Podcast appearances and mentions of Kim Harrison

In episode 82, I'm giving a review of the latest book from The Hollows series by Kim Harrison, “Demon's Bluff,” an urban fantasy novel set in an alternate world where magic and modern sensibilities coexist. As always, I was so excited to talk about this book and this series, since I've been such a big fan of Rachel Morgan and her adventures as a witch in Cincinnati for so long. Join me as discussing Harrison's grasp on each of her characters, falling back into reading about [SPOILER], and the care that Rachel uses in proving (once again) that she is That Witch.As with all of my book reviews, there are spoilers!If you have an author, book, or topic you want to hear about on the podcast, then don't hesitate to slide into my DMs on Instagram or shoot me an email!Where else to find me:IG: @inbedwithbookspodYT: https://www.youtube.com/@InBedWithBooksPodEM: inbedwithbookspodcast@gmail.com

In this episode of "Ask the Expert, Community Spotlight Edition," Lydia Dubose of SRNA spoke with Kim Harrison about her journey with transverse myelitis (TM), adaptive sports, and challenges she has faced since her diagnosis [00:01:25]. Kim highlighted the importance of community support systems in her life [00:11:38]. She discussed managing symptoms, navigating social situations, and raising awareness for rare neuroimmune disorders [00:17:39]. Finally, Kim shared her inspiring story of completing the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in her adaptive wheelchair, demonstrating resilience and determination [00:23:49]. Originally from Atlanta, GA, Kim Harrison currently resides in St. Augustine, FL. She contracted transverse myelitis (TM) in 2004 while on a business trip to Dallas, TX. In 2012, she partitioned her State Senator, Donzella James, to declare February 15th as Transverse Myelitis Awareness Day. She is on the mayor's accessibility committee, a United Spinal Association North Florida Chapter Advocacy Representative, a Christopher and Dana Reeve Peer Mentor, and a volunteer at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. Kim organized a Walk-Run-N-Roll and has been a support group leader with SRNA. She has been on the Braves Stadium ADA advisory board, has participated in ROCH Roll on Capitol Hill with United Spinal Association, and has advocated for wheelchair users' rights for activity based physical therapy with Warrior Momz. Kim is the adaptive athlete who rolled the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in Spain with her adaptive GRIT Freedom wheelchair. She is 65 and lives in an aged community with her husband of 38 years, Brian. You can learn more about the organization I'll Push You and Kim's journey on the Camino de Santiago here: https://www.accessiblecamino.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1051370995944241/

