Podcasts about modev

Fashion month är över och tjejerna (läs Fanny) sammanfattar den. Modevärlden har fått lyx-psykos, pengar och god ekonomi är i säsong. A man in finance är den nya Hermés-väskan. Vi reser från New York, till London, Milano och avslutar i Paris. Det är tydligen precis lika stormig i modebranschen som i resten av världen, så pänn fast säkerhetsbältena. Nu åker vi!

Det går bra för den japanska klädjätten Uniqlo, vars basplagg säljer stort när många andra klädmärken visar dystra siffror. Hur kommer det sig? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det går så där för många klädmärken och modehus idag. Men det finns ett stort undantag och det är den japanska klädjätten Uniqlo, vars basplagg säljer som aldrig förr. Är det så att bekvämt och praktiskt numera trumfar snyggt och elegant? Har vi rentav slutat att klä upp oss? Och hur gick det egentligen till när ett basplagg som t-shirten gjorde resan från underkläder till mode? Det diskuterar Susanne Ljung och Samanda Ekman i veckans Samtal med Stil.

Årets trendfärg är en ljus och mild nyans av brunt. Men historiskt sett är brunt en kulör som jobbat i uppförsbacke. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Årets trendfärg, enligt inflytelserika färgföretaget Pantone, är inte vilken brun kulör som helst utan en ljus och mild nyans som ska leda tankarna till en blandning av kaffe och choklad och därför getts namnet ”mocha mousse”.Men brunt har har inte haft det särskilt lätt i historien. Den förknippades tidigt med jord, vilket borde ha gjort den till en favorit då det mesta vi både bär och äter härstammar just från jorden. Men, nej. Istället kom det bruna att förknippas med smuts och skit.Bättre blev det inte av att överflödsförordningar under 1600- och 1700-talet reglerade vilka som fick bära vad för att markera sin sociala status och klasstillhörighet. Brunt fick de fattigaste bära.Men i slutet av 1800-talet började det vända och bli nästan tvärtom. Tack vare industrialismens inflytelserika estetiska motståndsrörelse, Arts & Crafts, började då brunt kopplas samman med naturnära färger och gediget hantverk.I veckans program synar vi den bruna färgen i sömmarna. Historikern och författaren Henrik Arnstad berättar om hur brunt blev nazisternas färg och därmed kom att förknippas med ondska. Vi pratar också med färgexperten Sara Garanty, som förklarar hur färger påverkar vårt mående. Och så berättar skribenten Laura Ingemarsson hur mjölk de senaste åren blivit en arena för både politik och sex.

In this special episode of No Brainer, we are sharing four interviews Geoff Livingston conducted with brand experts at the recent GovAI Summit. Our speakers join us from Adobe, Abt Global, Zoom and Avaya, and discuss the state of federal, state and local adoption of AI technologies. Conversations include the adoption of image, video, and text generative AI, ethical AI to serve citizens, taxpayers and other consumers of digital government services, how improved generative AI is continuing to improve video meeting experiences, and state and local AI adoption. Join Geoff on the media stage with our experts. 01:46 Jeffrey Young, Solution Consulting Manager and Steve Lewis, Digital Media Solutions Consultant at Adobe on creative-specific generative AI. 18:30 Nora Connor, Director of Data Science, Abt Global discusses the ethical adoption of AI to serve citizens. 34:17 Josh Stanley, AI Sales Strategy, Zoom joined Geoff in a conversation about Zoom's AI Companion and its impacts. 39:38 Jennifer Bond, Vice President of U.S. SLED, Avaya offered insights into the state and local side of public sector AI adoption. Interested parties can learn more about the GovAI Summit at https://www.govaisummit.com/. Learn more about events company Modev https://www.modev.com/ and see more of its AI video content on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/@Modev/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text messageWin a free year of ChatGPT or other prizes! Find out how.AI is not just shifting gears in the workplace—it's redefining the entire engine. The ripple effect of AI on jobs, industries, and skills is expanding faster than most realize. Ready to get ahead of the curve? Join us as we dive deep into the future of work with Peter Erickson, CEO of Modev.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Ask Jordan and Peter questions on AIUpcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:1. AI's Workforce Impact2. AI's Impact On Various Professions3. Economic Changes4. Human-AI Collaboration5. Leadership and Security in AI ImplementationTimestamps:01:50 Daily AI news04:50 About Peter and Modev05:54 Built tech communities, developed apps, played music.09:17 Generative AI exceeds expectations, influences future planning.14:26 Embrace AI tools, enhance human creativity, thrive.17:15 Embrace AI to enhance your development skills.18:36 Proficiency in Microsoft skills necessary for employment.22:20 AI enhances productivity, not cuts headcount.27:19 AI: Primarily a data science and engineering function.29:42 Adopt and use tools daily, not noise.Keywords:Jordan Wilson, Everyday AI, OpenAI, Generative AI, AI impact, Pete Erickson, Book announcement, Technological changes, Application development future, Developer evolution, Workforce evolution, Human-AI collaboration, Hiring practices, AI Job Market, AI Integration, Decision makers, AI experimentation, AI News, Oprah Winfrey's AI Special, OpenAI model release, Pete Erickson's background, AI Workforce impact, Livestream discussion, Future conversation topic, Societal concerns, AI tools, Work practice transformation, Upskilling, AI Productivity, AI adoption Get more out of ChatGPT by learning our PPP method in this live, interactive and free training! Sign up now: https://youreverydayai.com/ppp-registration/

Demi Moore och Pamela Anderson har gjort storstilad comeback. Och det genom att medvetet använda sig av mode och skönhet som en sorts PR-strategi. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Demi Moore och Pamela Anderson är förvisso väldigt olika sinsemellan, men båda har blivit enormt uppmärksammade för sin stil, på olika vis. De har skapat rubriker som: ”Så blev Demi Moore en ny modeälskling vid 61 års ålder” och ”Pamela Anderson har en ny signaturlook – ingen makeup”. Det har gett resultat. I år har båda dessa kvinnor gjort succé i modevärlden och har använt uppmärksamheten för att få fart på sina karriärer – som går som smort just nu.Spaltkilometer av hyllande texter har skrivits om Pamela Andersons mod att under modeveckorna i vintras visa upp sitt osminkade fejs och ingen verkar idag kunna få nog av att titta på Demi Moore i det ena eleganta designerplagget efter det andra.I veckans program pratar vi med Göteborgs-Postens kulturchef Johan Hilton om den satiriska komediserien The Comeback från 2005, en samtida klassiker. I den spelar Lisa Kudrow den avdankade sitcom-stjärnan Valerie Cherish. Hon har inte haft en framgångsrik roll på många år, men nu ska hon göra comeback i en ny sitcom. Det går sådär...Vi pratar också med musikjournalisten Tina Mehrafzoon om den brittiska artisten Raye, som efter år att motgångar nu har fått sitt stora genombrott. Så sent som i mars i år slog hon rekord i antalet vunna priser på Brit Awards och men hennes genombrott har kallats för en av pophistoriens allra bästa comeback-berättelser. Och så pratar vi med den australiensiska filmkritikern Michael Adams om hur dålig en dålig film egentligen kan bli.Veckans gäst är Hedvig von Mentzer, journalist specialiserad på skönhet.

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Peter Erickson of MoDev, producer of the GovAI Summit.Topics discussed include: the current evolutionary stepping point in technology that AI, ML and LLM represent a little historical perspective on what brought us to this point, including earlier uses of voice recognition the emergence of AI as a tech transformational event key players in this emerging arena and the scope of the upcoming GovAI Summit   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Peter Erickson of MoDev, producer of the GovAI Summit. Topics discussed include: the current evolutionary stepping point in technology that AI, ML and LLM represent a little historical perspective on what brought us to this point, including earlier uses of voice recognition the emergence of AI as a tech transformational event key players in this emerging arena and the scope of the upcoming GovAI Summit  

Hallå kära lyssnare. Bill här. Ville bara komma med en varning. Det Tobias säger i början av avsnittet är inte ok. Man får faktiskt inte mobba och man får inte reta människor för hur de ser ut. Det här är ett stort problem i skolor och arbetsplatser men störst är nog ändå problemet i podcaststudios. Modevärlden och klädjättarna behöver ta ansvar för de skönhetskrav som podcastare har på sig. Men främst måste vi nå föräldrarna. Då menar jag Tobias pappa som är en skitstövel och som också kallar mig saccosäcken™ ibland. Sen pratar vi om lite annat också. VÄLKOMMEN TILL PROBLEMPODDEN! Musik: Joystock.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/problempodden/message

Today's guest created one of the largest communities for conversational AI and generative AI enthusiasts. Pete Erickson is the founder of Modev which hosts the popular VOICE & AI conference and also others including the GovAI Summit. Pete started the company back in 2009 and has since produced over 150 events across 89 countries that have connected more than 125,000 people. Pete and the team have created communities for tech companies like Samsung and Amazon. Today, we get a glimpse into the mind of a great entrepreneur who is focused on making AI education accessible to everyone.Listen and learn...How Modev went from a few people in a pizza shop... to a conversational AI event with more than  1,000 attendeesHow Modev trained developers to build Alexa skills... in 2009How new AI regulation is impacting the generative AI developer communityHow Pete would regulate generative AIAbout Sam Altman's request to Congress for OpenAI to be regulatedShould we expect AI vendors to regulate themselves?What we can learn from GDPR in Europe about forthcoming AI regulationHow AI will transform the entertainment industryWhich jobs will be replaced by AI... and which ones are future-proofWhat big news Pete will be announcing at the Voice & AI conferenceReferences in this episode...The Voice & AI conferenceHow Goldman Sachs says AI will increase global GDPBradley Metrock, CEO of Project Voice, on AI and the Future of WorkDaniel Davila, movie producer and Hollywood consultant, on AI and the Future of Work

