Podcasts about Gnomon

Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE), a pre-Socratic philosopher and student of Thales, was a pioneer of cosmology, astronomy, and natural philosophy. He introduced the concept of the apeiron (infinite) as the origin of all things, developed early theories on evolution, and created one of the first world maps. His revolutionary ideas laid the groundwork for scientific thinking and inspired generations of philosophers and scientists.

Did you hear about the weird plasma bubbles spotted over the pyramids? Scientists are scratching their heads over these glowing, floating bubbles that seem to appear out of nowhere in the night sky. They're made of charged particles, which can create a light show when they interact with Earth's magnetic field. Some experts think they could be connected to solar activity, but no one's totally sure yet. It's wild to imagine something so mysterious happening over one of the most iconic ancient wonders. ✨ Credit: Our Active Ionosphere: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5238 centre of the Great Pyramid: By Mike McBey - https://flic.kr/p/2f68WSM, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... OTH-B.big: By Charly Whisky, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Great Pyramid S-N Diagram: By Flanker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Khufu Inner chambers: By R.F.Morgan, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Great Pyramid of Giza: By Keith Adler, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Gnomon--21juin: By Xofc, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Plateau de Gizeh: By pierre391, https://skfb.ly/on8AE the Great Pyramid: By Sébastien Procureur, Kunihiro Morishima, Mitsuaki Kuno, Yuta Manabe, Nobuko Kitagawa, Akira Nishio, Hector Gomez, David Attié, Ami Sakakibara, Kotaro Hikata, Masaki Moto, Irakli Mandjavidze, Patrick Magnier, Marion Lehuraux, Théophile Benoit, Denis Calvet, Xavier Coppolani, Mariam Kebbiri, Philippe Mas, Hany Helal, Mehdi Tayoubi, Benoit Marini, Nicolas Serikoff, Hamada Anwar, Vincent Steiger, Fumihiko Takasaki, Hirofumi Fujii, Kotaro Satoh, Hideyo Kodama, Kohei Hayashi, Pierre Gable, Emmanuel Guerriero, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Tamer Elnady, Yasser Elshayeb & Mohamed Elkarmoty - https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.In today's episode we speak with Gabriel Williams, a 3D modeler! We speak about him studying rigging at Gnomon, learning toy design at Rad Sechrist school, and working on a short film to learn and grow as an artist. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cart00n.gabeCreating in Color is a podcast show casing the creative endeavors of Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Anyone from production, illustration, interior design and technology!Creating in Color's SocialsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@creatingincolorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/creating.in.color/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Create_inColorKo-fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/creatingincolorIntro/Outro song by NamikazeSound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/namikazeYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NamiKazeCapKaybe's SocialsYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaybeitsKaybeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/maybeitskaybe/Twitter: https://twitter.com/maybeitskaybeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maybeitskaybeGuest opinions are their own and are not necessarily a reflection of Creating in Color/Kaybe Woods.

Hey Watch Fans,super casual talk about a GQ article about Chrono24 analytics and Gnomon and MoonSwatch Mission to the Supermoon. also check out some of Kev's newest links.IG: @keyerealtortwitter: keyerealtorYoutube: https://youtu.be/r3du6lHYtaEhis websites keyerealtor.comkeyerealtor.caLet us know what you all think.Enjoy the show,Like WatchFanatics.ca on Facebook Follow Kevin @WatchFanatics.ca on InstagramFollow David @watchfanaticdavid on Instagram

It takes our sun 220 million years to orbit around the middle of our home galaxy. But that kind of timescale can be difficult to picture. So, using the International Stratigraphy Chart as a guidance for what different time periods mean in terms of millions of years, let's zoom out to the scale of a galactic year and see what happened in Earth's prehistory one cycle ago, two and so on. Sources for this episode: Bach, J. R. (2013), Paradigm paralysis in the management of neuromuscular disease. Journal of Personalized Medicine 11: 24-29. Bottjer, E. J. (2005), The Early Evolution of Animals. Scientific American 293(2): 42-47. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Carrion, M. T., Evans, D. C., Lloyd, G. T., Mannion, P. D., Norell, M. A., Peppe, D. J., Upchurch, P. and Williamson, T. E. (2015), The extinction of the dinosaurs. Biological Reviews 90: 628-642. Cameron, G. G. (1968), Zoroaster the Herdsman. Indo-Iranian Journal 10(4): 261-281. Clack, J. A. (2006), Devonian climate change, breathing, and the origin of the tetrapod stem group. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(4): 510-523. Cohen, K. M., Finney, S. C., Gibbard, P. L. and Fan, J.-X. (2013; updated). The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart. Episodes 36: 199-204. Downs, J. P., Daeschler, E. B., Jenkins, F. A. and Shubin, N. H. (2008), The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Nature 455: 925-929. Ellery, A. (2003), Book Review: Impossible Extinction- Natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world. International Journal of Astrobiology 2(2): 153-154. Galway-Whitham, J. and Stringer, G. (2018), How did Homo sapiens evolve? Science 360(6395): 1296-1298. Hazen, R. M. (2010), How Old is Earth, and How Do We Know? Evolution: Education and Outreach 3: 198-205. Hess, F. L. (1925), The Age of the Earth. The Scientific Monthly 20(6): 597-602. Kemp, B. and Zink, A. (2012), Life in Ancient Egypt: Akhenaten, the Amarna Period and Tutankhamun. RCC Perspectives No. 3- Sickness, Hunger, War and Religion: Multidisciplinary Perspectives: 9-24. Kvĕt, R. (1991), Complete Periodical Geological Time Table. GeoJournal 24(4): 417-420. Kvĕt, R. (1995), On the Dependence of Life Evolution on Geotectonic Stages. GeoJournal 37(4): 413-417. Lemberg, J. B., Daeschler, E. B. and Shubin, N. H. (2021), The feeding system of Tiktaalik roseae: an intermediate between suction feeding and biting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118(7): e2016421118. MacIver, M. A., Schmitz, L., Mutan U., Murphey, T. D. and Mobley, C. D. (2020), Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: E2375-E2384. Meiri, S. (2022), Population sizes of T. rex cannot be precisely estimated. Frontiers of Biogeography 14(2): e53781. Roney, J. C. (2017), 1776, Viewed from the West. Journal of the Early Republic 37(4): 655-700. Sereno, P. C. (1997), The Origin and Evolution of Dinosaurs. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 25: 435-489. Vandepoele, K., De Vos, W., Taylor, J. S., Meyer, A. and Van de Peer, Y. (2004), Major events in the genome evolution of vertebrates: Paranome age and size differ considerably between ray-finned fishes and land vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101(6): 1638-1643. Vittinghof, F. (1985), Reviewed Work(s): The Roman Empire 27 B. C. - A. D. 476. A Study in Survival by Chester G. Starr. Gnomon 57 Bd., H. 6: 572-574. Zhuralev, A. Y. and Wood, R. A. (2018), The two phases of the Cambrian Explosion. Scientific Reports 8: 16656. Życiński, J. (2006), Ethics in medical technologies: The Roman Catholic viewpoint. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 13: 518-523.

Kolumnist, novinar, pisatelj in podkaster Slavko Jerič, si je vzel malo dopusta od svojih dveh podkastov Številke in SOSodmev IN prišel v najinega!!! Starosa tega podkasta Aleš, tokrat ekspertno vpraša vse zbrane: “Kdo ali kaj je Gnomon?” … Klikneš, poslušaš, izveš! Ti je podkast všeč? Lahko ga podpreš tukaj

Martin Hall is a VFX Supervisor with 30+ years of experience in visual effects. Trained in the traditional fine arts, he found visual effects to be the perfect synthesis of art, technology, and business, while being the most collaborative of all creative endeavors. Among his numerous film and television credits include, LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS, VENOM, GAME OF THRONES, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY, PERRY MASON, ALL THE OLD KNIVES, ENCOUNTER, and many others. Based in Los Angeles, Hall is CEO at Epic Entertainment Enterprises / Epic-FX and VFX Supervisor at Paramount Pictures. In addition, he serves on the VES Board of Directors, Los Angeles section, and is an educator at Gnomon. Martin's most recent project as a VFX Supervisor is the CBS-VFX television project RABBIT HOLE on Paramount +, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a corporate spy who is framed for murder by powerful forces who have the ability to influence and control populations. Each episode of RABBIT HOLE contains as many as 200 visual effects shots. The majority of the shots are designed to be "invisible" to viewers. These include creating digital set extensions, designing and building digital environments, and augmenting backgrounds, in addition to the more noticeable effects.  RABBIT HOLE is set in New York City but filmed in Toronto, which is just the beginning of the creative challenges for the visual effects team. They needed to create numerous digital 3D New York streets filled with computer-generated cars and buildings and make sure they were seamlessly blended into the action.  In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews VFX Supervisor Martin Hall about his work with CBS-VFX on RABBIT HOLE for Paramount +, as well as the importance of staying on top of new technology, the creative power of empathy; and the soft skills and tools of VFX Supervisor. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/416.  

