Gape Into The Void

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  • Gape Into The Void 10 - Converge with Ray Velez
    Gape Into The Void Episode 10 - Converge with Ray Velez
    Show notes:
    In this episode we have the opportunity to speak with Ray Velez, the CTO of legendary digital agency Razorfish, and co-author of the book, "Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology."
    Ray's story is an interesting one as he's gone though Razorfish's numerous changes in ownership while working with clients ranging from Citibank, to Ford Motor Company, to the National Football League (NFL).
    You can check out Ray's book "CONVERGE" here.
    Enjoy!
    Thanks again for lis­te­ning.  If you are enjo­ying Gape Into The Void, please tell your friends and leave us a review on iTu­nes.  If you have any ques­tions or topics you want us to cover on the show email us at pod­cast at gapingvoid.com.

    Thanks again for gaping into the void. Rock on.

    38 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 9 - Seth Godin
    In this episode of the Gape Into The Void podcast, Hugh and Jason have a discussion with bestselling author, speaker, and marketer, Seth Godin.  Seth has been an inspiration to many, including Hugh, and over the years gapingvoid has produced many popular images that were based upon, or included the words of Seth Godin.  We even have a dedicated Seth Godin Store!  Most recently, Hugh illustrated one of Seth's three new books, "V Is For Vulnerable."
    Here are links to some of the thinks that Seth, Hugh and Jason talk about in the show:
    Seth's Kickstarter Project
    Seth's New Book
    Ignore Everybody
    Poke The Box
    Linchpin
    V Is For Vulnerable
    Niagara Falls...
    Russell Davies and Nike
    Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny
    Nike Fuel Band
    Red Bull vs. Coke
    Apple Stores
    Seth at Yahoo.
    The Lizard Brain...
    Extreme Sports
    Liz Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
    Hugh's ChangeThis Manifesto
    Don Quixote
    Tribes
    Purple Cow
    We hope you enjoy listening to the talk with Seth.  If you like the show, please tell your friends about the "Gape Into The Void" podcast and leave us a review on iTunes.
    Rock on!
    34 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 8 - Tim Ferriss
    Gape Into The Void Episode 8 With Tim Ferriss
    Show notes:
    We had the chance to catch up with the amazing Tim Ferriss.  Tim is a fascinating, inspiring guy, and our interview with him is full of great quotes and memorable Ferriss-isms... Listen carefully and enjoy!
    Tim is the master of many things, but mostly he's figured out how to successfully Hack Life (hence the image above.)
     Here are links to some of things touched on in the show...  Enjoy!
    TimFerriss.com
    4-Hour Workweek
    4-Hour Body
    4-Hour Chef
    Book boycott?
    Amazon Publishing
    Bittorrent Partnership
    Tim's Book Trailer Video
    Director Adam Patch 
    Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    Josh Waitzkin  - Searching for Bobby Fischer
    Mastery
    Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    Marcus Aurelius
    Seneca 2.0
    Gary Vaynerchuk on the show
    Lift App
    Herd by Mark Earls

    Thanks again for lis­te­ning.  If you are enjo­ying Gape Into The Void, please tell your friends and leave us a review on iTu­nes.  If you have any ques­tions or topics you want us to cover on the show email us at pod­cast at gapingvoid.com.

    Thanks again for gaping into the void. Rock on.

    44 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 7 - Gary Vaynerchuk
    In this episode of the Gape Into The Void Podcast Hugh and Jason have a chance to catch up with Gary Vaynerchuk. If you don't know Gary, you should. He's an incredibly smart, dynamic and outgoing personality, and most of all he's an incredible salesman.
    Here are some of the things touched on in our discussion with Gary:
    WineLibrary - Store
    WineLibrary.TV
    Vaynermedia 
    Viddler
    Kim Kardashian
    Hugh does "live drawing" at events.
    Gary's brother AJ
    Plurk and Jaiku
    Microsoft Blue Monster
    Robert Parker's Wine Ratings
    $3 wine from Whole Foods
    Buying the NY Jets
    Grey Goose
    $15 Super Premium Gum
    Thanks again for listening.  If you are enjoying Gape Into The Void, please tell your friends and leave us a review on iTunes.  If you have any questions or topics you want us to cover on the show email us at podcast at gapingvoid.com.
    Thanks again for gaping into the void!
    Rock on.
    29 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 6 – Office Art & The Wedding Planner

    Gape Into The Void Episode 6 – Office Art & The Wedding Planner

    It’s time for another episode of Gape Into The Void!  Join us as Hugh, Jason and Jeff talk about gapingvoid’s evil plan to disrupt the “office art” industry.  We also are reminded about some celebratory events in Hugh’s world and we give you a peek behind the scenes of some of our current client projects.

     

    Here are some links for things we discuss in the show:

     

    Social Object Factory

     

    Hugh is The Wedding Planner

     

    Happy Birthday To Hugh!