Höstens hetaste accessoar? Jo, enligt flera modetidningar är det, tro det eller ej, kondomen. För återigen omfamnar nu modevärlden det både älskade och hatade gummit. Den har ansetts vara en symbol för oanständigt leverne. Den har, på olika språk, kallats för regnrock och överrock, och inte på något välvilligt vis. Men modevärlden har sedan länge haft ett gott öga till den, och just nu marknadsförs den där som en… sexig accessoar. Vi talar förstås om kondomen. Genom historien har den både tillverkats i material som linne, såväl som djurtarmar, innan den hittade sin millimetertunna latex look. Allt det berättar vi om i veckans Stil, där vi synar gummit i sömmarna. Ja, tidiga kondommodeller hade både sömmar och rosa rosetter.Miljontals människor har genom århundradena använt sig av kondomen. Men trots alla dess positiva kvalitéer, har långt ifrån alla gillat den. Ja, sedan 1960-talet har det i Sverige återkommande genomförts kampanjer för att öka kondomens status, med slogans som till exempel "Ikväll får 107 svenskar gonorré". Vi berättar om den senaste stora kondomkampanjen i Sverige, samt dammar av några av de mest ikoniska.Vi fördjupar oss även i historien om hur kroppskondomen, eller ja, latexkläderna tog sig in i modet. Det var med en enträgen modeskapare vid namn John Sutcliffe, som exempelvis uppfann den kroppskramande så kallade catsuiten.Och så pratar vi med historikern Gunnela Björk. Hon har skrivit boken Lust och nöd, som handlar om sexualupplysningens pionjärer Karin och Nils Adamsson. Under det tidiga 1900-talet började de kämpa för människors rätt till preventivmedel, något de utvecklade till en framgångsrik affärsverksamhet. Namnet Nils Adamsson blev synonymt med kondomer.Veckans gäst är Jon Voss, förslagschef på QX.

Modevärlden är full av mäktiga familjer, men den mäktigaste av alla är den franska modefamiljen Arnault med pappa Bernard Arnault i spetsen och hans fem barn med toppjobb i företaget strax bakom. Det finns förstås olika typer av familjeföretag inom mode. I Italien är till exempel många modemärken uppkallade efter just familjer som grundat dem som till exempel Gucci, Prada, Versace, Missoni och Fendi. Och flera av dem drivs och ägs fortfarande av familjemedlemmar.Men det mest iögonfallande exemplet på en modern och mäktig modefamilj eller, den mäktigaste av dem alla är som sagt den franska familjen Arnault. Pappa Bernard är styrelseordförande och VD för världens största lyxkonglomerat, LVMH. Det vill säga den jättegrupp i vilken 75 olika varumärken, som bland annat Moët et Chandon, Louis Vuitton och Dior-ingår.Nyligen konstaterade finanstidningen Forbes att Bernard Arnault idag är världens rikaste man. Och för några veckor sedan utsåg han sin dotter Delphine Arnault till den allra högsta chefen för just Dior. Ja, alla hans fem barn har faktiskt toppjobb på pappas företag.I veckans program tittar vi närmare på fler kända modefamiljer. Vi pratar med Antonia Häller som växte upp i ett familjeföretag inom klädbranschen. Att hon skulle ta över efter sin pappa var aldrig en självklarhet. Hon var osäker på om hon skulle klara av att axla rollen som företagsledare. Men en rad händelser fick henne att tänka om.Vi tittar också närmare på familjeföretagets utmaningar och fördelar. Och så pratar vi med Jonathan Unge om att stolt äga sitt kulturbarnskap.Veckans gäst är Nellie Topalidis, Mikas modellagentur.

Voice summit is the largest annual gathering of conversational AI professionals. Voicebot took the opportunity to interview several industry leaders to get their perspectives on the conversational AI market today and where it is headed. Guests include: - Michal Stanislawek, Utter One / VoiceLunch (6:25) - Rupal Patel, Veritone (12:57) - Jeff McMahon, Voicify (18:46) - Collin Borns, Speechly (25:44) - Susan Westwater, Vixen Labs (33:08) - Pete Erickson, Modev / Voice Summit (36:58) Topics range from the use cases driving the most conversational AI demand today and best practices for voice strategy to whether there is a voice winter underway.   

Pete Erickson is the founder of Modev, a community-based organization that creates conferences and special events aimed at keeping developers ahead of the fast-moving technology curve. Pete believes that human connection is vital in the era of digital transformation, and built Modev to fulfill this need. Through his organization, Pete aims to foster the exchange of ideas, guided by the desire to learn, teach, and grow as individuals, organizations, and industries as whole.  In 2017 Pete founded VOICE, a series of events, conferences, and media properties that bring together more than 25,000 of the voice tech industry's top creators, developers, designers, marketers, and executives from around the world. In 2017, VOICE Talks won the 2021 Webby People's Voice Award Winner. Read the show notes here: https://arcbound.com/podcasts/  Links: Homepage: Arcbound.com Services/Work with Us: https://arcbound.com/work-with-us/ About: https://arcbound.com/about/ Founders Corner: https://arcbound.com/category/founders-corner/ Connect: https://arcbound.com/connect/

Uber verkar inte ha rent mjöl i påsen, Camilla har gjort bort sig på Instagram, Doja Cat är arg på pottfrillan från Stranger Things, Jack Harlow är snart bortglömd, Ibiza och Positano is back, Emil Hansius ger oss ALLT om glada EPA-raggare som chillar, Michelle Hallström snackar Paris Cont.. Cuto.. Couture Week samt Johannes föräldrar vill gifta bort honom! Programledare: Johannes Cakar och Camilla Fågelborg

Det kastas 8 miljarder strumpbyxor varje år - tillverkade av plast från råolja. Linn Frisinger kallar strumpbyxan för "modeindustrins sugrör", och idén om att göra något annorlunda började ta form för flera år sedan. I dag driver hon Swedish Stockings, som tillverkar sina produkter av allt från nylonspill och petflaskor till biomaterial och gamla fisknät. Produktkategorierna blir nu allt fler, och drömmen om det cirkulära modehuset visar sig bära frukt. Lyssna på Linns inspirerande entreprenörsresa. Programledare: Christian von Essen // Inspelat i Kitchen studio på Roslagsgatan 23 i Stockholm. // Läs mer på hejaframtiden.se // Klippare: Silverdrake Förlag, www.silverdrakeförlag.se // Producent: Marcus Tigerdraake, marcus@silverdrakeforlag.se // Podcast koordinator: Victoria Tigerdraake: victoria.tigerdraake@silverdrakeforlag.se

Iris Apfel slog igenom 2005 då hennes kläder och accessoarer ställdes ut på Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nu har hon fyllt 100 och anses vara ett popkulturellt fenomen och en centralfigur inom mode. Iris Apfel slog igenom i modevärlden som 84-åring, men det var med inredning och textil som hon faktiskt arbetade med under sin yrkeskarriär. Hennes omisskännliga stil med mycket färg och extra allt syns både i hennes arbete inredning och sätt att klä sig. Hennes motto lyder "more is more and less is boring". I veckans program träffar vi två svenska så kallade grandfluencers, influerare som nått pensionsåldern. Vi pratar med konstnären Joe Hedlund, som i sin heminredning låter skönhet gå före funktion. Och så tittar vi närmare på Iris Apfels sätt att skoja om sin egen död. Veckans gäst är Philip Warkander, doktor i modevetenskap och lektor vid Lunds universitet.

My guest for episode 6 has won many accolades including a Webby Award for his VOICE Talks but we're not going to dig into that here. We dig into some heavy topics including codependency and suicide. What I admire about Pete is his vulnerability and whole-hearted living. Pete has been a contributor nationally at NPR, CBS, NBC and serves as the on-air “Tech Expert” for Fox 5 DC where he appears regularly to provide commentary on technology news that impacts consumers. Modev is based in Arlington, Virginia where Pete resides with his wife, two kids and dog Maisey. Welcome to the PHP podcast Pete! Connect with Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteerickson/ Surviving Suicide Loss and Finding Joy

My guest for episode 6 has won many accolades including a Webby Award for his VOICE Talks but we're not going to dig into that here. We dig into some heavy topics including codependency and suicide. What I admire about Pete is his vulnerability and whole-hearted living. Pete has been a contributor nationally at NPR, CBS, NBC and serves as the on-air “Tech Expert” for Fox 5 DC where he appears regularly to provide commentary on technology news that impacts consumers. Modev is based in Arlington, Virginia where Pete resides with his wife, two kids and dog Maisey. Welcome to the PHP podcast Pete! Connect with Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteerickson/ Surviving Suicide Loss and Finding Joy

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Den isländska bidrottningen Margret Atladottir tar över showen när Hanna vabbar nån höna, Christopher smygfotar det älskvärda tacoparet från Gift vid första ögonkastet som såklart märker allt och Djur-Ted kommer hem tomhänt efter sin vårinsektsjakt. P3 Klubbens Kristofer Andersson levererar HETA takes på den heliga treenigheten Soran, Yasin och såklart modevärldens Dagny, Vivienne Westwood. Det blir Guldöramaterial när quizmaster Christopher den här gången tvingas svara på frågorna istället för att ställa dem och ÄR vi lite klara med "komma ut"-intervjuer à la amerikanska Bachelors Colton Underwood?

In this hands-on episode we we shift from ideation to application mode. This Experience Mapping workshop asked participants to map a journey for their attendee profile. Visit https://www.thefuturesforum.com/listen-learn to view the pre-read materials that were sent to attendees. Your mission (should you choose to accept it): Read the pages below and select a profile journey you identify with. Have a think about what YOU would LOVE to experience at a Hybrid event. Share ideas and get hands on in the MURAL, where we’ll be building our journey maps: https://app.mural.co/t/storycraftlab1758/m/storycraftlab1758/1595616317654/fe2008913a5ca51ad568024f56a103b398f0359cLots of brilliant ideas here from Allie Magyar, Josh Vanderkrol and Marty Choate of Hubb, Dan Noake of Modev, Mark Dominguez of Intel, Mahoganey Jones of Event Specialists, Rachel Matthews of George P. Johnson and Megan Henshall of Google. This episode was facilitated by Storycraft Lab - and those of you exploring the MURAL will also find ideas contributed from members of CEMA, and students from NYU Stern as well as the GWU Event Management program.

