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In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham dive into key components of Oracle GoldenGate 23ai with expert insights from Nick Wagner, Senior Director of Product Management.   They break down the Distribution Service, explaining how it moves trail files between environments, replaces the classic extract pump, and ensures secure data transfer. Nick also introduces Target Initiated Paths, a method for connecting less secure environments to more secure ones, and discusses how the Receiver Service simplifies monitoring and management. The episode wraps up with a look into Initial Load, covering different methods for syncing source and target databases without downtime.   Oracle GoldenGate 23ai: Fundamentals: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-goldengate-23ai-fundamentals/145884/237273 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Nikita: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Nikita Abraham, Team Lead of Editorial Services with Oracle University, and with me is Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs.  Lois: Hey there! Last week, we spoke about the Extract process and today we're going to spend time discussing the Distribution Path, Target Initiated Path, Receiver Server, and Initial Load. These are all critical components of the GoldenGate architecture, and understanding how they work together is essential for successful data replication. 00:58 Nikita: To help us navigate these topics, we've got Nick Wagner joining us again. Nick is a Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle GoldenGate. Hi Nick! Thanks for being with us today. To kick things off, can you tell us what the distribution service is and how it works? Nick: A distribution path is used when we need to send trail files between two different GoldenGate environments. The distribution service replaces the extract pump that was used in GoldenGate classic architecture. And so the distribution service will send the trail files as they're being created to that receiver service and it will write the trail files over on the target system. The distribution service works in a kind of a streaming fashion, so it's constantly pulling the trail files that the extract is creating to see if there's any new data. As soon as it sees new data, it'll packet it up and send it across the network to the receiver service. It can use a couple of different methods to do this. The most secure and recommended method is using a WebSocket secure connection or WSS. If you're going between a microservices and a classic architecture, you can actually tell the distribution service to send it using the classic architecture method. In that case, it's the OGG option when you're configuring the distribution service. There's also some unsecured methods that would send the trail files in plain text. The receiver service is then responsible for taking that data and rewriting it into the trail file on the target site. 02:23 Lois: Nick, what are some of the key features and responsibilities of the distribution service? Nick: It's responsible for command deployment. So any time that you're going to actually make a command to the distribution service, it gets handled there directly. It can handle multiple commands concurrently. It's going to dispatch trail files to one or more receiver servers so you can actually have a single distribution path, send trail files to multiple targets. It can provide some lightweight filtering so you can decide which tables get sent to the target system. And it also is integrated in with our data streams, our pub and subscribe model that we've added in GoldenGate 23ai. 03:01 Lois: Interesting. And are there any protocols to remember when using the distribution service? Nick: We always recommend a secure WebSocket. You also have proxy support for use within cloud environments. And then if you're going to a classic architecture GoldenGate, you would use the Oracle GoldenGate protocol. So in order to communicate with the distribution service and send it commands, you can communicate directly from any web browser, client software-- installation is not required-- or you can also do it through the admin client if necessary, but you can do it directly through browsers. 03:33 Nikita: Ok, let's move on to the target initiated path. Nick, what is it and what does it do essentially? Nick: This is used when you're communicating from a less secure environment to a more secure environment. Often, this requires going through some sort of DMZ. In these situations, a connection cannot be established from the less secure environment into the more secure environment. It actually needs to be established from the more secure environment out. And so if we need to replicate data into a more secure environment, we need to actually have the target GoldenGate environment initiate that connection so that it can be established.  And that's what a target-initiated path does. 04:12 Lois: And how do you set it up? Nick: It's pretty straightforward to set up. You actually don't even need to worry about it on the source side. You actually set it up and configure it from the target. The receiver service is responsible for receiving the trail file data and writing it to the local trail file. In this situation, we have a target-initiated path created. And so that receiver service is going to write the trail files locally and the replicat is going to apply that data into that target system. 04:37 Nikita: I also want to ask you about the Receiver service. What is it really? Nick: Receiver service is pretty straightforward. It's a centrally controlled service. It allows you to view the status of your distribution path and replaces target side collectors that were available in the classic architecture of GoldenGate. You can also get statistics about the receiver service directly from the web UI.  You can get detailed information about these paths by going into the receiver service and identifying information like network details, transfer protocols, how many bytes it's received, how many bytes it's sent out. If you need to issue commands from the admin client to the receiver service, you can use the info command to get details about it. Info all will tell you everything that's running. And you can see that your receiver service is up and running. 05:28 Are you working towards an Oracle Certification this year? Join us at one of our certification prep live events in the Oracle University Learning Community. Get insider tips from seasoned experts and learn from others who have already taken their certifications. Go to community.oracle.com/ou to jump-start your journey towards certification today! 05:53 Nikita: Welcome back. In the last section of today's episode, we'll cover what Initial Load is. Nick, can you break down the basics for us? Nick: So, the initial load is really used when you need to synchronize the source and target systems. Because GoldenGate is designed for 24/7 environments, we need to be able to do that initial load without taking downtime on the source. And so all the methods that we talk about do not require any downtime for that source database. 06:18 Lois: How do you do the initial load? Nick: So there's a couple of different ways to do the initial load. And it really depends on what your topology is. If I'm doing like-to-like replication in a homogeneous environment, we'll say Oracle-to-Oracle, the best options are to use something that's integrated with GoldenGate, some sort of precise instantiation method that does not require HandleCollisions. That's something like a database backup and restoring it to a specific SDN or CSN value using a Database Snapshot. Or in some cases, we can use Oracle Data Pump integration with GoldenGate. There are some less precise instantiation options, which do require HandleCollisions. We also have dissimilar initial load methods. And this is typically when you're going between heterogeneous environments. When my source and target databases don't match and there isn't any kind of fast unload or fast load utility that I could use between those two databases. In almost all cases, this does require HandleCollisions to be used. 07:16 Nikita: Got it. So, with so many options available, are there any advantages to using GoldenGate's own initial load method?  Nick: While some databases do have very good fast load and unload utilities, there are some advantages to using GoldenGate's own initial load method. One, it supports heterogeneous replication environments. So if I'm going from Postgres to Oracle, it'll do all the data type transformation, character set transformation for me. It doesn't require any downtime, if certain conditions are met.  It actually performs transformation as the data is loaded, too, as well as filtering. And so any transformation that you would be doing in your normal transaction log replication or CDC replication can also go through the same transformation for the initial load process. GoldenGate's initial load process does read directly from the source tables. And it fetches the data in arrays. It also uses parallel processing to speed up the replication. It does also handle activity on the source tables during the initial load process, so you do not need to worry about quiescing that source database. And a lot of the initial load methods directly built into GoldenGate support distributed application analytics targets, including things like Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery. 08:28 Lois: And what about its limitations? Or to put it differently, when should users consider using different methods? Nick: So the first thing to consider is system proximity. We want to make sure that the two systems we're working with are close together. Or if not, how are we going to send the data across? One thing to keep in mind, when we do the initial load, the source database is not quiesced. So if it takes an hour to do the initial load or 10 hours, it really doesn't matter to GoldenGate. So that's something to keep in mind. Even though we talk about performance of this, the performance really isn't as critical as one might suspect. So the important thing about data system proximity is the proximity to the extract and replicat processes that are going to be pulling the data out and pushing it across. And then how much data is generated? Are we talking about a database that's just a couple of gigabytes? Or are we talking about a database that's hundreds of terabytes? Do we want to consider outage time? Would it be faster to take a little bit of outage and use some other method to move the data across? What kind of outage or downtime windows do we have for these environments? And then another consideration is disk space. As we're pulling the data out of that source database, we need to have somewhere to store it. And if we don't have enough disk space, we need to run to temporary space or to use multiple external drives to be able to support it. So these are all different considerations. 09:50 Nikita: I think we can wind up our episode with that. Thanks, Nick, for giving us your insights.  Lois: If you'd like to learn more about the topics we covered today, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and check out the Oracle GoldenGate 23ai: Fundamentals course. Nikita: In our next episode, Nick will take us through the Replicat process. Until then, this is Nikita Abraham… Lois: And, Lois Houston signing off! 10:14 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. 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In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Nick Wagner, focus on GoldenGate's terminology and architectural evolution.   Nick defines source and target systems, which are crucial for data replication, and then moves on to explain the data extraction and replication processes.   He also talks about the new microservices architecture, which replaces the classic architecture, offering benefits like simplified management, enhanced security, and a user-friendly interface. Nick highlights how this architecture facilitates easy upgrades and provides a streamlined experience for administrators.   Oracle GoldenGate 23ai: Fundamentals: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-goldengate-23ai-fundamentals/145884/237273 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   ---------------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript:   00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Nikita: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Nikita Abraham, Team Lead of Editorial Services with Oracle University, and with me is Lois Houston: Director of Innovation Programs. Lois: Hi there! Thanks for joining us again as we make our way through Oracle GoldenGate 23ai. Last week, we discussed all the new features introduced in 23ai and today, we'll move on to the terminology, the different processes and what they do, and the architecture of the product at a high level. 00:56 Nikita: Back with us is Nick Wagner, Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle GoldenGate. Hi Nick! Let's get into some of the terminology. What do we actually call stuff in GoldenGate? Nick: Within GoldenGate, we have our source systems and our target systems. The source is where we're going to be capturing data from, the targets, where we're going to be applying data into. And when we start talking about things like active-active or setting up GoldenGate for high availability, where your source can also be your target, it does become a little bit more complex. And so in some of those cases, we might refer to things as East and West, or America and Europe, or different versions of that. We also have a couple of different things within the product itself. We have what we call our Extract and our Replicat. The Extract is going to be the process that pulls the data out of the database, our capture technology. Our Replicat's going to be the one that applies the data into the target system, or you can also look at it as a push technology. We have what we call our Distribution Path. Our Distribution Path is going to be how we're sending the data across the network. A lot of times when customers run GoldenGate, they don't have the luxury of just having a single server of GoldenGate that can pull data from one database and push data into another one. They need to set up multiple hops of that data. And so in that case, we would use what we call a Distribution Path to send that data from one system to the next. We also have what we call a Target Initiated Path. It's kind of a subset of your Distribution Path, but it allows you to communicate from a less secure environment into a more secure environment.  02:33 Lois: Nick, what about parameter names. I've seen them in uppercase…title case…does that matter?  Nick: GoldenGate has a lot of parameters. This is something you'll see all over the place within GoldenGate itself.  These parameters are in your Extract and Replicat parameter files during your distribution path parameter files. Parameters for GoldenGate are case insensitive.  Within your own environments, you can set it up to have lowercase, mixed case, whatever you want, but just be aware that they are case insensitive. GoldenGate doesn't care, it's just for readability. And then we also have something called trail files. Trail files is where GoldenGate stores all the data before we're able to apply it into that target system. Think about it as our queuing mechanism, and we're queuing everything outside the database so that we're not overloading those database environments. And that's some of the terminology for the product itself. We also have microservices within GoldenGate. 03:31 Nikita: And at the heart of everything is the Service Manager, right? Talk to us about what it is and what it does. Nick: The service manager is responsible for making sure that everything else is up and running. If you are familiar with GoldenGate classic architecture, this is kind of similar to a GoldenGate manager where that process was there to make sure that processes were running the trail files, or excuse me, that certain error logs were getting written out. If a process went down, the manager would restart that process. The service manager is performing a lot of those same functions. Now attached to the service manager, we have our configuration service. This is new in GoldenGate 23ai. This configuration service is going to allow you to set up GoldenGate for highly available environments. So you can build HA into GoldenGate itself using the configuration service. 04:22 Lois: And what does this configuration service do? Nick: This configuration service essentially moves the checkpoint files that used to be on disk into a database so that everything can be stored inside of a database.  Also attached to the service manager, we have the performance metric service. This is a service that is going to be gathering all the performance metrics of GoldenGate. So it's going to tell you how fast things are going, what the latencies are, how many bytes per second we're reading from, the transaction logs or writing to our trail files. How quickly a distribution path is sending data across a network. If you want to know any of your lag information, you'll get it from the performance metrics server. We also have the receiver service and the distribution service. These two work hand in hand to establish network communication between two GoldenGate environments. So on what we call our source system, we have a distribution service that's going to send the data to our target system. On the target system, a receiver service is going to receive that data and then rewrite the trail files. We also have the administration service that's responsible for authentication and authorization of the users, as well as making sure that people have access to the right information. 05:33 Nikita: Ok. Moving on the deployment, how is GoldenGate actually deployed, Nick? Nick: GoldenGate is kinda nice. So the way that the product is installed is you install the GoldenGate environment and that's what we call our service manager deployment under a specific GoldenGate home. So the software binaries themselves get installed under a home, we'll say U01/OGG23AI. Now once I've installed GoldenGate once, that's my OGG home. I can now have any number of service managers and deployments tied to that same home.  06:11 Lois: Ok, let's work with an example to make this simpler. Let's say I've got a service manager that's going be responsible for three different deployments: Accounting, Finance, and Sales. Nick: Each of these deployments is going to reside in its own directory. Each of these deployments is going to have its own set of microservices. And so this also means that each of these deployments can have their own set of users. So the people that access the GoldenGate accounting deployment can be different than the ones that access the sales deployment. This means with this distribution of roles that I can have somebody come in and administer the sales database, but they wouldn't have any information or any access to accounting or finance. And this is very important, it allows you to really pull that information apart and separate it. Each of these environments also has their own set of parameter files, Extract process, Replicat process, distribution services, and everything. So it's a very nice way of splitting things up, but all having them tied to the same GoldenGate home system. And this home is very important. So I can take a deployment, let's say my finance deployment, and if I want to move it to a new GoldenGate home and that GoldenGate home is a different version, like let's say that my original home is 23.4, my new GoldenGate home is 23.7, I simply stop that GoldenGate deployment. I stopped at a finance deployment. I changed its OGG home from 23.4 to 23.7. I restart the deployment, that deployment is automatically upgraded to the new environment and attached to the new system. So it makes upgrading very, very simple, very easy, very elegant. 07:53 Nikita: Ok. So, we've spoken about the services…some of the terminology. Let's get into the architecture next. Nick: So when we talk about the architecture for GoldenGate, we used to have two different architectures. We had a classic architecture and a microservices architecture. Classic architecture was something that's been around since the very beginning of GoldenGate in the late '90s. We announced that, that architecture was deprecated in 19c. And Oracle deprecated means that feature is no longer going to be enhanced and it'll be patched selectively. And at some point in the future, it'll be entirely desupported. Well, GoldenGate 23ai is that future. And so in 23ai, the classic architecture is desupported, that means that it's no longer in the build at all. And so it's just microservices architecture. 08:41 Lois: Is there a tool to assist with this migration?  Nick: We do have a migration utility that will convert an old classic architecture into the new microservices architecture. But there is quite a bit of learning curve to the new microservices architecture. So it's important that we go through how it works in the changes. 09:04 Are you looking to optimize your implementation strategies and improve efficiency? We have a solution for you! Our new Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Foundations training and certification program. You'll learn to leverage Oracle Modern Best Practice (OMBP) to re-imagine business processes using advanced technologies in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications such as AI, mobile, analytics, and more. Visit mylearn.oracle.com to get started today.  09:37 Nikita: Welcome back! Nick, what are the benefits of this microservices architecture?  Nick: It's got that simplified lifecycle for patching and upgrading. A lot of the GoldenGate patches that you get, especially these bundle patches, are complete installs as well. So you can go into My Oracle Support and download a complete install of a patch and that way, you don't have to use old patch to apply them. The only time you'll be using old patch is for one-off patches or smaller patches that need to be applied to your GoldenGate system. The microservices product has the same trusted Capture and Apply process that Classic did. There's almost no changes between the two except on how they communicate with their parent processes. And so the same logic that you use to pull data from Oracle or to apply data into Oracle is all the same. 10:25 Lois: And has the interface been upgraded as well? Nick: We've added a really nice, easy to use web interface for the microservices version of GoldenGate. Not only is this web interface work with all your standard browsers, but it's also mobile friendly too. So I can actually control and administer GoldenGate right through my mobile device. It also has new secure remote administration. This is something that the classic architecture was really missing. And so in the classic architecture, to use the command line interface, you had to log into the database server where GoldenGate was installed. Now, the command line interface, as well as the web interface and the REST API, all use remote administration and authentication. So that means that I can install the new command line interface or what we call admin client on my laptop locally and I can connect to any GoldenGate deployment as long as I have the username and password for that deployment. It's also more secure. GoldenGate microservices can also be deployed on premise or in OCI as a service and now also on these third-party clouds like Azure and Google Cloud. And it's also easier for developers to integrate in with the APIs themselves. Everything that GoldenGate does through the admin client as well as the web UI can all be traced. The REST API calls for GoldenGate are all fully published so you can get them right directly from the documentation, you can build your own web interface if you want to. So it makes it very easy. The REST APIs are also streamlined. With a single REST API call, I can do something like add an Extract process, create it, set up my parameter file, and set up the trail files all with a single API command. Whereas in the past, it would require multiple command line interface commands to do that same thing. So it's extremely elegant, very advanced. 12:16 Nikita: What does the microservices architecture look like? I know it's a bit complicated when we're not actually looking at a diagram of it, but just a high level, can you explain the different parts of it? Nick: It's pretty straightforward. But essentially what you've got on each system is a service manager. That service manager is then going to have a number of processes or services beneath it. It'll have the configuration service that stores the checkpoint information for GoldenGate. It'll have the administrative service for the authentication and users, the distribution service to send the data across a network, a receiver service to receive that information, performance metrics to get the performance statistics out of GoldenGate. And then of course, you also have your Extracts and Replicats that capture and apply technology. Each of those Extracts and Replicats will then connect to a database on the Extract side of things. That Extract is going to write to trail files. Those trail files are then going to be sent across the network where they're rebuilt on the target system and the Replicat's going to consume them and apply them into the target database. So the Replicat behaves almost like an end user. So it's taking that trail file data and simply converting it to DML operations, insert, update, delete, or a DDL operation in the case of Oracle, alter table, create table, et cetera, to go into that target database.   13:39 Lois: To look at a diagram of this architecture and learn about it in more detail, check out the Oracle GoldenGate 23ai Fundamentals course on mylearn.oracle.com. So, Nick, if I'm looking to deploy GoldenGate, what should I primarily keep in mind? Nick: So as you go to install GoldenGate and you look at a deployment, there's a couple of important environment variables that you want to make sure you're aware of. So one of the first ones is your OGG_Home. This environment variable is extremely important. This is the location of the GoldenGate software itself. And I want to stress how important it is to always use version numbers when you're setting up your GoldenGate home. When you go to install the software, if you're installing GoldenGate 23.5, use 23.5 within the home directory structure. If you're installing GoldenGate 23.7, use 23.7 inside that directory structure. 14:33 Nikita: Right… that way I'll always know which versions are which, and it'll make it really easy to upgrade and move from one version to the next. Ok, got it. What else, Nick? Nick: There's a couple other important directories. You have your OGG_ETC_HOME. This is where things like the configuration files are going to reside, parameter files, all your certificates for security, including the wallets where we store the credentials for not only the database accounts, but also for the GoldenGate user accounts as well. We have our GoldenGate variable home directory or VAR home. This is where all the GoldenGate log files are residing. And these are the log files that allow you to see what's going on in GoldenGate for auditing purposes. Anytime anybody makes a change to GoldenGate, you're going to see information go into the log files on what was happening and how it was working and what they did, what time they did, what command they issued. Another big important feature about these log files is it also gives you error information and troubleshooting details. So if you ever need to find out what happened in GoldenGate, what went wrong, you would look at these log files to find out that information. And then you also have your OGG_DATA_HOME. This is where those trail files are going to go. Essentially, this is kind of the queuing or overflow for GoldenGate. There's a couple of other additional components. We've got the admin client. This is our command line utility. If you don't want to use a web browser or prefer a command line utility, you can use the admin client. The admin client is also fully scriptable. So if you wanted to write scripts that would go off and automate things in GoldenGate, you can do that. A lot of customers did that with GGSCI in the classic architecture. You can do the same thing now with the admin client. The other component is the microservices security authentication and authorization services. These handle communication security, especially making sure that any passwords or usernames and everything like that is all encrypted. And instead of using an actual username and password, everything through the product is going to be done through an alias. And then it also handles all the authorization authentication, permissions, user accountability, and roles within GoldenGate. 16:39 Lois: Anything else you'd like to talk about before we wrap up for today, Nick? Nick: I also wanted to take a minute to talk about the REST API. All the microservices provide REST APIs to administer them and all of these are fully documented. They can be used by any client that can make REST API calls. So if you wanted to use Python, cURL, a web browser, you can do that as well. They're all just HTTP or HTTPS calls, get, put, patch, the standard REST API standards. And then GoldenGate does provide our admin client as well as a WebUI that use these REST APIs under the covers if you ever wanted to get a more advanced look at how it works. 17:18 Nikita: Well, that's all the time we have for today. Thanks for joining us, Nick.  Lois: Yes, thanks Nick. We look forward to having you back next week to talk with us about security strategies and data recovery. Nikita: And if you want to learn more about the topics we discussed today, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and take a look at the Oracle GoldenGate 23ai Fundamentals course. Until next time, this is Nikita Abraham… Lois: And Lois Houston, signing off!  17:43 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. 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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by writer Erik Burnham and artist Sarah Myer of IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures. They all discuss issues 12, 13 and 14 in depth, discusses the plot where Ogg has the 1987 TMNT meet various other incarnations of the characters. Additionally, Burnham and Myer discuss the upcoming 40th Anniversary Special from IDW comincs, which releases on 7/10/24. Sound Engineering by Ian Williams. Follow Turtle Tracks Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