Kim Harrison, a freelance content marketing strategist and author, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to talk about asking the right questions to find your target demographic, why she has such a deep love for story telling, and how marketing extends after the product has been sold. Kim shares her unique experiences with solving urgently painful problems that customers are experiencing and subsequently building a relationship with those customers that allows her to solve more pain points down the line. About KimKim is a professional storyteller focused on strategic communications. She translates complex ideas into compelling narratives, helping teams share their perspectives. She enjoys building impactful stories, and using a range of mediums and channels to reach specific audiences.For 10+ years Kim has worked closely with teams focused on big data and developer tooling. They have brought new methodologies forward, impacted the language used to describe technologies, and even established new industry categories.Links Referenced:Personal/Company website: https://www.kimber.kim/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberh/Twitter: https://twitter.com/kittyriotTranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud, I'm Corey Quinn. One of the unpleasant-to-some-folk realizations that people sometimes have is, “Wait a minute. Corey, you've been doing marketing all this time.” To which the only response I can come up with is a slightly more professional version of, “Well, duh.” And I think that's because people misunderstand what marketing is and what it means. Here to talk about that, and presumably other things as well, is Kim Harrison, a freelance content marketing strategist. Kim, thank you for agreeing to listen to me.Kim: [laugh] Thank you for having me, Corey. It's great connecting with you today.Corey: You've worked at a number of different places over the course of your career, the joys of freelancing. You have periodically been involved in getting folks from the companies at which you've been working onto this show, but it's sort of the ‘always a bridesmaid, never a bride' type of philosophy. You were somewhat surprised when I reached out and said, “Hey, why don't you come on the show yourself?” Which is always the sign it's going to be a fascinating episode because some of the most valuable conversations that I find I have here are with people who don't think at first that they have much to say. And then I love proving them wrong. But you're in marketing. Presumably, you have many things to say.Kim: [laugh] It's funny, you say that I feel like in marketing, we're always behind the scenes, we are the ones building and crafting the image, and bringing that story forward of, who is this? What is this company? What is this product? What do they do? Why should I care about it? And, “Wow, those are amazing stickers. I want five of them, please.” So, I'm kind of used to being behind the curtain rather than in the foreground talking about what I do.Corey: People tend to hate marketing, especially developers, when you talk to them, but when you really drill down into it, it's not marketing that they hate. It is, on some level, a marketing straw man—or straw person, whatever the current term of art is—because they think of the experience through the lens of the worst examples of it. And everyone who has been in the industry for five minutes knows what I'm talking about. Billboards that make no sense where a company spent $20 million on an ad buy and seven bucks over the lunch counter trying to figure out what to say once you have all of that attention, or bad email blasts that are completely irrelevant, untargeted, misspell your name, and are clearly written by a robot. That's not what marketing is, at least in my mind. What is it to you?Kim: For me, marketing is how you communicate who you are, what have you built, what is the value that it provides, and how can somebody use it. There's many ways in which you can share that, that can be all of those activities that you just talked about. And I think it's easy to sometimes lose the story in all of that and talk about things that may not be as important. I think a lot of times people get excited about what they've built, and love to talk about what they've built but not why it provides value, and what value it provides. And so, staying focused and really sharing that clear story is—it's a lot harder than I think people give it credit for.Corey: A very senior, well-known engineering leader whose name I will not mention because I—I can tell stories, or I can name names, but I don't believe in doing both—once said, out of what was otherwise like this—like, this person just dispenses wisdom like a vending machine. It's amazing, but one of the dumbest things I ever heard this person say was, “I never want to get marketing outreach, or show me ads or the rest. If you've built something awesome. I will find it on my own.” Which is a terrific recipe to follow if you'd like to starve to death.Kim: Yeah, I agree with that. And I think there is this… I don't know, maybe it feels great to imagine that what you've built is just so interesting that people would automagically find their way to you and pop up in your DMs and beg to throw money at you for what your product is. But I mean, truly if nobody knows that the thing exists, or even what it does, how could they? I've seen this happen quite often in technology where there's actually an amazing product that maybe they are sharing who they are, they are promoting themselves, but the messaging just doesn't quite land, and so there's a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about an amazing product. And so, not sharing, but also not sharing a very accurate, complete picture of who you are can also hurt you.Corey: When I first started going out independently in the fall of 2016, I did not know whether it was going to work, whether I was going to succeed or have to go do something else, but what I knew very obviously, was that, one way or another, 18 months from now, I was going to want to have an audience to tell about whatever I was doing. Like, the best time to build an audience is five years ago; the second-best time is today, just like planting a tree. So, I started building out the email newsletter. It was something I wish existed, no one else had built it, I figured I'd give it a shot, and it resonated, and that's where the Last Week in AWS newsletter came from. But it means that I can reach out and talk to 32,000 people in their inbox, more or less whenever I want to, tell them whatever is on my mind, and I do that in the form of my newsletters. And that more than anything else has really led to anything that could be equated to be… me as a brand, so to speak. It took work to get there, but I view it as something that, in hindsight or to someone who had spent 20 minutes thinking about marketing, was obvious, but it took me a while to get there from first principles.Kim: Yeah, for sure. And, you know, as a person who receives your newsletter, as somebody who has collaborated with you in the past, something I know you do really well is you are very clear about who you are, what you stand for, and you're consistent. And so, I think… in my opinion, I think you've done a great job of earning your audience's trust, and that's a huge part of this, right? As a marketer, it's very easy to say, you know, “My thing is bigger, better, faster,” but if it's pure conjecture, if it's not—if there's no there there, people will find out, you will lose that trust, and it can become difficult. And so, it does take time. And I think—I imagine, and I would ask you—I imagine you were very intentional about what you did. It took time, and you understood that, and it's like, okay, put your head down and be patient because this will reap rewards in the end.Corey: That's the curse, on some level, of having succeeded at something. You look back in hindsight, and everything looks like one thing clearly led to another, and where you are now is sort of inevitable when viewed through that lens. It does not feel like that on the day-to-day. I promise.Kim: [laugh] What—okay, so as you built your audience, what was the hardest part for you?Corey: Figuring out who the audience was, to be perfectly honest. It didn't take long before Datadog came sniffing around, six issues in, asking if they could sponsor. And it was, “You want to give me money to talk about you? Of course, you can give me money. How much money?” And I inadvertently found myself with a sponsor-driven media business.But that led to a bit of a crisis of faith for me of, who is my audience? Is it the sponsors because that—like, I like money, and I wish to incentivize the behavior of giving it to me, but if I do that, then suddenly, I'm more or less just a mouthpiece or a shill for whoever pays me enough, and that means the audience loses interest. It has to be the community is my target because that's what I consider myself a part of. I write content that I want to read, that I want to exist, and if sponsors like that, great. If they don't, then well, okay, it's not for everyone.But the audience is around because they either agree with what I say, or they appreciate the authenticity of it. And it goes down to the old saw of would you rather have a pile of money, or would you rather have a relationship with someone? It's like, “Well, I can turn a relationship into money way more easily than I can the opposite.” So yeah, I would much rather build a working rapport with the people who support me.Kim: Interesting. Yeah, I agree with you. And I would ask another question about your audience. Who was in that audience? Is this one kind of person? Is this many kinds of people? How do you think about who you're speaking to? Is it a unified group, or are you considering that there are three or four different kinds of people within this body, and you try to address all of them at different points in a week or month?Corey: If you try to write for everyone, you wind up writing for no one—Kim: Yeah.Corey: —and every time I think I have a grasp on who my audience is—like, if you're listening to this show, for example, I have some baseline assumptions about you in the aggregate, but if you were to reach out—which again, everyone is welcome to do—I would be probably astounded to learn some of the things that you folks are working on, how you view these things, what you like, what you don't like about the show. On some level, I operate in a vacuum here, just because feedback to a podcast is a rare thing. I suspect it's because it's like listening to an AM radio show, and who calls into an AM radio show? Lunatics, obviously. And most people—except on Twitter—don't self-identify as lunatics, so that's not something that they want to do.I encourage you to buck that trend. Reach out. I promise, I drag multi-trillion-dollar companies, not individuals who dare to reach out. Some of my best friendships started off with someone reaching out like, “Hey, I like what you're doing, and I'd like to learn more about it.” One thing leads to another, and there are no strangers; just friends we haven't met yet.Kim: Yeah, yeah. In the world of developer marketing, sometimes that audience can be a range of people. It can be the user versus your buyer. So, when I think about content marketing and I think about telling the story of a platform or a brand to, you know, this range of people, maybe I want to tell that same story, but I've got to do it in slightly different ways. Because to your point, if you try to be, you know, one thing for everybody or nothing to everyone, it just, it doesn't work. And so, how do you talk to that buyer who can actually sign the check versus the individual contributor, the person who's using the product day-to-day? What part of that story do they want to hear? What makes sense to them? What is engaging to them?Corey: Part of the challenge I've had is that I always assume that the audience was largely comprised of people who vaguely resemble me, namely relatively senior engineering folks who have seen way too many cycles where today's shiny new shit becomes tomorrow's legacy garbage that they needed to maintain. But that is not true. In practice, about 60% of the audience is individual contributing engineers, and the remaining 40 is almost entirely some form of management, ranging from team leads to C-level executives of Fortune 50s and everything in between. And every piece that I write is written for someone. And by that I mean, a specific person or my idea of that person as I go.Now, I don't mention them by name, but that means that different pieces are targeted at different audiences and presuppose different baseline levels of knowledge. And sometimes that works, sometimes that doesn't, but it means that everything that I write should ideally resonate with some constituency.Kim: Yeah. Yeah. And, again, as a person who has collaborated with you, you have a range of channels that you share content across. And so, I think when I first met you and first started working with you, I very quickly started to understand where that made sense to me, not just as a collaborator, but as somebody who enjoys the people that you bring in to interview, the stories that you tell, the conversations that you start. But I've noticed there's areas that I tend towards, and would listen to or read more. I don't know if that was intentional, if there are certain areas that you focus on for different segments of your audience.Corey: Partially. And this is a weird thing for me to say, particularly in this medium. I don't listen to podcasts myself. I read extremely quickly, I do not have the patience to sit through a conversation. It makes sense when I'm driving somewhere, but I barely do that. My drive home from dropping off my toddler at preschool is all of seven minutes, which is not long enough for basically anything, so it's not for me.I don't watch videos. I don't listen to podcasts. I read. That's part of the reason that every episode of this show has a transcript. It's also part of the reason, though, that I have the podcast entirely, as that I am not the common case in a bunch of things. An awful lot of people do listen to the podcast. I've talked to listeners who are surprised to learn I have an email newsletter, but I view it as the newsletter came first and then the podcast.Occasionally, I find people who only know me through my YouTube videos—which are sporadic because it's a lot of effort to get one of those up—and no one sees all of it. This did lead to a bit of a weird crisis for me early on of, okay, so I have a Twitter account, I have a LinkedIn page, I have the Screaming in the Cloud podcast, I have the AWS Morning Brief podcast, I have the Last Week in AWS newsletter, and I have the Last Week in AWS blog, and of course, I have my day job at The Duckbill Group where we fix AWS bills. That is seven or eight different URLs. Where do I tell people to go?Kim: Yeah.Corey: It's a very hard problem.Kim: Do you do that? How do you do that? Or do you allow people to find their own way?Corey: Whether you allow people to or not, they're going to do it on their own. My default of where do I send people is lastweekinaws.com. That talks a little bit about who I am, it has a prominently featured ‘newsletter signup' widget there, give me your email address and you will get an opt-in confirmation.Click that, and you will start receiving my newsletters, which talk in the bottom about other things that I do, and let people find their way to different places, like slack.lastweekinaws.com, for the community Slack channel, which is sort of the writer's room for some of these conversations. There's a bunch of different ways, but not everyone wants to engage in the same way, and that's okay.Kim: Yeah. That is something that's come up a lot for me, managing content programs. You said it yourself: not everybody learns the same way, and so thinking about different ways to share a story, I would say right now a lot of people are really burnt out on webinars. I think the past couple of years of being at home and staring at screens has done a number on us all. But still, there are ways in which some people do prefer video.Maybe shorter format is better, or audio, or reading. And it's great that you put the transcript in because I know I'm a person who really values that. Sometimes I can't listen to an episode, and it's great that I can, you know, kind of skim through and read through parts of the interview that I knew that were going to come up. And so, being attuned to the fact that there's many different ways to tell a story, and having fun with that—dare I say [laugh]—is, I think, a huge part of it.Corey: You have to have fun, otherwise, you aren't going to be able to stay the course, at least that's my philosophy. I am very fortunate in that what I do is technically marketing for the consultancy because an overwhelming percentage of our leads come from, people have heard of me and that leads them here. It's never clear to me where was the original point of contact, how did you get into the orbit, who recommended you, but that is functionally what it is. I'm fortunate in that the media side of our business with sponsorships turns this into a business unit that generates a profit. But it is functionally still a marketing department. That is not mandatory.Kim: Yeah. So, an interesting thing that I've seen happen within developer marketing is when thinking about this audience and how you market your consultancy, you spoke about how many people are individual contributors in your audience. I—did you say it was like 60%?Corey: 60% engineers, although it's also how people view what their role is changes rather drastically. And I've never found that any of these things that are categorizations of roles or company styles or what have ever fit me well. I don't fit anywhere I go. And that's okay. I assume that there's a lot of slop and wiggle room in there, but it gives me a direction to go in. I would have guessed before that, that 95% of the audience was engineering hands-on coding-type practitioners.Kim: Right.Corey: Clearly I'm wrong.Kim: Well, in understanding that, I mean, what you've got is an understanding of who can take what action. I mean, yeah, at some point, you do want sponsors, right? If you are marketing for your consultancy, you probably do want to reach those executives that would be the person that would actually bring you in—your team in—to evaluate and give them advice and feedback, and that's not always the individual contributor. However, having a presence within the community is equally beneficial to your brand. And so, for me, as a person who has worked in-house at teams, often the demand gen team is telling me, “Oh, we just want to do things that will get leads in the door,” you know, leads that will actually turn into customers, but addressing your community and having a presence there, and showing up there, and participating is just as important. You know, that's brand awareness.And so, there will sometimes be activities that you do that really are just about participating, and showcasing yourself and your team as the experts that you are. And sometimes it will be a direct, “We have this feature. We have this product. Here's how you can do a trial and sign up to become a customer.”Corey: That is, I think, something that gets missed a lot. With so much marketing in this industry slash sector slash whatever it is that you want to call it is, in larger companies in particular, you wind up with people who are writing some of the messaging around this that are too far removed from the actual customer journey. You see it very early startup phase, too, where… I see it on the show, sometimes, with very early stage technical co-founders. They want to talk about the internals of this very hard thing that they built and how it works. Great. That's not your customer. That is not something that anything other than your competitor or your prospective hires are really going to be that interested in.Kim: Yeah.Corey: Talk about the painful problem that you solve.Kim: Absolutely. Show—oh, my gosh, I just had a conversation with a colleague about this very thing. Show the return on investment, show the value you provide, and do it explicitly, do it very clearly. Do not assume that people understand. Give numbers if you can, metrics. Just really put it out there because I think in this moment right now, in this economy… budgets are tight. And so, if you can't clearly show what value you provide and why you should be there, you know, why somebody should bring your product into their stack, you're just not going to make it through, or you're not going to last long.Corey: Yeah. It's hard. None of this stuff is easy, and marketing is way, way, way harder than it looks. Done well, it looks like you barely did anything at all. Do it badly, and suddenly the entire internet lines up to dunk on you.Kim: Oh, that is so true. Gosh, and that's really difficult for marketers because, as you said, we've done well, it just feels natural. Like, of course, this would happen. But there's so much that goes on behind the scenes to execute and make it look seamless and flawless. That is something that I like to advise onto my fellow marketers and content marketers is, don't forget to remind your team what you've been up to and what it took to get there so that they appreciate the value of what you're providing, and will continue to do those things that help keep that momentum moving forward. As you said, how many years did you work on getting that audience together where it is today? This was not six months. This was a real time and effort for you to build this following, and to earn this trust, and to have the brand that you have now.Corey: The funny part is, I didn't do most of it. My entire time doing this, I have been unable to materially alter the trajectory of growth. It is all word of mouth, people in the audience telling other people about whatever it is that I do. I have run a number of experiments across almost every medium that was within my reach, and none of them seem to materially tip anything other than being authentic and being there for the audience, and then just letting the rest sort of handle itself.Kim: Mm-hm. I like that you said that, that you're running experiments. You're in conversation with your audience. You're really thinking about how your message lands, and what they like or don't like, or what resonates.Corey: It's a hard problem. How do you view marketing? You've been working in this space a lot. You have specifically in your title of Freelance Content Marketing Strategist a derivation of the word strategy, which has always been something that I'm not great at. It's longer-term, big picture thinking. I'm much better tactically in the weeds. What do you see as the broad sweep of how it's being done in this industry?Kim: I can speak to myself. I studied sociology. I really love thinking about what influences people, I love stories and storytelling, and so my focus is strategic communications. And that's a fancy way of just saying, you know, taking these complex ideas, these products that people built, and turning them into compelling narratives so we can showcase the value they provide. And I think it's especially interesting and challenging doing that in technology when a lot of times you're bringing forth a completely new products that never existed before, so how do you speak to that? How do you help people understand that a thing they've never been able to do before they can now do, and it could be a part of their life, and it could be part of their workflow, and change how they think about their own practices?And so, for me, it really is storytelling. I'm a sucker for, you know, a good podcast and a good book on the side. That's how I think about it, but I also do appreciate that at the end of the day, this is marketing, we are, you know, a business, and so I also enjoy being a part of a team. So, I can help build the beautiful story and think about how to share that effectively, get that in front of the right people at the right time so that they can have an understanding of who you are, what you are, what you offer, be a part of the larger conversation that is in place that you can become a trusted brand, and doing that within you know, a larger marketing team, those people that make sure that, you know, ultimately we're getting those people into the marketing and sales funnel, and the appropriate activities that happen next. So I'm, I tend to hang out in my storytelling realm of marketing, but fully well appreciate and know that this is—to your point, this is—marketing is a large effort, and there are a lot of people that contribute to the different moving parts. And it's like a dance making it all come together.Corey: Something I found as well is a complete lack of awareness outside of marketing itself, in the differences between all of the marketing sub-functions. It's the engineering equivalent of lumping mobile developers, and front-end developers, and SREs, and back-end developers, and DBAs, and so on, and so on, and so on, all into the same bucket. Like, “You're just an engineer. Can you fix my printer?” Style stuff.Kim: Yeah.Corey: Marketing is a vast landscape, and you start subdividing it further and further, and there's a reason that it's an entire organization within companies and not a person.Kim: Yeah, for sure. And gosh, some of the people that I've worked with at earlier-stage companies that are capable of covering more than one area, really creative, flexible, nimble fingers, you know, they are quick on their feet and can see that, you know, larger vision and help contribute to that. So, you know, building out messaging is one thing. Thinking about how to get that in front of your audience is another. How to guide your customers through that journey, like, what does the learning process look like, and how do you make sure that you continue to drive those conversations so that somebody can go through that learning process? How are you showing up in the real world at an event? How is your team talking to [media 00:25:23] to analysts?I mean, the list can go on, as you begin to think about the more and more people in the world that you want to touch and interact with, who should know who you are? They should understand who you are, what is your brand, what product have you built, and why it's important to the conversation right now. And so yeah, you start to bring in more team members who specialize in that, who can help you make sure that you're doing that particular function really well. And it's fascinating being inside of a small startup and then watching that operation scale into something larger, and really watching that effort take off. It's pretty cool to see.Corey: Something I'm curious about that you have been rather vocal about is that marketing extends after the product is sold. What do you mean by that?Kim: The way that I think about that is, in my opinion, customers should be a part of the customer journey. So, the customer journey is from point zero where this person or team or organization was not aware of who you are to, “Oh, apparently, there's a solution that fits my need,” to, “Oh, and I want this particular brand, I want this tool in my stack, I want to work with these people,” to, they've signed on to become a customer. Even after that point, in my opinion, marketing efforts should continue, in that perhaps that customer came in to solve one or two use cases, but your platform or product can help with many others. And so, making sure that customer is onboarded appropriately so that they're getting the full value out of the product that they should, and they're keeping them educated so that they're aware of other parts of the product that maybe they didn't learn about in their discovery journey, as well as, you know, as your product evolves, new features that are offered.So, as I think about marketing, the existing customer base is also a group of people that I'm always thoughtful about. So, let's say that, you know, if I were to plan out a product release announcement, that is a segment that I would absolutely want to make sure that we include in our strategy. And where are the touchpoints for that? How can we make sure that segment is also understanding and aware of this new announcement, and how it can affect them? And what resources would I provide to them so that they know about it, they will use it well, perhaps become a power user, and you know, very selfishly… sorry to say this out loud, but maybe they'll become a power user and want to come on a webinar with me, or be featured in an article about how much they enjoy using it. But again, just because you've got a customer in-house doesn't mean that journey is finished. There's, as your product continues to grow and evolve, your relationship with that customer should also continue.Corey: There are two schools of thought on taking money from customers. One of them is you get them as much money as you possibly can upfront, once. And there's also the idea of, all right, I want to have an ongoing relationship in which they broaden their relationship in the fullness of time and grow as a customer. Some of our best sources of business have come from folks who either—not just—don't tell their peers at other companies about us, but come back to us when their situation changes, or wind up doing business with us as they land somewhere else in the ecosystem. Like there is, “Yeah, we like working with you,” is all well and good, “And I want to do it again; here's money,” is a different level of endorsement.Kim: Absolutely. And some of the companies that I've worked with, often customers will come in because they have some extreme point of pain, and they want to solve that one thing. They do not have time to think about the dozen different interesting use cases. “I have this thing that I need to solve, and I need to get it done now.” And so, work with them on that, and later on, that opportunity to expand their understanding of what else is possible.And even coach and provide guidance on, especially with some newer products where people are learning new development techniques. “Did you know that this is also possible? Have you considered this?” And so, thinking about that, like, not everybody is just twiddling their thumbs, “Oh, I have free time. I'd love to learn a thing.” They're usually coming to you because they have a very painful thing that they need solved, hence why it's great to talk about the value you provide: “I can help you solve that, I can help this pain go away, and help your business do what it needs to get done.” And so, when they're our customer, that next moment is that great, great opportunity to talk about other use cases, other parts of the platform.Corey: I really want to thank you for taking the time to speak with me. If people want to learn more, where's the best place for them to find you?Kim: Right now, I'm mostly active on LinkedIn, and I believe—would you be able to provide a link to that in the show notes?Corey: Oh, we absolutely will put that in the show notes, whether you want us to or not. That's the beautiful part of having show notes for folks.Kim: Awesome. Yeah, I think that's the best place to find me today. Unfortunately, I don't use Twitter as much as I used to. So, I do exist there, but I'm not—Corey: That's such a smart decision.Kim: I know, I feel terrible about it. And I got to say, I miss the community that it was.Corey: Yeah, that's the reason I focus on the newsletter as the primary means of audience building. Because email is older than I am. It will exist after I'm gone—and that's fine—but it means that it's not going to be purchased by some billionaire man-child who's going to ruin the thing. I don't need to worry about algorithmic nonsense in the same way. I can reach out and talk to people with something to say. I'm in that very rarefied space where when a company blocks an email that I send out, they get yelled at by their internal constituencies of, “Hey, where'd that email go? I was looking for it.”Kim: That's awesome.Corey: Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. I appreciate it.Kim: Thank you, Corey. It's a pleasure talking with you.Corey: It really is because I—like you—am delightful. Kim Harrison, freelance content marketing strategist, has been my guest today. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, along with an angry and insulting comment. Don't worry about telling me about it. If your comment was any good, I'm sure I'll find it on my own.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business, and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.

Strap on your headsets and fasten your seatbelts - we're taking you on a ride through the skies of market research! Welcome to the MRX Mavericks miniseries, where we'll show you how to soar above the competition like the true Top Guns of the market research industry. Steve Schlesinger, Executive Chairman of SAGO and Kim Harrison, Founder and CEO of Focus Forward, also serve as executive board members for the Marketing Research Education Foundation. Today, they join our CEO and Momma Bird, Priscilla McKinney, who has served on this same board, to share the message and mission of this amazing organization. Their mission is to unify, inspire and activate the marketing research community to focus its collective resources on educating children and youth worldwide. Find out more online at http://www.mrgivesback.org. Become a sponsor (https://www.mrgivesback.org/sponsors ), or participate in a fun and engaging campaign during the year. From the Race Around the World to the Backpack Challenge, there are many ways to get involved, do good and have fun while you're doing it! Get involved with the Backpack Challenge: https://www.backpackchallenge.org/ MREF: https://www.mrgivesback.org/ Race Around the World for Education: https://www.mrgivesback.org/race SPONSORS Get ready for a fantastic Insights Marketing Day! This event brings together expert speakers who are authorities in digital marketing and thought leadership, offering powerful and engaging presentations. Attendees will gain essential tips, actionable advice, and tools to improve their company's marketing. With networking opportunities, a marketing practitioners panel, delicious meals, gelato, and exciting prizes, this event promises to be both informative and enjoyable. Don't miss out on Insights Marketing Day in Chicago on September 28th. Visit littlebirdmarketing.com/insights-marketing-day for more information. Don't let the learning stop here. Little Bird Marketing's 12-week social selling course is a practical hands-on experience designed specifically to help you network effectively and at scale, build rapport with targeted audiences, expand your influence, and become the go-to authority in your area of expertise. So this is not a quick “tips and tricks” for LinkedIn's success flash in the pan. It's a commitment to changing the way you show up online and experience career-shifting breakthroughs. This is expert instruction in small cohorts with personalized one-on-one coaching. If you're interested, learn more at https://littlebirdmarketing.com/social-influence-course/

In episode 60, we're talking about Melissa's favorite book, it's one she has not been able to stop talking about. Bethany finally gave the "okay" and the last read of the season is Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison, the first in The Hollows series.Taking place in an alternate world, eerily similar to our own, Dead Witch Walking introduces us to Rachel Morgan, a witch, and her investigative partners, Jenks and Ivy, who all quickly earn our love and Rachel's loyalty. A classic detective novel mixed with the charm of a fantasy novel, this book wastes no time jumping into the action and the drama of Rachel's life. This is the first of many books in The Hollows series (18 so far!), and we're so happy to share a few with you here on the podcast.If you have any thoughts, email us at info.inbedwithbooks@gmail.com, or dm us on IG @inbedwithbookspod. You can also reach us on our Discord.Make sure to check out our website and join our email list for the latest updates!