In this hands-on episode we we shift from ideation to application mode. This Experience Mapping workshop asked participants to map a journey for their attendee profile. Visit https://www.thefuturesforum.com/listen-learn to view the pre-read materials that were sent to attendees. Your mission (should you choose to accept it): Read the pages below and select a profile journey you identify with. Have a think about what YOU would LOVE to experience at a Hybrid event. Share ideas and get hands on in the MURAL, where we’ll be building our journey maps: https://app.mural.co/t/storycraftlab1758/m/storycraftlab1758/1595616317654/fe2008913a5ca51ad568024f56a103b398f0359cLots of brilliant ideas here from Allie Magyar, Josh Vanderkrol and Marty Choate of Hubb, Dan Noake of Modev, Mark Dominguez of Intel, Mahoganey Jones of Event Specialists, Rachel Matthews of George P. Johnson and Megan Henshall of Google. This episode was facilitated by Storycraft Lab - and those of you exploring the MURAL will also find ideas contributed from members of CEMA, and students from NYU Stern as well as the GWU Event Management program.

In this fun episode we let the ideas roll, as we shift from learning to ideation mode. We found ourselves focusing on acts of co-creation and content engagement. This Idea Jam was run as a Yes And session - each of the participants began with a thought or 'What if we' / 'How might we' question and the group plussed on top in response until the concept got so epic we had to stop! Lots of brilliant ideas here from Allie Magyar of Hubb, Justin Boone of Opus Agency, Dan Noake of Modev, Christina Schuler of Intel. This episode was facilitated by Storycraft Lab. We'd love to hear any ideas or thoughts sparked by this session from our audience!

In this fun episode we let the ideas roll, as we shift from learning to ideation mode. We found ourselves focusing on acts of co-creation and content engagement. This Idea Jam was run as a Yes And session - each of the participants began with a thought or 'What if we' / 'How might we' question and the group plussed on top in response until the concept got so epic we had to stop! Lots of brilliant ideas here from Allie Magyar of Hubb, Justin Boone of Opus Agency, Dan Noake of Modev, Christina Schuler of Intel. This episode was facilitated by Storycraft Lab. We'd love to hear any ideas or thoughts sparked by this session from our audience!

In the face of adversity, humans get creative. We invent. We innovate. We evolve. And as Planners, Strategists and Creators we respond to the evolving needs of our audiences. So today in our Spark session we ask: What's New? What's getting you excited? What cool tech or interesting innovations are you seeing? How are our audience needs changing and what ideas are sparked for future events? In Part two, discussions turn to the importance and possibilities of how we can enable discovery, energize shared connections and reimagine 'networking' in light of evolving audience needs. We hear from Dan Noake of Modev, Justin Boone of Opus, Mahoganey Jones of Event Specialists, Neal Thompson of Amazon Web Services, Howard Stern of Kaon Interactive, Lauren Telchin Katz of NASA, Allie Magyar of Hubb, Megan Henshall of Google.

In the face of adversity, humans get creative. We invent. We innovate. We evolve. And as Planners, Strategists and Creators we respond to the evolving needs of our audiences. So today in our Spark session we ask: What's New? What's getting you excited? What cool tech or interesting innovations are you seeing? How are our audience needs changing and what ideas are sparked for future events? We hear from Dan Noake of Modev, Justin Boone of Opus, Mahoganey Jones of Event Specialists, Neal Thompson of Amazon Web Services, Howard Stern of Kaon Interactive, Lauren Telchin Katz of NASA, Allie Magyar of Hubb, Megan Henshall of Google. In Part one, discussions turn to the importance and possibilities of Audio to a connected experience, and how experience scales - from micro to macro moments - create meaningful connections with other humans.

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with Pete Erickson, Founder of Modev, a company that is focused on creating great events and experiences and also founder of VOICE, the premier event for voice technology. We'll chat with Pete about the events business, the impact Covid-19 has had and how he's driving engagement around voice technology by creating experiences around his VOICE brand. Pete will enlighten us about the future of events, AI and voice tech and how to move smartly through this pandemic on this week's Tech Cat Show.

Please check out the full event: YouTube - Voice for Equality (posted by Modev). Enjoy!

I hosted and moderated a panel called Voice for Equality. We discussed how the Voice Technology Community can advance equality. The full event is on YouTube on the Modev page. Here is the anthem that was created especially for the event, produced by world famous sonic branding firm AudioBrain New York, USA. Music unites, heals and empowers people on a deep level. This is our anthem of equality.

Sian Morson is a creative technologist and storyteller. An accomplished entrepreneur, Sian has founded 3 tech companies and has been at the forefront of technology for the past 15 years. Sian was named one of 3 winners of the L’Oreal Women in Digital Award in 2015 for her app Cast Beauty and has been named to several lists highlighting her work in technology. She is the author of the best-selling Learn Design for iOS with Sketch as well as Design for iOS Development. She has written and contributed to Urban Geekz, Black Enterprise, and Politic 365 among others. Sian’s educational background includes graduation from New York University’s Tisch School of the arts with a bachelor’s degree in Film & Television and a master’s degree in Electronic Art from Middlesex University in London. A sought-after speaker, she has graced the stages of MoDev, SXSW, and Black Tech Week among others. She is regularly called upon to speak about topics ranging from diversity, to design and investing. Sian has been featured globally in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Essence, Black Enterprise, and Inc. Magazine. Closing Word: President Barack Obama’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whataword/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whataword/support

Today’s episode of the Sound In Marketing Podcast was with Pete Erickson, founder of Modev, Voice Summit, and the Inside Voice Podcast.  We talked about how these companies came about as well as their missions, the evolution of a new market, how Apple played a major role in how this voice first world came about, how all industries are included in sound marketing and its possibilities, and community builders in sound marketing. In episode 35, we conclude our interview with Pete where we talk about this past January in Vegas at the Voice at CES event, other noteworthy events and resources, great ingenuity and exploration examples that have already occurred in this wide open landscape, and predictions for the future.We all make sounds.  Let’s make them “on purpose”.You can also follow and subscribe to the Sound In Marketing Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Stitcher and don’t forget to share it with your friends. For inquiries on producing and developing your own podcast or for inquiries on sonic branding and sonic branding consultations availabilities, you can find me at Dreamr Productions.  That’s www.dreamrproductions.com, Linkedin and Facebook.  You can also email me at jeanna@dreamrproductions.com. This episode was produced by Dreamr Productions and hosted, written, and edited by me, Jeanna Isham.  Let’s make this world of sound more intriguing, more unique, and more and more on brand.

Coronavirus COVID-19 is now officially a global pandemic but it has been impacting events where the voice industry has a prominent role for nearly a month. MWC, HIMSS, SXSW all canceled. What other events are likely to face a similar fate? How is the industry already adjusting to new challenges associated with large gatherings? Peter Erickson and Bradley Metrock run the largest and most popular events in catering to the voice industry globally. Erickson has already had two events canceled due to coronavirus but has online events already on the calendar that are getting a lot of attention. Metrock also had some online events planned but also has the Voice of the Car Summit planned for April. We discuss how the CEOs of Modev and Score Publishing view the current situation, how they are adjusting, and what it portends for the future. Enjoy this special edition of the Voicebot Podcast. 

Scot and Susan are the husband and wife team behind Pragmatic Digital - a consultancy that helps businesses use emerging technology to improve their customer experience. They are also the authors of Voice Strategy: Creating Useful and Usable Voice Experiences. It’s Susan’s 1st SXSW, though Scot was there a few years ago - but their first foray into SXSW as Voice Experts. They will be speaking at the Tiny VOICE @SXSW events and sharing their insights on creating successful Voice experiences. The Tiny VOICE @SXSW events will be taking place at the Modev booth Monday through Wednesday from 1 - 2pm. Susan and Scot will also be signing copies of their book. In this episode, we talk about the role that Voice can play in helping businesses do more with less and why now is the time to start developing a Voice strategy and plan. Scot and Susan also touch on how Voice fits into an omnichannel marketing strategy and how brands can leverage their existing content for consistency and efficiency. Find Susan and Scot : Susan: Twitter | LinkedIn Scot Twitter | Linkedin Pragmatic Digital | Twitter Voice Strategy Book

In this episode of ‘Let’s Talk’, Swapnil Bhartiya (Editor-In-Chief & Produce at TFiR) sat down with Andrew Glover – Director of Delivery Engineering at Netflix at the recent Spinnaker Summit, powered by Modev. The two discussed Glover’s journey and evolution of Spinnaker as well as what future looks like in 2020 for continuous delivery. The interview series is powered by Modev, the organizers of the summit.

Today we're sharing with you the recent episode of Think Tank with Steve Adubato where he interviews Pete Erickson, CEO of Modev and the Founder of VOICE Summit, Dave Isbitski, Chief Evangelist of Alexa at Amazon and Martine Van Der Lee, the Director of Social Media for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Listen in to their discussion from this year's VOICE Summit on all things voice.

Today you'll hear the owner of Modev and VOICE Summit, Pete Erickson talk about how VOICE Summit will be a part of CES this January 8, 2020, what to expect, how to get involved and what he's seeing happening in the voice space. Learn more about VOICE at CES here.

At the VOICE SUMMIT 2019, powered by Modev, we sat down with Stephanie Ciccarelli, Chief Brand Officer (CBO) of Voices.com.