According to Merriam-Webster, noir is “crime fiction featuring hard-boiled, cynical characters and bleak, sleazy settings.” The Cambridge Dictionary says noir shows “the world as being unpleasant, strange, or cruel.” Nick Harkaway new novel Titanium Noir (Knopf, 2023) has all that but with a twist—rather than the fedora-wearing detective hired by a woman who just as soon stab you in the back and love you, the first-person narrator is P.I. Cal Sounder, hired by the police to help investigate the murder of a 7'8”, 91-year-old man who by all rights could have lived several more centuries. Sounder's specialty is investigating crimes against Titans, the one percenters among one percenters, whose access to an exclusive medical treatment known as Titanium 7 enlarges both their bodies and their lifespans. The story is set hundreds of years in the future, when such miracle treatments become possible, but the book also sends roots into the past. The murder weapon, for instance, is a .22 Derringer, a small handgun not too different from the weapon used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. “Killing someone with a gun is noir. Every poster of a noir movie is someone with a gun, whether it's a shadow with a revolver or a kind of Rico Bandello in Little Caesar. The gun is bound up with noir and vice versa,” Harkaway says. Nick Harkaway is the pen name of Nicholas Cornwell. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker (which was nominated for the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke award), Tigerman, Gnomon; and the non-fiction The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. He has also written two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen. His father wrote under the pen name John le Carré. Find out more about Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

According to Merriam-Webster, noir is “crime fiction featuring hard-boiled, cynical characters and bleak, sleazy settings.” The Cambridge Dictionary says noir shows “the world as being unpleasant, strange, or cruel.” Nick Harkaway new novel Titanium Noir (Knopf, 2023) has all that but with a twist—rather than the fedora-wearing detective hired by a woman who just as soon stab you in the back and love you, the first-person narrator is P.I. Cal Sounder, hired by the police to help investigate the murder of a 7'8”, 91-year-old man who by all rights could have lived several more centuries. Sounder's specialty is investigating crimes against Titans, the one percenters among one percenters, whose access to an exclusive medical treatment known as Titanium 7 enlarges both their bodies and their lifespans. The story is set hundreds of years in the future, when such miracle treatments become possible, but the book also sends roots into the past. The murder weapon, for instance, is a .22 Derringer, a small handgun not too different from the weapon used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. “Killing someone with a gun is noir. Every poster of a noir movie is someone with a gun, whether it's a shadow with a revolver or a kind of Rico Bandello in Little Caesar. The gun is bound up with noir and vice versa,” Harkaway says. Nick Harkaway is the pen name of Nicholas Cornwell. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker (which was nominated for the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke award), Tigerman, Gnomon; and the non-fiction The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. He has also written two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen. His father wrote under the pen name John le Carré. Find out more about Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Clay Reed is a creator, writer, producer, thinker, and pioneer. He's always looking to harness the future to empower storytellers, and his ruminations always expand my mind. The earnest, thoughtful vision he brings to the world is a breath of fresh air, and I know you'll enjoy listening to this wide-ranging interview. Sit back, relax, and enjoy another round in the Ramble Room. Chapters 00:00-Opening Music, Preview, and Introduction 3:22-Clay's recent rebirth into a creative life 17:18-How Clay became a first adopter 21:23-The pursuit of art: from freedom, into the system, and back to freedom 32:57-Pursuing creativity: animation, Jack London, and the spirit of adventure 38:50-Clay's thoughts on Artificial Intelligence (AI) 46:34-Faith and creativity/Universal stories 50:45-Clay's word of wisdom, and Closing For more Clay Reed: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/prestonclayreed Things Clay mentioned: USC Stark Producing Program: https://cinema.usc.edu/producing/index.cfm The AFI Conservatory: https://conservatory.afi.com/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles Arcane on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81435684 Gnomon school: https://www.gnomon.edu/ Andor on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-andor/3xsQKWG00GL5?distributionPartner=google Visions on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-visions/5AiiTRJ7OaKg?distributionPartner=google Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/showcase/recent/ Open AI: https://openai.com/ Arrival (2016 movie): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/ Revenant Alien Links: For the searchers: https://revenantalien.com/searchers Twitter: @ARevenantAlien Instagram: @ARevenantAlien Medium: @ARevenantAlien Holler at me: https://www.revenantalien.com/contact Support the podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arevenantalien/support

I thought we were done with Gnomon over a year ago. So why did Neith show up in this week's comics? Did she... waterfall into the Marvel multiverse? This week Will had a rollercoaster reading Edge of Spider-Verse, most of Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 11: History's Mightiest Heroes, a tiny bit of Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 3, Iron-Man vol 4: Source Control, and Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty vol 1: Intruder. Steve had a slightly different result from reading X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #28, Bishop: The Last X-Man #9-14, Magneto: Dark Seduction, X-Men: The Search for Cyclops, and X-Men: The Hidden Years #8-13.

Nick Harkaway is the bestselling author of hugely imaginative speculative thrillers such as The Gone Away World, Tigerman and Gnomon. He has also released two thrillers under the name Aiden Truhen. His latest book is a hugely enjoyable futuristic detective thriller, Titanium Noir.We really enjoyed speaking with Nick about his career, hearing about his foray into scriptwriting, and how he eventually turned his hand to novel writing after many years. We hear about how he managed to write the ambitious Gnomon, why it nearly broke him, and what it taught him about writing. Plus, he tells us about his latest novel, Titanium Noir, and we ask about rumours that he would like to write a Star Wars movie...Links:Buy Titanium Noir and Nick's other books nowFollow Nick on TwitterCome along to our live recording at Cymera Festival in Edinburgh on 3 June!Out now - a new video podcast from Page One featuring all the latest writing news - Page One Extra! For all episodes, released every two weeks, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, search for Page One Extra on your favourite podcast app, or follow this link: https://linktr.ee/ukpageonePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Mastodon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is your compass actually wrong? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore magnetic fields, why clocks go clockwise, and how phone numbers got their area codes.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Ed B, Thomas Skov, Kelly Castro, tasos, Doug Dee, and Antonio Gutiérrez Pérez for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Oriol Vinyals returns to the show to discuss his latest book, Denticulation – A Film without Borders. Lexman and Oriol discuss the process of making a film without borders, with a focus on denticulation – the art of tooth-whitening.

Gnomon me fait penser à certains égards à M, le bord de l'abîme, c'est une enquête policière sur un fond de S.F. avec de vraies réflexions sur le futur de l'humanité en relation avec les machines. Là où M, le bord de l'abîme avait relativement plu sans pour autant me transcender, Gnomon m'a ennuyé. Est-ce un livre trop « contemporain » pour moi ? Est-ce que je n'ai pas compris un élément important de l'histoire dès son début ? Ou est-ce un ensemble de tout cela et autre chose ? Sans doute. Mais il n'empêche malgré cette histoire qui me laisse dans l'indifférence la plus totale, ce qui est montré entre les lignes m'a simplement subjugué ! ----------------------------------------- 0:00 – Introduction 0:26 – Résumé de l'histoire 4:05 – Début de ma critique 5:31 – La seconde lecture 8:33 – Le dataïsme 9:54 – Un amour détestable 14:35 – L'histoire vs le résumé et mon interprétation 17:05 – Conclusion ----------------------------------------- Vous pouvez me reprouver sur : https://youtube.com/channel/UCMaHCNYJK7-VmgHKxGSTdHg https://www.instagram.com/voyageur_de_l_imaginaire/?hl=fr https://www.facebook.com/Voyage-Aux-Pays-de-lImaginaire-101128535769419

Maddie is a talented concept artist and teacher known mostly for her ZBrush work. Coming from a practical background, her skills come from familiar ground - Fangoria, a love of monsters and sculpting for fun! She has taught classes for Gnomon since 2006 - we recommend the ‘Introduction to ZBrush 2021' video course. Todd and I both cite this as the breakthrough moment for both of us, making what previously had been indecipherable to us accessible and understandable. The way she comes across reminded us of Dick Smith, with a generous nature coupled with a thorough understanding of the subject.  Maddie graciously invited Stu and me into her museum-like flat in London, where we chatted for hours surrounded by an eclectic collection of curios and oddities; it is a little 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' and a little bit Smithsonian, with a dash of Natural History thrown carefully in. We talked about everything, concentrating on how digital sculpting has become a permanent part of the special makeup effects world.

An epic career deserves an epic podcast. During Garman Herigstad's 35-year journey in CG, the Houdini wizard has traveled to over 30 countries and worked on everything from real estate commercials in Bangkok to Disney videogames and Hollywood movies. At the same time, he's taught at prestigious institutions, including Savannah College of Art and Design and Gnomon, and he even completed his most recent degree in his 60s. Garman recounts his humble beginnings in greetings cards, through to economic highs and lows in Asia. He talks about his VFX work, including researching global weather patterns for a time-lapse sequence in The Time Machine, immersing George Clooney in Houdini-generated water for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and working on Black Adam. Garman also shares valuable lessons on managing time and the importance of keeping notes. The episode ends with a particularly touching story of what inspired 52½ Feet, his autobiographical screenplay.

Watch the video with slides at: https://youtu.be/y3lYUARfw-sAn in-depth look at recent research papers on the environmental consequences of nuclear war and some survival mitigations. This was pretty depressing work to make this.TimestampsIntro: 0:00Relations can degrade quickly: 2:14First impactful major nuclear winter study 1983: 3:56Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in December 1987: 4:26Nobody wants nuclear war - Treaties 4:55The thermonuclear bomb: 7:57Have you heard of Gnomon and Sundial nuclear devices (gigaton)?: 11:12Terragrams: 16:30Limited Nuclear War Research (India versus Pakistan): 19:00Full-scale nuclear war research (2008 paper): 25:32Full-scale nuclear war research (2019 paper): 39:26Some brief talk about prepping: 52:02Topics I want to look at future videos 1:03:0080s paper on Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.222.4630.1283Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races:https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/03/p5-statement-on-preventing-nuclear-war-and-avoiding-arms-races/2020 limited war study:https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1919049117Environmental consequences of nuclear war 2008:https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3047679Nuclear Winter Responses to Nuclear War Between the United States and Russia in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 4 and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies ModelE:https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019JD030509Sundial Bomb paper:https://thebulletin.org/2021/11/the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-bomb/#%3A~%3Atext%3DSo%20a%2010-megaton%20bomb%2C20.3%20miles%20(33%20kilometers).https://www.rbth.com/opinion/2016/01/05/nuclear-overkill-the-quest-for-the-10-gigaton-bomb_556351

Jill Smolin has seen things you people wouldn't believe. Early computer graphics techniques on Amiga computers. CG breakthroughs at Digital Domain. Mind-blowing stereoscopy techniques in filmmaking and the advent of ultra-high-definition streamed content. All these memories will be discussed in this podcast. Jill also talks about her background in theater and how a Canadian CG character drew her into the world of VFX, where she worked and taught Gnomon, Cinesite, Digital Domain. Jill also became important behind-the-scenes as a volunteer at SIGGRAPH, bringing in top Hollywood talent to discuss how they advanced VFX. It's a touching podcast in which Jill demonstrates an in-depth technical knowledge coupled with a genuine fondness for the many people with whom she's worked.