Greig Stewart “Chubby” Jackson was a swinging sensation in his day. A child of vaudevillians, he was raised in an enclave of actors, musicians, and performers in Freeport, Long Island against the backdrop of Prohibition and a burgeoning club scene. Exposed to music at an early age, he jumped from high school to playing bass in swing bands in New York City and on the road, most notably with bandleader Woody Herman. On today's episode we trace the life of the man with three very special guests: Freeport Village historian Regina Feeney, jazz historian Scott Yanow, and Chubby's daughter Jaijai Jackson. And thanks to Monk Rowe and the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College, we can add in the voice of Chubby himself. Chubby was a colleague to Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and other jazz greats (you'll see him near the top of the steps in A Great Day in Harlem). His career spans the height of the swing era and the rise of bop with a side trip into headlining several kiddie TV shows in Chicago and New York. Through it all the constants in his life remained the love of family, of performing, and of Freeport. Further Research Chubby Jackson oral history (Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College) Freeport History Encyclopedia (Freeport Public Library) Jazz Network Worldwide Not Just Jazz Network Scott Yanow, journalist and historian Music credits from Freesound.org Jazz Bass B 1.OGG by gregstermatic. License: Creative Commons 0 Double bass Jazz loop by elzozo. License: Creative Commons 0 Jazz loop.wav by FrankyBoomer. License: Creative Commons 0

Actor Steven Ogg Interview | The Brett Allan Show "The Walking Dead" "Westworld" and More! Steven Ogg is a Canadian actor. Ogg is best known for playing Trevor Philips in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V and Simon in The Walking Dead. He has also appeared in the Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul. Connect with us on our website for more amazing conversations! www.brettallanshow.com Have you got some feedback? Let us know! openmicguest@gmail.com Follow us on social media! https://www.facebook.com/thebrettallanshow/ https://www.instagram.com/brettallanshow/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bay Area Unitarian v. Ogg

  On Wednesday's show: In our weekly political roundup, we talk about the latest special session and vouchers bill, the impending Congressional budget deadline, Hildago v. Ogg, the latest candidate to leave the presidential race, and more. Also this hour: Texas Parks & Wildlife has released an album to raise awareness of state parks. It features Texas musicians covering classic songs by Texas writers. Among the participating groups: Houston's own The Suffers. Lead singer Kam Franklin tells us about the project and shares some music. And you expect to see tailgating at NRG Stadium before a Texans game. But how about at the Nutcracker Market? The two events might have different crowds and there are different conversations taking place at them, but they have more in common than you'd think.

O tema deste podcast é “O Cavaleiro da Rosa: O Conde de Toulouse" com o frater Fabio Lopes Soares. O período da idade média revelou muitas figuras simbólicas que até hoje despertam a curiosidade das pessoas. No tempo dos cavaleiros e das Cruzadas foi criado o código da cavalaria com o intuito de ajudar a controlar a violência e ajustar a conduta moral. É também nesse tempo que viveu o Cavaleiro da Rosa: Raymond VI - o Conde de Toulouse. Ele tinha um caráter pacífico e tolerante e, pelos méritos atribuídos ao Cavaleiro da Rosa, neste programa será possível entender a importância de sua atuação na época medieval, sua influência e vínculo com a AMORC e com a OGG, além de instigar uma reflexão sobre a forma como somos e o que deixaremos para as próximas gerações.

Euro-Mitch is back with CoasterBro as they discuss the second half of Mitch's European Trip. This episode includes Phantasialand, the Walibi parks, as well as The Ride to Happiness! Logan spent a week wandering around West Edmonton Mall high as fuck with OGG so they only remembered to call at the comedy show and IKEA of all places. Check out all the Coaster Cuzzies content at the one stop link: https://solo.to/coastercuzzies --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coastercuzzies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coastercuzzies/support

Mi Familia Vota v. Ogg

Below is the information on the SensePlayer copied from the HIMS product website: The SensePlayer is more than your normal multimedia player. Read and play your favorite documents and media from a wide variety of supported file types using the tactile keyboard that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. Access web radio, download books, make high-fidelity recordings, connect and control your mobile device, and so much more. Expect more with the SensePlayer from HIMS. Small on Size, Big on Features Multimedia and Book Reader Can read and play a variety of file types, including TXT, RTF, HTML, HTM, XML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, EPUB, MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, WMV, OGG, ASF, AAC, AVI, FLAC, 3GP, MPG, M4A, DAISY text and audio, and more. Smart Connect Unique functionality that allows you to use SensePlayer as a tactile Bluetooth keyboard and remote control for your Apple or Android mobile device. You can also optionally send your Smart phone audio via Bluetooth to the SensePlayer. High-quality Recording Record high-quality audio from the internal stereo microphones, or a USB plug and play audio source. Presenter Contact Info Earle Harrison, HIMS National Account Manager Email: earle@hims-inc.com Website: https://hims-inc.com/product/senseplayer/ Support email: support@hims-inc.com

www.ArticulationMedia.club COMING OUT OF THE CAVE Listen Thursday (04/13/23) and anytime after to this new episode of ARTICULATION RADIO (www.ArticulationMedia.Club). During this episode of our show, Joaquin Mann will play music from indie artists from around the world as Goddess Sage interviews Author J.B. Ogg about his debut (THE LITTLE BOOK OF STRANGE TALES) and inaugural book event in Maryland.https://ALittleStrange.net Make it a habit to listen to ARTICULATION RADIO (www.ArticulationMedia.Club) to hear news headlines, indie music, inspiring interviews, and candid commentary from proven Doers and established Moves Makers every week.