At the VOICE SUMMIT 2019, powered by Modev, we sat down with Emerson Sklar, Director of Voice Solutions and Technical Evangelist of Applause.

Natural Language plays a critical role in voice-based interfaces so that when we talk to ‘computers’ the interaction is more natural. At the VOICE SUMMIT (organized by Modev), we sat down with Jay DeWalt – COO of Arria NLG, a company that specializes in developed natural language generator, to understand the importance of ’natural’ language in voice-enabled interfaces. “When developing such technologies we also need to keep in mind that we are not perfect, we don’t have a grammar filter when we speak, we need to keep such nuances in mind when developing voice-based interfaces,” said DeWalt.

At the VOICE Summit 2019 (organized by Modev), Jared Hauser, Marketing Director at Valence talks about the importance of voices-interface for enterprise customers. Voice isn’t an add-on, it’s going to be a critical piece of interface for enterprises that adds business value to their applications

At the VOICE Summit 2019 (organized by Modev), we sat down with Anil Lewis, Executive Director of the National Federation of the Blind, to discuss how Artificial Intelligence And Voice-based interface are helping disabled people to use computers. He argues that accessibility actually makes the product better for everyone. NFB is the oldest and largest organization led by blind people in the United States.

Uday Akkaraju is founder and CEO of BOND.ai, a human-centric artificial intelligence company, which is helping banks ‘sound’ more empathetic and enhance the financial health of their consumers. Event: Voice Summit 2019 (Powered by Modev)

At the VOICE SUMMIT 2019, powered by Modev, we sat down with Nathan Treloar, President and Co-Founder of Orbita. Orbita helps to create and deliver HIPAA-compliant voice- and chatbot-powered virtual assistants designed to increase operational efficiencies and improve consumer, patient, and member experiences. Topics we discussed: 00:00:21 What is Orbita 00:00:51 When and why did you find the company? 00:02:33 Voice is democratizing computing 00:03:49 How voice enables people with disability to use computers 00:6:07 State of voice assisted healthcare 00:08:04 What kind of organizations are using your voice solutions? 00:09:37 What unique challenges does voice assisted healthcare pose

We're finishing up our Season 1 with a final speaker preview. Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Ed Doran, the co-founder of Cortana at Microsoft who recently spoke at VOICE Summit 19.

To finish out our VOICE Summit 2019 run, we're bringing you two more speaker previews this week. Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Harjinder Sandhu of Saykara who was a recent speaker at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Vijay Balasubramaniyan | Co-Founder, CEO & CTO of Pindrop who will also be speaking at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Michael Novak of Digital Transformation Partners who will also be speaking at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

The first half of 2019 started with data around big growth numbers for smart speakers over the previous year, Amazon saying there were more than 100 million Alexa enabled devices, followed within a week by Google announcing there were over 1 billion devices with Google Assistant. That was followed by a lot of voice assistant news across multiple devices ranging from patio umbrellas to motorcycle helmets from the U.S. and China at CES. As the year progressed many more stories followed about on-device performance, new voice assistant features, new enterprise applications, and notably, issues and news items focused on privacy and security. Joining me today are Pete Erickson of Modev, Ben Fox Rubin of CNET, and Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai. They share their thoughts on the news that was most noteworthy thus far in 2019. 

In this episode founder of Voice Summit and Modev speaks with Joti Balani the founder of Freshriver.ai - Freshriver is an enterprise bot creator focused on bringing emotional intelligence to large scale businesses. She identifies in this interview the problems with bots and why many in the early days failed, and the learnings they have identified at Freshriver to fix this. Drawing on her extensive expertise as a marketing lead and product developer Pete and Joti discuss her insights into this fast paced and ever evolving space.

Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with David Box of Macadamian who will also be speaking at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

WE'RE ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM VOICE SUMMIT AND WE WANT TO GET YOU READY AND INSPIRED! FOR THE NEXT 3 WEEKS ONLY WE'LL BE POSTING 5XS A WEEK WITH A VARIETY OF OUR GREAT VOICE INTERVIEWS. Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Alex Kaplunovich, VP of Engineering, Advanced Technology Experts who will also be speaking at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

Today's podcast episode is from a recent Facebook Live interview done by Pete Erickson, the owner of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit. You'll hear him chat with Jen Lehner of Front Row Media who will also be speaking at the VOICE Summit in July. Enjoy!

In this episode, Teri has a two-way interview between himself and Pete Erickson of Modev, the company behind Voice Summit and the Inside Voice Podcast. Enjoy!Pete Erickson is the founder and CEO of Modev, and their very successful Voice Summit has so far been the largest gathering of voice technology enthusiasts in the world. Voice Summit 2019 will be taking place in Newark, New Jersey on July 22nd to 25th 2019.Pete has been interested in interviewing Teri for his podcast and Teri wanted to interview him for his podcast, so they decided to do a joint podcast to get each of each other’s ideas on what’s happening with voice technology today. New Elements in Voice Summit 2019: PeteThe Voice Summit 2018 was more focused on content and bringing voice technology enthusiasts together with as many voices as possible being heard. This year they want to do the same, but they are also adding in some key activations that were not there last year, like The Voice Awards (a full awards dinner where they will give awards across about 15 different categories. Amazon, Samsung and Microsoft will be giving special awards too).They will also add in the Sonic Brands Society, which is a new networking community specifically around audio branding, and it will launched at the Grammy Museum on the 23rd of July, 2019.They will add on a hackathon, S.T.E.A.M Day (for middle to high school kids), and more structured networking type of events.The Direction of Alexa in Canada: TeriTeri’s biggest passions are education, technology and healthcare.Three years ago he was not involved in the voice first space. He started hearing about voice assistants coming to Canada and got very interested. The more he looked into it; he realized it was something that was going to revolutionize everything that we do.He went into the web to look for resources that Canadians could use to learn about voice, but couldn’t find any, so he decided to create some type of resource. He first launched the Alexa in Canada Podcast.He started to learn about flash briefings and up until today sees them as one of the biggest opportunities in educating audiences.His flash briefing has been the number one flash briefing in Canada since its launch and is currently approaching its 500th consecutive episode.Being a physician, he launched the Voice First Health Podcast with the idea of educating people about what is going on at the intersection of healthcare and voice.He launched Briefcast.FM, the first network for flash briefings, where he vets flash briefings. The network solved the problem of flash briefing discoverability and gives people access to the best quality flash briefings today.He then created the Flash Briefing Formula, a free premium course on how to create a flash briefing.Teri at the Voice SummitHe’s going to give the overview to flash briefings and talk about the opportunities in that space while giving the current statistics on why it’s a great opportunity compared to podcasts.He will then give a tutorial on how to set up a flash briefing by recording a live flash briefing from the workshop, so people can see what goes into it and how it’s put up. That way people will come away from that with basic knowledge on how to set it up on their own flash briefing.Teri will also give several other talks.Voice in the Longevity Economy: TeriDifferent companies are jumping into the aging in place sector. Voice is going to have an incredible impact in this space.A voice assistant can act as a care aid for a senior living at home. It can provide medication reminders, reminders of appointments, check on how they are doing, and generally monitor their health.Teri believes we are heading towards a more decentralized healthcare system which will allow seniors to bring healthcare into their homes and consequently take pressure off of the healthcare system and overworked health workers.Voice Summit Speakers on Voice Technology Use Among Seniors: PeteThere will be a lot of brilliant speakers, organizations and healthcare industry strategists at the summit.Voice Technology Predictions: PeteHe predicts that in a year from now, the monetization models for developers are going to open up and bring a lot more independent developers into the voice space. It’s already happening and the ones who are doing it will be highlighted at the Voice Summit 2019.Voice Technology Predictions: TeriTeri is very excited about the developments related to healthcare and thinks that the recent HIPAA Compliance that was announced by Amazon is a game changer. That means that voice devices can be used as medical devices that can capture, provide and store personal health information.The whole idea of vocal biomarkers (voice as a vital sign) is incredible and Teri predicts that we will start seeing some amazing applications in the near future.List of resources mentioned in this episodeInside Voice PodcastFlash Briefing FormulaThe Voice Summit 2019Other Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Voice Summit 2019use promo code TF270 for 15% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From their website:VOICE Summit is the world's largest voice-first event.VOICE Summit sponsored by Amazon Alexa is the world’s largest voice-tech conference attracting 5,000+ developers, conversational designers, startups, brands, agencies and executives at the forefront of the voice-first era. Organized by Modev, the multi-day conference will feature 15 tracks with keynotes, panels, workshops and an EXPO of more than 150 companies from around the world. Vertical industries covered include healthcare, fintech, transportation, entertainment, gaming, media, search, retail, enterprise, smart home, smart cities and hospitality.The event will also feature the largest voice Hackathon in the world, the VOICE Summit Awards dinner, the voice hacks, hackathon, a Startup EXPO, VOICE Experience Rooms and a scholarship program to bring 1000 attendees from marginalized communities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we check back in with Pete Erikson, CEO and Founder of Modev, the team that is brining you VOICE Summit in Newark on July 22-26th and the London VOICE Meetup on May 16th. In this episode we give you some updates on speakers and sponsors that will be coming to VOICE in NJ as well as some special info on upcoming events and opportunities for the community to get engaged. Get your tickets for VOICE at VoiceSummit.ai/tickets

On this week's episode Founder of Modev, the team behind VOICE chats with Brian Tol, VP of Engineering from Spindance about building IOT and Voice in the Enterprise. Don't forget you can sign up to join Brian, Pete and James at VOICE 2019 in Newark, NJ this July - visit www.voicesummit.ai