By the pricking of our thumbs, something wicked this way comes!! This week on the show, the witches are BACK and chatting our favorite literary magickal women that we've grown up reading & loving. Who are your favorite witches of literature? RESOURCES: Circe by Madeline Miller; The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox; A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan; Practical Magic Series by Alice Hoffman; The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling; Coraline by Neil Gaiman; The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison; “Morgan Le Fay” from Britannica.com; “The history of the witches in Macbeth” by Dr. Will Tosh of Shakespeare's Globe; Tilly Witch by Don Freeman; Wicked by Gregory Maguire; The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis; Coraline (books), Coraline Wiki; Sabina Spellman, Archie Comics Wiki; Hermoine Granger, Harry Potter Wiki; The Witch of Willow Hall, Publishers Weekly; Rachel Morgan, The Hollows Wiki; The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thelionthewitchandthepod/support

Alistair Cross Current Bio  Alistair Cross grew up on horror stories and scary movies, and by the age of eight, began writing his own stories. First published in 2012, he has since co-authored "The Cliffhouse Haunting" and "Mother" with Tamara Thorne and is working on several other projects. His debut solo novel, The Crimson Corset, was an Amazon bestseller. The Midnight Ripper, book 4 in The Vampires of Crimson Cove series is coming in summer of 22  Currently, Thorne & Cross are hosts of Thorne & Cross: Carnival Macabre, where listeners can discover all manner of demented delights, unearth terrifying treasures, and explore the unknown. Geez That Sounds Like What's The Buzz every week.    In collaboration, Thorne and Cross are currently writing several novels, including the next volume in the continuing gothic series, The Ravencrest Saga. Their first novel, The Cliffhouse Haunting, was an immediate bestseller. Together, they hosted the horror-themed radio show Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! which featured such guests as Anne Rice of The Vampire Chronicles, Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and basis of the HBO series True Blood, Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels, Jay Bonansinga of The Walking Dead series, Laurell K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake novels, Peter Atkins, screenwriter of Hellraiser 2, 3, and 4, worldwide bestseller V.C. Andrews, Kim Harrison of the Hollows series, and New York Times best sellers Preston & Child, Christopher Rice, and Christopher Moore.   Currently, Thorne & Cross are hosts of Thorne & Cross: Carnival Macabre, where listeners can discover all manner of demented delights, unearth terrifying treasures, and explore the unknown. Alistair Cross was born in the western United States and began penning his own stories by the age of eight. First published by Damnation Books in 2012, Alistair has since published several more novels. In 2012, he joined forces with another acclaimed author Tamara Thorne, and as Thorne & Cross, they write the successful Gothic series, The Ravencrest Saga. Their novel, The Cliffhouse Haunting, is an Amazon Best Seller, as is Alistair's solo novel, The Crimson Corset. In 2014, Alistair and Tamara began the internet radio show, Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! Haunted Nights LIVE! premiered to great acclaim and has featured such guests as Chelsea Quinn Yarbro of the Saint-Germain vampire series, Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and basis of the HBO series True Blood, Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels that inspired the hit television series, Jay Bonansinga of the Walking Dead series, Laurell K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novels, and New York Times best sellers Christopher Rice, Jonathan Maberry, and Christopher Moore. Alistair is currently at work on several projects including a solo novel and a new Thorne & Cross collaboration. His influences include the works of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul, Ira Levin, and William Peter Blatty.

In this special, the original hosts of The Throne Room reunite as Ted welcomes Kim back onto the podcast to catch up and reveal her return for Season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK later this year alongside Ted Burr and Stacey Rhect.

Visit our Patreon page to find out how you can become a sustaining member of this podcast.  patreon.com/wildcats1982****************************************************************************As we approach our 40th year, I interview friends from my graduating class of 1982, The College High Wildcats. This class held the distinction of being the last graduating class of College High School before the name was changed to Bartlesville High School.  Sooner High School and College High were combined into one school called Bartlesville High School.In this episode, I visit with Col-Hi Wildcat Kim Harrison Crawford.  Kim and I talk about her biggest challenge since graduating high school, her greatest accomplishments, she answers a lightning-round of questions, and shares what advice she would give her 18-year-old self.  To contact Kim, send an email to kimcrawford0512@sbcglobal.net or reach out to her on Facebook.► Subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.Listen to the Last of the Col-Hi Wildcats 1982 podcast onSpotify  https://spoti.fi/3nyawkEiTunes  https://apple.co/3jk6b1tCastbox   https://bit.ly/3vwBJ92Google Podcasts  https://bit.ly/3aZj509Stitcher  https://bit.ly/3pm234VPodcastaddict  https://bit.ly/2ZaTz5kPlayerFM  https://bit.ly/3Gkv6vRTuneIn   https://bit.ly/3vDroIMiHeart Radio  https://bit.ly/3EaCXu0Soundcloud  https://bit.ly/3EWEkwP► Subscribe to my Youtube channel --- https://bit.ly/3iV8sOTYou can look for these videos every week, so please hit subscribe to stay in the loop for each new show!Resources and Links--------------------------------------------My contact info:LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2ZZ4qweTwitter  https://bit.ly/3enLDQaFacebook   https://bit.ly/2Od4ItOInstagram  https://bit.ly/2ClncWlTranscribe your podcasts and videos with Otterhttps://otter.ai/referrals/ICNJ76HUExecutive Producer:  Ben TownsendCreative Consultant:  Matthew Blue TownsendShot with a 1080P Webcam with Microphone, WebCam USB Camera, Computer HD Streaming Webcam for PC Desktop & Laptop w/Mic, Wide Angle Lens & Large Sensor for Superior Low Light-wb-4 https://amzn.to/32gfgAuAudio bySamson Technologies Q2U USB/XLR Dynamic Microphonehttps://amzn.to/3q3FbHRVoice Actor:  Celeste TownsendLogo by Angie Jordan

The Russian invasion into Ukraine now has a personal connection to one Thomasville family. Kim Harrison received notification that her son, Private First Class Roman Christopher Beverly, had been deployed. President Joe Biden had directed that 7,000 U.S. service members be deployed to Germany to enhance deterrence of Russia. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, has ordered the deployment of those 7,000 service members. The major unit in this tranche of troops is the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, said a senior defense official speaking on background. Private Beverly is a 2020 graduate...Article Link

In this episode I got the chance to sit down and ask Kim Harrison book author of the HALO Series all about how she became Kim Harrison book writer and how she got into books how hard it was for her to become a published author and her expectations versus reality thank you to her for allowing us to ask questions and I hope you enjoy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/priceless-sound/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/priceless-sound/support

Romance author Margot Radcliffe chats about Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking with guy friend Ryan Sears. 

As a tracker of curse magic, dark artifacts, and forbidden netherwork, Kali Sullivan is one of a kind, and not just as a bounty hunter. They think she's a demon. What they don't know can definitely kill them—and worse.It only takes one slip to throw a curse into utter chaos. So when an overconfident target gets himself killed before Kali can take him in, she's left to pick up the pieces. And to figure out which magical nutjob had the bright idea to start tattooing casting circles on their victims.When staking out another dark-magic suspect reveals far more than who's behind the attacks on humans, the ghosts of Kali's past come calling in an unexpected way. Their messages give a whole new meaning to who and what she truly is, and it's darker than she thought. Especially when the one job Kali refused is the one she really should have taken.Fans of Patricia Briggs and Kim Harrison will love this action-packed Urban Fantasy Adventure from International Bestselling Author Kathrin Hutson.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 13 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison continue their conversation with cloud economist Corey Quinn. This time they're unpacking The Duckbill Group and how Corey manages to keep up with his Herculean content schedule.

In episode 13 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison continue their conversation with cloud economist Corey Quinn. This time they're unpacking The Duckbill Group and how Corey manages to keep up with his Herculean content schedule.

In episode 12 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group. Together they pull back the curtain on AWS Billing and unpack how Corey became the humorous and brutally honest voice of cloud billing.

In episode 12 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group. Together they pull back the curtain on AWS Billing and unpack how Corey became the humorous and brutally honest voice of cloud billing.

Margie Lassiter McLean, 74, of Thomasville, died October 23, 2021 at Crowne Health Care of Thomasville. She was born June 10, 1947 in Thomasville to James Alexander and Bonnie Lee Lassiter. She is survived by her husband, Don McLean; son, Adam (Trinity) McLean; daughter, Kim Harrison; brother, Harold (Gayle) Lassiter; two sisters, Vivian (William) Sheffield and Doris (Lamar) Rutledge; eight grandchildren, Carolyn Beverly, Harlee McLean, Alyssa Harrison, Roman Beverly, Payton McLean, Emily Harrison, Gabbie Harrison, and J.J. Harrison. The service was Saturday, October 30 at 2:00 p.m. at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home with Dr. Steve Trader officiating. Burial followed at...Article Link

In honor of the start of spooky season, Shannon, Kristin, Stacy, and Brooke are sharing some witchy recommendations. Titles mentioned include: Kalayna Price, Grave Witch (Alex Craft #1) Kim Harrison, Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1) Deanna Chase, Witching for Grace (Premonition Point #1) Liselle Sambury, Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic #1) Zoraida Cordova, Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) Luanne G. Smith, The Vine Witch (The Vine Witch #1) Juliet Dark, The Demon Lover (Fairwick #1) Annabel Chase, Magic Uncorked (Midlife Magic Cocktail Club #1) C.L. Polk, Witchmark (Kingston Cycle #1) Darynda Jones, Betwixt (Betwixt and Between #1) Ivy Asher, The Bone Witch (Osseous Chronicles #1) Hailey Edwards, Black Hat, White Witch (Black Hat Bureau #1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro

