“I think everything we do is to counter the media. This is another tool in the tool shed to fight that fight, and it’s a big tool.”  Brad Parscale, Trump Campaign Manager

Can the new, shrewd mobile campaign app make a difference in a no-rally quarantine world where social media is pushing back on Trump's bombast? Full show notes here.  

"I believe strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online. I think in general, private companies shouldn't be, especially these platform companies, shouldn't be in the position of doing that," Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook

“The hateful rhetoric advocating violence against black demonstrators by the US President does not warrant defense under the guise of freedom of expression” - Facebook employee

"Fact check: there is someone ultimately accountable for our actions as a company, and that’s me. Please leave our employees out of this. We’ll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make." - Jack Dorsey, CEO Twitter

I weigh in on two very different approaches of dealing with Trump's social posts. Full show notes and links here.

"Musician, artist, and designer Kanye West and Yeezy designer (and sneaker icon) Steven Smith sat down with writer Mark Wilson at the 2019 Fast Company Innovation Festival to discuss moving production to America, legally changing his name to "Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West," and why he might run for president in 2024." - Fast Company

Kanye is divisive and he's certainly made me question his message, methods and madness. In this episode I see some of the light he's hoping to shed in a unique, holistic creative philosophy. Links and shizzle at HelluvaNote. 

A sage insight from Houseparty founder Ben Rubin leads to an amazing connective thread between Miles Davis and Michael Jordan. Show links and more on HelluvaNote.

"this emerging paradigm of distributed, "eyes up" device interaction directly benefits audio more than other content categories."

What can be learned from Spotify's skillful push to become one of media's biggest players (heh)? Show resources on HelluvaNote.

I tuned into this Amazon Design podcast from my professional voice-startup perspective, half expecting a self/Amazon-referential Jae Park origin story. Instead I heard an intriguing, humanistic perspective on the creative process. With excellent questions and commentary from designer Xerxes Irani. Hear the moments that spoke to me with a link to the entire interview on this episode's HelluvaNote.

“Ritual makes things real.”

Insightful words from Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual and founder of the massive Harry Potter and the Sacred Text reading community.  After hearing him on the awesome Get Together podcast, I started thinking of the role ritual can play in these quarantine days. Lemme tell you about it...

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