Ola Guild Games es la comunidad en español más grande del mundo y además es gestora de una nueva economía: el play and earn con Blockchain en Latinoamérica. OGG ayuda a financiar la participación de los latinos en este tipo de juegos, siendo Axie Origins uno de los más populares. Su misión de ayudar a los latinos a transformar sus vidas con este formato en la blockchain y su propósito ya ha mostrado resultados. Hablamos con Juan Allen, CMO de OLA GG sobre Latinoamerica jugando y ganando con Blockchain. Conecta con OLA GG aquí.

Today we enter into the mind of Steven Ogg. Steven Is a Canadian born actor whose work in Film and TV is always compelling and never forgetable. Steven takes us on journey inside his crazy, artist brain. He talks about growing up in Canada, a life obsessed with art and making his way in the United States to be one of the most compelling charactor actors working today. Ogg speaks about "Forced Buddhism" as a way of living life. He talks about manifesting work and how he best is yet to come. Please join us in our very first episode of "Love That Guy"  

Episode #1 Welcome to the 11th Annual Hacker Public Radio show. It is December the 31st 2022 and the time is 10 hundred hours UTC. We start the show by sending Greetings to Christmas Island/Kiribati and Samoa Kiritimati, Apia. Chatting with Honkey, Mordancy, Joe, Ken, and others Discussed: pi hole, podman, RPIs, Pfsense, and netminers new micro pc Introduction by Ken and Honkey. History: The New Years Celebrations. Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year’s festivities begin on December 31 (New Year’s Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year’s Day). HPR: So you want to do a podcast? Wikihow: How to make a good podcast. Death Wish Coffee We lead with an alternative point of view, providing bold, smooth cups of coffee to our people. We find fresh ways to enjoy coffee, and we foster community along the way. Disrupting the status quo interests us, so we create edgy, sarcastic content. We live to rebel against blah beans—and a boring, lackluster life. Thailand Elephant Sanctuary VLC commandline: List of commands and arguments. VLC commandline: Documentation. VLC commandline: Audio streaming from the commandline. pavucontrol: PulseAudio Volume Control. Hearse Club youtube: MotorWeek Over the Edge: Hearse Convention. xiph: The Ogg container format. Ogg is a multimedia container format, and the native file and stream format for the Xiph.org multimedia codecs. As with all Xiph.org technology is it an open format free for anyone to use. Library of Congress: .ogg file format. Wikipedia: .mp3 file format. xiph: .flac file format. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file. Wikipedia: .flac file format. elephantguide: How Much Can An Elephant Lift? Royal Thai Embassy: Thailand’s wild tiger population shows impressive growth. bangkokpost: Thailand has highest number of wild tigers in Southeast Asia. mumble: Mumble is a free, open source, low latency, high quality voice chat application. atpinc: What is M.2? Keys and Sockets Explained. armbian: Linux for ARM development boards. pine64: ROCK64 is a credit card sized Single Board Computer. docker: realies/nicotine. kubuntu: Kubuntu is a free, complete, and open-source alternative to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X which contains everything you need to work, play, or share. Check out the Feature Tour if you would like to learn more! podman: Podman is a daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on your Linux System. docker: A container is a standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another. A Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone, executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an application: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings. Containers and VMs Together? cockpit: Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers, intended for everyone. manage virtual machines in Cockpit. etherpad: big boy show notes. redhat: Transitioning from Docker to Podman. lugcast: We are an open Podcast/LUG that meets every first and third Friday of every month using mumble. [logitech:](https://www.logitech G435 Ultra-light Wireless Bluetooth Gaming Headset. fit philosophy: Junk volume. "Junk volume" refers to exercise that doesn't improve strength or build muscle, wasting your time and energy. Leg day workout jitsi: Jitsi Free & Open Source Video Conferencing Projects. mintCast The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux. The Linux link tech show The Linux Link Tech Show is one of the longest running Linux podcasts in the world. PETG 3D Printing Filament. MIM-104 Patriot military-today The Patriot is a long-range air defense missile system. samsclub: rancher: suse rancher: raspberrypi single board computers. pfsense: pfSense is a firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. snort: Snort is the foremost Open Source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in the world. Snort IPS uses a series of rules that help define malicious network activity and uses those rules to find packets that match against them and generates alerts for users. Snort can be deployed inline to stop these packets, as well. Snort has three primary uses: As a packet sniffer like tcpdump, as a packet logger — which is useful for network traffic debugging, or it can be used as a full-blown network intrusion prevention system. Snort can be downloaded and configured for personal and business use alike. pi-hole: In addition to blocking advertisements, Pi-hole has an informative Web interface that shows stats on all the domains being queried on your network. nlnetlabs: Unbound Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. DHCP server dietpi: DietPi is an extremely lightweight Debian OS, highly optimised for minimal CPU and RAM resource usage, ensuring your SBC always runs at its maximum potential. servethehome: Project Tiny Mini Micro, cool 1 liter pc builds. filezilla: The FileZilla Client supports FTP, FTP over TLS (FTPS), and SFTP. redhat: Configure a Network Team Using the Text User Interface, nmtui. howtogeek: Manage Linux Wi-Fi Networks With Nmtui. travelcodex: The Southwest Airlines Meltdown. gpd kickstarter: Arduboy, the game system the size of a credit card. pine64: Pinetab 2. orangepi: Orange Pi 800, Mini PC in a keyboard. southeastlinuxfest: The SouthEast LinuxFest is a community event for anyone who wants to learn more about Linux and Open Source Software. fosdem: FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. stallman: Richard Stallman's Personal Site. freedos: FreeDOS is a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system. While we provide some utilities, you should be able to run any program intended for MS-DOS. reactos: Imagine running your favorite Windows applications and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust. wikipedia: Windows 3.0. winehq: a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. codeweavers: playonlinux: PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft® Windows®. protondb: Proton is a new tool released by Valve Software that has been integrated with Steam Play to make playing Windows games on Linux as simple as hitting the Play button within Steam. libreoffice: LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite. linuxmint: Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. xfce: Xfce or XFCE is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. crunchbang: CrunchBang was a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. openbox: gnome: mozilla: firefox google chrome AMD autism toastmasters Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. openssl Asperger syndrome STEM BASIC BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. IRC IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat. It is a popular chat service still in use today. second life walmart aldi morrisons boots walgreens zulu clock Thanks To: Mumble Server: Delwin HPR Site/VPS: Joshua Knapp - AnHonestHost.com Streams: Honkeymagoo EtherPad: HonkeyMagoo Shownotes by: Sgoti and hplovecraft

table td.shrink { white-space:nowrap } New hosts Welcome to our new hosts: Stache_AF, Hipernike. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 3651 Mon 2022-08-01 HPR Community News for July 2022 HPR Volunteers 3652 Tue 2022-08-02 Registered memory JWP 3653 Wed 2022-08-03 Hello HPR Community Stache_AF 3654 Thu 2022-08-04 Use the data in the Ogg feed to create a website. norrist 3655 Fri 2022-08-05 BSD for Linux users binrc 3656 Mon 2022-08-08 Importance of Small toy projects norrist 3657 Tue 2022-08-09 Small time sysadmin Some Guy On The Internet 3658 Wed 2022-08-10 Linux Inlaws S01E62: HPR's inner workings monochromec 3659 Thu 2022-08-11 Developing an HPR static site generator Rho`n 3660 Fri 2022-08-12 BASIC Ahuka 3661 Mon 2022-08-15 Ham Radio testing Archer72 3662 Tue 2022-08-16 Hacker Public Radio 2021 - 2022 New Years Show Part 1 Honkeymagoo 3663 Wed 2022-08-17 How I got into Tech Stache_AF 3664 Thu 2022-08-18 Secret hat conversations Some Guy On The Internet 3665 Fri 2022-08-19 UNIX Is Sublime binrc 3666 Mon 2022-08-22 One Weird Trick Lurking Prion 3667 Tue 2022-08-23 Hacker Public Radio 2021 - 2022 New Years Show Part 2 Honkeymagoo 3668 Wed 2022-08-24 Linux Inlaws S01E63: John Hawley on kernel dot org and other shenanigans monochromec 3669 Thu 2022-08-25 My First Podcast: My Journey into the Computer World Hipernike 3670 Fri 2022-08-26 Changing Plans Ahuka 3671 Mon 2022-08-29 Response to Episode 3655, "BSD for Linux Users" Claudio Miranda 3672 Tue 2022-08-30 Hacker Public Radio 2021 - 2022 New Years Show Part 3 Honkeymagoo 3673 Wed 2022-08-31 Recording for Hacker Public Radio dnt Comments this month These are comments which have been made during the past month, either to shows released during the month or to past shows. There are 28 comments in total. Past shows There are 4 comments on 4 previous shows: hpr3606 (2022-05-30) "Infinity is just a big number and other proofs" by Ken Fallon. Comment 2: Ken Fallon on 2022-08-12: "You see" hpr3629 (2022-06-30) "Linux Inlaws S01E59: The Show with Red Pandas Mosaic Killers and Metal Corrosion" by monochromec. Comment 1: Aaron on 2022-08-12: "Excellent interview" hpr3643 (2022-07-20) "My computing history and the software I use" by binrc. Comment 5: Shawn on 2022-08-08: "Key bindings" hpr3648 (2022-07-27) "A response to tomorrows show" by Ken Fallon. Comment 3: folky on 2022-08-10: "Known Unknowns 2.0" This month's shows There are 24 comments on 13 of this month's shows: hpr3651 (2022-08-01) "HPR Community News for July 2022" by HPR Volunteers. Comment 1: Mike Ray on 2022-08-01: "API"Comment 2: Kevin O'Brien on 2022-08-11: "High Winds" hpr3655 (2022-08-05) "BSD for Linux users" by binrc. Comment 1: ClaudioM on 2022-08-05: "Excellent Breakdown of BSD!"Comment 2: norrist on 2022-08-05: "why I use OpenBSD and FreeBSD"Comment 3: Phoenix on 2022-08-07: "Suggestion"Comment 4: Kevin O'Brien on 2022-08-11: "I loved the show" hpr3656 (2022-08-08) "Importance of Small toy projects" by norrist. Comment 1: Some Guy On The Internet on 2022-08-20: "Love this show." hpr3657 (2022-08-09) "Small time sysadmin" by Some Guy On The Internet. Comment 1: Lurking Prion on 2022-08-13: "Thank you!"Comment 2: Kevin O'Brien on 2022-08-13: "Thank you" hpr3658 (2022-08-10) "Linux Inlaws S01E62: HPR's inner workings" by monochromec. Comment 1: Twinn on 2022-08-10: "Painful"Comment 2: Some Guy On The Internet on 2022-08-20: "I have more listeners than stars in the Universe." hpr3659 (2022-08-11) "Developing an HPR static site generator" by Rho`n. Comment 1: Some Guy On The Internet on 2022-08-20: "More Magic." hpr3660 (2022-08-12) "BASIC" by Ahuka. Comment 1: Beeza on 2022-08-18: "BASIC lives on"Comment 2: Some Guy On The Internet on 2022-08-20: "Visual Basic 6.0 for the Win." hpr3661 (2022-08-15) "Ham Radio testing" by Archer72. Comment 1: Archer72 on 2022-07-24: "Left out a show note" hpr3663 (2022-08-17) "How I got into Tech" by Stache_AF. Comment 1: dnt on 2022-08-31: "Welcome!" hpr3664 (2022-08-18) "Secret hat conversations" by Some Guy On The Internet. Comment 1: one_of_spoons on 2022-08-25: "serious talking" hpr3665 (2022-08-19) "UNIX Is Sublime" by binrc. Comment 1: Ken Fallon on 2022-08-12: "File extensions are valid"Comment 2: hipernike on 2022-08-19: "Bind mount"Comment 3: Some Guy On The Internet on 2022-08-20: "I like file extensions"Comment 4: one-of-spoons on 2022-08-20: "Free revision." hpr3666 (2022-08-22) "One Weird Trick" by Lurking Prion. Comment 1: Ken Fallon on 2022-08-11: "enthusiasm and willingness to learn"Comment 2: Lurking Prion on 2022-08-27: "Rare Gems, indeed!" hpr3671 (2022-08-29) "Response to Episode 3655, "BSD for Linux Users"" by Claudio Miranda. Comment 1: alan86 on 2022-08-30: "Feedback" Mailing List discussions Policy decisions surrounding HPR are taken by the community as a whole. This discussion takes place on the Mail List which is open to all HPR listeners and contributors. The discussions are open and available on the HPR server under Mailman. The threaded discussions this month can be found here: https://hackerpublicradio.org/pipermail/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org/2022-August/thread.html Events Calendar With the kind permission of LWN.net we are linking to The LWN.net Community Calendar. Quoting the site: This is the LWN.net community event calendar, where we track events of interest to people using and developing Linux and free software. Clicking on individual events will take you to the appropriate web page. Any other business Git repository for HPR development For security reasons the Gitea service running on https://repo.anhonesthost.net requires people to log in with an account to view the repositories. Is this acceptable or do we need to move the code to another location? Older HPR shows on archive.org, phase 2 Now that all shows from number 1 to the latest have been uploaded to the Internet Archive there are other tasks to perform. We are reprocessing and re-uploading shows in the range 871 to 2429 as explained in the Community News show notes released in May 2022. We are keeping a running total here to show progress: Month Month count Running total Remainder 2022-04 130 130 1428 2022-05 140 270 1288 2022-06 150 420 1138 2022-07 155 575 983 2022-08 155 730 828 Updated: 2022-09-03 18:34:16