About AdamAdam Zimman is a start-up Advisor providing guidance on leadership, platform architecture, product marketing, and GTM strategy. He has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of roles from software engineering to technical sales. He has worked in both enterprise and consumer companies such as VMware, EMC, GitHub, and LaunchDarkly. Adam is driven by a passion for inclusive leadership and solving problems with technology. As an Advisor he works with a number of startups and nonprofits. His perspective on life has been shaped by a background in Physics and Visual Art, an ongoing adventure as a husband and father, and a childhood career as a fire juggler.Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/azimman TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at VMware. Let's be honest—the past year has been far from easy. Due to, well, everything. It caused us to rush cloud migrations and digital transformation, which of course means long hours refactoring your apps, surprises on your cloud bill, misconfigurations and headache for everyone trying manage disparate and fractured cloud environments. VMware has an answer for this. With VMware multi-cloud solutions, organizations have the choice, speed, and control to migrate and optimizeapplications seamlessly without recoding, take the fastest path to modern infrastructure, and operate consistently across the data center, the edge, and any cloud. I urge to take a look at vmware.com/go/multicloud. You know my opinions on multi cloud by now, but there's a lot of stuff in here that works on any cloud. But don't take it from me thats: VMware.com/go/multicloud and my thanks to them again for sponsoring my ridiculous nonsense.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Jellyfish. So, you're sitting in front of your office chair, bleary eyed, parked in front of a powerpoint and—oh my sweet feathery Jesus its the night before the board meeting, because of course it is! As you slot that crappy screenshot of traffic light colored excel tables into your deck, or sift through endless spreadsheets looking for just the right data set, have you ever wondered, why is it that sales and marketing get all this shiny, awesome analytics and inside tools? Whereas, engineering basically gets left with the dregs. Well, the founders of Jellyfish certainly did. That's why they created the Jellyfish Engineering Management Platform, but don't you dare call it JEMP! Designed to make it simple to analyze your engineering organization, Jellyfish ingests signals from your tech stack. Including JIRA, Git, and collaborative tools. Yes, depressing to think of those things as your tech stack but this is 2021. They use that to create a model that accurately reflects just how the breakdown of engineering work aligns with your wider business objectives. In other words, it translates from code into spreadsheet. When you have to explain what you're doing from an engineering perspective to people whose primary IDE is Microsoft Powerpoint, consider Jellyfish. Thats Jellyfish.co and tell them Corey sent you! Watch for the wince, thats my favorite part.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and periodically I like to talk to people about different aspects of the industry. One that I think is interesting that doesn't get spoken about a lot directly is the idea of leadership. My guest today is Adam Zimman, who's a startup advisor providing guidance on—as mentioned—leadership, platform architecture, Product Marketing, and GTM Strategy—GTM, of course, standing for go-to-market. Who goes to market? That's right, little piggies. Adam, thank you for joining me.Adam: Thank you, Corey. It's a pleasure to be here.Corey: I imagine that you usually don't advise your clients to call their GTM execs, little piggies?Adam: Well, I mean, I guess it depends. You know, if you're actually a bacon manufacturer then that might be actually a reasonable thing to do.Corey: Yeah, that's a level of investment in the product that you usually don't see in most environments, but we take what we can get. So, snark and cynicism aside, what is it you do?Adam: Ultimately, I look for ways in which I can add value. And I've had the privilege in my career to be exposed to a lot of amazing companies, and I look for ways to be able to take the lessons that I've learned, mainly through mistakes and failure, and be able to translate those into success for others.Corey: Most recently, you were at LaunchDarkly for a while, taking a number of different VP roles. While you were there we spoke, back in 2017, briefly while you were in that environment. And in fact, my first guest on the show was one of the folks on your team, Heidi Waterhouse, who has been back at least once since then, and hopefully more than that. But it's been an interesting ride there. Before that you were at places like GitHub—or JIF-ub as I insist on pronouncing it—EMC-slash-VMware—where does one start and the other stop? Hard to say, it's sort of a giant corporate shell game—but you've spent a lot of time in large companies and small ones as well, and now you're effectively hanging out your shingle as a strategic advisor.Adam: This is true. I mean, I think that one of the things that I've found is that doesn't really matter what size of company you're at; you're going to find new and interesting challenges, and you really don't have to look that hard. And so one of the things that I found consistently, and I would say that this was most pointedly phrased for me by Emily Freeman in the context of, “DevOps is this amazing thing of people, process, and technology. And the reality is, is the only one that's complicated is the people.” And oddly enough, small companies, you still got people; big companies, you still got people. So, therein lies some of the challenges.Corey: And people are inherently non-deterministic; you never know what you're going to get by applying the same input, even to the same person just separated out by time. It's a challenge, and the problem that I see across the industry is that very often, you'll have a team of engineers and you'll pick the best and brightest one of those engineers, and, “Congratulations, you manage the team now.” Now, management's inherently orthogonal skill, and what you've simultaneously done is gotten rid of a great engineer and introduced a terrible manager. And that's through no fault of this person's own. But when I started managing teams, I got surprisingly far by just doing the exact opposite of all the stuff that my previous terrible bosses have done.And that works really well right up until it doesn't in a variety of probably fairly easily predictable ways. And the challenge that I'm seeing is that there is no book on how to do these things. If you want to climb an engineering ladder, great; there's a bunch of very qualified people who will tell you how to go from wherever you are technically, to where you want to go, and what you have to demonstrate, and what you have to do. Leadership is squishy, in that sense. At least it always has been to me.Adam: The interesting part that I would challenge you a little bit on is that there are thousands of interesting books on leadership, even smaller subsection on management specifically. I think one of the challenges there is that they're not well circulated within tech as an industry. I think that there are a few that people come back to, like Andy Grove's book on his experience building Intel. There are a lot of books out there that have done a lot for talking about how to manage people and how to think about what are the specific tactical things that you do. It's having one-on-ones, it's having meetings with clear agendas, it's being able to look for ways to set expectations with your organization.I think one of the challenges that I see pretty consistently, is the fact that that effort to be able to go out and find that information or to learn those skills is something that is put on to, as you said, this individual who is coming to management through punishment. They've been extraordinarily successful and now you will punish them by putting them in a role where they can no longer do all the things that they enjoyed, that made them successful. And I think that you see time and time again, where organizations put people in these roles, but they don't do anything to either prepare them for it or do anything to continue that notion of professional development or training for those individuals once they're in those roles.Corey: There are a lot of books out there for any discipline under the sun; some are good, some are terrible, most are somewhere in the middle of the road law of averages winds up working out. I think a key difference, on some level, is I can take to Twitter, or a forum, or something like that, and complain about software; the computer isn't doing the thing I think the computer should be doing. And that's great. I can't very well go and complain about managerial issues while actively having a team and not find myself no longer having managerial issues, if you catch my meaning. It's hard to find communities around this stuff.Adam: I think that you're right. And I think that this is one of those things where not only that, but I think that we also in tech have predominantly taken a very hierarchical structure to the way that we think about management and leadership, to the sense where oftentimes, it is not only discouraged but downright forbidden for an individual contributor to challenge their manager if they want to continue to have gainful employment. And I think that this is a cultural thing that, you know, it's funny; I know that you recently did an episode with John Allspaw and were talking about incident remediation. And I think that one of the things that I've always tried to do as a manager, as a leader, is think about opportunities for being able to do that type of incident response, for people. If you have a person that leaves, whether that is forced attrition, whether that is voluntary attrition, whether that is something that you wanted to happen, something that you didn't want to happen, what are you doing from a perspective of kind of a post-incident assessment to learn from that? And I think that the next level that is, how do you do it so that you actually, in some way, incorporate that for the individual that's actually leaving. Because ideally, they're learning from that experience, as well.Corey: Back when I was a generally terrible employee, I decided at some point, I was tired of dealing with computer problems and wanted to deal with people problems instead. Now, let's be clear, I found a path to do that in a very different direction than I expected at the time, but at the time, it was, “Great. I'm going to go ahead and become a manager of a team.” And I talked to a number of folks about all right, what is the path to go from decent technical engineer—I was a senior SRE type at most of these places—into management. And not just talking to people at the companies I was at, but talking to people in the larger community, and every engineering manager who I respected and talked to about, it always seemed like they got this lucky break at just the right time and that made them a manager for the first time.And once you have a track record of having managed people, then you're in. You can go back and forth between IC and management roles. But, “Well, you've never managed people before, so we're not going to take a chance on you to manage people.” The way that I did it, honestly, was I—a few times—I wound up joining startups where I was effectively the only ops person; we suddenly started scaling and having fun problems, and well, I did negotiate for that director title, so all right, I have teams now. I was more of a team lead than most things, in some cases.But it led to a really pretty interesting evolution in how I approach these things. I find now that the right answer is for me not to manage people at all because what I fundamentally do here at The Duckbill Group is basically become the loud, obnoxious center of attention. And I think that what managers need to do is showcase their people instead. And those two things, at least in my view, are opposed. And it's very challenging to do both of them, let alone well. For me at least, I tend to back away from the management side of things almost entirely and abdicate the role. Which is great. People self-manage, right?Adam: Well, I mean, I think that there are individuals who definitely will take—have the ability to self-organize and self-manage to a degree. I think that the challenge that you run into is, as the organization scales, as the nature of their role tends to change with that scaling organization, it becomes more challenging for them to navigate through those changes. A great example would be, I have had the pleasure and the privilege a number of times in my career of managing extraordinarily senior individuals; these are individuals who, to your point, don't need a whole lot of care and feeding. But what they do sometimes need is they need someone who is able to be in rooms that they're not in, whether that's from a higher-level leadership meeting understanding larger organizational goals, or they need someone that's going to check them; they need someone that they can trust, someone that they can bounce their ideas off of to know is this something that's going to be perceived value or something that's going to actually take me in the wrong direction, or somebody that's, kind of like, paying attention to the work product that they're doing and giving them some coaching, whether that's cheerleading or whether that's connecting of saying, “Hey, there's also this other person you should talk to.” Those types of things are really valuable for those individuals who are, to your point, a little bit more self-sufficient.Corey: On some level, I ran into this trap a lot, and having over drinks conversations with a bunch of people who went on similar paths, it's blindingly obvious that it's a dumb move in hindsight, but an awful lot of us did it, where we're sitting there as engineers with the belief of, “Ah, if I can make my manager—or beyond, several skip-levels up—look incredibly foolish in the middle of a large meeting, they will inherently see the value of what I have to say and will thus elevate me to management.” As it turns out, they elevate you to customer because you're not working there anymore, in many cases. And when I talk to people about this, it usually has that lightbulb coming on moment of as soon as you hear it, of course, it is blindingly obvious that you aren't going to sarcastically obnoxious your way into being management. Instead, the path there—in hindsight, also blindly obvious—is act as if: act managerial; help to effectively carry on your manager's message to the rest of the team, and when you have reservations or whatnot, talk to them in private rather than calling them out. And it's the obvious stuff of who gets promoted to management? Well, the people that look managerial. And that is what that looks like, in many respects.Adam: And this is one of the reasons why, when I talk about management I like to separate the notion of management from leadership. Because I think that anyone can be a leader. You don't actually have to be the administrative manager of an individual to be a leader to them.Corey: I saw a great poster once when I was younger. “Leaders are like eagles. We don't have either of them here.”Adam: [sigh]. Yeah, yeah. Ugh. I do miss good motivational posters.Corey: Oh, yeah.Adam: You know, I think that there's some truth to it. I think that finding people who are genuinely invested in being able to enable the success of others—which is how I define leadership—is challenging. I think that, especially in rather capitalistic-type industry like we're in, there is a lot of measurement of people's success by their own personal achievements and by their ability to beat their own drum. And I think that it's something that is, frankly, a failing of our industry, where we don't do a better job of encouraging folks, and rewarding folks that actually look out for others and enable the success of others. Because I think that's something that is—ultimately you think about how you build strong teams, and it's not about getting a bunch of individuals who can do amazing things individually. It's about getting individuals who are capable of working together and being able to do more than they would be able to if they were simply working individually.Corey: Do you ever find that people are chasing management in many respects because they think that it's something very different than what it is, and then find themselves in situations where well, I'm the dog that caught the car that I was chasing and only now do I realize that I have no idea how to drive the thing?Adam: Oh, absolutely. So, this is something that has been interesting me a lot recently, in the sense that I think we as an industry also do a very poor job of measuring management, measuring leadership. We give a lot of power to managers through performance reviews to measure their individual contributors, but there are very few companies who actually efficiently do things like 360 reviews, which has always confused me because I think that implies that you're getting feedback from all around you, as opposed to what you really want is you want feedback pointed back at you, which would be 180. But maybe that's just—Corey: Let's be clear, that was also pioneered by the German [Wehrmacht 00:13:48] in World War II, which is yeah, basically how some people I've worked with do tend to manage.Adam: Yeah. I think that if we can think about how do we measure the success of a manager, is it simply a function of the output of their team, or are there other efficiency metrics that you should be looking at? Very obvious one is how efficient is a manager from a perspective of the utilization of their resources? And when I think about that, I think about are they actually able to effectively hire? Are they able to effectively retain the people that they hire?What does it look like for the people on their organization from a promotion perspective in terms of skill growth? Do they become more valuable over time? Those are ways in which we can think about how we measure the manager, potentially, directly. And then there's indirect things like what's the qualitative aspect of those individuals that work for them? Are they people who are enjoying the work that they're doing?Are they motivated to continue to work towards the company's vision and mission, to be able to actually make their manager look good, but also make the company successful?Corey: A challenge, too, because I've seen this myself is, all right, you're not elevated to manager. Congratulations. It's not really a promotion. It's a lateral move. However, a lot of companies don't treat it that way.They don't compensate it that way, et cetera. And oh, okay, management, it turns out is not for me. There's no real good way to say, “I'm going back to being an IC,” especially at the same company, without it being perceived by many—rightly or wrongly—as a demotion or a failure.Adam: This question of, like, motivation to people, why do they want to go into management? I think that oftentimes this is misplaced. A lot of times the number one motivation that I've heard has nothing to do with wanting to actually help people or solve people problems, as you said earlier; it has to do with I want a bigger paycheck, I want more seniority, I want more responsibility, and therefore the only path available to me is management. In fact, many career ladders at organizations require an individual contributor to go to a management position before they can become a principal or a staff-level engineer, which is nonsense. First of all, why would you torture the individual to do something that is so completely and utterly outside of where their interests are? Secondly, why would you just decimate your lower-level individual contributors, your newer individual contributors by having someone who is completely non-inclined towards management be responsible for them? Oh.Corey: Oh, yeah. Used to be your peer; now they manage you, and great. I think people underestimate exactly how broad the blast radius of a manager is.Adam: Yeah. Talk to anyone, and they'll be more than happy to tell you the worst manager that they've ever had. At the same time, they'll also probably be able to tell you the best manager they've ever had.Corey: Oh, yeah. I called both of those out—only one the one of those by name, by the way—in conference talks that I've had because it's—yeah, you can probably guess which one I would call out and which one I would not name publicly—yeah—Adam: It depends on the conference, I guess. But yeah.Corey: Oh, yeah, absolutely. If it was you-know-what-your-problem-is con, yeah, it went super well.Adam: [laugh].Corey: It was fun. And management, especially in the current era is getting interesting, as we're seeing the heating up of the market in a bunch of different ways. And I understand, to be clear, that Twitter is not a perfect microcosm of the industry, but there's a recurring theme that I'm seeing among a number of engineering types that seemed to get—and again, I don't want to get letters for this, so if I misstate it, audience, please go ahead and be kind—but there seems to be a certain thread running through engineering communities that the purpose of a company is to provide a utopian work environment for its staff. Now, as someone who runs a company myself, yeah, I absolutely want to provide the kind of working environment I wish I'd had in a bunch of different environments. And that's not going to work for everyone, but that's okay.But fundamentally we're here to make money, and ideally, enough monies that we can keep the lights on. And that does mean that, however, we want to treat our staff that has to be subordinate to can we continue as a going concern? So yeah, it turns out, we can't—sustainably—outbid Netflix on every hire that we make and we aren't able to wind up having three catered meals a day as a full remote company delivered to everyone's house. Now, I'd like to, in a world where money flows like water, but it doesn't. For better or worse, there are constraints, and constraints shape us.But there's a thread that I'm starting to see of… I hesitate to call it entitlement, but it trends slightly toward the direction of folks who are in tech, and in some ways seem very far removed from business realities—now, let's be clear in the FAANG world, yeah, it's pretty attenuated. And in startup land where well, we're the VC backed, so we're losing money by the billion but we're making it up in volume. Great. That is not necessarily what I'm talking about here. I'm seeing a thread where, oh, engineers are clearly the smartest people in any company, which means that every other department should defer to them. I disagree with that position.Adam: I want to follow that thread a little bit with regards to engineers. So, I've worked as a software developer—Corey: My condolences.Adam: Yeah. I've worked as a technical salesperson. I've had the opportunity to work in pretty much every department with the exceptions of HR and finance. So, that has been part of my career of jack of all trades, master of none, but it has given me some interesting insights in terms of the value that different organizations, different individuals, bring to a company. And I think that—one of the things that I will say is that for the longest time, in large organizations, especially non-tech industry organizations, the engineer or the developer was at the same expectations or the role as someone in the janitorial staff.It was basically, “You're part of the plumbing. You just do the things so that the tech just works, and we're going to have the other business folks that are more responsible for actually making decisions that are going to make our business money.” The quintessential example is someone like Kraft Foods or someone like John Deere, right, where you're building tractors; for the longest time, the guy who ran the website wasn't going to be the guy who was going to make or break John Deere's quarterly earnings. Now, you've got tractors that literally are more computers than they are mechanical devices and so you suddenly have this change in dynamic with regards to the importance of that developer. But I think that something that's interesting, also, is that those other people who worked at the company didn't go away.They're still there; they're still important. In fact, they're still oftentimes making the buying decisions on behalf of the developers. The developers aren't the ones that are making those choices. And so you need to figure out, how do you actually make the technology choices and the technology outcomes accessible to individuals that are in roles that were, historically, had nothing to do with tech.This episode is sponsored by our friends at Oracle Cloud. Counting the pennies, but still dreaming of deploying apps instead of "Hello, World" demos? Allow me to introduce you to Oracle's Always Free tier. It provides over 20 free services and infrastructure, networking databases, observability, management, and security.And - let me be clear here - it's actually free. There's no surprise billing until you intentionally and proactively upgrade your account. This means you can provision a virtual machine instance or spin up an autonomous database that manages itself all while gaining the networking load, balancing and storage resources that somehow never quite make it into most free tiers needed to support the application that you want to build.With Always Free you can do things like run small scale applications, or do proof of concept testing without spending a dime. You know that I always like to put asterisks next to the word free. This is actually free. No asterisk. Start now. Visit https://snark.cloud/oci-free that's https://snark.cloud/oci-free.Corey: I've always been a big believer in the idea that if you're going to transition into a new field, be it into tech, out of tech, et cetera, great. In almost every case, you should find ways to do that laterally. I think that this idea that, oh, you're going to go ahead and just start over with an entry-level job after you've been in a field for five years—no. Find the position that's halfway between where you are and where you think you want to go next and start getting exposure there. In time, it's those niches that add value that distinguish you from other folks.It turns out that they don't generally want to hire someone in almost any role that comes from Central Casting, where it's alright, give me a standard MBA with the following pedigree and drop them in as my new executive, whatever. No. They want to see things like industry experience; they want to see things that distinguish folks, and having experience in industries that are not traditionally, purely what this role is, is super helpful in a lot of different ways. What I do pretty clearly blends finance and tech; that goes reasonably well. Increasingly it starts to blend media, which is something I don't pretend to understand. But here we are, he said into the microphone.Adam: Yeah. Well, as long as you're not starting the next Fox News, I'm fine with that.Corey: No, no. Generally not.Adam: Okay, fair enough. But I think that you're right. This is one of the things where, trailing back, we've throughout this conversation to the notion of leadership, this is something that I found extraordinarily rewarding and empowering that I've done with individuals that I've brought into new organizations, either through initial conversations during an interview process, or during, as part of their onboarding, is I sit down, and I actually talk to them about what are their plans? What are their expectations? What are their goals, not only for the next 30, 60, 90 days in this role that we're talking about but what are they thinking about from a perspective of what do they want to do in the next year? In the next three years? Five years? Ten years? What are those checkpoints of what do you want to do in this role? What do you want to do at this company? What do you want to do with your career? Like, where do you see it headed?And it doesn't mean that you're writing this in stone, or that I'm going to hold you to it, but I think that one of those things that's really empowering for a leader is to be able to help those individuals find those connective threads that tie one position to the next and help them get there. If they're somebody who is saying, “Hey, look, I'm currently a developer, but I really wish that I could give more talks.” Okay, well, that's great for me to know. Let's put you on some projects that maybe actually would result in great content for a talk that you could give at a conference. And then we'll figure out, how do we work with the marketing department to be able to help you bring that to fruition?There's a lot of ways to be able to leverage this experience that you have as a leader, as a manager, to an individual who's coming up in their career and saying, “Hey, look. This is how some more ancillary things are connected.” And being able to bring those back to them.Corey: I really wish, on some level, that there was a more defined path toward a lot of these things, where the stuff is explained to folks. So often, I had terrible managers that, in hindsight, weren't that terrible. Because I didn't understand where the role started and stopped, I tended to view the role of the manager is there to protect the team. The end. And be our advocate in the organization, and get us the thing that we want, and what do we want? Comfy chairs.And it turns out that isn't ever how it really works. If I had to define management, it would basically be, balancing competing priorities more than it is almost anything else. And counterintuitively, the higher you rise in an organization, the more responsibility you have, and the less you can actually directly do. Everything you do drives influence. And that's it. That's how it distills down.Adam: You talk about the engineer that wants to move into management role because that's how they see their career progressing. This is a close corollary to the engineer that wants to move into a product management role because they want to have greater oversight into the decisions that are being made about what's getting built. And what you come to realize, for any engineer who successfully made that transition, is it's really complicated and difficult to be able to have that mental switch take place between this is how I'm going to build it versus this is the priority of what needs to get built next. And all too often you see engineers that land in product management roles that are dictating how something should be built, and suddenly the engineers are just like, “No, I have no respect for you. Because that's not your job.”And likewise, in a management role, oftentimes people view that as an opportunity for them to make all the choices, make all the decisions, and suddenly lose sight of the fact that they used to be on the other side of that outcome themselves, and were disappointed when they weren't included in some way, shape or form, or their priorities weren't taken into consideration.Corey: As you look at your own career, what is the worst job experience you've ever had? Or the worst job you've ever had? Or the worst boss you've ever had? That's always a good one to do.Adam: [laugh].Corey: Pick a superlative and not the good kind. Hit me.Adam: Yeah, no, I mean, look, I think that probably the worst… experience that I ever had with a manager, with a boss, was actually when I was first a software developer. And my manager would occasionally just come up behind me and just stand and watch me code. And we're not talking about peer programming, where it was just like, we're working together. No, it was, literally would come up, stand behind me on my shoulder, and just stand there. Not saying anything; just watching me write Java code. And that was probably the most disconcerting experience that I've ever had in a job ever. I lasted about six months and then I was just like, “I need to move on to something else.”Corey: It turns out one of my failure modes was that I was great for the first three months in new ops roles because things were invariably a fire, and—Adam: [laugh].Corey: —I know how to solve those things. And then it becomes a maintenance role, and I'm bad at that. For longest time, I thought I was just a crap employee. And I am, but for different reasons. Instead, though, for me, it turned into a, I need to find the thing that I'm good at and embrace that. And I have to say, it was not being, basically, a cloud comedian on Twitter where my primary means of communication is shitposting. But you know, here we are, and this is how we've gotten there.Adam: I mean, know your strengths, man. Know your strengths.Corey: Yeah, lean into it. I mean, you went to college in Maine; you know what it's like there. It's dark and cold nine months out of the year, so all we do is sit inside and develop personality disorders. And well, here we are.Adam: Well, hey, I mean, I took a break from tech after that first job in software development and I actually went back and worked for a guy that I met while I was in school, and I worked for him, he was a general contractor. So, I have an appreciation for Maine winters in a way that I never gained as a privileged college student, when I was actually digging snow out of ditches to be able to pour concrete at six in the morning and then later in the day, I got to go up and use 80-pound weight shingles to reshingle the roof in 20-degree weather. So, it was an eye-opening experience. But I'll tell you, I learned pretty much everything that I know about how to build infrastructure from that eight months that I spent doing everything from framing, ditch-digging, to electrical, and plumbing, and roofing.Corey: Kind of fun how often is that we wind up trying other things. And this is part of it, too. As much fun as it is to complain about various jobs and whatnot that we have, let's be very clear here for a minute that I'm not dealing with hot tar, being paid seven bucks an hour. There are advantages to the [unintelligible 00:28:08] jobs I have.Adam: I mean, that was a number of years ago, but I still got ten bucks an hour.Corey: My first job at the University of Maine call center working in tech, in those days, I think I was being paid something like $5.35 an hour. To answer phones, which again, not that hard of a job. I made a lot more money a couple years later when I moved to construction. Yeah, I wouldn't recommend any of those things for me these days, but it was instructive.Adam: But at the same time, I would argue that you also have benefited from those experiences in the way that you approach the things that you do now. And I think that's one of the things that I've tried to bring forward in my career is look for those opportunities to make those connections, and understand the value of those experiences, and be able to help to enable other people because I've had those experiences.Corey: To me at least, the answer is to turn whatever you've done or whatever happened to you into some form of empathy. The idea of well, I had to struggle coming up, so you should, too. Let's instead focus on making it better for people who follow us. Send the elevator back down, as it were.Adam: I mean, I think that's great advice, and I think that it's something that's done far too infrequently. One of the things that I've noticed is that that aspect, unless somebody has actually been through the experience where somebody has done that for them, it is oftentimes something that is a lot harder for people to see. This goes to your earlier statement around the expectations that maybe are changing, and they're not such great ways with regards to what people are expecting from companies, what people are expecting from managers. I think that there is a distinct lack of expectation setting that takes place at companies in terms of what is the role of the company, what is the role of an employee, and how can those two come together to still have a positive interaction, but aren't overstepping on either side? Because that's really where you get into problems. That's where all of a sudden you have these companies that are looking to fill the role of, I will take care of all aspects of your life, when in reality that's not a very healthy relationship for an individual to have with a company.Corey: So, I want to thank you for coming and speak to me. What are you up to these days, and where can people find you? And why should people find you?Adam: Well, I don't know that anybody should find me.Corey: “I hope this email finds you never. I hope you're free.”Adam: Yeah, exactly. No, I mean, I would love to find folks that I can add value to and help out. It's easy enough to find me on Twitter. It's just @-A-Z-I-M-M-A-N—azimman. And they're welcome to reach out to me there. My DMs are open—much to my displeasure sometimes—but happy to help people who are looking for help. I'm particularly interested in spending my time with those individuals who maybe are coming from underrepresented backgrounds in tech and looking for ways to be able to either get into tech or to move up within leadership roles in tech.But I'm spending a lot of my time doing a lot of coaching, doing a lot of advising for small startups, and then also just as a small side project have been working pretty extensively with James Governor and a woman by the name of Kim Harrison on this little thing called Progressive Delivery, which is, as far as we're concerned, it is the next iteration of the software development lifecycle that we've written about and talked about pretty extensively. James and Kim and I are working on a book together to be able to capture all those ideas and bring them and coalesce them for people, to make more consumable. But ultimately, we're trying to say, “Hey, look. The way that we've done things leading up till now, moving from waterfall to agile to continuous delivery into what's next?” And look at some of the market conditions that have changed. A lot of stuff that you talk about. I think that you would be the first to point out how things have changed since the launch of AWS.Corey: Oh, yes. It's more confusing now.Adam: Oh, way more confusing. And the ways in which people consume cloud-based services has radically changed. And so I think that the way that we are building software and the way that we're consuming software is something that we need to put some serious thought into. And the players that are—you know, as I spoke about earlier on this talk with you—are different. It's no longer just your developers that care about your AWS choices or care about the cloud service choices that you're making.You've got other individuals, whether it's the finance side you focus on or thinking about it from the perspective of the marketing team, or the HR team that's thinking about which cloud service HRIS are they going to use. There's a lot of people that need to be party to those choices that you're making and how you build out your company stack, as it were. And the Progressive Delivery model looks to take into consideration that changing and evolving group of people.Corey: And we will, of course, have links to that in the [show notes 00:32:46]. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. I appreciate it.Adam: Corey, thank you so much for having me. It was a pleasure.Corey: Adam Zimman, startup advisor, and oh, so much more. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. 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In episode 8 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with J. Paul Reed of Netflix. They discuss resilience engineering at Netflix, the emergent nature of systems, surprises at scale, and the future of conferences.

