, right now I'm I'm actually getting my car washed and it's been a long while and they're going to do the interior and stuff like that, but. You know, we pull up in there like how it's going to be an hour. It could be an hour or more and I'm like. It's OK. I mean there's a lot of you know we went to a restaurant was a week ago. And, uh. You know it was pretty clear that they reduce just to take out, and I think as things slowly get back to. Normal. People are adjusting. People are stressed out. For many reasons, and I think that's the importance of empathy right now. Any points of self care, I mean just I needed to have kind of a different work schedule this week because of some family commitments. But the key. Is I didn't have to really be unplugged today, but. I felt like I needed to and it definitely help help me reconnect with my purpose. Why we do the podcast all that stuff have an episode going out, probably. Midnight or tomorrow. I'll work on getting it, edit it out and published and dumb. You know we're gonna. Do that and I've got a really good gas. Really great conversation. It was about data about. It was really. It was a great conversation and poured it over a month ago an I hate when I pulled off a show that long. Not really what I intended but here we are and. Just wanted to just say the most important thing you can do for yourself, your family, but world is. Take care of yourself 1st and the second most important thing you can do is be apathetic towards folks. Make sure that you know. Take a deep breath before you get upset. You know I was like I was like Oh my God forsaken hour. He's like I could use it. Not a nice little shaded place were good and. There it is.

Today's Guest: Alex Coren | Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Wambi Greg and Alex talk about the looming crisis of clinician burnout - and how the simple idea of facilitating appreciation for clinicians is reducing burnout, increasing both clinician and patient satisfaction, and actually improving care. Important Links: Alex' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-coren-wambi/ Wambi: https://wambi.org/ CarePostCard: https://www.carepostcard.com/ For more info about Greg Matthews, visit: http://linkedin.com/in/gdmatthews or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chimoose. For more, visit the DataPoint show page at http://touchpoint.health/shows/datapoint/. 

SalesForce, Microsoft, and Twitter have all extended their work from home policies either indefinitely or for the remainder of the year. To say that housing is expensive in the Bay Area would be an understatement. Frank ponders what will happen to the real estate market if you only go to the office once or twice a week? Or not at all? Why spend money to be near a place you no longer go to daily? Transcript (AI Generated) Hey, what's up is Frank here from data driven, the podcast or we explore the emerging fields. Data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. So uhm, today this morning. Actually, I read that Salesforce is allowing their workforce to work from home for the remainder of the Year this. Got me thinking. Uh, about other companies that have done that. Microsoft has at least last time I checked, working from home or going into the office is voluntary through at least October. It might be extended. Who knows? Twitter is said that they are going to make remote work possible indefinitely. I'm not sure Google stances, but I think when you see the big tech industries, the Big Giants in the tech industry is really what I want to say. Is they're all embracing work from home that is going to have enormous. I think implications across, well, every industry, but I think one of the ones that will be particularly impacted. Given that number of Bay Area Giants have kind of jumped on, this will be real estate real estate in the San Francisco area is notoriously expensive, and it's the stuff of almost jokes in terms of, you know, shack and cause a couple $1,000,000 and they'll be a bidding war for said Shack. I really wonder. Watt That will do for real estate, because if you could you could stay in California. Maybe move 3 four hours away from San Francisco or the Bay. And you can get a house that's more affordable. And if you are going to be working remotely indefinitely, or even when things kind of go back to normal, whatever, that will look like. You probably only be required to come in less than five days a week. Uh, you know, maybe a once a week, 4 hour commute. Each way maybe that won't be so bad. Uh, maybe maybe? I mean, that's really going to. I think that's really going to impact realestate ticular Lee in places like Silicon Valley and San Francisco, and possibly other places like New York, but I'm really curious to see what the data will say. So if you have that bad of a commute once a week, I think most people would be willing to tolerate that for more affordable housing an. You know, I don't know. I think that's really going to impact kind of not the high end 'cause I think people are always going to want to have some property there, but I really think it's really going to change. Kind of the lower to mid range of realestate all over. Let me not just San Francisco, but I can easily see this applying to New York, Seattle. Places where. Technology companies have really driven up the real estate recently. I don't know, you know, and you also have the opportunity that you know if you don't have to go into the office at all, why not move to Nebraska? You know where land is much cheaper than anywhere in California? I really think that when the dust shakes out of this and now that remote work is much more accepted, I think it's. I think we're going to see changes or unanticipated changes. I always like to say that one of the most powerful forces in the universe is actually. Unintended consequences, so I'm really curious to see how that goes. I can also imagine folks trying to sell real estate in this environment. Must be having a difficult time because you're basically...

Today's Guest: Maryam Sadeghi, PhD | CEO and co-founder, MetaOptima Technology Inc. Greg and Maryam talk about how dermatology has gone from being a digital laggard to a digital leader over the last 10 years, and how a startup company can make such a huge impact so quickly. Important Links: Maryam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryams/ Maryam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maryam_Sadeghi Meta Optima on the Web: https://www.metaoptima.com/ DermEngine Workflow Video: https://youtu.be/MoCOULeWkxk For more info about Greg Matthews, visit: http://linkedin.com/in/gdmatthews. For more, visit the DataPoint show page at http://touchpoint.health/shows/datapoint

In this hybrid show and Data Point, Frank and Andy discuss the ongoing pandemic situation and how to help people laid off.

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In this Data Point, Frank points out that chatbots are in demand again.

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In this Data Point, Frank is live at Azure Data Fest Philly Winter 2020 and talks about LinkedIn Live.

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In this Data Point, Frank walks through the AI Summit expo area and explains the two things that will make him walk out of his way

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In this DataPoint, Frank talks to Mark Tabladillo, who's nominated for a major AI award, about why search may be key to AI's future.

In this Data Point, Frank is up way too early, but it's all worth it for a chance to go to the AI Summit in NYC. If you're there, stop by the Forbes Lounge and say hello.

In this Data Point, Frank talks live from Azure Data Fest Boston and big plans for 2020.

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In this Data Point, we celebrate a huge milestone in front of a very important donut shop. Thank you for being our loyal fans!

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In this Data Point, Frank talks about one of his favorite parts of the MLADS conference: the Poster Demos. Essentially, the Poster Demos are an AI science fair, where researchers working on cutting edge projects show off their work.

In this Data Point, Frank share his "aha" moment from the MLADS keynote this morning.

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