Indivisible Houston Daniel Cohen discusses the feud between Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and District Attorney Kim Ogg objectively. I have been away from Houston for nine months. I was sure that by the time I got back, District Attorney Kim Ogg would have stopped playing political games and using the state's power to harm another Democrat who has brought transparency to a Commissioner's Court not there previously. But then I read the Texas Monthly article titled “Democrats Took Control of Texas's Largest County. Then Party Leaders Went to War With Each Other,” which gave me pause. It seems the relationship between the two did not start well as Ogg reportedly attempted to coerce Hidalgo into appointing a particular executive assistant. Hidalgo, panting from exertion, answered the call. District Attorney Kim Ogg, a fellow Democrat who, like Hidalgo, had come to power as the Harris County electorate turned blue, greeted her on the line. Ogg, who declined a request for an interview, had rung her to continue to press the incoming county judge to make a particular political appointment to an executive assistant position, Hidalgo said in an interview with Texas Monthly. Hidalgo said she ended the call quickly and she wasn't interested. “It's pretty obvious when someone is trying to handle you,” Hidalgo told me. “I wanted to make these decisions based on my own judgment.” Judge Hidalgo also denied Ogg the ridiculous number of DA she requested. Hidalgo, a Progressive, works the criminal justice system intelligently and efficiently instead of through the insanity of the status quo. Daniel Cohen who is well schooled in Harris County politics had much to say. Please listen to the entire interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb revisit Craig, the open source way to make live multitrack recordings of Discord sessions, with its new and already-seasoned maintainers, @Snazzah and @DJCoolguy. The new maintainers share their experience with transitioning from the previous developers as well as other updates in version 2 of Craig.chat. Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb Guests: Snazzah and Ralph S Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Compiler - FLOSS

Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb revisit Craig, the open source way to make live multitrack recordings of Discord sessions, with its new and already-seasoned maintainers, @Snazzah and @DJCoolguy. The new maintainers share their experience with transitioning from the previous developers as well as other updates in version 2 of Craig.chat. Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb Guests: Snazzah and Ralph S Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Compiler - FLOSS

Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb revisit Craig, the open source way to make live multitrack recordings of Discord sessions, with its new and already-seasoned maintainers, @Snazzah and @DJCoolguy. The new maintainers share their experience with transitioning from the previous developers as well as other updates in version 2 of Craig.chat. Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb Guests: Snazzah and Ralph S Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Compiler - FLOSS

Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb revisit Craig, the open source way to make live multitrack recordings of Discord sessions, with its new and already-seasoned maintainers, @Snazzah and @DJCoolguy. The new maintainers share their experience with transitioning from the previous developers as well as other updates in version 2 of Craig.chat. Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb Guests: Snazzah and Ralph S Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Compiler - FLOSS

Harry takes the Weasleys on a tour of the school before attempting the third and final task. Who will triumph and win the triwizard tournament and, more importantly, who is Ogg? Each week the Pottervision boys review and explore a chapter from the books, as well as regaling tales from their own magical lives. Feel free to read along with us as we make our way through the series. To support the show and get access to exclusive episodes and content visit www.Patreon.com/pottervision www.pottervision.com  Facebook - Pottervision Twitter - @thepottervision Instagram - @thepottervision @tomlawrinson @lukaskirkby

On March 11, 2022, a Harris County grand jury declined to indict former Houston Texans Quarterback Deshaun Watson. The prosecution's case was presented by a sex crimes prosecutor from the Harris County District Attorney's Office, which is led by the District Attorney.    Mike's guest is Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. In this conversation, Ogg addresses a number of questions related to the grand jury process and the Watson matter: What is the purpose of the grand jury process? What is the role of the prosecutor in the grand jury process?  How did the District Attorney's office handle the investigation of Deshaun Watson?  Ogg addresses two aspects of a recent New York Times story about Watson, including (1) the number of communications between the HCDAO and Watson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, and (2) how often grand jury packets are used for criminal defendants in Harris County  The HCDAO's position on a recent Yahoo! Sports story about a police detective who investigated the Watson matter and felt a crime was committed Has the NFL, or the Browns, reached out to the Harris County District Attorney's Office to discuss Watson? How can the citizens of Harris County be assured that justice was done in the Deshaun Watson matter? Music Credit: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ATTENDEES Old Grape God, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Old Grape God about being prolific (34 albums!) and creative at the same time. A lot of prolific artists stop experimenting and just stay in a zone. How does OGG define and redefine his musical world being this productive and creative. Talk about HOME [sic] in detail and how its reception has been. Intro and Outro bumper music by Ohbliv off his new project CALEA Z II

The Ruthless Wonder and Sierra the OGG sit down to discuss the classic Carmen Jones a 1954 all black musical set to the music of the opera Carmen. How did they like the film, what issues do they have with it, find out all that and more on this review of black film history. For more about The Metropolis Podcast Network. Check out our new site. http://themetropolisnetwork.com Be sure to subscribe to The Metropolis on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1kn0m_czn3nABboDBaH4YA Follow The Metropolis on Instagram/IGTV: @TheMetropolisCollective Join The Metropolis on Twitter: @MetropolisPAC Support The Illuminati by contributing on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/illuminatipodcast Listen via: iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-metropolis-collective-56951146/ Anchor https://anchor.fm/themetropoliscollective Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1x442wvBxRHrvJwSESVrWB Google https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMjA3OTM4MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D Apple/iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metropolis-collective/id1493465747 DISCLAIMER: Information and opinions provided in these videos, including any responses to legal questions, comments, opinions, recommendations, analysis, references, referrals or legally related content/information ("Legal Information") is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship between you and any creator or analyst. Such Legal Information and any/all related opinions are intended for general informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not a substitute for a consultation with an attorney and you should not rely upon such Legal Information. You understand that postings to the network and its officially affiliated channels are not confidential and are not subject to attorney-client privilege. The opinions expressed are that of the creators themselves and not any employers, suppliers, vendors or other partners in law or fact. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themetropoliscollective/message

Howdy everyone and welcome back to the Of Geeks and Goddesses podcast! On this episode, we're introducing our first guest of 2022 and Fran's partner, Michael! We kick off this episode by comparing our anime upbringings, what was our first real anime was in our childhood's and what were the shows that really stood out to us and what branched out from that! We also talk about our personal experiences with anime and the anime communities, online and irl, and how we went full speed ahead in fully embracing the anime/otaku culture! Ending this episode, we talk about our top 5 anime's of all time and we get into some debates as well with our picks! We also have a special announcement regarding the OGG podcast and the future! Get ready for Otaku Rants 2.0 with Michael, the geek from Of Geeks and Goddesses! Check out the lovely human's we mentioned in this episode! xsadfamx: https://www.instagram.com/xsadfamx/ Mikendazzoart: https://www.instagram.com/mikendazzoart/ Marsinks: https://www.instagram.com/marsinks/ Michela Ackerman: https://www.instagram.com/michelabottin.ackerman/ Chenpaisux: https://www.instagram.com/chenpaisux/ 2 Odd Otakus Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/2oddotakus/ Link to our Ko-Fi page for OGG Stickers: https://ko-fi.com/s/93c6a4ace0 Support the podcast by checking out our Ko-Fi page; ko-fi.com/ofgeeksandgoddesses Check out our Anchor page; anchor.fm/ofgeeksandgoddesses Intro and Outro song: Lazy Aftermoon by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Welcome back in this episode listen to the best trio in the podcast game discuss Gabby Petito murder case, The Pizza Roll Menace , and our views on the 3 stages of love. We also go to the Reddit threads and help give some great advice before ending the podcast with a classic game of OGG. Plenty of laughs, frustration and time torching vibes all around it feels good to be back.

What's coming next for the Linux desktop, and some exclusive news from System76. Plus, we try out Element's new voice messages and share our thoughts.

The Trio is back and killing time like no other! On this episode we discuss, Dababy Rolling Loud performance, Blizzard/Activision protest, Simone Biles, and going to college. Be sure to stick around and participate in the OGG section of the podcast! Be sure to follow us @TheCoreContent on all our socials.

On this episode the trio is back and have nothing but time to kill. Join us as we discuss aliens spotting's, XXL Freshman List, new movies and a classic game of OGG. Be sure to follow us on all of social media accounts @TheCoreContent.

In this episode watch the trio get into a heated discussion about some of J Cole discography. We also discuss Lil Yachty new business venture , HBCU athletes in the NFL and other topics. To round the show off with an interesting game of OGG! Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @TheCoreContent.

Aquí vamos nuevamente con un episodio de nuestro esperado Podcast semanal, esta vez con el tema de Oggún y Ochosi como parte del sagrado tridente conocido como los Guerreros. Les contaremos sobre sus principales características e importancia en nuestra religión. En el segmento ‘‘Conociendo más sobre Ifá'' traemos a cotación una historia del sagrado Oddun de Ifá Ogunda Masa, que evidencia el por qué ambas deidades son aliados y donde está uno siempre estará el otro. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herenciayoruba/message

In this episode of the Time Torch podcast, Justin is back in action as the host as he is joined by Ricky and Casey. Kick back and relax as the trio talk about moving to mars, the future of Spider-Man, Deshaun Watson update, and a fantastic game of OGG. If you haven't already be sure to check out The Core on YouTube for additional content.

Everything gets streamed these days, and almost all streaming platforms use lossy data encoding: mp3, AAC, OGG etc (OMG!) And these lossy codecs do a pretty remarkable result of preserving the quality, considering they strip out anywhere between 60-90% of the original data. But it's not perfect - far from it ! In this show we talk about: * How your audio can be damaged by lossy data encoding * Why this happens * How you can test for it yourself * Why it's worth doing * How it can help you hear the artefacts for yourself * Whether we should optimise our audio to avoid them and (most importantly!) * The two simple steps you can take to minimise these problems and help your audio SURVIVE streaming Full show notes on our website http://themasteringshow.com/episode-62

#014: "Ogg told Mogg about the Mammoth hunt"—Making Conferences Count (page 183) Spencer and D.P. share ideas on how to make the most of any conference you attend, and how to get the most profile and brand-boosting benefit via smart social media amplification. This episode focuses on the section entitled 'Making Conferences Count' that can be found on page 183 of ROTOMA—The ROI of Social Media 'Top of Mind' by Spencer X. Smith & D.P. Knudten,' available now at Amazon.com. Signed copies of the book can be ordered directly from the authors at rotomathebook.com +++++++ The ROTOMA Podcast focuses on specific sections of the book, ROTOMA—The ROI of Social Media 'Top of Mind' by Spencer X. Smith & D.P. Knudten (2017), available at Amazon.com or direct from the authors (with free autographs) at rotomathebook.com You can reach Spencer X. Smith at: Email: sxs@spencerxsmith.com Website: spencerxsmith.com Twitter: @spencerXsays Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, et al: @spencerxsmith You can reach D.P. Knudten at: Email: dpk@collaboratorcreative.com Website: collaboratorcreative.com / dpknudten.com Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, et al: @dpknudten ©2018 Spencer X. Smith & D.P. Knudten COLLABORATOR Publications / info@collaboratorcreative.com