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In episode 8 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with J. Paul Reed of Netflix. They discuss resilience engineering at Netflix, the emergent nature of systems, surprises at scale, and the future of conferences.

In this fourth Owl novel, Kristi Charish (The Voodoo Killings) melds sparkling fantasy with the grit of urban underbelly—with a detour through the world's most spectacular cities. This is perfect for fans of Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, Jennifer Estep, Jenn Bennett, and fantasy lovers everywhere.Through no fault of her own, Alix has found herself essential to the fate of the world as we know it. She didn't mean for this to happen—she was quite happy being merely the notorious antiquities thief, and ex-archeologist, known as Owl.However, years ago, Owl reluctantly entered the secret world of the supernatural. Her goals: complete one job, escape one bounty on her head, continue her thieving in peace.Fast forward to today. Now, she has become a key player in a brutal paranormal civil war that is rapidly getting out of hand. The leader of one of these factions—a lethal opponent called the Electric Samurai—grows more powerful by the second. To stop him, Owl sets out to find the long-lost, legendary group known as the Tiger Thieves.But will it be too little too late? One thing Owl misses about “normal” archaeology: there are few emergencies with thousand-year-old relicsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're going back to the start! Join Ted Burr and Kim Harrison, with this week's special guest Brooke Sunlay as they go back to where RuPaul's Drag Race UK all began...season 1! Relive the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK with us as we take the trip down memory lane and celebrate the original cast of the show!

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Join Ted Burr and Kim Harrison as they enter the Throne Room once more to chat with Stacey Rhect, about that comedy challenge, the drama, and all that shade from RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2!