In this episode, Teri does a round-up of the conversations he had about voice with different people at the 2019 Alexa Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Teri was a speaker at the conference and talked about voice technology in the context of healthcare. He also led a workshop on how to create a flash briefing and recorded a flash briefing live for his Voice in Canada flash briefing. Shanthan Kesharaju He is the founder of Sermo Labs, LLC. They build educational Alexa skills that ignite young minds to learn interest in maths especially by practicing at home.They built “1-2-3 Math” which has been top trending on the Amazon store in different categories. It has three difficulty levels; easy, medium and hard. It can be used by any school going child up to middle school depending on what their skill levels are. Parents have said the skill helps their children in doing their homework.Shanthan gave a talk at the conference about how he built a top trending Alexa skill and shared his journey. Armel Beaudry KembeHe is the founder of Trebble.FM, a free service that allows users with no technical experience to record byte-size “shortcast” voice messages (aka “capsules”) on Trebble.fm using your smartphone or internet browser. Then, anyone in the world with a voice-activated speaker, such as the Amazon Echo, is able to listen to those shortcasts instantly.He is excited about voice and thinks 2019 is going to be a great year.Expects Amazon to announce a lot of great voice features/devices around cars.Pete EricksonHe is the founder of Modev and the creator of the VOICE Summit.They opened their call for proposals for the VOICE Summit during the Alexa Conference. The response was fantastic.Stuart PattersonHe is the co-founder and CEO of Lifepod.He liked the HealthTrack, a dedicated healthcare track which was a great mix of healthcare institutions, developers, and industry analysts. It gave Lifepod the opportunity to demonstrate their proactive voice capabilities along with the skill linking that they do in the session management that they do in their dialogue management system for caregivers.Daniel Hill He is the founder of Daniel Hill Media.He teaches small business owners how to use Instagram and has the The Instagram Stories podcast.He launched the Alexa flash briefing skill, The Instagram Stories, where he gives up-to-date news on Instagram, discusses news articles and also does a Q&A session he answers whatever questions people have about the platform.He learnt a lot at the conference about what other people are doing in terms of making skills.He wants to move more into skill development.Dave KempHe also writes the blog, FuturEar. He is quickly becoming one of the leading voices on smart hearables.He has observed a huge adoption of smart assistants within the senior population.As people get older, they tend to lose their hearing, and Dave sees there being a combination between hearing aid adoption and smart assistant adoption because the two can work in conjunction very well. There is smart assistant integration taking place in hearing aids and hearing devices in general.Doug SchumacherHe is the founder of Arrovox, which strategizes and develops digital marketing solutions.He is the creator of the Homie and Lexy Podcast, a satirical podcast that dives into the lives of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant from their perspectives. Doug uses text-to-speech and quality voices to create a dialogue between the two assistants.He also runs the podcast, Voice Marketing.Doug learnt more about the voice space and developing voice solutions for businesses.Amy StapletonShe is the founder of Tellables, a company that creates conversational stories for voice first devices.She gave a talk at the conference about using Alexa to capture attention as a story teller.She was also promoting their new skill, “My Box of Chocolates”, which is available in the US and Canada. One can say, “Alexa, open my box of chocolates” and they get an interesting little candy that’s not real, but is associated with a funny little story and one can talk to Alexa about the story. They are currently soliciting content from authors to be published with their chocolates.Brielle NickoloffShe is the Lead, Product Marketing at Witlingo.Witlingo created the CastLingo skill to help people record short snippets of whatever they want their audience to hear, and connect with them in a very unique way that conveys emotion through voice. They think this is the future of how people start connecting with their followers and audience.Dr. Neel DesaiHe is from the company, MedFlash Go.The MedFlash Go skill will be geared towards the medical education space with the goal of helping medical students save time, money and anxiety. The skill will help them study for their exams.John DeanHe is the Co-Founder at Triad Health A.I., which uses smart speakers to make smart exercises for Parkinsons. They see the opportunity to do things that are interactive in a home environment so people can stay independent, and also capture interesting data. They capture the performance data with the exercises and they couple that with the audio which provides them with a lot of very interesting information from people with Parkinsons.Brian RoemmelleHe was introduced at the conference as the Modern Day Thomas Edison and the Oracle of Voice.He is writing a book called “The Last Interface”The Last Interface is a combination of many different ideas that he is trying to put together so that more people can understand it. It’s a wisdom keeper which stores all of the knowledge and wisdom that we have accumulated within us by seeing and reading things.He believes that in the next year we are going to start seeing a very gradual, but noticeable shift of being able to actually have conversations with our voice AI systems. List of resources mentioned in this episode:1-2-3 MathTrebble.FMModevThe Voice SummitLifepodThe Instagram StoriesFuturEar BlogHomie & Lexy PodcastTellablesMy Box of ChocolatesCastLingoDr. Neel DesaiBrian Roemmelle Interview 1Brian Roemmelle Interview 2Flash Briefing Formula CourseOther Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Inside VOICE, the podcast of Voice Summit which returns to NJIT in Newark New Jersey in July 2019. In this episode host James Poulter, CEO of Vixen Labs chats with Pete Erikson, CEO and Founder of Modev, the team behind Voice Summit about what to expect at the event this year and the history of how the Summit came to be. For more on Voice Summit - visit the website to sign up to submit speaker submissions and more.

Pete Erickson (CEO, Modev) and Bret Kinsella (Editor and Publisher, Voicebot.AI) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including Alexa's 4th birthday, Google partnering with Disney and Sephora, Samsung going "all in" on Bixby, and a report that young people favor female voices with voice assistants. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

Mr Blackwell var en amerikansk designer som gjorde sig ett namn, och en förmögenhet, genom att börja kritisera kläder som kända människor bar offentligt. Elizabeth Taylor liknades ett år vid en exklusiv tandkrämstub som klämts på mitten. Barbra Streisand blev kallad för en maskulin version av Frankensteins brud och skådisen Joan Collins för en förbrukad julgran. Även en artist som Björk hamnade på listan år 2000 med anledning av filmen Dancer in the dark- Motiveringen löd hon inte bara dansar i mörkret, hon klär sig även där. Mr Blackwells lista över årets tio sämst klädda blev ett fenomen som spreds vida kring, och fick till följd att det tidigare så hovsamma sättet att skriva om kändisar, och deras kläder, började luckras upp.  Tidigare hade ett försonande skimmer lagts över det mesta de burit. Men nu blev det inte bara okej att gradera och kritisera plagg som kända människor bar, det blev också mäkta populärt. I synnerhet om det gjordes med bitsk humor, som Mr Blackwell blev känd för att ha. I veckans stil pratar vi modekritik med den brittiska moderedaktören Neve Gill och den svenska modejournalisten Daniel Björk. Vi pratar också med filosofen Jonna Bornemark om vårt sätt att dela ut "likes" i sociala medier och vad det får för konsekvenser för vår kreativitet. Vi tar också en närmare titt på den så kallade "pappastilen".

Today, an episode so packed with so many amazing folks, four of them, in fact, that we can’t wait to dive right in. But first, some quick scene setting. A few weeks back, your humble pod accepted the invitation from the team at MODEV and attended The Voice Summit. It brought together over 2,000 people working at the front edge of voice, AI, Natural Language Processing, and conversational commerce. We hope there’s a Voice Summit 2019 because we were able to sit down with too many brilliant people. First up, Patricia Scanlon on the trust, and data, needed to create voice recognition for children. Then Adva Levin lays out persona, gaming and behavior hurdles when building skills for kids. Bree Glaeser talks about finding natural language through research and the challenges brands will have in the voice future. Last, but by no stretch of the imagination least, Cathy Pearl discusses her experience with Actions on Google, disambiguation and the social nature of voice assistants.  So what are you waiting for? Hit play!

Bias in our culture and in our technology, particularly in AI, is a mammoth issue. For those of you in the Machine Yearning faithful, you’ve probably noticed that we have a point of view about it here at the pod. If you hadn’t noticed, last week’s episode with Janeen Uzell and this week’s will make out position quite clear. We think being intentional, breaking bad hiring and management habits, and building inclusive teams is the only way the voice and AI space can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. This episode, we have three guests who provide guidance on how we can do that as we return to the VOICE Summit. Again - shout out to the MODEV team, the conference producers, for taking great care of us. Our guests are from the agency and user experience design world and each of them, in different ways, talk about how to make the most of this moment in time. And how the emerging voice space could blow it.

This week and for the next couple episodes, we’re taking you to the VOICE Summit - the largest single gathering of the conversational design ecosystem. 2 thousand people swarmed the New Jersey Institute of Technology July 24th through 26th. The team at MODEV crushed it and they took great care of us. While we were at VOICE, we spoke to tons of technologists and entrepreneurs, but we also met people who are living at the front edge of creating a more inclusive culture in technology product design. We’re not giving away family secrets when we point out that the US technology sector is not covering itself in glory by creating diverse, inclusive workplace cultures. Enter Janeen Uzzell. Janeen is New Jersey native who is on a mission to use her influence and voice to lead significant work that changes lives, communities and the world.  Most recently, Janeen was the Head of Women in Technology for GE. There, she worked across the 300,000-employee community leading a culture shift to accelerate the number of women within GE’s technical female workforce. Janeen spoke with conference organizer and friend of the pod Janice Mandel. In this conversation, they take a half step back from voice, and dig into the process of human-centric design on a global scale. How you design for kids. And how you build and lead inclusive, diverse teams - so you can attract and serve a diverse customer base. You’ve been in meetings where these topics come up. It’s hard, we get it. Today’s a chance to be a hero and part of the solution. Take a second and share this one around with your boss and every. single. person. in your group.  