What is the world like now that Gnomon and King in Black are done? Back to our usual antics, I guess. Will takes on Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 8: Enter the Phoenix, King Deadpool vol 2, Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 7: The Forever Gate, and Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon (all from 2021). Steve makes his triumphant return to 90s X-Men with X-Force vol 1 #72-76, Deadpool vol 3 #12-14, and Generation X vol 1 #32-39 (all from 1998).

It's the end of an era for the Hype pod as both King in Black and Gnomon come to a close! Will, as advertised, takes on Black Cat vol 4: Queen in Black, Savage Avengers vol 4: King in Black, Spider-Woman vol 2: King in Black, Symbiote Spider-Man vol 1: King in Black, The Union: The Brittania Project, and Venom vol 6: King in Black (phew!). Steve, at long last, finishes Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, and we get to finally discuss what it all means.

The countdown continues! Will takes on the King in Black miniseries side-stories: King in Black: Atlantis Attacks, King in Black: Avengers, King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage, King in Black: Namor, King in Black: Return of the Valkyries, and King in Black: Thunderbolts. On Steve's end, yet another upheaval from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway in Chapter 20: "Catabasis."

Will's on the latest giant Marvel crossover, King in Black, while Steve is counting down to the end of his long series on Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, so we figured we'd combine the two! In this episode, we've got the main crossover title, King in Black, and Chapter 19 of Gnomon, where the entire novel is thrown on its head, again.

Happy new year, Hype fans! We'll be back to regular pods starting next week! In this episode, Will overcomes his crippling packrat addiction and reads Immortal Hulk vol 9: The Weakest One There Is, Taskmaster: The Rubicon Trigger, and Curse of the Man-Thing (all from 2021). Steve took a week off of Gnomon to do some amateur script doctoring of director Rian Johnson's 2019 movie Knives Out.

Toni Pace Carstensen had such an impact on me at Gnomon, I am totally grateful for her advice over the years. She is just one of those people that just gets it done so I am happy to share her story with y'all.

In this episode I have a metal film canister - and inside is an acetate film reel of a 1990s Indian film. We'll go on a roller coaster adventure to learn about the movie inside and all of the drama surrounding it. Thank you to Anthony L'Abbate from the George Eastman Museum, Tejaswini Ganti and Ramesh Talwar from the IPTA. Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Behind the Walls' by Nathanie Thanks to Epidemic Sound, Chosic and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: Informed and Prudent by Yi Nantiro, Santoor and Tabla by Samuel Corwin, Behind the Walls by Nathanie, Living a Fantasy by Pulsed, Dreams of India by Sight of Wonders, Singular Mind by Anthony Earls, Bansuri Yeh Bansuri Nahin by Shiv-Hari, Lady In Black by Farrell Wooten, Gnomon by Marten Moses, Azoic by Max Anson, Espionage by Uncaria, Sahibaan Meri Sahibaan by Shiv-Hari, Aging Carefully by Martin Klem, Absence of Light by Prozody, Tu Kya Pyar Karega by Shiv-Hari, Ray of Hope by JayJen, Main Botal Nahin by Shiv-Hari, Intervention by Gabriel Parker, Contraband by Lovren, Distant Dawn by Christan Andersen, Dark Seas by Michael Rothery, Maharadjan Wishes by Jhukane Bada, Pachisi by Taomito, The World Is a Smaller Place Now by Craft Case, Dark Woods by Phoenix Tail, Back to Bollywood by Jhukane Bada, Solids by Ethan Sloan, The Annual Rain by Saira Ridley, You Want Dark Tunes by Ave Air, In Continuum by Dream Cave and The Pyramide by Edgar Hopp. SFX and Archival credits: 1.) Digitized trailer → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSh8dErfQs 2.) The movie Sahibaan → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVwTOEyJx0&t=4578s. You can watch it with English subtitles on Amazon in some countries 3.) Sanjay Dutt Gets Out of Jail (2016) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrlS3Wfhh6Y 4.) 1993 Bomb Blasts: True Justice Still Elusive → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xBvlNsgphI&t=68s 5.) Sanjay Dutt walks out of Pune's Yerwada Jail after 42 Months → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxtsngl8aU&t=31s 6.) Sanjay Dutt Gets Five Years → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whl-M39_Pek All pictures of this episode's object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website as well object-obscura.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thatcher2/message

Episode 202 Dante Villagomez: Electric Keyboard, Percussion and Effects Mike Berger: Electric Bass Mike Berger is a member of The Clock Reads. Check out their newest album "Gnomon" www.theclockreads.band/ Mike Berger also recently joined the live band version of Pittsburgh's Chalk Dinosaur www.chalkdinosaur.com/?fbclid=IwAR2p…ltI5H96dUpsurU @chalkdinosaur Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 9 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Quick announcement: our posting schedule will be a bit erratic over the next couple weeks, with holidays and travel and so forth — though travel may also bring some special features to this pod! As for content, this week Will delivered on Power Pack: The Powers that Be, Thor by Donny Dates vol 2: Prey, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 12: Shattered Web. Steve soldiered on through Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, chapters 15 and 16, and the return of Athenaïs!

In this episode, we learn where Will came from, and why he and Steve must do this podcast. Also, U.S. Agent: American Zealot, M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games, and the long-awaited Spider-Gush — Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 11: Last Remains and the Amazing Spider-Man: Last Remains Companion. Steve had more Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, featuring a return of fan-favorite, Berihun Bekele.

¡Bienvenidos y Bienvenidas a "El Podcast del 3D"!

Will's got Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising, Conan the Barbarian: Into the Crucible, Juggernaut: No Stopping Now, and Fantastic Four: Antithesis. Steve, when not distracted by baseball, is on that Gnomon train, with chapter 9, which changes everything. Links, as promised: Rats sharing a brain via wire, 3000 miles away | Reading dreams from your mind using a machine.

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from Archspire, Animals as Leaders, Enslaved, Trivium, Rivers of Nihil, Mastodon, The Armed, Limp Bizkit, Frontierer and Full of Hell. Then, Midnight Mass, Malignant, Tenet, and Gnomon. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

In this episode we explore Estimated Position Error as a improving function of the 5,000 year history of Navigation.  While today's nav technology would be considered witchcraft 1000 years ago, everything we have now is built on the hard work and incredible bravery of millions of mariners who pushed the edges of what was possible with the tools of their time. This week I discuss the steps that led us from Gnomon to Non-Terrestrial Hyperbolic Trilateration (!) and what problems there may be with trusting today's tech too much. Just before you go.... If you recognize that creating this content requires hours of effort and you would like to help support for the equivalent of 25 cents per episode please visit my Patreon Site and select the $5 per month option. If you want to get out on the water on a race, regatta or training voyage you can book with me here: Spartan Ocean Racing & Training If you have any questions please send them to: csmthemariner@gmail.com  Cheers, CSM          

Will's a twitch affiliate! He also read three books with tangential MCU connections: Shang-Chi vol 1: Brothers and Sisters, Eternals: To Defy the Apocalypse, and Marvel Zombies: Resurrections. Steve read chapter 9 of Gnomon and promised to link the poem "The Circus Animals' Desertion" by W.B. Yeats in this here description, so there you go.

In case you all missed Will's first stream as a Twitch affiliate, (http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer) it was a rollicking good time. ROLLICKING! Podwise, this week we've got Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 5: Truth/Dare, Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates vol 4: All Die Young pt 1, and Sword Master vol 2: God of War on Will's docket. Steve finishes Gnomon chapter ,6 then throws in chapters 7 and 8 for good measure.

Episode 192 Dante Villagomez: Percussion, Electric Keyboard, Pocket Piano and Effects Mike Berger: Electric Bass Mike Berger is a member of The Clock Reads. Check out their newest album "Gnomon" www.theclockreads.band/ Mike Berger also recently joined the live band version of Pittsburgh's Chalk Dinosaur www.chalkdinosaur.com/?fbclid=IwAR2p…ltI5H96dUpsurU @chalkdinosaur Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

First: go check Will out on Twitch every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evening at http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer With that out of the way, in this mighty fine episode Will wades into Spider-Man: Bloodline, Strange Academy: First Class, and Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 7: Age of Khonshu. Steve jumps on Gnomon chapter 6, A New Set of Colors, and the boys talk about their adult work jobs, but like, in an interesting way.

First things first: Will's a streamer! Go hop on http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer to take a gander. Back to the pod: Will chewed through Immortal Hulk vol 8: The Keeper of the Door, Aero vol 2: The Mystery of Madame Huang, and Black Cat vol 3: All Dressed Up. Steve powered on for chapter 5 of Gnomon, and more delectable big data dystopia conversations with Will, plus some poetry. Here's the link to the long poem, as promised.

Will is in on Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider vol 2: Impossible Year, Falcon & Winter Soldier: Cut off One Head, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 10: Green Goblin Returns. Steve sets out on chapter 4 of Gnomon, with yet another narrator and subplot.

Back to our old tricks. Will spills the beans on Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown, Spider-Man Noir: Twilight in Babylon, Hawkeye: Freefall, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 9: Sins Rising (all from 2020). Steve gabbed about another (short) chapter of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, giving us plenty of time for a larger conversation on the book, and also a bonus "treat" of Alpha Flight vol 2 #6-12 (1998) and Alpha Flight and Inhumans Annual 1998. PS: Check out Will's new Twitch stream at http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer (coming soon!)

Episode 184 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano and Effects Jason Greenlaw: Guitar (The AJ Special by John Page Classic) Jason Greenlaw is a member of Pittsburgh's The Clock Reads and band leader of the Jason Greenlaw Group. Check out the new album "Gnomon" below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

It's crossover season! Will finishes Champions vol 1: Outlawed, and adds Ms. Marvel by Saladin Ahmed vol 3: Outlawed and Road to Empyre before getting to the good stuff: the big event of 2020, Empyre! Steve kicks off the main plot of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, and tramples through a litany of symbols and themes along the way.