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Welcome back to Intellicast! On today’s episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian are joined by the founder and CEO of Focus Forward and FF Transcription, Kim Harrison. Kim talks about how she got started, and the path she took to grow Focus Forward into the business it is now. This lead Kim and Brian to reminisce about transcribing focus group data years ago from VHS tapes. Kim tells a story about the earlier years about how her Dad used to drive a route to pick up and deliver tapes in the early days of Focus Forward. Kim then gives a preview of an upcoming new feature to Focus Forward and FF Transcription, AI-powered transcription. The new service will allow for a quicker turnaround of transcriptions, but it will be a much lower cost. In the next section of the interview, Kim talks to Brian about the efforts she and her team undertook pivot when the pandemic hit. In particular, Kim talks about how they addressed their call center facility and changing it from an in-person place to a virtual facility. In the final segment of our interview, Kim talks about how her organization has helped quantitative facilities pivot during the pandemic and set up new procedures to help them get back up and running. If you were wondering what in-person qualitative is doing to address safety, this is the episode for you! You can learn more about Focus Forward at their website here: www.focusfwd.co; and FF Transcription here: www.fftranscription.com You can connect with Kim on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-harrison-0235ba2/ Thanks for listening! Want to catch up on our blogs? Click here: https://emi-rs.com/blog/ You can learn more about EMI’s DIY sample platform, CONNECTOR, and request a demo by visiting our website at www.emi-rs.com/connector/. Missed one of our webinars or want to get some of our whitepapers and reports? You can find it all on our Resources page on our website here: https://emi-rs.com/resources/ Got a suggestion or feedback? Reach out to us at Intellicast@emi-rs.com, or on Twitter at @Intellicast1, or leave us a voicemail on our call-in line at 513-401-5463.

This week we welcome Kim Harrison of Focus Forward to our In-Person Innovation segment as she talks about how they've shifted their recruitment strategies during the pandemic for in-person research. There's also news, polling, an Innovation Spotlight of Zappi and a halftime tournament of best rom-coms just in time for Valentine's Day.

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Join Ted Burr, Kim Harrison and special guest Cyanide Homocide as we talk all things RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2, episode 3 "Who Wore It Best"!

In this inaugural episode of Unintended Consequences, Kim Harrison and Yoz Grahame speak with the award-winning journalist and social psychologist Dr. Aleks Krotoski of BBC Radio 4 about the unintended consequences of technological growth.

In this inaugural episode of Unintended Consequences, Kim Harrison and Yoz Grahame speak with the award-winning journalist and social psychologist Dr. Aleks Krotoski of BBC Radio 4 about the unintended consequences of technological growth.

In this inaugural episode of Unintended Consequences, Kim Harrison and Yoz Grahame speak with the award-winning journalist and social psychologist Dr. Aleks Krotoski of BBC Radio 4 about the unintended consequences of technological growth. The post Ep. #1, Defending Our Thesis with Dr. Aleks Krotoski of BBC Radio 4 appeared first on Heavybit.

Join the King and Queen of Rich T's Throne Room, Ted Burr and Kim Harrison, with their special royal guest Rag Doll, as they react to, recap and review RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2, Episode 2!

Chapter 3: Want my cake and eat it too! Jan 22nd 2021, Dear Party People, First we want to give you all a big thank you for being here with us!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  We share the love of all things books including our episodes, free or inexpensive book deals, new releases & Author updates all on our Private Facebook group. So please request to join us! *Link above* In this episode, Chapter 3: Want my cake and eat it too! Samaira is turning 38 years old tomorrow! Happy 38th Birthday! Samaira is binge watching Shadowhunters. This is the tv series based on the book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire. What book to tv adaptations are you watching or have you binge watched? Finally we review Kitty Steals the Show, Kitty Norville #10 by Carrie Vaughn.  https://www.amazon.com/Kitty-Steals-Show-Norville/dp/0765365669  Samaira is also excited for books to come: Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder #1) by Ilona Andrews https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Heir-Ilona-Andrews/dp/B08N2H5HMB  Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega #6) by Patricia Briggs https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Alpha-Omega-Patricia-Briggs/dp/0593347293  Million Dollar Demon (Hollows 15) by Kim Harrison https://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Demon-Hollows-Harrison/dp/0593101448  We hope you enjoy the show!! Lots of love, Joe and Samaira P.S.  Here is that link to our Private Facebook group again. Hope to see you there! https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Website: http://fortheloveofbooks.libsyn.com/  Email: fortheloveofbooks23@gmail.com Ad Email: fortheloveofbooksads@gmail.com  Facebook Fan Page: https://m.facebook.com/For-The-Love-of-Books-112936113729954/ Facebook Private Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Instagram: for.the.loveof.books  Pintrest:https://www.pinterest.com/fortheloveofbooks23/boards/  Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/fortheloveofbookspodcast  YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGu2u5ApN4wAswCsJSAQA Twitter: @ForTheLoveOfB17   Music link: https://www.free-stock-music.com/vlad-gluschenko-everything-you-need-is-by-your-side.html  Everything You Need Is By Your Side by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US    Artwork created by: emilyroyal on fiverr

Step into Rich T's Throne Room with hosts Ted Burr and Kim Harrison, plus special guest Ursula Addams as they recap, react and review RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2's first episode "Royalty Returns"

Join Ted Burr and Kim Harrison in the Throne Room as they take a look at the Meet The Queens videos and looks from the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 2!

Chapter 19p: 26,845 Pages Jan 3rd 2021, Dear Loyal Listeners, First we want to give you all a big thank you for being here with us!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  We share the love of all things books including our episodes, free or inexpensive book deals, new releases & Author updates all on our Private Facebook group. So please request to join us! *Link above* In this episode, Chapter 19p: 26,845 Pages, Joe and Samaira dig into Goodreads' "A Year In Books" and reveal what will be their 2021 "Book Challenge" goal.  Samaira then reviews the book-book: Grave Witch, Alex Craft #1 by Kalayna Price. https://amazon.com/dp/0451463803/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_ZoO8FbXG82G11  Looking for those 2 Kim Harrison books Samaira talked about, here you go: American Demon: https://amazon.com/dp/0593101413/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_YqO8FbWVMEPN3  Million Dollar Demon: https://amazon.com/dp/0593101448/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_5sO8Fb58M2Y4W  Lots of love, Joe and Samaira P.S.  Here is that link to our Private Facebook group again. Hope to see you there! https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Website: http://fortheloveofbooks.libsyn.com/  Email: fortheloveofbooks23@gmail.com Ad Email: fortheloveofbooksads@gmail.com  Facebook Fan Page: https://m.facebook.com/For-The-Love-of-Books-112936113729954/ Facebook Private Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Instagram: for.the.loveof.books  Pintrest:https://www.pinterest.com/fortheloveofbooks23/boards/  Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/fortheloveofbookspodcast  Parler: @fortheloveofbooks  YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGu2u5ApN4wAswCsJSAQA Twitter: @ForTheLoveOfB17   Music link: https://www.free-stock-music.com/vlad-gluschenko-everything-you-need-is-by-your-side.html  Everything You Need Is By Your Side by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US    Artwork created by: emilyroyal on fiverr

Chapter 15p: Bloodhound Dec 22nd 2020, Dear paranormal partners in crime, First we want to give you all a big thank you for being here with us!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  We share the love of all things books including our episodes, free or inexpensive book deals, new releases & Author updates all on our Private Facebook group. So please request to join us! *Link above* In this episode, Chapter 15p: Bloodhound we talk about Samaira's heritage of craftiness and then she gives her review of Dying Bites, The Bloodhound Files #1 by D.D. Barant. https://amazon.com/dp/B008FV21V2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0aR4FbCG1P05K  Here is the link to pre-order the mentioned Kim Harrison personalized signed Hollows book: https://www.nicolasbooks.com/kim-harrison  Remember to call someone you love and remind them what they mean to you. Wishing you and yours health, happiness and goodwill toward all! Sincerely, Joe and Samaira P.S.  Here is that link to our Private Facebook group again. Hope to see you there! https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Website: http://fortheloveofbooks.libsyn.com/  Email: fortheloveofbooks23@gmail.com Ad Email: fortheloveofbooksads@gmail.com  Facebook Fan Page: https://m.facebook.com/For-The-Love-of-Books-112936113729954/ Facebook Private Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/542002943368376/  Instagram: @for.the.loveof.books  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fortheloveofbooks23/boards/  Goodreads: Parler:@Fortheloveofbooks   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLGu2u5ApN4wAswCsJSAQA  Twitter: @ForTheLoveOfB17    Music link: https://www.free-stock-music.com/vlad-gluschenko-everything-you-need-is-by-your-side.html    Everything You Need Is By Your Side by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US    Artwork created by: 

Welcome to Episode 51 - How Kim Harrison WritesThis episode is sponsored by... HappyWriter! Of course!This month we have a stacked content calendar. On top of the already growing library of challenges, courses, and workshops, in November 2020 we have a writing workshop on how to be more productive, a masterclass with Jennifer Probst, and a storytelling spotlight with James Wade, and another storytelling spotlight with Robert Desiderio. As an FYI, a storytelling spotlight is a video series on EXACTLY how an author writes a book, from the initial idea all the way through editing.You can grab all of this content and join our community of writers for just $39/month. Join us at howwriterswrite.com and I look forward to seeing you in HappyWriter!Okay, this episode is almost ONE YEAR to the day of when I launched the podcast. This year has been a total blast, and I'm thrilled to have Kim as my guest this week. Kim has so much practical and useful writing information to share. Make sure to check the show notes for a wonderful character tool that she uses to stay organized when she is working with multiple characters and settings.https://netorgft5386219-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/brian_howwriterswrite_com/EQsBqV3e_KtBn0FTLOew--IBjpNmhVcrcreQ06XW5Yd8KQ?e=WNupfaThank you to Kim again for her time, and now without any further ado, here is the interview with Kim Harrison.Support the show (http://www.howwriterswrite.com)

Do you fear vampires at the bus stop? Zombies in the Market Basket? Gorgons and hell hounds along your commute? We've long attributed these creatures to fantasy but how recently has that fantasy aligned with modern life? Readers call it Urban Fantasy and its also the aisle you'll find Bonita Gutierrez's books. And today, that author of THE WEREWOLF WHISPER dares to tread where she first encountered this genre through two of her favorite writers, KIM HARRISON & JIM BUTCHER. For full show notes visit www.nahpods.com. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This week, Amber, Melissa, Shannon, and Kristin look back at their favorite reads of 2020 so far. Books mentioned in this episode include: Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman Anne Bishop, Written In Red (The Others #1) Robin Levy, Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives From Women's Prisons Anne Youngson, Meet Me at the Museum M.C.A. Hogarth, Mindtouch (Dreamhealers #1) Mandy Robotham, The German Midwife Jennifer Chase, Little Girls Sleeping (Detective Katie Scott #1) Megan Goldin, The Escape Room Attica Locke, Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) Alexa Riley, Lovely Baker Tessa Bailey, Disorderly Conduct (The Academy #1) Nora Roberts, Undercurrents Eric Jerome Dickey, Before We Were Wicked Sarah J. Maas: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) Kester Grant, Court of Miracles (The Court of Miracles #1) Diana Urban, All Your Twisted Secrets Jennifer Hillier, Little Secrets Liz Moore, Long Bright River Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, chloe Brown (Brown Sisters #1) Emma Chase, The Royally series Patricia Briggs, Mercy Thompson series Jana Delion, Trouble In Mudbug (Ghost-In-Law #1) Luanne G. Smith, The Vine Witch (The Vine Witch #1) Yasmine Galenorn, Autumn Thorns (Whisper Hollow #1) Kim Harrison, Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

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https://www.alistaircross.com/ https://www.tamarathorne.com/ Tamara Thorne first published in 1991, and since then she has written many more novels, including international bestsellers Haunted, Bad Things, Moonfall, Eternity and The Sorority. Brimstone is her latest solo novel. The first horror thriller in her new Fort Charles series will debut later this year. A lifelong lover of ghost stories, she is currently working on several collaborations with Alistair Cross, including the next novel in The Ravencrest Saga series. Alistair Cross grew up on horror novels and scary movies, and by the age of eight, began writing his own stories. First published in 2012, he has since co-authored The Cliffhouse Haunting, Mother, Darling Girls, and The Ravencrest Saga with Tamara Thorne. His debut solo novel, The Crimson Corset, was an Amazon bestseller and he’s written several more since then. The third book in his Vampires of Crimson Cove series, The Black Wasp, will be published later this year. In collaboration, Thorne and Cross are currently writing several novels and they also host the horror-themed radio show Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! which has featured such guests as Anne Rice of The Vampire Chronicles, Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and basis of the HBO series True Blood, Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels, Jay Bonansinga of The Walking Dead series, Laurell K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake novels, Peter Atkins, screenwriter of Hellraiser 2, 3, and 4, worldwide bestseller V.C. Andrews, Kim Harrison of the Hollows series, and New York Times best sellers Preston & Child, Christopher Rice, and Christopher Moore. VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host/Gothic Horror novelist Jennifer Anne Gordon (with help from co-hosts/authors Allison Martine and Trisha Mckee) chat with some of the best authors of the day. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.trishamckee.com https://www.facebook.com/Allison-Martine-Author-107625597566183 www.patreon.com/JenniferAnneGordon @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air

www.alistaircross.com/ www.tamarathorne.com/ Tamara Thorne first published in 1991, and since then she has written many more novels, including international bestsellers Haunted, Bad Things, Moonfall, Eternity and The Sorority. Brimstone is her latest solo novel. The first horror thriller in her new Fort Charles series will debut later this year. A lifelong lover of ghost stories, she is currently working on several collaborations with Alistair Cross, including the next novel in The Ravencrest Saga series. Alistair Cross grew up on horror novels and scary movies, and by the age of eight, began writing his own stories. First published in 2012, he has since co-authored The Cliffhouse Haunting, Mother, Darling Girls, and The Ravencrest Saga with Tamara Thorne. His debut solo novel, The Crimson Corset, was an Amazon bestseller and he's written several more since then. The third book in his Vampires of Crimson Cove series, The Black Wasp, will be published later this year. In collaboration, Thorne and Cross are currently writing several novels and they also host the horror-themed radio show Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! which has featured such guests as Anne Rice of The Vampire Chronicles, Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and basis of the HBO series True Blood, Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels, Jay Bonansinga of The Walking Dead series, Laurell K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake novels, Peter Atkins, screenwriter of Hellraiser 2, 3, and 4, worldwide bestseller V.C. Andrews, Kim Harrison of the Hollows series, and New York Times best sellers Preston & Child, Christopher Rice, and Christopher Moore. VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host/Gothic Horror novelist Jennifer Anne Gordon (with help from co-hosts/authors Allison Martine and Trisha Mckee) chat with some of the best authors of the day. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.trishamckee.com https://www.facebook.com/Allison-Martine-Author-107625597566183 www.patreon.com/JenniferAnneGordon @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air