That went quickly! Listen in to our live event where we commemorate 100 episodes of The Busy Creator Podcast and remark on the journey. This event was a crossover with the New York City Podcast Meetup, recorded at Small City Co-working space in Brooklyn. Joining Prescott on stage are musician Joaquin Cotler (@ShinyIslands), UX designer Rashan Casseus (@rcassues) & video publisher/entrepreneur Gabby Wallace (@GabbyAWallace). Together we discuss daily practice, creating projects and nurturing them over time, and our own experiences with podcasting. Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (MP3, 1:07:53, 32.7 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (OGG, 1:07:53, 35.9 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Show Notes & Links Small City co-working space in Brooklyn Joaquin Cotler, musician, journalist, composer of The Busy Creator Podcast theme song Paul Shaffer, Clark Terry, Questlove — late night talk show band leaders through the years New York City Podcast Meetup Joaquin has appeared on The Busy Creator Podcast episode 41 John Lee Dumas & Kate Erickson, guests on TBC episode 50 "It's a great time to go to Puerto Rico if you already have a lot of money." —Joaquin Cotler Tweet This Creighton Mershonn & Jessi Arrington, proprietors of Small City and past guests on TBC ep 92 Vector Media Group, our default host of the NYC Podcast Meetup Nick Spriggs, partner at Vector, guest on TBC ep 91 New York City Podcast Meetup is one year old  New York City Podcast Meetup on Twitter  New York City Podcast Meetup on Facebook Prescott removed Facebook from his phone, sleeps better  The Busy Creator Podcast made it to 100 episodes — they're all here Jonathan Coulton, and his Thing A Week podcast project JoCo Cruise, featuring Aimee Mann, et al "Busy is a four-letter word." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This “Busy Beaver” is an English-language idomatic expression MIT's mascot is Tim the Beaver, nature's engineer Tim The Beaver Buzz The Busy Beaver is the mascot of The Busy Creator Podcast, but not modelled after Prescott #HumbleBrag, a definition The Busy Creator Podcast started as bi-weekly, went up to weekly, then returned to bi-weekly Bi-Weekly vs. Fortnightly vs. every-other-week, semantics TBC by the numbers: 3 years, 106 episodes (including B-Sides), 98 unique guests, 15 single-topic episodes, 4 monologue episodes TBC by the numbers, best single day downloads: 567, 11 January 2017 TBC by the numbers, best monthly downloads: 10,148, November 2016 TBC by the numbers, lifetime downloads: 103,279, as of 16 January 2017 Marc Maron's show received nearly 750,000 downloads in 24 hours when he interviewed President Obama Casper Mattresses, not a sponsor #TBC100 and #NYCPodMeet to see photos from the event Rashan Casseus, NYC native, FIT Grad, currently a Senior UX Designer Rashan & Prescott met at a fan meetup for Keith and The Girl R & P participated in The Cinnamon Challenge The Ice-Bucket Challange, The Mannequin Challenge, etc. Ice Bucket Challenge Emeril Lagasse "I make digital tools easier to use." —Rashan Casseus Tweet This "UX is the thought process of how a human being gets from point A to point B." —Rashan Casseus Tweet This MailChimp, and their mascot Freddy Disembodied Monkey Hand, the name of Joaquin's new punk band Microcopy, the words around the site on buttons, short messages, etc. Eat24, and their “hungry” shopping cart 90Elm, Rashan's cousin's t-shirt company User Stories, User Interviews — tools of planning a site Sayba Naturals, Prescott's mother's soap brand Squarespace, also not a sponsor "Websites are never finished, they are only abandoned." —Prescott Perez-Fox, paraphrasing Leonardo da Vinci Tweet This "Your website is done when you run out of time, or when the client says 'I want it up now'." —Rashan Casseus Tweet This Museum of Arts and Design, NYC Gabby Wallace, YouTube producer, teacher, online marketing coach — hates headphones!  Keith Richards Gabby defines herself as a creator. Simple. "I create something every day. Most day, many things." —Gabby Wallace Tweet This Prescott & Gabby met at Podcast Movement 2014 Gabby was a podcaster, has moved back to YouTube. GoNaturalEnglish, a video show to learn to English Friendtor, teaming up with people of complementary skills Adrienne Stortz, Katie Quinn, cooking video producers in Brooklyn Matt Cremona, woodworker "I reject all that quality and editing because it takes forever!" —Gabby Wallace Tweet This Keytar Gilmore Girls, and the revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Gilmore Guys podcast The Town Troubadour from Gilmore Girls Joaquin attended CUNY J-School, earning a Master's in Multimedia Journalism Atavist, easier to use than Squarespace or WordPress Roots on The Record, Joaquin's graduate project speaking to musicians and  Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Marian McPartland, 1918–2013 The Nerdist Podcast Alicia Witt, and her episode on The Nerdist The 101, traffic magnet in Los Angeles Studio 360 Kurt Andersen Ashley Milne-Tyte, previous guest on TBC ep 8 WBAI, the liberal talk station which plays Latin Jazz Ray Barretto "Way more fun than playing music is listening to other people play." —Joaquin Cotler Tweet This The Busy Creator Podcast is switching from bi-weekly publication to a seasonal format 9 Habits of Highly Creative People Zapier, upcoming episode for season.next Hulse Durrell, upcoming episode for season.next Vancouver Olympics New brand and website for The Busy Creator coming in the spring SASS (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets), better than CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)  Rashan Casseus on Twitter  Rashan Casseus on Facebook  Rashan Casseus on Instagram  Rashan Casseus on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on Twitter  Gabby Wallace on Facebook  Gabby Wallace on Instagram  Gabby Wallace on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on YouTube  Joaquin Cotler on Twitter  Joaquin Cotler on Facebook  Joaquin Cotler on Instagram  Joaquin Cotler on LinkedIn  Joaquin Cotler on YouTube Tools Jira Slack Squarespace Google Docs Atavist Techniques Name buttons on websites in an intuitive way; say “conclude” or “done” Consult a designer even when using a templated system like Squarespace Take team outings as a way to get to know each other Post a common planning document to keep your team accountable Share your core message; if you don't have it defined, go back to square one Mix your “main bit” with casual, less rehearsed pieces When discussing an “album”, call it a “record” to be more generic Habits Keep your skills up with family and community projects Find the intersection of your creation and what people need Post helpful content and videos; people will ask for your help Constantly learn from others via podcasts, videos, blogs, books, etc. Return to a consistent format to avoid rehearsal SaveSave

Craig Ward (@MrCraigWard) is a designer, art director, typographic artist, and author currently living in Brooklyn, NY. A UK native, he came to New York in 2009 shortly after being selected as an ADC Young Gun. As a solo act, Craig created projects for Adobe, Squarespace, Calvin Klein, Google, Nike, and host of other large brands across entertainment, fashion, media, and consumer products. Lately, he's rejoined the agency world. In this conversation, we discuss the culture clash between a large company and a solo practice, the economics behind design (large and small), and where agencies can still innovate in spite of their size. Catch up with Craig on his personal website, Words Are Pictures. Cover photo by Jonathan Pilkington. Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 99 (MP3, 47:06, 22.8 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 99 (OGG, 47:06, 24.9 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links Prescott and Craig have been pals for several years due to the NYC design scene Joaquin Cotler, a guest on The Busy Creator episode 41 and composer of the theme music Craig is ok being called a “designer & art director”; he's also directed music videos and earn other titles by action Solo practitioners are a “one-man army” due to their multiple facets The US O-1B Visa, for people, like Craig, “who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement … and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements …”  How a Bill Becomes Law   "Solo practice is very liberating, but brings its own problems." —Craig Ward Tweet This "When you work for someone else, you can spend almost 100% of time working on projects. For yourself, it's maybe 50%." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This "When freelance work became my full-time job I suddenly had free time." —Craig Ward Tweet This Popular Lies About Graphic Design by Craig Ward on Amazon Craig's first solo show "I didn't think at all about the financial aspects of solo work." —Craig Ward Tweet This Grey advertising "Big agencies are designed to spin wheels." —Craig Ward Tweet This "If you're a creative person, you're not supposed to be good at business stuff." —Craig Ward Tweet This Intellectual Overhead vs. Property Overhead: anxiety, distraction, etc. rather than dollars "When you work solo the highs are higher, but the lows are lower." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This “Make hay while the sun shines” and other farming metaphors Pentagram Eddie Opara, digitally-savvy partner at Pentagram Douglas Davis, previous guest on TBC "In so many ways it's a holiday to have a team." —Craig Ward Tweet This "At a certain point, agencies stop being creative companies and start being corporations." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This Denise O'Bleness "Clients get the work they deserve." —Denise O'Bleness Tweet This Deutsch "The answers are not found in the office." —Craig Ward Tweet This "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." —Seneca Tweet This Mother, an agency which has Design and Advertising within it The Shadow Cabinet, in Parliament Skunk Works "The barrier to entry to experimenting is lower than ever." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This "I worry that I'm spreading myself too thin, but I'd rather have a go than not." —Craig Ward Tweet This Extrude nodes, chamfered edges – jargon of 3D printing and modeling "We ran out of stuff to talk about … so we had a kid." —Craig Ward Tweet This "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." —Pablo Picasso Tweet This "There's real beauty in an eclectic team." —Craig Ward Tweet This Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)  Craig Ward on Twitter  Craig Ward on Instagram  Craig Ward on Facebook  Craig Ward on LinkedIn Tools Maya Techniques Use your “free” time for other long-term projects, like writing a book Keep “swiftness” in mind; build momentum at the start of projects Take on an agent to help even out the workloads Encourage your team to get out of the office and see things around the city Create a job number for excursions so you can track it; give yourself a time-budget per month Visualize your projects internally, and sketch when you have an idea in mind Habits Be a “restless creative”, always be making something Aim for one fully-fledged, start-to-finish project in your portfolio per year Allow for Unconventional Inspiration (one of The 9 Habits of Highly Creative People) Build in separation between your home and work life; force a commute and specific hours  

Michael Stinson (@MWStinson) is a veteran designer, educator, and business owner. In addition to his work as a professor of graphic design, he also runs Ramp Creative, a branding studio in Los Angeles, as well as Type Ed, a dedicated typographic education business which helps creative pros return to form in the fields of typesetting and layout. Together in this conversation we unravel some of today's worst typographic habits, and how to overcome them, share a few tips that all creatives can use to improve their type usage, and discuss some processes for working with clients. Catch up with Michael on his website, MichaelStinson.com, or through Type Ed.              Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 97 (MP3, 52:40, 25.4 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 97 (OGG, 52:40, 22 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links Michael is the first person from Los Angeles to join The Busy Creator Podcast Ramp Creative handles a lot of variety — digital, print, mobile Type Ed is an Education Organization, founded 2012 UI/UX design has eroded traditional type study High School scribbles are largely typography Michael was taught both ends of the type spectrum — hand lettering and typesetting (3 words or 300) "I'm not training you to be designers; I'm training you to be Creative Directors some day." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Phonetics Whiskey Labels, an underrated technical as well as artistic challenge "Everyone likes to do logos but wordmarks are extremely challenging." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Chronicle Books Typography for Lawyers, great site for anyone, not just lawers "Designers these days don't like process. They want to jump to making it look good." —Michael Stinson Tweet This "If you get your process in place, you can design anything." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Michael is a former Aerospace Engineer; Prescott studied Mechanical Engineering Prescott — in spite of the hyphen in his last name — doesn't like to use hyphens in his paragraph text "Imagine if you're reading War & Peace in all caps — how far would you get?" —Michael Stinson Tweet This Milton Glaser's Bob Dylan poster Bob Dylan by Milton Glaser Michael was accepted to study Physics at Berkeley, but received scholarships in Art "The beauty of graphic design is that it works both sides of the brain." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Additive & Subtractive Colours Lithographic printing Calculus Ramp Creative is 2 principals and 1 designer "If you follow the right words the path will take you to the promised land of the visuals." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Different methodologies — layer cake vs. pay-as-you-go Lots of Jewish families in New York City worked in the garment industry "You're an actor, you're a leader, you're an entrepreneur, you're a psychologist, you're a therapist ... all at the same time." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Building Brands, a Step-By-Step Guide for Creative Pros to Develop Strategy and Design Identity — original eBook by Prescott Perez-Fox Building Brands eBook "You're not going to use a crescent wrench for a hammer. Right tool for the right job." —Michael Stinson Tweet This "Never stop noticing design." —Michael Stinson Tweet This The most stringest morning routine ever described on The Busy Creator Podcast was that of Michael Bierut Reading in The Brain by Stanislas Dehaene on Amazon The Intellectual Devotional by David Kidder & Noah Oppenheim on Amazon and on Audible "Type isn't all about the characters themselves, it's about the space they take up and the negative space that's left." —Michael Stinson Tweet This Michael defines himself as an introvert Douglas Davis, another educator to appear as a guest Cat Rose discussed creative introverts on The Busy Creator Podcast  Type Ed  MichaelStinson.com  RampCreative.com  Michael Stinson on Twitter  Michael Stinson on Facebook  Michael Stinson on Instagram  Michael Stinson on LinkedIn  Type Ed on Twitter  Type Ed on Facebook Tools InDesign Basecamp Harvest Techniques Use Tables in InDesign for grid-based layouts (restaurant menus) Build type hierarchy from the body copy up (subheads, etc.) If you're setting more than 35 words, don't use All Caps, Italics, Centered Don't be afraid to use hyphens, but with discipline. (e.g., don't use hyphens in the first line) Don't use more than 13 words on a line (left-aligned), or 7 words on a line (centered) Aim for 50-70 characters per line (type size in points x 2 = measure width in picas) Don't build websites in Photoshop — it's not made for layout Habits Keep the reader in your mind. Think of them first. Always take clients through a verbal discovery phase first before visuals Give your print partners multiple files — flattened, outlined, original files, native links, etc. — make their lives easier Constantly observe and comment on design around you Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind by David Kidder & Noah Oppenheim as a free audiobook   

David Power is a multi-purpose creative pro based in Brooklyn, NY. Since moving to New York, he's worked in music recording & production, written several business books, penned screenplays, and helped write and perform in comedy films. His latest project is a podcast documentary of how a feature film is made. Our conversation covers creative practices and routines, as well as the often-nebulous world of film & video, including how to collaborate on a script and using crowdfunding to launch projects at scale. Catch up with David on his website, DavidPower.com, or through his show, SureFirePodcast.com Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 96 (MP3, 44:01, 21.3 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 96 (OGG, 44:01, 24.9 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links David's office is a multi-purpose room (writing, video editing, audio recording, podcast production) Acoustic paneling GIK Acoustics Reverb Anechoic Chamber David started making films based on his own whims and desires The Lonely Island Saturday Night Life D*ck in a Box David is currently podcasting the production of a feature film Michael Goldburg & Dave Chan, filmmakers Iron Mule Comedy Film Festival, NYC Seed & Spark, film-based crowdfunding platform Transcontinental Railroad Contractions (in dialogue) David's podcast episode on crowdfunding Crowdfunding article on The Busy Creator blog Kickstarter and pitch videos which now are their own project and format Cathryn Lavery on The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 65 American Sign Language (ASL) Does Google Docs have an offline version? Centered, Courier text for screenplays. Why? David has assembled a 3-monitor desk setup over the years Island of Misfit Toys Crysis Ivy Bridge, Intel's best chip from Spring 2012 David worked in a corporate environment for many years; no longer uses an alarm clock Prescott watches one event on broadcast TV each year: The Oscars Presidential debates in 2016 were streamed on Twitter DavidPower.com Sure-Fire Podcast  David Power on Facebook  David Power on LinkedIn Tools Trello Slack Google Docs FinalDraft BitBucket (on the web) SourceTree (on the desktop) Dropbox Paper Dell PC Tower from 2009 VEGAS Pro by Sony Magix Cakewalk by Sonar Hackintosh Mac Pro Techniques Soften the corners of a room to dampen reverb/echo Develop characters first, give them a voice and backstory, and then place them into a three-act structure. (Or not). Collect all notes and ideas; save them for later and vetting each one before writing Build a project management software workflow that actually reflects the way you work Don't store files in Slack; that's not the place for permanent items Use Plain Text formatting as a universal standard Build a Hackintosh if you can't afford a Mac Pro (which you probably can't) Habits Cross-promote, tag, and share your social links with your collaboration partners Exercise first thing in the morning Meditate, eat, drink coffee before starting work Use a floating lunch hour Wake up without an alarm Don't actively seek out news (minus industry happenings) Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get Finish the Script!: A College Screenwriting Course in Book Form by Scott King as a free audiobook   