Big changes in our Mostly New, Slightly Different era of Hype is my Superpower! Will reads Miles Morales vol 4: Ultimatum, Strikeforce vol 2: Fight Me, and the start of Champions vol 1: Outlawed. Steve abandoned his 90s X-Men project (for now) to dig in to the novel Gnomon by Nick Harkaway.

Shownotes(1:14) Introducing Adam Hartel and Gnomon(6:52) What sets Gnomon apart?(11:40) Creating a space for creatives to learn(16:40) Animation is hard work!(20:01) Streaming's effects on animation trends(24:32) What's next for Adam and Gnomon?LinksDerek GerberAdam Hartel Gnomon Quotes“I think one of the ways we market the school is we create a community around ourselves that is accessible to everyone...My goal whenever I'm presenting about the school is always to add value right then and there to the listener.” (3:11)“There really is a high demand for artists in the industry, and everybody kind of can look at it sometimes with a scarcity mentality...but that's not the way it is, because we know that our students, our graduates are in high demand.” (14:42)“What we're looking for is those artists with the drive to do the work and to follow through in the training they're going to need that's going to augment their personal goals and artists in the style and area that they want to work in.” (22:27)

In this episode, David sits down with cg generalist and character artist Gary Tang, as he explores Gary's path into the VFX world.  We discuss how both his time in the Marine Corps and the Gnomon school of Visual Effects have shaped who he is as an artist, and as a man.  Join us as we also learn about his contributions to commercials, episodic TV, animation, and even augmented reality for live production! It's a treat to have him on the show, and we at While We Render hope it's as much fun to listen to, as it was to record!  Check out Gary's work here!Website:https://www.garytangdesign.com/Artstation:https://www.artstation.com/garytangLeague of Legends AR Ceremony:Watch the AR concert that opened up the 2020 League of Legends World Championship - The Verge Unity Tutorial:Unity Tutorial for VFX Artists: https://www.yiihuu.cc/c/8313_340_1553Youtube Trailer for the course!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRgSd-KEM3cGnomon School of Visual Effects:For More information about the Gnomon school of Visual Effects, be sure to visit their website: Gnomon Website: Gnomon — School of Visual Effects, Games & AnimationIf you liked this episode, and want to hear more,  be sure to leave a review and subscribe for more VFX content! Follow us on Instagram @whilewerenderpodcast and visit our website whilewerenderpodcast.com

D'étranges inscriptions gravées dans la pierre, une niche maudite, une horloge de bronze déréglée par les nazis, de drôles d'expériences chimiques… S'il est un lieu public et officiel, l'hôtel de ville de Rennes, bâti en 1734, cache aussi dans ses alcôves nombre d'histoires officieuses, et ô combien mystérieuses. 

[…] Fière de l’héritage de sa brillante nation, la Salle 101 reçoit sa deuxième injection et te parle de choses totalement folles de ouf : Gnomon, diptyque tout fait génialement super de Nick Harkaway. La parabole du semeur, roman exceptionnel d’Octavia Butler. Wake Up America, bande-dessinée vouée à éveiller ta conscience politique de Lewis & [...]

[…] Fière de l'héritage de sa brillante nation, la Salle 101 reçoit sa deuxième injection et te parle de choses totalement folles de ouf : Gnomon, diptyque tout fait génialement super de Nick Harkaway. La parabole du semeur, roman exceptionnel d'Octavia Butler. Wake Up America, bande-dessinée vouée à éveiller ta conscience politique de Lewis & […]

Episode 158 Dante Villagomez: Guitar Jason Greenlaw: Guitar (The AJ Special by John Page Classic) Jason Greenlaw is a member of Pittsburgh's The Clock Reads and band leader of the Jason Greenlaw Group. Check out the new album "Gnomon" below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Is there anything Alessandro Cangelosi can’t do? Over the past 20 years, this versatile generalist has contributed to games, movies, documentaries, film studio idents and commercials for everything from computer accessories to tourist destinations. To handle this wide array of work, Alessandro uses software including 3ds Max, Houdini and V-Ray. In this podcast, Alessandro tells Chris how he likes to get under the hood of his projects, embracing innovative tech and techniques to create stunning effects for movies including Independence Day: Resurgence and 2012. He also talks about his plans to invigorate Italy’s visual effects industry with his own school, and the courses he teaches for Gnomon Workshop and Skyup Academy.

Babak Bina has carved out an illustrious career in VFX — and now he’s passing his knowledge onto a new generation. Originally hailing from Iran,  the band Tool’s visuals inspired Babak to pursue graphic design in Toronto. He’s gone on to work for visual effects studios Double Negative, Method Studios and Scanline VFX on movies and TV shows, including Game of Thrones, Black Panther and Wonder Woman. This year, Babak has also started teaching how to create weird and wonderful creatures at The Gnomon Workshop. He tells Chris what it’s like to teach students he’s never seen and the tools he uses to create believable characters. Babak also discusses his new role as co-director of short movie, “The Seahorse Trainer.”

With over 20 years’ experience in the industry, Shannon Wiggins knows how to get employed at the biggest VFX and games studios. Shannon’s early brushes with behind-the-scenes effects from Star Wars influenced her to learn Softimage and Nuke, and work in roto and paint for companies including Digital Domain, ILM and Dreamworks. Today, she heads up placement and alumni relations at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. In this podcast, Shannon shares how Gnomon achieves an incredible 97% employment rate for its students, and offers indispensable advice on preparing a winning reel and being ready for the interview process. She also talks about some of the big changes she’s seen over her 10 years at Gnomon — and the skills students need for the VFX of the future.

Episode 150 Dante Villagomez: Guitar and Effects Mike Berger: Bass Mike Berger is a member of The Clock Reads. Check out their newly released album "Gnomon" www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Episode 134 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano and Effects Steve Ippolito: Percussion Steve Ippolito is member of The Clock Reads. Check out their hot new album "Gnomon" below http://www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Episode 132 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano and Percussion Jason Greenlaw: Guitar (The AJ Special by John Page Classic) Jason Greenlaw is a member of Pittsburgh's The Clock Reads and band leader of the Jason Greenlaw Group. Check out the new album "Gnomon" below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Episode 130 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano and Percussion John O'Brien: Guitar John O'Brien is a member of Pittsburgh's Jazz Rock quartet 'The Clock Reads'. Check out their new album "Gnomon" below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

I had the pleasure of being a student of Peter Claes back at Gnomon and he continues to share knowledge with us still to this day. Welcome Peter Claes to the show y'all

A Sweet, Kind, Engaging Weekday Podcast for Children of All Ages.This Episode : Pinkie talks about how shadows are created. WORDS: Horizon, gnomon

In this episode I talk music with Steve Ippolito, a drummer in Pittsburgh who plays in a band called The Clock Reads.note** There are a couple spots where the conversation cuts out and picks up later on in the conversation. This was my first attempt at a remote podcast and I encountered some unexpected technical difficulties. The Clock Reads: http://www.theclockreads.band/Their new album "Gnomon": https://theclockreads.bandcamp.com/album/gnomon

Episode 108 Dante Villagomez: Guitar Mike Berger: Bass Mike Berger is a member of The Clock Reads. Check out their newly released album "Gnomon" http://www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

The Beta Report is live once again from Gnomon College in Hollywood CA hosted by Artisan Social Club. In part 1 of this episode we interview Christian Gossett who is an amazing guy and one of the most down to Earth guest we've had! We talk about his experience working at Lucasfilm, how he came up with the concept of the double bladed lightsaber which was then used for Darth Maul! We also get his pick of the week and a round of Questions from the KON! All this and more on this week's episode of The Beta Report! This episode was recorded live at Gnomon College. You can find Christian Gossett on Instagram @gossett_pictures

In this episode I have a conversation with Michael Berger, bassist and writer for a Pittsburgh band called The Clock Reads. I would describe their music as a fusion of jazz, jam, funk, and latin. They just released a new album called Gnomon which is the main catalyst for our conversation today. You can find The Clock Reads at the links listed below. Happy New Year! Time to put a new ring in the tree trunk.http://www.theclockreads.band/https://theclockreads.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/theclockreads/

One of my favorite episodes, we break down Gnomon School of VFX. Classes, teachers and reels we break it down!

The Beta Report is LIVE from Gnomon, School of Visual Effects, Video Games & Animation in Hollywood, CA for Creature Night, hosted by Artisan Social Club. The KON and Jay had the pleasure of interviewing three amazing artists, the likes of which have worked on things like: Stranger Things, God of War, Ready Player One, Ninja Turtles, Justice League, and Star Wars, just to name a few. Gary Villarreal, Dela Longfish, and Jared Krichevsky join The Beta Bros to talk about their previous work, their current projects, and give tips to aspiring artists who are looking to break into the art and entertainment industry. They also talk pupusas, backpacks, and corny B Movie classics. All that and so much more on this week's episode of The Beta Report.This episode was recorded live from Stage 01 at Gnomon.Where to find our guest's online:Gary Villarreal/@villarrte on InstagramDela Longfish/@dlongfish on InstagramJared Krichevsky/ @monstermash042 on Twitter and @JaredKrichevsky on Instagram

What goes around comes around on the wheel of karma, so this month Matt & Adrian talking about the new novel from past guest Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever (https://amzn.to/2Jl9X94)!  We discuss a number of books, movies, TV shows, and RPGs in the general space opera subgenre. Here are some of the most relevant. If the links don't show up in your podcatcher, they will be available on the show notes at spectology.com.  - Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max - Journey to the West - Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - Ten Billion Days & 100 Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse (see our 10.1 & 10.2 episodes) - Iain M Banks (see our 1.1 & 1.2 episodes on his Use of Weapons) - Gnomon by Nick Harkaway (see our 5.1 & 5.2 episodes w/ Max as a guest) - The New Space Opera & TNSO2, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan- Sufficiently Advanced (RPG) - Ghibli Fest 2019 (particularly Princess Mononoke) - Neon Genesis Evangelion (on Netflix)  --- We'd love to hear from you (tell us your definition of space opera!), either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