In this episode, Teri talks about the amazing experience he had at Voice Summit 2018. With more than 3000 attendants and talks that covered every aspect of voice-first technology, from smart homes to voice gaming, it’s safe to say it was a smashing success. With so many amazing people around, it was impossible to sit down and have a comprehensive talk with everyone, so Teri asked some of the top influencers to share their thoughts in the form of a clip. So, here they are, from Canada to Germany to Israel, listen to what they have to say about voice technology’s future.1. Bradley MetrockCEO of Score PublishingRuns The Alexa Conference and is also the brains behind Voicefirst.fmBradley was a guest on the Alexa in Canada Podcast. Listen to his interview here.“There is a lot of excitement about voice. A lot of startups and established companies trying to learn how to do voice.”2. Florian HollandtGame Developer at JovoOne of the key authority figures in voice-first gamesVisit his blog on Medium here.“We’re developing an open-source framework which allows people to do cross-platform voice apps. I’m looking forward to hearing the experts on Alexa speak and learn from them.”3. Michael NavatCo-founder of Verto Lab“We are very excited about the new platform, the new voice platform, which allows you to play easily hands-free games that are actually meant to be played by voice.”4. Sophie BeckermanClient Strategist at Fresh Digital Group“I’m so excited to see how much voice can change the future and change the world. Voice is now and it will only grow in the future.”5. Roger KibbeCEO of Voice Craft“It’s amazing how far voice has come, and there is so much more for us to do.”6. Marisniulkis LescailleFounder of Voice First Labs“One of the things that really struck to me in the keynote is that the biggest challenge today we have in designing voice applications is designing human conversations.”7. Michael NovakPartner at Digital Transformation Partners“In the last two years, we’ve watched the audience and the understanding where voice can be used grow immensely.”8. Heidi CulbertsonCEO and Founder of MarveeHeidi was a guest on the Alexa in Canada Podcast. Listen to her interview here.“Often times, with aging, things become difficult that used to be simple, and voice brings back the simple.”9. John KelvieCEO of Bespoken“My prediction for what ‘s going to happen in voice is that voice is going to be growing more around the internet of things: home automation, connected cars, etc… It think that that’s going to go ahead of A.I and the natural language type use cases.”10. Bahubali SheteCEO and Founder of Klove ChefThis skill is available in Canada!“I think the conference was great because of meeting all of the people who are interested in voice is something awesome.”11. Ilana ShalowitzVUI Design Manager at Wolter Kluwers – EmmiShe will be a keynote speaker at Voice of Healthcare Summit on August 7, 2018.Ilana was a guest on the Alexa in Canada Podcast. Listen to her interview here.“I’m so excited to be here… Having conversations about conversations is a real treat.”12. Tahsim AhmedProduct, Voice, Tech & Innovation LeaderHe interviewed me live on his podcast Voice and Beyond during the conference. You can listen to it here.“Some of the things I have learned from the conference is just seeing how big the space is really getting.”13. Jon MyersCEO of Earplay“I’m here as part of the Voice Summit and it has been an incredible experience. There a lot more people here than I expected… It seems like there is very much a strong and core group voice community that is forming.”14. Nick SchwabCEO of Invoked AppsNick was a guest on the Alexa in Canada Podcast. Listen to his interview here.“The perfect time to get into voice is right now. The next million dollar companies are going to be built on voice so now is the perfect time to get in.”15. Adva LevinCEO of Pretzel LabsWinner of the Alexa Kids Skill Challenge“I am wrapping up from Voice Summit, and this has been a really great event. I’m really glad I got to meet everyone from this inspiring and creative community… I can’t wait to see what people are going to build next.”16. Pete EricksonFounder of Modev; Creator of VOICE Summit!“I am sitting here at the end of our 3-day event and I am really overwhelmed… It seemed to me that this community is just starting to connect and collaborate is ways that are actually defining what the voice industry even is.I am blown away. We are sitting big goals for ourself and Voice Summit was a total blast for me.”List of resources mentioned in this episode:Teri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Pete Erickson, founder and CEO of Modev.com, and creator of events and communities including Voicehacks.com, Security by Design, Code Writers Workshop, Machinery.io, DevOpsNirvana and DevelopingIoT. Pete and his team are putting on Voice Summit in July, one of the year’s largest voice tech conferences.Welcome Pete Erickson!How did you get your start in voice technology?Pete got into the technology space by way of community building. Flash-back to ten years ago: Pete had just exited his third start-up and was looking for his next opportunity. On seeing the iPhone and the App Store gain traction and noticing that there was no community around this amazing technology, he decided to start Modev, a meet-up community. Fast-forward to today: Modev, now with 40 people, does community-building at all levels and has been working with Amazon for the past seven years. Modev now has a close relationship with the Alexa team.Why is the community building important for technology?Modev operates on the very simple belief that human connection is vital in the era of digital transformation. As technology starts to speed up, it’s really critical for people to get together and engage and understand the new technology; otherwise, technology really can’t move forward.What is the level of interest that you’ve seen in voice versus other technologies?People are interested by new ways to interact with technology. With mobile, it was pretty much proven that if you had a good UX, your app was going to take off. Look at Instagram, for example. Well, now with voice the same pattern is becoming apparent. We launched Voice Summit on April 4th and, within four weeks, we had over 150 submissions. In the US alone, there are 50 million voice assistants inside peoples’ homes. People really want to get their hands on voice technology.Could you tell us more about Voice Summit?When we did our 10-city tour last year, one of the things we identified was that there was not a big-tent event that brought together the developers, the designers, product leaders and brands. We saw this opening and decided to launch the Summit. We brought that idea to the Amazon Alexa team and they agreed and we ended up with a diamond sponsorship underwritten by Amazon. This actually ended up being Amazon’s largest investment outside of CES (The International Consumer Electronics Show). The conference will be hosted in Newark, New Jersey, at the New Jersey Institute technology. We’ll have 11 tracks at the event; two of those eleven tracks will be actually taught completely by Amazon staff, so people can come to the event and get hands-on training from Amazon staff.Any additional words?There will be big-name brands at the event: Lego, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, etc. With more than 50 speakers, we’re going to have such a broad range of topics across many industries. This one is one for the books.List of resources mentioned in this episode:Voice Summituse promo code TalkVoiceToMe for 20% off registrationModevPete Erickson on TwitterTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the episode Dave chats with Pete Erickson, entrepreneur and founder of Modev. They talk about growing the Voice community through local meetups, what it really means to get involved at a person to person interaction level and the upcoming Voice Summit. They also discuss the lost art of writing and how you those skills are more important today, in the age of Voice, than ever before. Voice Summit - http://VoiceSummit.ai MoDev - http://twitter.com/gomodev

"If were not trying to get somebody to enroll in a coding school, or trying to get them to take a job somewhere, were pure. We can actually offer them information, content, network, all these things that benefit them and their careers, without being conflicted, without needing to sell them anything," said Erickson. Instead, Modev is funded by sponsors. Thus, its seen as a trusted resource, and is better able to build real communities.

Med anledning av att USA denna helg byter presidentpar, ska vi, nu när 2017 års säsong av Stil sätter igång, syna landets nya First Lady i sömmarna, Melania Trump. Kommer hon att använda sig av mode som ett kommunikationsmedel, som Michelle Obama gjort? Vilka designer kommer att klä den nya presidenthustrun? Vill de ens ha med henne att göra? Tveksamt, skulle man kunna säga.Under valkampanjen dök inte ett enda designernamn upp vid Melanias framträdanden, de få hon gjorde. Och ännu färre blev de efter republikanernas konvent i juli förra året. Det var då som Melania Trump höll ett tal som var påfallande likt ett åtta år gammalt tal av Michelle Obama. Uppståndelsen blev stor, förlöjligandena många.Men redan innan dess skickade inte modemärken upphetsat ut pressreleaser om att Melania valt att bära just deras plagg, oavsett hur väl hon än bar upp dem. Men så vet modebranschen inte riktigt vet vilket ben den ska stå på i den delikata frågan hur ska man förhålla sig till den kontroversielle Donald Trumps fru?I programmet tar vi även en närmare titt på Trump Tower den 58 våningar höga skyskrapa som Donald, tillsammans med sin dåvarande fru Ivana, drömde fram  och inredde  i början av 1980-talet. Vi pratar också med statsvetaren och Vita Huset-experten Dr. Lauren A Wright, aktuell med boken On Behalf of the President, som är den första akademiska undersökningen av vilken betydelse presidentens partner egentligen har för amerikansk politik. Och så undersöker vi vilken betydelse språket vi använder har för hur vi uppfattas av omgivningen.Veckans gäst är Sara Danius, ständig sekreterare i Svenska Akademien och professor i litteraturvetenskap.

Underklädesmärket Victoria's Secret frossar i flickor klädda i spetstrosor, korsetter och kittlande fjädrar och deras TV-sända modevisningar lockar en publik på sådär en halv miljard människor. Ingen annan modevisning kommer i närheten av den publiken. Inte ens om man skulle slå ihop alla årets modevisningar i hela världen, inklusive tittningar på nätet. Fast är det verkligen mode, frågar sig somliga. Visningen kan förstås sorteras in under underhållning, då den alltid gästas av stora musikartister. Mary J Blige, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Rhianna, Justin Bieber, Kanye West och Taylor Swift har alla uppträtt på den. I år gästades den av Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez och The Weeknd.Men, det råder ingen tvekan om att showen som i år firar 20-årsjubileum har kommit att locka till sig allt fler aktörer inom just modebranschen. Och det är ingen tillfällighet att det numera sitter höjdare från de internationella modevisningarna och suger upp idéer på front row.I veckans program tittar vi närmare på detta modeföretag som är USA:s allra största i branschen, med hela sextio procent av marknaden. Vi pratar också med Jordan Betten, som designar de stora vingar som modellerna bär på Victoria's Secrets visningar. Vi tar också en titt på samtida kalsongreklam för män och så undersöker vi de senaste trenderna när det gäller sexleksaker.Veckans gäst är Hanna Berg, forskare vid Handelshögskolan.

From the Modev Presents Archive, we are taking a look back at ModevUX 2015. Each week, we chat with the latest and greatest people making a difference in the mobile world. Back in February we spoke to author Carolyn Chandler. With more than 15 years of user experience design, she has authored two UX books, been a consultant, team manager, and practice director.