     

    The gallery GapingvoidArt.com

     

    Follow us on Twitter: @gapingvoid, @gapingvoidart

     

    @garyvee

     

    Steve Jobs print

     

    Scoble’s Web Page

     

    Peter Diamandis

     

    Asteroid misses Earth

     

    Brian Solis

     

    Facial Recognition – No Smiling on ID’s

     

    Miles Davis Ringtone

     

    New Republic

     

    Babson College

     

    Xerox Machine

     

    Art.com

     

    Successories.com

     

    Demotivators

     

    HughTrain

     

    Disrupting The Office Art Market

     

    Rackspace Briefing Center

     

    Rob La Gesse

     

    LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!

     

    Thanks again for listening.  If you are enjoying Gape Into The Void, please tell your friends and leave us a review on iTunes.  If you have any questions or topics you want us to cover on the show email us at podcast at gapingvoid.com.

     

    Thanks again for gaping into the void!

     

    Rock on.

     

    26 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 5 - Creativity & Engagement

    In this episode of Gape Into The Void we talk about Creativity and something very important to marketers, and now, to Hugh: engagement.  Here are some of the things discussed in the show:

     

    Debate night = late night...

     

    Drawings for Wired.com

     

    Mike Arrington

     

    Punk Rock!

     

    Cloudy Candidates

     

    The Other Guy Is The Antichrist

     

    The Daily Cartoon Newsletter 

     

    Google Results: gapingvoid Blue Monster

     

    Hugh's BIG news...  

     

    Sass gets another gadget

     

    How To Be Creative

     

    Sustaining your voice is much harder than finding it...

     

    Steve Rubel's Tweet about images...

     

    Edelman.

     

    Thanks again for listening.  If you are enjoying Gape Into The Void, please tell your friends and leave us a review on iTunes.  If you have any questions or topics you want us to cover on the show email us at podcast at gapingvoid.com.

     

    Thanks again for gaping into the void!

     

    Rock on.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    23 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 4 - Disrupt

    Gape Into The Void Episode 4 - Disrupt

    We're back from San Francisco where we attended the TechCrunch Disrupt conference.  In this episode we Gape Into The Void of disruption and share some of our impressions of the conference and speakers.  Here are some of the topics and people mentioned in the show:

     Hugh hate's Sass's Intros... what do you think?

     Good Chinese Food

    Daily Animations gapingvoid created for TC Disrupt 

    Ben Horowitz or Jack Dorsey?

    Cory Booker gets "Delusional"

    Dave Morin, Path CEO

    Marc Benioff or Mark Zuckerberg

     Salesforce.com 

    Anthony Robbins

    Facebook's Mission

    Mike Arrington 

    David Sacks vs. Biz Stone

    Yammer

    The TC Disrupt Winner: YourMechanic

    Vinod Khosla

    "Software Is Eating The World"

    Margaret Thatcher closes the coal pits...

     Cool Startups: Electric Skateboard,  LIT Motors

    Pinterest For Cats

    Censored Animation???

    Gapingvoid does events.

    SXSW  

    Scoble & Shel's "Naked Conversations."

    August Capital Party 

    We're all in the Create or Die business...

    Decorate. Motivate.

    If you have been enjoying the Gape Into The Void podcast please tell your friends and leave a review on iTunes.

     

    Rock on.

    24 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 3 - Culture and Purpose
    Show Notes:
    Recorded just before we left for San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt, in this episode of Gape Into The Void we tackle the topic of "culture" and the importance of a business articulating its purpose.  
    Here are links to some of the things we mention during the show:
    Robert Owen 
    Mark Earls - Welcome to the Creative Age
    Simon Sinak - Start With Why
    Blue Monster Tattoo
    Emperor Diocletian
    Rackspace
    Zappos
    In the next Gape Into The Void we'll talk more about our experiences at TechCrunch and Hugh's passion for "Live Tooning."  Stay tuned!  Tooned?
    If you have been enjoying the Gape Into The Void podcast, please tell your friends and leave us a comment or review on iTunes.  You can also email us with your comments and feedback at [email protected].
    Thanks for listening!
    Rock on.
    29 min
  • Gape Into The Void Episode 2 - Effective Visual Strategies for Business
    In this episode of "Gape Into The Void" we talk about "Effective Visual Strategies for Business" and why cartoons work.  Here are some links to things we mention in the show:
    • Slideshare: "Effective Visual Strategies" deck
    • Neuroscience Expert Robert Cooper
    • Len Schlesinger, Babson College
    • Charlie Brown
    • Mark Earls
    • Microsoft Blue Monster
    • Werner Herzog
    • David DeAngelo
    • Enjoy, and if you like the show, please tell folks about it and leave a review on iTunes.  You can email us at [email protected].
      25 min
    • Gape Into The Void - Premiere

      Welcome to the premiere episode of "Gape Into The Void," featuring cartoonist and blogger Hugh MacLeod (@gapingvoid).  

      In this first episode Hugh talks with his business partner, Jason Korman, about how they first started working together and the genesis of gapingvoid ltd. as a visual communications business...

      23 min

    About Gape Into The Void

    From the publisher's feed

    "Gape Into The Void," steps into the mind and business of cartoonist and blogger Hugh MacLeod (@gapingvoid) and the gapingvoid team. Tune in for candid discussions about the intersection between art…