To celebrate having been at the podcast for one full year, Matt & Adrian are joined by Kevin Kelsey of Heradas.com as we make our most self-indulgent pick yet: Dark Eden, by Chris Beckett (https://amzn.to/2TRcpX0). Join us for a somewhat self-reflective episode on why this is one of our favorite books, and why we think everyone should read it. It has linguistics, it has sociology, it has long time scales, it has survival in a harsh world, it has society building, it has a page-turning story, and it is probably the book we've mentioned the most on this podcast without actually reading and talking about it in its own episodes. Kevin joins us to help us ground the conversation for folks who haven't read the book yet, and in a few weeks we'll all three dig into the rich thematic depth of this novel. Some other works mentioned include: - Chris's Q&A on the SF Book Club subreddit - Chris on his history being labeled disabled - NK Jemisin's review of Dark Eden in the NY Times - Review by a juror on the Arthur C. Clarke award- Our own episodes on Children of Time, Romie Futch, Gnomon, & Semiosis - Ice by Anna Kavan - The Helliconia Trilogy by Brian Aldiss - Lord of the Flies by William Golding - And if you're in the UK, pre-order Beckett's new book, Beneath the World, A Sea  (As always, links are at spectology.com if they don't show up in your podcatcher.)  --- We'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

This week, Chris goes behind the scenes at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Founded in 1997, this Hollywood-based establishment has grown to a thriving and crucial part of the effects industry, with over 400 students picking up the skills which will land them hot jobs on games and movies. In this podcast, Chris is joined by Eric Miller, the school’s Chief Technology Officer. His job is to ensure Gnomon is always ahead of industry trends in both hardware and software, managing a vast array of technology and 135 different software packages. Eric also talks about some of the teaching methods Gnomon employs to get students ready for the tough world of visual effects or games, and he offers some great advice on how to prepare for a course at Gnomon.

On this episode I chat with author Nick Harkaway about accelerating futures, detective stories and the meaning of life. Nick Harkaway is the author of several novels, most recently GNOMON, set in a near-future Britain where everything is recorded, monitored and shared. In this wide-ranging chat we cover everything from writing from multiple viewpoints, to reader expectation, to knowing when to stop and fix something vs pressing on to the end of the draft. This is a great episode to listen to if you want to know: - how can I manage reader expectations? - what are some useful ways to think about story structure? - should I finish my first draft before editing or revise as I go? - how can I turn big SF ideas into stories? If you enjoyed our chat, why not treat yourself to Nick Harkaway's latest novel, GNOMON: https://wordery.com/gnomon-nick-harkaway-9781786090096#oid=1908_1 Or you could try one of his others. TIGERMAN: https://wordery.com/tigerman-nick-harkaway-9780099591757#oid=1908_1 ANGELMAKER: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angelmaker-Nick-Harkaway/dp/0099538091 THE GONE-AWAY WORLD: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Away-World-Nick-Harkaway/dp/0099519976 If you'd like to support me, the podcast and all the things I'm putting out into the world, if you like what I do and would like me to do more of it, and if you'd like to be the first to read my brand new novel, please help me by pre-ordering a copy of THE ICE HOUSE. It's got an old lady pulled out of retirement for one last job, a 400-year-old forensic pathologist field medic battle nun looking to bring down an empire, psychedelics, dungeon crawls, jungle adventures, a locked-room murder mystery, intrigue, romance, minotaurs, a secret testing facility, giant sentient beetles, immortal mutant aristocrats, knife fights, an angel, larceny and ancient menaces rising from the depths. You're going to dig it and it helps me so much. Here are some places you can order now: Mr B's Emporium are an indie bookstore who deliver worldwide - I'll sign all pre-ordered copies from here: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815/ Or ask at your local bricks and mortar bookshop. If you'd like to read a story about a 13 year old girl investigating a secret society in 1930s Norfolk, grab a copy of my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 If you'd like to sign up to my free Weekly Writing Workout, here's the sign up form: eepurl.com/gbmfcP Here's my author page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/timclarepoet/ Here's my Twitter page: twitter.com/TimClarePoet And here's my website where you can submit your first pages or just get in touch and say hello: www.timclarepoet.co.uk And if you'd like to support the podcast, here's my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

So you don't think Alex and Trevor have all the answers???? Boy are you....right! In this episode, the intrepid duo share their favorite flimmaking learnin' sites, from editing, to VFX, to lighting, if you want to dive deeper into any aspect of filmmaking, Alex and Trevor will tell you their favorite sites to do so. Plus, what awesome new filmmaking gadgets were revealed at CES this year? In this episode, we discuss: Masterclass (https://www.masterclass.com)MZed (https://www.mzed.com/)Shane's Inner Circle (https://ic.hurlbutvisuals.com/join-the-inner-circle/)Mixing Light (https://mixinglight.com/)Color Grading Central (https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/)Cinema Sound (https://www.cinemasound.com/)Good In A Room (https://goodinaroom.com/)Hollywood Camera Work (https://www.hollywoodcamerawork.com/)Film Editing Pro (https://www.filmeditingpro.com/)Allan McKay (https://www.allanmckay.com/)Video Copilot (https://www.videocopilot.net)Gnomon (https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/)FXPHD (https://www.fxphd.com/)Stan Winston School (https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/)Film Specific (https://filmspecific.com/)Kodak Cinematography Courses (https://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Cinematography-Lighting-Comparative-McAlphine/dp/B00CLX0PYU - Free with Amazon Prime)   WHAT'S COOL Lexar 1 TB SD card (https://nofilmschool.com/1TB-SD-Card-Lexar)Sharp 8K video camera (https://nofilmschool.com/Sharp-8K-Video-Camera)Nvidia Max-Q Laptops (https://nofilmschool.com/Nvidia-Video-Editing-Laptops)Al Pacino Hunting Nazis in Jordan Peele's 'The Hunt' (https://www.slashfilm.com/the-hunt/)DJI Smart Controller (https://www.cinema5d.com/dji-smart-controller-built-ultra-bright-hd-screen-announced/)Sandisk 4TB Flash Drive (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/8/18174334/sandisk-prototype-4tb-flash-drive-largest-ever-ces-2019)     Talk to us! Join Fearless Filmmakers, a community of independent filmmakers taking the industry by the horns: https://www.fearlessfilmmakers.com     P.S. Don't forget to subscribe to our show on iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, or iHeartRadio  

We like to take Thanksgiving to ask our editors and contributors to share media from the past year that they're thankful for. This year provided yet another great discussion of the good things we've shared from the past 12 months or so. SHE-RA is available on Netflix. Car Seat Headrest's TWIN FANTASY is available on Spotify. MANDY is available on iTunes and Amazon. GNOMON by Nick Harkaway is available wherever you buy your dang books these days.

We're back with our post-read episode, discussing Nick Harkaway's challenging, interminable, and oh so enjoyable novel Gnomon. Spoilers all around. We also discuss postmodern fiction, writing people unlike you, and the power, both good and bad, of narrative in the modern world. It's a long episode, but it was a hugely fun one to record! Big thanks to Max for taking so much time this month to hang out and chat with us, make sure to check out his books & the Serial Box story Bookburners. We'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

We're back with the #content plants crave. Joining us this week is special guest Max Gladstone, SF & fantasy author extraordinaire. But he's not here to talk about his own work, the Craft Sequence, oh no. Max wanted to discuss the phenomenal, long, daunting, nuanced, and mysterious Gnomon, by estemed author in his own right Nick Harkaway.  The discussion this week is spoiler-free, and acts as an introduction to the book and the ideas in it. We had a long and wide-ranging conversation with Max about Nick Harkaway's literary background (his father is also a famous author), which other books of his we've read, and other books in the SF genre that are similar to Gnomon in some way. On the thematic side, we spoke about experimental & postmodern fiction, the surveillance state and it's effect on our lives, what calling something "social construct" actually means, what the leading cause of death in America is, how our phones act as magic items, and what it means to read a videogame.  In a few weeks, we'll have our "post-read" conversation, which will feature heavy spoilers as we discuss the book in-depth. Pick up the book (amzn.to/2MszFb4) and read it with us! Some works that we mentioned in the podcast (our website, spectology.com, has the links if they don't show up in your podcatcher): - Malka Older's Infomacracy - Samuel Delany's Dhalgren - David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress - Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson- The Play Report of a D&D campaign Adrian ran- The interview with Harkaway Adrian references- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson- Our previous episode with Tobias Buckell- The Power Broker by Robert Caro - David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest - Not mentioned, but Adrian meant to: The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin As always, we post these links and more at our twitter account, @spectologypod. We'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