We welcome a NY Times Bestselling author to the coffee house, as she takes a break from WorldCon. Come hear how Carrie found her way into writing, her thoughts on genres and trends, and how she measured her own success and KPIs as a writer of commercial fiction. … Continue...Episode 58 – Interview with Carrie Vaughn

BOOK TALK @ 4:44   Notes from Our Chats :)  - both by Octavia Butler--WITH IMPORTANT NOTE FROM LISTENER MAUREEN: "In the current climate, I think it's worth noting that Octavia Butler is probably NOT one of the few women of color writing science fiction, but rather one of the few women of color BEING PUBLISHED in science fiction. Systemic racism shows up everywhere! The most recent This American Life podcast covered Afrofuturism (and was a rebroadcast), and so I would imagine that lots of POC are writing science fiction, but the publishing world may not be publishing them. And, of course, it's hard for anyone to get published." Book and pattern recommendations below. Tuesday June 9th Book Chat notes Mary Snellings: Overwhelmed by Kathy Lipp  Kathy Lipp has a podcast - Clutter Free Academy podcast Ann Blanton: Vivian Shaw - Greta Helsing series, plus the OLD classic Varney the Vampire by Thomas Preskett Prest  Lina: The Group - Mary McCarthy Side convo - Toshi : our ten year old taught us this new word: Pareidolia - a type of apophenia, which is a more generalized term for seeing patterns in random data. Some common examples are seeing a likeness of Jesus in the clouds or an image of a man on the surface of the moon Mary Snellings : our brains are wired to see faces...in everything Ann B—All points south - Ravelry pattern Casapinka -  Mary is making  Mary:  Laura Ricketts :  Roadtrip dreams:  Amy Hewgill :   here’s a Maori arts school… it’s mainly based in carving, which is a huge tradition -  Series to binge-watch - Numb3rs Watch/listen to James and the Giant Peach read by amazing actors:  We will get past this podcast with Sandi Toksvig Mary Snellings : Patrick Stewart reads Shakespeare sonnets on FB. Laura Ricketts : Fake Doctors, Real Friends- :  Podcast - This Day in Esoteric Political History -  Thursday June 11th Book Chat Notes Aimee: The Imagineering Story on Disney+  Heather: Jim Brown Owns Lester Maddox on the Dick Cavett Show:  Jennifer: Boris Karloff reads “Just So Stories” on Youtube!  Fun to look at:  The Vanishing - Janye Ann Krentz  more books by Krentz -  Daphne du Maurier books:     - Heather/Jennifer:  - Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey (book 5 in the Inspector Grant series) (A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast #156 - covers Daughter of Time - TY Kathy!) Shelly is on Colorado in her “all around the country” reading - Kent Haruf - Plainsong  (good listen) and then onto Connecticut - Bedelia (1945) Vera Kaspery  Heather. Ordover : How the scots invented the modern world - by Arthur Herman  Joe: Is it a Utilikilt or a Kilt  Heather. Ordover : EVERY woman in a cold climate needs this set of stockings:  Joyce - Garden Spells: A Novel (Waverly Family Book 1) Book 1 of 2: Waverly Sisters | by Sarah Addison Allen  Regina’s Crafts and Masks will be open soon on Etsy Listen to Orson Wells - Rebecca -   Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (alt world detective agency) Space Force  Aimee: The Holiday (Jack Black, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, etc etc etc)  Aimee Woolwine : Listen to - Hildegard Von Blingin’   Jamel aka Jamal   The Original Hildegard  Hildegard of Bingen Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas -  “[A] delicious literary Gothic debut.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (EDITOR’S CHOICE) “Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with each hypnotic step.” – THE WASHINGTON POST A Most Anticipated Novel by Entertainment Weekly • Cosmopolitan • The Atlantic • Forbes • Good Housekeeping • Better Homes and Gardens • HuffPost • Buzzfeed • Newsweek • Harper’s Bazaar • Ms. Magazine • Woman’s Day • PopSugar • and more! A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her school’s promise of prestige. Trust us, you belong here.” Aimee: Horrorstor: A Novel Kindle Edition by Grady Hendrix (Author) - HILARIOUS -  To Knit Candy is making - Hope & Dreams by Agnes Kutas- MDSW fiberoptics in colorway - Atlantic -  Joe: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho  -  “Magic and mayhem clash with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.  The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers maintains the magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman as their Sorcerer Royal and allowing England’s stores of magic to bleed dry. At least they haven’t stooped so low as to allow women to practice what is obviously a man’s profession…  At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up, an adventure that brings him in contact with Prunella Gentlewoman, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, and sets him on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…”  - low-rent Strange & Norell   - Robert Asprin “Myth” Series Robert Asprin Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1) by William Gibson -   “Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future. Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.” Heather. Ordover : The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O - Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland -  

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Some viewing or reading options this week folks…. Kelly’s recommendation – ScreenCrush YouTube channel   This channel provides breakdowns, analysis, Easter eggs, etc. about Star Wars and Superhero movies and TV shows.  The host is funny and knowledgeable.  Be sure to check out their Clone Wars season 7 material!   Mel’s recommendation –  American Demon   This week Mel recommends the next chapter of The Hollows series by Kim Harrison, “American Demon”.  We also get some much deserved plugging of Goodreads as well.  This book won’t be out until June 16, but Mel won a free advanced reading copy!  She strongly encourages … Continue reading →

This week, Shannon, Kristin, and Brooke chat about some of their favorite series. Series mentioned in this episode are: Kim Harrison, The Hollows Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass Angela Marsons, DI Kim Stone Julie McElwain, Kendra Donovan Mysteries Tamar Myers, Den of Antiquity Dana Stabenow, Kate Shugak Mysteries Anne Bishop, Black Jewels Richelle Mead, Bloodlines Jonathan Kellerman, Alex Delaware Christi Daugherty, Harper McClain Mysteries Jan Karon, The Mitford Years Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder Mysteries You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

Overview of Kim Harrison's book Dead Witch Walking, the first book from her The Hollows series.

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Women Talking, The Affairs of the Falcóns, Finding My Voice, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!; Once and Future by Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta from JIMMY Patterson Books; and The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer from Graydon House Books. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. And check out our new podcast: KidLit These Days. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott  Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero  No Happy Endings: A Memoir by Nora McInerny Women Talking by Miriam Toews  Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valerie Jarrett The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman  Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow What we're reading: Calvin: A Novel by Martine Leavitt  Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer At Briarwood School for Girls by Michael Knight  More books out this week: Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison  Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn Prince of Monkeys by Nnamdi Ehirim Around Harvard Square by C. J. Farley Baseball Epic: Famous and Forgotten Lives of the Dead Ball Era by Jason Novak As One Fire Consumes Another by John Sibley Williams Gatsby's Oxford: Scott, Zelda, and the Jazz Age Invasion of Britain: 1904-1929 by Christopher A. Snyder Hold Fast Your Crown: A Novel by Yannick Haenel, Teresa Fagan (translator) Days by Moonlight by André Alexis  Oscar Wilde and the Return of Jack the Ripper: An Oscar Wilde Mystery (Oscar Wilde Mysteries) by Gyles Brandreth Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense by Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton A Sin by Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South by Robert W. Lee and Bernice A. King Beyond the Point: A Novel by Claire Gibson Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain by Danny Goldberg  Since We Last Spoke by Brenda Rufener To Stop a Warlord: My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace by Shannon Sedgwick Davis Woman of Color by LaTonya Yvette Lights! Camera! Puzzles!: A Puzzle Lady Mystery (Puzzle Lady Mysteries) by Parnell Hall The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal by Dena Moes Leaving Richard's Valley by Michael DeForge  Little Lovely Things: A Novel by Maureen Joyce Connolly Ye by Guilherme Petreca The Spectators: A Novel by Jennifer duBois The Deadly Kiss-Off by Paul Di Filippo The Luminous Dead: A Novel by Caitlin Starling  The Editor by Steven Rowley There's a Word for That by Sloane Tanen The Light Years: A Memoir by Chris Rush We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett Greystone Secrets 1: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix and Anne Lambelet Lost and Wanted: A novel by Nell Freudenberger  When a Duchess Says I Do by Grace Burrowes Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide A Wonderful Stroke of Luck: A Novel by Ann Beattie Stay Up with Hugo Best: A Novel by Erin Somers  The Execution of Justice (Pushkin Vertigo) by Friedrich Duerrematt, John E. Woods (Translator) The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves Lights All Night Long: A Novel by Lydia Fitzpatrick Soft Science by Franny Choi The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine I'm Writing You from Tehran: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Past and Their Country's Future by Delphine Minoui, Emma Ramadan (Translator) The Gulf by Belle Boggs Loch of the Dead: A Novel by Oscar de Muriel Wicked Saints by Emily Duncan The Princess and the Fangirl: A Geekerella Fairytale (Once Upon A Con) by Ashley Poston Brute: Poems by Emily Skaja  Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer by Elizabeth Kleinhenz Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock The Mission of a Lifetime: Lessons from the Men Who Went to the Moon by Basil Hero Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel by Trent Dalton  A Song for the Stars by Ilima Todd Mother Is a Verb: An Unconventional History by Sarah Knott American Spirit: Profiles in Resilience, Courage, and Faith by Taya Kyle and Jim DeFelice Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris Crossing: A Novel by Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (translator) The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht  The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home by Megan K. Stack The Body Papers by Grace Talusan  The Tradition by Jericho Brown All Ships Follow Me: A Family Memoir of War Across Three Continents by Mieke Eerkens Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters by Andrea Towers and Marisha Ray Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl The Killer in Me: A Novel by Olivia Kiernan Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherríe Moraga Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years by Cathy Guisewite Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City by Amanda Kolson Hurley Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast You'd Be Mine: A Novel by Erin Hahn The Becket List: A Blackberry Farm Story by Adele Griffin and LeUyen Pham Unscripted by Claire Handscombe The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson The Poison Bed: A Novel by Elizabeth Fremantle This One Looks Like a Boy: My Gender Journey to Life as a Man by Lorimer Shenher The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch Perfunctory Affection by Kim Harrison  