Kathleen Shannon (@AndKathleen) is a graphic designer and brand strategist, and co-founder of Being Boss, a podcast and community for creative entrepreneurs. Kathleen began as a staff art director, but learned entrepreneurial habits working on her side projects and blogging. She's now seeking to become a media mogul and serve the creative community. In this conversation, we discuss the origins of Being Boss, how Kathleen learned systematic behaviour and stays organised, and the common mindsets of creative entrepreneurs. Catch up with Kathleen on the Being Boss website or that of her agency, Braid Creative. Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 95 (MP3, 52:24, 25.3 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 95 (OGG, 52:24, 24.4 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes | on Google Play Music | on Android | on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the best free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links Prescott had a classmate named Kathleen, who went by Kate. Her mother, also Kathleen, went by Cassie. Kathleen was almost named “Cinco”, born May 5 Prescott is born May 6, making the two both Tauruses Kathleen describes herself as a “truth seeker & dream (job) chaser. Tea drinker & good food eater. Risk taker, magic maker & booty shaker.” AndKathleen.com, Kathleen's personal site and retired blog “Creative Horcruxes”, websites and projects where we divide our passions, time, and attention Kathleen co-owns Braid Creative with her sister Tara Braid Creative is “Branding and business visioning agency for creative entrepreneurs” The Being Boss podcast started in 2014 as a way for Kathleen to “grow the top of her funnel” Emily Thompson (@EmilyM_Thompson), Kathleen's partner in Being Boss Prescott kept hearing about “your audience”, which sparked him to start The Busy Creator Prescott admits that Being Boss is “ahead” of The Busy Creator in terms of spawning multiple forms (books, events, community classes, etc.) "Show notes are a great way to increase search engine optimization." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This The aim is transform Being Boss from a podcast into “multimedia conglomerate” Chelsea Handler, Kathleen's hero for hosting a tv show Kathleen & Emily recently submitted a book for publishing (due out Spring 2018) FreshBooks was a sponsor of Being Boss almost since the beginning, because they align Being Boss Facebook Group, 17,000+ members strong, has grown almost beyond control "How you feel at work affects how you feel at home, and vice versa." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This "We didn't want to sully the waters with money." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This The Being Boss Clubhouse is a year-long community learning course with coaching, and more. Will Hudson, early guest on The Busy Creator, ep. 12 It's Nice That and its sister agency, Anyways Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio have both been on TBC, separately, eps. 3 & 84 Brand New Conference, Brand New Blog Kathleen started writing on LiveJournal in 1999 Kathleen worked as an Art Director for advertising while blogging at home The Etsy–Pinterest Boom Kathleen attracted freelance design projects from posting her wedding invitations "First, you have to be dedicated to your craft." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This 10,000 hours “Fit of Entrepreneurial Passion”, as described by Michael Gerber "Nothing kills creativity like desperation." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This Kathleen learned Project Management skills at her ad agency job Charlotte Hornets "You can only connect the dots looking backwards." —Steve Jobs Tweet This Steve Jobs addresses Standford class of 2004 2005 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo on Amazon and on Audible Prescott's grandfather collected his lifetime's worth of business cards 9 Habits of Highly Creative People (free eBook) Kathleen & Emily met as internet blogging pals Emily pitched the idea of a podcast, along with responsibilities Kathleen is the editorial lead; Emily handles web and tech "I didn't know this thing would need its own bank account one day!" —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This 7 People are involved with the production of Being Boss, including an editorial assistant and an audio editor The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber on Amazon and on Audible "Most people are still in their struggle. There's never a 'there'." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This "Your goals mean shit if you feel like shit along the way." —Kathleen Shannon Tweet This Emily only uses list view in Asana; Kathleen only uses calendar Prescott prefers Kanban view, where that's available Ramit Sethi Kaizen, continual gradual improvements over time Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott on Amazon and on Audible Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson on Amazon and on Audible Daring Greatly by Brene Brown on Amazon and on Audible Martha Beck  BeingBoss.club  Kathleen Shannon on Twitter  Kathleen Shannon on Facebook  Kathleen Shannon on Instagram  Braid Creative on Facebook  Braid Creative on Pinterest  Being Boss on Twitter  Being Boss on Facebook  Being Boss on Instagram  Being Boss on iTunes Tools Being Boss Podcast Facebook Live FreshBooks Acuity Scheduling Asana CoSchedule Notebooks, Post-Its Evernote Google Docs Slack Techniques Ask your audience what they want, to create new content Put in your 10,000 hours before becoming an entrepreneur; become a “confident expert” Build a bridge before leaving your full-time job Aim to replace your income before taking that last leap Ask to be in client meetings; see the process up close Share your process as you're in it — publish along the way Codify your methods, translate them to an e-course  Find a “business bestie” and have “Skype dates” Use your existing resources to bolster your side projects Create an org. chart to plan future expansion, duties Know every element of your business, and only outsource as needed When overwhelmed, write top 3 items on a Post-It Be a little more casual with your team when chatting on Slack Habits Drink Coffee and Tea every morning Broadcast on Facebook Live a few times a week Make decisions, whether they're right or wrong Respect your future self (through systems) Have empathy for others and what they struggle with — it may be different from you Put everything in Google Calendar Work out first thing in the morning Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get Daring Greatly by Brene Brown as a free audiobook 

Ben Seigel (@versastudiollc) is a web designer and developer, and head of Versa Studio. In addition to managing projects and writing the necessary code for client sites, Ben has examined and written about the underlaying value of design, how small businesses and design agencies can work together toward successful ends. In this conversation, we dig into content management systems on websites, discuss managing remote teams, remark on transitioning from a pure developer to a business owner, and share some common ailments of working with small businesses on their brand and web design projects. Website Planning for Small Business Grab Ben's eBook, Website Planning for Small Business, and catch up with him via the website for Versa Studio.   Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 94 (MP3, 54:50, 26.5 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 94 (OGG, 54:50, 26.2 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes | on Google Play Music | on Android | on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the best free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links Versa Studio is a distrubuted team, building websites & brands for small business and non-profits Ben previously ran a lawn service and worked internally in the insurance industry HAM Radio Commodore 64, Prescott's first computer The Internet of Things Versa Studio works with ExpressionEngine and Craft, exclusively WordPress Nick Spriggs, previous guest on The Busy Creator Podcast Vector Media hosts the New York City Craft Meetup Register for a temporary live installation of Craft Ben manages projects, but also still writes code and works on the sites Ben runs the Madison Web Design/Development Meetup Big Data Periscope Ben's eBook, Website Planning for Small Business "If someone wants to spend $20k on a project, but won't take 2 hours to read a plan ... they're not going to be a good client." —Ben Seigel Tweet This Prescott's eBook, Building Brands "You need a 'minimum viable brand' before any website." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This Prescott wants the “power of suggestion” as his business superpower. Ben prefers a version of ESP. Request for Proposals (RFP) "(an RFP) is a really great way to waste a whole bunch of peoples' time." —Ben Seigel Tweet This Brennan Dunn, Roadmapping A “Warm RFP” has a higher chance to succeed "You can read four proposals. You probably can't read 19." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This Current (October 2016) Facebook image guidelines Full Employment Act Bespoke aka custom-built Tim Ferriss "We're not built to sit all day. We're also not built to stand. We gotta move." —Ben Seigel Tweet This Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Graceland by Paul Simon on Amazon Derek Sivers Versastudios.com/now — what Ben is doing now  Versa Studio  Versa Studio on Twitter  Versa Studio on Facebook  Ben Seigel on LinkedIn Tools ExpressionEngine Craft CMS Photoshop Sketch HeartMath Techniques If given the opportunity, build a new platform fresh without links to the past ten years of legacy code Connect with people in person rather than social Break a project into steps/phases, so you can learn about the client as you go Build a “Helvetica-Vanilla” version of your website while you test-and-iterate on brand, content, visual styles Counter an RFP with an honest, candid phone call or conversation Ask about the competition for proposals/pitches/tenders Review a project through a post-mortem Auto-answer common email questions Pomodoro Method Habits Create a “framework” for your projects; share it with clients and industry Start projects with an “assembly line” for beginning a project Call Templates “Starting Documents” Be flexible on your standards and workflow Save code snippets and text macros as you work on projects; you'll likely need to use them again. Always move during the day Work toward your daily practices Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business by Jane Applegate as a free audiobook  Join the Discussion Leave a comment below to participate in the conversation.

Jessi Arrington (@JessiArrington) and Creighton Mershon (@Cr8tonMershon) are the founders of Workshop, a Brooklyn-based creative agency, as well as the proprietors of Small City, a new co-working space and home to dozens of independent creative pros. Alongside their design practice, Jessi & Creighton have grown their co-working experience by taking on more responsibility across three different spaces in Brooklyn. In this conversation, we discuss the oddities and challenges of New York real estate, the financial and logistical efforts needed to run a co-working space anywhere, and a bit about balancing family life with all manner of creative and business tasks. Catch up with Jessi & Creighton on their websites for Workshop and Small City. Cover photo by Bekka Palmer Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 92 (MP3, 59:17, 21.5 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 92 (OGG, 59:17, 26.1 MB) Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes | on Google Play Music | on Android| on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the best free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links In Fall 2007, Prescott ran the Philadelphia Marathon but also discovered that he didn't know any peers in the design biz Jessi and Prescott in Debbie Millman‘s class at SVA in Fall 2007 Jessi & Creighton met in the “New York Design Scene” Jessi & Prescott, being young and wild J&C have broadened the definitions of “Design” "A shared word does not mean a shared definiton." —Debbie Millman Tweet This "Design is about intention. We're trying to live a designed life." —Jessi Arrington Tweet This Parsons, The New School for Design Jessi & Creighton founded Workshop in 2005 (and married in 2006) Jessi & Creighton recently celebrated their ten-year anniversary Workshop now practices “in-person experience design”, which encompasses physical spaces, graphics, and time (how a person moves through a place) "I like to think about our projects and ask 'What happens when we press play?'" —Creighton Mershon Tweet This Rainbow Parade "Nothing like your job to get in the way of your work." —business adage Tweet This Workshop is currently three partners: Jessi, Creighton, and Casson Rosenblatt TED "Keeping it small has been good for our business but bad for our personal lives." —Jessi Arrington Tweet This The Hollywood Model, a definition Co-Working, a definition Small City is a converted industrial space in Gowanus, Brooklyn The decor is very un-office-like Big Reuse Brooklyn Beta Comedy Hack Day Before opening Small City, J&C ran two prior co-working spaces, allowing them to become familiar with security deposits, etc. Desks at Small City cost $550/mo. (get yours) "Airbnb is a real estate play." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This DUMBO, Brooklyn (which used to be a very scrappy, creative ‘hood is now too expensive for upstarts like Workshop) HOW Magazine Different professions need different square feet per employee (call centers need 90; architects need 600) Airbnb One aspect of gentrification is desk workers replacing industrial workers Coney Island, as far as you can go in Brooklyn Popular Science magazine (and its predictions of the future) Will self-driving cars transform commuting, and thereby the suburbs? Sheepshead Bay, Ridgewood, Castle Hill — New York City neighbourhoods outside of Manhattan Jessi & Creighton sold their Brooklyn condo and bought a building in Louisville, KY as part of a future project and for the ability to live in multiple cities Some folks are commuting to Small City from Manhattan and other parts of Brooklyn Commuting is tolerable if you have a nice “work neighbourhood” The Internet of Things ACH Carting Companies, independant, for-profit companies a commercial space must use to collect garbage “Who's dealing with the trash!” Adobe MAX Prescott's family comes from the Recycling industry P&L = Profit & Loss WeWork Will co-working spaces offer childcare and other services? "Us being happy parents involves a certain amount of chaos." —Jessi Arrington Tweet This The Gowanus Canal (not for swimming) Jessi gave a TED talk AIGA & AIGA/NY  Workshop  Small City  Jessi Arrington on Twitter  Jessi Arrington on Facebook  Jessi Arrington on Instagram  Jessi Arrington on LinkedIn  Creighton Mershon on Twitter  Creighton Mershon on Instagram  Creighton Mershon on LinkedIn Tools Quickbooks Google Sheets Station Wagon Found objects Reused furniture Techniques Keep your company small enough so you don't have huge overhead Look for other ways to keep a network alive aside from conventional employees Use co-working studiomates for accountability and courage Find and reuse furniture or items, especially when found on the street or at flea market Use your existing resources for client events and experiences (no rules against that) Build a culture where people “take out their own recycling” Work up little by little into bigger spaces, which in turn allow you to save more and more money for future use Schedule a day each month to create the necessary invoices Keep separate bank accounts for different areas of operation (client services vs. renting desks) Habits Work to improve stopping and documenting projects and process Keep your company small if you're not an effective or natural manager Always consider the trash situation following an event! Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto as a free audiobook  Join the Discussion Leave a comment below to participate in the conversation.