In today's we have Nicki Gregory from Amarillo Texas. Nicki was previously with the franchise system first starting as Mom and Pop and further working with keller Williams. As a team leader she runs a real estate team. Nicki talks to us about her decision to move to EXP, why she did, she touches on equity and revenue share and explains how much of a game changer her transition has been to her life and business.  Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video. Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.     In this episode EXP as an Exit Strategy The EXP value proposition Equity and revenue share opportunities Marketplace disruption Want to Learn More about eXp Realty? If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Nicki to inquire or ask questions. Contact Nicki: Phone 806 316 4498 email. Nicki.Gregory@exprealty.com  Links: www.EXPCloud.com Takeway Everyday we say that we're just blown away. We say mind blown every day.  It's been a big blessing for my team and for my family. Now we're happy. Nicki Gregory Transcription Kevin: Welcome back to another episode of In The Cloud. The EXP Realty Explained Podcast. I am host Kevin Cottrell and joining me today is Nicki Gregory from Amarillo Texas. Nicki was previously with the franchise system and as a team leader she runs a real estate team made the decision to leave the franchise system and join EXP realty. It's going to talk about her decision to do that. What drove it how revenue share and equity in the EXP realty model is making a game changer difference in her business and her family's life and the ability for them to fund some charities they're interested in. I think you'll enjoy the conversation as Nicki shares why she made the decision to join you EXP realty. Stay tuned for my interview with Nicki Gregory. Welcome to the show Nicki. Nicki: Hello. Kevin: I'm looking forward to chat with you today. For listeners that may not know your name and where you work why don't you give us a little bit of background in terms of her real estate history. Nicki: Ok my name's Nicki Gregory and I'm in Amarillo Texas. I went to real estate school in 06 and I did not get my license until 2011. My husband and I flipped houses for landlords and I didn't want to get it until 2011 so I started selling houses for other people at that point. Started as a Mom and Pop here in town. And then I moved over to KW in 2012 and I've just been selling ever since. Kevin: We've actually had a couple of people on the podcast that started out in the investor side flipping property and working on that side of the business and that went into residential production. So let me just ask you some questions about your business because I know a lot of people listening to this will be real estate agents. Do you have a team. Are you an individual agent and kind of volume do you have. Nicki: I do. I have a team here. The Red Door group and we do about around 10 or 11 million. Kevin: Excellent. So you mentioned that you were with Keller Williams most recently before joining EXP. What led you to the decision to take a look at the EXP tell me about how that happened. Nicki: I kind of you know you start thinking should I look elsewhere or should I be looking at other options actually really exit strategy was probably the biggest thing that was coming into play with conversations with my husband and I and so we have a friend who does some mission work in Thailand and we have been fortunate to be able to bless them and help them a little bit. There she has homes for orphans. Well rescued kids from their rescued from human trafficking. And so we had been able to help her some but we really have been discussing more and more how could we do more. And also our exit strategy on same conversations and we were looking and thinking or towards us maybe opening our own brokerage me getting my broker's license. So I started researching that and looking into whether that would be a good fit for us and not just always seems like where everybody thinks they're going to end up. And so I started looking into that and in the process of looking into it I saw a video with Jay Kinder announcing that he had to EXP and Gene Frederik's video about him owning the blockbusters and several of those videos were coming across my news feed and I'd stay up late watching those and realized I don't think at my age that this is you know if this is what's happening to people who already own brokerage's that's not the right direction for me. And so I don't want to be in a year or two you know having to make the same decisions right after I just started up a startup you know brokerage so that is how it happened. So I just signed up under Jay Kinder where we are. Kevin: Excellent excellent. Well you know you echo what a lot of people say especially if they're in a franchise system you know if you're looking at exit strategy or what the next steps are usually it's sort of unidimensional and I'm sure you went through some of this challenge which is if you're coaching with somebody they want you to do more production and eventually figure out how to get out of that and have a team that you just lead and I think that that's sort of a challenge for many people. Right. You know I certainly had a team in St. Louis previously and we did like 250 transactions a year and I had lots of volume but it wasn't something that was going to be easily converted to me running it passively or just leading only. And you know what. So when you talk about exit strategy I wanted to tie that down for a lot of the listeners because there'll be plenty of them that are out there thinking "well I don't want to be doing listings" if that's what they do which a lot of our listeners will. "And I want to just be listening and selling houses 15 years from now" so exit strategy in my parlance and I'm assuming it's the same for you is trying to figure out how to not be so dependent on others if I stop working my income goes away or it dramatically reduces because team members are not as proficient as me and or if I want to start setting more money aside and net more I going to really ramp up my production and I would assume that's part of your challenge as well when you were looking at that initially. Nicki: That was the challenge that was presenting itself and that I was seeing people who were actually moving over to EXP because they tried to sell their brokerage's and or surprised at what they were the offers they were getting were not you know sufficient for retirement and so that became a concern for me. Kevin: So you're heading on another topic we're actually seeing and I've interviewed several of them lots of independent brokers who are decided to become powered by the EXP and so what Nikki's referring to is lots of the independent brokerage community is looking at exit strategy as well in other words. There has never been a time in which independent brokers unless they're enormous have gotten great offers. Right? You have to be of huge size to get anybody that excited and interested in you and other than that your margins and your income are to the point where you're going to get basically just somebody who says I'll do and earn now or I'll give you some nominal amount of money and you can stay around for five years and help us run it. And most people don't want to do it right? Nicki: Right. No thank you. Kevin: Yeah exactly so because of the branding and and you know Mitch Riback is an episode that somebody can go listen to out of Florida. Mitch had a huge multimillion dollar offer on his brokerage and he still elected to become powered by EXP. So what Nicki is talking about is something that's sort of an industry dynamic right now. You know if you own a franchise and you listen to this you've got a little bit of a different challenge right. You're going to have to make your own best decision on what to do. But everybody that was excited that I've ever met that actually opened a franchise location unless it's coming up for renewal and they're in the window in the last six months where they can get out. They're not very happy right because they're are sort of stuck with it unless they can find somebody to buy it. So we don't have a lot of great advice for you of your franchise so that although we would tell you that there are plenty of them who have decided to sell and cash out who have come over and join EXP. So there is a path for you to get out of it you'll have to do your own due diligence and figure out how to make that happen. But you're in a little bit of a different spot than an independent broker. So you know just work your way through that process will probably at some point in the near future have somebody that was a previous franchise owner and they'll talk a little about how they were able to unwind there by selling their operations. So Nicki I want to talk to you about the EXP value proposition because you know you you came through the process and you looked at wanting to be able to work with that organization and you know make donations and help them with that awesome thing they're doing to get people out of human trafficking. And then in addition to that you wanted to look at retirement. So how long was it before you kind of analyzed the equity opportunities and the revenue share that had kind of hit you up the side of the head and you went hmmm. This is completely different than when you know what I'm in now.. Nicki: A day or two. I mean it's like Jay says all the time when you see it you can see it. And I was one of those that had the EXP Somnia you know watching the videos the first night and thinking I mean I can think of a reason that you would not do that and then also to see that opportunity for the people on my team which that does exist really you know elsewhere for team members not just team leaders to the same level. And I wanted to be able to offer my team members more. And so yeah it didn't take me very long. Kevin: And what Nicky is talking about is the EXP insomnia or sort of just diving off the cliff into the information is a phenomenon we've seen. I've interviewed another independent broker who joined EXP where he was a previous client of mine on the consulting side. And I didn't go to him because of the way he ran his business. He wasn't potentially a good prospect. And his quote when I talked to him about it was he came to me on a Thursday. He knew I acquired a lot of independent brokerages and asked me who I knew that might be a good conversion fit. And I got a email from him and a text like midnight on Sunday and he's like I haven't slept. Can we do a chat tomorrow. It's interesting because as Nicki said the phenomenon is that once you get into this it's hard to fathom not digging into it and figuring out validating how you actually the world and I want to come back to something she said because we hear this a lot from rainmakers of teams. One of the challenges in addition to the one we already looked at is it's hard to think about an exit other than people and the this goes back to the star power days right. Everybody talked about will how much did you get for your business and what was in that era was selling your list than your database and they would sell them and they would potentially get the effectively referrals or referral fees or other fees on the back and based on that volume and everybody a few years into that figured out that that wasn't very much money. But by the same token there wasn't anything available for team members. Right? You know if you're in a franchise system and there are some of them Nicki and I come from the same one right there all about teams. But what they don't talk about is sort of the dirty little secret which is it's all about conflict right. The Rainmaker owns the team the the team members are there. And there's a built in conflict if they get to be what you two like to be attracting which is talent. And now you can't offer them the huge opportunity in those cases that they want to go start their own thing. Then one of two things happens they either leave the market center and go do it on their own somewhere else in the marketplace or they stay there and there's a little bit of strife and conflict. Well in the EXP value proposition because of revenue sharing equity and the ability for teams to actually develop talent from within. We've seen people tackle this a couple of ways. I mean certainly with revenue sharing stacking I'm sure this is the direction you went Nicki which is you were able to actually create wealth for them in the process of attracting more and more agenta and well we'll get into sort of your success with revenue sharing a quick period of time in a second but the second thing that we're seeing people do and this is just meant to be a comment for people from the outside. And this may or may not surprise you. Nicki there are a lot of people across the country that I'm talking to that are going to above market average meaning typical for market splits with agents and this is one of the ways of rewarding agents in addition to revenue share because they can afford to pay it right there are some in Houston Texas where over time as their revenue share grows they're doing a retention strategy with team members where they're paying higher splits and this what's just keep going up because their primary wealth over time is not dependent on getting as much money as possible on their team production. Nicki: Yep. There's So many different opportunities that we can cover probably enough that we find new ones every day. I can tell you that. Kevin: It's something that in a production business and these are some of the things that are not intuitive to people while we have this podcast from the outside is not only do you have the non conflict right in other words there is equity opportunities and if you watch some of the information and there's a link in the podcast notes the shows an intro video when we're talking about ways that people are in equity and revenue share. Team members can actually start to create some wealth by helping attract agents to the company and they do that because they interface with a lot of agents so you have a prolific team. They're out there doing transactions with their agents on that on the team's business and or are meeting agents at events networking events or just out in the marketplace. And now is that a retention tool but it's a wealth tool for them isn't it. Nicki: Yes which is the exact opposite of what you were just talking about that we're finding now making friends with no direct competitor are now were able to work together as even a larger team in our community. And it's been pretty amazing to watch and to experience people that you've known for years but now it's a different thing it's a different relationship a different environment that we are all helping each other. It's pretty pretty cool it's fun. We're having fun.. Kevin: And