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The Mindset Digital crew checks out a new time tracking device, talks through the big announcements made at Google IO and explores the digital well-being movement.

Here's what we discussed in this episode:

Zei by Timeular

2018 Google IO Announcements

Digital Well-being

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Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and some sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org. Both licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

Guests Mike Taylor and Jen Michaels break down Facebook’s latest privacy woes and what consumers can do with their Facebook accounts. Plus, a new installment of “Something on the Internet that Makes Me Laugh,” and a surprise guest appearance by Matt Weiner.

See complete show notes here: https://mindsetdigital.com/podcast-ep-32-troubles-facebook/

Mike ‘the Tool Man’ Taylor returns to talk about three tools you can use to automate various services and workflows you use online, or, as he puts it “Plumbing for the Internet.”

Zapier.com

IFTT.com

Microsoft Flow: flow.microsoft.com

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Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and some sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org. Both licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. Tool Time stinger courtesy of Brian Hake (@volumulov).

In this episode, guest Matt Weiner walks Creative Director Pete Brown through the HQ trivia app that has surged to recent popularity, and the odd love/hate relationship it has with its users.

Mike Taylor returns to the podcast to share his top three finds from 2017 - tools that will help you work smarter and produce better visuals and presentations. Learn all about Talkbook, Canva, ribbet, Talktime, Zeef and Descript in this episode.

Talkbook.co

Canva.com

Ribbet.com

TalkTime PPT add-in:

http://presentyourstory.com/talktime-free-presentation-time-management-add-powerpoint/

Zeef.com

Mike Taylor on Zeef:

https://zeef.com/profile/tmiket

presentations.zeef.com

Tracy Parish's e-learning page on Zeef:

https://e-learning.zeef.com/tracy.parish

Robin Good pages on Zeef

https://contentcuration.zeef.com/robin.good

https://content-discovery-tools.zeef.com/robin.good

In this Three Things episode of the Mindset Digital Podcast, Pete Brown recruits Jen Michaels, Mike Taylor and Matt Weiner to help catch him up on what’s happening in the digital world. From artificial intelligence to UPS dogs to Amazon Key and something called Zeef, tune into this week’s episode. Plus, we make our first Harambe joke in at least six months.

There are many challenges facing Learning & Development departments in corporate America. L&D Guru Mike Taylor says many of these challenges can be met by stealing tactics from the marketing department, plus he recommends specific tools that will give your training an immediate boost in production value and visual appeal.

Links:

Canva, the free online design and graphics tool. www.canva.com

Adobe Spark, the online graphics and animated videos tool. https://spark.adobe.com/

MailChimp, a free marketing automation tool. www.mailchimp.com

ReFind, a content curation website https://refind.com/about/discover

Trianglify, the website that generates triangular patterns https://qrohlf.com/trianglify-generator/

Learn more about learning and development and tools at Mike Taylor’s website, www.mike-taylor.org

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Audio mastering by Jeff Gehlert of Allegro Media Design. Some music is

courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and some sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org. Both licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

Bitcoin has been in the news a lot lately as its values reaches new heights. But what are cryptocurrencies, why are they valuable and what's the tech underpinning the whole system?

Two former English majors take these questions on as they wrestle with understanding cryptocurrency and its increasing value. Plus, a new intern takes on the challenge of finding something on the internet guaranteed to make you laugh.

Good times.

Links:

What is Blockchain Technology, via Blockgeeks

Blockchain in 150 words or Less, via Comparitech

How Safe Are Blockchains? It Depends, Harvard Business Review

Bitcoin Mining Infographic

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Original Bitcoin Whitepaper

What Is Ethereum?, Blockgeeks

What Is Bitcoin?, also Blockgeeks

SciShow: How Cryptocurrencies Work

Bitcoin vs. Ethereum: Basic Differences Explained

Smart Contracts Explained, Blockchain Technology

Smart Contracts and a Lawyerless Future, Blockgeeks

Podcast: The Promise – and Perils – of Smart Contracts

Your Guaranteed Laugh:

Clever Parrot and the Cat in the Box

You only have 8 seconds to tell your audience what they need to know. The digital age has changed the way we effectively communicate with each other in order to stay relevant in this new online world. Dr. Debra Jasper, founder and CEO of Mindset Digital, shares her advice on what it takes to stay competitive in the digital age, plus she previews her upcoming keynote at next month’s DOYO Live digital marketing and interactive design conference in Youngstown, Oh, Aug 2-3.

Notes:

Learn more about DOYO Live, a digital marketing and interactive conference in Youngstown, Ohio that Dr. Debra Jasper will be the keynote speaker. - http://www.doyolive.com

Learn more about the communication technique of being short, organized and skimmable (SOS). - https://mindsetdigital.com/justyellduck/

Learn more about making your PowerPoint slides digestible and more visual. - http://bit.ly/2uNlPe4

Learn more about the work Mindset Digital does in transitioning companies into the digital world. - https://mindsetdigital.com/our-company/

Learn more about the Kiplinger Fellowship in Public Affairs Journalism. - http://bit.ly/2cx8Z6P

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Audio mastering by Jeff Gehlert of Allegro Media Design. Some music is courtesy of the website Audionautix.com, and some SFX are courtesy of freesound.org. Both licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

In this Three Things episode of the mIndset Digital Podcast, Matt Weiner, Hope Madden and Michael Harwick each take four minutes to get creative director Pete Brown up to speed on a variety of recent happenings in the digital world, including Apple's Home Pod, YouTube's new policy for advertising on hate speech videos and a chatbot who may help you feel better about yourself. Check it out!

Links:

Apple HomePod

http://cnnmon.ie/2qUe3xD (CNN)

http://cnet.co/2qZjlmE (Cnet)

http://tcrn.ch/2sB8rFD (TechCrunch)

YouTube clarifies Hate Speech definition

http://bit.ly/2s1BqVq (ArsTechnica)

http://bit.ly/2s1BqVq (Wired UK)

http://bit.ly/2tXmUMT (Forbes)

WoeBot

woebot.io

http://bit.ly/2rUdHGs (Wired)

http://cnet.co/2sOPAX0 (Cnet)

http://read.bi/2qYrjkC (Business Insider)

http://bit.ly/2s19Mon (Peer-reviewed study in JMIR Mental Health)