In this episode, Kelle discusses angels and demons and their roles on the spiritual plane as well as the similarities and differences between them. Kelle also takes an opportunity to answer questions from some listeners including addressing some concerns that many have regarding the mixing of some religious beliefs into their magickal and spiritual practices.References:-For more information about Kelle Sparta: www.kellesparta.comTo contact Kelle email: kelle@kellesparta.com-Driveabout (Spirit Sherpa Theme): Driveabout (Full Version)Written by: Kelle SpartaPerformed by: Kelle Sparta and Daniel SingerProduced by: Daniel SingerGeneral Audience with Pope John Paul II, 28 July 1999: http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_28071999.htmlKim Harrison - The Hollows Series (including Dead Witch Walking): https://www.kimharrison.net/SecondaryPages/BookOrder.htmlSpirit Sherpa Episode - “The Immortals - Elves and What You Need to Know”: https://app.pippa.io/public/streams/spirit-sherpa/episodes/ep-028-the-immortals-elves-and-what-you-need-to-know.mp3Keywords:Kelle Sparta, The Spirit Doctor, Spirit Sherpa, Spirit, Spiritual Life, Manifestation, Magick, Realms, Shaman, Shamanism, Wicca, Paganism, Life Transformation, Personal Journey, Personal Growth, Angels, Demons, Christianity, Satan, Christ, Mythos, Archangels, Lilith, Heaven, Hell, Pope John Paul II,Good, Evil, God, Divine, Kim Harrison, Dead Witch Walking, The Hollows SeriesCredits and Licensing:“Spirit Sherpa” is the sole property of Kelle Sparta Enterprises and is distributed under a Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. For more information about this licensing, please go to www.creativecommons.org. Any requests for deviations to this licensing should be sent to kelle@kellesparta.com. To sign up for, or get more information on the programs, offerings, and services referenced in this episode, please go to www.kellesparta.com. This episode of “Spirit Sherpa” has been produced by Honu Voice Productions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amanda and Jenn give more holiday recs and discuss some wintery reads in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and our True Story Giveaway. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Feedback The Maze at Windermere (Sibyl from Insiders) Strange Practice (Sara M from Insiders)   Questions 1. I’m looking for a wintertime book that is atmospheric and immersive that will make me feel the harshness of winter and want to cuddle up with my book and hot chocolate. I’m not looking for something heartwarming, just something reflective of the cold weather and set during Christmastime if possible. The only book I can think of that is similar to the reading experience I’m thinking of is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Thanks! --Kathleen   2. Just want to say I love the podcast and also love “All The Books!” too and listen to both religiously. My to-read list has now exploded exponentially so thanks. So much so that I’m considering taking a less interesting but better paid job just to fund my girlfriend’s and my reading and library building obsession. After a brief year or so hiatus from reading, my now girlfriend got me back into reading in a big way. I’m hoping to find a book for her for Christmas (or whenever) to inspire her in return. Her favourite books are: The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman, World War Z – Max Brooks Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman And (of course): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban She also really likes the look of quirky horror books like Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero and is really into books with realistic female portrayal and which aren’t washed with male only lead characters. Other than that she’s hoping to write a thesis on apocalyptic fiction, so obviously she loves that too! Thank you in advance! --Henry   3. I am looking for a book for my father in law and my father in law's partner. My father in law likes inspirational books that can also be applied to business. His partner is kind of a Cowboy, I was thinking of a book about the outdoors or a contemporary book about cowboys. If you could help I would greatly appreciate it, especially for the cowboy. --Gene   4. I am starting to look for book gifts for the holidays and need help finding a book for one friend in particular. She really loves jigsaw puzzles, so I'm wondering if there are any books you've enjoyed that include a female character who loves jigsaw puzzles. Something like The Friday Night Knitting Club but for puzzlers maybe? Does such a thing exist? Thanks! --Jeanne   5. I am a newish listener. I discovered the book riot podcasts this summer and I have been loving them. Recently I have been making my way through your archives. I love listening to your recommendations and always secretly hope to hear books I also recommend or have at least read. Finally my request. I have been meaning to do this request ever since I started listening to your podcast. If this is too tight of a deadline, I could always use your recommendations for next Christmas. As you might have guessed I am obsessed with books. I love sharing what I am reading or hearing about what others are reading. Christmas is a great time to share this passion. My dad and my twin niece and nephew are the ones that I have a request for. Dad: A lot of my conversations with my parents are around the books we are reading. My mom is part of a book club but I feel through the years my dad and I have sort have started our own informal book club. One of the times my dad visited me he borrowed one of my many bookmarks and wrote a recommendation list on the back, some of those books were "Trinity" Leon Uris, "Sometimes a Great Notion" Ken Kesey, "Dune" Frank Herbert, "Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse, and "Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. One of our favourite authors is Richard Wagamese and we both admire Wab Kinew but my dad struggled with his memoir. He enjoys books that spark conversation and he has an interest in First Nations as he is living in an area that is dominantly First Nations (hence Richard Wagamese and Wab Kinew) but he is also interested in other topical issues. He has read Naomi Klein (found it a bit dense), The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis andI got him Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari once for Christmas (he read it but had to take breaks). This year my dad is turning 70 (on Christmas) and I am getting him Richard Wagamese's final book but I am hoping through this jumbled paragraph that you might have another recommendation. The twins: The not as long list. My niece and nephew are 6 turning 7 late January. They are still at an age where I feel comfortable buying books instead of giving them gift cards for books. Last year for their birthday I gave them Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer. They loved both these books. They love story time and interacting with the books (asking questions, making observations, telling stories). I was wondering if you had any other books along this vein with kids being creative and building or being artistic. My nephew likes to draw and has a vivid imagination. My niece likes to ask deep questions. Thank you for your amazing show --Jennifer   6. Hi I’m looking for some help, choosing a Christmas present for my Mum. She loves Patricia Briggs and Kelley Armstrong and has also really enjoyed Carrie Vaughn, Ben Aaronavitch, Kim Harrison and Rachel Vincent. Illona Andrews, Melissa Marr, Jim Butcher, Holly Black and Karen Chance got a meh reaction. JR ward and Laurel Hamilton are a no go (too much sex before you get any plot) Over the last decade I’ve also covered Cassandra Clare, Sarah J Maas, Charlaine Harris, Lilith St Crow, Rachel Caine, Julie Kagawa and Richelle mead to varying degrees of success. She has just spent August devouring Seanan McGuire’s Toby Daye series and has moved on to the Cryptozoology set for the autumn. In order to pay her back for introducing me to Anne MacCaffrey when I was 12 I’m looking for something that may have slipped under the radar that she will enjoy. Bonus if there are lots of back catalogue for the author. Thanks for your previous excellent recommendations for my Vegas trip. Fingers crossed you can help me find some new reads for my Mum. --Bex   7. I am looking for recommendations on what I call low urban fantasy. Stories where wizards and golems and all manner of weird things exist in the contemporary world, but rather than being a separate secret world with large-scale organizations, they exist in isolation and largely in secret on the fringes of society. The magic isn't some separate, arcane practice, but rather comes from or integrates everyday practices like poker or watching TV. The wonders themselves tend to be less spectacular and more like fudging reality a bit. The protagonists tend to be morally grey and less than savory. I've only found a couple of works that have scratched this particular itch (the work of Tim Powers, the roleplaying game Unknown Armies), and I would really appreciate any suggestions you could give. I would really like any suggestions that incorporate history into the magic (e.g. the death of Bugsy Siegel as an arcane ritual in Powers' Last Call). Also, books that do not feature straight white guys as the protagonist would be a nice change of pace. Thanks! --Alex   Books Discussed Gunsmoke & Glamour by Hillary Monahan The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf Two Old Women by Velma Wallis Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (tw: suicide, domestic violence, harm to children) Fledgling by Octavia E Butler (tw: pedophilia, sort of) Severance by Ling Ma Essentialism by Greg McKeown The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt The Death Safe by Edgar Wallace The Pattern in the Carpet by Margaret Drabble Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch Borderline (The Arcadia Project #1) by Mishell Baker (tw: suicide, self-harm) Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger "Low fantasy" post

Kim Harrison, author of the New York Times #1 best selling Hollows series, was born in Detroit and lived most her her life within an easy drive. After gaining her bachelors in the sciences, she moved to South Carolina, where she remained until recently returning to Michigan because she missed the snow. She's currently working on the Peri Reed Chronicles and a Hollows prequel, and when not at her desk, Kim is most likely to be found landscaping her new/old Victorian home or in the garden. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websites: alistaircross.com and tamarathorne.com This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio, LLC.

In this episode, our heroes talk about spellcasters, from the wizard to the healer and all the mages in between. They explain the Moment of No Restraint, talk about their childhood love of Elminster and Are You Afraid of the Dark? as well as their adult mancrushes, like Szass Tam. Also, in this episode, the boys reveal who won the little competition from the Fighters episode, have an argument about the education level of wizards on and off for a full hour, and Jonny makes an ass of himself by calling Kim Harrison (@burningbunnies) Charlaine Harris by mistake while discussing Kim's Hollows series.

Terry and Paul review Kim Harrison's novel "The Drafter"

Terry and Paul review Kim Harrison's novel "The Drafter"

In 2012, members of Portland's local National Federation of the Blind Chapter organized an event called, "It's Not Scary to Be Blind: Walk With Me!" as part of Walktober. Folks during this event talked about aspects of our transportation environment that are both helpful and possibly not so helpful for the blind and low vision. For this episode of "Why Isn't Anyone...?" we were lucky to have a few active members of the Portland Central Chapter of National Federation of the Blind to talk about blindness in the built environment: Jim Jackson is Co-founder of the local Portland Central Chapter of National Federation of the Blind; Trevor Attenberg is the local chapter's Treasurer; and Nik Petersson is Senior Accessibility Consultant with Miles Access Skills Training, LLC. The National Federation of the Blind is the organization that believes in the full capacity of blind people, and has the power, influence, diversity, and determination to help transform their dreams into reality. Today's show was produced by me, Steph Routh; and edited by Eric Klein. You can find us on our Facebook page and on Twitter @whyisntanyone. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your feed of choice. If you liked this show, help us keep it going by donating via our website, whyisntanyone.com, where you can also leave us comments, questions, and ideas for future topics. Here are the people who have supported us on Crowdrise: Aaron Brown, Abra McNair, Alan Kessler, Amos, Anonymous, Audrey Addison, Breesa Culver, Caroline and Paul Z, Carolynn Szczepanski, Chris Smith, CJ Walker, Cory Dodt, Dan Gebhart, Doug Klotz, Emily N, fool, Heidi Guenin, Jessica Holliday, K. Bott, Kailin, Kim Harrison, Mark Lear, Matt Luce, Michael Andersen, Mychal Tetteh, Peter Welte, Pogo Crowe, Starlene Rankin, Steph Routh, Stephanie Noll, Steve Bozzone, Susan Peithman, The Sprocket Podcast, Thomas Ngo, Timo Forsberg, Timothy Zork, and Vivian Satterfield. We are a project of Umbrella, a Portland-based nonprofit that encourages community-based street culture. We'll be back with another episode in two weeks. In the meantime, keep asking, “Why isn't anyone talking about this?” Because they should, and we are.

Does urban planning have a racism problem? Joy Alise Davis hosts a conversation with Dr. Marisa Zapata and Dr. Lisa Bates about racism, equity, and the role—past, present, and possible—of urban planning. Roll Credits: Today's show was produced by Joy Alise Davis; edited by Eric Klein, and hosted by Joy. Music is by Breuss Arrizabalaga Quintet. You can find us on our Facebook page and on Twitter @whyisntanyone.  If you liked this show, help us keep it going by donating via our website, whyisntanyone.com, where you can also leave us comments, questions, and ideas for future topics. Here are the people who have supported us on Crowdrise: Abra, Alan Kessler, Amos, Anonymous, Audrey Addison, Breesa Culver, Caroline and Paul Z, Chris Smith, CJ Walker, Cory, Dan Gebhart, fool, Heidi Guenin, K. Bott, Kim Harrison, Matt Luce, Michael Andersen, Peter W, Pogo Crowe, Starlene Rankin, Steph Routh, Stephanie Noll, Steve Bozzone, Susan Peithman, The Sprocket Podcast, Thomas Ngo, and Vivian Satterfield. We are a project of Umbrella, a Portland-based nonprofit that encourages community-based street culture.

Talk about a power packed radio show we have for you today. I think this could very well be the biggest show we have ever had on Suspense Radio.  Three NY Times Bestselling authors will be with us today. First up we have mega author Karin Slaughter. Then we will speak with bestselling author Kim Harrison and to finish off the show we will speak with mystery pioneer bestselling author J.A. Jance.  Then packed in the middle we will have author John Hegenberger.  Suspense Radio is brought to you by Suspense Magazine. www.suspensemagazine.com

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, MinecraftEDU with special guest presenters: Trish Cloud, Laura Briggs and Kim Harrison, October 10, 2015. They shared their experiences and stories about how they are engaging their students with MinecraftEDU both during the school day and in an after school club and summer camp. MinecraftEDU is a special version of Minecraft designed specifically for classroom use. It has been used to teach a wide range of subjects and is designed to be open-ended which allows content to be built around any subject area. Teachers have used the game to teach history, math, art, programming, creative writing, science, music, digital citizenship and more! It hosts a library of lessons and activities that are available for free and there is an active teacher community exploring and sharing uses of Minecraft in the classroom. Whether MinecraftEDU is new to you or something you have already been using with your students, please join us and bring your questions and stories to share, and be inspired by the projects and examples they will share with us! Your students will thank you! http://minecraftedu.com/ (MinecraftEDU home page) @LauraBTRT @k4sons @trishcloud

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, MinecraftEDU with special guest presenters: Trish Cloud, Laura Briggs and Kim Harrison, October 10, 2015. They shared their experiences and stories about how they are engaging their students with MinecraftEDU both during the school day and in an after school club and summer camp. MinecraftEDU is a special version of Minecraft designed specifically for classroom use. It has been used to teach a wide range of subjects and is designed to be open-ended which allows content to be built around any subject area. Teachers have used the game to teach history, math, art, programming, creative writing, science, music, digital citizenship and more! It hosts a library of lessons and activities that are available for free and there is an active teacher community exploring and sharing uses of Minecraft in the classroom. Whether MinecraftEDU is new to you or something you have already been using with your students, please join us and bring your questions and stories to share, and be inspired by the projects and examples they will share with us! Your students will thank you! http://minecraftedu.com/ (MinecraftEDU home page) @LauraBTRT @k4sons @trishcloud

We will be discussing Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison. This book is available on BARD as DB66118. It is also on bookshare. Host: Julia Kulak

The news includes: The Guys' new book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques, is now available in softcover and Kindle formats. George received an award on 23 August 2013 from the Association of Professional Genealogists, the 2013 Excellence in Writing Award, for his articles in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (APGQ). The Genealogy Guys Podcast has been named by Family Tree Magazine as one of the 101 Best Web Sites of 2013. RootsMagic announced new tutorial videos at RootsMagicTV on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/RootsMagicTV. MyHeritage has announced a new global photo archive at http://www.myheritage.com/photos. The Federation of Genealogical Societies has released a new mobile app for year-round information and annual conferences. The iOS version for iPad and iPhone is available at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fgs-app/id689433117?ls=1&mt=8 and the Android version is available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fgs.fgsapp. The Federation of Genealogical Societies and FamilySearch have announced that they will be holding a joint conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 12-14 February 2015. The conference will include RootsTech 2015 and the FGS 2015 Conference, with separate registrations. Ancestry.co.uk has added nearly 900,000 digitized and indexed records of the Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers 1667-1754. These include Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, The Mint, May Fair Chapel, and others. Ancestry.ca has added the newly released 1921 Census of Canada in browsable format, with indexing promised soon. Ancestry.com has announced the release of Family Tree Maker 2014 for PC. You can purchase it at a 30% discount through 9 September 2013. At http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/products. Wills of English World War I soldiers have been indexed and are available online at https://www.gov.uk/probate-search. FamilySearch has released another huge set of records at its website, and Drew mentions highlighted collections. Findmypast.com has recently added 200 volumes of digital books about Canada to its website. Information dates back to the 1600s in more than 71,000 pages. Listener email includes: Jenny discusses, English and Welsh BMDs, joining a local genealogical society, Clooz software, and using Family Tree Maker to sync with the online family tree she has uploaded to Ancestry.com. Michelle updates us on her success in obtaining NARA Railroad Retirement files from Atlanta. Katie discusses access to cemeteries, and provides an excellent example of the Congressional Cemetery (not associated with the U.S. federal government) and its excellent preservation and information access. Visit their site at http://www.congressionalcemetery.org. Mac reminds us that this is the time of year, with back-to-school deals at office supply stores, to purchase your genealogical office supplies at sale prices. Jenny wonders why people are adding icons and decorative graphics – non-photos – to their family trees at Ancestry.com. This causes unnecessary “hints” to be generated and wastes space on Ancestry.com's servers. Mike asks about DNA testing, and asks what are the best types of tests to have performed. Timothy asked for an update on the project concerning the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. Drew discusses the funding of the project by the State of Florida, the start of the exhumations of remains, and more details. While at the FGS Conference, George interviewed Rick Kincaid, Project Manager for Operation Ancestor Search, and Kim Harrison of Ancestry.com. They discuss this collaboration between the Sons of the American Revolution and Ancestry.com, involving the Veterans Hospitals in the U.S. You can reach Rick Kincaid at rkincaid@sar.org or (502) 588-6147 to learn more and to get involved.

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