Samsung HW-K450 Soundbar Review Braden recently upgraded some of the gear in his loft because his boys were demanding a 4k television. There's something to be said about raising a new generation of home theater enthusiasts, especially when they can help you gang up on the finance committee. They were approved for the purchase of a Vizio E70u-d3, but since we've already reviewed the Vizio P702ui-B3, we'll skip the TV review and talk about what the boys decided to buy to upgrade sound in their loft, the Samsung HW-K450 Soundbar. About the Soundbar Despite the higher quoted MSRP, you can pick up the Samsung HW-K450 for just under $200 pretty much anywhere it is sold, including Amazon or even direct from Samsung. Prime shipping will save you some money and get it to you faster, unless you head out and pick it up (for the same price coincidently) from Best Buy or another brick and mortar retailer. At $200, we knew it wasn't going to blow us away, but when you're already $1600 in on the TV, you don't want to push your luck. And the Samsung does have a few features that made it a better choice than similar priced models from other models from other manufacturers.  The spec sheets lists the features as: 300W nominal output power for dynamic sound. Wireless subwoofer for powerful bass. Dolby Digital decoder reproduces multichannel audio to deliver a cinematic audio experience. Sleek appearance fits seamlessly along most HDTVs for a streamlined look. Includes HDMI input and output Built-in Bluetooth makes it easy to enjoy tracks from on a compatible Bluetooth-enabled device. Supports a variety of file formats including WAV, WMA, AAC, MP3, FLAC and OGG, so you can enjoy your favorite media. Wall-mountable with the included bracket. Setup If you aren't wall mounting the HW-K450, setup is a breeze.  The soundbar is small enough to sit below many TVs; we have it sitting on the table below the Vizio and it doesn't interfere with the picture at all. You plug it into power, add the cables you need for sound from your various devices, and that's it. Then you plug the wireless subwoofer into the wall somewhere and when they start up, they locate each other and pair automatically. This all happened for us without issue and we had the soundbar in service in about 5 minutes. If you want to mount the Soudbar to the wall, you can using the included wall mount brackets.  However, the soundbar doesn't include the screws or drywall anchors needed to secure the brackets to your wall, so you'll need to make a quick run to your local home improvement or hardware store for those. We didn't wall mount ours, but it is pretty small and light, so we wouldn't anticipate any issues hanging it above or below your wall mounted TV. Just a couple screws and you're set. Performance and Use We know what you're thinking: you bought a Samsung for audio? What were you thinking? Samsung isn't exactly world renowned for audio gear and sound quality. While that is true, we were pleasantly surprised by how much better it sounded than just using the TV. Audio had much more punch and we could get much higher volumes without the audio distorting or everything blending together into one big mush of sound. For music, it probably wouldn't delight your ears, but for television and movies it does a really solid job. Without the included subwoofer, it would have been pretty lackluster. The sub certainly adds the boom you need to feel the experience of an action movie. There were times when watching high action movies that the dialog could get lost in the rest of the action. This happens with a lot of lower end audio gear, not just soundbars.  Delivering crisp dialog even among a mess of other noise and sound effects isn't easy to do. And as most have probably experienced, simply increasing the volume doesn't solve the problem. While we don't think the Samsung HW-K450 is the best audio solution out there, or even the best soundbar out there, it actually does sound really good and makes movie watching better for sure. While Samsung talks about a feature called Surround Sound Expansion, saying it “delivers more realistic and immersive audio experience that feels like it's coming right out of your TV”. We didn't get any sort of surround sound at all.  The sound coming from the front of the room was great. To say we heard anything to the side or behind us would be a stretch. To solve that, Samsung offers the optional SWA-8000S Wireless Surround Kit for $130. It includes a little wireless surround sound amp and two speakers so you can truly have sound all around you. The unit includes Bluetooth so you can stream audio to it from your smartphone or tablet. Like we already said, it isn't a super impressive device for music, but if you're starting with compressed audio and running it over bluetooth, you don't really need much.  When we tested it out, we'd get the occasional hiccup in the music, most likely due to interference from the Bluetooth subwoofer, but perhaps from other interference in the house. It didn't bother us too much, but if you plan to use your soundbar for a lot of bluetooth audio, it could be a deal breaker. The one feature that pushed the HW-K450 over the top for us was the presence of HDMI, more specifically HDMI output and passthru. It's odd that many soundbars on the market today don't include an HDMI input, but that is slowly changing. However, HDMI output and passthru, especially in the $200 price range is pretty rare. The HW-K450 will pass 3D and 1080p thru to your TV, but not 4K. So we admit it isn't a perfect match for a 4K television, but the HDMI passthru makes setup and installation much simpler.  Simpler, in fact, than we were even expecting due to the support for ARC (Audio Return Channel). In our setup we connected the Cable Box to the Soundbar with HDMI, then ran the HDMI output from the Soundbar to the TV.  We also connected an Amazon Fire TV box to the Soundbar with an optical audio cable and ran another HDMI directly to the TV.  It turns out the optical audio cable was unnecessary. The TV discovered that the soundbar supported ARC and used the established HDMI connection instead. We could potentially remove the HDMI cable from the Soundbar input and run it straight to the TV, using ARC from the TV for all inputs to the soundbar. This would mean we'd never have to change inputs on the Soundbar, just on the TV, making setup and use super easy. In addition to ARC, the soundbar supports HDMI-CEC, so it will turn on when you turn on your TV and turn off when you turn off the TV.  It also allows you to control volume with your TV remote. So if you don't have a universal remote, the TV remote essentially becomes one.  That was a pretty cool surprise (we should have known had we thought about it). Conclusion At $200 you don't expect the Samsung HK-450 to blow you away, but for us, we really enjoyed the audio experience, especially for TV and movies. The included subwoofer is a great touch and the inclusion of HDMI is stellar. If you have more money, there are better options out there. If you're on a budget, the Samsung is great. And if you're scared about what the finance committee is going to do to you when they find out how much you spent, the HK-450 is perfect.

Sally Hogshead (@SallyHogshead) is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Following a career in advertising, she evolved her career and reoriented toward building significance for other professionals and creatives. In this conversation, Sally discusses the phases of her career (so far), shares some of what she learned on the ground with advertising heroes, and remarks on the challenges of writing long-form books as a person who naturally bends toward the quick win. Check out Sally's latest book Fascinate and catch up with her on BrandFascination.com, for a start. GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 86 (MP3, 38:43, 18.7 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 86 (OGG, 38:43, 21.6 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android or on Google Play Music Show Notes & Links Sally and Prescott have worked together on a varied of projects since 2011 Prescott discovered Radical Careering during his first job, which wasn't a very good job. When Sally found advertising, it was "love at first sight" Portfolio Center and their Copywriting course Sally's first career phase was not being awarded or recognised as a student, but discovering that's hardly the entire game "The most interesting creative ideas aren't going to be acknowledged at first, because they're not populist." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This Fallon McElligott Rice, now just Fallon Her Second phase was working with smart people on rapid-fire projects "You want to be the dumbest person on the team." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This Her Third phase was disillusionment when inheriting a management role "It takes a completely different mindset to be with people than from being with my ideas." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This The Fourth phase was expansion to create ideas beyond an ad into the wider world [as an author, speaker, etc.]. Sally was the Creative & Managing Director for Crispin Porter + Bogusky for their Los Angeles office CP+B's LA Office opened its doors on Sept. 10, 2001 "It's easy to be creative when the world has a big budget and optimism and a love for what hasn't been discovered." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This "In order to be a creative leader, you have to be able to lead people through the darkest times." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This "It's impossible to have creative ideas in an oppressive environment." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This     48 Laws of Power by Robert Green & Joost Elffers on Amazon and on Audible     Kerning pairs (such as FA) [caption id="attachment_3445" align="alignnone" width="478"]Kerning Pairs[/caption] There used to be a natural (ten day) cycle with print advertising. There was time to work on stuff. "I'm still a geek with words." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This Paste-ups Bill Westbrook Jean Robere "One for the reel, one for the meal." —advertising adage Tweet This "Don't be a worrier, be a warrior." —Tony Robbins (and Prescott, ironically) Tweet This Clients would cut their marketing budget during the recession. Remember this? or this? Tibor Kalman (1949-1999) Design, like Jazz, is a generational artform John Coltrane played with Miles Davis who played with Charlie Parker Armin Vit worked with Michael Bierut who worked with Massimo Vignelli A lot of NYC agencies did annual reports, but didn't show it in the portfolio Medieval Stonemasons "Signifance doesn't live in one piece. It lives in a movement or a body of work." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This The Martin Agency The One Show, advertising awards show Varnish, in print TBWA/Chiat/Day Wieden+Kennedy Goodby Silverstein & Partners Bob Barrie, Art Director binomial nomenclature Print finishes by thickness: Varnish → UV → Aqueous Print finishes by lustre: Dull → Satin → Hi-Gloss Nightclub Flyers Fascinate achieved New York Times Bestseller status Sally admits to not being great with long content (100,000 word books) How The World Sees You by Sally Hogshead on Amazon and on Audible "Revisions suck my soul. Creation enlivens me." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This "writing-tired", when Prescott feels uninspired to write blog posts, etc. "I can't write anything great for the first hour. I have to get into a trance." —Sally Hogshead Tweet This Antiproton The 9 Habits of Highly Creative People, a free guide from The Busy Creator "The hardest part about writing isn't writing, it's finishing the dishes." —writers' adage Tweet This Prescott and Sally got connected on social media Starship Design on Facebook  Sally Hogshead on Twitter  Sally Hogshead on Facebook  Sally Hogshead on Instagram  Sally Hogshead on YouTube  SallyHogshead.com  HowToFascinate.com/blog  BrandFascination.com Tools MacBook Noise-cancelling headphones Techniques Don't let the Creative Director and Managing Director be the same person; there needs to be a healthy tension between the two. Remark not only on awards won and praise given, but hard times which shape your character Examine any project via its priorities "Quality of Work", "Quality of Life", or "Quality of Compensation." Pursue the areas of work that feel like a "wellspring" of creativity; avoid "creative agony" Create an Idea Wall, and hang up your projects as you think of them Block time (at least 3 hours) to sink into writing Listen to music that reflects the sort of writing you're aiming for Designate externally- and internally-focused work (email vs. writing content) Habits Write down the words you use when mentoring, and which you need to hear Appreciate craft, even if it takes slightly longer Periodically examine your work and your agency to align with influence: Creative, Financial, or Cultural Shape expectations around you; follow the type of work that suits you best Take advantage of "swiftness"; don't analyse or think about ideas and instead just act (especially on side projects and writing ideas). Go to bed early; write in the morning. TRY AUDIBLE.COM FREE FOR 30-DAYS Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get Fascinate by Sally Hogshead as a free audiobook

Kyle Bollinger (@WhoaKB) and Kristin Burkhart are the in-house design team for PureChat, an software tool enabling websites to offer chat-based support. Dividing their duties between product and marketing, Kyle and Kristin have developed a workflow that allows them to work swiftly and efficiently, while still experimenting with new industry practices. In this conversation, we discuss company culture for a small SAAS startup, how the designer collaborate with internal stakeholders, and some unravel technical challenges around versioning and fast iteration. GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 83 (MP3, 37:04, 17.9 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 83 (OGG, 37:04, 16.5 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android Show Notes & Links Kyle is a product-focused UI/UX designer Kristin is a marketing and web focused-design PureChat is chat software for websites SAAS Both Kyle and Kristin started at agencies, working for multiple clients, before going in-house with PureChat "Creating something from scratch is very different than iterating on something." —Kyle Bollinger Tweet This Prescott hates calling software-as-a-service a "product" Austin Kleon Show Your Work by Austin Kleon on Amazon Self-licking ice cream cone "We're creating a living document through each other's work." —Kyle Bollinger Tweet This TechCrunch "The speed at which a company can operate is inversely proportional to how much time it takes to find the answer to a question." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This AxoSoft Nerf Guns Gangplank, co-working space in Chandler, AZ RIP LayerVault Wake Split-testing aka A-B testing The Information Diet by Clay A. Johnson on Amazon Sidebar.io by Sasha Medium, and the occassional article about Millennials and their cereal-buying habits Audible The Three Laws of Performance by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan on Amazonand on Audible Sprint by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky on Amazon and on Audible KyleBollinger.com KristinAshley.org  Kyle Bollinger on Twitter  Kyle Bollinger on LinkedIn  Kristin Burkhart on LinkedIn Tools Slack InVision Illustrator Photoshop Sketch Google Docs Moleskine AxoSoft GitHub Medium Techniques Continuous gather user insight, even if it's only images or screenshot review Find a "theme" with each release or feature-set Get quick feedback from your teammates; no need for formal gatherings Work off the same agile board as your dev team Screenshare with your remote teammates Use InVision to create Brand Guidelines Try to answer the questions "Who do I talk to ..." before they arise Keep your micro-iterations in a document; use a version-style naming system, eg. screen1a-kyle-001 Habits Prank your officemates Continually monitor the site (heatmaps, split testing) Wake up early, get into the office and be creative Join office workouts and activities Share resources and findings with teammates TRY AUDIBLE.COM FREE FOR 30-DAYS Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get The Three Laws of Performance by Steve Zaffron & Dave Logan as a free audiobook

Danny Gregory (@DannyGregory) is an advertising veteran who has worked across just about medium of creativity, including writing, design, photography, and teaching. He's published several books including his latest, Shut Your Monkey. In this conversation, we examine the topics of the book which include self-doubt, anxiety, distraction, and other mindset struggles faced by creative pros.  Shut Your Monkey by Danny Gregory Keep you with Danny on his website or his blog. Shut Your Monkey is now available for order.   GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 82 (MP3, 55:39, 40.4 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 82 (OGG, 55:39, 30.1 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android Show Notes & Links According to his website, Danny is an artist/author/creative director/blogger/teacher/speaker Danny's new book, Shut Your Monkey Sketchbook Skool Danny has worked in Hanoi and Doha to build creativity schools Danny has blogged for 12 or 13 years, published his first book 14 years ago In advertising, Danny has been a CD, ECD, and CCO "Advertising is weaponised art." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This "Advertising agencies no longer have cornered the market on creating advertising." —Danny Gregory Tweet This Absolut Vodka Ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcbasIb8lQ Wazuuuuup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W16qzZ7J5YQ "A single tweet can have much more impact [than advertising]." —Danny Gregory Tweet This The Dress Jen Briney, who runs Congressional Dish podcast Media dollars that Donald Trump has "earned" Paid vs. "Earned" Media Spend Mad Men Conan O'Brien used to write for The Simpsons (video discussion with alumni writers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJ28qOEG1g "The core of social media is authenticity." —Danny Gregory Tweet This Charlie Sheen No Brown M&Ms! Flow, and obstacles to achieving it Gollum Gollum     "Creativity plays a far bigger role in our everyday than it did in the past." —Danny Gregory Tweet This Hardwiring Happiness by Dr. Rick Hanson The War of Art by Steven Pressfield on Amazon and on Audible The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin on Amazon and on Audible "Creativity is inherently about change, risk, uncertainty." —Danny Gregory Tweet This Thomas Edison found "10,000 ways that won't work" to make a lightbulb. "When a great idea appears it's going to stand up and sing." —Danny Gregory Tweet This Shut Your Monkey originated from a blog post, and evolved into a series of posts, then a talk. Show Your Work by Austin Kleon on Amazon Radical Careering by Sally Hogshead on Amazon Number 17 (now 8 and a half) Rachel Willey, graphic designer Whitney Museum The Met The HOW Conference Kaizen - continuous incremental improvements as opposed to a "win" "You don't come up with your life's work and then stop working." —Danny Gregory Tweet This DannyGregorysBlog.com Forthcoming Shut Your Monkey Weekly podcast, featuring "Monkey Tales"   Danny Gregory on Twitter  Danny Gregory on Facebook  Danny Gregory on Instagram  Danny Gregory on YouTube Tools Evernote Scrivener, book authoring software Art supply cart Techniques Understand what your "monkey" is saying, before anything else Don't argue with the monkey when he speaks in extremes Acknowledge the risks we've taken, the work we've accomplished Use your phone or a notebook to jot notes into Evernote Take "book ideas" and break them out into blog posts; return the prose as potential section. Leave big tasks unfinished so you have a place to resume the next day Habits Be available to work all the time (be a honeybee) Defend yourself against other peoples' monkeys Constantly feed on the raw materials that will become a good idea Move around the house to vary your working space Post consistently on your blog, 5 days a week at 7:00 am Tackle creative problems first thing in the morning Visit the library, take out books // khy3m5vf