Each week, we chat with the latest and greatest people making a difference in the mobile world. Today we spoke to Jake Taylor, the Radvocate at Fuse. Fuse Tools is in closed beta right now, and allows you to design and develop beautiful, smoothly animated and native apps for iOS and Android.

Each week, we chat with the latest and greatest people making a difference in the mobile world. Today we spoke to Benjamin Young. The CEO and chief motivator of Nexercise.

Modev Presents is our first step into the world of podcasts, where we will feature interesting people, products, and companies in the mobile space. This week we spoke with Deepak Thakral, the VP of Monetization at Quixey. From onboarding and user acquisition to HBO’s Silicon Valley, we had a great conversation leading up to his talk next week. On May 18, he’ll be leading a discussion at MVP Conf on getting stakeholder buy-in on your ideas.

Modev Presents is our first step into the world of podcasts, where we will feature interesting people, products, and companies in the mobile space. This week we spoke with CustomInk’s Product Manager Beth McHugh and UX Designer Jeff Lopez. On May 18 at MVP Conf, they will be discussing their secret recipe for building trust with stakeholders.

Rumpan är stor just nu, i dubbel bemärkelse. Modevärlden har däremot ett mer komplicerat förhållande till denna kroppsdel. Liksom många män. Inom modet har man under årens lopp både försökt att förstora och förminska rumpan. Tittar man på bilder från modehusens visningar under de senaste åren skulle man kunna tro att man försökt radera helt och hållet. Stjärten är påfallande frånvarande inom modet, till skillnad från musiken där Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Rhianna och Jennifer Lopez alla skakar stjärt mer – och stoltare – än någonsin idag. Men även i modevärlden har man uppmärksammat att rumpan är på gång, även om den representeras av kvinnor som inte har en framträdande plats på catwalks. Och allt fler intresserar sig för sin stjärt. Det har blivit allt vanligare för kändisar att stå med ryggen mot kamerorna på röda mattan och vrida huvudet för accentuera rumpan. Den så kalalde ”belfien” har susat fram som en konkurrent till selfien. Det står för ” butt selfie”. Ett foto man tar av sin egen rumpa, och generöst delar med sig av på sociala media. Men var är killarnas stjärtar? I veckans program har vi talat med Claes Juhlin, (modechef på King) och Daniel Björk (chefredaktör för tidningen Bon) om den saken. Vi har också mött den professionella dancehalldansaren Johanna Sjövall som berättar om vad dancehallkulturen på Jamaica innebär, mer än att sätta rumpan i dallring. Och så har vi mött underkläderdesignern Noemi Ivanova som anser att trosan är plagget som sätter tonen för hela kroppens självförtroende. Veckans gäst är Veronica Hejdelind, konstvetare.

Modev founder Pete Erickson joins us for the 42nd episode of the podcast to discuss Modev's recent Wearables + Things conference, their upcoming ModevCon event, and the evolution of the DC tech scene since Pete started Modev in 2008. We discuss some of the hacks that came out of the Wearables + Things Hackathon, Pete's own experience with wearable devices like the Pebble Watch, and the different tracks available at ModevCon, which will take place on December 11th and 12th.  See the following links for more information on Pete Erickson and Modev:   Modev website: http://gomodev.com Pete Erickson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peteerickson Modev on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gomodev ModevCon website: http://modevcon.com

Utan trädgårdar med blommor, blad och buskar skulle vi inte ha några modeskapare. De flesta, från Christian Dior till Walter Van Beirendonck, har ett mer eller mindre innerligt förhållande till just naturen som färgat av sig på deras design. I veckans STIL-special (den andra av två) har vi därför samlat ihop några höjdpunkter från våra olika resor som vi gjort under åren med STIL, där vi stuckit ned fingrarna i jorden, näsorna i rosor och tittat på plagg (och parfymer) som de inspirerat. Staden Grasse i södra Frankrike kallas inte för inte för ”världens parfymhuvudstad”. Här växer rosor, jasmin, lavendel och iris som i en skål, skyddade från vindar som sveper in från både havet och bergen. Dit reste vi för att se – och berätta om – när rosen ”centifolia”, eller ”hundrabladsrosen”, skördas, fortfarande för hand som förr i tiden. Modehuset Chanel äger till exempel egna rosenodlingar i Grasse, där just denna rosensort används till den mest koncentrerade, och därmed exklusivaste, formen av doften Chanel No 5. Fabriken där den tillverkas besökte vi också. Även den franske modeskaparen Christian Dior älskade rosor, särskilt de som växte vid hans barndomshem i staden Granville, i Normandie. Dit reste vi för att se det hus och den trädgård som kom att inspirera till världens mest kända klädkollektion som skulle styra modet mot en helt ny riktning, i flera avseenden, 1947. Populärt kallas den för ”The New Look”, men ursprungligen hade den namnet ”Corolle”, blomkrona. Vi har också rest till en trädgård i Provence som idag räknas till ”de mest anmärkningsvärda” i Frankrike. Den anlades av Nicole de Vésian, en kvinna som länge arbetade för det franska modehuset Hermès, där hon designade linne, läder, hattar och silver. Men sedan blev det blommor och blad för hela slanten. La Louve heter den idag världsberömda trädgården. Dessutom har vi varit i Paris där vi tittat på den franske modeskaparen Yves Saint Laurents arkiv. En man som älskade sin trädgård i Marrakesh, Jardin Majorelle, så mycket att han lät sin aska spridas där. I Wien har vi studerat en tavla av den österrikiske konstnären Gustaf Klimt, vars organiska mönster och färger fortsätter att inspirera modeskapare. Den senaste att använda sig av hans verk var för övrigt den nyligen så tragiskt bortgångna amerikanska modeskaparen L'Wren Scott, vars höst- och vinterkollektion 2013/2014 var en hyllning till just Gustaf Klimt. Och så har vi träffat belgiske den modeskaparen Walter Van Beirendonck, vars senaste herrkollektion är en hyllning till hans trädgård. Eftersom alla reportage i programmet är repriser från Stils arkiv förekommer uppgifter som i dagsläget inte längre stämmer. Vi ber om ursäkt för det.

Somliga kanske minns, några med fasa, hur det 1993 var populärt att visa magen, pierca naveln (och andra kroppsdelar), bära rutiga flanellskjortor och kombinera ljuva klänningar med grova boots. Å andra sidan slapp vi se bilder av hur vi såg ut på Instagram. Det var inte ens påtänkt. E-mail och SMS låg i sin linda och bara en tiondel av alla svenskar hade mobiltelefon. Det skulle snart förändras, liksom världen. 1993 var året då världen vickade mot en ny framtid, på olika vis. I veckans STIL backar vi tillbaka och tar en titt hur det egentligen såg ut för tjugo år sedan. 1993 var det fortfarande möjligt för mindre märken att slå igenom, utan draghjälp av stora internationella konglomerat. De fanns faktiskt ännu inte riktigt. Den brittiske modeskaparen Alexander McQueen debuterade i London och modepressen gullade med mindre modeskapare från Belgien. Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester och Raf Simons hade lanserat plagg med assymetriska skärningar, udda proportioner och lätt maskulin stil som blev trendsättande. Den österrikiske modeskaparen Helmut Lang, som blandade in lite bondageband och läder i sin skarpskurna streetstil, var en favorit bland folk inom mode, film, och reklam. I Sverige startade märket Filippa K. Men man talade ännu inte om något ”svenskt modeunder”, och det var inte särskilt många modeskapare som var kända utanför landets gränser. Men det fanns ett undantag – Marcel Marongiu. I tidningarna beskrevs han i början av 90-talet som ”den svenska modekungen” – han som hade lyckats uppnå det som så många modeskapare drömmer om: en karriär i Paris med kollektioner i eget namn. Honom har vi pratat med i veckans program. 1993 var också året då Hood-filmgenren slog igenom. Menace 2 Society och Blood in Blood Out är ett par exempel. Den skildrade framför allt den urbana afrikansk-amerikanska kulturen med hip-hop, gängkrig och rasistisk diskriminering. Den svenska journalisten Carmilla Floyd reste samma år till Los Angeles och började skriva på en reportagebok med titeln Respekt, om ett gäng unga tjejers liv i våldets och gängens Los Angeles. Det gjorde hon rätt i. Det blev en hit. Henne har vi också träffat. Den då, förhållandevis, nya genren hip hop höll 1993 på att göra ett segertåg genom populärkulturen. Den skulle även, om än något överraskande, sätta sprätt på den amerikanske entreprenören Tommy Hilfigers modemärke året därpå. Om det får vi också höra. Och så har vi träffat en av alla som föddes just 1993, och därför är mycket intressant för olika företag. Ett gott slut på 2013 önskar vi er alla! STIL är tillbaka med helt nya program den 17 januari 2014.