that's something that if you listen to Gene Frederic or about 90 % of people that I interview on this podcast everybody uses the same phrase which is we're having fun again and again. And because it's disruptive and we're all owners of equity in the company we're agent owners if you will. It's causing a different dynamic. One the politics are gone and you know she just talked about this in her marketplace. I had a guest on that I interviewed recently and she was the number two team in a Dallas Fort Worth market center. The number one team came over like a week or 10 days before her. Right. So she made the comment she said We are collaborating so closely now in our marketplace and for the years that I was in that market center we didn't ever hardly ever talk if at all. And it's interesting because that's a dynamic that occurred moving from a franchise system and their culture and the way the business operates to the EXP system where people are all pointed the same direction. It's a culture that you shouldn't ever let anybody from the outside convince you doesn't exist. It is in one of the things that every guest on this podcast talks about is doesn't matter where you were introduced to the EXP by. If you listen to one of these episodes and before we wrap up today Nicki will give her contact information. Like every other guest does. It doesn't matter how you heard about it. If a guest resonates with you you want to talk to them and you want to get that you know and dive in a little deeper on it. It doesn't matter it's not a matter of you being sponsored by them or you being in their revenue share group. Everybody is pointed the same direction we all want to help each other and I'm sure as you said in your marketplace that's what's happening we're overall whether you were previous competitors or not you're disrupting the marketplace aren't you. Nicki: Yes we are. That's why we call yourself the disruptors club here. So that's exactly what we're doing. Kevin: And that speaks to the point of somebody listening to this podcast will be in a market you know whereas we're recording this the company between active agents and people and process onboarding is way north of 10000 agents. So we get a lot of well joining you might be on a state or a market where there's a handful of agents maybe looking around going well you know there's not a lot going in my market and I'm not sure what's going to happen. And I wonder if it's going to work here. You know it doesn't matter if you looked at two and a half three years ago in Dallas where Sherry Elliott talked about being the 16th or 14th agent when they have over 800 now. It's a matter of time in your market and I'm sure in your market things have started to accelerate since you've come over versus where it was when you first looked at EXP. It starts to go fast doesn't it? I know you said you've started to collaborate your marketplace. So with that as sort of a precursor to the conversation about revenue share even with the EXP for only a few months. Nicki: Right. Just under four months. Kevin: You came from a system like I did where you were and profit share system and it was hard to figure out you know when and if you're going to make money because it's a more complicated formula and it really varies by whether the franchise location is profitable and the person does production now in a revenue share model you and I first connected because I happened to notice that you were talking about the fact that you were blown away from your revenue share checks compared to what you used to see in the other world. Let's talk about that for a couple minutes. Nicki: Yeah my post that I made that I think your are referring to is.. I'm a little shocked because I you know I was at KW all these years. And the first couple of years I was there I worked really diligently on recruiting and I got a couple of good checks and then you know lead dwindled down to I think my biggest one last year I can't remember. It was like 120. I think under 150 most checks are my last one I got was 18 dollars. OK. So this system works a little differently in which you're getting paid off the top that's the revenue share. And honestly I underestimated what my checks would be. And my last I don't remember what it was when I posted it but it ended up at the end of the month being about 14.44. Right at that. So the way I'm looking at that. To me I'm working at EXP for free. It's you know you take your cap and you figure with that is per month. Again why would somebody not want to do it now. You know anything more than that they're paying me to work there to be there. To me he brokered by them so I was amazed. Kevin: Most people don't realize and people listening to this may not have a good perspective on and I come from the same franchise system and there's nothing wrong with Keller Williams it's an excellent well led company they have great agents there but they live by the formula and the structure they've set up. So the story you just heard is not an outlier. There are plenty of people even people with large amounts of people in profit share that don't make very much money. You're dependent on the particular market center or market centers to be profitable person and not be capped at it all to occur at the same time and it doesn't mean you won't receive profit sharing or certainly not representing that. But what I can tell you very definitively is there are plenty of people that have success in the profit sharing system that now come over and been around longer than Nicki has and they are typically at about 10 times the pay out. And you after a couple of months are already at ten times what you were making before. And it goes up from there. In other words because it's so much of a larger number off the top and it's certainly not representing that everybody gets the same results. Right. You know you have to have an agent. They've got to be in production. But this is not a typical right. You can look at the formula and you can make your own calculation. Her comment of it being a surprise as to how much bigger it was and how quickly is not anything other than her success in attracting people to the company and people asking that question because I'm sure your phone rang when you made that announcement you're moving in they're like whoa wait wait you're going to be why? And then that resulted in some initial retraction and then because you're visible in your market you have influence more agents came over and that number will typically for most of the people including everybody we've interviewed on these podcast episodes grow over time. But for tying this down it's not unusual that it doesn't happen very quickly right. If you're influential in your market or you are active in your market production you're going to have people right off the bat don't be surprised if it's not the first week or two that they ring your phone and say I want to talk to you. I don't know how quickly it happened for you but I bet it was quick. Nicki: A day. Kevin: I have another guest it's coming up in an upcoming episode. He's on the East Coast and he said if I didn't have a conversation with somebody in the first couple of days I was getting a text or another message saying well you don't like me how come you're not going to call me and talk to me about why you went over the EXP. Nicki: Yep. Well I don't know if it's typical but that is what happened to so. Exactly. Kevin: It's a pretty interesting and fun dynamic. And you know just for comparison I gave you the examples listeners that you know people were joining EXP in Dallas a couple of years ago and there were you know 16 14 15 agents something like that and now it's over a hundred you know they have markets like San Diego they went from somewhat the neighborhood of 15 or 20 to 100 in 30 days. So it tends to accelerate quickly. Don't get confuse that if you're a particular market whether it's large or small it doesn't have a big presence of EXP agents. That's not the norm for it to stay like that very long. In terms of any other things you want somebody to know about EXP and sort of what you know now that you've been here for a couple of months. Any other takeaways that if somebody... doesn't matter if they are at Keller Williams and a franchise like you and I were or they're just an independent agent what would you suggest that from a due diligence standpoint they should be paying attention to. Nicki: I mean probably a little bit more for team leaders but also solo agents and that's the fact that you are not you know with the profit share we weren't really you know geographically limited but it did have that going on as far as my experience a little bit more but the opportunity here where I think it's going to really.. I mean it already is taking off but I think.. I keep telling my team you watch when everyone starts to understand that they can grow that revenue share anywhere. They're not limited to their market. So yes the market locally here is growing fast and this is a huge opportunity for us. But the fact that we're not limited really to this market and that we can... I mean there's we can.. any agent anywhere you know you can put in your revenue share so. When people start to get that I think it's going to blow up when they really start to get that. Kevin: Absolutely I was a team leader like Gene Frederic in the Keller Williams system right so I can speak to this directly. I mean the norm for how I would receive an agent that would I'd be in discussions with me as a team leader was much more heavily weighted in the local market and in the process was set up and oriented around that. Right? I was in South Florida and I would from my own agents in my market center get the vast majority of any kind of referrals. Every once in a while they be somebody coming in that was referred from somewhere else. But that was certainly not the norm. Now if you listen to interviews on this podcast it doesn't matter if it's Pat Hayes or Mitch Riback or Gene they'll talk to you about the fact that their revenue sharing group if you will is now multi state and also in the provinces of Canada and in the case of many of them they didn't have any direct relationship with a lot of those agents. In other words Pat said I haven't directly interfaced with any of the agents although I've helped people that are in Canada for example or a lot of these states and he's that I think in his case he was in you know some worries about 800 agents now and his revenue share and they're in like 33 states including two provinces of Canada in addition to that. So what Nicki is talking about is a phenomenon that EXP is very distinctly growing agent agent. In other words the islands of a franchise system like I used to run of the market center where the vast majority of the opportunities are presented to a team later and they convert and it could take a while right. Or it may not convert. It's very different than for example Kevin or Nicki having somebody that we've done a referral with in Nebraska or Florida and or we know them from a C or S training event or some other thing or Gnomon line. Right. And they've they've heard about EXP and now they see that Kevin or Nicki announced they've joined the company and they ask questions. They're much more likely because of the process by which they're onboard it at EXP to convert. And it's a whole different thing than what occurs in a franchise system and so what what I've done is kind of restated the dynamic that Nicki is talking about and it is something that until you see it start to happen agent agent and sort of virally from a social standpoint I don't think you're going to have a good perspective on it. It is not unusual for somebody to be with the company for a year or two years at least half if they have a decent sized revenue share group. They've been purposeful about it. They brought in their own set of some number of agents. They then will have agents in multiple states. It's almost like they have their own little virtual region as a Gene Frederic and I like to call it anything else we haven't covered today and then I'm going to have you get your contact information in case anybody wants to reach you. Nicki: I mean again and or just everyday we say that we're just blown away every day like we say mind blown every day because there's so much more we could cover but we're talking about mostly revenue share right now. But I mean just the fact that they make the splits to where people can afford to be on a team you know which is where some people need to be to get the idea that they need you know to learn the business. I could go on and on. It's been a big blessing for my team and for my family. Now we're happy. Kevin: Great. I mean some of the stuff that like you said we can go on and on about is the company is highly highly focused like you are on productivity and lead generation right they're set up to support either solo practitioners or producers and teams both from the standpoint of the CAP system the splits and the ability to structure correct and then the tools right. As a matter if it's the technology tools including things like conversion are core or anything else is in my opinion second to none. So if you're an agent out there listen to this and you are productivity based and you are serious about your business you owe it to yourself to dig into it you know and go back to the person who introduced you to EXP. If you want to talk to somebody within the company ask them to find you somebody that's a peer producer whether you're a solo producer or a big producer or with a team you're a rainmaker or listen to this. There are plenty of us right does matter if I get the call. If Nicki gets a call or Gene Frederic or Pat Hays no matter who it is you'll hear it on every one of these guest episodes. We're all here to help you make the right decision. We're not perfect for everybody as far as a fit but we certainly are perfect for a large majority of the real estate producers. All right so once you give them your contact information just somebody listens and they want to reach you. Nicki: OK. You can reach my cell phone 806 316 4498 and you can reach me by email. Nicki.Gregory r@exprealty.com Those probably the best two ways to get me quickly. Kevin: Excellent well thank you for coming on the show. Nicki: I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Beloved British literary genre fiction writer Nick Harkaway talked with megafan Jenn Northington of BookRiot about his cerebral epic scifi novel Gnomon in his first ever New York City public event. Harkaway and Northington discussed the complex diagrams required for Harkaway to keep track of his own plot, genre categories in the US and the UK, the proud tradition of the police procedural, the need for writers to help readers imagine possible and inevitable futures, and the weird reality of mice sharing a single brain.