Jonathan Raymond (@JonathanRaymond) is an author, coach, consultant, and CEO of Refound, working with business leaders and managers to install better workplace habits and company culture, including mentoring. Over the years, he's seen numerous workplace dynamics, not just within the creative fields, and shares some of his patterns with us. In this conversation, we search for definitions of culture, discuss the differences between mentoring and simply bossing, and offer some advice for both the employee and the manager to build better relationships and in turn, a better team. Jonathan has written a book, Good Authority, which will be released later in 2016. Support his efforts by reading more about the book and by pre-ordering. GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 81 (MP3, 52:36, 25.4 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 81 (OGG, 52:36, 28.7 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android Show Notes & Links Jonathan "helps managers become mentors" Many companies talk about innovation, but a "gap" appears when they don't build the conditions "Culture is 'This is how we do it here.'" —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This Gallop says "7/10 employees are actively disengaged from their job" Rolodex Jeff Goins appeared on The Busy Creator Podcast "Culture is Context." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This The First Rule of Fight Club [av_video src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1yHLp9bWA' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] "The First Rule of Culture Change is not to talk about it." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This Undercover Boss Ivory Tower "We over-rely on our strengths. We default to the things we're good at." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This "You're not on the same team; You own the company." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This AT&T/Ma Bell "You can't afford not to invest time into you [your people]." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This "If you invest in someone, they might leave. If you don't invest in someone, they'll definitely leave." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This Jonathan was the Chief Brand Officer of E-Myth "When creative people go off the rails, they hold the rest of the team hostage." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This Studio culture is fundamentally about experimentation Agile methodology "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." —Janis Joplin Tweet This "More Yoda, less Superman." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This "95% of the work in any business is identical." Business Adage Tweet This "The bad thing isn't the hierarchy; it's abusive people in a hierarchy." —Jonathan Raymond Tweet This Hierarchy in the Catholic Church, and their big hats SalesForce "Write drunk, edit sober." —Ernest Hemingway Tweet This ReFound.com GoodAuthorityBook.com  Jonathan Raymond on Twitter  Jonathan Raymond on Instagram Tools SalesForce Hubspot Techniques Break away from the victim mindset; share what you're working on and struggling with Make bold requests — to attend conferences, meetings, etc. Be a Mensch, make that connection Habits Practice being loose, unfinished Take steps in the other person's direction before discussing tension or issues Give your creative team room to be creative (so they don't turn into administrators) Create some distance to reinforce the idea of being a "boss" TRY AUDIBLE.COM FREE FOR 30-DAYS Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber as a free audiobook  

Laura Roeder (@LKR) is the co-founder of Edgar, a social media scheduling and management tool. Laura began her career as a web designer, moving first to solo practice, and then to social media consulting. From this conversation, you'll learn how Laura transitioned away from work-a-day design and into entrepreneurship, how her team at Edgar manages their software development, and some of the philosophies behind their hiring and company management.  One thing we don't cover are the features of the software itself, and the idiosyncrasies which separate Edgar from competitors like Hootsuite or Buffer. To learn more about Edgar itself, scroll down to the show notes for examples of Laura explaining in further detail on other podcasts, and some embedded videos showing off Edgar itself. That said, Laura and her team have offered listeners of The Busy Creator a free month of service for Edgar. Sign up before May 31, 2016 and use the code SUNANDSURF.   GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 79 (MP3, 49:06, 23.6 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 79 (OGG, 49:06, 25.0 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android Show Notes & Links Laura Roeder describes Edgar in greater detail on Smart Passive Income #132 ... and on EOFire #802 ... and on Online Marketing Made Easy #35 Laura describes herself as the founder of Edgar, at least today Laura started as a web and graphic designer, worked at a design agency when she was a fresh graduate Her rationale for leaving her agency job was largely that it would take a really long time to get to do the work she fancied. 10,000 hours Laura was inspired more by business owners than design practitioners Chamber of Commerce "I felt like a fish out of water because I was so much younger." —Laura Roeder Tweet This World of Warcraft is the New Golf Laura replaced her salary the first year, then doubled her earnings the following year. The transition from Paid Services → Packaged Services → Retail Packages "It felt a lot easier to sell an online class than to get individual clients." —Laura Roeder Tweet This Gary Vaynerchuk Laura's clients were asking about social media; there was a swelling  Biography from A+E The Dash was the newsletter from LKR Social Media "It was always a business. I didn't start with a blog." —Laura Roeder Tweet This Laura's team works remotely Lean Startup Methodology Laura's husband Chris is the lead developer/CTO for Edgar Ruby on Rails The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss On Amazon and On Audible Edgar is 16 people strong (development, marketing, customer service) Team Edgar doesn't use Sprint/Agile methodology. They simply make priorities and do them. Edgar ties their QA into Customer Service "We don't make major changes to our software. We're focused on iterative improvements to what we already do." —Laura Roeder Tweet This DIY Network/HGTV Mike Holmes Amazon tests features very carefully "Always run split tests on the home page and signup page" —Laura Roeder Tweet This "I wasn't that passionate about design. I was interested in other elements." —Laura Roeder Tweet This False Negatives in hiring The Narcissism of Minor Differences "If you're talking to the HR Manager, you're doomed." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This The Edgar Blog  Laura Roeder on Twitter  Laura Roeder on Facebook  Laura Roeder on Instagram  Laura Roeder on LinkedIn  Edgar on Twitter  Edgar on Facebook Tools Skillshare Edgar Slack Trello Flow Google Hangouts Confluence Kissmetrics Jira Mailchimp Visual Website Optimizer Evernote Google Docs Pocket Techniques Think of the "Worst Case Scenario" before you quit Start with freelancers before hiring full-time staff Create a Wiki for shared information (customer service, company values, etc.) Methodology is more important than software When A/B testing, use dramatic comparisons; two completely different versions  Habits Have a planning meeting every Monday and retrospective meeting every Friday Always write multiple subject lines Make lists in Google Docs (don't overcomplicate it)

Kristine Neil (@TheKNeil) is head of branding and design company Markon Brand Design. She purchased Markon when it was an old-fashion sign company, and has since transformed it into a small creative studio, now boasting a team of three. In our conversation, we cover the quirks and rituals used by the team at Markon, Kristine's personal productivity habits, and the general challenges that face all busy design teams nowadays. GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 77 (MP3, 41:52, 25.3 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 77 (OGG, 41:52, 19.9 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android Show Notes & Links Kristine describe her work as "varied" Markon is a small agency focusing on branding for small- to medium-sized businesses Kristine purchased Markon rather than founded it. Previously, it was a sign company. The Markon team is now three strong — Kristine, Mike, and Jenna "It's a scary thing to say 'I need some Help'." —Kristine Neil Tweet This Kristine started by adding contractors/freelancers before bringing in full-time employees Prepare to Share — an article and podcast episode about bringing additional people into your workflow Kristine is a systems person, admits to being slightly ADD "Get ideas out of your head. People aren't mind-readers." —Prescott Perez-Fox Tweet This "Always organize things for how they'll work in your absense." —Kristine Neil Tweet This Single Point of Failure — a bottleneck for decisions or skills Many freelancers/solo practitioners struggle to stay organised Kristine previously worked as a GM for a manufacturing company. This taught her systems and regimented behaviours. "Have a system. It doesn't have to be fancy." —Kristine Neil Tweet This "Meta-work" the work surrounding work such as scheduling meetings, checking email, managing your software Ben Elijah, previous guest on TBCP, described "Productivity Pornography" United We Brand by Mike Moser on Amazon "We don't always have the time to treat ourselves as a client." —Kristine Neil Tweet This "We don't just make the things. We make the ideas that make the things great." —Kristine Neil Tweet This Space150, design firm who redesigns their identity every 150 days "It's no longer acceptable to set a brand identity and let it ride for 20 years." —Kristine Neil Tweet This The Sunk-Cost Fallacy Sweat Equity Phase-In a brand vs. "Shadow Op" to replace everything Esso became Exxon seemingly overnight[av_video src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lZkX01wFbE' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Todd Henry, twice a guest on The Busy Creator Podcast  Kristine Neil on Twitter  Kristine Neil on LinkedIn  Markon Brands on Twitter  Markon Brands on Facebook  Markon Brands on Instagram  Markon Brands on Pinterest Tools Whiteboard Scrum and Agile development Remember The Milk for iPhone Google Drive Swiffer Duster Slack Dropbox Basecamp Jira Freedcamp Techniques Divide your whiteboard by category and by day. Slot tasks accordingly. Create a file-naming system that makes sense — plan ahead for others reading in the future. Don't become a Single Point of Failure Pomodoro Technique Only keep the immediate future on the Board, save long-term stuff elsewhere Test systems to find what works best Get outside opinions on your brand/company, at least annually Use Slack to post videos and gifs — especially after a tough day at the desk Habits Host "Board Meetings" with your team every morning Build starting documents ("templates") when you have repetitive projects/tasks Audit your own brand. Be willing to walk away from your previous website. Create a routine strong enough so you don't need an alarm clock Shut down between Christmas and New Year TRY AUDIBLE.COM FREE FOR 30-DAYS Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al & Laura Reis as a free audiobook

Alice Coles (@HulloAlice) is an illustrator, artist, designer, and video producer based in Colorado. She has honed her skills and created a signature style thanks largely to her own video production schedule. Alice publishes tutorial videos and showcases her experiments on her YouTube channel, HulloAlice. In this conversation, we discuss Alice's origins as an illustrator, how she found supporters in the YouTube community, what art supplies she relies on, and what sort of desk setup she uses to film her own work as it happens. See more of Alice's work and get in touch on her website, AliceRColes.com.   GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 76 (MP3, 38:55 18.7 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 76 (OGG, 38:55, 20.2 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android     Show Notes & Links Prescott and Alice met at a design conference in Phoenix Alice describes her work as "an exploration of herself, her memories, and her place and role in the world." Alice uses storytelling in her art, calling herself an illustrator Monument Valley Loish, artist and inspiration of Alice Kaizen, the Japanese idea of continual self-improvement Alice admits she doesn't quite have the time/focus for too many commissions  Sycra on YouTube  Baylee Jae on YouTube "YouTube can be toxic at times, I've seen, but the art community is so supportive of each other." —Alice Coles Tweet This Alice started making videos "every couple of months" but found consistency through audience momentum Alice is primarily a watercolour artist Faffing, a definiton Matt Cremona, woodworker/furniture maker on The Busy Creator Podcast  Matt Cremona on YouTube Doctor Who Papasan Chair "Watercolour is the worst medium to scan." —Alice Coles Tweet This "I tend to barrel through life like a rolling stone." —Alice Coles Tweet This Tsundoku, the Japanese word for "the constant act of buying books, but never reading them" Reddit Alice hails from Desborough, Northamptonshire, UK  Alice Coles on Twitter  Alice Coles Illustration on Facebook  Alice Coles on Facebook  Alice Coles on Instagram  Alice Coles on YouTube Tools Windows Movie Maker Lightbox Winsor & Newton India Ink Dip Nib White Guash Gel Pens Prismacolor pencils Watercolor colored pencils Desk from Target with a hutch Custom lights Bookcases Wacom Intuos 5 tablet Wacom Cintiq monitor/tablet Adobe Photoshop Basecamp Techniques Start with inspiration — colour combo, landscape, etc. Use figure references for anatomy Paint in layers — block in shadows first, then skin tone — keep it thin Underpaint (paint an entire paper with a single colour to instill a tone or feeling) Use a hairdryer to dry your layers Use a hairdryer to cure swimmer's ear Complete a painting in a single sitting (2–6 hours) Batch videos, especially when lighting/hair/make-up is required Watch a speed version of your video first, then record it again in real-time Increase contrast and colour-depth in Photoshop — with the aim to match real-life colours Use planners and lists — "bullet journal" Habits Keep supplies organized in clear cases — jars, boxes, etc. Create an inspiring workspace, use personal items and motifs Aim for a consistent wake-up time (maybe 8 am) Reply to comments and emails first thing in the morning Read while you eat, and before you go to bed Don't be so hard on yourself (regarding time management or inconsistency) List out your tasks for the next day