Welcome to episode #154. On the show: Spindle brings payments to K-Cups in the office; Mozilla launches an open source location service; Tide tries to DOOH up their Halloween Vines; Aptilo launches ad-supported free WiFi in Peru; ESRI's Geography of Horror; Google maps Arlington National Cemetery; Yihaodian launches 1000 augmented reality stores. Plus, our resource of the week looks at cross screen as the new "mobile first"; The app of the week is Findery; Our mobile minute featuring Chuck Martin explores the in-store opportunity and our special guest is Pete Erickson, founder of Modev and Disruptathon.   Full show notes can be found here: (http://untether.tv/2013/this-week-in-location-based-marketing-154-all-your-locations-are-belonging-to-us/)

Porrfilmsestetiken har idag inte bara har sipprat in våra garderober. Den påverkar numera även vårt förhållningsätt till kroppen och dess utseende - och hur vi använder den i sängkammaren. I veckans STIL tar en vi en titt på hur dagens överallt förekommande porr påverkar vår stil, på olika vis. Anledningen till att en vi idag har en hel generation av både män och kvinnor som skyr kroppsbehåring och därför rakar sig nakna som barn i skreven, det kan vi tacka porrfilmerna för. Eller förbanna dem för. Hur som helst har den typ av look som där förekommer präglat både modeskapare och fotografer som frikostigt lånat, och lånar, från genren. Modevärlden har förstås länge flirtat med sex. Inget nytt under kjolen där, kan man säga. Men det har blivit mer, och vanligare, att öppet referera till porr, och porrfilmer. På grund av internet är denna genre, som länge var begränsad till dvd eller kabelkanaler, tillgänglig var som helst och när som helst. Det finns siffror som pekar på att det sedan 1983 har skett en fördubbling av antalet vuxna som ser på porrfilm. Somliga anser att denna tillgänglighet har lett till en sorts ”porrifiering” av hela den samtida kulturen – inklusive mode. Men det är inte bara kläderna som sexas till allt mer idag, det gör även våra kroppar, och poser. I programmet besöker vi bland annat en skönhetsklinik i centrala Stockholm som specialiserat sig på läppförstoring, ett fenomen som vinner alltmer terräng. Och vilken genre har varit drivande i att förmedla denna look av svullna läppar? Just det. Porr. Vi tar också en titt på filmen Spring Breakers av regissören Harmony Korine, med bland andra Selena Gomez och Vanessa Hudgens i huvudrollerna. Båda är före detta helylletjejer som gjorde sig kända via familjeorienterade Disneyproduktioner. I denna film bär de korta shorts och små bikinis och förkroppsligar unga kvinnor som deltar i den sexualiserade kultur som vuxit fram kring amerikanska collegeungdomars vårledighet som kallas för ”Spring Break”. Filmen delade kritikerna i två läger. De som var emot och såg filmen som en tom, porrig, provokation; en ytlig skog av bröst och rumpor. Och så de som var för, de som såg något annat bortom havet av festande bikinibrudar. Vi har också talat med den internationellt kända reklamkonsulten Cindy Gallop, en kvinna i sina bästa år som har personlig erfaremhet av hur dagens porrifiering även påverkar sättet vi beter oss på i sängen. En typ av sportsex där det gäller att visa vad man kan, och vad man sett på film. Hon har startat sajten makelovenotporn.com som en sorts motrörelse. Veckans gäst är Ylva Thompson, konstnär och den kvinna som presenterade porrfilmer i de svenska hemmen i programmet Tusen och en natt på kabelkanalen TV 1000 mellan 1991-1996.

Oscar de la Renta (1932-) har hängt med i modebranschen i över femtio år och håller fortfarande full fart. Kanske kan man kalla honom för en sorts modevärldens Jerry Williams. För i likhet med denne outtröttlige artist har även Oscar de la Renta konsekvent kört sin stil, oavsett vad trenderna säger. För några veckor sedan skapade han dessutom nyhetsrubriker genom att sträcka ut en hjälpande hand till den kontroversielle modeskaparen John Galliano, denne - från Dior - fallne designer, som nu kanske är på väg tillbaka, tack vare just Oscar de la Renta. För övrigt den ende internationellt erkända modeskapare som kommer från Dominikanska Republiken. Mer om denne designer, och hans karriär, berättar vi i veckans STIL. I Sverige förknippas kanske Oscar de la Renta mer med parfymer, än med mode. Men så är det inte i USA, där han har sin bas i New York. Där är han djupt aktad och respekterad för sin design. Han har hela spiselkransen full med utmärkelser som ”årets modeskapare”, och har även kammat hem ett flertal utmärkelser för sin livsgärning inom klädskapande.   En stor del av Oscar de la Rentas kundkrets hittar man bland överklassen och kvinnor som rör sig maktens högsta sfär. För Oscar de la Rentas känsla för plagg som smälter perfekt in i de fina salongerna, har lett till att han är enormt populär bland kvinnor som måste representera. Inte alltid bara sig själva, utan ett ämbete – eller en man. Det är ingen tillfällighet att Oscar de la Renta är en favorit bland amerikanska presidentfruar, oavsett politisk inriktning. Hans plagg har fyllt garderoberna hos Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush och Hilary Clinton – som även som utrikesminister vände sig till Oscar. Det var han som designade hennes byxdressar. Även Buckingham Palace har nyttjat hans tjänster. I ett försök att få Camilla Parker Bowles, den brittiske Prins Charles hustru och prinsessans Dianas äldre efterträdare, att framstå som lite mjukare och kvinnligare i allmänhetens ögon – då var det till Oscar de la Renta det brittiska hovet vände sig. Med framgångsrikt resultat. Men så betraktar Oscar de la Renta det som en sorts livsgärning att lyfta fram – och förhöja– kvinnlighet – i bemärkelsen ”mjuk men inte mesig”. Den nuvarande amerikanska presidenthustrun, Michelle Obama har däremot Oscar de la Renta ännu inte lyckats charma. I veckans program berättar vi mer om denne designer som sade: ”jag vill bli den förste latinamerikanske designer som blir världsberömd”. Vilket han lyckades med. Vi har bland annat träffat fotografen Francesco Valentino som, liksom Oscar de la Renta, kommer frånDominikanska Republiken. Där har han fotograferat några av hans klädkollektioner. Om det får vi höra. Vi har även besökt den svenske modeskaparen Göran Alfredsson som sedan 1979 driver ateljén och butiken Thalia i Stockholm. Där ekiperar sig många svenska kvinnor som söker en liknande stil som Oscar de la Renta erbjuder – välklädd och klassisk.  Vi har även pratat med designern Nathalie Willebrand, som arbetat med att ta fram accessoarer åt Oscar de la Renta. Och så har vi besökt Barkarby outlet i Stockholm för att se hur konsumenterna där resonerar kring pris och kvalitet. Jo, för även Oscar de la Renta gör idag billigare plagg. I slutet av februari lanseras de. Veckans gäst är Martina Bonnier, chefredaktör och moderedaktör för Damernas Värld och DV Mode.

Förra veckan debuterade Hedi Slimane (1968-) som chefsdesigner för det franska modehuset Yves Saint Laurent. Förväntningarna var höga och förvirringen stor. Var det ett steg framåt? Eller var det bakåt? Och vad menar han med att döpa om modehuset? Att stryka namnet Yves och bara ha kvar Saint Laurent? Och var det verkligen så smart att kasta dynga på recensenter, via twitter? I veckans STIL synar vi en av modevärldens största, och hemligaste, stjärnor närmare i sömmarna. Hedi Slimame har tidigare arbetat som designer av herrkläder, först för Yves Saint Laurent och senare som chefsdesigner för Dior Homme där han 2001 lanserade den slimmade silhuetten för män. Den fick inte bara modeskaparen Karl Lagerfeld att banta ned sig 40 kilo för att kunna klämma in sig i hans tajta och kroppsnära kostymer. En look som han – och många andra – fortfarande håller sig till. Man skulle faktiskt kunna påstå att Hedi Slimanes slimmade stil fick samma breda genomslag för dagens män, som Christian Diors ”New Look” fick för kvinnor i slutet av 40-talet. För idag klär sig de flesta män, åtminstone yngre, i en långt smalare stil än förr. 2007 lämnade Hedi Slimane Paris och modebranschen för att istället flytta till Los Angeles, där han bland annat ägnat sig åt att fotografera. Men nu är han tillbaka i modevärlden igen och nyfikenheten på vad som ska ske i framtiden är stor. För i modevärlden pågår just nu ett slags tronskifte. Inte bara Yves Saint Laurent har bytt designer. Det har även Dior gjort. Det innebär att två av världens allra största och mäktigaste modehus (som ägs av de två jättelika stora och konkurrerande franska modekonglomeraten LVMH och PPR) håller på att staka ut nya vägar inför framtiden. På Dior – som är LVMH:s kronjuvel och ägs av mångmiljardären Bernard Arnault – har designern Raf Simons tagit över efter John Galliano som åkte ut med öronen före, efter att ha slängt ur sig antisemitiska uttalanden på fyllan i en bar i Paris. Och på Yves Saint Laurent – som är en skattkista för PPR (som drivs av François-Henri Pinault) har den forne designern Stefano Pilati fått sparken efter tio år och ersatts av Hedi Slimane. Båda är 44 år, har liknande estetik, smak och bakgrund som herrdesigner. Båda betraktas som en sorts ultrabegåvade underbarn i branschen. Fast om Raf Simons kan beskrivas som det snälla vita fåret, kan Hedi Slimane med lätthet kallas det stökiga svarta. Han har redan ställt till med rabalder genom att kalla New York Times modekritiker Cathy Horyn för ”skolgårdsmobbare”. Mer om snarstuckna kreatörer och deras bråk med kritiker berättar journalisten Andres Lokko i veckans program. Vi berättar förstås även mer om Hedi Slimane och hans bakgrund och smak för glamrock. Vi har även träffat art directorn Lars Hall som förklarar vad man kan vinna och förlora på att ändra varumärkens logotyper. Och så reder vi ut hur kort eller lång en byxa egentligen ska vara. Veckans gäst är Agnes Braunerhielm, moderedaktör på tidningen Rodeo och frilansande modejournalist.

Den amerikanske modeskaparen Rick Owens (1962-) har byggt upp ett framgångsrikt företag baserat på en sorts rockestetik med rötter i Los Angeles. Sedan 1994 har han konsekvent gjort figursydda läderjackor och mjuka plagg i dämpade skymningstoner. Han har aldrig annonserat, istället har ryktet om hans välkonstruerade plagg i lyxiga material spridits bland dem som vill ha design bortom konventionen. Lite rockigare och tuffare. Hans företag går som tåget, och plötsligt har allt fler blickar vänts mot denne designer. Hans stil har inspirerat många av dagens modeskapare, i synnerhet denna säsong då läder är i ropet, igen.