Nick Harkaway, author of THE GONE-AWAY WORLD, and TIGERMAN, joins Amy to talk about his massive, thrilling new book, GNOMON. They discuss surveillance, finding stories everywhere, and mind-blowing real-life technology. Read more about the book here: http://bit.ly/2DBtst3

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Red Clocks, So You Want to Talk About Race, Truly Devious, and more books. This episode was sponsored by Gnomon by Nick Harkaway and ThirdLove. Find a list of the titles discussed on this episode in the shownotes.

3D printing is having an effect on the way things are made. This episode talks about what those things are, how it benefits us all and how you can get involved. Chris Dombos knows a thing or two about 3D printing, and he is also a massive FX nerd so we got on rather well. Having met him first at LA IMATS in Jan 2017 (I discovered he had some of the original Lost Boys moulds), it made sense to catch up when he came over to London recently. Of course, I figured bring the mic and make a podcast out of it. We recorded in a cemetery in London, so there are background noises. The whole gamut of life - cars, sirens, passing people, kids, birds in the sky, aircraft, wind – it’s all there in a place of the dead. It's all background, our audio is clear and we chatted about a number of great topics which matter to anyone who makes things. This includes: There have been a number of auctions as big FX shops started scaling down! This means that the larger shops have all but disappeared but more smaller operations opening up. Props Store London https://propstore.com/ Importance of design and the danger of generic, the process informing the look. Occulus Medium: https://www.oculus.com/medium/ Cost of CAD programs - the free and the fortunes. Digital sculpting revealing an artists lack of anatomical understanding, and how an understanding of form is essential to good sculpture regardless of the medium – clay or pixels. Costs or materials v digital process. It exists as a process, will only get better. The increased incident of joined up thinking, and how digital FX uses a team to create what would have been the job of one person, teams fitting together. For practical FX this wider collaboration is a new thing. We also mention some great artists. These include: Norman Cabreara https://www.instagram.com/norman_cabrera_monsters/ Steve Wang https://www.instagram.com/stevewangcreaturecreator/ Gio Nakpil http://gionakpil.com/ Bill Corso https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/artists/special-effects-makeup-artist-bill-corso Digital Makeup Group - http://www.digitalmakeupgroup.com/ Adam beane and 'CS Wax' http://www.adambeaneindustries.com/cx5/ Landon Meier http://www.hyperflesh.com/ Jose Fernandez and http://ironheadstudio.com/ Software and websites to help include: Modo https://www.foundry.com/products/modo Places to learn 3D Sculpting https://www.renderosity.com/ http://www.wings3d.com/ Sculptris http://pixologic.com/sculptris/ ZBrush Central http://www.zbrushcentral.com/ ZBrush http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/ ZBrush Core https://store.pixologic.com/zbrushcore/ who listened to sculptors to make the software work for sculpture. Mudbox (https://www.autodesk.com/products/mudbox/overview ), DigiPen https://www.digipen.edu/ Gnomon https://www.gnomon.edu/ Pluralsight (Formerly Digital Tutors) https://www.pluralsight.com/ https://www.gentlegiantstudios.com/ https://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing/ Reality Capture – photogrammetry software https://www.capturingreality.com/ Hope you enjoy this episode - It's exciting and scary at the same time for me. Check us out on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/stuartandtodd/ or email us direct at stuartandtodd@gmail.com! - Stuart & Todd

With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – 500-plus years since Thomas More coined the term “Utopia”, denoting a too-good-to-be-true land, Chloë Houston considers the relevance, and importance, of Utopian thinking, and asks if we feel more at home in dystopia; prompted by a magisterial new biography by Jonathan Eig, J. Michael Lennon describes the transformation of Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali (and tells us what it was like to meet Ali at Normal Mailer’s seventy-fifth birthday party); TLS editor Lucy Dallas speaks to the novelist Nick Harkaway, no stranger to grim (not necessarily) alternative realities, about his new novel Gnomon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Helen and Stephen discuss the resignation of Michael Fallon as defence secretary, and look more broadly at allegations of sexual harassment and abuse in Westminster. Then, they are joined by the author Nick Harkaway to talk about his new book Gnomon and the issues of surveillance and privacy that it raises. Finally, they answer a listener question: why hasn't the NS published the list of alleged "sex pest" Tory MPs?Contact us on Twitter @ns_podcasts, @helenlewis or @stephenkb.Further reading:Stephen on the list of Tory MPs.Helen on how party loyalty is used to silence victims of harassment.Nick Harkaway's new novel, Gnomon.Listen to the NS's pop culture podcast, SRSLY. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Você já pensou que tudo poderia ser melhor se estivesse estudando fora? É seu sonho ir para um país de primeiro mundo e aprender diretamente com os mestres que você mais admira nas escolas mais conceituadas do mundo? Pois bem, essa é a jornada que muitas pessoas querem percorrer e neste podcast conversamos sobre como é passar por ela. Hoje na Sala 1604, Murilo Stupak bate um papo com Luis Kemmerich, Heloisa Duda e Lucas Parolin sobre suas experiências de estudo de artes digitais fora do Brasil. Neste episódio, entenda os prós e contras em estudar em outro país, conheça um pouco sobre escolas como a FZD, Vancouver Film School, Gnomon e Brainstorm e desmistifique a ideia mágica que é estudar no exterior! Confira nosso blog! http://blog.escolarevolution.com.br/sala-1604-estudando-fora/ Trilha do Episódio: Broke for free

In this episode we look at subdividing the day with the development of time keeping devices from the gnomon and sundials to atomic clocks.

An examination of the motion of the Sun through the sky.  We discuss the use of gnomons to make measurements and the Sun's path through the Zodiac on the ecliptic with special attention to the equinoxes and solstices.  We conclude with an discussion of the yearly calendar in many cultures.

On this episode of AGP, I welcome artist Rolf Peter Hausen to the show. Rolf started going to school for 3d animation and special effects in Tampa Fl. At the International Academy of Design and Technology. Rolf later moved to California to pursue his learning for art and started a certificate program for 3d animation and special effects at Gnomon in Los Angeles. Rolf has worked on films such as A Tillamook Treasure, The Knights Templar, and Adam Sandlerâ??s Don't Mess with the Zohan. Shortly after Rolf moved back to Ohio, with friends and family, and is now Pursuing Pop and Fine arts! Has starting going to conventions such at Gem City Comic Con and Derby City Comic Con, and will be at the Wizard Con and Michigan Comic Expo. Please join us at 7 pm EST to learn more about Rolfâ??s work, and what his inspirations are right here on AGP!

John and myself have another great call with Jay Dyer(http://jaysanalysis.com). We discuss Max Horkheimer,Theodore W. Adorno, Frankfurt School,Marxism, banking, Columbia University, Institute for Social Research,the Nazis, the MASY Group, the Charleston Shooting, the Kingsman film,MKULTRA, gun shot statistics, The Bank of International Settlements,Paul Marcinkus, Civilization, The New World Order,Alvin Toffler, H.G. Wells, Arnold J. Toynbee, Cultural Revolution, Public Relations, Mad Men, Andre the Giant has a Posse, Helen Blavatsky,The Brothers Karamazov,James Bond, Ian Fleming, the Cold War, Spy Culture,Crisis Actors, Dupers Delight, Sex-espionage,Dallas Goldbug,Flat Earth, the Moon Hoax, 9/11, Maya, CGI and the Pentagon, Stanley Kubrick, Jay Weidner, Suppressed Technology, UFOs, The New Atlantis, The Nephalim, Gnomon,Fractal Geometry, Platonic Solids, Atlantis,Genesis 6, Genetic Engineering,Reductionist Materialism, Personalism, Statism, Panspermia, Richard Dawkins, Scientism,Cause and Effect,Metaphysics, The Multiverse, Roger Penrose,The Logos,Darwinism, Survival of the Fittest, Mathematics, the Golden Ratio, Carl Sagan, Scientism,Death by Design-The Life and Times of Life and Times, Alchemy, Platonism, Eugenics, Artificial Intelligence, Ex Machina, Her, THX1138,Siri, The Americans, Viv, Dark Mirror, Wearables, Apple Watch is Dr. Schwitzgebel's Machine._______________________________________http://www.hoaxbusterscall.com

Rob Nederhorst is a compositor and visual effects supervisor who has a large list of amazing projects to his name, some of the feature films include X-Men, The day after tomorrow, 2012, Thor, Priest, After Earth and many more films. He's a speaker for Gnomon as well as well as an authority on The Foundary's Academy Award winning compositing software 'Nuke'.   This is a really great and insightful interview with Nederhorst's origins in the industry, starting at Newtek and moving early in his career to Digital Domain and moving on up the ladder from there but also a lot of insight into a lot of his methods and advice related to his career with many great takeaways!   For show notes visit http://www.allanmckay.com/21/  

Introducing the mighty Vitaly Bulgarov, who at the young age of 27, is already a true force in the concept and creative industry.  His accredited experience includes many powerful years working on best-selling games with the powerhouse studio Blizzard.  Currently, Vitaly resides in San Francisco, where he works with ILM as a concept artist for feature films. In this conversation with Vitaly, we discuss the value of sabbaticals, owning and respecting your time, manifesting your goals, and finding that balance between insanity and professional excellence. ---------------------------------------------------------- Vitaly's Work - www.bulgarov.com Vitaly's Blog - vitalybulgarov.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.bit.ly/collectiveitunes Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thecollectivepodcast Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thecpodcast ---------------------------------------------------------- Show Notes: Vitaly's Gnomon: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/200/ The Power of Now: http://amzn.com/1577314808 The Dragons of Eden: http://amzn.com/0345346297 Jiro Dreams of Sushi: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/ Stefan Sagmeister TED Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: http://amzn.com/8189988042

Shades of Time.Gnomon